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Dennis' 3-film ballot ends in pop culture phenomenon Bird Box, the Sandra Bullock x Machine Gun Kelly crossover no one saw coming (no pun intended).

Released 2018. Directed by Susanne Bier. Starring Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, and John Malkovich.

“Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.”

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0:00 - Intro / Initial Reviews
20:09 - Spoiler Territory
1:07:06 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:12:14 - Next Movie Reveal

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This one may hurt your brain a little. Please do yourself a favor and watch the movie before listening to this. Also check out the Wiki page linked below to see the diagram we were referencing otherwise your brain may start leaking out of your ear. This is 2004 mini budget sci-fi brain basher, Primer.

Released in 2004. Directed by Shane Carruth. Starring Shane Carruth and David Sullivan.

"Friends and fledgling entrepreneurs invent a device in their garage which reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it, but they discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next."

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro / Initial Reviews
21:40 - Spoiler Territory
1:00:45 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:07:29 - Next Movie Reveal

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This week, we have guest Andy Nielsen on to talk about Napoleon. Matt was deceived by the idea of a Joaquin and Ridley team up, and boy, did we pay the price. 

Released 2023. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, and Tahar Rahim.

“A personal look at the French military leader’s origins and swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of Napoleon’s addictive, volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.”

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro / Initial Reviews
19:38 - Spoiler Territory
1:05:12 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:13:01 - Next Movie Reveal

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Bet you didn't have a sci-fi romance starring serious Jim Carrey playing opposite a hyper-quirky Kate Winslet on your 2004 bingo board. Does Dennis' pick live up to its reputation of being one of the greatest movies of all time?

Released 2004. Directed by Michel Gondry. Starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, and Kirsten Dunst.

“Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realizes that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake."

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0:00 - Intro / Initial Review
22:20 - Spoiler Territory
1:00:50 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:07:46 - Next Movie Reveal

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Zack is back with the fourth(!) David Fincher film we've reviewed thus far. The second film of Fincher's 4-year deal with Netflix proves to be a real ~vibe~.

Released 2023. Directed by David Fincher (Fight Club, Gone Girl, The Social Network). Starring Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, and Charles Parnell.

“After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.”

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0:00 - Intro / Initial Review
15:12 - Spoiler Territory
51:14 - Final Scores Anyone?
56:40 - Next Movie Reveal

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Mad Max meets The Polar Express in Matt’s pick Snowpiercer. Don’t let the synopsis fool you. This one is a train wreck in more ways than one.

Released 2013. Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, and Tilda Swinton.

“In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.”

Timestamp
 0:00 - Intro / Initial Review
17:48 - Spoiler Territory
55:30 - Final Scores Anyone? 
1:01:59 - Next Movie Reveal

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Well, we recorded this episode a while back and due to some technical issues, we nixed it. But now, it has risen from the dead and is ready to burst through your proverbial chest.

Released 1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, and Ian Holm.

“During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.”

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00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
25:12 - Spoiler Territory
1:04:50 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:10:11 - Next Movie Reveal

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Dennis keeps it rocking with this 90s cult classic Pulp Fiction. For once, we have an insanely popular pick that none of us have seen. This should be good.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, and Uma Thurmin.

“A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster’s moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.”

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0:00 - Intro / Initial Review
21:20 - Spoiler Territory
1:01:40 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:07:55 - Next Movie Reveal

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Zack keeps on theme with a spooky pick. This week we watched A24 cult classic folk tale, The Witch.

Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor Joy, Ralph Ineson, and Kate Dickie.

“In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and crops mysteriously fail, the family turns on one another.”

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0:00 - Intro / Initial Review
19:20 - Spoiler Territory
1:09:55 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:15:45 - Next Movie Reveal

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After the kerfuffle of botched recordings for The Creator and Alien, we are back with Matt's disturbing drama/horror flick, Hereditary, just in time for Halloween.

Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, and Milly Shapiro.

“When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.”

Timestamps 
0:00 - Intro / Initial Review
17:52 - Spoiler Territory
1:02:00 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:10:00- Next Movie Reveal

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