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Hello, Void!!! It's November, and you know what that means: BRENNAN'S BIRTHDAY MONTH!!! So we kick off this most auspicious of months watching one of Brennan's favorite movies: Summer Wars. Erin hates it, but it's ok, because she's wrong and already placed herself in the Corner of Shame. This movie has young love, zombie AI, and family dynamics which oddly resemble Japanese society as a whole. Hmmm. There is a sneaky uncle who is probably a spy, an AI Love Machine with a god complex, and GRANDPA SQUID SAMURAI MAN!!!! Did we mention that there are two guardian whales named John and Yoko? 

Happy Halloween, Void!! This week, Erin gets her annual vampire movie in, and Brennan is actually kinda ok with it. We are discussing Sinners, a movie with TWO Michael B. Jordans (yes, we needed to say that twice), amazing music, and lots and lots of blood. Our hosts are huge fans of Annie, Irish history, and Choctaw vampire hunters. No seriously, we want a Choctaw hunter movie stat! This film has everything you'll love: Michael B. Jordan shirtless, the best of the blues, and shooting klansmen in the face! Additional programing brought to you by: Celtic Vampires step dancing, forced garlic eating, and honest reactions to being hit in the face by a guitar. Really, we're just stoked that Buddy Guy was in this movie. What a legend!!

The names are, Erin and Brennan, Brennan and Erin. We drink our Vesper martinis and hope that they aren't poisoned by. . .  MADS MIKKELSEN!! (He's so Danish hot). We are talking about possibly the best Bond movie ever made: Casino Royale. The movie walks back the character from the gimmicky joke it had become over the decades and grounds him in a new sense of reality. No more missiles in car roofs, stealth cars in the snow, or conveniently leveled wire cutters in the brand cap. That being said, we still have blood tears, quippy one-liners, and beautiful women. Now with personalities and character development! Eva Green is the greatest Bond girl, and we truly believe that James would fall in love with her. But also, we fell in love with Daniel Craig the moment he sauntered out of the waves. Woof. 

Hear Ye, Void! We bring you the tale of Robin Hood and his Merry Men in this Mel Brooks production that is both honorable and ridiculous! We follow Cary Elwes as the best cast Robin/Erol Flynn of the 20th century, while he battles against home repossession, chastity belts, and STEALTH CATAPULTS!!! Of course our hosts are more than eager to discuss the historical relevance of the story, but mostly they laugh about the return of the Hangman, exit signs in castles, medieval jacuzzies, and of course, tights. TIGHT tights. 

Good morrow, Void! We discuss Snow White and the Huntsman, the sudden and unexplained attempt by Universal Studios to reimagine Snow White as Lord of the Rings with a dash of Game of Thrones. There are no names mentioned in this movie, a concept our hosts regularly struggled with. We discuss pants, magpies, and ripping off Princess Mononoke. We're really just here to watch Charlize Theron who is without a doubt the only fairest of them all, sorry Kristen. It's not her fault, but who thought she was fairer than Dior's cover model? We talked about amazing art direction, a story line that had all the workings of being good but no editing, and ultimately the worst love triangle we've ever seen. But don't worry! There are horses and castles in this movie, and knowing our hosts, they get discussed at length and in detail. Was this a good movie? No, but it wasn't that bad either. Queue Charlize crawling out of goop. 

Greetings, Void! We felt that last week was a little heavy, so we decided to go with a childhood favorite: The Iron Giant! Did it make Erin cry? Yes! This underrated film is filled with all the things you love from a classic Pixar story. The moral of the story: you are who you choose to be, and I choose to be an emotional wreck! It's Brad Bird's audition film, Vin Diesel's greatest performance, and a story that is truly more profound in its narrative than most are aware. We talk about the trauma of Bambi, the iconography of War of the Worlds (the good one from the 60's, not that garbage with Tom Cruise), the government morality in ET, and the power of a convenient and well labeled off switch. We love this movie so much and cannot recommend it enough. 

Greetings, Void. We're back (after a very very long break) to break down the war on terror, al Qaeda, and all those horrible things America did. You know, easy stuff! Podcasts that cover torture are famously light and fluffy in content! We discuss an incredible cast and filming crew to bring such a raw story to audiences. We follow Maya, a hunting dog that's caught a whiff, through decades worth of work tracking Usama bin Laden. We aren't actually sure which parts are real, but my goodness is this story intense. It's so intense in fact, that it's quite difficult to write a quippy intro! What we do agree on is that there are no good people in this movie. Everyone is complicated and willing to cross lines for a belief. Yay America! 

Howdy, Void! We're in the south this week, discussing O Brother Where Art Thou, thinking of Dolly, and wondering how the Cohen brothers thought this movie was related to the epic, the Odyssey? Is it about faith, fate, or fortune? We're honestly not sure, but it's got a banger soundtrack. Erin gets another chance to talk about moonshine while Brennan shares that he was this close to being on the national news for all the wrong reasons. We really enjoyed the idea of Pete turning into a horny toad but wished that there was a little more justice for Penny. But let's all agree that George Nelson was honestly the worst. 

This week Erin and Brennan board Radio Rock to broadcast the greatest music of the 1960's, we're talking The Who, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones!!! And sometimes the Beach Boys. There is one entity that wants to thwart us.....THE GOVERNMENT! We discuss discovering yourself through sex, drugs and alcohol, recognizing the best days of your life, and trying to decipher Thick Kevin's charades. We have Kenneth Brannaugh trying to stamp out fun with the help of Twatt! (that's with two t's). While Bill Nighy is being the uncle we all wish we had (or maybe father), bankrolling a bunch of musical pirates in hopes of spreading the gospel of ROCK. As Midnight Mark says, "How 'bout it then?" 

Erin and Brennan put on their kits, kilts and kimonos to celebrate the 2026 World Cup. Brought to us by Fifa and blatant world corruption! Yay! This year we honor the dark horse teams, the biggest underdogs, and the most arrogant powerhouse teams. We tackle the politics of the game being held in Canada, USA, and Mexico, as well as the glorious plays we saw on the field. But it's not all football, we also discuss the huge amount of Ranch smuggled out of the country, the number of Mexican-Korean babies to be born, and our new mantra for life - No Scotland, No Party! We have red card controversies, too much Wonderwall, and a taxidermy raccoon holding a whisky bottle. Does everyone love Earling Haaland? Yes, we do! Congrats to Spain!