You like Predator movies, right? So do we/

How does Predator Badlands work if you only view it as a stand alone move vs a movie setting up a whole trilogy or series? Wade and Hugh have different opinions.

Plus, hey Wings of Desire is on Criterion maybe check it out.

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While KoE works on an upcoming project; Wade, James, and Hugh talk about the state of criticism, the state of media literacy, and how that relates to Culture, past and present. Why don't certain people even pretend to read books anymore?

After this the discussion switches over to recent politics. Which you can access on the patreon if that's your thing:

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We talk about One Battle After Another, but then get caught up in what others might think of his tenth movie *cough* Quentin, where's your last movie? *cough*

What directors are in text streams together?

Just how humane a filmmaker is Paul Thomas Anderson and how does he compare to Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Ari Aster, Guillermo Del Toro, Martin Scorcese, and -of course- the Coen Brothers?

We go back to the old ways: Three of us having disagreements about a science fiction television show.

We talk a while about Noah Hawley as craftsman and artist, and what we think about the first four episodes of Alien: Earth on FX.

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Why is Wade crying all the time? What a wimp.

Was Superman good?

How does Superman, a movie we all watched, compare with Fantastic Four, a movie only Hugh saw?

Is Supes anti-Israel? Does it have first act problems?

Are we as a nation ready to walk away from super hero movies?

What would Benjamin Sisko have to say about the retro futurism of the Fantastic Four?

In Kickers of Elves fashion, we let the conversation wind all over the place.

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We're living in a transitional moment for American history. So lets talk about the Western in cinema and American identity.

Was this simply a tense movie about how we all lost our minds during Covid, or an evil inverse of the John Ford Western?

We all saw Ari Aster's Eddington. You should too because we spoil it pretty thoroughly in this in depth discussion.

If you want that Star Trek Strange New Worlds update before Star Trek Resignation covers it check out the patreon! But be prepared to hear us talk about cats.

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We talk a bit about Ryan Coogler's excellent vampire movie Sinners, then we talk some other movies and such, but then hey don't worry the conversation swings back to Sinners at the end... by way of Greek philosophy and Epicurious. Yeah, that's right.

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We watched Pee Wee: Himself. As kids of the 90s I think we're required to.

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