Best Veterans Round Table Podcasts (2025)

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MAJOR THREATS to GREAT LAKES from a Couple who UNDERWATER Filmed Them - Bigwater Podcast Episode #96 1:07:25

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On this episode of the Bigwater Podcast, Captain Ross sits down with Yvonne and Zach, a husband and wife couple from Canada, who spent more than a year underwater filming the Great Lakes and the impact that invasive mussels are having on fish populations. They take a deep dive in to what is really happening in real time. This fascinating footage he…

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Thunderbolts* 1:49:51

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[School of Movies 2025] Time for a surprisingly good Marvel that meant a lot to a great deal of people... and still somehow underperformed. This thing was brewing for years, from as far back as the second Disney Plus show, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, back in Lockdown 2021. The original comic premise was simple enough; have a manipulative scu…

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Quantumania & Brave New World 2:16:37

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[School of Movies 2025] This is three After School Club episodes, trimmed and re-edited into one bumper Main Event show. To begin with you have my initial impressions on what is hopefully the last Ant-Man movie, way back in February 2023, then two and a half years rush by in the blink of an eye and suddenly we're in a different kind of place for bo…

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Agatha All Along 1:26:21

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[School of Everything Else 2025] For a long while we hoped this would be a project from the makers of WandaVision that would see hidden villain Agatha Harkness trying to make amends for her machinations during the Westview incident. By the end of the second episode she's unrepentant and off on a whole new adventure, romping down The Witches' Road w…

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BEST DAY Salmon Fishing IN 25 YEARS and How We Did It - Bigwater Podcast Episode #95 1:08:32

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Captain Ross sits down on location in Ludington, MI with three long time friends and fellow veteran captains to discuss how things are changing and vary from Great Lake to Great Lake. We also discuss what happened during what Captain Chip Cartwright, owner of Silver Streak Spoons, described as his best day of salmon fishing on Lake Michigan in 25 y…

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The Marvels 1:29:12

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[School of Movies 2025] Here is a film we were very excitedly waiting for. We had already been waiting an age for the first Captain Marvel movie in 2019, a project that would have been put into effect had Ike Perlmutter not maintained for years that female-led superhero films wouldn't make money. The thing swept in just over a billion dollars and m…

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Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 2:37:05

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[School of Movies 2025] This film began life before James Gunn was abruptly fired overnight, by Marvel. It languished for years through the triumph of Endgame, then the Pandemic, and Gunn's hiring by DC to direct their Suicide Squad sequel. The man who came back to pick up the script had been changed, and while Superman (2025) shows the sheer optim…

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 1:24:16

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[School of Everything Else] This one took a lot of consideration. We wanted to separate ourselves from the ragebait YouTubers who decided before it was even out that this was the worst TV show ever made. Even the thumbnail had to be put together in a way that conveys there are problems, but it's not because of BIG ANGRY WOMAN! (Seriously, what is i…

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Great Lakes Summer Deep Water Walleye Facts with Ohio Biologist - Bigwater Podcast Episode #94 1:17:19

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You all love the biology podcasts so we are bringing you another one! After a couple days on the water with Captain Ross, Lake Erie Fisheries Program Administrator Travis Hartman, gives us some science to help back up some of their findings and success on the water over the last twenty years of fishing deep water summer Walleyes. Capt. Ross Roberts…

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Four Weddings and a Funeral 2:12:56

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[School of Movies 2025] A major milestone in British cinema, pairing up dramatic director Mike Newell with comedy mainstay Richard Curtis. This one is easy to handwave off as fluffy and light, but it is a favourite of one of our psychology-specialising friends Doctor Hunter Mulcare, who joined us for Love Actually and specifically requested that wh…

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James Gunn's Superman 2:41:59

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[School of Movies 2025] This is a BIG one folks, the first major change in direction for silver screen DC comics adaptations since Nolan's Batman Begins in 2005 (though it has plenty of recent tonal forerunners to back it up, including Aquaman, Blue Beetle and the first Shazam! all of which we recommend seeing as well). This is what Warner Bros. we…

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Baldur's Gate III (Part 2) 1:49:19

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[School of Everything Else 2025] We return to the Forgotten Realms of Baldur's Gate III and do our best to remember what happened during our games. This time we get to talk about Shadowheart, a cleric who is deeply embroiled in an oppressive cult, in service to Dark Mommy (luckily, she just joined the club). On that note, we talk about character si…

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Great Lakes Fisheries Biologist - Bigwater Podcast Episode #93 1:09:57

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You all love the biology podcasts so we are bringing you another one! On this episode of the Bigwater Podcast, we sit down with Dan Isermann, PhD, Unit Leader of the Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit. Before his employment with USGS, he was an assistant professor of fisheries at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and worked as a fi…

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Baldur's Gate III (Part 1) 2:20:46

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[School of Everything Else 2025] One of the most ambitious projects for our podcast to date, this commission required the purchase of a PlayStation 5 and presents myself, Sharon and our teenager Willow with a massive and exceptionally dense and rich 80-hour tabletop-style RPG to battle through... each on our own individual quests. To that end, this…

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G.I. Joe 1:49:00

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[School of Movies 2025] Maybe THE most American of children's properties from the 1980s, G.I. Joe began life as a big doll that boys could dress up for war, but as public sentiment turned against the conflict in Vietnam, Hasbro nudged their chunky action figure towards more of an adventure brand. Then in Reagan's 80s, Joe was relaunched as A Real A…

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Richard Donner's Superman 2:46:32

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[School of Movies 2025] All the way back in 2013 when Man of Steel was coming out, I covered the four Christopher Reeve Superman movies on a single podcast with dutiful guests Taylor Nova and Paul Gibson. I recently re-listened to it in the run-up to James Gunn's Superman and I was flabbergasted at how much my attitude had changed; specifically to …

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Angling for Success in Business and Fishing with Sam Anderson - Bigwater Podcast Episode #92 1:32:48

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On this episode of the Bigwater Podcast, Captain Ross sits down with Sam Anderson. Details matter to Sam Anderson, whether he’s running the multimillion-dollar trucking and logistics company Bay & Bay Transportation, or winning tournaments as a professional fisherman. Anderson became the youngest touring professional angler fishing Pro/Am tournamen…

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Final Fantasy VII: Remake 2:29:38

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[School of Everything Else 2025] It was a long time coming. The remake itself has been mooted as far back as the early 2000s, and the wait for it was half of my life. But then, when this astonishing game finally landed in 2020, a time when we all needed to escape to other worlds, I found myself paralysed with indecision within the game, unable to m…

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121 LP: The Hero’s Call (Revisited) 1:03:49

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With the Sword Coast counting on them, the Rivalry, Mira (Guest player, Susan Riley), and Ordin (Guest Player, Luke Gaither) are forced to face the unthinkable. SHOW NOTES INFORMATION COMMUNITY INFO Send us pics of you rocking D2C Merch and we will publish them on the Community page of our website. Click HERE to check it out! CHARACTER ART Official…

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Searching 1:58:49

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[School of Movies 2025] An absolutely fascinating 2018 movie where the challenge for the filmmakers was to confine themselves only to a computer screen and the various apps and websites, embodying John Cho's frantically worried David Kim as a blinking cursor, scouring the internet for any trace of his missing teenager Margot. None of this would be …

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RRR: Rise, Roar, Revolt 2:14:18

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[School of Movies 2025] One of the most astonishing action epics in cinema history, and almost nobody who saw it managed to do so in the cinema! At least in the West. This historical epic, popularised by Netflix plays extremely fast and loose with the facts, reimagining the lives of two of India's most celebrated revolutionaries to have intersected…

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Unbelievable Stories from two Veteran Game Wardens - Bigwater Podcast Episode #91 1:32:58

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On this episode of the Bigwater Podcast, Captain Ross sits down with two veteran game wardens as they share stories and go over some fishing do's and definitely don'ts! Capt. Ross Robertson has made his complete living chasing walleye as a full time professional angler for more than 20 years. Through the years he has worn many hats including time a…

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The Super Mario Bros. + A Minecraft Movie 2:20:50

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[School of Movies 2025] Two of the most successful films of the 20s, both of them built on the winning formula of bewildered people from the real world being plunged into an alternate dimension which allows them to encounter pleasingly recognisable elements from the video games that general audiences like, on their way towards assisting with deposi…

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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 1:54:23

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[School of Everything Else 2025] Neurodivergent elf seeks party for spell-gathering, demon-slaying and appreciating life a whole lot more... Despite our longstanding NO ANIME rule (which nevertheless still allows us to occasionally do shows on the movies we love within that medium, and you folks have been good as gold insofar as overprescribing ani…

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1000xRESIST 1:39:52

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[School of Everything Else 2025] Chances are you have neither played nor even heard of this 2024 sci-fi indie game. We hadn't, and as we proceeded through a tale of a dystopia where everyone is cloned from the same person, yet has their own distinct name, outfit and personality, we couldn't see exactly why Hollywoo actress Maya Souris commissioned …

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Round Table with 3 Great Lakes Captains & Tackle Industry Veterans - Bigwater Podcast Episode #90 1:10:32

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In this podcast, Captain Ross joins up with long time industry partners from FishUSA and Silver Streak Lures to discuss their recent trip on Lake Ontario for Spring King Salmon. During this round table we go over how similar walleye and salmon fishing really is, the fishing industry, and of course we include just enough wacky sidebars to keep it in…

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Delicious in Dungeon 1:55:03

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[School of Everything Else 2025] This is a commissioned show for Chris Finik, The Jonin Monkey, Banzai Tree and Sixblazer. We recruited Willow as a guest, since they were immediately smitten with this 24-episode first season. We heartily recommend you cast aside your worries and just delve into this podcast episode, regardless of having seen the sh…

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Secret of Mana 1:14:11

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[School of Everything Else 2025] One of the most beloved 90s RPGs, and one of the few on Super Nintendo that was released in the UK. So, while I envied Americans for getting Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy IV and VI, Earthbound and Breath of Fire, THIS ONE was my first actual big console RPG. And it has problems; real playability issues that make it …

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The People's Joker 1:42:51

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[School of Movies 2025] After the harsh, oppressive atmosphere of I Saw the TV Glow we turn to an altogether funnier tale of trans discovery with Vera Drew's semiautobiographical, anarchic reshaping of DC's Clown Princess of Crime. From the painfully normalising cornfields of Smallville, Kansas comes a child who asks their alarmed mother "Was in bo…

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120 LP: Now You Know 1:15:17

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Having made a life-altering bargain with the Council of Metallic Dragons, the Rivalry, Mira, and Ordin (Guest Players Susan Riley and Luke Gaither) return to Underhill to tie up loose ends before leaving Hillgarden forever. SHOW NOTES INFORMATION COMMUNITY INFO Send us pics of you rocking D2C Merch and we will publish them on the Community page of …

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Target Walleye Visits Captain Ross at Lake Erie - Bigwater Podcast Episode #89 1:16:44

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In this episode of the Bigwater Podcast, we sit down with Target Walleye's Brett McComas after spending a day walleye fishing Lake Erie with Captain Ross. They discuss everything from losing a giant walleye to landing Brett's personal best walleye, and even why Brett had to learn to sew. Capt. Ross Robertson has made his complete living chasing wal…

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I Saw the TV Glow 2:59:17

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[School of Movies 2025] As soon as we saw this thickly atmospheric, Lynchian lucid nightmare from 2024, Sharon and I knew we had to do a very particular show on it. Since the entire context is trans-anxiety which the majority of cisgender people may find impenetrably mystifying we needed an all-trans/enby/non-cis cast of guests to walk us through t…

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Do A Powerbomb 44:31

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[School of Everything Else 2025] This was an unexpected burst of sheer joy, and we urge you all to seek it out for yourselves. It's a graphic novel, comprising a 7-issue comic book miniseries about wrestling. We had never read a book written by Daniel Warren Johnson before, but now we're hooked and ready to guzzle down everything else this champ ac…

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Lake Erie Biologist Deep Dive - Bigwater Podcast Episode #88 1:38:24

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We've listened and are bringing you yet another Lake Erie Fisheries Biologist. In this episode of the Bigwater Podcast we take a deep dive in to everything Lake Erie, and share some surprising information about the bait fish population and future plans. Capt. Ross Robertson has made his complete living chasing walleye as a full time professional an…

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Empire Records 1:43:42

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[School of Movies 2025] A cult favourite hangout movie about working in a CD shop in the mid-90s. This one was directed by Allan Moyle, who previously helmed another music-centric, coming-of-age teen drama that should have been way more of a hit; Pump Up the Volume (1990). Statistically almost none of you have seen this, as it's the kind of movie y…

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A Space for the Unbound 1:42:26

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[School of Everything Else 2025] A charming 16-bit style indie adventure game, set in suburban Indonesia in the 1990s. This begins cosy, deliberately evoking the familiar, and swiftly becomes strange and mysterious with a story of loss and grief and loneliness at its core; an ache longing to be relieved. The gameplay involves exploring the town and…

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Crow Country 1:45:54

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[School of Everything Else 2025] A marvellously authentic and creepy modern Survival Horror in the convincing style of a PlayStation One title from the mid-90s conversely featuring inflections of more contemporary scary games. This one is available on Steam and Switch and PS4 and Xbox Series X. There is an abandoned theme park to explore and myster…

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Resident Evil 4 1:26:07

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[School of Everything Else 2025] One of the most beloved, instantly-transformative, replayed, re-released, and critically acclaimed games of all time... and would you believe until preparing for this show, that I wasn't massively fussed about it? But this year I have been replaying all of the original games sequentially, and after the first era of …

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119 LP: Everything Changes 50:57

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The Rivalry discovers that their new lair permits them an audience with powerful potential allies, but the terms are more costly than expected. SHOW NOTES INFORMATION COMMUNITY INFO Send us pics of you rocking D2C Merch and we will publish them on the Community page of our website. Click HERE to check it out! CHARACTER ART Official D20 to Curtain C…

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Lake Erie Ice Fishing History. Then and Now. - Bigwater Podcast Episode #87 1:21:31

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On this episode of the Bigwater Podcast, we sit down with 3rd and 5th generation islanders to discuss how island life in the winter has changed over the years. We go all over the place with everything from forward facing sonar to what islanders had to do to make it through the winter a hundred years ago. This is a unique one I think you will enjoy!…

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The Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Vol. 2 1:52:10

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[School of Everything Else 2025] All the way back in 2017 I put together an absolutely EPIC musical journey through the first eight years of the MCU, from Iron Man all the way up to Doctor Strange. So much time has passed since then (cue many gifs of Matt Damon drinking from the wrong Grail) and Marvel has not followed my sound advice about allowin…

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The Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Vol. 1 2:58:45

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[School of Everything Else 2017] NOTE: This is an archival episode from many years ago. Recently the excellent YouTube series Every Frame a Painting asked members of the public if they could hum any of the music from the Marvel films. Unsurprisingly they couldn't come up with anything. There are a few reasons for this, that I go into on the show, b…

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Summer 2025 Commissions Season 3:04

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Hello there folks, this is your official notification that the School of Movies Summer Commissions season window is now open. And it’s a special case this time around. Originally this run was meant to pay for our second family vacation, the last one being back in 2017. We’re going to Italy. But the week after we booked it our landlord of nine years…

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The Great Muppet Caper / Muppets Take Manhattan 2:23:36

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[School of Movies 2025] The second and third parts of the original Trilogy of Muppet movies made while Jim Henson was alive, voicing Kermit and taking a heavily active role in production. The former from 1981 is a jewel heist that brings the anarchic furry ones to England, populated by only polite people (a trope which causes the two of us endless …

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Palm Springs 1:36:42

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[School of Movies 2025] We round off Groundhog Month with a time loop movie that explores with even more depth how being stuck in a single day would effect a person's outlook on life, their philosophy and their actions. Taking its cue from the early script idea for what became the Bill Murray classic, we begin by observing a man named Niles, alread…

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Happy Death Day 1:37:16

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[School of Movies 2025] This is not a Horror movie (or rather, it qualifies enough for that genre in terms of certain expected tropes and elements, but that is not its mode of conduct, and for people expecting conventional Horror, there's a lot more there in its place). That's what should have been on the poster and promotional artwork, and in the …

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The Wizard of Oz 1:50:56

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[School of Movies 2025] One of history's abiding classics, and one of the oldest films we have ever covered on this show, the 1939 Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland is joined here with several key points of comparison to establish why it really hold up. We've already recorded a whole episode on the dark, late sequel, Return to Oz (1985) though it …

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Groundhog Day 1:53:23

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[School of Movies 2025] We’ve been holding this episode back for a special occasion and it seems like 2025 'The year of Joy' is the time to finally crack into one of the richest and most universally gratifying films in history. A hundred years from now, people will still be watching this film, It’s a Wonderful Life and The Shawshank Redemption. Acc…

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2:35:47

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[School of Movies 2025] The first Dungeons & Dragons movie emerged in the year 2000, wildly underachieving in every department; characters, story, screenplay, costumes, technical proficiency, directorial flair, casting, scope, music, awareness of what it was adapting, sense of humour and dragons! All of these things were straight-to-video grade. It…

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The Muppet Movie 1:48:16

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[School of Movies 2025] In the name of joy, this year we are looking back across every Muppet movie we haven't yet covered, starting right here with the original 1979 film. For perspective, Jim Henson had made two successful TV shows up to this point, the well-known Muppet Show, which began in 1976 and was in the middle of its third season when thi…