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E31: The Third Somewhat Annual Oscar Predictions From A Guy Who Hasn't Seen Many Movies In A While And Who Also Has No Access To A List Of Nominees For Some Reason

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Join a guy who was stuck somewhere without access to 2019’s movies and didn’t really read the nominee list very closely as he gives you his predictions as to who will bring home Oscar gold in the upcoming Academy Awards!

Maybe, just maybe, this will let you win your office pool this year and show that know it all Fran that she’s not so smart after all!

Text version of story is HERE

 
 
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E26: The One Movie That Is Actually Scary

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Join us for a trip through the mists of time to an evening 40 years ago when two young lads watched The Exorcist and gained some fears that haunt them to this very day.

 
 
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E24: Rejected Fight Club Rules

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David Fincher’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club is 20 years old this year. The story is complicated and examines a lot of serious societal issues. One of the more well known aspects of the story is the set of rules for the titular fight club itself.

In celebration of the movie’s 20th anniversary, we are publishing the lesser known, rules for Fight Club that Tyler Durden rejected.

 
 
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E22: New Characters For The Film Adaptation Of Cats

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Universal Pictures has released a horrifying trailer for the upcoming movie release based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s play Cats. Yes, Cats. You know, that show that was huge in the 80’s? Yeah, that one that was advertised on the New York cable channel incessantly for years and years.

Anyway, we’ve come up with names of some cats that weren’t in the original play but which would be great in the movie. Listen now…and forever!

 
 
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E17: A List About Movies! (Part 4)

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We wrap up our four part series on the American Film Institute list of the top 100 American films of all time. This episode covers takes us from E.T. all the way to the number one movie? What could it be?  Okay, it's Citizen Kane. Spoiler Alert.

We were inspired to do this by the Unspooled podcast with Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson.  Please check it out if you'd prefer a lot of insight by two people who have, in fact, seen the movies on the list. Their podcast is really great.  This one is just kind of dumb, but what the hey!

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E16: A List About Movies! (Part 3)

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We continue our whimsical journey through the American Film Institute list of the top 100 American films of all time. We are going to take a look at the AFI 100, and give you some wry thoughts on the movies on the list.  This episode covers Intolerance all the way up to To Kill A Mockingbird!

We were inspired to do this by the Unspooled podcast with Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson.  Please check it out if you'd prefer a lot of insight by two people who have, in fact, seen the movies on the list. We're just in it for some quick jokes!

 
 
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E15: A List About Movies! (Part 2)

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We reach the half way point on our trip through the American Film Institute list of the top 100 American films of all time. We are going to take a look at the AFI 100, and give you some wry thoughts on the movies on the list.  This episode covers number 74 through number 50.

We were inspired to do this by the Unspooled podcast with Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson.  Please check it out if you'd prefer a lot of insight by two people who have, in fact, seen the movies on the list.

 
 
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E14: A List About Movies! (Part 1)

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There are a lot of great movies out there, and it's hard to say which ones are the best. But, the American Film Institute tries to list the best of the best in their list of the top 100 American films of all time. We are going to take a look at the AFI 100, and give you some wry thoughts on the movies on the list.  This episode covers number 100 through number 75.

We were inspired to do this by the Unspooled podcast with Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson.  Please check it out if you'd prefer a lot of insight by two people who have, in fact, seen the movies on the list. Or will have by the time they talk about it.  We don't have similar constraints.

 
 
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