The 100 year exile is cut short this week as Austin and Phil re-team to take on one of the ancient evils of podcasting: An Anniversary Episode.

The guys take on this challenge by watching a sequel to one of the earliest movies they covered and sat down for the 2025 Netflix-original The Old Guard 2.

They discuss the things they liked about this entry like cinematography and fight choreography.

They discuss the things they don't like such as the wasted potential of Uma Thurman and Charlize Theron's new haircut.

Most importantly, they go off on tangents and rabbit holes and long rambling discussions about anything but the movie.

Austin's Shout-Out: The Worst Time Loop Movie Ever

Phil's Shout Out: Comics People

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The Roods talk about the final episode of Midnight Mass and break down its themes of toxic religion and addiction, antiheroes, beautiful deaths, and so much more.

Thank you for spending your Halloween season with us as we enjoyed discussing this masterpiece of a series

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Apologies are in order as our audio is not up to par this episode. We (and by "we", I mean "Phil) did not realize that the mic settings were wrong and the audio was only picked up by Phil's laptop mic.

The audio is a little tough to hear and for that, I (Phil) am very sorry. I will try to dot the T's and cross the I's better in the future.

I hope despite the subpar audio, you will enjoy our discussion of Midnight Mass episode 6, entitled The Acts of the Apostles

We talk about monologues(again), alliances, cults, and how satisfying it is to watch Bev get shot.

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The Roods discuss The Gospel According to Riley, Henry Thomas, Biblical parallels, religious fanatics, and so much more as they break down the 5th episode of Midnight Mass: "Gospel"

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This week the guys talk about loss, murder, religious fanaticism, rules for vampires, afterlife monologues and a whole lot more as they break down Midnight Mass Episode 4: Lamentations

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The Roods return to Midnight Mass and go through the Stations of the Cross, go to Confession, and complain about Bev... Bev is the WORST!

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The Roods continue on with their episode by episode breakdown of the Mike Flanagan masterpiece Midnight Mass

This week the guys are talking about exposition, higher powers in sobriety, cinematography, and Bev... ohhh how we love to hate Bev...

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The Roods return from hiatus for the Halloween season by jumping into Mike Flanagan's 2021 masterpiece Midnight Mass. The guys are breaking down the show episode by episode so please watch along with us as we share our thoughts on this unique limited series.

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Aus and Phil go dumpster diving for Christmas gifts and came up with something totally unexpected: A movie called Tokyo Godfathers

The guys talk about flawed characters, redemption, A Christmas Carol, and found family. Listen to hear why they champion this movie becoming a part of your family's holiday movie rotation!

Thanks to Nicole Davis for recommending Tokyo Godfathers to us and thanks to our audience for listening. We hope you have a great holiday season and enjoy spending time with your people.

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