We continue to examine the influence and imitations of our anointed directors' signature styles.  In Fincher's case, this mainly takes the form of reviewing the attempts of his various collaborators to recreate the magic without him.  ...

In which we offer very tepid defenses of Ethan Coen's tepid new lesbian detective yarn

Chris Prentice drops in to talk about the cottage industry of Tarantino knock-offs that arose in the 1990s (and beyond).  Why do they have long, tortured titles full of numbers and locations?  Why do they all end on the same boat? The...

Brett Blake returns to dig into Zach Cregger's ambitious sophomore effort.

In which oh my god this game never ends

Is the fifth time the charm for the famous foursome?

In which we finally, definitively fix all the Academy's mistakes.

Alex Fletcher returns to talk over James Gunn's re-re-re-envisioning of the grandaddy of superheroes

Because in the end, maybe the real way was the brothers we made along the Coen.

Hinterlands Ahoy!

What is the difference between Best Picture and Best Director?  No, I mean, obviously WE know.  I was asking you.

We have a look through the not-quite-official Coen Brother films, from SUBURBICON and BRIDGE OF SPIES to DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS and THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH.

The Pope has been exploded by demons!  Are you a bad enough dude to collect 250 Spindleweed?

After several movies with increasingly loose plot structures, the Coens say "f*** it, we're just doing an anthology".  And it kind of rules.

The MCU is back, bay-bee!  Sorta!  

Will there be any more Star Wars like this?  Probably not, but that just makes it shine all the brighter

In which we talk about the limits of Danny McBride's satirical ambitions, and how grounded one can make a star war

Also, Syril is a super-spy and Kleya turns a screw

John and Al go over everything they've seen recently, starting with Alex Garland's WARFARE (1:50) and Ryan Coogler's SINNERS (14:00), a brief touch on DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN (38:00), THE LAST OF US's big episode (40:50), before kicking off weekl...

Tyler Jakes returns to talk about the the mother of all deck-building games, its current state of play, and lessons it offers for game design in general.

The Frame Work All-Stars reconvene to highlight some of the Oscars' biggest blind spots in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories.

Brett Blake returns to examine the Coen's final theatrical collaboration, the psuedo-satirical, psuedo-anthology, psuedo-religious allegory HAIL, CAESAR!

In which we look at the DLC expansions, and prospects for adapting DA2 to the screen

Gwen Sisco returns to the program to talk about failure.  And some other stuff, but mostly failure.

We wrap up the main game of DA2, discussing the demands of the Qun, and the worst RPG romance of all time.