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#345 - At Long Last, the Forrest Gump Episode
It's an extremely discouraging political moment for our neighbors in the United States, so we decided the time was right to finally examine one of th…
4 years ago
#344 - Socialism with Disneyan Characteristics
The Buzz Lightyear origin movie LIGHTYEAR (2022) has become a cultural lightning-rod in the right-wing moral panic over "grooming." We discuss this c…
4 years ago
PREVIEW - #343 - Golden Age
PATREON EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/68234387 In 1930, Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí set out to make a barbed attack on bourgeois society …
4 years ago
PREVIEW - #342 - Black Friday
PATREON EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/342-black-friday-68045387 In 1970, the October Crisis in Quebec led to the first government-mandated …
4 years ago
#341 - Metaverse of Madness
Long before the "metaverse" loomed over us, David Cronenberg's EXISTENZ (1999) imagined a completely immersive virtual environment that is even less …
4 years ago
PREVIEW - #340 - Don't Worry, Be Happy
PATREON EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/67682775 With the beloved Canadian comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall currently in the midst of a com…
4 years ago
#339 - Pieces of Flair
Our Superdelegate patron tier has voted for us to discuss Mike Judge's workplace satire OFFICE SPACE (1999), and it leads us down a long rabbit hole …
4 years, 1 month ago
PREVIEW - #338 - Imaginary Friends
PATREON EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/67404387 We recap the recent provincial election in our home of Ontario, Canada (long story short: mo…
4 years, 1 month ago
#337 - Trust the Plan
What is a quickly-made, low-effort documentary like ONE NATION UNDER TRUMP (2016) good for? Not a lot. But one thing that this ridiculous pro-Trump h…
4 years, 1 month ago
PREVIEW - #336 - Out of England
PATREON EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/66990683 The new Netflix special RICKY GERVAIS: SUPERNATURE (2022) affirms what we already knew: that…
4 years, 1 month ago