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Movie review: The Northman

Director Robert Eggers follows up The Witch and The Lighthouse with a gory but dazzling Viking epic.

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Cult Spark Podcast #57 — The Batman

Yeah, we're thinking we're back. So, who wants to listen to us talk about Matt Reeves' little Batman movie?

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Van Dammage Report: Pound of Flesh

Jean-Claude loses a kidney but rediscovers his split kick.

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Movie review: Spider-Man: No Way Home

The MCU's latest is an expertly crafted love letter to everyone's favorite wall-crawler.

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Movie review: Nightmare Alley

Guillermo del Toro's film-noir remake sticks rigidly to the rules of the genre, for better and for worse.

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Movie review: Ghostbusters: Afterlife

I ain't 'fraid of no ghost. Bad legacy sequels on the other hand …

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Movie review: Malignant

James Wan offers up a batshit insane horror classic for the ages.

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Van Dammage Report: Enemies Closer

Is there anything better than Jean-Claude turning heel?

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Movie review: Black Widow

The first female Avenger finally gets her own movie, and it's about damn time.

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Movie review: F9: The Fast Saga

The Fast and Furious franchise finally runs out of gas.

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The Unfranchised #10 — Nobody

Bob Odenkirk goes full action star, and Bob and Stew are along for the ride.

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Movie review: Godzilla vs. Kong

The MonsterVerse has spent three movies building up to this. Was it worth the wait?

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Movie review: Zack Snyder's Justice League

The fabled Snyder Cut is finally a real thing. But was all the drama worth it?

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Movie review: Boss Level

A time loop you don't want to find yourself stuck in.

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The Unfranchised #9 — Outside the Wire

Bob and Stew discuss the new sci-fi film and Netflix's plans for 2021.

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Movie review: Outside the Wire

Anthony Mackie fails to engage in Netflix's sci-fi actioner.

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Contrarian alert! The Mandalorian season two finale really wasn't very good

Excessive and needless fan service is the path to the dark side.

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The Unfranchised #8 — Good Time / Uncut Gems

It's time for our first double feature on the podcast!

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Ghost of Tsushima's photo mode might be the best thing in a videogame this year

Who doesn't want to pretend they're Kurosawa?

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The Unfranchised #7 — Da 5 Bloods

Critic Justin Clark joins Bob and Stew to talk about the latest Spike Lee joint.

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