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We're looking at an animated cult classic this week: the Rankin-Bass adaptation of Peter S. Beagle's beloved fantasy novel The Last Unicorn!

Join in as we discuss weird movies from our childhoods, the soundtrack by America, the film's connection to Studio Ghibli, and sexually aggressive trees.

Plus: Why is Prince Lir so dull? What happened to Mommy Fortuna? Why is Molly Grue the only competent person in this world? And, most importantly, why are there tacos???

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Next week: Miss Congeniality (2000) - Our 300th episode!!!

We're talking some of the biggest stars of the 1940s as we look at the romance of George Cukor's adaptation of The Philadelphia Story, starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart in the role that won him an Oscar.

Join in as we discuss the film's abundance of romantic options, Tracy Lord's scumbag dad, box office poison, and the 1941 Oscars ceremony.

Plus: Is Virginia Weidler's the funniest performance? Why is Liz following Mike around? Is George the only character who doesn't know he's in a movie? And, most importantly, does anyone in this movie ever actually go to Philadelphia?

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Next week: The Last Unicorn (1982)

We're shimmying back in time to talk about the biggest hit for Mae West, controversial star of stage and screen: 1933's I'm No Angel!

Join in as we discuss West's career, art deco fashion, acceptable lies, and burlap underwear.

Plus: How was the movie impacted by the new Production Code? Why did costar Cary Grant come to resent West in the years after this movie? Does this movie feature the most permissive judge ever? And, most importantly, just how exciting is a hot lady who puts her head in a lion's mouth?

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Next week: The Philadelphia Story (1940)

We're looking at the middle of a love story in the 2004 American adaptation of Shall We Dance? starring Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, and a ton of other familiar faces.

Join in as we discuss the differences from the Japanese original, a wistful Jennifer Lopez, hot Bobby Cannavalle, and parent hobbies.

Plus: Why is this movie so sexless? Are there really this many clubs that also play ballroom music? How did this movie get Gere banned from India? And, most importantly, what's the deal with Sound of Freedom?

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Next week: I'm No Angel (1933) - available here via the Internet Archive!

Just in time for Dead Reckoning (Part I), we're returning to one of our favorite franchises to talk about the film that started it all: Brian De Palma's 1996 blockbuster Mission: Impossible!

Join in as we discuss the film's post-Cold War setting, the Impossible Mission Force, Vanessa Redgrave's villainous performance, and our brief glimpse of pre-breakdown Ethan Hunt.

Plus: Why were fans of the Mission: Impossible TV show upset with the movie? How did the rat at Langley die? Why is the NOC list available as a single file? And, most importantly, why doesn't Ethan do magic more often?

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Next week: Shall We Dance? (2004)

We're halfway through 2023, so we're checking in on our favorite movies so far as we take a look at a brand new release, Numa Perrier's The Perfect Find (now on Netflix).

Join in as we discuss Gina Torres, a sketchy fashion company, annoying fights, and David Zaslav.

Plus: Why does Jenna have a landline? What was her mysterious humiliation? What's the deal with Eric's dad? How do you blow up a pipeline? And, most importantly, why has there not been a 4k steelbook of M3GAN yet???

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Next week: Mission: Impossible (1996)

As we all prepare to spin the Dial of Destiny, we decided to return to another of Indy's adventures with 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!

Join in as we discuss the movie's long development, Sean Connery's performance, the rules of the Grail, and Indy's meeting with Adolf Hitler.

Plus: How much is Alison Doody's Elsa Schneider really into Indy? Where does this fit into the evolution of Spielberg's portrayal of Nazis? Is Indy quietly the worst teacher we've ever covered? And, most importantly, how effective is the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword?

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Next week: The Perfect Find (2023) - now on Netflix!

This week we're looking at the most prominent of Hollywood's efforts to update a classic musical with Will Gluck's 2014 "cool" Annie, starring Quvenzhane Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, and a raft of other famous faces.

Join in as we discuss our own histories with the little orphan, the politics of Annie's various incarnations, Sia's reimagined musical numbers, and the 2014 Sony hack.

Plus: What exactly does Stacks's business do? Why does he want to be mayor? Is Moonquake Lake a comedy? And, most importantly, did Rose Byrne's Grace get Big'd?

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Next week: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Some movies have healthy relationships. Some movies have unhealthy relationships. Park Chan-wook's 2016 film The Handmaiden has a pretty sweet romance between two women in Japanese-occupied Korea, but they're also making some pretty nasty schemes about one another.

Join in as we discuss the opening of Japan, poison cigarettes, the British novel on which the movie is based, and pooping in the Bible.

Plus: How do all of these schemes basically work out? How has the rollout of the Max app been so bad? Do octopuses know about fire? And, most importantly, when were lollipops invented?

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Next week: Annie (2014)

We're kicking off Pride 2023 with a look at gay romances from 100 years ago in Terence Davies's 2022 biopic Benediction, about the many loves of World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon.

Join in as we discuss Sassoon's biography, the Bright Young Things, handsome British boys, and casting characters at different ages.

Plus: How autobiographical is this movie for Davies? Is Sassoon right to hate musicals? What does the title mean for the movie? And, most importantly, what TV has Marc been watching lately?

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Next week: The Handmaiden (2016)