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Mark Hamill clearly has not been enjoying our ongoing Star Wars series! He's trapped us in a time-loop, and all we can do is talk about the new time-loop themed movie Plam Springs! 

Topics discussed:

• Sundance debut and Hulu acquisition
• Cast and individual performances 
• How does this story compare to other time-loop movies?
• Our individual Likes/Dislikes of this film
• Does the movie land the ending?

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Star Wars series is back! The three of us sit down to discuss Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Does the culmination of the original trilogy hold up as much as Empire did? Will Han Solo do something interesting?

Topics discussed:
 

Movie Facts

• Casting
• Production drama
  • Spielberg not directing
  • Harrison Ford not wanting to come back
• Critical reception

Act 1

• Jabba's Palace
• Sarlacc fight and Boba’s deaths
• Tone vs Empire
• What's better Hoth or Jabba's Palace

Act 2

• Yoda’s death 
• Endor and C3PO
• Luke telling Leia they’re related
• Emperor Palpatine

Act 3

• Final confrontation with Vader and Palpatine
• The rebels victory
• Is Vader redeemed?

Closing

• Fan messages
• Awards

Links

• Box Office
• Reviews
• Spielberg
• Harrison Ford returning
• Harrison Ford wanting Solo to die
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• Our Website
  
  

With the Pandemic going on, we can't safely go to restaurants anymore. As a result, we've found ourselves consuming a lot more food shows and movies lately. So naturally, we made a bracket and decided to debate what the best one is! The winner becomes the official food content of The Arnies Podcast. Listen to find out who takes home the honor!

Topics discussed:

• Chef
• Ratatouille
• Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown
• The Great British Baking Show
• Street Food
• Burnt
• Eddies Million Dollar Cook-off
• Willy Wonka
• Cooked
• The Chef Show
• Crazy Delicious
• Chopped

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We’re back in our bi-weekly star wars series. The three of us sit down to discuss Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Many fans (including two of our hosts) consider this film to be the best of the franchise. Do we think it lives up to that hype on a re-watch?

Topics discussed:

Movie Facts

• Production of the film
• Box office numbers 
• Critical reception

Act 1

• The Hoth Battle
• Special Effects
• Tone/cast performance in this movie vs A New Hope

Act 2

• Yoda’s teachings 
• Han and Leia's relationship and their escape from the Empire
• Darth Vader and our introduction to Palpatine

Act 3

• Lando’s betrayal 
• Luke’s reaction to the “I am your father” moment
• Is this the best film in the franchise?

Links

• Box Office Figures
• Production Stories
• Movie Wiki
• Collection of Reviews
• Our Website
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Facebook