Aus and Phil finish their trip to Mexico on a high note, by watching the 2003 film Once Upon A Time In Mexico. The final installment in the Mariachi Trilogy proves to be a great movie to end the season on as it provides the guys a ton of conversation about El Mariachi's character arc, Johnny Depp's performance, and Girls in Refrigerators... There's a lot to pick apart.

The Roods also look back on the Mariachi movies as a trilogy and pick their favorite trilogies of the season.

Austin's Shout Out: Mr Grande

Phil's Shout Out: In Defense of Nicolas Cage

This episode marks the end of our Third Season!  We want to thank everyone who hung out with us this season as we experimented with format a bit and had some fun trying some new things.  We really appreciate each and every person who gives their time to listening to our show, whether it's every episode or just a single one.  Thanks to all of you.  -Phil and Austin

Somewhere in a small border town, Austin and Phil are drinking cheap beer in dirty glasses as they talk about the biggest Mexican action movie they've ever seen:  1995's Desperado.  The guys talk about how Robert Rodriguez uses his budget to realize his style, Buscemi, and debate whether Antonio Banderas was miscast or is doing a brilliant comedic performance... plus so much more!

Austin's Shout Out: Ms. Frazzled

Phil's Shout Out: Captain Midnight

This week, Phil and Austin head south of the border with just a few dollars and a guitar case full of puns as they kick off their last trilogy of the season with Robert Rodriguez's 1992 indie triumph El Mariachi.  The guys talk about what sets this apart from other low-budget movies, Rodriguez's unique filmography, and how budget restrictions helped this film.  

Austin's Shout Out: Joel Cossette Music

Phil's Shout Out: Dave's Killer Bread

Austin and Phil return once more to Gotham City to take care of its newest threat:  A million ideas with no follow-up at all.  The guys talk about Old Batman, stock market heists, and drastic tonal shifts.  Also, Phil brings up his old grudge against the other Nolan...

Austin's Shout Out: Art That Was Never Finished

Phil's Shout Out: The Judgies

Earlier this year, Phil participated in the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay competition.  He was invited to join fellow writers Derek and Keith of Pop Up FilmCast, and Joelle("Mouse") and Julianne("Weens") of the Mouse and Weens podcast to have some long and winding and informative conversations about the process.  The result is the new podcast: The Midnight Writers: An Adventure In Screenwriting

This is the first episode of The Midnight Writers, but we encourage you to find its original feed wherever you get podcasts.  It is a really informative and fun series all about creativity and we are proud to introduce you to it.

Aus and Phil talk about the 2008 comic book masterpiece "The Dark Knight" on this week's episode.  They discuss Ledger's performance, the themes of being a vigilante and Holmes vs Gyllenhaal vs Flat Character Writing in the Battle of the Rachels.

Austin's Shout Out: Tiny Jewish Girl

Phil's Shout Out: Hag Attack

Aus and Phil fake their deaths and run to the Himalayas where they planned to become crime-fighting ninjas... until they found a tv and a blu-ray of this week's movie.  They watched Batman Begins to kick off the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight Trilogy.  The guys talk about Gary Oldman quickly becoming the podcast's MVP, the differing philosophies of vigilante justice, and the biggest suspension of disbelief in this entire movie:  the existence of socially conscious billionaires.

Austin's Shout Out: swainathan

Phil's Shout Out: In Praise of Shadows

(Train to Busan review starts at 24:00)

Austin and Phil pat themselves on the back for reaching 50 episodes of the podcast before launching into a quick review of Halloween Kills (spoilers) before getting to their main review of 2016's Korean zombie masterpiece Train to Busan.  The guys talk about what makes certain formulaic stories rise to the top, what they thought of the zombies in this movie's world, and who their favorite and least favorite train passengers were.  Our listeners picked this movie and we're glad they did, so climb aboard for Episode 50 and a really fun ride.

Austin's Shout Out: Doctor Who-Flux

Phil's Shout Out: Jason Isbell-Georgia Blue

We did this quick episode to address some of the feedback we've gotten about our coverage of the Evil Dead franchise.  The incredible Corey Scott sends us a DM about the parallels between Ash and Marty McFly, then we throw it to podcast producer extraordinaire Hammond Chamberlain who drops some knowledge on us about Sam Raimi, his work on The Evil Dead and beyond, what we got right, what we got wrong, and his souvenir skull from Army of Darkness.

Corey and Hammond are a great representation of the kind of awesome community we have around our show and we couldn't be more thankful for them.

Also, check out Song of the Sandman by J-F Dubeau wherever you get books! 

Aus and Phil finish off the Evil Dead trilogy with Army of Darkness.  The guys talk about what does and doesn't work in this installment, Raimi's choices, and how the trilogy works as a whole.  Also, Phil voices his opinions and waits for the internet to descend upon him.

Austin's Shout Out: Wolf 359

Phil's Shout Out: OldTimeHawkey