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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in TITANIC
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TITANIC (1997)

On the 25th anniversary of James Cameron's record-breaking blockbuster, The Unenthusiastic Critic is going down with the ship.

Chris Cooper as Sheriff Sam Deeds in LONE STAR
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LONE STAR (1996)

In celebration of #Noirvember, we're watching John Sayles' underrated masterpiece about murder and lies in a Texas border town.

BARBARIAN (2022)
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BARBARIAN (2022)

By popular demand, The Unenthusiastic Critic concludes this year's Halloween marathon with an absolutely bonkers new horror classic.

Emily Perkins and Katherine Isabelle in GINGER SNAPS (2000)
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GINGER SNAPS (2000)

The Unenthusiastic Critic's annual October marathon reaches "that time of the month," as we watch John Fawcett's hormone-fueled horror movie.

Edith Scob in EYES WITHOUT A FACE
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EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960)

The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2022 horror marathon continues with Georges Franju's poetically creepy classic.

Bub the Zombie (Sherman Howard) in DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
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DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)

Our 2022 Halloween marathon continues with the third film from George Romero's genre-defining horror trilogy.

Bill Paxton in NEAR DARK
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NEAR DARK (1987)

After a long and mouldering slumber, we're crawling out of our graves just in time for The Unenthusiastic Critic's Fifth Annual Halloween Movie Marathon.

Frances McDormand in BLOOD SIMPLE, and Jennifer Tilly in BOUND, both pointing guns.
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BLOOD SIMPLE (1984)
& BOUND (1996)

We're celebrating #Noirvember with a neo-noir double-feature from two sets of cinematic siblings, The Coen Brothers and The Wachowski Sisters.

Anya Taylor-Joy in THE WITCH
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THE WITCH (2015)

Something wicked this way comes, as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Halloween Movie Marathon comes to a conclusion with Nakea's first viewing of Robert Egger's new horror classic.

Donald Sutherland in INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)

It's podcaster versus pod-people as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Philip Kaufman's creepy conspiracy story of conformity as a communicable disease.

Jack Nance in ERASERHEAD (1977)
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ERASERHEAD (1977)

The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Horror Marathon continues with David Lynch's darkly disturbing debut feature.

Griffin Dunne and David Naughton in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
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AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)

Things get a little hairy as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Halloween Marathon gets underway with John Landis's comedy-horror hybrid.

KING KONG and GODZILLA
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KING KONG (1933) & GODZILLA (1954)

On a new episode of the podcast, we witness a clash of the titans, as The Unenthusiastic Critic meets two timeless movie stars for the very first time.

Face/Off (1997)
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FACE/OFF (1997)

We have met the enemy and he is me, as I use a MAGA conspiracy theory as an excuse to introduce Nakea to John Woo's preposterous action thriller.

RISKY BUSINESS
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RISKY BUSINESS (1983)

Sometimes, The Unenthusiastic Critic just has to say "What the f——." So on this week's episode, we're watching Tom Cruise's breakout movie Risky Business (1983).

THE SILENT PARTNER (1978)
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THE SILENT PARTNER (1978)

We're finishing our "Christmas-Adjacent" marathon with Daryl Duke's unjustly forgotten crime thriller.

CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)
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CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)

The Unenthusiastic Critic watches the perfect movie for Christmas 2020: Alfonso Cuarón's dystopian (but strangely hopeful) nativity story.

Nicolas Cage and Cher in MOONSTRUCK (1987)
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MOONSTRUCK (1987)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is looking for the holiday spirit in Norman Jewison's Christmas-adjacent romantic comedy.

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
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SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)

This #Noirvember, we're serving a cookie full of arsenic, as The Unenthusiastic Critic enjoys her first viewing of Alexander Mackendrick's cynical cinematic masterpiece.

Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves (1990)
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DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)

In 1990, Kevin Costner's epic western was widely hailed as major progress in Hollywood's representation of indigenous people. But what will The Unenthusiastic Critic make of it 30 years later?

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THE STRANGERS (2008)

There's no place like home, as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2020 Halloween Movie Marathon concludes with Bryan Bertino's harrowing home-invasion thriller.

Hereditary (2018)
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HEREDITARY (2018)

What's scarier than family? So we're talking about Ari Aster's breakthrough horror movie this week, as The Unenthusiastic Critic's Halloween movie marathon continues.

REBECCA (1940)
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REBECCA (1940)

We're headed back to Manderley as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2020 Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Hitchcock's Oscar-winning suspense classic.

THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (2001)
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THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (2001)

The Unenthusiastic Critic's Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Guillermo del Toro's classic wartime ghost story.

PHANTASM (1979)
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PHANTASM (1979)

The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2020 Halloween Movie Marathon gets underway with a viewing of a creepy cult classic.

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DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995)

This week we're revisiting Carl Franklin's sorely under-appreciated neo-noir, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this month.

SPIRITED AWAY (2001)
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SPIRITED AWAY (2001)

This week we're getting Ghibli with it, as we sit down for The Unenthusiastic Critic's first viewing of Hayao Miyazaki's weird and wonderful animated classic.

BATMAN and BATMAN & ROBIN
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BATMAN (1989) AND BATMAN & ROBIN (1997)

This week, we're watching a dynamic duo of movies: the film that started Hollywood's love affair with superheroes, and the film that almost ended it.

Dressed to Kill
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DRESSED TO KILL (1980)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is dressing down Brian De Palma's controversial thriller, released 40 years ago this week. Will she find it brilliant, offensive, both, or too ridiculous to be either?

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HAMILTON (2020)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is back, to face the ultimate test of her musical-hating convictions.

ROPE (1948)
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ROPE (1948)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is contemplating murder, as we sit down for Alfred Hitchcock's taut exercise in sustained suspense.

DINER (1982)
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DINER (1982)

This week, Nakea and I are making much ado about nothing, as we revisit one of the most influential comedies of the 1980s.

Topol in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)
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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)

If I were a rich man, The Unenthusiastic Critic would probably be less resentful about having to watch a Broadway musical on her Christmas vacation.

Hoffman and Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer
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KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is contemplating divorce—not for the first time—as we sit down for her first viewing of Robert Benton's Christmas-tangential classic on its 40th anniversary.

THE APARTMENT (1960)
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THE APARTMENT (1960)

A serious comedy about loneliness, infidelity, predatory men, workplace harassment, and attempted suicide? Sounds like the perfect Christmas movie for The Unenthusiastic Critic.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is making first contact with Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic, and asking the question: Is it about a space-age prophet, or just an intergalactic deadbeat dad?

Richard Gere and Louis Gossett Jr. in AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
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AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1982)

This week we're discussing "Magical Negroes," and The Unenthusiastic Critic is eyeballin' Taylor Hackford's 1982 romantic military melodrama.

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in THE BIG SLEEP
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THE BIG SLEEP (1946)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is celebrating #Noirvember with Bogie & Bacall in Howard Hawks' adaptation of Raymond Chandler's classic detective story.

Chris Tucker and Ice Cube in FRIDAY (1995)
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FRIDAY (1995)

In honor of the great John Witherspoon's passing, we're f–ing up the rotation this week, as Nakea introduces Michael to a '90s comedy classic.

Kiefer Sutherland in THE LOST BOYS
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THE LOST BOYS (1987)

Sleep all day, party all night, never get old, never die. It's good to be the Unenthusiastic Critic.

Jennifer Connelly in PHENOMENA (1985)
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PHENOMENA (1985)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is bugging out, as our Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Dario Argento's weirdest movie.

Donald Sutherland and Sharon Williams in Don't Look Now
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DON'T LOOK NOW (1973)

Our horror marathon continues with Nicolas Roeg's masterpiece of grief, marital disintegration, and impending doom. (In other words, it's business as usual for The Unenthusiastic Critic.)

Emily Blunt in A QUIET PLACE
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A QUIET PLACE (2018)

It's quiet in here—a little TOO quiet—as The Unenthusiastic Critic continues her 2019 Horror Movie Marathon with John Krasinski's muffled monster movie.

Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff in BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
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FRANKENSTEIN (1931) & BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)

It's alive! The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2019 Halloween Movie Marathon gets underway with a classic creature double-feature from the golden age of the Universal movie monsters.

Andie MacDowell in sex, lies, and videotape
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SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (1989)

We're recording our deepest, most intimate thoughts on Steven Soderbergh's seminal debut feature, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Paul Newman and Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

The fall's probably gonna kill us, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Newman and Redford's quintessential buddy western with The Unenthusiastic Critic's first viewing.

Armageddon
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ARMAGEDDON (1998)

It's the end of the world as we know it, and it can't come fast enough for The Unenthusiastic Critic, as she endures her first viewing of Michael Bay's disaster porn.

THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982)
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THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982)

It's the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, muppetational episode of The Unenthusiastic Critic yet.

Dudley Moore in ARTHUR (1981)
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ARTHUR (1981)

This week, The Unenthusiastic Critic is caught between the moon and New York City, as we sit down for Steve Gordon's dipsomaniacal comedy.

Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)
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APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is venturing into the heart of darkness for her first viewing of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, released 40 years ago this week.

Hopper, Fonda, and Nicholson in EASY RIDER (1969)
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EASY RIDER (1969)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is firing all of her guns at once at a counterculture classic.

Live and Let Die (1973)
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LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)

Last year, the Unenthusiastic Critic met Sean Connery's James Bond. Now, she's ready for Moore.

Albert Brooks in REAL LIFE (1979)
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REAL LIFE (1979)

We're celebrating the 40th anniversary of Albert Brooks' seminal, and absurdly prescient, comedy.

Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in POINT BREAK (1991)
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POINT BREAK (1991)

Surfing? Bank robbery? Homoerotic bromance? We've found a film The Unenthusiastic Critic can be enthusiastic about.

Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne in THE QUIET MAN
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THE QUIET MAN (1952)

For St. Patrick's Day, we're heading back to the Emerald Isle with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara for some John Ford paddywhackery.

Zelda Harris in CROOKLYN
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CROOKLYN (1994)

We're switching seats this week, and The Unenthusiastic Critic is picking the movie: Spike Lee's semi-autobiographic joint Crooklyn.

Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in STIR CRAZY
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STIR CRAZY (1980)

That's right, we bad, we bad…and so, to be honest, is STIR CRAZY.

Sidney Poitier, Warren Oates, and Rod Steiger in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
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IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)

They call him MISTER Tibbs: we're celebrating Black History Month with one of Sidney Poitier's greatest performances.

Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Paul Sorvino, and Joe Pesci in GOODFELLAS
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GOODFELLAS (1990)

Damn it feels good to be a gangster, as The Unenthusiastic Critic enjoys her first viewing of Martin Scorsese's classic mob movie. Plus: Oscar talk!

Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter in BROADCAST NEWS (1987)
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BROADCAST NEWS (1987)

This week we're discussing all the news that's fit to podcast (and some that isn't).

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
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SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is an avowed hater of musicals, but can even her cold heart resist the infectious charms of the most beloved musical of all time?

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THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972)

For New Year's Eve, we're rockin' the boat with Master of Disaster Irwin Allen and a star-studded, ultimately disposable cast.

gremlins
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GREMLINS (1984)

In which we learn the true meaning of Christmas (and never to feed The Unenthusiastic Critic after midnight).

BRAZIL
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BRAZIL (1985)

In this holiday season, we're all in it together…except for The Unenthusiastic Critic.

Bruce Willis in DIE HARD
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DIE HARD (1988)

It's the holiday season, so we're holding The Unenthusiastic Critic hostage for her first viewing of the Christmas-adjacent action classic Die Hard

Stripes
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STRIPES (1981)

I didn't talk the Unenthusiastic Critic into this: she needed this.

EVIL DEAD 2 (1987)
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EVIL DEAD 2 (1987)

The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2018 Horror Movie Marathon turns to Ash.

Garance Marillier in RAW (2016)
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RAW (2016)

Finger-food is served as The Unenthusiastic Critic's Horror Movie Marathon continues.

THE INNOCENTS (1961)
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THE INNOCENTS (1961)

This week, we're giving The Unenthusiastic Critic's Halloween Movie Marathon another turn of the screw.

suspiria
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SUSPIRIA (1977)

This week, we're beginning our 2018 Halloween Movie Marathon, and The Unenthusiastic Critic is seeing red.

Watership Down
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WATERSHIP DOWN (1978)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is having a bad hare day.

grease
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GREASE (1978)

With summer days drifting away, we're hopelessly devoting this episode to a campy cultural touchstone.

there will be blood
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THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007)

We're drilling down on our first viewing of Paul Thomas Anderson's celebrated American epic.

manchurian candidate
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THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)

Remember the good old days, when the idea of a Russian-controlled U.S. president was still the stuff of fiction?

midnight run
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MIDNIGHT RUN (1988)

This week we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of Martin Brest's classic buddy-comedy. I'll get donuts.

a fish called wanda
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A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988)

The Unenthusiastic Critic has never seen A Fish Called Wanda? Sorry, that's a chip up the nose.

terminator
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THE TERMINATOR (1984)

The Unenthusiastic Critic can't be reasoned with, she can't be bargained with, she doesn't feel pity or remorse, and she will not stop EVER…

Footloose
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FOOTLOOSE (1984)

The Unenthusiastic Critic needs a hero, and she doesn't find one in 1984's Footloose. 

Dog Day Afternoon
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DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975)

Will The Unenthusiastic Critic appreciate Sidney Lumet's 1975 masterpiece? You can pretty much take that to the bank.

on golden pond
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ON GOLDEN POND (1981)

"It's like a Hallmark card with loons on it." The Unenthusiastic Critic is heading into summer with Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda.

RETURN OF THE JEDI
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RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)

Fear leads to anger, and anger leads to hate, as The Unenthusiastic Critic searches her feelings about 1983's Return of the Jedi and the Star Wars films in general.

Dawn of the Dead
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DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978 & 2004)

It's a creature double-feature this week, as we devour George Romero's 1978 zombie classic and Zack Snyder's 2004 remake.

Mamma Mia
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MAMMA MIA! (2008)

In a winner-takes-it-all Mother's Day episode, Michael is taking a chance on Mamma Mia!, and Nakea couldn't escape if she wanted to.

Better Off Dead
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BETTER OFF DEAD (1985)

This week we're watching Savage Steve Holland's cult teen comedy, and The Unenthusiastic Critic wants her two dollars.

Amadeus
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AMADEUS (1984)

Rock us, Amadeus! On this week's podcast, we're composing ourselves for Milos Forman's Oscar-winning tale of music, madness, and murder.

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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is opening the podcast doors for Kubrick's sci-fi masterpiece, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this month.

ROCKY
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ROCKY (1976) & ROCKY IV (1985)

The Unenthusiastic Critic is like Ivan Drago: whatever she hits, she destroys. This week, she's lacing up her gloves for a marquee matchup: 1976's Rocky and 1985's Rocky IV.

LIFE OF BRIAN
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MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (1979)

This Easter, we put The Unenthusiastic Critic in the comfy chair, and had her look at the bright side of life.

saving private ryan
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SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)

This week, we're hitting the beach for Steven Spielberg's homage to the Greatest Generation.