The Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Craig Hammill, Daniel Ott) discuss Edgar Wright's SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD, Jeremy Saulnier's BLUE RUIN, and Paul Thomas Anderson's THE MASTER as well as do a lightning round of some other great hidden gems of the 2010-2019 decade. Edwin tells a surprising anecdote that illuminates themes from THE MASTER. Connor pulls out a practice kitano sword on the team. 

The Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Craig Hammill, Daniel Ott) discusses different ways American cinema has approached our US History. We discuss everything from movies about historical events-Terrence Malick's THE NEW WORLD & Alan J Pakula's ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN-to movies that come at American social issues through genre-Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and Jordon Peele's GET OUT.  Edwin states repeatedly that he hates politics then shares a beautiful life changing 4th of July experience.  

The Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Craig Hammill, Daniel Ott) discuss their varied reactions to three very different speculative sci-fi movies: Alex Garland's AI mind-scrambler EX MACHINA, Yorgos Lanthimos's absurdist sci fi satire THE LOBSTER, & Christopher Nolan's swing for the fences sci-fi action heist blockbuster INCEPTION. We also discuss some heady sci-fi topics that cause anxiety. And Edwin ends everything with a defense of Steven Segal's ON DEADLY GROUND. 

This week, we have two amazing special guests (Ajarae Coleman @ajaraecoleman and Kevin Johnson @nivekj1) who join the SMC Team (Edwin Gomez, Craig Hammill, Daniel Ott) to discuss Spike Lee and his movies She's Gotta Have It, Da' 5 Bloods, and Malcolm X. We also discuss the current moment and how Spike Lee's work, the life of Malcolm X, and George Floyd's murder can and should spark a conversation about American racial realities and what can be done to improve the situation for everyone. We end the show with an amazing new music track written & performed Gary Poux (@garypoux) called "Breathe" produced by Laykx.

1930's pilot Doyle Fox gets hired by a mysterious and possibly sinister benefactor to pick up 4 packages in 4 totally different parts of the world and deliver them, unopened, to a strange remote estate outside Anchorage, Alaska. If he can do it within a week, he gets the biggest payday of his life. But as Doyle begins his journey, he knows danger and death lie ahead. . .

Performed by the Secret Movie Club Radio Company. Written & Directed by Craig Hammill. Sound by Jamie Hardt. Original Music by Andrew Kaiser. Edited & Produced by Connor Lloyd Crews. Original Art by Heather Monahan. 

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In this episode, the Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Craig Hammill, Daniel Ott) discuss the 2010 THE SOCIAL NETWORK directed by David Fincher, written by Aaron Sorkin which Quentin Tarantino singled out as the best movie of the decade. We discuss our reactions to the movie, our feelings about Fincher and Sorkin, how movies like this about topical subjects happening at the same time as the movie age. 

Special Guest Jordan Klein joins the Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Craig Hammill, Daniel Ott) to discuss recent South Korean stunners like the mysterious BURNING, the zombie apocalypse thriller TRAIN TO BUSAN, and last year's international sensation PARASITE. Jordan also discusses finer points, subtleties, and details of South Korean cinema that folks might not catch or might misunderstand but that make the viewing experience richer.

The Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Craig Hammill, Daniel Ott, Casey Young) discuss their favorite movies of 2019, the guilty pleasures of 2019, and discuss their conflicted feelings about JOKER. The team is also continually disturbed by the photo of Kelsey Grammar, Connor chooses to put up as wallpaper behind him on Skype. 

The Secret Movie Club team (Stephen Brownlee, Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Craig Hammill, Daniel Ott, Casey Young) discuss Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, Taylor Sheridan's & David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water, and the Western genre as a whole. Along the way, we get sidetracked into an (actually) important conversation on American regions/geography.

In this podcast, the Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Craig Hammill, Daniell Ott, Casey Young) discuss Alfonso Cuaron's ROMA, the Coen Brothers' THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, and share thoughts on recent trend of auteur directors' dream projects ending up on streaming channels like Showtime, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc. Plus we all butcher the pronunciation of Alfonso Cuaron's name at least once throughout.