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It's the final day of the year AND the final episode! That's right, for our very last installment of the podcast, we're giving you the classic Top 10 end of year list, with returning guest PETER GRAY here to help send us off!
What were your favourite films of the year? The Invisible Man? Wonder Woman 1984? Nomadland? How will our list stand up next to the Oscars? Listen and find out.
Thanks to all our listeners over the years! Hopefully we'll be back in your ear buds someday soon, we'll see you down the road!

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It's hard hitting news this week! Journalism is on the table and boy do we have some firecracker films, this week, hosts talk about 3 sizzling films ripped from the headlines!

Zodiac (2007) dir. David Fincher Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chloe Sevigny
Robert Graysmith, a cartoonist by profession, finds himself obsessively thinking about the Zodiac killer. He uses his puzzle-solving abilities to get closer to revealing the identity of the killer.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNncHPl1UXg

Network (1976) dir. Sidney Lumet Starring Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, William Holden, Ned Beatty
Veteran news anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) discovers that he's being put out to pasture, and he's none too happy about it. After threatening to shoot himself on live television, instead he launches into an angry televised rant, which turns out to be a huge ratings boost for the UBS network. This stunt allows ambitious producer Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) to develop even more outrageous programming, a concept that she takes to unsettling extremes.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cSGvqQHpjs

All The President's Men (1976) dir. Alan J Pakula Starring RObert Redford, Dustin Hoffmann
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC3YFyah_Yg
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It's the taboo topic of POLITICS, this week we have returning guest PETER GRAY to talk about 3 very different films about Politics
- THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) dir. Brian De Palma, starring: Robert DeNiro, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery
"Despite Prohibition in the USA, a mobster, Al Capone, continues his illicit liquor business. A federal agent, Eliot Ness, is assigned to expose Capone's illegal business and bring him to justice."
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbzkK06MJjE
- THE CAMPAIGN (2012) dir. Jay Roach, starring: Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.
"Cam Brady and Marty Huggins are political rivals who are running for the same seat and will stop at nothing to outdo each other during their campaigns."
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omcm3VCVpag
- OUR BRAND IS CRISIS (2015) dir. David Gordon Green, starring Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Ann Dowd, Anthony Mackie
"Jane Bodine, a political consultant, is tasked with managing Pedro Castillo's campaign. She faces her biggest challenge in the form of Pat Candy, the consultant of her opposition."
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLZo_ILZhfk
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A Very Special Interview with Horror Author and filmmaker Aaron Dries. Writer of works like House of Sighs, The Fallen boys and Where the Dead Go To Die. Talking Horror, Queer Horror and much, much more!
We have a special interview with Horror Author and filmmaker Aaron Dries. Writer of works like House of Sighs, The Fallen Boys, A Place For Sinners, and Where the Dead Go To Die.
We cover all sorts of things like Writing Horror, Queer identity, Horror films, Covid19, the differences between writing for the page and writing for the screen, and even the Tippi Hedren Starring Lion rampage film "Roar"
Find Aaron here:
https://twitter.com/AaronDries
https://www.aarondries.com/
And his books are available wherever you get Books!
We recommend Booktopia if you're from Australia:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?keywords=aaron+dries&productType=917504
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This week our hosts dive into cinematic depictions of Power, royal, and criminal. Our three films are:
A PROPHET (2009) dir. Jacques Audiard, starring Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69ARbQt-Ko
SECRET HONOR (1984) dir. Robert Altman, starring Philip Baker Hall
ELIZABETH (1998) dir. Shakhar Kapur,, starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, David Attenborough, Daniel Craig
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikwDzecY7F8
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Creature Feature fare abounds as hosts dive into three films that will make your skin crawl. Your hosts look at:
CRITTERS (1986)
dir. Stephen Herek, starring Dee Wallace, M. Emmett Walsh, Scott Grimes, Billy Zane
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V3YGz-u2Ts
THE RUINS (2008)
dir. Carter Smith, starring Shawn Ashmore, Jonathan Tucker
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3JKmTK70Mc
THE RITUAL (2017) dir. David Bruckner, starring Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfugwq2uoa0
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