The Screen Refresh crew decided to give you a little extra time last week to finish listening to our 4-hour Halloween Special (you have listened to it, right?) but Tim, Nick, and Dean are back again this week to bring you a very special guest, Von Babasin!

We sit down to discuss Von's experiences working on films such as Jaws 2, Phantasm 2, and (a Screen Refresh Favorite) The Thing, as well as discussing his ongoing project of honoring his father's legendary contributions to the Jazz world. 

Settle in and join us for our most explosive episode yet as we hear some behind the scenes on some of our favorite practical effects!

Halloween is just around the corner and in case you are still scrounging for some movies to get you in the spirit, the Screen Refresh crew have put together their own overnight horror marathons with a little help from fellow horror-head, Mike Falcigno. 

Tim, Dean, Nick, and Mike take you through each of their 6-movie marathons as they carry you from dusk till dawn and give you 24 films to add to your list before Halloween. 

This also marks the 1-year anniversary since starting the show so a big thank you to all our listeners! Now settle in and enjoy the first annual Screen Refresh Halloween Special!

The Screen Refresh crew is back this month to spoil everything so you've been warned (don't worry, Nick will warn you again before any spoilers)! 

Nick, Tim, and Dean delve into some of their favorite movie/show/game twists that have lasted with them over time, as well as how some twists make rewatches so much more satisfying. 

Settle in and prepare to get twisted on this month's Rule of Thirds!

George Street Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/

Promoted by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/ioi_-5sAuXQ

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Living with Jigsaw - Chris Chapel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfDX9WOXbTk&ab_channel=ProjectGreenlight

The Halloween season is upon us, and that means the Screen Refresh crew is slipping into something a little more spooky as they continue revisiting their childhood favorites. 

Tim, Nick, and Dean take a look back at a movie that gave us some great creatures effects along with a baffling amount of dynamite. 

Settle in and join us for this month's Screen Refresh: The Monster Squad!

As you know, the Screen Refresh crew is back this month, and things get off the rails when Nick, Dean, and Tim begin discussing the movie/tv tropes that always seem to get under their skin.  You'll hopefully hear all the tropes you've noticed that drive you crazy too, and if you've never noticed them, we're sorry in advance if it's all you can see now. 

So settle in and prepare for this month's Rule Of Thirds: Tired Tropes!

Intro/Outro Music: "Tittle Screen" by sawsquarenoise, licensed under CC BY 4.0 / Speed increased from original

For some of the full talks and videos mentioned in this episode:

Batman vs. The Penguin 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1byycwl8qgc

JJ Abrams The Mystery Box TED Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpjVgF5JDq8

Matt Stone & Trey Parker Lecture on Writing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGUNqq3jVLg

The Screen Refresh crew is back this month to take a stroll down memory lane to revisit some of their favorite animated films of their childhoods. 

Animated films are some of the first introduced to us as children and secure that special spot in our minds as we get older, and there is always the struggle of "Do I revisit them and try to reclaim a bit of that nostalgia or can it potentially ruin a good memory?" Well Dean, Nick, and Tim take a look at some of the ones that stuck with them in addition to some of the trailers and commercials that played before them on VHS back in the day. 

Settle in and join us for this month's Rule Of Thirds!

Intro/Outro Music: "Tittle Screen" by sawsquarenoise, licensed under CC BY 4.0 / Speed increased from original

Continuing on a ninja kick, the Screen Refresh crew is back this month to tackle a classic 90's film dealing with brothers raised to use martial arts combating an old acquaintance of their sensei. The Teenage Mutant Ninj....oh it's 3 Ninjas? Well that plot description still applies. 

Dean, Nick, and Tim discuss some of the differences in the International Cut of the film, as well as the desired shared universe of 3 Ninjas/Surf Ninjas that we deserved. 

Decide on your ninja name and get ready to kick back with this month's Screen Refresh, 3 Ninjas!

Here at Screen Refresh, we like to laugh (usually at ourselves), but this month Nick, Dean, and Tim are taking a break to find what's struck their funny bones over the years. 

The crew discusses what makes comedies not last as well as other genres, as they dive into the movies that used to (and still) make them laugh. 

Settle and join us for this month's Rule of Thirds, Comedies!

Intro/Outro Music: "Tittle Screen" by sawsquarenoise, licensed under CC BY 4.0 / Speed increased from original

What is the first image that appears in your head when thinking about the 4th of July? Flags? Stars? Eagles? Well for the Screen Refresh crew, it's naturally werewolves. 

Join Nick, Dean, and Tim as they travel back to the small town of Tarker's Mills in 1976 to search for answers to questions like "What exactly is the case completion rate for the Tarker's Mills PD?" or "Did all those cans in the garage ever actually get donated?" and "How did Marty get so alarmingly strong?"

Break out the fireworks and join Screen Refresh for Silver Bullet!