Tune in as Kristen and Mariah (Literary Liberation) collaborate with the podcast to focus on They Both Die at the End, the 2017 YA speculative fiction novel by Adam Silvera that covers two teenage boys taking an existential journey through a world where a company called Death-Cast can call you up and alert you to the daunting fact that you’ll die in less than twenty-four hours—a fact that those two boys have to wrestle with on the final day of their mortal lives. Questioning how much free will really exists in the landscape of Death-Cast, examining the capitalism of this tale from a socialist stance, and a seeming Harry Potter nod being one of the book’s dated moments make up a few of the talking points for this episode.
TW: death, grief, violence, gun violence, murder, animal death, child death, parental death (in the past), terminal illness, fire, drowning (in the past), car accident, suicide (in the past), suicidal ideation, homophobia, mental illness, and panic attacks
Spoilers start at 25:40
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• Kristen: Pluribus
• Mariah: Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd
• Arthur: Hard Candy
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Tune in as Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) regains his seat at the 2CC table for a dive into Comet, the 2014 romance movie about a relationship that starts with a chance meeting at a meteor shower and then stretches on through a parallel universe or two over a six-year timespan. Drawing connections between this film and (500) Days of Summer, Dell putting on such a Sherlock Holmesian air, the sci-fi tinge of this tale, and the roles that time and memory play in its nonlinear narrative stand out as some of the topics for this episode.
Written and directed by Sam Esmail, Comet stars Justin Long, Emmy Rossum, Kayla Servi, Eric Winter, and Motown Maurice.
Spoilers start at 30:55
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Tune in as Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) hops back onto the podcast for a discussion on Rope, the 1948 thriller film about a pair of men who dare to see if they can carry out the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party at their apartment—the place where they have their victim’s corpse all tucked away. The lost art of homoeroticism, avoiding the spoilery trailer for Project Hail Mary, nitpicking unrealistic depictions of strangulation, and comparing Rope to Frasier and Death Note land as a few of the subjects for this episode.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Rope stars John Dall, Farley Granger, James Stewart, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier, Douglas Dick, Edith Evanson, Joan Chandler, and Dick Hogan.
Spoilers start at 37:35
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• Anna: The Lego Batman Movie
• Arthur: The Glory
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Joining the podcast today is Chris Peckover, the director of the 2016 Christmas horror-comedy movie Better Watch Out. This program had actually devoted a whole episode to that suspenseful and grimly funny ride last holiday season, so it’s only fitting for Chris himself to finally hop into the guest seat. An alternate career path that Chris could have taken, the racist and xenophobic violence of anti-immigrant attitudes, the incel mindset, dark comedy being an important aspect of horror, and what Chris has been working on post-Better Watch Out emerge as some of the talking points for this episode.
Spoilers for Better Watch Out start at 26:15
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Tune in as Marie Nicola (Alt.Pop.Repeat and Past//Forward) circles back around to the podcast for a plunge into Son of the White Mare, the 1981 animated fantasy adventure movie about a horse’s human son who embarks on a quest to save the world with the help of his superpowers and his two brothers. The phallic depiction of a sword and other sexualized symbolism, encouraging more respect for animation and the age ranges it can appeal to, reading this film through a socialist lens, and the impact that nostalgia has on obstructing boycotts stand out as a few talking points for this episode.
Directed by Marcell Jankovics, Son of the White Mare stars György Cserhalmi, Pap Vera, Gyula Szabó, Mari Szemes, Ferenc Szalma, and Szabolcs Toth.
Spoilers start at 38:00
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• Marie: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (full spoilers for this recommendation)
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Tune in as Dustin Holden (The Rewatch Recap) jumps back onto the program for a discussion on The Worst Witch, the 1986 fantasy TV movie about the magical shenanigans that a good-hearted and accident-prone student undergoes at an esteemed witch academy. The blatant inspiration that the Harry Potter series must have drawn from this flick, the moments where this is somewhat a musical, and the absolutely campy fun of Tim Curry pop up as some of the subject matter for this episode.
Directed by Robert W. Young, The Worst Witch stars Fairuza Balk, Diana Rigg, Charlotte Rae, Tim Curry, Danielle Batchelor, Anna Kipling, Sabina Franklyn, Kate Buckley, and Su Elliot.
Spoilers start at 24:20
“Anything Can Happen on Halloween” music video
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• Dustin: The Rocky Horror Picture Show – The 50th Anniversary Spectacular Tour
• Arthur: The Summer Hikaru Died
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Tune in as Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) circles back around to the podcast in order to unpack Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, the 2022 horror anthology Netflix miniseries whose stories range from a grave robber who runs up against swarms of vicious rats and the squirm-inducing results of a mysterious lotion to the psychologically shattering impact of some macabre paintings and a consciousness-expanding event that has much more than its guests bargained for. The Lovecraftian flair in much of this show, runtime gripes, Dan Stevens’s bizarre accent work, and the capacity that both “The Murmuring” and The Babadook have to make Arthur ugly-cry land as a few of the topics for this episode.
Directed by Guillermo Navarro, Vincenzo Natali, David Prior, Ana Lily Amirpour, Keith Thomas, Catherine Hardwicke, Panos Cosmatos, and Jennifer Kent, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities stars Tim Blake Nelson, Elpidia Carrillo, David Hewlett, F. Murray Abraham, Glynn Turman, Luke Roberts, Kate Micucci, Martin Starr, Dan Stevens, Ben Barnes, Crispin Glover, Oriana Leman, Rupert Grint, Daphne Hoskins, Lize Johnston, Charlyne Yi, Michael Therriault, Eric Andre, Steve Agee, Peter Weller, Sofia Boutella, Essie Davis, Andrew Lincoln, and Hannah Galway.
Spoilers start at 24:10
“How the Dook Stole Christmas” short film
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• Rolo Tony: Little Murders
• Arthur: Kill Your Darlings
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Tune in as Mama D (Petals of Support) returns to the program for a breakdown of The Babadook, the 2014 horror movie about the supernatural terror that a widowed single mother and her six-year-old son contend with after reading a children’s pop-up book about a top hat-wearing monster. Reading Samuel as autistic, the burdens of motherhood, children preventing their parents from getting a restful sleep, and the thematic connections between The Babadook and “The Murmuring” from Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities make up some of the talking points for this episode.
Written and directed by Jennifer Kent, The Babadook stars Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Ben Winspear, Cathy Adamek, Craig Behenna, Hachi, Tim Purcell, and Chloe Hurn.
Spoilers start at 28:50
MONSTER - The Babadook Short Film by Jennifer Kent
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• Mama D: baking reality TV shows like The Great British Bake Off and Holiday Baking Championship
• Arthur: Kill Your Friends and Escape Room
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Tune in as Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) returns to the podcast to talk all about Taxi Driver, the 1976 psychological drama film about a Vietnam War veteran who heads down a bitter and lonely path while working as a nighttime taxi driver and wrestling with what he views to be urban decay in New York City. Travis Bickle’s Madonna-whore complex, the multiple parallels and contrasts that can be drawn between this movie and Drive, Jodie Foster being so goddamn young here, and the charming chemistry between Cybill Shepherd and Albert Brooks pop up as a few of the topics for this episode.
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver stars Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, Diahnne Abbott, Harry Northup, Steven Prince, Victor Argo, and Scorsese himself.
Spoilers start at 33:05
Paul Schrader’s 1976 interview with Film Comment
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• Anna: Superman & Lois
• Arthur: Ego, Id, and Superego in NBC's Hannibal | OddEdges and Mr. Robot
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Tune in as Hannah, Rebecca, and Sarah (Can I Spoil Something?) join 2CC to unpack The House Across the Lake, the 2022 thriller novel by Riley Sager that follows a grieving and alcoholic actress as she spies on her neighbors while taking shelter at her family’s lake house in Vermont, where she ends up fixating on the mystery of one such neighbor who goes missing. How this book carries out its nonlinear storytelling, the many foolish choices that Casey makes as a protagonist, the polarizing ambition that this tale commits itself to, and Rear Window-inspired media comprise some of the subject matter on this episode.
TW: death, alcohol, alcoholism, murder, grief, suicide (in the past), suicide attempt, child abuse (in the past), child abandonment (in the past), infidelity, and vomiting
Spoilers start at 19:20
#BNEvents: Riley Sager (THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE) with Megan Miranda
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• Sarah: The Realm of the Elderlings series by Robin Hobb
• Rebecca: the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate
• Hannah: The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
• Arthur: Bring Her Back
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Tune in as Robyn Zabukovec (@TheFinalGirly) circles back around to the podcast to cover Blue Ruin, the 2013 revenge thriller about the brutal and messy fallout from a quest for vengeance on which a drifter embarks against the man who killed his parents twenty years ago. Movies that have “sound” in the title and other easy ways to snag an Oscar, the underrated con artist flick I Care a Lot and other parts of Macon Blair’s filmography, reading an anti-violence message in Jeremy Saulnier’s work, and Robyn sharing her gripes with the Jumanji requels stand out as a few talking points for this episode.
Written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier, Blue Ruin stars Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb, David Thompson, Brent Werzner, Stacy Rock, Sidné Anderson, and Bonnie Johnson.
Spoilers start at 38:35
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• Robyn: The Legend of Boggy Creek
• Arthur: “Man Bad” Horror: A Feminist Autopsy from Infinite Snow Productions (beware full spoilers for the media featured in this video essay)
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Tune in as Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) returns to their guest seat for a breakdown of Memento, the 2000 neo-noir thriller film about a former insurance claims investigator who uses notes, Polaroids, and tattoos to navigate his way through anterograde amnesia and hunt down whoever is responsible for killing his wife and giving him this memory disorder in the first place. The unusual path that this movie takes for its nonlinear storytelling, the war propaganda of Black Hawk Down, doubting the belief that Nolan is a pompous human being, and his inclination towards fridged wives and reunions with children emerge as some of the topics for this episode.
Directed by Christopher Nolan, Memento stars Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano, Carrie-Anne Moss, Mark Boone Junior, Stephen Tobolowsky, Harriet Sansom Harris, Jorja Fox, Callum Keith Rennie, Thomas Lennon, Larry Holden, Kimberly Campbell, Russ Fega, and Marianne Muellereile.
Spoilers start at 39:05
Memento Explanation by Christopher Nolan - True Genius - Must Watch
MEMENTO - Commentary by Christopher Nolan
“Memento Mori” by Jonathan Nolan
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• Anna: Riverdale
• Arthur: Dissolution by Nicholas Binge
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Tune in as Brett Salter (Irish Salt) rejoins the podcast for a review and recap of Looper, the 2012 sci-fi thriller about a hitman who has to contend with messy timey-wimey mechanics, crime syndicate enemies, and a mission in which he needs to kill a future version of himself that’s been sent back to his present-day world. The ways in which the messiness of time travel does and doesn’t work for Looper, its penchant for stuffing women into maternal stereotyping, and wondering if Rian Johnson fully understands his own sci-fi rules pop up as a few of the talking points for this episode.
Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Looper stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Pierce Gagnon, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Piper Perabo, Xu Qing, Tracie Thoms, and Frank Brennan.
Spoilers start at 28:55
LOOPER: Director Rian Johnson Talks Plot Holes and Burning Questions
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• Brett: Angoleth’s Heir by Meagan Poetschlag, whose Instagram is @angolethbooks
• Arthur: Exiles by Mason Coile
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Tune in as Shawn Murphy (Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies!) hops back into his guest seat for a discussion on Nightcrawler, the 2014 neo-noir crime thriller about a stringer who roams Los Angeles after nightfall with a camcorder in hand and twists the city into his own morbid landscape of news fodder. The ridiculousness of the Oscars snubbing Jake Gyllenhaal for this career-defining performance, appreciation for nepo babies who acknowledge their privilege, the importance of knowing how to haggle, and the effectively bizarre score comprise some of the topics for this episode.
Directed by Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton, Kevin Rahm, Michael Hyatt, Price Carson, Ann Cusack, Carolyn Gilroy, Marco Rodriguez, and Michael Papajohn.
Spoilers start at 37:15
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• Shawn: Together, Weapons, and Alien: Earth
• Arthur: Only Lovers Left Alive
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Tune in as Marie Nicola (Alt.Pop.Repeat and Past//Forward) jumps back onto 2CC for a plunge into Trance, the 2013 neo-noir thriller about the twisty-turny journey of hypnotherapy that an art auctioneer undergoes in order to figure out where a lost painting went in the midst of a heist. The roots that this mindbender has in a British TV movie from 2001, casting doubt on the supposed efficacy of hypnotism, the major role that Goya’s artwork plays in Trance’s symbolism, and the shaved pubes of it all emerge as a few talking points for this episode.
Directed by Danny Boyle, Trance stars James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Danny Sapani, Matt Cross, Wahab Sheikh, Tuppence Middleton, Mark Poltimore, Simon Kunz, Michael Schaeffer, Tony Jayawardena, and Vincent Montuel.
Spoilers start at 33:40
James McAvoy on Trance, Hypnosis, and Pubic Hair
Rosario Dawson Calls Her Vagina “the General”
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• Marie: cooling cloths, cooling sprays, and Fumang Propitious Mango ice cream
• Arthur: The Gorge
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Tune in as Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) jumps back onto the podcast for a review and recap of Sweetpea, the 2024 darkly comedic thriller TV show about a newspaper assistant who is enduring too many trials, including the return of a bully from school, and gets pushed to the point of unleashing those bloodthirsty desires that have been lurking underneath her meek appearance. Anna’s recent MCU watches, comparing Rhiannon Lewis to Joe Goldberg and Dexter Morgan, unreliable narrators like Katniss Everdeen, and the long-lasting and traumatic impact of bullying comprise a few of the talking points for this episode.
Created by Kirstie Swain, Sweetpea stars Ella Purnell, Nicôle Lecky, Jon Pointing, Calam Lynch, Jeremy Swift, Dustin Demri-Burns, Leah Harvey, Camille Coduri, Dino Kelly, Nitin Ganatra, Ingrid Oliver, Alexandra Dowling, David Bark-Jones, Luke McGibney, and James Craze.
Spoilers start at 24:00
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• Anna: Hacks
• Arthur: The Hunting Wives
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Tune in as Andy (Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts) heads back to his comfy seat on the program for a review and recap of I Saw the Devil, the 2010 thriller-horror movie about the cat-and-mouse game that a vindictive NIS agent plays with the serial killer who viciously murdered his fiancée. The bleakness of revenge, the grimly humorous edge that this film shows off, and the raw aggression of Kyung-chul going up against the stoic coldness of Soo-hyeon make up a few of the subjects on this episode.
Directed by Kim Jee-woon, I Saw the Devil stars Lee Byung-hun, Choi Min-sik, Jeon Kuk-hwan, Chun Ho-jin, Oh San-ha, Kim Yoon-seo, Choi Moo-sung, Kim In-seo, Son Young-soo, Kim Bong-soo, Jang Jeong-won, and Yoon Chae-yeong.
Spoilers start at 20:30
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• Andy: Sonny Boy by Al Pacino and My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner (both as audiobooks)
• Arthur: We Kill for Love
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Tune in as Jessica and Saunya (Opinionated Lushes) hop back onto the program to review and recap As Good as Dead, the 2021 YA mystery-thriller novel by Holly Jackson that reunites us with a traumatized and determined Pippa “Pip” Fitz-Amobi as she uncovers more murderous happenings and secrets in this conclusion to the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. Continuing to read Pip as autistic-coded, the morally gray twists and turns that this book boldly pulls us through, cops being able to legally lie to you, and whether or not headless stick figures are all that creepy emerge as a few of the talking points for this episode.
TW: Death, murder, PTSD, rape (in the past), stalking, drug use, drug abuse, misogyny, gun violence (in the past), animal death (in the past), child death (in the past), pedophilia (in the past), fire, and vomit
Spoilers start at 18:15
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• Saunya: Murderbot (which was adapted from The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells)
• Jessica: Date Everything!
• Arthur: Constance by Matthew FitzSimmons and Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
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Tune in as Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) returns to 2CC for a breakdown of The Innocent, the 2021 Netflix mystery-thriller miniseries about the secrets and violence that burst out into the open after a husband and soon-to-be father, who had served four years in prison for negligent homicide, starts receiving strange texts about his wife. Repeatedly comparing this show to Gone Girl, handling (and mishandling) depictions of sexual violence, rooting for Mario Casas to make a career transition to Hollywood, and appreciation for foley artists emerge as some of the topics on this episode.
Directed by Oriol Paulo, The Innocent stars Mario Casas, Aura Garrido, Alexandra Jiménez, José Coronado, Martina Gusmán, Juana Acosta, Gonzalo de Castro, Ana Wagener, Miki Esparbé, Xavi Sáez, Anna Alarcón, Susi Sánchez, Oriol Vila, Mima Riera, Javier Beltrán, Santi Pons, Aysha Daraaui, Asia Ortega, and Alejandro Toro Cuenca.
Spoilers start at 32:50
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• Rolo Tony: Breakfast of Champions
• Arthur: KPop Demon Hunters
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Tune in as Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) circles back around to the show for a breakdown of A Quiet Place, the 2018 horror movie about a family’s quest to survive a post-apocalyptic world in which monsters use their acute sense of hearing to hunt down their prey. Pushing back against the pro-gun reading of this movie, asking questions about its many plot and worldbuilding holes, John Krasinski’s career arc from comedy to horror and action, and the dangers of having a baby in such a life-threatening environment comprise a few of the subjects in this episode.
Directed by John Krasinski, A Quiet Place stars Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cade Woodward, Leon Russom, and Rhoda Pell.
Spoilers start at 52:30
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John Krasinski Breaks Down A Quiet Place's Lantern Scene | Notes on a Scene | Vanity Fair
The Silently Regressive Politics of “A Quiet Place” by Richard Brody | The New Yorker
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• Arthur: Breaking Bad
• Anna: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
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