Best Arthur Howell Podcasts (2025)

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#234 – Comet | Directed by Sam Esmail (with Rolo Tony) 2:44:55

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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 putt…

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#233 – Rope | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (with Anna) 2:33:12

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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 th…

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Interview with Filmmaker Chris Peckover (Better Watch Out) 1:11:02

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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 ha…

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#232 – Son of the White Mare | Directed by Marcell Jankovics (with Marie Nicola of Alt.Pop.Repeat and Past//Forward) 2:57:02

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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 sexualiz…

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219. Let's Taco 'Bout The Terrifier Franchise featuring Adam Dillenburg 1:47:35

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Send us a text 🎃🔪 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 🔪🎃 On this special Halloween episode, Adam Dillenburg returns to the show. In what seems to be a new tradition, Adam is back to celebrate the holiday, chatting about horror and Halloween traditions. Then, he and the Fat Dude decide to dissect (and bisect, trisect, and decapitate) this generation’s horror franchi…

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#231 – The Worst Witch | Directed by Robert W. Young (with Dustin Holden of The Rewatch Recap) 1:50:24

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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…

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218. Let's Taco 'Bout The Curriculum of Horror featuring Duncan Barlow 1:30:13

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Send us a text October’s Horror Extravaganza continues! On this week’s episode, The Fat Dude is joined by author and USD professor, Duncan Barlow. The two discuss Duncan’s history from punk rock to poetry to education. Then, they dive into the educational value of horror, both in literature and on film, and why Duncan holds a soft spot in his heart…

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#230 – Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (with Rolo Tony) 3:25:38

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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 shatt…

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217. Let's Taco 'Bout The Cell featuring Brad Redick 1:36:57

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Send us a text This week on the program, Human Dads co-host Brad Redick returns! On his last appearance, he accepted the challenge to watch a horror film and come back to taco ‘bout it. We talk about Brad’s hesitation towards horror films and the Dallas Mavericks before diving into Tarsem Singh’s feature directorial debut, The Cell. We critique J-L…

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#229 – The Babadook | Directed by Jennifer Kent (with Mama D of Petals of Support) 2:56:50

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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 p…

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216. Let's Taco 'Bout Error 4444 featuring Logan and Sam 1:10:32

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Send us a text On this episode, we kick off scary season on the Let’s Taco ‘Bout. The Fat Dude is joined by Logan and Sam, founders of the boutique physical media label, Error 4444, a label that specializes in Asian genre cinema! We talk about how the two founders met and where the idea came from. We also discuss the blood, sweat, and tears that go…

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#228 – Taxi Driver | Directed by Martin Scorsese (with Anna) 3:00:46

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#227 – The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager (with Hannah, Rebecca, and Sarah of Can I Spoil Something?) 2:36:09

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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…

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#226 – Blue Ruin | Directed by Jeremy Saulnier (with Robyn Zabukovec) 2:20:48

2M ago2:20:48

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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…

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215. Let’s Taco ‘Bout AJ Goes to the Dog Park featuring Toby Jones 1:36:56

2M ago1:36:56

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Send us a text Let’s Taco ‘Bout returns this week with an awesome guest! Toby Jones, writer of Cartoon Network’s The Regular Show and director of the newly released delightful indie comedy, AJ Goes to the Dog Park, joins the Fat Dude for a chat. The two chat about Toby’s history of creativity from making movies as a kid to learning tools of the tra…

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#225 – Memento | Directed by Christopher Nolan (with Anna) 2:49:48

2M ago2:49:48

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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 …

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214. Let's Taco 'Bout Widows featuring Arthur Howell 1:19:17

2M ago1:19:17

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Send us a text To close out the Summer Swindle miniseries, Arthur Howell, the Two Cents Critic, returns to the show! Arthur and the Fat Dude chat about heist movies in general before diving into the featured movie of the week, Steve McQueen’s tale of crime, corruption, gentrification, and politics, the 2018 flick, Widows. Subscribe to Arthur’s podc…

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#224 – Looper | Directed by Rian Johnson (with Brett Salter of Irish Salt) 2:34:44

2M ago2:34:44

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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 mes…

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#223 – Nightcrawler | Directed by Dan Gilroy (with Shawn Murphy of Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies!) 2:25:52

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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 …

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The Criterion Break - Episode 51 - Rififi and Thief 2:19:03

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Send us a text The Break is back!!! The Criterion Break returns this week to continue the Summer Swindle! In the penultimate episode of The Fat Dude’s summer miniseries, James from 20th and 21st Movies joins Andy and Derrick to chat about where his love for all things movies comes from, and what opened his eyes to the greatness that is the Criterio…

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#222 – Trance | Directed by Danny Boyle (with Marie Nicola of Alt.Pop.Repeat and Past//Forward) 3:10:19

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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 2…

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213. Let's Taco 'Bout The Usual Suspects featuring Brad Redick 1:31:21

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Send us a text This week on the podcast, the Summer Swindle continues! The Fat Dude is joined by one of the co-hosts of the Human Dads podcast, longtime friend, Brad Redick. The two engage in a conversation filled with tangents, though the notion of heist movies dominates the conversation. This week’s featured movie is the neo-noir twisty suspense …

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212. Let's Taco 'Bout Ocean's Eleven featuring Sarah Lahue 1:23:14

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Send us a text On this week’s episode, the Summer Swindle continues! New York based theatre artist, Sarah Lahue, returns to the show. We chat for a bit about Sarah’s new found appreciation of the New York Mets before diving into this week’s featured movie, Steven Soderbergh’s star-studded sizzler, Ocean’s Eleven. Sarah can be found across social me…

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#221 – Sweetpea | Created by Kirstie Swain (with Anna) 2:42:22

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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 u…

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211. Let's Taco 'Bout Inside Man featuring Betsy and Trent of Never Seen It Podcast 1:26:52

3M ago1:26:52

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Send us a text The Summer Swindle continues! This week, Betsy and Trent of the Never Seen It podcast join the show, with Trent making his Let’s Taco ‘Bout debut. We talk about podcasting and finding viral success thanks to Tron: Legacy. We also discuss the featured heist movie of the week, Spike Lee’s slick bank robbery drama, Inside Man. Betsy and…

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#220 – I Saw the Devil | Directed by Kim Jee-woon (with Andy of Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts) 1:41:37

3M ago1:41:37

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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 …

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#219 – As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson (with Jessica and Saunya of Opinionated Lushes) 2:50:36

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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 …

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210. Let's Taco 'Bout Heat featuring Derrick Veurink 1:29:43

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Send us a text The Summer Swindle continues as co-host of The Criterion Break and The Balcony, Derrick Veurink, joins the show. Before the summer miniseries continues, The Fat Dude and Derrick hash out some of their thoughts on the latest film from Ari Aster, Eddington. The two then dive into an all time classic, this week’s featured movie, Michael…

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#218 – Netflix's The Innocent | Directed by Oriol Paulo (with Rolo Tony) 2:57:27

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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 …

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209. Let’s Taco ‘Bout Mission: Impossible featuring Brian Skutle 1:24:51

4M ago1:24:51

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Send us a text Finally, the Summer Swindle returns!!! Brian Skutle returns to the show to talk about the magic of heist movies. Brian also shares some his stories of working at movie theaters throughout the horrific (but joyous) summer movie season. We then dive into our featured movie of the week, the one that kickstarted a franchise that has last…

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#217 – A Quiet Place | Directed by John Krasinski (with Anna) 2:43:32

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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…

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#216 – Upgrade | Directed by Leigh Whannell (with James Willey of Movie Good or Movie Bad?) 1:51:34

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Tune in as James Willey (Movie Good or Movie Bad?) joins the podcast for a discussion on Upgrade, the 2018 cyberpunk action thriller about an auto mechanic’s vengeful quest to uncover who murdered his wife and left him paralyzed in the process—a quest that he pursues with the help of a chip implant that can take over a human’s motor functions. The …

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#215 – Wanted | Directed by Timur Bekmambetov (with Betsy Gorham of Never Seen It with Betsy and Trent) 2:26:24

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Tune in as Betsy Gorham (Never Seen It with Betsy and Trent) jumps onboard the program to talk all about Wanted, the 2008 action movie about a miserable office worker who gets to unlock his bullet-curving potential after joining an assassin organization of which his murdered father was a member. The energy of this movie (as well as the Mark Millar/…

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#214 – Shiki | Created by Fuyumi Ono and Ryu Fujisaki (with Marie Nicola of Alt.Pop.Repeat) 3:08:51

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Tune in as Marie Nicola (Alt.Pop.Repeat) pops back onto 2CC for a breakdown of Shiki, the 2010 horror anime series about a secluded and quiet village that becomes plagued by what initially seems like a fast-moving and ruthless anemia epidemic, but actually turns out to be a growing clan of vampires. The difference between cinema and animation from …

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#213 – Psycho Beach Party | Directed by Robert Lee King (with Connor Kujawinski) 2:42:24

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Tune in as Pride Month comes to a close on 2CC! It’s been splendid to have this space be dedicated to queer art throughout this past June of 2025. Now we shall wrap that up by bringing back Connor Kujawinski (@connorkuj) for a breakdown of Psycho Beach Party, the 2000 comedy-horror beach movie spoof that follows a whirlwind of surfing, dissociative…

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208. Let's Taco 'Bout Point Break featuring Parker Magnuson 1:19:31

5M ago1:19:31

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Send us a text After an inconsistent hiatus, Let’s Taco ‘Bout returns. Why not bring it back with a Summer Miniseries? This year, we’re looking at a bunch of the best heist or espionage movies for The Summer Swindle! To kick things off, Parker Magnuson returns to the show to discuss Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 banger, Point Break. We taco ‘bout Patrick …

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#212 – Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee (with Katrina of Katrina’s Library) 2:28:01

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Tune in as Pride Month continues for its third week on 2CC! Katrina (@katrinaslibrary) is jumping onboard for a review and recap of Fake Dates and Mooncakes, the 2023 YA fake-dating rom-com novel by Sher Lee that follows an aspiring teenage chef who gets caught up in a fake-dating scheme with a rich crush, all while preparing for a mooncake contest…

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The Criterion Break - Episode 50 - Videodrome 1:30:12

5M ago1:30:12

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Send us a text The Criterion Break returns! This week, the ‘Terion Trio discuss some of their recent watches before chatting about Criterion’s big reveals for their September releases, including a massive Wes Anderson boxset. They then dive into a chat about David Cronenberg and the featured movie of the week, Videodrome. Blake can be found on Inst…

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#211 – The Matrix | Directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski (with Anna) 3:58:53

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Tune in as Pride Month rolls onward for its second week on 2CC! Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) is jumping back on the show for a deep dive into The Matrix, the 1999 sci-fi action movie about a computer hacker who’s bestowed with a quest to free humankind from the simulated reality in which they’ve all been imprisoned. The utterly trans layers of…

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#210 – Hannibal | Developed by Bryan Fuller (with Robyn Zabukovec) 2:39:18

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Tune in as 2 Cents Critic kicks off Pride Month! Yes, this month has circled back around for the year 2025, so the program will be focusing on queer art. For this first episode of June, Robyn Zabukovec (@TheFinalGirly) strides on back to her guest chair for a breakdown of Hannibal, the horror-thriller show that premiered on NBC in 2013 and spent th…

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#209 – The Last Supper | Directed by Stacy Title (with Rolo Tony) 2:38:32

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Tune in as Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) hops aboard the podcast to review and recap The Last Supper, the 1995 satirical black comedy movie about a friend group of grad school students who launch a scheme to kill off conservatives by inviting them over for the last supper they’ll ever have. The surprisingly cozy atmosphere wrapped around this film, …

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#208 – Videodrome | Directed by David Cronenberg (with Seth Vargas of Movie Friends) 1:49:42

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Tune in as Seth Vargas (Movie Friends) returns to the program to discuss Videodrome, the 1983 sci-fi body horror film about a TV station president whose discovery of an enigmatic and pornographic video broadcast drags his mind and his flesh down a spiral of terror. The David Cronenberg movie that Seth saw as a wee little child with his mom, recomme…

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The Balcony - Episode Ten: A Salute to Scorsese 2:09:01

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Send us a text This week, The Balcony is OPEN! The back row boys discuss some of their recent watches including praise for Lindsay Lohan and Clint Eastwood, and a surprise day trip to Minneapolis. The trio then recaps The State Theatre’s now finished Director’s Series for 2025 focusing on the great Martin Scorsese. Derrick leads the charge, having …

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#207 – Drive | Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (with Anna) 3:08:02

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Tune in as Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) jumps back into their guest chair for a breakdown of Drive, the 2011 neo-noir crime thriller film about an L.A. stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Ryan Gosling’s auramaxxing, what qualifies as neo-noir, the strange misogyny that’s given off by issues like NWR’s original goal o…

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#206 – Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede (with Andy of Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts) 3:08:20

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Tune in as Andy (Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts) strolls back into the 2CC sphere for a plunge into Maeve Fly, the 2023 horror novel by C.J. Leede that follows a young woman who's harboring grim and bloodthirsty urges while playing an ice princess at a certain Californian theme park and laying an eye on her best friend’s intriguing brother. Wh…

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The Balcony - Episode Nine: Cannes You Dig It?!?! 1:14:49

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Send us a text A few technical glitches here and there can’t keep the boys from their balcony! On this week’s show, the trifecta chat about some of their recent watches before diving into part of this year’s Cannes line-up. What movies are they excited for and who/what will get the movie world talking this year? Blake can be found on Letterboxd @th…

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#205 – Prime Video's Wilderness | Created by Marnie Dickens (with Sam Frontera and Shelby Schwieterman of The Rom Complex) 1:36:59

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Tune in as Sam Frontera and Shelby Schwieterman (The Rom Complex) dive back into another collaboration with 2CC for a review and recap of Wilderness, the Prime Video thriller miniseries about a scorned woman’s revenge plan against her dickweasel husband. Drawing comparisons between this show and Gone Girl, the potential that this could have had to …

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#204 – Devs | Created by Alex Garland (with Anna) 3:19:46

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Tune in as Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) teams back up with Arthur to review and recap Devs, the 2020 sci-fi techno-thriller miniseries about the mysterious and murderous machinations of a quantum computing company. Anna’s mini-review of Civil War, wishing that Alex Garland could grow a political spine, the choice to cast Cailee Spaeny as a tee…

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#203 – How to Train Your Dragon | Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois (with Dustin Holden of The Rewatch Recap) 3:15:22

7M ago3:15:22

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Tune in as Dustin Holden (The Rewatch Recap) returns to 2CC for a breakdown of How to Train Your Dragon, the 2010 animated fantasy movie about the bond that grows between a teenage Viking boy and a dragon. The creatures and their mannerisms that inspired Toothless’s design, worries over the upcoming live-action reboot of HTTYD, the aversion to refe…

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207. Let's Taco 'Bout Grand Theft Hamlet featuring Dylan Ferguson 1:28:48

7M ago1:28:48

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Send us a text Do not adjust your internets! The Fat Dude returns this week with an all new Let’s Taco ‘Bout! I am joined by returning guest and movie lover, Dylan Ferguson. We talk about Dylan’s journey into fatherhood, discussing the early days of his little one, things he’s learned, and how he can’t wait to share his love of movies with his kid.…