Mar 26, 2020
“Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.” Tolkien speaks to us from another age, when the world had just begun to recover from a terrible darkness. Join Luke & James as they look for a little hope of their own as they kick off the final installment of their Lord of the Rings trilogy of projects with the first 6...
Mar 19, 2020
It’s time to explore the original adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic novel as directed by François Truffaut. James takes this opportunity to educate Luke about the “French New Wave” movement in cinema. They also discuss reality TV, the role of genre fiction, and more in this former patron-exclusive episode....
Mar 12, 2020
The hunt is on for the monster in both the second half of Stephen King’s novel and the last five episodes of the HBO series, and things are changing because of it—for better or worse. In episode 128, Luke and James compare the adaptation to the source before deciding once and for all which version was better: the...
Mar 5, 2020
The Doppelgänger, the Evil Twin, el Coco, Bogeyman, Vardyger, the Sack Man, and on the list goes outlining this mirror self. The twin stranger is a long-standing myth and fear, and The Outsider on HBO has brought that terror to life. In episode 127, Luke and James discuss how Stephen King’s work is in good hands with...