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This week, all four hosts reflect that we’ve been doing this through a bunch of American elections. David, Da7e, Patches, and Katey all reflect on the 2026 midterm results recorded a day after they started rolling in…then they get to the movies. Patches, David, and Katey have fun things to say about The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, the debut film from Noah Sagan. Then, David and Da7e talk this weekend’s IMAX Kaiju action movie without saying anything the production company considers a spoiler. It’s Godzilla Minus Zero time!
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00:00 – Lightning Round: Vacation
02:42 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 563!! E-mail!
11:20 – Tidbit – Libbing Out In The War Room
29:49 – Mini Segment – The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
42:05 – Godzilla Minus Zero
01:01:49 – Outro
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This week, all four hosts assemble, but during the daytime to attempt to record a podcast. First, David and Patches report back on the newest Laika stop motion film Wildwood, which is in theaters now and gets the old millennial boys back together again talking about The Decemberists. Then, in the second segment of a two segment podcast, Katey, Da7e, and Patches talk about Wild Horse Nine, the new Martin McDonagh movie starring John Malkovich and and Sam Rockwell as CIA hitmen on vactation in 1973. If you’re wondering what our podcast title is about, both movies feature Tom Waits. *bad-dum-tiss.
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00:00 – Lightning Round: NY Crimes
01:36 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 562!! Reviews!
09:00 – Wildwood
30:43 – Wild Horse Nine
55:04 – Outro
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This week, three segments, three movies, three hosts. First up, Da7e saw Whalefall which is a movie that probably would have captured more of the adult audience if a certain documentary hadn’t devoured all the buzz at the box office. Then, Katey reports back from Wicker, a sexy romantasy about having relations with a basket man. Finally, all three hosts have see You Can See Everything and can finally talk about it now that the movie is in theaters. Most of the discussion is about the topics the movie brings up in general, so the “spoilers” for the mysterious second half don’t start until 57 and a half minutes into the podcast (there’s a gong for a warning).
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00:00 – Lightning Round: Sexy Textures
01:11 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 561!! Reviews!
09:22 – Whalefall
23:03 – Wicker
29:11 – You Can See Everything (Spoilers at 57:34)
1:12:16 – Outro
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This week, everyone is back in the war room so Da7e can go on vacation this weekend. First, everyone politely let’s Da7e refer to his notes on why The Social Reckoning isn’t just bad drama, but nobody should actually see it if they want to understand anything about humans, let alone Facebook or America. Then, Katey and David fill in the other two guys about what’s been going between Kelly Clarkson and the (Magic?) store Art of Play in Brooklyn. Finally, the Amazon Studios movie Love of Your Life is flitting in and out of theaters before going streaming which seems like a shame as the movie might deserve to be seen a little bit more
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00:00 – Lightning Round: The Movie’s Gonna Be Bad
02:30 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 560!!0 E-mail!
11:46 – The Social Reckoning
26:06 – Kelly Clarkson Vs. Brooklyn Store
42:18 – Love Of Your Life
54:33 – Outro
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