Nov 24, 2017

This week, after like a half-hour mic check, Nick is back and we're joined by Aidan Mazerolle to get on somewhere between 1 and 6 layers of abstraction and talk about Cloud Atlas (pronounced "Cluh-dat-las"). Truly a 9/11 #2. We compare and contrast it unfavorably to some other postmodern classics. I know you're waiting...

Oct 28, 2017

Time for another fun-filled episode kids. This week, Dave Keddy and Sam Granville filled in for Nick to join us in watching Inside Out, or as we like to call it "SHUT UP! I’m not crying, you’re crying!"

Oct 10, 2017

This time on Straight to LaserDisc, in light of Nick leaving Ottawa forever (well, indefinitely), we feature no guest and watch a movie we've all seen and love; Damien Chazelle's Whiplash. Having each seen it several times, we pick apart a lot of things, while Nick—and really everyone else as well—nerds out about...

Sep 18, 2017

This week we're once again joined by Bethan (RIP The Lobster) to pick apart a movie that straddles the line between cult classic and actual classic; Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. We talk about Tim Curry's space communism, who the real villain in Blade Runner is, and, of course, we touch on the question that everyone...

Aug 30, 2017

This week we're joined by the now-infamous Chris Lapointe (rip Bethan's episode), blasting all the way back to 1998 to take a look at The Truman Show. It is very much a product of its time, but there's definitely some nuance to the whole thing. We talk about some other gems (meant both sincerely and ironically) in...