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#189: Hollywood Endings, Pt. 2 - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
#189: Hollywood Endings, Pt. 2 - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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20 Aug 2019
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1hr 6mins
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#082: (Pt. 1) It Comes At Night / The Thing
#082: (Pt. 1) It Comes At Night / The Thing
Trey Edward Shults’ new IT COMES AS NIGHT takes as one of its influences John Carpenter’s 1982 bloody masterpiece THE TH... Read more
27 Jun 2017
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49mins
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#098: (Pt. 1) Blade Runner 2049 / Blade Runner (1982)
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Denis Villeneuve’s new sequel BLADE RUNNER 2049 made an inauspicious debut with audiences and critics alike when it open... Read more
17 Oct 2017
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#148: Robert Redford, Pt. 1 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
#148: Robert Redford, Pt. 1 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
David Lowery’s new THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN draws purposely and purposefully on the legacy of Robert Redford, which makes... Read more
16 Oct 2018
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#142: (Pt. 1) Jaws / The Meg
#142: (Pt. 1) Jaws / The Meg
The new Jason Statham late-summer vehicle THE MEG, like so many middling shark movies before it, can trace its lineage d... Read more
21 Aug 2018
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#099: (Pt. 2) Blade Runner 2049 / Blade Runner (1982)
#099: (Pt. 2) Blade Runner 2049 / Blade Runner (1982)
Our consideration of Blade Running through the decades continues with a discussion of Denis Villeneuve’s new BLADE RUNNE... Read more
19 Oct 2017
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#054: (Pt. 2) Contact / Arrival
#054: (Pt. 2) Contact / Arrival
Our conversation about movies about talking to aliens moves to the present with Denis Villeneuve’s new ARRIVAL, which hi... Read more
1 Dec 2016
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#174: Twisty Mysteries, Pt. 1 - Chinatown
#174: Twisty Mysteries, Pt. 1 - Chinatown
In David Robert Mitchell’s new UNDER THE SILVER LAKE, every clue leads deeper down a rabbit hole toward an endpoint that... Read more
30 Apr 2019
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#009: Star Wars: A New Hope / The Force Awakens (Pt. 1)
#009: Star Wars: A New Hope / The Force Awakens (Pt. 1)
J.J. Abrams' record-breaking smash THE FORCE AWAKENS consciously reaches back to the very first entry in the STAR WARS u... Read more
5 Jan 2016
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#070: (Pt. 1) Alien (1979) / Life (2017)
#070: (Pt. 1) Alien (1979) / Life (2017)
The new LIFE has come in for some pointed comparisons to Ridley Scott’s ALIEN, which seems like as good an excuse as any... Read more
4 Apr 2017
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#206: Rian Johnson's Mystery Master, Pt. 2 - Knives Out
#206: Rian Johnson's Mystery Master, Pt. 2 - Knives Out
Rian Johnson’s new KNIVES OUT is much broader and goofier than the writer-director’s first foray into a murder-mystery g... Read more
24 Dec 2019
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#186: Man Up, Pt. 1 - Fight Club
#186: Man Up, Pt. 1 - Fight Club
We’re looking at two films featuring underground fight clubs, secret identities, and male protagonists trying to reclaim... Read more
31 Jul 2019
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#083: (Pt. 2) It Comes At Night / The Thing
#083: (Pt. 2) It Comes At Night / The Thing
We return to matters of isolation and paranoia in the second half of our comparison of John Carpenter’s THE THING with T... Read more
29 Jun 2017
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#010: Star Wars: A New Hope / The Force Awakens (Pt. 2)
#010: Star Wars: A New Hope / The Force Awakens (Pt. 2)
Our conversation linking the very first STAR WARS film with the new sequel (or is it a reboot? a remake?) THE FORCE AWAK... Read more
7 Jan 2016
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#196: The Man Who Laughs, Pt. 1 - The Dark Knight
#196: The Man Who Laughs, Pt. 1 - The Dark Knight
The narrative and tone of Todd Phillips’ latest is heavily inspired by TAXI DRIVER and KING OF COMEDY, but given the att... Read more
15 Oct 2019
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#072: (Pt. 1) The Matrix / Ghost in the Shell (2017)
#072: (Pt. 1) The Matrix / Ghost in the Shell (2017)
The poorly received new live-action GHOST IN THE SHELL draws inspiration from a lot of different sources — including one... Read more
18 Apr 2017
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#171: Double Troubles, Pt. 2 - Us
#171: Double Troubles, Pt. 2 - Us
Our pairing of devious doppelgängers arrives at Jordan Peele’s new US, which brings into 2019 some of the same themes of... Read more
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#027: Iron Man / Captain America: Civil War (Pt. 1)
#027: Iron Man / Captain America: Civil War (Pt. 1)
This week, The Next Picture Show is going full-on superhero. Inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest offering... Read more
17 May 2016
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#066: (Pt. 1) Get Out / People Under The Stairs
#066: (Pt. 1) Get Out / People Under The Stairs
Inspired by Jordan Peele’s excellent new writing-directing debut GET OUT, we’re looking at another horror film that open... Read more
7 Mar 2017
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#021: Psycho (1960) / 10 Cloverfield Lane (Pt. 1)
#021: Psycho (1960) / 10 Cloverfield Lane (Pt. 1)
Two women skip town in a hurry and find themselves in an isolated place, overseen by a gentle-toned but temperamental ho... Read more
29 Mar 2016
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