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SPOILERS BEGIN AT 14:40 It's another trip down the chute dear friends! This week, we're continuing to cover the potential awards candidates with a look at the upcoming Netflix-release A House of Dynamite — Kathryn Bigelow's long awaited follow up to 2017's Detroit. For this review, Arthur and Dalton are joined by longtime friend and Cinematic Schematic co-host Caleb Masters. The film releases in a limited theatrical run on October 10, and hits Netflix on the October 24. Is it worth a watch? We break it down for you in this Garbage Chute review. Tune in now!

SPOILERS BEGIN AT 22:38 Hello comrades! We're back down the chute today with a review episode to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's newest film One Battle After Another. The Leo DiCaprio vehicle has been a rousing critical success and is gearing up for a strong awards season push—as well as being another major feather in Warner Bros. cap for 2025. But, does the critical acclaims flow down the Garbage Chute? Arthur, Dalton, and Dustin sit down to discuss the new film and offer their suggestions on whether it is worth your time or not. Tune in now!

Hello fiends and familiars! The leaves are changing colors, pumpkin spice is polluting the air, and we've got our spooky gear on—that's right, it's Shocktober! We arrive at Shocktober the 14th with a special high-concept marathon crossover as we Frankenstein concepts to present Shocktober: The Three-ening! That's right, we are looking at the third entries in horror series. And we kick it off with the Conjuring-verse spin-off Annabelle Comes Home! The third entry in the Annabelle series sets the horror in the Warrens home front. We talk satanic panics, horror for youths, and all things bump in the night. Don't forget to pay the ferryman when you hit that play button!

Dear listener, you are not ready for this. You are not ready for the 1985 neo-noir crime thriller starring Kris Kristofferson entitled Trouble in Mind. We were also not ready for it, but we watched it anyway thanks to our old friend and Patreon supporter Michael Cole. He knew our wheelhouses and picked a doozy of an entry. We talk noir, postmodernism, crime films, Kris Kristofferson, Divine, and much, much more as we try to piece apart this curio of a film, Trouble in Mind. Join us now!

Get your handkerchiefs out and wipe the sweat off your brow, we're back with another dose of that sweet, sweaty, GoodTrash. This week, we are discussing the second film Luca Guadagnino released in 2024, Queer. The Daniel Craig-led romantic drama travelogue is inspired by William S. Burroughs work. We explore art and artist, William Tell, Daniel Craig, and much, much more as we attempt to unpack this surreal experience. Join us as we analyze Queer. 

Rock on fiends and familiars! The band is back in the studio this week with guest vocalist Dan Bokemper. And we're cranked to 11 to discuss This is Spinal Tap. That's right! The classic Rob Reiner mockumentary has finally hit the analysis table—just in time for the sequel! Does it hold up? Does it have anything to say? Or is it a one-hit wonder of its era? Find out as we analyze This is Spinal Tap. 

Ahoy mateys! We're back into non-themed international waters this week with a Patreon-awarded selection from Clayton! Clayton gave us a little plank to walk, and we picked our poison with the 1995 stinker Cutthroat Island... This week, we discuss whether or not those critiques were warranted. Maybe this film is a diamond in the rough. You will have to tune in and find out. So join us as we sail the high seas and analyze Cutthroat Island. 

Hello fiends and familiars! We have come to the conclusion of our Once More with Feeling marathon. This month, we've seen trash, after trash, after trash. Can Steven Soderbergh's Solaris get us out of a rut? Or are we just witnessing fleeting memories of shelvable films? We talk film tones, Soderbergh's proclivities as director, and much, much more. Join us as we take Solaris to the analysis table again!

Hello dear friends and trashers, our Once More with Feeling marathon chugs along at bullet train speeds this week. We revisit an anime classic in the form of the Live Action remake of Ghost in the Shell. Shrouded in questionable casting and controversy, the remake bombed upon release. But, does it warrant another look? Join us as we bring Ghost in the Shell to the analysis table. 

Welcome back trash-heads! Our remake marathon, Once More with Feeling, continues with a look at Guy Ritchie's take on the Disney classic Aladdin. With Will Smith stepping into the big blue boots of Robin Williams, we determine how it meshes with the 90s animated classic. We talk all things adaptation, Will Smith, transnational cinema, and more. Join us now as we dance around and analyze Aladdin.

Fiends and familiars, quite trying to make fetch happen. It didn't take in 2004, and it definitely did not take in 2024. That's right, Once More with Feeling continues as we tackle the 2024 adaptation of Mean Girls: The Musical. With Tina Fey still in the mix, we question how far this property has come, or if it should have closed off broadway years ago. Tune in now to hear our reviews and analysis of Mean Girls: The Musical.   

The summer of the list is over friends! We're back to our regularly scheduled nonsense. And to get back into the groove, we're cooking up a new marathon: Once More with Feeling. The hook? Movies we have seen before, but via their remakes! And we go all the way back to episode one when we covered a John Carpenter classic. We are talking the 2005 remake of Assault on Precinct 13. Arthur finally gets to hop on the mic to talk about the siege story, but how does it hold up to the original? We talk violence, psychoanalysis, Laurence Fishburne, and much, much more. Tune in to hear our thoughts!

Hello dear listeners! Arthur is back down the cute with the new Michael Shanks film Together starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie. When a couple move to the country, their world is turned upside down by a force that begins to bring them together in a way never before imagined. This new Neon film has been marketed hard, but is it worth your time? Arthur checks in with his thoughts. 

Hello friends and familiars, Arthur is back with another edition of the Garbage Chute. This week, he check in on a new film from James Demonaco (The Purge) entitled The Home. The horror mystery stars Pete Davidson as Max – a degenerate who gets one more chance at rehabilitation by doing community service at a local nursing home. After he begins to connect with some of the residents, he takes it upon himself to try and protect them when sinister forces begin rising up. Arthur gives you his quick, spoiler-free thoughts on the new film. Tune in now to find out if it is worth your time!

Friends and familiars, we bring the Summer of the List to an end this week. Last year, we got a bit more familiar with the Sight and Sound Top 100. This year though, we asked, why has nobody updated the AFI Top 100 in nearly 20 years? So, we are doing just that. We are counting down our top 10 removals and additions to the AFI Top 100 Movies list. Tune in to find out what made the list!

Hello fiends and familiars—and Beau-heads! Dalton and Arthur are in the studio this week to discuss the brand new release from Ari Aster, Eddington. There will be spoilers! The divisive new movie releasing from A24 has sparked fascinating takes from critics. So, we sit down to try and make sense of this flame-fueled western thriller. Our takes might be wrong, but the conversation might be the key piece of the puzzle. At around the 20-25 minute mark we do move into spoilers, so be prepared. Tune in now to hear our lengthy conversation and review of Ari Aster's Eddington.

Hello! Arthur is here fresh out of the cinema to talk about the new legacy-sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer. He attempts to keep it spoiler-free and quick to give you an idea of whether to catch this one or not! Tune in now!

Hello fiends and familiars! The Summer of the List continues with our most high-concept topic this week. We are counting down our top 10 show-stealing scenes from movies—whether the movie was great or not. Inspired by Ryan Cooglers hit Sinners, Dustin pitched this idea. What are the scenes or sequences that make you point at the screen in awe saying, "That's Cinema, baby"? Tune in to find out what made the cut, and let us know what would make your list!

Hello friends and familiars! We continue our Summer of the List this week with a look back at some of our favorite sounds of the cinema. That's right, we're counting down our favorite scores and/or soundtracks! A daunting challenge? Maybe. Find out which bops stuck with us long after the movie ended!

It is the season of the list! That's right fiends and familiars, this week we're kicking off our annual summer of top 10 lists. And what better way to start in the year of our Lord 2025, with a look back at the 21st century to this point. NOTE: We planned and recorded this before the Times did their poll and published their list. So... WE got there first. Did your favorites make the cut? Find out now!