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1. RIP Robert Duval, James Van Der Beek

2. What Damian’s Been Watching: Maniac (Criterion Channel), Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (Hoopla), Christine (Netflix), Notting Hill (Amazon Prime), Side Effects (Netflix and Kanopy), The Burning (Kanopy), High Flying Bird (Netflix), Splitsville (Hulu)

3. What Derick’s Been Watching: XXV Winter Olympic Games, Send Help, Iron Lung, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

4. Letterboxd Assignments: 

1. Damian - Battle Of Algiers

2.  Derrick -  The Believer

    6. Next Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Singles, Derick - Scream 3

For Next Time: Feb 20th - I Can Only Imagine 2, How To Make A Killing, Psycho Killer Feb 27th - Scream 7…

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1. Catherine O'Hara Passes Away At 71

2. Iron Lung Makes $21 Million In Its Opening Weekend

3. What Damian's Been Watching: Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar, In the Bedroom, F1, The Ugly Stepsister, sex, lies, and videotape, Erin Brockovich, Brokeback Mountain, The Doom Generation, PlayTime, A Mighty Wind

4. What Derick's Been Watching: Return to Silent Hill, Wonder Man

5. Letterboxd Assignments: 

• Damian - All About My Mother 

• Derick - Philomina 

6. Next Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Battle Of Algiers, Derrick -  The Believer

For Next Time: Feb 6th - Solo Mio, The Moment, The Strangers – Chapter 3, Dracula: A Love Story (limited release) Feb 13th - GOAT, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, Crime 101, “Wuthering Heights,” Nirvanna: The Band - the Show - the Movie (limited release)

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David Erhlich’s 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025: A Video Countdown

2026 Oscar Noms

What Damian’s Been Watching: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, The Secret Agent, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Industry, Twinless, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, The Straight Story

What Derick’s Been Watching: Avatar: Fire and Ash, Anaconda, The Secret Agent, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Mercy, The First Video Game, Stranger Things Season 5

Most Anticipated Films Of 2026 (IndieWire List)

Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Bebette’s Feast, Derick - Killer Of Killers

Next Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - All About My Mother

For next time: Jan 30th Send Help, Iron Lung, The Moment Feb 6th - The Strangers Chapter 3, Pillion (limited release), Twisted

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Another year in the books, couldn't have done it without my co-host, Derick McDuff. Sitting on your ass and watching movies is far from the hardest thing in the world but doing anything worthwhile can be challenging at times. But knowing I get to chat with him and have intellectually stimulating conversations every other week keeps me motivated. Thanks for another great year and thanks anyone who takes the time to listen.

Special thanks to Dion for calling with his pick for his favorite film of 2025, and a thank you to my Mom for helping me get out to see many of these films, especially OOBAA at the Coolidge Corner Theater.

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Another year in the books, couldn't have done it without my co-host, Derick McDuff. Sitting on your ass and watching movies is far from the hardest thing in the world but doing anything worthwhile can be challenging at times. But knowing I get to chat with him and have intellectually stimulating conversations every other week keeps me motivated. Thanks for another great year and thanks anyone who takes the time to listen.

Special thanks to Dion for calling with his pick for his favorite film of 2025, and a thank you to my Mom for helping me get out to see many of these films, especially OBAA at the Coolidge Corner Theater.

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1. Netflix To Acquire Warner Brothers (They’ve never won Best Pic), Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover

2. Movie Trailers: Mother Mary, Ready Or Not 2

3. Gotham Awards, 2026 Golden Globes Nominations, Critics Choice Awards 

4. 2025 Most Anticipated Revisited 

5. What Damian’s Been Watching: Sentimental Value, No Other Choice, Frankenstein, The Shrouds, Rental Family, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Hamnet  

6. What Derick’s Been Watching: Sentimental Value, Eternity, Frankenstein, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Hamnet

7. Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Bebette’s Feast, Derick - Killer Of Killers

For next time: Dec 12th - Ella McCay, Wake Up Dead Man Dec 19th Avatar Fire And Ash, The Housemaid, Is This Thing On?Check out Dericks Socials Here

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1. Udo Kier Dies at 81

2. Governors Awards 2025

3. Letterboxd Introduces Video Store

4. Walter Chaw Hamnet Review

5. Movie Trailers: Sunrise On The Reaping

6. Defunctland’s Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise 

7. What Damian's Been Watching: Pluribus, Keeper, Running Man, Predator Badlands

8. What Derick’s Been Watching: The Running Man, Wicked, Wicked: For Good

9. Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - To Kill A Mockingbird, Derick - Thief

10.  New Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Bebette’s Feast, Derick - Killer Of Killers 

For next time: November 25th - (Limited Release) Wake Up Dead Man, The Thing With The Feathers, Left-Handed Girl, Dec 5th - (Limited Release) Hamnet, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, FNAF 2, Man Finds TapeCheck Out Dericks Socials Here

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1. Tatsuya Nakadai Dies at 92

2. Ankler Prediction’s

3. What Damian’s Been Watching: The Mastermind, Bugonia, Blue Moon, Chainsaw Man, Die My Love, Train Dreams, Pluribus

4. What Derick’s Been Watching: Predator: Badlands, Motorama, Die My Love

5. Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Big Night, Derick - Thief

For next time: November 14th - Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, Osgood Perkins’ Keeper, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, Jay Kelly November 21st - Rental Family, Wicked: For Good, SISU: Road to Revenge, Train Dreams on Netflix, Good Boy on ShudderCheck Out Dericks Socials Here

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1. Best of Hooptober 12

2. RIP Drew Struzan

3. Top 5 Best Post 2000 Horror

4. What Damian’s Been Watching: The Man Who Laughs, Black Phone 2,  

5. What Derick’s Been Watching: Black Phone 2, Roofman

6. Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - The Swimming Pool/The Plague of the Zombies, Derick - Hard 8

7. Next Time Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Big Night, Derick - Thief

For next time: October 31th - Bugonia, Nouvelle Vague (Limited Release) November 7th - Nuremberg, Predator: Badlands, Die, My Love, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein

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1. Rip Diane Keaton

2. Last Episode Of WTF

3. What Damian's Been Watching: Cloud, Misery, Hooptober 12, 

4. What Derick's Been Watching: TRON: Ares, Peacemaker, Bringing Out the Dead

5. Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - The Swimming Pool/The Plague of the Zombies, Derick: The Thin Red Line

6. Letterboxd Assignment; Derick - Hard 8 

For next time: October 17th; After The Hunt, Black Phone 2, October 25th; Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, A House Of DynamiteCheck Out Dericks Socials Here

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