We wrap up our 2018 conversation by answering questions pulled out of a literal grocery bag. The short version: Annihilation is awesome, Solo is terrible, and Carson sounds far away because he's just being quiet.

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Some lesser-known movies from 2018 that deserve more conversation: Colette, Eighth Grade, Hostiles, Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, The Wife, Death of Stalin, Gringo, and An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn.

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Aaron and Dan join us to figure out what actually makes a buddy cop movie a buddy cop movie, pit Lethal Weapon against Rush Hour, and run our own buddy cop obstacle course with scene re-enactments along the way.

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Erica and Faye join us for a deep dive into non-Star Wars, non-Marvel animated Disney movies — a Disney Bachelorette draft, Pixar pitch ideas, and a Disney Death Match to settle it all.

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We spend an episode reflecting on the career of Nicolas Kim Coppola, better known as Nicolas Cage, with Ben and Shadoe — including pitching the perfect Cage movie and re-enacting our favourite Cage-outs.

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Aleks and Dan join us to power through some of The Asylum's worst low-budget movies — Nazis at the Center of the Earth, Transmorphers, Atlantic Rim, and Titanic 2 — and explain them to each other while drinking.

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We catch up on a few recent releases — Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, and Solo: A Star Wars Story — with Tyler and Rebecca, plus a round of rapid-fire questions to get to know them.

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Manan, Regan, and Trevor join us to draft classic non-athlete movie characters onto hypothetical hockey teams, then argue over who actually built the better roster. Vodka gets an assist.

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Joe and Ben join us to discuss the films of Luc Besson — The Fifth Element, Lucy, Léon: The Professional, and Valerian — including a bracket-style draft to find the best Besson side character of all time.

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We finally sell out and do a Star Wars episode with Ben and Dan — pitching standalone movie ideas for Kathleen Kennedy and asking the bigger question of why we keep talking about these movies at all.

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