Episode 551: "Dog Man" and "Love Me"

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Lost on Route 66: The Disappearance of Diana Hayes 6:47

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Was she the victim of foul play, an accident, or did she choose to disappear? In this episode of The Vanished, we retrace Diana’s last known movements, strange witness accounts, and the lingering mystery that has never been solved or.. was never meant to be solved.

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Evan and Dave are a duo this week. Dave took his children to see the ridiculous animated movie DOG MAN, which he - surprisingly? - liked. And both Evan and Dave took in LOVE ME, a romantic drama in which Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun play a buoy and a satellite falling in love long after every lifeform on Earth has gone extinct. Over on Patreon, we discuss the 2006 Tony Scott film DÉJÀ VU with Denzel Washington.

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Episode 551: "Dog Man" and "Love Me"

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Episode 555: "Captain America: Brave New World," "The Monkey," and "My Dead Friend Zoe" 1:05:08

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Episode 554: "Cleaner" and "The Quiet Ones" 57:31

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Episode 553: "Rounding" and "The Gorge" 1:05:46

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Episode 552: "Heart Eyes" and "Love Hurts" 49:42

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Episode 551: "Dog Man" and "Love Me" 42:39

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Evan and Dave are a duo this week. Dave took his children to see the ridiculous animated movie DOG MAN , which he - surprisingly? - liked. And both Evan and Dave took in LOVE ME , a romantic drama in which Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun play a buoy and a satellite falling in love long after every lifeform on Earth has gone extinct. Over on Patreon , we discuss the 2006 Tony Scott film DÉJÀ VU with Denzel Washington.…

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Episode 550: "Rocky's" and "Inheritance" 57:57

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Episode 549: "Wolf Man," "Night Call," and "Back in Action" 1:08:57

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This week Megan saw WOLF MAN (2:20), director and co-writer Leigh Whannell ’s latest trip down the horror highway, starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner. Megan likes this new take on Universal’s legendary Wolf Man…until she doesn’t. A good start, a meh finish. Then Evan and Dave join in when the conversation turns to NIGHT CALL (16:17), Michiel Blanchart's tense and nimble French-language thriller about a locksmith (Jonathan Feltre) who has the misfortune of opening a door…TO CRIME! (See what we did there?) A seemingly innocent call makes a normal shift turn nightmarish as lead character Mady is conned into opening the door, is chased by criminals, chased by more criminals, chased by cops…you get the idea. We all enjoyed this clever, fast-paced, and frenetic thriller. Then we all weigh in on Cameron Diaz ’s first screen role since 2014, the Netflix spy thriller BACK IN ACTION (44:21), directed by Seth Gordon. Don’t let the lazy title fool you: The screenplay is just as lazy as the title! Ho ho! Not for nothing, this movie throws in just about every action trope known to humankind, but it doesn’t do anything particularly well. Good thing Diaz cranks the charm to 100, and she has an easy chemistry with her equally charming co-star Jamie Foxx . But otherwise…bleh. Over on Patreon , we talk about Max Eggers and Sam Eggers's 2024 horror flick THE FRONT ROOM , starring Brandy.…

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Episode 548: "Get Away" and "Red Rooms" 1:03:20

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This week Evan, Megan, and Dave take in the new Nick Frost -written-and-starring horror comedy GET AWAY (2:50), about a family that goes to a remote Swedish island for a holiday weekend, only to be trapped as a killer is on the loose. Zoinks! Blood and guts ensue! But do the laughs follow? DO THEY?!! Two-thirds of us felt one way, and one-third of us felt another way. Then we watch RED ROOMS (26:02), the French-Canadian drama about obsession (among other things) about the trial of a man accused of absolutely horrifying, grisley murders - all captured on video as snuff films (thankfully, the visuals of said snuff films make limited appearances, though the audio doesn't leave much mystery). However, the lead character, Kelly-Anne ( Juliette Gariépy ) goes down the rabbit hole during the trial, and writer-director Pascal Plante doesn't lay out easy answers for the questions he poses. We were all fascinated, and this made Megan's Top 10 of 2024 list. Over on Patreon, we're joined by Jimmy Stewart to talk about the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock film THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH .…

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Episode 547: "I Saw the TV Glow" and "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" 56:54

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Welcome to 2025! Evan is off this week, but Megan and Dave are here to talk about I SAW THE TV GLOW (2:26), writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s horror-fantasy about Owen (Justice Smith) and Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine), two teens obsessed with a TV show called “The Pink Opaque,” with airs on Saturday nights past Owen’s bedtime. This was Megan’s top movie of 2024, so she has lots to say, as does Dave, who found its performances excellent, its look great, and its steeped-in’-90s-culture vibe spot-on. But despite picking up on its trans allegory, Dave was pretty confounded, so he and Megan have a lively talk about it. Then they get to THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (24:47), Mohammad Rasoulof's thriller set in Iran in 2022 amid the anti-theocracy protests and the violence that came with them. Iman (Missagh Zareh), a recently-promoted investigating judge, is given a gun - to protect himself and his family - along with his new position. His wife Najmeh (Soheila Golestani) and daughters are actually the main characters, and this family drama turns thriller when the gun goes missing. There’s more to it than that (it’s two hours and 47 minutes, after all), and it’s compelling as hell, and we had a great talk about it. Over on Patreon , we talk about the 1995 comedy PARTY GIRL starring Parker Posey.…

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It's the end of the year, and that means it's time for our top 10 lists. As members of the Boston Online Film Critics Association, we vote for what we consider the best films of the year (ya know, like critics do). Megan (4:28) goes first, followed by Dave (28:45), and finally Evan (51:51). We have some overlap, but not much! And we have a good time breaking down our reasons for liking the films we do. There are some curveballs, too, which is always fun. Over on Patreon, the results of our Hitchcock for the Holidays poll is a discussion of the 1943 thriller SHADOW OF A DOUBT . It you're a patron, listen to it here .…

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Episode 545: "The Brutalist" and "Nosferatu" 1:06:17

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Episode 544: "Chasing Chasing Amy," "Conclave," and "Nickel Boys" 1:09:53

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Episode 543: "Queer," "Flow," and "Nightbitch" 1:08:45

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Episode 542: "Know Your Place" and "The Black Sea" 58:59

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Evan is off this week (doubtless watching PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES), so Megan and Dave take on KNOW YOUR PLACE (2:19) and THE BLACK SEA (35:29) as a duo. And as with many weeks, the movies we choose are linked thematically (often accidentally). In this case, both films tackle characters with feelings of being outsiders. In KNOW YOUR PLACE, Robel (Joseph Smith) balances being a typical American teenager with the familial demands of being the child of Eritrean immigrants, and he navigates the emotional and physical fallout that comes with feeling stuck between two competing sets of demands. And in THE BLACK SEA, Khalid (co-director Derrick B. Harden) travels to Bulgaria from Brooklyn and finds himself completely out of place - until he discovers he makes the locals happy by opening a cafe that serves Matcha tea. (It’s more dramatic - and comedic - than that, and we cover all the ins and outs in our conversation.) Over on Patreon , we watched ON DANGEROUS GROUND , a classic noir film from 1951, to celebrate Noirvember.…

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