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Still on our 'screw you amptp' grind so we're talking about games and music from the great year of two thousand and three (and also tabletop roleplaying game philosophies because why not)!

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Hey y'all hear about this WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike? Why is it so hard to just compensate people fairly for their labor? We'll never know (which is partly why we'll never be billionaires. Ethics! Wild stu…

We're back from our little summer hiatus and we're ready to Scream. Let's chat horror trends, deconstructionism, meta narratives, and messy opinions about messy media.

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We're celebrating the 4th of July the only way we know how - schlocky slasher movies. Get your Scream Queen Pageant Crown on and hop on in!

CW: suicidal ideation

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Get on the bus, we gotta go fast - it's time for Speed! We buckle up and scoot along with our good bud Keanu to talk about dumb action, trends in pop cinema, and whether you can still make a movie "l…

Oh boy, it's Mummy time!

We dive into everyone's favorite bisexuality-fueled film and discuss CG, expensive hijinks, character tropes, colonialism, and more!

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Ayup, we gots The Lobster here. Grab a pot, some rubber bands, and dig in!

CW: discussions of suicide, animal abuse/death, torture, abusive relationships, sexual coercion

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It's time to take a trip to Skull Island, friends. Join us for a super-sized, action-packed, tangent-filled episode befitting that big ol' king of the apes. We muse on Jurassic Park, high/low brow ar…

BREAKING NEWS: we've gone and hopped in the news van to check out Nightcrawler (2014). We discuss creeps, nepotism, bizarre music, & more! 

cw: discussions of sexual abuse, gaslighting, white supremac…

The ghost of April Fools is still lingering so we're back with an All-Time Classic Pillar of Cinema: Troll 2. Grab your green food coloring and get in the van; we're takin a trip to Nilbog today.

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Cage Match rides into its annual finale as we crown our fourth champion - who will it be: Leaving Las Vegas or 8mm? Only time will tell...

But first, the winner of the losers!

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It's time for the semi-finals! Join us as we narrow our bracket down even further and declare our Daddy and Au2eur division champions. Our grueling competition is riding ever closer to its grand fina…

Cage Match rides on as we continue the initial round of match-ups. It's round one of the Au2uer Division!

Joining Dan and Kevin are returning CageConnoiseurs: Erin, Jon, and Gerry.

Today's match-ups:

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March madness is here, and so is our Nicolas Cage tournament bracket. This year it's Auteur2 v. Daddy in a winner-takes-all battle for the Cage Crown. 

Joining Dan and Kevin are returning CageConnoise…

We've got a fistful of dollars and a whole lot of facts about american family restaurant chains. How are these connected? Are they connected at all? You'll be shocked to find out.

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The corporate-funded American police state is a true nightmare. Anyways: here's Robocop!

CW: discussions of police brutality, gun violence, sexual assault, rape, american exceptionalism

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Dang, you aint never gonna see more birds than in this one, lemme tell you what.

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We're gassed up and ready to go for our most Dan-filled episode yet. Don't be a creepo; it's Swiss Army Man time! 

CW: suicide, self-harm, dead bodies

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Is Ryan Gosling's best role his performance in The Nice Guys? Quite possibly! 

That, a brand-new Cinema Spectrum, fresh titles/accolades for Shane Black, and more in our latest episode!

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