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Spoiler alert: this is the highest we've ever rated a movie on the podcast (not counting Interstellar, which you should because Matt's a fuckin' doofus)

Released in 2015. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, and Oscar Isaac.

"Caleb, a coder at the world’s largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world’s first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
 - Spoiler Territory
 - Final Scores Anyone?
 - Next Movie Reveal

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Coen Brothers x Nick Cage in his early days = a mixed bag of reviews. 

Released in 1987. Directed by Joel Coen. Starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, and Trey Wilson.

"When a childless couple–an ex-con and an ex-cop–decide to help themselves to one of another family’s quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
34:07 - Spoiler Territory
58:10 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:03:33 - Next Movie Reveal

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There Will Be Blood takes our PTA virginity this week and there's mixed feelings :(

Released in 2007. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano.

"Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview’s motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
28:41 - Spoiler Territory
1:07:14 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:20:46 - Next Movie Reveal

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Matt choosing a 16 year old comedy movie? What could go wrong? Let's see how the star-studded Little Miss Sunshine holds up.

Released in 2006. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Starring Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carrell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arklin.

"A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
22:53 - Spoiler Territory
1:02:00 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:08:19 - Next Movie Reveal

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One of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time and the inspiration for sci-fi and cinema for years to come, and somehow we all hadn't seen it. Buckle up for 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Released in 1968. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, and Douglas Rain.

"Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world’s most advanced super computer."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Reviews
20:21 - Spoiler Territory
1:22:25 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:32:57 - Next Movie Reveal

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Closing out one of Zack's favorite director's current filmography with viking revenge epic, The Northman.

Released in 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, and Anya Taylor-Joy.

"Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy’s mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who’s on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
09:01 - Movie Grid
28:55 - Spoiler Territory
1:13:00 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:20:26 - Next Movie Reveal

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This week we tick off another movie from one of the podcast's beloved directors, but it's a musical?

Released 2014. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

"Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
30:34 - Spoiler Territory
1:13:58 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:25:30 - Next Movie Reveal

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Someone besides Matt picks an A24 movie again?? Didn't see that coming. Horror thriller Green Room features punk rock neo-Nazis led by Patrick Stewart? Also didn't see that coming.

Released in 2015. Directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, and Patrick Stewart.

"A punk rock band becomes trapped in a secluded venue after finding a scene of violence. For what they saw, the band themselves become targets of violence from a gang of white power skinheads, who want to eliminate all evidence of the crime."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
23:20 - Spoiler Territory
51:38 - Final Scores Anyone?
58:18 - Next Movie Reveal

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One of the best sci-fi movies of all time, they say. What do we say? The Matrix is the topic of conversation this week and we are not all in agreeance.

Released 1999. Directed by The Wachowski Sisters. Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, and Carrie-Anne Moss.

"Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
21:19 - Spoiler Territory
1:03:40 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:11:09 - Next Movie Reveal

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Out of Matt's options, Dennis and Zack select the mystery war drama - Incendies - an early work from one of the best directors of all time.

Released in 2010, Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, and Maxim Gaudette.

"A mother’s last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’s acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults’ voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
19:57 - Spoiler Territory
54:59 - Final Scores Anyone?
59:03 - Next Movie Reveal

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