Is this the first podcast ever recorded between man and AI? And is it even possible to notice who is Sam and who is the AI movie expert that has been trained on movie Reddit? 

Mr. M the AI movie guru steps in for this podcast’s ever declining co-hosts to discuss some of the best and worst movies released over the last three months, including, Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse (3:35), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (3:40), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (5:00),  Asteroid City (5:40), Sisu (6:30), Extraction 2 (9:15), How to Blow Up a Pipeline (13:00), The Artifice Girl (15:30), Reality (17:20), Blackberry (18:45), Air (19:40), The Eight Mountains (22:00), Sanctuary (22:45), Super Mario Brothers (23:50), Beau is Afraid (24:20) and Are You There God Its Me Margaret (25:40). Plus two movies we hated – Renfield (27:20) and You Hurt My Feelings (27:45).

NO Spoilers this episode.

Outre: Goodbye Stranger, Supertramp, 1979

Curious how we recorded this episode? Basic idea was written up here, https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/ai-powered-speaker-is-a-chatbot-you-can-actually-chat-with/

Gaming is the story of 2023 movies so far so board-game expert Kyle King - cohost of the gaming and movie podcast Board Game Box Office - joins us to debate the best IP, erm, movies of 2023 so far -- and those you can skip.

Movies discussed include: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Tetris, Pacifiction, Godland, Saint Omer, Kill Boksoon, Close, Rye Lane, Knock at the Cabin, Boston Strangler, Missing, When You Finish Saving the World, Sharper, Creed 3, John Wick: Chapter 4.

Classics Corner: Beyond Sunrise/Sunset (1995, 2004) & Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

NO spoilers in this episode.

Outre: "Hold On Tight," (2023), AESPA

32 movies from 2022 face off head to head to determine the best movie of the year. John and Sammy are joined by Aaron Brooks, Grace Leeder,

Av Sinensky, Alex Orvitz and Mark Geneson, plus audio picks from friends and fans worldwide. The episode is spoiler free.

The Bracket can be found here. See here for John, Sammy and the critics 32 favorite 2022 movies.

Outro is from the soundtrack of the number one movie of the year ;-)

December gets a bonus episode as John and Sammy make sense of the Avatar sequel, The Way of Water, call out the most disappointing movies of 2022 and hash out which bubble movies qualify for the 4th annual best movie of the year bracket, coming next episode!

We also catch up and give a passing mention to EO, Thirteen Lives, Women Talking, The Woman King and To Leslie.

Our next episode will be a 32-movie bracket to decide the best film of 2022. To participate in this bracket, please send us a short audio clip where YOU (1) identify yourself and (2) name and (3) explain your favorite movie of 2022. Please send your audio clip directly to any of the hosts by email, whatsapp or courier pigeon.

Intro: We Remade Avatar 2 for $20, Cracked, dir. Chandler Perry, 2022

Outro: The Songcord, Zoe Saldana, "Avatar: The Way of Water - The Soundtrack, 2022

2022 was a bottom-heavy year for movies so between watching the new and catching up on past eleven months, John and Sammy have a busy episode, hitting favorites like The Banshees of Inisherin and Glass Onion as well as The Menu, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Armageddon Time, Del Toro's Pinocchio, Funny Pages, This Place Rules, the WW1 duo of All Quiet on the Western Front + Benediction, Good Luck to You Leo Grande and Baby Assassins. We also urge avoiding White Noise and the Italian flick, The Hole.

Classics Corner: Terms of Endearment (1983), Story of Your Life (1998)

For the Pandora obsessed, we aim to add a bonus episode soon on Avatar 2, Babylon, The Whale, Women Talking and a few more late-year worthies.  

Our Feb episode will be a 32-movie bracket to decide the best film of 2022. To participate in this bracket, please send us a short audio clip where YOU (1) identify yourself and (2) name and (3) explain your favorite movie of 2022. You can send this audio clip directly to any of the hosts (find us on Twitter, email, whatsapp).

Outro: We Were a King Once, Christoph Waltz, Pinocchio (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film), 2022

After a few dry months, November brought quality and John and Sammy are here for Todd Field’s Tar (7:30) and Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans (29:00), as well as a few other hits and misses like Paris 13th District (3:30), Fresh (43:30), She Said (46:33) and Causeway (50:30), plus documentaries like Fire of Love (39:50) and Riotsville USA (41:30) + Classics Corner (53:00).

Outre: Monster Hunter World OST (2018)

We moan about uninspiring movies and then get into the good - Athena, the Weird Al Yankovic biopic and Confess Fletch - and the bad: Wendell & Wild, AfterSun, Triangle of Sadness, Blonde, and Medieval. 

Outre: 'The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota,' Weird AL Yankovic, 1989

Nolan's next big bomb (Oppenheimer) may be delayed to next year but that does not stop us from naming the best movies to prepare you for 'the destroyer of worlds.' John and Sammy also tackle recent flicks 3,000 Years of Longing (13:50), Emily the Criminal (27:40), Samaritan (33:00) and Alienoid (46:30). Plus we catch up on Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (39:30) and Nope (43:00) and Kubrick it up on Classic Corner.

No SPOILERS this episode.

Outre: 'Genie in a Bottle' Christina Aguilera - 2019 cover by Oshri Cohen

Another Sandler bball movie means the return of Uncut Gems expert Justin Partridge (@j_partridgeIII), who also graces us with his movie bio (44:20), the films that tell the story of his life - or at least, how horror movies weaned and matured him. Plus: two special guests join for Cha Cha and Spiderhead!

June movies covered include Hustle (3:00), Elvis (6:20), Mad God (17:00), Cha Cha Real Smooth (26:50), Spiderhead (35:30), Lost Illusions (41:30), Brian and Charles (43:35). Plus some Classics Corner (1:02:00).

Cooper Raiff's interview in Town and Country about bar mitzvahs and Cha Cha Real Smooth, 

Outre: "If I Can Dream" (1968), Elvis Presley

John and Sammy go head to head with the various July movies they saw - Nope and Decision to Leave are the highlights - but the main dish is we run down the 14 movies in history that over time held the title of most domestic box-office ever, from 1913 to the present day.

Intro: The Invention of Cinema - 1888 to 1914 (100 Years of Cinema Youtube Channel)

Outre: This is the Lost Generation, The Lost Generation, 1972