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. 

Michael Martin returns, bearing a writ of replevin

The Frame Work All-Stars assemble to select some of the greatest whiffs in the Academy's history, starting with the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards.

Ronny Abraxas joins the guys to delve into the most Coen-y Coen movie of all.

Jesus F***ing, Christ.  

in which we debate recent comments by Tarantino and Scorcesse about the death of cinema, and speculate what bizarre mutant forms it might take in the future.

Ingenious narrative concepts run aground on botched and broken gameplay decisions in Bioware's rush job of a follow up to DRAGON AGE.

In which we grapple with one of the best, bleakest endings in movie history

We dig in deep on the Coens' masterful adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's lean, crushing, American epic.

Brett Blake returns to review the smash hit of the Christmas season