The First Watch

Join us in watching and discussing Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 cult classic starring a slimy Ralph Fiennes and also the coolest anyone's ever looked in Angela Bassett. Not to mention a Juliette Lewis who- you guessed it- is the walking embodiment of sexual energy. Tune in for a weirdly prescient and important movie for our current times, and one that saw the future in a couple of key ways. Remember, paranoia is just reality on a finer scale. These ain't your grandaddy's squids, stay safe out there!

Join us in watching and discussing David Lynch's 2001 dreamy masterpiece featuring a star-making Naomi Watts performance alongside a few other freaks who are sure to bring a smile to your face. This one is not for you normies out there so be warned. It is Dan's FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL-TIME so needless to say he gets a little defensive when the rest of the crew brings totally valid critiques. Sit back, relax, and join us in Club Silencio where THERE IS NO BAND!

Sometimes a movie comes out that you can't NOT talk about! With Paul Thomas Anderson's new masterpiece hitting streaming we decided to throw an extra episode in the mix and talk about it. We welcome on a new guest in Dan's wife Diana and just chat about normal stuff like parenthood, fetishization of black women and how little has changed in immigration detention centers since 2008. This one contains multitudes and we're just happy to be talking about it together, we hope you enjoy!

Join us in watching and discussing James Cameron's 1997 Oscar-sweeping epic starring a young Leo and Kate Winslet. But you already know all about this one, let's just say it was pretty popular... Come for the love story, stay for a cartoonishly villainous Billy Zane and a hot pirate-coded Bill Paxton. Big Jim's obsession with the ocean pays dividends big time in this one!

Join us in watching and discussing Brad Bird's 1999 animated masterpiece featuring Vin Diesel's best performance??? We're talking McCarthyism and The Red Scare in a kid's movie? Let's goooooooo. Grab a box of tissues and gather round the boob tube for this wonderful experience.

Join us in watching and discussing Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 Masterpiece starring an Academy Award Winning-Daniel Day-Lewis playing a demon sent from hell to spread his capitalist seed. In other words, if you say he is an oil man, he would agree! Do you like drinking milkshakes? Then boy do we have an episode for you!

Join us in watching and discussing Mel Brooks' 1974 Comedy/Western classic starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. If you're interested in a culturally sensitive portrait of race relations in the wild west, look no further!

Join us in watching and discussing the first of our crew's five faves, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1997 mind-bending horror masterpiece starring the great Koji Yakusho. We hope you listen and learn that all the things that used to be inside of you are now all outside. Just as they should be...

Join us in watching and discussing Wes Anderson's 2009 Oscar-nominated stop-motion adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel starring George Clooney as the titular Mr. Fox alongside a FANTASTIC supporting cast. We hope you enjoy this cussing great episode about a cussing great movie!

Join us in watching and discussing M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 twisty horror/thriller starring Oscar nominated-Haley Joel Osment and Toni Collette, also Bruce Willis is there! If you don't want to listen to this fantastic episode you could take Dr. Malcolm Crowe's advice and "keep it movin' cheese-dick".