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Father Quirk joins Taylor for a fun Anti-Valentines movie talk as they discuss Don't Look Now (1973) and Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). 

An absent Mike, a cold fighting Taylor and a sad special guest makes for a great kick-off to the February movie season! Friend of show, friend of Taylor, Nicole, joins us this week to review Dream Lover (1993) and we also hear what else has caught Nicole's eye recently on the big screen. 

Mike dives headfirst into Together, the 2025 supernatural body horror debut from Michael Shanks, to see whether its ambition sticks the landing or collapses under its own weight. Meanwhile, Taylor checks out Song Sung Blue, Craig Brewer’s biographical musical drama, to judge if it hits the right emotional notes or plays it too safe. Two very different films, one shared question: did they actually work?

We interrupt this regularly scheduled episode for our Oscars Reactions! The nominations are out, and Taylor welcomes guest host Nicole in to discuss the films up for various awards and what they have seen or are looking forward to seeing...

Awards season chaos is here. Mike and Taylor break down the Golden Globe winners, who earned it, who didn’t, and which wins actually matter going forward. Then it’s a full mailbag episode, tackling listener questions, hot takes, and the topics you’ve been itching for us to dig into. Loose structure, sharp opinions, and zero filler.

This week, Mike revisits the jungle with the Anaconda (2025) remake to see if nostalgia or modern excess wins out, while Taylor digs into Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery to judge whether Benoit Blanc still has gas in the tank. Two movies, two very different outcomes, and honest takes on what’s worth your time.

Taylor and Mike break the spoiler seal and go all in on Stranger Things Season 5. They unpack how the final season sticks (or stumbles), what actually lands emotionally, and whether the series earns its ending after nearly a decade of hype, monsters, and synths. Full spoilers, zero mercy.

Mike and Taylor tackle their 2025 movie scorecard, sorting every title into their sacred categories: See It, Stream It, Airplane It, or Skip It. It’s a rapid-fire rundown of the best, the worst, and the films they forgot they even watched. Expect chaos, closure, and at least one existential crisis about how many hours of cinema they sacrificed this year.

Mike and Taylor trade blockbusters for bleak British dread with special guest Father Quirk. They dig into A Warning to the Curious (1972), a seaside tale that proves loneliness is the scariest thing of all; The Signalman (1976), where bureaucracy, inevitability, and Victorian trauma collide; and Herbert Wise’s The Woman in Black (1989), still doing more with fog and silence than most modern horror does with jump scares. 

Mike dives headfirst into Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, questioning how many times one man can sprint before physically evaporating. Taylor unpacks K-Pop Demon Hunters on Netflix, a movie that somehow juggles choreography, friendship, and exorcism with unhinged confidence. Together, they tear through this year’s Golden Globe nominations, calling out the shocks, the snubs, and the “why is this even here?” picks.

Mike wades into the emotional baggage of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. Taylor takes on Playdate, a film that turns a casual hangout into a full-blown nightmare.

This week Mike reviews Wicked: For Good and rants for a while about movies, musicals, movie musicals, stage musicals and the mess that was Wicked: For Good. Taylor reviews Frankenstein, the latest film from Guillermo del Toro, and she compares it to other Frankenstein films.

We welcome Tyler Vance back to the show as he defines what a Mike Movie and a Taylor Movie is, while also defending Tyler Vance movies. We discuss Sunshine (2007) and The House Of the Devil (2009).

This week, it’s a deep dive into 80s oddities and icons. Taylor reviews Fade to Black, a cult thriller where a lonely cinephile’s obsession with movies takes a deadly turn. Mike takes on Little Shop of Horrors, the horror-comedy musical blooming with catchy songs and a man-eating plant, along with Spaceballs, Mel Brooks’ interstellar parody that skewers sci-fi with slapstick flair. 

It's a fall movie catch-up as we're joined by Katie Wilson who reviews One Battle After Another, while Taylor reviews Bring Her Back and Mike reviews A House of Dynamite.   

Nicole joins us for a post-halloween special packed with 80s grit and midnight chills! We’re diving into Angel (1984), where a high school student leads a double life on the streets of Hollywood  and Jack’s Back (1988), a thriller that brings Jack the Ripper into the modern age. Expect camp, chaos, and classic skip-it energy as we revisit these cult horrors.

We had a few more fan questions for Father Quirk, so here is a special episode, hosted by Taylor, going through the last of our Halloween themed fan questions. Happy Halloween from You Had Me At Skip It! 

Father Quirk continues our Halloween run with a double dose of vampires! This week we sink our teeth into Horror of Dracula (1958) and Fright Night (1985), exploring how the movie vampire evolved from Gothic menace to 80s charm. Classic horror meets campy fun and it’s all fair game for spooky season.