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Alright let's just get this out of the way right off the bat, this is a good movie. Which is why we feel genuinely bad pointing out tiny inconsistency in the story. It's just interesting that this movie largely escaped the onslaught of listicles from the last few years that aimed to "destroy"beloved 80's movies. So basically, we used it to force a conversation over logic in movies, and what we're looking for when we watch them.

What’s that you say? We’re late to the conversation? No no, you don’t get it. We’re actually here getting a head start on the Twilight nostalgia, so if anything, we’re like ten years early. That’s just the kind of effort we go through for our fans. In all seriousness though we think now is a good time to talk about Twilight, because we’ve given time for all the vitriol to die down. And finally, we can see Twilight for what it truly is: fairly dull but also harmless. What do you think? Did we go too easy on it?

Another instance of a recent remake of a beloved move from our childhood. Y’all know the drill at this point. Unfortunately though, this time around we’ve managed to uncover some uncomfortable truths about the version we love so much. Some of this stuff you can’t unsee, which begs the question: exactly how did this movie shape our young psyches?

So here’s a conundrum for you. How were we going to follow up the most serious episode we’ve ever had? With an intensely innocent Disney Channel original movie that’s how! Seriously High School Musical is so wholesome, you’d have to be a complete asshole to pick it apart. Unfortunately for us, it wasn’t long into the movie that we realized we wouldn’t be able to get a whole lot of podcast material out of it. So we added another movie at the last minute. And thus, we bring you the “Zac Efron as a star high school basketball player collection.”

The stated goal of this show was to start a conversation about teenage suicide. That's exactly what it did, and unfortunately for its creators the conclusion of said conversation was that this  show missed the mark by so much, it is likely to cause more suicides than it prevents. That’s not caulous hyperbole, by the way, most experts agree that the carelessness with which this show treats suicide risks inspiring copycat behavior. If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please do not watch this show. Like we said in the intro, we are not mental health experts, but if you are trying to find help, we have included a link below. http://www.sprc.org/

Remember a time when every Disney kid’s movie had an edgier Dreamworks ripoff? Hack Job remembers. There are, technically, more studios making high budget animation today then there were twenty years ago, but it still feels like Disney is the only one worth talking about. Perhaps that was just as true then, but it sure didn’t feel like it to us, and we were the target demographic for these movies at the time. So yeah, most Dreamworks movies will never be as timeless as Disney (except Shrek of course,) but they are still definitely worth talking about.

So this isn’t the first time that we’ve tackled a universally panned movie, but it is the first time we’ve done it for a movie that neither of us really knew anything about going in. I don’t want to spoil it, but it’s safe to say we were surprised by the results.This one is a good example of why you shouldn’t judge a movie by its rotten tomatoes score.

Don't Panic. Seriously, we know that this movie is flawed, but does it's existence somehow make the other adaptations less enjoyable? We don't think so. In this episode we discuss whether or not this movie actually should exist, but one thing is for sure: if you get all bent out of shape and freak out over it, you didn't read the cover of the guide now did you?

Worst Animated Movie Ever might be a little harsh, but to be fair we are not the first to make that claim. If you haven't seen it, just imagine the most gratuitous product placement you've ever seen and make an entire movie around it.

And more importantly, do that distinction even matter? In this episode, we talk about a really obscure movie I'm sure none of you have ever heard of.

Oh good, you found it. This emergency broadcast of Hack Job's The Purge review was originally intended to be mandatory viewing for everyone in the Magical Autocratic Dystopia. At the last second though, the powers that be decided it would play better as YouTube video. But now that you're here, please enjoy our video about a movie that answers the question, "What would happen if we actually put in practice the policy that we came up with for this movie?"

We may never again find a movie that we are both so passionate about on complete opposite ends of the spectrum. In this episode, James tries to convince me that this train wreck has any value whatsoever... I mean we have a very reasonable mature debate over a movie that divides the public. Perhaps it's harmless. Or perhaps it violates my 8th amendment right to be spared cruel and unusual punishment. You decide.

Gather round friends harken to my wordsOf a film beloved by B movie nerds Seriously though, how could we consider ourselves amateur movie critics without weighing in on perhaps the best worst movie of all time? Our goal for this week was to try and see if we could figure out how to either make The Room somehow good, or recapture so bad it's good lightning in a bottle. It's a fool's errand to be sure, but we gave it our best.

We apparently didn't get our fill of 1950's nostalgia last week. This week we set out to figure out why, in an era where reviving classic 80's franchises is all the rage, you don't hear anyone teasing a Back to the Future reboot.

What began as a simple idea to analyze nostalgia in media turned into a discussion of Grease's message and basically how, for lack of a better term, "woke" it may or may not be. Is an old school message about changing oneself for the one you love actually kind of a breath of fresh air in an era where every kid is told to "be themselves?" Perhaps. Oh, and Joe whines for a bit about how much of a tragedy it was that Freaks and Geeks got canceled after one season. Don't worry it's relevant to the topic overall... kinda.

Seriously Universal, we're rooting for you, but this? So we've only got one episode under our belt at this point, and understandably wanted something easy to cut our teeth on. So naturally, we decided to rewrite an entire freaking Cinematic Universe. And yes, Universal only made the one movie, but that didn't stop us from planning all the way up to our first crossover.

What's that you say? You never asked for an analysis of the life and death of the spoof comedy genre focusing specifically on two of the dumbest movies ever made? Tough. This was actually just going to be a test pilot at first. But we decided this discussion was just too darn important to keep it from the world.nces.