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Tim and Jay talk about Frankenstein, being human, technology, death and life with professor, pastor, and bioethicist, Scott Stiegemeyer, as well as a few horror films from Newport Beach Film Festival. Scott teaches at Concordia University in Irvine, California. 

Some of the films we mention in this episode: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Loud, Pontypool, Men, The Bride!

Our other episodes with Scott:

Episode 43, on After Yang.

Episode 33, on The Amusement Park.

Episode 5, on horror movies.

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Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee Rosevere
Closing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon Grivot

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Jay and Tim talk to the writers/producers/actors of Theater Is Dead, Decker Sadowski and Olivia Blue. Their film premiered at Fantastic Fest, and is coming to Newport Beach Film Festival in less than a month. We talk about the filmmaking process, how it works to write, produce, and act in a film, and Washington State. Then we look at a few of the films coming to NBFF October 16-23. Join us!

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Some of the films we mention in this episode: Theater Is Dead, Tow, Sirât, The Pantone Guy, Never Get Busted, Bad Haircut, Omaha, American Clown, Still Life, The Floaters, The Mastermind, Frankenstein, The Ride, Something in the Night, The Littles, Magdalena, Te Amo, (music videos:) 909, Make It Until You Make It, Second Skin, and Shadow

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Tim and Jay talk about what they like and don't like about Season 5 of The Chosen. Interpretation, the Bible, Jesus, religious art--and the band Whiteheart.

(Stay to the end for a long outtake where Tim takes the episode completely off the rails.)

We pretty much stick to The Chosen in this episode.

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Tim and Jay talk a little about what might end up on their best-of-2025 lists at the halfway point, and what they still want to see. What's on your list?

Some of the films we mention in this episode: Life of Chuck, Nobody 2, Eddington, Together, No Other Choice, One Battle After Another, Caught Stealing, Black Phone 2, Materialists, Omaha, Werwulf (2026), Frankenstein, Sketch, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Weapons, Keeper, Bugonia, The Rivals of Amziah King, Twinless, Honey Don't!, The Way of the Wind

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Tim and Jay talk zombies, the 28 franchise, and the father-son/generational inheritance theme that runs through 28 Years Later. Thanks for listening! (Or watching!)

Some films we mention in this episode: 28 Years Later, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Train to Busan, Night of the Living Dead, Sinners.

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Jay and Tim talk about a few animated movies that seem to offer resonance with the Bible or Christianity. What are some Christian themes? What makes a theme Christian? How would someone outside the Christian faith interpret the themes in these movies? We talk about that, and more. Thanks for listening!

Some films we mention in this episode: Croods: A New Age, The Iron Giant, The Wild Robot, Prince of Egypt. 

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Tim and Jay talk to Pastor Jason Swan about the film Sinners and all the theological resonance we can muster: vampires, music, liturgy, worship, vocation, and how Christians should watch movies.

Some films/shows we mention in this episode: Midnight Mass, Nosferatu, Sinners.

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We've got a couple other changes coming, so keep an eye out for those. As always, thanks for listening/watching. We appreciate you.

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In our 80th episode, Tim and Jay talk about how much film viewers want or need to know; what makes some people love a film, and others hate it; and, is over-explaining really new? Do you like having a movie explain itself, or would you rather put things together yourself? 

"The New Literalism" article at The New Yorker

We talked about some movies. 

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Jay and Tim talk about what the Academy Awards got right and what they got wrong. We talk about Hollywood, agendas, propaganda, and Oscar surprises.

Some of the movies we mention in this episode are: Oscar nominees.

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Jay and Tim get into the films they saw from 2024, their favorites, and their less-than-favorites.

Some of the films we mention in this episode: The Brutalist, Gladiator II, Challengers, The Substance, Joker: Folie á Deux, Civil War, Trap, Hard Truths, Smile 2, Heretic, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Hundreds of Beavers, Monkey Man, Dune II, Long Legs, Didi, A Different Man, Nosferatu, The Wild Robot, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

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Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee Rosevere
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