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By The Week

Film Reviews, TV & Film

We're discussing and reviewing movies we've watched over the years. Taking a look with fresh eyes to see if they are as we remember them. Join us in listening and it may encourage you to revisit (or visit for the first time) some of these movie. By the way have you seen...

Episodes
124
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr 10 min
On air since
2024
Latest episode
1 day ago

Episodes

124 episodes, newest first

  1. 119 - Father of the Bride (1991)

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    What is a father to do when his little girl says she’s met the man that she wants to marry? Will he happily let go of his daughter or will he have an emotional crisis at hearing the news? Let’s join Steve Martin in a story about family and letting go.

    1 hr 11 min
  2. 118 - Coraline (2009)

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    Coraline’s curiosity takes her to a better version of her world that is tempting to stay. The catch? You have to let a creepy version of your mother sew buttons over your eyes and eventually eat your life! Maybe dad’s makeshift casserole isn’t so bad.

    1 hr 32 min
  3. 117 - Frankenweenie (2012)

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    What is a young boy to do when their best friend gets run over by a car? Grieve. However! If your name is Victor Frankenstein then you have an obligation to bring them back to life! Sparky comes back and is forever changed, but he doesn’t mind because he’s just happy to be here with his human.

    1 hr 8 min
  4. 116 - ParaNorman (2012)

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    Ever felt like an outcast? Like you don’t fit in? That no one seems to understand you? Maybe you see dead people? Then you can relate to Norman! A kid who loves old horror movies in a small New England town that has a dark past hiding a 300 year old curse. Can Norman discover the town’s secret while finding where he belongs? Join us to find out!

    1 hr 15 min
  5. 115 - Corpse Bride (2005)

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    Victor finds himself in an unlikely predicament. Engaged but married to a Corpse Bride. With amazing stop-motion effects and eerie music, we are transported to one of Tim Burton’s many worlds. Will Victor decide to stay with Emily in the land of the dead or will he try to make sense of it all and return to his fiancé Victoria?

    1 hr 3 min
  6. 114 - The Faculty (1998)

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    Ever think your teachers were aliens? An unlikely group of students discover it’s true and discover their teachers are also trying to take over the world! Maybe… Either way, they must band together to solve the mystery and stop these aliens from taking over their town. Can bad haircuts and drugs save the day? Probably!

    1 hr 10 min
  7. 113 - The Craft (1996)

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    Sarah moves to Los Angeles and befriends a group of witchcraft fans. She inadvertently unlocks true magic and things begin to get out of hand when their spells begin to work on her classmates. Can Sarah put the magic back in the bottle or will she be consumed by the magic she released?

    1 hr 10 min
  8. 112 - Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

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    A second attempt is made nearly 20 years after the original to adapt Resident Evil. Taking the setting back to Raccoon City and 1998, we join all the familiar characters (sans Alice) to face off against the zombie outbreak on a much smaller scale. With plenty of things to point at the screen and say “I know that,” does this adaptation deliver on what fans hoped for?

    1 hr 31 min
  9. 111 - Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)

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    As of today, we can confidently say that this is the true final installment of Alice’s story. Humanity is on the brink of dying out with Umbrella having some very Fallout sounding plans for the world. Will Alice finally close the chapter on Umbrella and find out if she was a clone the whole time?!

    1 hr 8 min
  10. 110 - Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

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    Just when you thought Umbrella was done cloning they start cloning characters that died movies ago! Alice gets a new sleek Umbrella outfit and is joined by new cast to fight off the old cast that are now working for Umbrella full time! And did you know that Alice knew sign language this whole time?! We didn’t.

    1 hr 10 min
  11. 109 - Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

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    Alice is on the offensive after gaining hundreds of clones and telekinetic powers. Umbrella’s days are numbered until Wesker comes in and takes it all away. Rejoining Claire, Alice will try to find salvation in Los Angeles and will face off against Wesker to settle the score!

    1 hr 22 min
  12. 108 - Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

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    After our last visit to the world of Resident Evil, it seemed like things were on the up and up for our team of heroes and Umbrella would be on the run. Unfortunately, Mad Max happened to the world and now our heroes are on the run in the desert with Umbrella on Alice’s trail and up to their experiments! Things are rather strange as Alice gains telekinetic powers and faces off against a mutated human with a claw arm. Strange things indeed!

    1 hr 11 min
  13. 107 - Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

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    Many fans were unhappy with Resident Evil’s first live-action installment. How about we throw characters from the game and change the setting to the iconic Raccoon City? The Umbrella Corporation is going to do their best to hide their mistakes, but Alice will join forces with Jill Valentine to stop them with the Nemesis on their trail! Will they make it?!

    1 hr 11 min
  14. 106 - Resident Evil (2002)

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    We’ve talked about video game adaptations before. But how many adaptations can boast 7 (soon to be 8) total live-action movie releases. Let’s go back to the distant year of 2002 when video game adaptations gained a second life adapting the survival horror franchise from Capcom. Women that kick butt, puzzles, traps, guns, a mystery, and zombies! What more could you have asked for?

    1 hr 10 min
  15. 105 - Twister - 1996

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    What is a man to do when he has found a kind and stable partner that he has proposed to? Well, he goes to tornado alley to get his ex-wife to sign the divorce papers. Then gets roped back into the exciting world of storm chasing that he ditches his fiancé for his [ex] ex-wife. Cause chasing tornados really turns Bill Paxton on.

    56 min
  16. 104 - Backdraft (1991)

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    Do you have what it takes to run into a burning building? Do you have what it takes to handle a complicated personal life? Do you have what it takes to have a sensual scene with your ex-girlfriend on top of a fire truck? Do you have what it takes to take a full fire explosion to your face?! Then this movie may be your future life story. Join us as we join Chicago Fire Fighters on this sort of “who done it” mystery.

    56 min
  17. 103 - Troy (2004)

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    22 years ago, we were given the movie Troy. Watched a 1,000 ships set sail, a boy steal another man’s wife, and two men fight it out in front of a huge city. Since the original tale has lasted over 3,000 years, does this adaptation hold up to it? Let’s find out.

    1 hr 34 min
  18. 102 - Daylight (1996)

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    Tunnels are out to get us! They’re trapping us inside and trying to kill us with all the pressure! Sylvester Stallone as a disgraced public servant, goes into this tunnel to try and save a bunch of people who keep reminding him that he sucks at his job. Will they make it? Or will they get blown out of the tunnel?

    49 min
  19. 101 - Independence Day (1996)

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    “We will not go quietly into the night. We will not vanish without a fight. We’re going to live on. We’re going to survive. Today! We listen to this episode!” Join us as we revisit probably the first big disaster epic and see how it holds up!

    1 hr 32 min
  20. Bonus 05 - Supergirl (1984)

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    We're back with a bonus episode! Last year we watched all the Superman centric live-action films but left out a very special one just for this occasion. On the eve of the release of a new Supergirl movie, let's revisit 1984 for a Reeve's era movie of the same name. We find out what innerspace is, what the omegahedron is, and why truckers are such sleezeballs.

    59 min