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Surrounded by Bots
Jul 2, 2026
1h 18m 47s
Woke 2.0
Jun 11, 2026
1h 16m 45s
Metro Hope (w. Andrew Neville and Jen Yamato)
May 28, 2026
1h 11m 21s
Project Hokum Mary: Faces of Def
May 14, 2026
1h 24m 24s
Glove Actually
Apr 30, 2026
1h 23m 11s
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| 7/2/26 |  Surrounded by Bots | Send us Fan Mail A24 partners with AI and Elon retweets Uwe Boll's anti-migrant movie to his 240-million followers. How do you keep it real in phoney times? In comparatively lighter fare we talk about SUPERGIRL, Mark catches up on DISCLOSURE DAY, Serena catches up on I LOVE BOOSTERS, reflections on a recent DETENTION screening, and for god's sake stop feeling entitled to indie theatres playing your movies. | 1h 18m 47s | ||||||
| 6/11/26 |  Woke 2.0 | Send us Fan Mail In this banger episode, Mark considers social justice discourse in the new era, Serena discloses her views on Spielberg's DISCLOSURE DAY, and we talk about the success of OBSESSION and pay disputes when an indie film becomes a blockbuster. Plus, our surprising views on the new SCARY MOVIE and how it's being culturally received. | 1h 16m 45s | ||||||
| 5/28/26 |  Metro Hope (w. Andrew Neville and Jen Yamato) | Send us Fan Mail THE RETROSCOPE is a Halifax-based newsletter run by critic Jen Yamato, designer Andrew Neville and Mark Palermo about all the indie and rep screenings popping up like wildfire in Nova Scotia. Serena takes the hosting reigns as Jen and Andrew join us to discuss these various screening groups, the importance of communal film events, insurgent screening spaces, building a community around cinema, what movies are shown too much and not enough, and what Halifax means to them all a... | 1h 11m 21s | ||||||
| 5/14/26 | Project Hokum Mary: Faces of Def | Send us Fan Mail Part of the Internet is mad about THE ODYSSEY casting, the R-word has an unfortunate resurgence, and movies are after your 2006 nostalgia. We also discuss PROJECT HAIL MARY, HOKUM and the new FACES OF DEATH. Just a little something for everybody! | 1h 24m 24s | ||||||
| 4/30/26 |  Glove Actually | Send us Fan Mail We look at the new MJ bioflick MICHAEL and talk all things the Gloved One. Are we forever nostalgic, and does that speak to pop culture always recycling itself or something more uncomfortable about aging? Also, Mark hesitantly agrees to watch EUPHORIA Season Three. | 1h 23m 11s | ||||||
| 4/9/26 |  Is it a Spoiler if it's the Premise? (w. Kevin Hartford) | Send us Fan Mail We're thrilled to bring filmmaker Kevin Hartford on the pod for some drama about the new Zendaya and Robert Pattinson joint THE DRAMA. Suffice it to say, we don't all see eye-to-eye on this one, but that's what makes this country great. Warning: The advertising has been trying to keep the premise of this movie a secret, and it's discussed in depth on this episode. | 1h 11m 52s | ||||||
| 3/26/26 |  You Can't Hide | Send us Fan Mail We're back for an important meeting of the minds, talking about a couple abrupt endings in the Buffyverse, why Chuck Norris movies are a blindspot for Mark, and looking at the new sequel READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME and the question of whether that's a good title. | 1h 09m 42s | ||||||
| 3/12/26 |  The Academy Awards Awards (w. Kris Langford and Scott Veiga) | Send us Fan Mail It's Oscar Time! And instead of the usual "here's our predictions" nonsense, we're joined by the How'd You Like That Movie? podcast (Kris Langford and Scott Veiga) to vote on the best and worst Best Picture nominee of the 21st Century. All determinations are final. | 1h 32m 13s | ||||||
| 2/27/26 |  Nirvanna the BAFTAs the 28 Years the Poltergeist | Send us Fan Mail We look at the new documentary SHE WAS HERE about Heather O'Rourke, the child star of the POLTERGEIST movies, Serena catches up with the 28 YEARS LATER films, untangling the madness that happened at the BAFTAs, and is NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE an ultimate Toronto movie? | 58m 42s | ||||||
| 2/13/26 | Blood/Cells | Send us Fan Mail America eats its young. With the world on edge, we turn to movies, taking a look at Luc Besson's Dracula, revisiting Tarsem's The Cell, uncovering new Scream 7 controversies, and the hassle of having to take bathroom breaks at IMAX movies. Plus, we reflect on James Van Der Beek and Serena has new advice for cinema programmers. | 1h 20m 03s | ||||||
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| 1/30/26 |  Beauty Standards, Body Horrors, Bold Visions | Send us Fan Mail With the world in chaos, we try to make sense of movies. We catch up on some of the Oscar nominees (HAMNET, THE UGLY STEPSISTER, THE VOICE OF RIND HAJAB), discuss the new ANACONDA, and consider celebrity beauty standards and how they affect a 60-year-old Brad Pitt in F1. Plus, when are your content-grievances just power trips and why is Hollywood so slow to embrace a changing youth landscape? | 1h 11m 14s | ||||||
| 1/15/26 |  The Strangest Things | Send us Fan Mail New year. New Season. We're back, talking about our favourite movies of 2025, whether people are overreacting to the Stranger Things finale, writing well in the age of AI, and studios being too selective with their advertising money. | 1h 16m 50s | ||||||
| 12/23/25 |  T-U-R-T-L-E POWER (w. Gillian Wallace Horvat and Dave Baxter) | Send us Fan Mail With the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES TRILOGY (1990-'93) new on Arrow Video 4K and Blu-ray, we're joined by two people who participated in this mammoth collection, special features producer and filmmaker Gillian Wallace Horvat and comic book expert Dave Baxter. We discuss the legacy of these films and the impact they had on a generation, the history of TMNT, and how you deliver for a fanbase on physical media. | 1h 06m 40s | ||||||
| 12/11/25 |  Warner Bidders | Send us Fan Mail Above our heads, deals are negotiated for the future of entertainment culture. We look at the possible implications of either Netflix or Paramount buying Warner Brothers - how it could impact cinemas, physical media and what you see. Are all movies political? Tarantino vs. Dano. Everyone vs. everyone else. | 58m 40s | ||||||
| 11/27/25 |  Post-Pandemic Cinema | Send us Fan Mail We look at how the 2020 pandemic caused a disruption in film culture, and reflect on the movies lost between the cracks of the COVID era. Also, why do movies look like that now? - examining claims of a popular YouTube film essay. And programming for a younger audience: What movies make GenZ nostalgic? | 1h 01m 14s | ||||||
| 11/13/25 | Break Up Flex | Send us Fan Mail In this lively discussion we talk what types of movies can end relationships and what ones have coloured our ideals of them. Plus, reviews of GOOD FORTUNE, Del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN, BLACK PHONE 2 and BUGONIA, all the movie sequel news, and Mark's epic discussion of monoculture he promised last time. | 1h 32m 14s | ||||||
| 10/30/25 |  Horror Hot Takes 2: Requiem | Send us Fan Mail You sent us more of your Horror Hot Takes, so we argue about them. The Exorcist, The Shining, Art the Clown, Near Dark, New Nightmare... it's all here. Plus, class and moral struggle in the movie industry. | 1h 27m 57s | ||||||
| 10/16/25 |  Horror Hot Takes | Send us Fan Mail We asked for your horror movie hot takes, and now we debate 'em! Michael Myers, Jason, Freddy, m'f'in Caspar, Argento vs. Fulci, it's all here. | 1h 14m 13s | ||||||
| 9/25/25 |  CHAOS! | Send us Fan Mail With America on edge, Mark and Serena discuss cancellations, censorship (and how it could affect future movies), and whether it's ok to express political views as a film programmer. Also, the weekly rereleases of old movies and the threat of Netflix buying Warner Bros. | 1h 20m 44s | ||||||
| 9/11/25 |  Movies 2 Machines | Send us Fan Mail New Canadian stats reveal who's going to see movies theatrically in 2025, just as various distributors make known their hopes and fears for the AI future. Serena discusses Spike Lee's HIGHEST 2 LOWEST. Mark talks CAUGHT STEALING. And Halloween is around the corner, so how do you move beyond just the season's traditional films. | 1h 16m 19s | ||||||
| 8/21/25 |  Comedy Comeback? | Send us Fan Mail With the reboot of THE NAKED GUN released this Summer and sequels to SPACEBALLS and SCARY MOVIE on the way, will we finally enter a new era of film comedies? Serena and Mark have some ideas on why the genre has been away so long, and how well Liam Neeson plays Frank Drebin Jr. (born: 1994). | 1h 09m 54s | ||||||
| 8/7/25 | That Woke Isn't Funny Anymore | Send us Fan Mail Eddington and South Park give their last rites to the social justice era, but to what end? A mockingly nude Trump may be the only way to can get through to power. Meanwhile, American Eagle and Sydney Sweeney try (and succeed) at stoking the culture war flames. Plus, Weapons and some more thoughts on I Know What You Did Last Summer and why you should chill about it. | 1h 10m 49s | ||||||
| 7/17/25 |  Big Swingin' Flicks | Send us Fan Mail It's Big Swing Summer at the movies, or so reviewers keep telling us. We look at the risk vs. success ratio of James Gunn's nation-dividing (of course!) SUPERMAN, the revamping of Millennial totem I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, and the animated Netflix phenomenon KPOP DEMON HUNTERS. Stay cool. Stay hydrated. Stay weird within your IP. | 1h 06m 17s | ||||||
| 7/3/25 |  Ick Factor with Joseph Kahn | Send us Fan Mail This is a fantastic discussion with filmmaker Joseph Kahn (DETENTION, BODIED, TORQUE, your fave music videos) about his very cool and funny new movie ICK. He also reflects on writing DETENTION with Mark, the realities of making indie films, and why being told you have "MTV style" doesn't land when you helped create MTV style. | 1h 29m 30s | ||||||
| 6/19/25 |  Material Girls | Send us Fan Mail We dive into Celine Song's sophomore effort MATERIALISTS (the movie and its relationship politics), and then discuss other movies that had misleading trailers. Plus, Ana De Armas kills a bunch of men, and the latest going-ons in Weird Hollywood. | 1h 18m 42s | ||||||
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