Dr. Ubi took a ride across Monument Valley on a motorcycle, and came back with a hankering for "Stagecoach" (1939) and "The Motorcycle Diaries" (2004).  We discuss "Apaches!" as a plot device, youthful idealism that eventually turn murderous, and those amazing hills and valleys in Arizona. 

We cover two very strange retellings of familiar fairy tales - 2025's "The Ugly Stepsister" and 2012's "Blancanieves."   Dr. Ubi questions just how many bad words we're allowed to say in an episode, and Notorious NDN tells us about all his favorite red flags in a woman.    

Courtland hosts our Halloween episode as we talk about two horror(ish) films from director Zach Cregger, this summer's Weapons and 2022's Barbarian.  

Also, the First Five Years (of the 2020s) Tournament returns, with 2 matchups: CODA vs. Soul and American Fiction vs. A Real Pain. 

And in a new potential feature, Will delivers an essay from the blog titled Brando, Clift, Dean: The Birth of the Brooding Anti-Hero.  

Dr. Ubi takes us back to his childhood with 2 of his favorite anime films, and Will complains a lot.  Also: Top 5(ish) Non-Miyazaki Animes, and First Five Years Tournament: Barbarian vs. Dune Part II. 

Will hosts and we take a look at two movies released within a few years of each other about troubled youth (and terrible parents).  

Notorious NDN leads up back to the Star Trek catalog, as we discuss saving whales, prison escapes, and political themes that haven't aged very well. 

Also in this episode: First Five Years Tournament Matchups - Nomadland vs. A Hero, and Twisters vs. Spider-man: Across the Multiverse. 

Dr. Ubi hosts and picks two sci-fi satires - the recent "Mickey 17," directed by Bong Joon Ho, and Paul VerHoeven's '90s classic "Starship Troopers."  

What makes a relationship real, and is "real" different than "good"?  We get together and discuss the recent film "Companion", directed by Drew Hancock, and the 1939 French film "Rules of the Game," directed by Jean Renoir.  

Notorious NDN hosts the episode as we pay tribute to Val Kilmer by discussing 1992's "Thunderheart" and 2005's "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".  

Dr. Ubi hosts and we discuss the 2024 film "Flow", which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Film, and 2003's "Triplets of Belleville" which absolutely should have won an Oscar, but didn't.