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Released in 1997. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Starring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, and Ben Affleck

"When professors discover that an aimless janitor is also a math genius, a therapist helps the young man confront the demons that are holding him back."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
19:00 - Spoiler Territory
1:08:19 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:23:19 - Final Movie Reveal

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Released in 2000. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, and Jennifer Connelly.

"The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
25:33 - Spoiler Territory
1:04:55 - Final Scores Anyone?
1:16:02 - Next Movie Reveal

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Released in 1971. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Malcom McDowell, Patrick Magee, and Carl Duering.

"In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive proce...

Released in 2010. Directed by Christoper Nolan. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Ken Watanabe.

"Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: “inception”, the implantation of another person’s idea into a target’s subconscious."

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Released in 2000. Directed by Christoper Nolan. Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Ann Moss, and Joe Pantoliano.

"Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife’s killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember wha...

Released in 2008. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, and Taraji P. Henson.

"Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the cours...

Released in 2006. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Starring Clive Owen, Clare-Hope Ashitey, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

"In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child’s birth may help scientists save the future of humankind."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
33:29 -...

Released in 2006. Directed by Christoper Nolan. Starring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and Michael Caine.

"A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy – full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
19:39 - Spoiler Territory
1:04:21 - Final Scores Anyone?

Rumor has it that if you play this episode backwards Dennis gives it a 10.

Released in 2020. Directed by Christoper Nolan. Starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Elizabeth Debicki.

"Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond re...

Spoiler alert: this is the highest we've ever rated a movie on the podcast (not counting Interstellar, which you should because Matt's a fuckin' doofus)

Released in 2015. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, and Oscar Isaac.

"Caleb, a coder at the world’s largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nath...

Coen Brothers x Nick Cage in his early days = a mixed bag of reviews. 

Released in 1987. Directed by Joel Coen. Starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, and Trey Wilson.

"When a childless couple–an ex-con and an ex-cop–decide to help themselves to one of another family’s quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated."

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro / Initial Review
34:07 -...

There Will Be Blood takes our PTA virginity this week and there's mixed feelings :(

Released in 2007. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano.

"Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for...

Matt choosing a 16 year old comedy movie? What could go wrong? Let's see how the star-studded Little Miss Sunshine holds up.

Released in 2006. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Starring Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carrell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arklin.

"A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive t...

One of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time and the inspiration for sci-fi and cinema for years to come, and somehow we all hadn't seen it. Buckle up for 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Released in 1968. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, and Douglas Rain.

"Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 900...

Closing out one of Zack's favorite director's current filmography with viking revenge epic, The Northman.

Released in 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, and Anya Taylor-Joy.

"Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy’s mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who’s on a mi...

This week we tick off another movie from one of the podcast's beloved directors, but it's a musical?

Released 2014. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

"Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that...

Someone besides Matt picks an A24 movie again?? Didn't see that coming. Horror thriller Green Room features punk rock neo-Nazis led by Patrick Stewart? Also didn't see that coming.

Released in 2015. Directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, and Patrick Stewart.

"A punk rock band becomes trapped in a secluded venue after finding a scene of violence. For what they saw, the ban...

One of the best sci-fi movies of all time, they say. What do we say? The Matrix is the topic of conversation this week and we are not all in agreeance.

Released 1999. Directed by The Wachowski Sisters. Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, and Carrie-Anne Moss.

"Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and power...

Out of Matt's options, Dennis and Zack select the mystery war drama - Incendies - an early work from one of the best directors of all time.

Released in 2010, Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, and Maxim Gaudette.

"A mother’s last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’s acclai...