Unless you’ve been stranded in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, you’ve probably heard that MAD MAX: FURY ROAD is a badass feminist action movie. It is that, and so much more. Strap yourselves in, and watch out for flame-throwing guitars.

• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - IMDb
• Un Chien Andalou (1929) - IMDb
• Un Chien Andalou - YouTube
• Mad Max: Fury Road’s George Miller: “Initially, There Wasn’t a Feminist Agenda” | The Mary Sue
• That Insane 'Mad Max' Flame-Throwing Guitar Is No CGI Trick -- Here's How They Actually Made It - MTV

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The Barden Bellas are back, and it’s aca-awkward as they fall from greatness after a mishap on live TV. Beca is about to graduate, so acapella isn’t her first priority, while Chloe just can’t let go. Still, there’s the world championships to win, against the finely tuned Teutonic magnificence of Das Sound Machine.

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• Take Me To Church - Melodores ( Round 2 ) - The Sing Off Season 5 HD - YouTube
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And now for something completely different, we talk GIRLHOOD (BANDE DE FILLES), which recently screened as part of the French Film Festival. It’s a gritty, slice-of-life drama centred on a 16 year-old girl called Marieme, who lives in the tough outer suburbs of Paris.

• Girlhood (2014) - IMDb
• Girlhood: the film that busts the myth of conventional French femininity | Life and style | The Guardian

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Our big damn heroes return with more ‘splosions, longer tracking shots and shiny new characters in a movie that is peak Joss. It’s frenetic and constantly moving, but is it any good?

• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) - IMDb
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• Why does Hawkeye have a farm in 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'?

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Joss Whedon’s 2012 superhero team-up became an instant nerd classic upon its release, but we didn’t have a podcast back then. In celebration of our 100th episode, and the imminent release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, we revisit one of our favourites to talk science bros, doritos and cognitive recalibration.

• The Avengers (2012) - IMDb
• allonsyarielle: heart of gold and shoulder to waist ratio of a dorito
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• Is A BLACK WIDOW Movie Happening? Scarlett Johansson And Kevin Feige Have Discussed It
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• Robert Downey Jr Facebook
• Very Good Writing – Why Loki Won in The Avengers | The Mask of Reason

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Margaret Keane was a talented artist with the misfortune to marry a con-man who took credit for her paintings. In Big Eyes, her story gets a loving and satisfying telling from Tim Burton in more subdued form.

• Big Eyes (2014) - IMDb

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The fast-driving, ‘splosion-loving gang are back for a seventh outing. It’s all fun and games and scientific improbabilities right up until it hits you in the feels. Universal’s superhero franchise is doing just fine.

• Furious 7 (2015) - IMDb
• 'Furious 7' and How Peter Jackson's Weta Created Digital Paul Walker - The Hollywood Reporter
• The Simple Joy and Sincere Wonder of “Furious 7” - The New Yorker
• This is the sports car villain Jason Statham is driving in 'Furious 7' | Business Insider
• ‘Furious 7′ Proves Time Has Come For An Oscars Stunt Category | Deadline
• Behind the Scenes With 'Furious 7's Car Expert - Hollywood Reporter
• Fast and Furious 7: Vin Diesel is 100% correct that it should win an Oscar - Mirror Online
• Roxane Gay wants you to go see Furious 7
• This hypercar from 'Fast and Furious 7' flies between buildings | Business Insider
• Zoe Bell - Death Proof - Playing Ships Mast - the Beginning - YouTube
• The Rock lip syncs Shake It Off

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It’s the second instalment of the Divergent series, and things don’t get better. It’s a cynical cash-grab movie adaptation of a cynical cash-grab book series, and not even a mostly great cast can overcome the dodgy source material.

• Insurgent (2015) - IMDb
• After The War, Everything Is Different
• Wow, Miles Teller Really Hated Working on Divergent - CINEMABLEND
• Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) | Twitter
• Jimmy Fallon Blew a Chance to Date Nicole Kidman - YouTube

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Mark Millar and Matthew Vaughn, the team behind Kick-Ass, re-team for this hyper-violent, mean-spirited homage to spy movies featuring image conscious secret agents shaken up by the introduction of a working class boy called Eggs.

• Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) - IMDb

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Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne act their hearts out in this biopic based on Jane Hawking’s not-so-flattering portrait of her former husband Stephen Hawking. While the movie is thinly-veiled Oscar bait (congratulations Eddie; we love you!), we think it’s lacking something.

• The Theory of Everything (2014) - IMDb

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