The Canon: An Essential Movies Watchlist

30 floors of Canon chaos! Sailor Monsoon is back to talk about one of the greatest action movies of all time. This movie is made for slamming Mountain Dews, crushing Doritos, and screaming at the screen. We discuss machetes being the best cinematic weapon, how to edit an action scene, and what it means to "pound goons". Plus, Sailor reveals his favorite movie year (and his top seven movies from that year), and he introduces a new segment.

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https://screenagewasteland.com/lets-talk-about-the-raid-2011/

ScreenAgers, rev your engines! This one is for all the car lovers. Nick Sheist of the Bad Movies We Love Podcast joins to talk about one of the best movies of the 2020s. Titane features murder sprees, car sex, shirtless dancing, and the oddest birthing scene in movie history. It’s no The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift but it’s certainly an essential movie worthy of The Canon.

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https://screenagewasteland.com/lets-talk-about-titane-2021/

This episode is leaning on the everlasting arms! Raf is joined by the one and only Felicia Maroni of the Seeing Faces in Movies Podcast to talk The Night of the Hunter. Felicia shares her love for all things Robert Mitchum. Raf shares his hate for murderous false preachers. Also in this episode, Felicia and Raf discuss film history, watching TV, and Adam Driver's sex appeal.

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https://screenagewasteland.com/lets-talk-about-the-night-of-the-hunter-1955/

This episode is the stuff dreams are made of! Believe it or not, this is The Canon's first proper film noir discussion. SAW Contributor Bob Cram, and the newest SAW in law, Hannah Loomis (of the What a Picture Podcast) join Raf to talk all things The Maltese Falcon. Pretty crazy that this is John Huston's first directorial effort, the movie that made Humphrey Bogart a star, and the definitive film noir. Also in this episode - a surprising amount of Nic Cage talk.

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https://screenagewasteland.com/lets-talk-about-the-maltese-falcon-1941/

Love is in the air! Season 5 of the Canon is upon us! Teresa Nigolian and Maura Mazurowski join Raf to talk about their upcoming TV show, Year 30, as well as one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time. Okay, maybe it's a stretch to callEternal Sunshine a romantic comedy. But it is an essential movie very worthy of its place within The Canon.

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https://screenagewasteland.com/lets-talk-about-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-2004/

Let's kick off season 5. ScreenAge Wasteland contributors Bob, and Romona join Raf to preview the movies being discussed in season 5 of The Canon. Get the full schedule, including which episodes Bob, Romona, and the rest of the SAW contributors will be appearing on. We'll see you next week for more essential movie talk.

In this very special episode, Sailor, Jacob, and Kane join Raf to nominate some films from 2024 that they believe to be worthy of being enshrined in The Canon. This episode is part of ScreenAge Wasteland's Best of 2024 series. Check out everyone's Top Films of 2024 and much more in the full series:

https://screenagewasteland.com/tag/best-of-2024/

Santa's coming! We know him! Duke, Romona, and Raf sit down to talk about the last great holiday classic. John Favreau and Will Ferrell team up for an all-time Christmas comedy. Raf introduces Duke and Romona to SantaCon, and gives his watchlist of "best horny Christmas movies". Plus: are fake trees better than real trees? And is this Will Ferrell's most iconic role?

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https://screenagewasteland.com/lets-talk-about-elf-2003/

This episode bows to no one! We end our LOTR trilogy celebration and season 4 with the epic 11 Oscar winning classic. Canon legend Dave Wilson is back. Raf and Dave compare members of the fellowship to their corresponding thanksgiving food, rank their favorite Led Zeppelin albums, and reveal that they don't know anything about the bible. Also, Dave ranks the film's multiple endings.

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https://screenagewasteland.com/lets-talk-about-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king-2003/

The saga continues! We're still celebrating the greatest film trilogy of all time. This time around RJ is back and Romona joins to celebrate the brilliance of The Two Towers. Andy Serkis deserved an Oscar, Helm's Deep is the best action sequence of all time, and no one has ever looked better opening double doors than Viggo Mortenson as Aragorn. Plus, RJ plugs her new podcast (ADHD Adultish - available on all major podcast platforms).

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https://screenagewasteland.com/lets-talk-about-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-2002/