244 | Society of the Snow

• Directed by J.A. Bayona

• Written by J.A. Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques, Nicolas Casariego (based on book by Pablo Vierci)

• Rated R 

• Runtime: 2hr 24min

• Stars: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustin Pardella, Matias Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi

• Premiered at the Venice Film Festival September 9, 2023

• Released in limited theater December 23, 2023 and on Netflix January 4, 2024

• RT: 91% critics / 85% audience 

Synopsis 

The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world’s toughest environments to survive. 

Join us next time when we'll review Satanic Hispanics, currently available to rent.

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196 | Fresh

• Directed by Mimi Cave

• Written by Lauryn Kahn

• Stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan and Jojo T. Gibbs

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 54min

• Premiered at Sundance January 20, 2022

• Released on Hulu March 4, 2022

• RT: 81% critics, 81% audience
  

Synopsis 

Noa is tired of the dating scene. After yet another disastrous date she meets charming stranger Steve at the grocery store, and they have an instant connection. However, when she agrees to go away with him on a trip she discovers this new guy may be too good to be true.

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Next up, a movie from a name we haven’t heard in a while.. join us next time as we review Ti West’s X.

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77 | The Bad Batch

Writer/Director: Ana Lily Amirpour

Synopsis: We follow Arlen, a woman who's just been deemed part of the "Bad Batch", as she struggles to adapt and survive is this unforgiving and cannibalistic new world. Along the way she is helped, hindered or both by the men she meets, including King of the Studs Jason Momoa, Keaunu Reeves & and almost unrecognizable Jim Carey. Guess they all saw *A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night* & wanted in on that action. Can't say as I blame them. Unfortunately, Amirpour's follow-up suffers many of the same problems tht befall lauded filmmakers' second features. Oh well. Go get em next time, tiger!

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Next up, it's the much buzzed-about new release Killing Ground, another brutal slasher from Australia. Just check out this trailer. It looks brutal as hell. Can. Not. Wait. Get it on demand & meet us back here to discuss. See you then!

66 | The Lure

Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska Writer: Robert Bolesto

Synopsis: Beautiful mermaid sisters, Silver & Golden, are seduced by the trappings of 80s Poland and decide to come ashore to work in a nightclub. They join the nightclub’s house band & become a huge success, until one of the sisters falls in love with the cute bass player, & the other starts eating people's’ hearts. This is the Little Mermaid musical you never knew you needed to see.

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Up next, it's Jordan Peele's horror debut, Get Out. If you aren't already a fan of Key & Peele, you don't need to be to enjoy this movie. You'll just have to check it out and then come back and join us for our next episode!

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32 | The Green Inferno

Director: Eli Roth

Writer: Guillermo Amoedo & Eli Roth

Starring: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Aaron Burns, Sky Ferreira

Synopsis: College student, Justine, joins a group of activists from her school as they embark on a trip to the Amazon with the goal of stopping a demolition crew from destroying the village of a native tribe. After a somewhat successful protest, the group's plane crashes in the Amazonian rainforest, where they are discovered by the very tribe they were there to save. 

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Join us next time as we review and discuss the recent release, Cooties, starring Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson. Who doesn't love movies where little kids are the monsters, taking down all the adults?!