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Anthony and Andrew talk monstrous ideas and inspirations by diving deep into the new Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual!

Breaking down our thoughts on the screenplay nominees for the 97th Academy Awards.

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Anthony and Andrew unpack the joys and challenges of classic 80s kids' movie The Goonies.

We're dancing through life with John M. Chu's movie adaptation of the musical Wicked.

To mark the release of Gladiator II, Anthony and Andrew unpack our fascination with gladiator stories and historical and mythological epics.

For the annual Halloween episode, Anthony and Andrew discuss scary robots, from Metropolis to M3GAN.

What makes the martial artist an appealing archetype in fiction? Anthony and Andrew unpack the tropes with reference to some of their favourite examples!

Mutants, multiverses, and mowing down the fourth wall! Anthony and Andrew talk Deadpool & Wolverine.

With Twisters tearing through theatres, Anthony and Andrew look at the uses and meaning of "man versus nature" conflicts in narrative.

Anthony and Andrew explore the dungeoneering tropes of the hit animated series Delicious in Dungeon, aka Dungeon Meshi.