We totally didn't want to talk politics this week. And we certainly didn't want to talk about the world being on fire. 2020 had enough of that. All we wanted to do this week was play our fun little box office game. Unfortunately, that went out the window the moment there was an attempted coup of the United States government. If you live on Earth, you've probably heard about the rioting and insurrection at the United States Capitol this week. If you listen to this show, then you've certainly got some serious opinions about it. Of course we do too! We couldn't see ourselves putting it off a week to talk about movies that won't be out for a while. Twitter kicked off the President! We predicted it! We can't...
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Call For Comments: The Long Con
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Call For Comments: Teenage Wasteland: the adolescent sex narrative
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Call for Comments: Movie Franchising and Cinematic Universes
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Call For Comments: Pop Culture and Religiosity
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Call for Comments: Virtual Violence
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