This Week's Apocalypse

This week, John wishes to not be haunted by pre-adolescent ghosts, Kevin wishes they had picked a much less thorny subject, and they both wish they hadn't watched Casper!

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:07:20 - J. A. Bayona - The Orphanage (2007)

0:25:40 - Brad Siberling - Casper (1995)

0:46:00 - Guillermo del Toro - The Devil's Backbone (2001)

1:12:25 - Decision Time! (Spoilers)

This week, John and Kevin try to modernise their investigating techniques by watching "modern" noir movies, and Kevin gets just a little hung up on trying to develop a cool catchphrase, and then a lot hung up on trying to make everyone forget.

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:05:55 - Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential (1997)

0:26:35 - Shane Black - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

0:46:35 - Rian Johnson - Brick (2005)

1:06:33 - Decision time! (spoilers)

This week John and Kevin point their laser-ish focus on Raymond Chandler related film noir, and look for diamonds in the rough... and maybe find some rough among the diamonds.

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:08:45 - Billy Wilder - Double Indemnity (1944)

0:29:45 - Robert altman - The Long Goodbye (1973)

0:47:35 - Howard Hawks - The Big Sleep (1946)

1:12:55 - Decision Time! (Spoilers)

John and Kevin have a crime to solve, and very little time, money, or patience.

Time to watch how the Noir-set do it, instead of actually doing any real work!

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:07:55 - John Huston - The Maltese Falcon (1941)

0:29:08 - Jules Dassin - The Naked city (1948)

0:55:15 - Roman Polanski - Chinatown (1974)

1:21:13 - Decision time! (spoilers)

Wizards? Sorcerers? What's the difference? John and Kevin struggle to barely answer this question as they enter The Wizarding World, in this mercifully Potter-less wizard battle.

This week's movies and timestamps:

0:06:25 - Steve Barron - Merlin (1998)

0:24:50 - Ron Howard - Willow (1988)

0:42:00 - John Carpenter - Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

1:02:00 - Decision Time! (spoilers)

This week John and Kevin tackle the much maligned silicate life of the Nordic wilds, and get into some troll-based bother. Can @snowgumfilms Troll Bridge tell them what they need to know to get out of this mess? If not, we've got two other films...

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:04:15 - Roar Uthaug - Troll (2022)

0:17:25 - Daniel Knight - Troll Bridge (2019)

0:36:55 - André Øvredal - Trollhunter (2010)

0:53:28 - Decision time! (spoilers)

John and Kevin have forgotten to remember something, so it's time to watch some movies about forgetting, and then probably take a nice long, New Year nap.

This week's movies:

Christopher Nolan - Memento (2000)

Paul Verhoeven - Total Recall (1990)

Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Happy holidays! It's cold out there, and gas costs a fortune, so John and Kevin seek the heat from within, and soke the fires of their chilly hearts with the warmth of cinematic joy (Warning! Does not contain Christmas!).

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:06:25 - Tim Burton - Big fish (2003)

0:22:45 - Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Amélie (2001)

0:45:40 - Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

0:59:30 - Decision time! (spoilers)

There's something in the fog/mist/clouds... well, whatever it is, it's hidden by airborne moisture, and John and Kevin have just about had enough of its monstrous behaviour!

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:05:50 - Frank Darabont - The Mist (2007)

0:28:10 - Kaare Andrews - Altitude (2010)

0:43:45 - John Carpenter - The Fog (1980)

1:08:55 - Decision time (spoilers)

Kevin got caught in a crime again, but this time he's doing the time! Luckily, john has come to break him out... with absolutely no escape plan.

Time to steal an idea from movies!

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:05:55 - John Carpenter - Escape from New York (1981)

0:28:55 - Frank Darabont - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

0:53:15 - Stuart Gordon - Fortress (1992)

1:15:20 - Decision Time (spoilers)