This week on the podcast, Michael, Red, Tim and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Steven Spielberg's shaky adaptation of THE BFG from the immortally scrumtrillescent Roald Dahl, funny man Mike Birbiglia delivers a cute little improvised comedy with DON'T THINK TWICE starring Keegan Michael-Key & Gillian Jacobs, Scott dives deep into the trapdoor of the past in the spectacular animated short THE HOUSE OF SMALL CUBES and resurfaces as a blubbering mess of emotions, we lament the fact that SCROTAL RECALL has to go by the much less hilarious and more 'socially acceptable' LOVESICK title, Michael foolishly gives THE MATRIX sequels another shot and reaches the same disappointing conclusion that we always do, and much, much more before our featured review of FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM from director David Yates.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:49:25 - Review: Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (2016)
• 1:10:55 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Don't Think Twice (2016)
• Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (2016)

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This week on the podcast, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the steaming pile of trashy pseudo-scientific mayhem that is LUCY from director Luc Besson, Ted Chiang's absolutely gorgeous and heartbreaking short novella STORY OF YOUR LIFE vibrates with pure beauty, Scott finally rings the firehouse bell on Ron Howard's surprisingly gripping 1991 thriller BACKDRAFT, we pop out our eyeballs to the first trailer for VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS starring Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne, Michael gathers around the warm Netflix fireplace for the SHERLOCK Christmas special, and much, much more before our featured review of ARRIVAL from director Denis Villeneuve.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:45:40 - Review: Arrival (2016)
• 1:08:20 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Lucy (2014)
• Arrival (2016)

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Today on the podcast, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Army Mess Hall for our blood soaked review of HACKSAW RIDGE from director Mel Gibson.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - Intro
• 0:07:45 - Review: Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

CLIPS

• Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

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This week on the podcast, Michael, Red, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Terry Gilliam's monumentally influential masterpiece BRAZIL setting the gold standard for bureaucratic dystopia, we take a skinny jean stroll down an Edinburgh back alley with the first official trailer for T2: TRAINSPOTTING featuring the entire OG smack gang, Mike tries on the THE CROWN from Netflix and is greeted by a raised eyebrow from Queen Elizabeth herself, Scott checks out SONICSGATE and breaks his heart over the passion and fiscal tightrope that all Seattle Supersonics fans have been forced to tread, unfinished post-production work on THE DARK TOWER has resulted in a delayed release to a more agreeable date in Summer 2017, Red continues down a path of undying Moebius worship with THE WORLD OF EDENA from the wheel of his new Citroën, and much, much more before our featured review of DOCTOR STRANGE from director Scott Derrickson.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:35:55 - News
• 0:58:05 - Review: Doctor Strange (2016)
• 1:39:10 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Brazil (1985)
• T2: Trainspotting (2017)
• Doctor Strange (2016)

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This week on the podcast, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo museum and discuss Terrence Malick's IMAX documentary VOYAGE OF TIME featuring a sleepy Brad Pitt ruminating on the nature of the universe, Werner Herzog gets lost down another rabbit hole of cultural spiritualism with the volcanic INTO THE INFERNO, we get set for the Wolverine post-apocalypse with OLD MAN LOGAN, Mike finds some profound sadness in the frustrating and endless quest for nebulous truth in RESURRECT DEAD: THE MYSTERY OF THE TOYNBEE TILES on Netflix, MEAN GIRLS remains a staple of the high school comedy genre, we all scratch our heads as to where exactly the new sci-fi thriller LIFE came from, Red checks out DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY on BBC America, and much, much more before our featured review of INFERNO from director Ron Howard.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:44:35 - News
• 1:13:50 - Review: Inferno (2016)
• 1:39:17 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)
• Life (2017) Official Trailer #1
• Inferno (2016)

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This week on the podcast, Michael and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss how director Tim Miller dropping out of DEADPOOL 2 leads to some potentially exciting replacement candidates, Louis Theroux's marvelous and eccentric documentary MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE is an insane look at severing ties with a cult of intimidation, the internet squeals with glee as Nintendo swings for the fences with the SWITCH handheld-console hybrid slated for release in March of 2017, Mike has to book a VIP ticket in order to endure the weaksauce of KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES starring Zach Galifinakis and Gal Gadot, Donald Glover is your new Lando Calrissian, Wolverine gets 'Hurt' in the new LOGAN trailer courtesy of an ass whooping by Johnny Cash, and much, much more before our featured review of PONTYPOOL from director Bruce McDonald.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:41:55 - News
• 1:20:35 - Review: Pontypool (2008)
• 1:39:15 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• My Scientology Movie (2015)
• Logan (2017) Trailer #1
• Pontypool (2008)

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This week on the podcast, Michael, Red, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Jim Jarmusch's poetic new film PATERSON starring Adam Driver as a bus driver named Paterson in the city of Paterson, the disappointing THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS does very little to advance the extremely well-worn zombie genre for us, the excellent FRAGGLE ROCK is being remastered in HD for HBO and a whole new generation will experience the joy of meeting the Fraggles, Gorgs, and Doozers, Rockstar Games offers up a tease to a possible RED DEAD REDEMPTION sequel and the internet erupts into a dusty western tizzy, Mike slowly walks towards IT FOLLOWS only to discover an overrated and pretty forgettable horror flick, and much, much more before our featured review of THE ACCOUNTANT from director Gavin O'Connor.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
• Jose Gonzalez - "Far Away"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:40:25 - News
• 1:09:35 - Review: The Accountant (2016)
• 1:40:49 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• The Girl with all the Gifts (2016)
• The Accountant (2016)

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This week on the podcast, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the accidentally leaked trailer for THE DARK TOWER, Scott continues his VIFF odyssey with the gorgeous and delicate animated film THE RED TURTLE from Studio Ghibli, the irresistible allure of HBO's spectacular drama series WESTWORLD has completely taken over our cybernetic brains, Denis Villenueve officially reveals BLADE RUNNER 2049 which may or may not be a new Synthwave band, we continue to be perplexed by the POWER RANGERS reboot as the debut trailer morphs its way onto the internet, every single element of Joel & Ethan Coen's TRUE GRIT remake is absolutely bangin on all cylinders, Red squares off with the original Daredevil ZATOICHI aka The Blind Swordsman, and much, much more before our featured review of THE BIRTH OF A NATION from director Nate Parker.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:47:35 - News
• 1:24:50 - Review: The Birth of a Nation (2016)
• 1:57:52 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Westworld (2016)
• Power Rangers (2017)
• The Birth of a Nation (2016)

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This week on the podcast, Mike and Scott meet in the offshore Nostromo lounge and discuss the absolutely captivating animated documentary TOWER centering on the tragic 1966 sniper incident at the University of Texas, we hail the synthwave gods for the miracle that is and forever shall be TURBO KID 2 from RKSS Productions, Scott has fallen madly in gleeful love with the brilliant, hilarious and mindblowing mockumentary OPERATION AVALANCHE at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Hollywood keeps it vertical as our April 2016 prediction comes to bear fruit with the announcement of Disney's live action remake of THE LION KING from Jon Favreau, Mike returns from a Gulf Island adventure to the mean streets of Harlem in the new Marvel series LUKE CAGE on Netflix, and much, much more before we pressure test our featured review of DEEPWATER HORIZON from director Peter Berg.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
• Le Matos - "Wasteland"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:46:35 - News
• 1:16:40 - Review: Deepwater Horizon (2016)
• 1:43:56 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Operation Avalanche (2016)
• Deepwater Horizon (2016)

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This week on the podcast, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the triumphant return of Clive Owen as The Driver in the BMW Short Films revival THE ESCAPE from Neill Blomkamp, Scott triggers a landslide of admiration for the fantastic Norwegian disaster film THE WAVE, shit hits the fan on the set of TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT as Michael Bay emblazons Nazi swastikas all over Winston Churchill's ancestral home, we open up our cybernetic minds and bask in the stunning glory of the original GHOST IN THE SHELL from 1995, some mixed feelings awaken from cryosleep in the first trailer for PASSENGERS starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, Red is giddy with deep space glee as the third and final installment of ROCHE LIMIT hits shelves, and much, much more before our featured review of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN remake from director Antoine Fuqua.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:36:25 - News
• 1:01:40 - Review: The Magnificent Seven (2016)

CLIPS

• Ghost in the Shell (1995)
• Passengers (2016)
• The Magnificent Seven (2016)

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