The crew hits the road with the 1986 thriller The Hitcher. We start with a weird birdwalk about San Diego local musician Steve Poltz, his band The Rugburns, Java Joe's and their song "Don't Pick Up Hitchhiker Joe." Then we swap hitchhiking stories and talk about how attitudes toward thumbing a ride have changed. Next we get into the movie, our patented world's most okayiest plot summary, and a bunch of weird observations about this movie, especially about geography and the best way to drive from Chicago to San Diego. Then the dice come out for a long D&D chase and battle inspired by the film. After that we give The Hitcher our patented D20 rating, talk about Rutger Hauer's best roles and villains and name the Play of the Game.

We're finishing spooky season with Hotel Transylvania! Also some random thoughts about Wildwood and Genndy Tartakovsky. Happy Halloween and see you then!

This time we take on David Lynch's Inland Empire, his three-hour digital-video fever dream. We start with first reactions, then get into the big question: does the film mean anything, or is that the wrong thing to ask of Lynch? After a spoiler summary of Nikki Grace's splintering identity and the Phantom, we talk about what worked, why so much of it still drags, and who this movie is really for. We also place it in Lynch's wider career: the move to digital video, his recurring themes, and whether it counts as horror. Then we give our final verdicts and suggest what to watch instead.

In the second half, the tabletop segment goes to a surreal Lynch-inspired battle map. There's dancing, initiative rolls and a shredded Phantom, Robert Blake shows up to make things weirder, and Bob from Twin Peaks arrives as the final boss before a finishing elbow drop. We wrap up with ratings, MVPs and the roll for our next movie.

This episode is all about... er... All About Eve. What a script! Wait, is that Shere Khan? The world's most okay-iest full spoiler recap and questions about the plot. The fear of aging and reality of age gap relationships for women. Does All About Eve deserve a higher spot on the AFI Top 100 list? (The various movies in the AFI top 25 we hate) In the second half, it's Dungeons and Drive-Ins battle time: Eve goes from pawn to queen, Batman villains?, Eve can't stop grabbing Roy's butt. We wrap with movie ratings, our Midge award, and a roll for next episode's movie pick. Letterboxd was having some problems but we THINK we foudn the right movie-- the first of our spooky season picks for the next month!

Check out Roy (and Brooke... and Andy in 2 weeks) on the newest Yours, Mine, and Theirs podcast; mourning dearly departed stars on In Memoriam (sometimes featuring Andy); and 70s tv crossovers on the Fantasy-Murder-Love Triangle podcast.

This week we put Love, Simon on the table — why it works so well as a glossy YA studio crowd-pleaser, where its more manufactured conflicts wobble, and how the movie lands now when it comes to coming out, parenting, and emotional universality. We recap the plot, argue over what still hits, reminisce over the Greg Berlanti CW Arrowverse, ask the all-timer question of what it would look like if straight people had to come out, and hand out final scores plus best supporting element. Then the RPG chaos kicks in: a Halloween-party infiltration, a beer pong hustle, a mission to steal Martin’s phone, and a magical attempt to give Simon his agency back through karaoke, honesty, and confession. We close with the dice choosing the AFI Top 100 and finally landing on "The Gold Rush," and a nod to Andy's love of Hitchcock's "The Lodger."