This episode is absolutely packed full of disasters. Seriously, there are at least four devastating crises! Bad things are happening on a system-wide scale and all of our characters are caught up in it. Join us as we discuss what the huge developments of this week’s episode might mean for the rest of the season.
Cecily and Alexis say their goodbyes to their favorite tired joke, ask lots of questions about witches, and get pumped for some action!
Cast Away defined the survival genre when it came out in 2000 and it’s back again on its 20th anniversary to cap off the year of pure survival, 2020. Join us for the podcast as we discuss the themes of hope, scenes we can only watch through our fingers, and, of course, WILLLLSOOOONNN.
The Mandalorian is leaving our lives for another year, but not before delivering a mind-blowing amount of fan service and a major announcement of… something. Join us for the season finale discussion and enjoy the podcast. See you next season!
Gregory Webster and Don Riggs join Anthony to discuss Catelyn’s motives (both seen and unseen). Steve Ausburne talks about trial by combat, eating horse hearts, and falling from the moondoor. After talking with Chad about the maesters, Anthony dives deep into dragons as presented in medieval bestiaries.
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This month’s Patron edition of “Off the Clock” isn’t as much about the TV and movies we’ve been watching as it is about what we’ve been reading and watching on YouTube.
A.Ron’s discussion of Mank tells the story of the writing of Citizen Kane. Jim follows up with another Blake Crouch novel, Dark Matter. Then A.Ron talks about his survivalist YouTube obsession, Joe Robinet. And we close it out with a discussion of the shows we wanted to talk more about this year and those we’re glad we didn’t bother with.
Season 5 is finally here! Join us for our half-assed discussion of the first three episodes as the crew of the Rocinante is cast to the winds and the powers that be try to figure out what Marco Inaros’ grand plan is.
Today is the 25th anniversary of an absolute classic crime drama, Heat. If we hadn’t already reviewed it we probably would take the opportunity to do so right now. However, thanks to the generosity of one of our most loyal listeners, Freddy C, you can hear what we thought of it circa Feb. 2018. Thanks again for the commission, Freddy, and everyone else, enjoy the re-release of Heat.
Cecily and Alexis discuss episode 5 of season 2 of His Dark Materials: sexual tension, many adventures between worlds, daemon chatter…but absolutely NO DENIM!
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The second movie in our Christmas 2020 lineup isn’t traditionally considered a Christmas movie but once you hear our arguments for why it most certainly is, we think you’ll agree. Join us for the podcast to hear our thoughts on the creation of modern buddy cop tropes, the bizarre music choices, (can a saxophone ever be used non-sexually) and party nog at your daughter’s funeral.