Cul-de-sac (1966) directed by Roman Polanski and starring Françoise Dorléac, Donald Pleasence, Lionel Stander, Ian Quarrier, Jack MacGowran, Jacqueline Bisset, Geoffrey Sumner, Trevor Delaney, Robert Dorning, Marie Kean, Renee Houston, and William Franklyn.A teaser for topics discussed, vague spoiler warning for podcast talking points:Success, Willy Wonka, The Giver, Shakespeare, animal actors, Edward Scissorhands, otherworldly slaves, Vivarium, giganto-brains, Austin Powers, choosing not to explain, nerves of steel, Ed, Edd n Eddy, weak constitution, woman of action, real estate agents, diet oppression, talented by association, Vertigo, minotaur.Please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]

Metropolis (1927) directed by Fritz Lang and starring Brigitte Helm, Gustav Frohlich, Fritz Rasp, Alfred Abel, Gottfried Huppertz, Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Heinrich George, Theodor Loos, Heinrich Gotho, Erwin Biswanger, Rose Liechtenstein, Georg John, Olaf Storm, and Hanns Leo Reich. A teaser for topics discussed, vague spoiler warning for podcast talking points:Yu-Gi-Oh, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Dr. Frankenstein The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Superman, class struggle, prejudiced naming conventions, German politics, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, black and white film, Blade Runner, film technique before color, hanging gardens of Babylon, Star Trek, Vincent Price, Captain Picard, rat people, Dick Van Dyke, Marxism, The Addams Family, Kurosawa.Please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]

Everything is Illuminated (2005) directed by Liev Schreiber and starring Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Lyoskin, Laryssa Luaret, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jana Hrabetova, Stephen Samudovsky, Mikki, Mouse, and Zuzana Hodkova, A teaser for topics discussed, vague spoiler warning for podcast talking points: Candied insects, raison d’etre, Stardew Valley, city vs country, keeping the crazy under the floorboards, local library, crossdressing, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Hallmark films, Under the Tuscan Sun, boring job equals boring life, cubicle boyfriend, Without a Paddle, Lemony Snicket.Please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]

City Hunter (1993) directed by Wong Jing and starring Jackie Chan, Joey Wong, Chingmy Yau, Richard Norton, Gary Daniels, Kumiko Goto, Ken Lo, Michael Wong, Leon Lai, Jan Lamb, Eric Kot, Cynthia Khan, and Louis Roth. A teaser for topics discussed, vague spoiler warning for podcast talking points: Nature’s reclamation, Glass, SpongeBob Squarepants, Postman, The Witcher, single parents, James Bond, living wage, Wild Wild West, mind bullets, Game of Death, crabs, Atlantis, Love Hina, stunt coordination, Austin Powers, anime, Tenchi Muyo, action slapstick, Bojack Horseman, cosplay, relativity of time, McDonalds, adaptations, Gambit, choreography, How I Met Your Mother. Please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]

Vertigo (1958) directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Kim Novak, James Stewart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, and Henry Jones.

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Clint Eastwood, Pedigree, Citizen Kane, Epic Rap Battles of History, The Mummy, police chief, Full House, soup salad sandwich, guy in the chair, The Shining, ghost stories, Shutter Island, best movie ever made, John Wayne.

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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri and starring Andrew Philpot, Pamela Adlon, John Lee, John De Mita, Wendee Lee, Jack Fletcher, Julia Fletcher, Dwight Schultz, Mike McShane, and John DiMaggio.

A teaser for topics discussed, vague spoiler warning for podcast talking points:

Interview With A Vampire, The 1700s, spaceships, Dances With Wolves, costume design, Leonardo Da Vinci, value in simplicity, teleportation, Jeremiah Johnson, the moon, going out there, werewolves, anthology vs chronology, a dream of romance, cowboys, realism vs theater, dragons, King of the Hill.

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kang ho Song, Bae Doona, Shin Ha-kyun, Han Bo-bae, Ryu Seung-bum, Im Ji-eun, Ji Dae-han, and Se-dong Kim.

A teaser for topics discussed, vague spoiler warning for podcast talking points:

Eclectic teachers, Shrek, UwU, capitalism, Metallica, layoffs, Face/off, government responsibility, Dante’s Inferno, medical debt, Zaddy, Korean filmmaking, Frankenstein, justified termination, Three Flavours Cornetto, juxtaposition, Smash Mouth, The Rock, Ram Jam, Transformers, film criticism, AC/DC, YouTube culture, Black Adam, wealth disparity, Don Quixote, customer service, Edgar Wright, uWu, I Am Sam.

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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) directed by Masami Hata & William Hurtz and starring Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, Laura Mooney, Rene Auberjonois, Danny Mann, Bernard Erhard, Bill Martin, and Alan Oppenheimer.

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All Dogs go to Heaven, asking too much of children, Etch A Sketch, cavemen, Land Before Time, naming conventions, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Spider-Man, Brave Little Toaster, horse girls, Never Ending Story, Zazu, Merlin, evil women, Oscar the Grouch, nature run amuck, active evil, Don Bluth, Rock-A-Doodle, childhood trauma, escapism, child labor, anthropomorphized objects, egalitarian societies, Fantasia, sentience, Flintstones technology, The Purge.

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The Lair of the White Worm (1988) directed by Ken Russell and starring Hugh Grant, Amanda Donohoe, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi, Sammi Davis, Chris Pitt, Stratford Johns, and Paul Brooke.

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Broke but educated, Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, Paganism, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, body hair, X rating, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Egypt fever, capitalism, casual travel, Spongebob Squarepants, badminton, Santa, savages, museums, artifacts, King of The Hill, film career inspiration, Army of Darkness, visual references, Evil Dead, unintentional comedy.

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Four Christmases (2008) directed by Seth Gordon and starring Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Jon Voight, Brian Baumgartner, Mary Steenburgen, Tim McGraw, Dwight Yoakam, Sissy Spacek, and Katy Mixon.

A teaser for topics discussed, vague spoiler warning for podcast talking points:

Final Destination, physical interjection, Click, crime families, Groundhog Day, action Christmas, Eight Crazy Nights, Kwanzaa, Mega Zords, Die Hard, Hanukkah, Lethal Weapon, TSA, Rocky Balboa, One Punch Man, Nick Cage, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cher, Power Rangers, Santo, Dodgeball, lovable con artists, Role Models.

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