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"Bingsley's Oscar" - The fallout from The Artist winning Best Picture at the Oscars continues! In this episode, we debate whether or not the academy darling deserved to take home the top prize, talk about other notable winners (and losers) from the Oscars, and review both Hugo and The Artist.

"Redux" - With this episode, we officially lose our right to criticize Hollywood whenever it remakes a movie. Why? Because this episode is a remake of our first episode, when we reviewed Source Code. We decided to remake it because A) we had no idea what we were doing back then, and B) good movies stopped coming out. So, sit back and relax as we praise Jake Gyllenhaal, ponder if this movie was trying to be The Matrix, and scratch our heads over Jeffrey Wright’s bizarre performance.

"Neal's First" - We’re crazy about Take Shelter, which is fitting because it’s all about the main character going crazy. Or is he? We discuss Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain’s Oscar-worthy performances, praise the sense of tension created by writer/director Jeff Nichols, and analyze the film’s much-discussed ending.

"Thunder Cookie" - We celebrate our 50th episode by discussing the sexual tension between Luis Guzman and Dwayne Johnson in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Does it get any better than that? Also, the robot that opens up every episode of the show gets a long-awaited promotion – and a name.

Episode 49 - "Sad At The End" - We venture once more into the fray, into perhaps the last good episode we’ll ever know, for our review of The Grey. Along the way, we discuss Liam Neeson, the wolves his character evades in the movie, and director Joe Carnahan. Live and die on this day!

Episode 48 - "Book 'em, Danno" - Instead of reviewing The Grey this week, we decided to take a look at a highly acclaimed film from 2011, The Descendants. We discuss each character and wonder... why are they all such assholes? But at the end of the day, this is just a well made movie with really strong performances.

Episode 47 - "Agree To Disagree" - In our review of Haywire, we examine the growing conspiracy behind star Gina Carano’s altered voice, have a moment of silence for Channing Tatum’s career, and discuss some of the artistic choices made by director Steven Soderbergh.

Episode 46 - "Best of the Best" - Rebellious baseball general managers and youthful cancer patients make appearances as we each reveal our five favorite movies of 2011. Also, several sound bites from Neal make appearances as we count down the top five moments from the show in 2011.

Episode 45 - "Three Banger" - In under a week, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and The Adventures of Tintin all hit theaters. It seems fitting that we would review them all in one episode. Did they live up to our expectations?

Episode 44 - "League of Extraordinary Moriartys" - We concluded our review of the first Sherlock Holmes with some advice for the sequel: Don’t change a thing. Give us more of the same! Well, now that we’ve seen Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows we’re sorry to report that it didn’t follow that advice. In this episode, we lament the ruination of the interesting dynamic between Holmes and Watson, question if Guy Ritchie had too much creative control this time around, and accuse the screenwriters of ripping-off (gulp) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.