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Episode 76. Sam and Hugh are back to Boston, this time they are with the investigative journalist team of the Boston Globe, shedding a spotlight on the cover up by the Catholic Church of priest molestation of children in the Oscar winning film Spotlight. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he wants to become a investigative journalist? Or was he so bored he asked for divine intervention just to get through to the end of the film.

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Music:

"Let That Sink In" & "Southside" by Lee Rosevere

Episode 75. Hugh and Sam are in South Korea to hang out with the Kim and Park families in the Oscar-winning film, Parasite. Will Hugh enjoy the film so much that it will worm its way into his brain? Or was he so bored that he was hoping to find a basement to go hide in? Find out this and much more on this week's episode of Please Watch This!!

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Music:

"Let That Sink In" & "Southside" by Lee Rosevere

Episode 74. It’s the end of the year so Hugh and Sam have decided to sit back and look over all the films they have watched for the show in 2020.

Join us as we each rank our top 10 films from the 46 options, as well as choosing a bottom 5 each. The show’s purpose is to decide who has better taste, so will any of Sam’s recommendations end up in Hugh’s top 10 list? Will Sam choose any of his own recommendations in his bottom 5?

Which films will make the grade and which films will fall by the wayside? Find out on this end of year special of Please Watch This!

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Music:

"Let That Sink In" & "Southside" by Lee Rosevere

"Yellow Pearl" by Phil Lynott

Below is the full list of 46 films. Choose your own top 10!

Boyhood

Aliens

Spaceballs 

Death of Stalin

The Fighter

Snowpiercer

Boyz n the Hood

Marriage Story

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Predator

Wall-E

Return of the Jedi

Master and Commander

Lawrence of Arabia

Tenet

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Training Day

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

The Hunt for Red October

The Ides of March

BlacKkKlansman

Anonymous

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Sicario

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Fargo 

Blue Ruin

A Quiet Place

Misery

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Sightseers

Us

Primer

The Big Lebowski

The Lost Boys

The Life Aquatic

Upgrade

Clerks

Coco

Good Time

Timecrimes

The Thing

Sideways

Before Sunrise

The Boat That Rocked

Episode 73. Sam and Hugh travel to Hollywood and get caught up in all sorts of criminal high jinx in this week's film, the Shane Black comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he wants to move to L.A. and try his hand at acting? Or was he so bored that he tried to cut his own finger off with a door just so he didn't have to watch the end of this film? Find out this and much more on this week's episode of Please Watch This... Ho ho ho Merry Christmas!!

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Music:

"Let That Sink In" & "Southside" by Lee Rosevere

"Barbra Streisand" (Original Mix)" By Duck Sauce 

Episode 71. High and Sam take to the high seas so they can stick it to the Man in this week’s film The Boat That Rocked. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he wants to take to the Seven Seas so he can emulate the heroes of the film? Or was he so bored that he wished he was on a sinking ship so he didn't have to watch the end of this film? Find out this and much, much more on Please Watch This.

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Music:

"Let That Sink In" & "Southside" by Lee Rosevere

"Barbra Streisand" (Original Mix)" By Duck Sauce 

Episode 71. Sam and Hugh are off to Elizabethan England to hang out with the Bard of England, but wait what's that? Shakespeare isn't who you think he is? Well let’s watch and find out the "truth". Did Sam enjoy this film so much that he wants to write his own play in iambic pentameter? Or was he so bored that he wished that someone would chop his head off just so he didn't have to watch to the end? Find out this and much, much more on Please Watch This.

Music:

"Let That Sink In" & "Southside" by Lee Rosevere

"Barbra Streisand" (Original Mix)" By Duck Sauce 

Poem:

"My Shakespeare" by Kate Tempest

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Episode 70. Hugh, Sam and Contra Zoom's very own Dakota Arsenault are hanging out in Vienna with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in the Richard Linklater classic Before Sunrise. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much he will meet them all on platform 9 in six months? Or was he so bored that he give it a miss? Find out this and much more on Please Watch This!!

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Music:

"Let That Sink In" & "Southside" by Lee Rosevere

"Barbra Streisand" (Original Mix)" By Duck Sauce 

Episode 69. Sam and Hugh are going undercover in Colorado Springs to discuss the Spike joint BlackkKlansman, inspired by the real life Ron Stallworth, a black detective who went undercover in the KKK. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he's now purchased a glove and a black beret? Or was he so bored that he wanted to go under some covers of his own to avoid watching the whole film? Find out this and much more on this week's episode of Please Watch This. Right on soul brother!! 

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Music:

"Let That Sink In" & "Southside" by Lee Rosevere

Episode 68. Hugh and Sam are hanging out with their buddies Paul Giamatti and Thomas Hayden Church as we go on a trip around Californian wine country, pinot at the ready for this week's film Sideways. Did Hugh enjoy this film so much that he will never touch Merlot again? Or was he so bored that he had to get drunk just to make it through to the end? Find out this and much more on Please Watch This!!

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Music:

"Let That Sink In" & "Southside" by Lee Rosevere

"Barbra Streisand" (Original Mix)" By Duck Sauce 

Episode 67. Sam and Hugh are out electioneering with Ryan Gosling and George Clooney, in the star studded ensemble The Ides of March. Will Sam enjoy the film so much that he wants to run for president? Or was he so bored that he’d rather be stabbed 32 times just so he didn't have to watch this film? Find out the answer to this and much more on this week’s episode of Please Watch This!!

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Music:

"Let That Sink In" & "Southside" by Lee Rosevere

"James Bond 007 Theme Tune (original)" by John Barry from the film Dr. No (1962)