The Nolan-oscopy: THE DARK KNIGHT
Michael Martin meets the guys on the roof of Gotham PD to talk over the undeniable peak of Nolan’s Batman trilogy, and maybe just the peak of superhero movies generally?
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The Bioware Omnibus: Baldur’s Gate 2
John and Al finally return to the Forgotten Realms with Tyler Jakes to take a good long look at the good loooooong sequel to Bioware’s epic adventure module. We discuss punishing difficulty and complexity, overwhelming amounts of content, botched romances and the challenges of bringing Dungeons & Dragons to the screen.
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The Nolan-oscopy: THE PRESTIGE
Joon returns to pour over Nolan’s underrate, twisty, remarkably po-faced tale of dueling 19th century stage magicians, which is actually way better than that sentence sounds.
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THE SOPRANOS, SEASON TWO
Al and Chris continue to break down the best episodes and worst people of the second season of the seminal mob drama.
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THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
Joon comes in to reminisce about the unassailable original MATRIX and ambitiously disappointing sequels before getting into some very mixed reactions to RESURRECTIONS’s hard turns into metacommentary and naked sentimentality.
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THE SEQUEL TITLE GAME, PART FOUR: THE FINAL BATTLE
All is resolved as the contestants battle with the children of the corn for the planet of the apes during an ice age, and the gamemaster’s utter dearth of police academy knowledge is laid bare.
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Ranking All The Spidermen of NO WAY HOME
Joon Kim portals in for a rambling discussion about men, spiders, and the sorcerors that cheerfully shred the fabric of all realities to indulge their childish whims.
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DUNE
Denis Villaneuve’s extravaganzic DUNE crushes the scope and visuals, but could use a bit more blood in its veins. It raises the question of whether this adaptation could be fairly imperfect but still impossible to improve upon. Guest Alex Ricciardi, producer of a documentary about a visionary madman’s earlier attempt at adapting the material, is
THE SEQUEL TITLE GAME, PART THREE: THE SEARCH FOR SCHLOCK
Things heat up as the contestants navigate pirates, golden receivers and black messiahs.
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