What Is A Movie?

It's high time for something New. Join us as we venture into a New season - nay, a New era - of What Is A Movie.

Today we Escape from New York and chat about pulp, plisskin, politics, and the joys of well-executed creative theft (lookin at you, Metal Gear Solid).

Welcome to: Season Four - The New Season

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Going forward we'll be doing shorter, more frequent seasons. Same episode format but now we'll gather 5 films/episodes under some thematic banner (genre, director, title, etc.), take a brief break, and then return with a new season/theme.

Got an idea for a theme or a film we should cover?

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Sometimes you watch a movie that reminds you how cool cinema can be.

CW: discussions of abortion & body dysmorphia

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Happy april fool's time, here's another stinker of a film! Let's talk about the difficulty of adaptations, how something can be so close yet so far, and the horrors of CGI Appa.

Yip yip!

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It all comes down to this - the Cage Match V finals.

Join us as we dig into our loser's bracket before diving into the main event:
JOE v. DRIVE ANGRY

Thanks again to Jon, Carly, and Erin for joining Dan and I this year for our most challenging bracket yet & thanks to you, dear listener, for tuning in!

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We're in the semi-finals, y'all! Only two more match-ups stand between one of these films and the crowning achievement of their careers: winning Cage Match V.

Today's combatants:

AVERAGE JOES
1. Joe (86)  v.  3. Between Worlds (32)

THE SUPERNATURAL
2. Drive Angry (47) v.  4. Jiu Jitsu (27)

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...and we're onto the second half of our bracket. Today's match-up:

AVERAGE JOES

1. Joe (86)  v.  4. Bangkok Dangerous (9)

2. Windtalkers (33)  v.  3. Between Worlds (32)

Thanks, as always, to the illustrious Cage Connoisseurs joining us on this quest - Jon Waugh, Carly Hayward, and Erin Sheehan.

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Catch Match is back for a fifth go 'round. This year's match-up:

AVERAGE JOES v. THE SUPERNATURAL

Today we're diving into round 1 of the Supernatural bracket and pairing up:

1. Mom + Dad (75)  v.  4. Jiu Jitsu (27)

2. Drive Angry (47)  v.  3. Knowing (35)

Thanks, as always, to the illustrious Cage Connoisseurs joining us on this quest - Jon Waugh, Carly Hayward, and Erin Sheehan.

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Happy Valentines Day, ya big saps! We're diving into a nice lil Albert Brooks & Meryl Streep romcom to think about life, love, afterlife and life after love.

I can feel something inside me say, "I really don't think you're strong enough - no."

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Sorry for the delay on this one - we went to see Poor Things and it absolutely ruled. You can blame Mark Ruffalo's silly accent for the late upload of our silly podcast.

We're back with Inside Llewyn Davis! Join us as we take a look at its perspective on making art, poverty, selling your soul, & the gremlin-ness of John Goodman.

Content warning: discussions of abortion, drug abuse, poverty & unhoused populations.

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It's time for our annual year-end recap! Movies & TV galore. 

The big list of what we discuss at some point in no particular order because it's late and I'm tired xoxo :)

The Bear 
Shoresy
Letterkenny 
Poker Face 
Barry 
Reservation Dogs  
Sopranos 
The Curse 
Yellowjackets 
Gen V 
Abbott Elementary 
Cunk on Earth 
Invincible  
Only Murders  
Fargo  
I Think You Should Leave 
The Fall of The House of Usher 
When Evil Lurks 
VHS 85 
Brooklyn 45 
Puppet Master 1-5 
Hell House LLC Origins 
No One Can Save You 
The Stepfather 
Talk to Me 
Jacob's Ladder 
Pet Semetary 
Dead Alive 
The Nun 2 
Five Nights at Freddy's 
The Exorcist Believer 
Pearl 
Scream 6 
Evil Dead Rise 
Renfield 
M3GAN 
Knock at the Cabin 
Skinamarink 
The Outwaters 
The Pope's Exorcist 
Insidious: The Red Door 
The Boogeyman  
The Holdovers 
Confess, Fletch 
Oppenheimer 
Barbie 
Asteroid City 
Avatar 2 (slept through most on plane) 
A Haunting in Venice 
Infinity Pool 
John Wick 4 
Super Mario Bros 
Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse 
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 
Ant-man 3 
The Killer 
Romeo+Juliet 
Star Trek Discovery 
Gundam : The Witch from Mercury
House 
Our Flag Means Death
The Grand Budapest Hotel 
Only Murders in the Building
The Menu 
What We Do In The Shadows
Tragedy of Macbeth  
Ted Lasso
D&D Honor Among Thieves
Nimona 
Howl's Moving Castle 
Nausicaa: Of The Valley Of The Wind 
Joe Pera Talks With You
Arrival 
Doctor Who
Suspiria 
Jason X 

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