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Drew learns exactly how British this movie is.

Show notes

• Movie poster
• Paddington 2's first negative review
• "The Artist Who Photoshops Paddington Into Anything"

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Sara sees how different white men can really be.

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• Movie poster
• Sonia Sotomayor's a film buff
• California jury duty orientation

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A Star is Born, but make it porn.

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• Poster
• Goodfellas single-take shot
• Janet Maslin review
• Grantland oral history
• Naomi Fry on the "Sister Christian" scene
• Fiona Apple's take on cocaine

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Sara watches (felon) John McTiernan's slow-burn, monster-in-the-jungle classic and learns about "crosshairs."

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• Movie poster
• Commando opening
• Epic Handshake meme
• THR oral history of Predator

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Drew watches Kiera Knightley, professional dress wearer.

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• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
• r/janeausten has mysteriously vanished; Internet Archive link
• Damp Colin Firth
• The Spy and the Traitor

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We now call this meeting of the Patricia Arquette Appreciation Society to order.

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• ⁠Cher Horowitz, Christian Slater fan⁠

• ⁠Gary Oldman on his favorite roles⁠

• ⁠Michael Bay's Ambulance (trailer)⁠

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It's vampire movie month, and Drew is watching "....not the worst movie he's ever seen."

• Manohla Dargis on the lack of fangs
• Movie poster
• The M. Night Shyamalannaisance
• The high water mark for vampire movies

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Sara is not smitten by the gigantic elf. 

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• Movie poster
• The History of Edward Fortyhands
• The Rankin/Bass Christmas specials
• "Daddy (I Found You)" feat. Buddy the Elf

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Drew watches Alan Arkin (RIP) as peak dad in Tim Burton's "death adjacent," waterbed-filled 60s fantasia.

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• Movie poster
• Wino forever tattoo
• Janet Maslin New York Times review

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Sara watches James Cameron's favorite anime.

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• Movie poster (caution: boobs)
• All roads lead to Avatar
• The scariest movie, ever

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Drew watches George Lucas's LOTR fan fic. Val Kilmer is imprisoned for personality-based reasons, and later, is in drag. Featuring one of the best screen babies of all time.

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• Captain EO
• Taffy Brodesser-Akner profiles Val Kilmer
• The Willow video game (NES, DOS, arcade)

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Sara discovers a second acceptable Stanley Kubrick film.

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• Movie poster
• Shelley Duvall NY Times profile
• Tim Robinson/George C Scott

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Sara finds her Fall/Winter 2024 look. Drew loves Tangerine Dream. Tom Cruise, it turns out, has aged.

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• Movie poster
• Dave Kehr on Risky Business for Criterion
• Harry Dean Stanton/Rebecca De Mornay/Tom Cruise

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Fire on a submarine? No thank you. Every second of this movie is Sara's nightmare.

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• Director's cut tidal wave scene
• Movie poster
• James Cameron comments on Titanic submersible

Drew guesses that Steel Magnolias is a “light-hearted rom com.” Julia Roberts has one of the worst Southern accents committed to film. Dolly Parton is a national treasure.

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• Movie poster
• Tom Skerritt has the drip
• Lifetime: Steel Magnolias (2012) trailer

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Drew and Sara are sick. Sara learns that Jack Reacher and Jack Ryan are (very?) different characters. Chevy Suburbans explode.

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• Movie poster
• The Gipper loved Tom Clancy so much he made Tom Clancy's career

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