Dear listeners, we have a surprise for you this week! Back in 2016, we recorded an episode that was never released, a two-hour talk with film critic David Canfield about our favorite “nature gets revenge” films. This week, we have pulled that audio out of the vault and finally have it ready for your listening pleasure!

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This week, dear listeners, we bring you tales of birthdays, bears, and ‘bots!

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Dear listeners, this week Melissa brings you to the wilds of Evanston, Illinois for the 40th anniversary of B-Fest, a 24-hour film festival of bad movies, cult movies, and other mayhem. Killer children! Aliens resurrecting the dead! Space Camp!

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Dearest listeners, it’s Windy’s birthday, and we’re bringing you our finest film finds of the previous week. Blue aliens, drunk judo masters, Japanese love letters to Sam Raimi, singing cowboys, and more!

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Dear listeners, this week we bring unto you a brief discussion about war movie narratives, wrapped in a discussion of three war and war-adjacent movies that we saw this week.

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Oh my, dear listeners, what a week! The Oscar nominations have arrived, Windy wants to talk musicals again, and Melissa has love for a Korean space epic.

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Good morrow, dear listeners! This we bring you tidings of more movies we have discovered recently. Puppies and rap battles and smiles all around!

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Greetings, dear listeners! With special guest Kelvin Hatle, we bring to you our favorite recent movie discoveries. Includes yakuza, ninjas, and creepy German antiques!

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Dear listeners, we have returned after a long hiatus! We are excited to catch up with you and to chat about the great movies of the past year!

Please excuse some of the audio quality. We were trying out a couple new tech tools and haven’t gotten the hang of them yet.

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Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from the final day of Fantastic Fest 2019! Movies and parties and intergalactic funk bands!

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