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#653 - Fervent House Media
Kevin Sorbo wants you to know that having a gun and using it is perfectly compatible with Christianity. We discuss THE RELIANT (2019), a right-wing Christian movie in which the Second Amendment survi…
Published on 8 hours ago
PREVIEW - #652 - Cité libre
Before they defined Canada's political landscape - and became adversaries on the question of Quebecois independence - Pierre Trudeau and René Lévesque were allies on the road to the Quiet Revolution.…
Published on 8 hours ago
#651 - Break the Barrel
The same year that American Pie became a cultural phenomenon, BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER (1999) re-invented the teen comedy from a queer angle. We try to figure out why the mainstream reception was so hos…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
PREVIEW - #650 - An 'I Love Lucy' Number (Newsroom Part 17)
How far is one of America's most famous liberal creators willing to accommodate a critique of institutional power? We return to Aaron Sorkin's THE NEWSROOM with Season 2 Episode 7 ("Red Team III"), w…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
#649 - Once Upon a Time on King Street
What if a middle-aged Toronto-based businessman decided to become Robert De Niro? Friends, you don't have to wonder! We discuss the hilarious vanity project REAL GANGSTERS!™ (2013), by Canada's answe…
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
PREVIEW - #648 - Exctinction of the Dinosaur Hour
We make one last, final, terminal - we really mean it, this is the last one unless they make a second season! - visit to our favourite British institution, John Cleese's bizarre GB News chat show THE…
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
#647 - Chungking Express
In 1994, Hong Kongers were counting down to the looming Mainland handover. But some of them were also counting down to the expiry date on a can of pineapples. We discuss Wong Kar-wai's CHUNGKING EXPR…
Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
PREVIEW - #646 - To Be or Not to Be
Released just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Ernst Lubitsch's TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942) combined farce and thrills in Nazi-occupied Poland. A satire that was once considered "too soon" has …
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
#645 - NatSec: Shock and Terror
In WAR OF THE WORLDS (2025), Ice Cube stars as a Homeland Security analyst who uncovers a Deep State surveillance plot AND foils an alien invasion - all without ever leaving his Zoom window. We watch…
Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago
#644 - Her Celluloid Self
Donald Trump has said repeatedly that Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) is one of his favorite movies. We revisit one of Hollywood's enduring classics and try to figure out if the current presid…
Published on 1 month ago