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November 6, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Bugonia,” “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” “Hedda,” “Ballad of a Small Player,” and “KPop Demon Hunters”

Posted November 10, 202500:19:45

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have a lot more films to catch than they’ve seen thus far. Frankenstein is already on Netflix,...

October 30, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” “A House of Dynamite,” “Regretting You,” “Shelby Oaks,” and “Blue Moon”

Posted November 3, 202500:21:03

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz watched Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, and, boy howdy, they have some thoughts about Jeremy...

October 23, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Black Phone 2,” “Good Fortune,” and “After the Hunt”

Posted October 25, 202500:19:22

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film and wonder aloud what kind of installments of Star Wars we might have gotten had David...

October 16, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Smashing Machine,” “Anemone,” “Good Boy,” “Tron: Ares,” “Roofman,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” and “John Candy: I Like Me”

Posted October 17, 2025

Back after their successful world tour last week, Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film.

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October 2, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “One Battle After Another,” “The Strangers: Chapter 2,” “Dead of Winter,” and “Eleanor the Great”

Posted October 3, 202500:18:08

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film. They will be taking holiday next week, so no new talk until 16 October.

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