Collect your belongings and prepare to disembark because this train is making its final stop at the Animation Station! Beloved conductor Alexis leads a conversation discussing the goodest boys of cinema, Simon Wells's animated adventure Balto, and what her fursona would be. Strap in for an X-Rated chat about a G-Rated movie.

This episode is dedicated to Togo, history's best boy.

Have your tickets ready because The Film Majors are taking you to the Animation Station once again! This week your intrepid heroes of cinematic discussion talk great uses of narration in film, Travis Knight's stop motion fantasy epic Kubo and the Two Strings, and whether or not this film is the cherry on top of the McConaissance.

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The cinematic engine has reached its next stop at the Animation Station! Your beloved hosts go a little off the rails discussing films that depict mid-20s ennui, Isao Takahata's contemplative memory piece Only Yesterday, and if Zack is the one derailing things this time around.

Television's own Owen Skornik-Hayes joins your hosts to release the beast and discuss James DeMonaco's crowning achievement as a director The Purge: Election Year (2016). What real world political events does this film predict? Why is Joe's dialogue written like that? Is Kimmy the candybar girl the greatest character in cinema history? The Purgecast is your only source for answers to these burning questions!

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It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a train and it's taking you to the Animation Station! Conductor Alexis Avitia takes Zack and Mick through a wide ranging discussion about films that have been on their watchlists for a long time, Satoshi Kon's horrific directorial debut Perfect Blue, and how mad Mick is that Alexis hasn't seen Amadeus.

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Go back to your graves, ghouls and goblins, because Spooky Season has died its gruesome death once again. With the help of horror commentator Kristen Semedo, author of The Aspiring Final Girl, your hosts talk the greatest cinematic depictions of madness, Andrzej Żuławski's art house creature feature Possession, and if this is an easier film to appreciate after its director's passing.

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The lonely film outpost returns to sate your appetite for podcasting with another installment of Spooky Season. The commanding officers of film discussion talk films that make them hungry, Antonia Bird's bizarre horror comedy Ravenous, and the energy they all gain by making one another tired and fed up. Bon appétit!

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Did you know the brain can itch? Continuing in their bone chilling journey through Spooky Season, your hosts talk their all time favorite "that guys," David Prior's mind melting cosmic horror The Empty Man, and Alexis's love for Brahms from The Boy. Plug in your headphones, whisper his name three times, and let The Empty Man come find you.

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The air is crisp and a cold chill is in the air; it must be Spooky Season! To kick off the scariest time of the year, The Film Majors have enlisted the help of snarky film critic Dylan Roth and pulp horror devotee Dalton Deschain, hosts of Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?, to discuss cinema's most sympathetic monsters, Tobe Hooper's feverish nightmare The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and its goofy follow-up The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and perhaps the greatest insult to ever appear in a major motion picture. Cover your eyes, get under your covers, and strap in for a ghoulish good time!

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The Film Majors co-host Mick Mugnai joins Sage and Zack to discuss the film that really kicked this franchise into another gear - The Purge: Anarchy (2014). How did it expand the world of The Purge? Why does Big Daddy look like a college football coach? What mysterious liquid did someone squirt on Zack at a farmer's market? All of these questions and more will be answered on this special Spooky Season episode of The Purgecast!

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