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2025 took us on a wild ride with hidden Easter eggs, new guests, and even brought some old classics to our YouTube channel! Believe us when we say that next year is going to be stacked!   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news!! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch

Johnny Rico finds himself involved in a deadly interstellar war when Earth is threatened by an alien species known as the Arachnids. In this fight for survival, the only good bug is a dead bug! Michael and Eric--with returning special guest Cameron--saddle up for Starship Troopers (1997), directed by Paul Verhoeven.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news!! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 5:40 - Main Topic 18:48 - Differences to the Novel 25:34 - Jump Ball 27:56 - Mobile Infantry 35:28 - Klendathu 44:31 - The Roughnecks 56:19 - Whiskey Outpost 1:02:46 - Brain Bug 1:10:25 - Wrap-up

In a dystopian future where genetics determine your fate, a man born into limited prospects plots to escape his second-class citizen status in order to pursue his dreams. However, this doesn’t come without sacrifice. Stephanie, Michael, and Eric infiltrate Gattaca (1997), directed by Andrew Niccol.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news!! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 2:33 - Main Topic 12:18 - Genetic Superiority 23:07 - Sibling Rivalry 23:17 - Creating Your Own Future 45:19 - Gattaca Aerospace Corporation 59:40 - The Investigation Intensifies 1:09:28 - Final Test 1:26:00 - Wrap-up

A beautiful, popular, and wealthy high school student decides she wants to do good deeds for others. She befriends a newcomer and gives her a makeover while playing matchmaker for two of her teachers. But figuring out her own life? Ugh, as if! Stephanie and Eric are totally buggin' for Clueless (1995), directed by Amy Heckerling.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news!! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 4:10 - Main Topic 12:08 - Kids in America 22:15 - Matchmaker 24:48 - Makeover 33:22 - Meeting Christian 42:11 - Sidebar: Embarassing Car Stories 44:55 - Feeling Clueless 51:02 - Maturing 54:18 - Wrap-up

As a celebration for reaching yet another milestone (50 episodes!), enjoy this recap of the past rewards from episode 25 all the way to episode 50!   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch

Awakening from his weeks-long coma, Jim gradually comes to terms that a powerful virus has since transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. He must now fight to stay alive, unaware that the worst is yet to come. Michael and Eric infect 28 Days Later (2002), directed by Danny Boyle.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news!! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 5:18 - Main Topic 16:17 - Outbreak 20:23 - The End is Nigh 27:42 - Survivors 46:32 - Safe Haven? 1:07:01 - Deception 1:16:46 - There's Still Hope 1:25:52 - Wrap-up

Sarah has always been different. As the new girl at school, she naturally falls in with three fellow outsiders. Together they discover gifts within themselves that eventually lead to dangerous consequences. Stephanie and Eric invoke The Craft (1996), directed by Andrew Fleming.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news!! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 6:00 - Main Topic 11:46 - Sarah's Introduction 19:46 - Finding Their Fourth 32:58 - Invocation of the Spirit 41:06 - Going Full Villain 48:40 - Preeminence 54:25 - Wrap-up 01:11:11 - End Credit Scene

After the Earth is plagued with a series of catastrophic natural disasters, a climatologist makes a daring trek to New York City, battling the elements in hopes of rescuing his stranded teenage son before it's too late. Stephanie, Michael, and Eric brave The Day After Tomorrow (2004), directed by Roland Emmerich.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news!! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 1:34 - Main Topic 12:50 - Devastation 19:44 - Jack Hall's Son 32:32 - New Ice Age 43:40 - Eye of the Storm 47:55 - FATHER! 51:47 - Wrap-up

In Las Vegas, two best friends compete for the mob's multi-million dollar casino operation where fortunes and lives are made and lost with a roll of the dice. They had it all, they ran the show, and it was paradise while it lasted. Unfortunately, no one stays at the top forever. Michael and Eric--with special guest Eric (another?!)--go for broke with Casino (1995), directed by Martin Scorsese.   Casual Gamer 4K: YouTube   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 3:12 - Main Topic 11:56 - Real Life Adaptation 18:27 - Tangiers 31:57 - Zero Tolerance 41:13 - Off the Rails 58:08 - House of Cards 1:08:20 - Up in Flames 1:15:02 - Wrap-up 1:26:42 - Casual Gamer 4K

Wealthy entrepreneur and a team of genetic scientists have secretly created a wildlife park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems unexpectedly go offline, putting everyone's lives in danger. Stephanie and Eric--with returning special guest Cameron--escape Jurassic Park (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 1:26 - Main Topic 15:29 - Spare No Expense 25:31 - Welcome to Jurassic Park 31:41 - Life, Uh, Finds a Way 46:43 - Must Go Faster 1:00:50 - Clever Girl 1:10:07 - Hold on to Your Butts 1:15:28 - Wrap-up 1:19:39 - End Credit Scene

Josie Geller goes undercover at a high school to research contemporary teenage culture for her newspaper. Coincidentally, she relives her agonizing adolescence, but also ends up discovering love for the first time. Michael and Eric are swooned by Never Been Kissed (1999), directed by Raja Gosnell.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 4:21 - Main Topic 7:33 - MAIN Main Topic 11:11 - Insomnia 18:22 - Marla 24:20 - Tyler 31:00 - Fighting 41:23 - Sex 52:59 - Blood 59:58 - Mayhem 1:12:56 - Collapse 1:19:54 - Wrap-up

Earth's survival becomes the responsibility of taxicab driver, Korben Dallas, after a mysterious young woman randomly drops into his life. The two must join forces to recover four mystical stones essential for the defense against the attack of a malevolent cosmic entity before it's too late. Stephanie, Michael, and Eric protect The Fifth Element (1997), directed by Luc Besson.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 4:41 - Main Topic 11:21 - Mondoshawans 23:22 - Leeloo 27:19 - Korben Dallas 40:47 - Fhloston Paradise 49:12 - Ruby Rhod 54:42 - Diva 1:08:28 - Mr. Shadow 1:18:38 - Wrap-up 1:29:15 - End Credit Scene

Evelyn, a seemingly normal middle-aged Chinese immigrant, is swept up into an extraordinary adventure in which she must prevent a powerful being from destroying all existence by exploring other parallel universes. Stephanie and Eric harness the power of Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), collectively directed by the Daniels.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 5:39 - Main Topic 13:42 - Cast 21:19 - Laundry & Taxes 27:50 - Multiverse 38:32 - Jobu Tupaki 50:54 - Nothing Matters 1:00:56 - Be Kind 1:07:50 - Wrap-up

In a dystopian and crime-ridden Detroit, Alex Murphy is a terminally wounded cop who returns to the force as a powerful cyborg. Unaware of his former life, he executes a violent campaign against crime while coming to terms with the lingering fragments of his humanity. Eric--with returning special guest Cameron--exact justice with RoboCop (1987), directed by Paul Verhoeven.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 6:29 - Main Topic 16:03 - Omni Consumer Products 27:28 - Alex Murphy 39:09 - Part Man, Part Machine 56:02 - Repressed Memories 1:03:15 - Iron Butt 1:05:05 - ED-209 1:10:40 - Out of Commission 1:17:35 - ...They Fix Everything 1:26:31 - Wrap-up

Following a series of failed experiments, an aspiring inventor named Flint develops a machine that can convert water into food! However, Flint finds he may have bitten off more than he can chew after the machine gains sentience and begins to develop destructive food storms that endanger the entire town. Stephanie and Eric--with returning special guest Ryan--gorge on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.   Follow Aflixionados Podcast on social media for extended conversations, interesting tidbits, and other news! Linktree | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Merch   0:00 - Opener 2:29 - Main Topic 12:23 - Swallow Falls 18:55 - Sidebar: Motorcycle Accident 20:45 - FLDSMDFR 34:01 - Chewandswallow 41:00 - Food Hits the Fan 52:33 - Into the Bowels 1:00:53 - Rest in Peas 1:07:50 - Wrap-up