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The Americans (2013)

The FX series is Adam’s pick. With so much new TV it is hard to find the time for even the best series.

The show is filmed around New York and has been going on 4 seasons.

The pr…

Antichrist (2009)

Jules’ finally is a tough one- the movie that people walked out on at Sundance.

Lar Von Trier is a challenging figure, he is notoriously hard on female actors and portrays women har…

Welcome to our third season!

Hot Fuzz (2007)

John took this topic as an opportunity to finally watch the Edgar Wright picture Hot Fuzz.

Following in the success of Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz continu…

Looking Ahead to 2017

 Jules’ is excited to read more, and is marginally interested in the new crop of podcasts and movies. He’s also excited to see where streaming services go.

John is excited for G…

Looking Back on 2016

Keith kicks us off with Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast. 

Jules’ highlight was the HBO series Westworld.

John comes in with his favorite new thing in 2016 - the Al…

The Pillowman (2003)

This play by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh is John’s pick for a tearjerker this week.

He saw it with Mary when it was playing on Broadway.

The original London cast included Da…

Yes, Please (2014)

Mary’s pick this week for a tearjerker is the ‘Sorry Sorry Sorry” chapter of Amy Poehler’s auto-biography Yes Please.

There a number of biographies of comedic actors to check out, …

White Light / Black Rain (2007)

Kicking off our new Topic is Jules with ‘White Light / Black Rain,’ a documentary about the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima at the tail end of World War Two.

The con…

Oliver! (1968)

The musical based on the stage play based on the novel by Charles Dickens is Keith’s pick this week. The movie garnered multiple Oscars for its cast and crew. Mark Lester played the ti…

Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)

The sung through rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice is Jules’ pick for musicals this week (and Kristen taught us the term ‘sung thro…

Into the Woods (1987)

Kristen’s pick is the Sondheim take on the classic fairy tales. This musical was recently released as a movie. 

The musical combines the Baker & his Wife, Rapunzel, Cinderella, …

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998)

We kick off musicals with a conceptual underground drag club punk show turned off-Broadway musical turned rock opera film turned Broadway musical.

Hedwig is a gender-…

We wrap up horror this week and as we get into the pick Keith brings a couple things that are new to him to the table: Turbo Kid from Netflix and Malcolm Galdwell’s Revisionist History.

Horror VR (Vi…

From Beyond (Movie, 1986)

John brings a b-movie from the 80′s to the plate, the less successful second Lovecraft based film from the director of Re-Animator. 

The imagery is pretty interesting and th…

“PSYCHO” Elvis Costello (Song, 1989)

Keith’s pick this week is a cover of a strange country tune.

There a couple live versions and a studio version of Elvis Costello’s rendition out there.

The track …

We’re starting a new topic this week with a returning guest host, Giaco Furino. 

Before digging into the first pick John recommends “Stranger Things” from Netflix.

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Oh Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack & Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde 

Before we get into our topic John tells us about his recent experience seeing Weird Al on the Mandatory Fun tour. 

Pat and Keith t…

Kubo and the Two Strings (Animated Feature 2016)

Before we dive into our pick we discuss two new series:

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell from the BBC and The Get Down from Netflix. We also expound …

Teylor kicks us off this week with a details of her Pokemon Go exploits. 

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pt4: Cowboy Bebop (Anime 2001)

Keith’s pick this week is the genre-blending series from director Shinichirō Watan…

In our opener Keith expounds on his favorite museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. You can get a membership to this beacon of culture in a desert of lots of other culture that is NYC.

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