Top 5 Film

E131 houses two reviews. First "Annihilation" written and directed by Alex Garland. Second "A Wrinkle in Time" directed by Ava DuVernay.

Show Notes:

00:20 - Adjusting to a New Setup

01:41 - Representation Matters

04:37 - Segment I: "Annihilation" Review

05:54 - Writer and Director Alex Garland

08:47 - Female Diversity

13:58 - Co-Exist

17:00 - A Believable Horrifying Narrative

19:32 - Science Contrasted with Visual Effects

25:39 - Fear and the Bear

31:07 - Hypnotic Jennifer Jason Leigh

35:46 - Humanity

39:14 - Inside the Lighthouse

47:02 - Positive Evolution

50:42 - Segment II: "A Wrinkle in Time"

52:03 - Love your Faults

54:25 - In the Light vs in the Dark

59:57 - Why Calvin Matters

64:12 - Kids without Fathers

66:08 - Oprah and Size

70:52 - Camazotz

74:08 - Meg and Mrs. Which

77:22 - Reuniting and Final Thoughts

E130 houses a review for Marvel Studios 18th feature film "Black Panther" as well as a segment on shared universes in cinema.

Show Notes:

00:20 - Segment I: "Black Panther" Review

01:12 - Music of Black Panther

02:16 - Black Awareness and Black Panther

04:59 - Filling MCU's Own Void

08:38 - The Action, Good and Bad

10:46 - Killmonger and His Contrast

18:07 - Challenging the Throne

20:22 - The Ease of Vibranium

23:26 - Okoye and the Women of Wakanda

26:07 - Signs of Improvement

28:31 - Black Panther's Impact on Marvel's Platform

34:19 - Origins and Heart-Shaped Herb

39:48 - Ending and Spirit World

46:07 - Segment II: Shared Universes

48:17 - What Can Wakanda Share?

55:00 - Infinity War Speculation

59:05 - Exhaustion Points

62:58 - DC Finding Footing

65:45 - Reactions to Villains

69:34 - Cracking the Marvel Code

74:25 - Outros

E129 features your host's individual Top 10 as well as creating a collaborative Top 5 for the year of 2017.

Show Notes:

00:20 - Happy New Year!

00:51 - PS Score Prize

01:43 - Segment I: Jonathan Chang's Top 10

02:01 - Blade Runner 2049

03:51 - Brigsby Bear

05:26 - Call Me By Your Name

06:45 - Dunkirk

08:24 - Good Time

09:29 - Lady Bird

11:16 - Logan

13:36 - Mudbound

15:48 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi

17:45 - Raw \ Your Name

19:05 - Segment II: Schofizzy's Top 10

19:39 - Ladybird

23:21 - Logan

24:21 - Wind River

27:31 - Blade Runner 2049

29:24 - Good Time

30:57 - Get Out

32:41 - The Lost City of Z

35:14 - The Blackcoat's Daughter

37:31 - War for the Planet of the Apes

41:13 - A Ghost Story

49:05 - Segment III: Top 5 Film's Top 5

51:16 - Get Out

52:45 - Debating Shared Titles: Logan, Lady Bird, Good Time, and Blade Runner 2049

58:46 - Potential Titles: Dunkirk, Brigsby Bear, and Mudbound

65:29 - Finalizing our Top 5

69:06 - A Great Year at the Movies

E128 features discussion and our review of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and also has the PS Score results from E126.

Show Notes:

00:20 - Segment I: E126 PS Score Results

01:54 - Refreshing Your Memory

03:13 - Flatliners

04:01 - New Ideas

04:54 - Segment II: "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" Review

06:01 - Lifelong Star Wars Fans

09:58 - Beyond

13:29 - The Apprentice Outgrows the Master

17:16 - Expanding with Nostalgia

23:23 - Salty at Rian Johnson

26:42 - How Luke is Presented

31:56 - Break the Rules

34:15 - Minority Representation

36:47 - Hux and Humor

40:34 - Leia and the Female Perspective

45:47 - Kylo Ren and the Offer

50:43 - Removing the Mask

54:50 - Rey's Parents

E127 includes reviews and discussion for "mother!" and "Kingsman: The Golden Circle."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Segment I: "mother!" Review

01:13 - Decompressing the Experience

03:05 - Trinity or "Triality"

08:02 - Battery

09:41 - Perspectives

12:01 - In Your Face

15:28 - It Ruined Date Night

23:31 - Segment II: "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" Review

24:20 - Finger-bang into Oblivion

27:26 - Another White Guy

29:35 - Put 'em on Ice

31:08 - Best Thing in the Movie

33:18 - Poppy and the Rest

E126 features a new round of the PS Score and results from E125. E126 also includes reviews for three new movies; "Wind River," "Good Time," and "It."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Segment I: E125 PS Score Results

02:42 - PS Score Win/Lose Trailer Commentary #4

05:56 - "LBJ" Trailer Talkback

07:14 - Segment II: E126 PS Score

07:42 - PS Score: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (JC 52% & TS 75%)

08:19 - PS Score: American Made (JC 61% & TS 83%)

09:27 - PS Score: Flatliners (JC 33% & TS 50%)

10:45 - Segment III: "Wind River" Review

11:08 - A Complex Situation

14:10 - Renner; A Seasoned Minimalist

16:19 - We Need to Do Something About This

18:37 - A Restrained Director

22:15 - Supporting Cast

23:27 - Segment IV: "Good Time" Review

24:00 - One Nightmare After Another

27:06 - Robert Pattinson's Tour de Force

28:44 - The Safdie Brothers

30:52 - Therapy Bookends

33:39 - Segment V: "It" Review

34:26 - Pennywise is Back

37:23 - Deviations from the Book

39:23 - Reoccurring Stephen King Themes

43:30 - Shared Experience Structure

46:44 - A Nightmare on Neibolt Street

50:45 - A Retread that's Fresh

53:38 - More Deviations and No Ritual of Chud

57:03 - The Blood Oath

59:47 - Best of Both Worlds

62:11 - Chapter 2 'This is the End' Cast Projections

E125 features a new round of the PS Score and the results from E123. E125 also includes a review and discussion on Christopher Nolan's latest "Dunkirk."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Segment I: E123 PS Score Results

04:42 - PS Score Win/Lose Trailer Commentary #3

07:44 - "It" (1990) Talkback

11:01 - Segment II: E125 PS Score

12:17 - PS Score: The Dark Tower (TS 30% & JC 41%)

13:56 - PS Score: Detroit (TS 73% & JC 83%)

16:24 - PS Score: Annabelle: Creation (TS 55% & JC 51%)

21:32 - Segment III: "Dunkirk" Review

22:27 - Nooks and Crannies History

25:02 - Unconventional Feat of Storytelling

30:17 - Era Defining Cinematic Experience

34:45 - Question About Ejecting

38:00 - Tom Hardy [An Actor of All Eras]

39:53 - Mole

42:03 - Cowardice or Heroic

47:26 - Sea

53:31 - Shot for IMAX

59:17 - Score and Emotions

64:54 - The Magic of Cinema [and Netflix]

72:02 - The Story of Dunkirk

74:53 - Slap in the Face to Exposition

E124 feature a review "War for the Planet of the Apes" directed by Matt Reeves as well as discussion about the Planet of the Apes franchise as a whole.

Show Notes:

00:20 - Realizing There's No Dawn Episode

03:03 - Creating a Home

06:12 - Buying into the Apes

09:04 - We Did it to Ourselves

14:45 - PTSD from Dawn

17:13 - The Virus

20:57 - Donkey(s) and Koba's Followers

25:39 - Maurice and Rocket

30:40 - Bad Ape and Luca

35:55 - Best Trilogy of My Adult Life

41:08 - "I Meant to Kill You"

46:53 - Echoing Sentiments

48:43 - Outros

E123 features a new round of the PS Score and results from E121. E123 includes reviews for Edgar Wright's "Baby Driver" and the 16th installment of the MCU "Spider-Man: Homecoming"

Show Notes:

00:22 - Segment I: The PS Score

00:43 - E121 PS Score Results

03:06 - PS Score Win/Lose Trailer Commentary #2

05:34 - "The Dark Tower" Talkback

10:41 - PS Score: Dunkirk (JC 90% & TS 90%)

12:31 - PS Score: Girls Trip (JC 67% & TS 70%)

13:52 - PS Score: Valerian (JC 32% & TS 75%)

16:26 - Segment II: "Baby Driver" Review

16:40 - Rank Edgar Wright's Movies

21:49 - DJ Ansolo

25:59 - Redefining the Musical

29:55 - An Impersonal Personal Movie

32:30 - Expectation on Action

35:38 - Kevin Spacey

37:10 - Seeing All the Angles

39:21 - Samples and Songs

43:02 - Segment III: "Spider-Man: Homecoming"

44:00 - The Good Stuff

50:56 - A Movie Game

52:53 - A Dependent Guy

55:30 - The Purple Rock

57:29 - All the Shockers

60:23 - Tom Holland is Spider-Man

65:17 - Dump the Iron Man Anything

69:33 - Karen is Too Easy

72:43 - Vulture and Iron Man 2

75:20 - 16 Deep and More Marvel

E122 features a review of Michael Bay's fifth installment in the Transformers franchise "Transformers: The Last Knight."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Breaking the Bad News

01:08 - Coming Full-Circle

04:22 - The Order of Witwiccans

06:35 - Roll Call

09:47 - These F*%king Kids

13:08 - Merlin and the Arthurian Legend

18:59 - Outdoing Childhood Imagination

22:03 - Alien Junk

25:32 - Clarity of Action

28:00 - Expanding IP

33:40 - Toxic Application

35:58 - Bumble Bee's Whaaa? Moment

38:57 - 100 Pages of History

43:14 - Finding your Enthusiasm

47:49 - They're All Too Long

50:18 - Quotable Dialogue

55:08 - Outros