This time, we discuss the Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz collaboration, Elektra: Assassin. It really does end up feeling like Fear and Loathing in the MCU.

We got together to talk about Ryan Coogler's blockbuster hit, Sinners (2025) before it got a billion nominations at the Oscars

We return to the works of John Carpenter with Starman (1984), where an alien visitor incarnates as a pre-Dude Jeff Bridges for recently widowed Karen Allen and they go on a road trip

Enjoy your Sunday as we talk about The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton

You will be visited by three versions of the Dickens classic. Spoiler: A Muppet Christmas Carol is not one of them, but it haunts the ones we talk about like a lonely old miser on Xmas Eve

This time we talk about Sneakers (1992), an odd bookend to our previous episode, Hackers. Our world-weary team of cybersneaks and ne'er do wells don't want to hack the planet at all

We go all the way back to 1995 to talk about the stylish Hackers. Hack the planet, man!

Well. . . have you? We get together to talk about and - of course - riff on what's made us happy this Thankful Season

Note: sadly, after quoting from it, I completely forgot to mention the title of the essay (link to follow): The Claims of Close Reading by Johanna Winant

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-claims-of-close-reading/

We discuss Zach Creggers' Weapons (2025). Part parental nightmare, part (sub)urban legend, and very unnerving.

What if was Conan the Barbarian. . .s? And both of him were lunkheads? We discuss this fascinating approach in this one