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May 2022

Nicole Interviews Gillian Wallace Horvat
On #MeToo, found footage films, getting your hair done by Beyoncé’s stylist, and murder as feminist praxis.
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Iron Man 3, or An Achievement in Adequacy
Nicole and Stu talk Iron Man 3, the most adequate MCU movie yet! It has the most OK action! The least bad politics! A less underused villain cast! It's…
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April 2022

We Live in A Society: Society (1989) and Heathers (1989) [WSE #2]
It's time to take another break from charting the decline of the hollywood blockbuster to take a look at two more movies we love that you should watch…
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Man of Steel, or Saturday Morning 9/11
Nicole and Stu discuss Man of Steel, the superman reboot hastily retrofitted into the genesis of WB and DC's 'Not-MCU' franchise. We talk about the…
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March 2022

The Avengers, or Slouching Towards A Theater Near You
At last it comes to this. The terrible beast that tore a path of destruction across the cultural landscape and remade the rubble in it's own image, the…
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Captain America, or The Empire Yassified
Nicole is simps over Chris Evans and his big feet, Stu is leads the crusade against body fascism, and a man dressed like a flag punches Hitler - It's…
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Thor, or What If E.T. Was Sexy?
Half of this movie is sexy ET without sex, half of this movie is Shakespeare in Space but without any drama. Nicole wants to know how this movie didn't…
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February 2022

The Mad Dutchman: A Paul Verhoeven Retrospective [Watch Something Else #1]
This is the inaugural episode of "Watch Something Else", in which we discuss movies that actually kick ass and recommend that you watch them. This week…
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Iron Man 2, or Three Action Scenes in a Trenchcoat
Nicole and Stu take a look at Iron Man 2, three action scenes in a trenchcoat pretending to be a movie. It's boring. It's meandering. It has a lot of…
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January 2022

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