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Hard to believe that January has come and gone but then again, looking at this month’s releases, there is little to get excited about. And then in waltzes Sam Raimi with his perennial mix of laughs and _________ – in the case of Send Help, comedy and survival thriller. Listen in as Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd) dig into this and a number of other films we’ve been seeing of late. Send Help Man Finds Tape Pretty Thing Regretting You People We Meet on Vacation Primate Father Mother Sister Brother Tropic Thunder Is This Thing On? A House of Dynamite Night Patrol 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple The Rip The Voice of Hind Rajab Mercy Return to Silent Hill H is for Hawke Whistle The Surrender Iron Lung Shelter Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Mother of Flies The Mother and the Bear Dust Bunny Together Relay Secret Mall Aprartment Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! “Drops of God“ “WWE Unreal“ “Wonder Man“ “The Beauty“ “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms“ We can also be contacted via email – [email protected] Opening and closing credits music is “Drive Breakbeat” by Rockot. Used under CC BY License. Timecodes under Continue Reading. Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction00:01:37 – Send Help00:19:01 – What we’ve been watching01:12:36 – Coming soon01:22:31 – Closing thoughts & credits

The time is here! Ready or not, the ATC crew is counting down our favourite films of 2025! Listen in as Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd) unveil their lists, some honorable mentions, and perhaps some of the worst movies we saw this year. Steve’s Top 5 5. Sorry, Baby4. One Battle After Another3. Bugonia2. Train Dreams1. **Listen to find out** Melissa’s Top 5 5. Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie4. Hamnet3. Sentimental Value2. It Was Just an Accident1. **Listen to find out** Bill’s Top 5 5. Weapons4. Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie3. Sentimental Value2. Hamnet1. **Listen to find out** Marina’s Top 5 5. Sinners4. Die My Love3. Warfare2. Train Dreams1. **Listen to find out** We can also be contacted via email – [email protected] Opening and closing credits music is “Drive Breakbeat” by Rockot. Used under CC BY License. Timecodes under Continue Reading. Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction00:08:10 – Top 10 Lists01:33:23 – Coming soon01:42:47 – Closing thoughts & credits

Happy New Year! In the first episode of the 2026 season, Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd) catch up on a the final batch of awards hopefuls, including the very buzzy Marty Supreme, as well as the cultural milestone that is the “Stranger Things” finale. What we’ve been watching: Marty Supreme “Stranger Things 5: The Finale“ Train Dreams The Testament of Ann Lee Rental Family It Was Just an Accident Cover-Up Is This Thing On? Avatar: Fire and Ash Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie Scarlet Dead Man’s Wire The Luckiest Man in America Anaconda The Rule of Jenny Pen We Bury the Dead Frewaka Die My Love Honey Don’t The Great Flood Mile End Kicks Zodiac Killer Project “Pluribus“ “Severance“ We can also be contacted via email – [email protected] Opening and closing credits music is “Drive Breakbeat” by Rockot. Used under CC BY License. Timecodes under Continue Reading. Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction00:04:09 – Marty Supreme00:19:37 – “Stranger Things” Finale00:29:04 – What we’ve been watching01:14:40 – Coming soon01:23:23 – Closing thoughts & credits

In this special holiday episode of the podcast, the last of 2025 no less, Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd) check in to talk about some of the final releases of the year, including a very special rant from our very own Bill. What we’ve been watching: Dust Bunny Beast of War Oh. What. Fun. Silent Night, Deadly Night Song Sung Blue Avatar: Fire & Ash The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants The Housemaid Predators Ella McKay Sisu: Road to Revenge The Secret Agent Wake Up Dead Man Nobu The Woman in Cabin 10 If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Die My Love The Chronology of Water Rebuilding Lilly Ex-Husbands No Other Choice Keeper We can also be contacted via email – [email protected] Opening and closing credits music is “Drive Breakbeat” by Rockot. Used under CC BY License. Timecodes under Continue Reading. Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction00:06:10 – What we’ve been watching01:18:08 – Coming soon01:30:41 – Closing thoughts & credits

Awards season is now in full swing as is evident from this week’s laundry list of movies. Join us this week as Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd) delve into some awards hopefuls including the movie of the week Hamnet. What we’ve been watching: Sisu: Road to Revenge Wicked: For Good Train Dreams Rental Family Meadowlarks Zootopia 2 Wick is Pain Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Merrily We Roll Along Left-Handed Girl Five Night at Freddy’s 2 Jay Kelly Alpha Come See Me in the Good Light Regretting You Man Finds Tape Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Keeper Urchin Jurassic World Rebirth After the Hunt Inside If I Had Legs I’d Kick You One Battle After Another The Trouble with Jessica Bugonia Monk in Pieces Sentimental Value Song Sung Blue We can also be contacted via email – [email protected] Opening and closing credits music is “Drive Breakbeat” by Rockot. Used under CC BY License. Timecodes under Continue Reading. Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction00:05:50 – Hamnet00:17:35 – What we’ve been watching01:41:15 – Coming soon01:56:57 – Closing thoughts & credits

This week, Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd) delve into two apocalyptic worlds: one which is completely new and interesting and another than was imagined by Stephen King decades ago and now feels dramatically close to reality. Listen in as we dig into Predator: Badlands and The Running Man. What we’ve been watching: Predator: Badlands The Running Man The Home Bugonia Thursday Murder Club Eternity Keeper Now You See Me: Now You Don’t Who Killed the Montreal Expos? Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere A Nightmare on Elm Street Frankenstein Die My Love You Were Never Really Here There’s Someone Inside Your House Dog Day Afternoon Ballad of a Small Player Good Fortune The Smashing Machine Riefenstahl Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore Roofman Eden Being Eddie In Your Dreams We can also be contacted via email – [email protected] Opening and closing credits music is “Drive Breakbeat” by Rockot. Used under CC BY License. Timecodes under Continue Reading. Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction00:04:10 – Predator: Badlands00:20:20 – The Running Man00:29:31 – What we’ve been watching01:28:33 – Coming soon01:38:42 – Closing thoughts & credits

This week, Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd) share some love for the Cinematheque’s 13-Hour Horror Movie Marathon before digging into a batch of new and upcoming releases including Guillermo del Toro’s higly anticipated Frankenstein. What we’ve been watching: Frankenstein A House of Dynamite Good Boy The Long Walk Splitsville Sorry, Baby Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Dream Eater Anniversary Shelby Oaks Nuremberg One Battle After Another The Perfect Neighbor Singles Bend It Like Beckham Children of Men Hedda Also mentioned this episode: Fred Kaplan on A House of Dynamite Technical advisor Dan Karbler on the realities of A House of Dynamite We can also be contacted via email – [email protected] Opening and closing credits music is “Drive Breakbeat” by Rockot. Used under CC BY License. Timecodes under Continue Reading. Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction00:01:35 – 13-Hour Horror Movie Marathon00:13:13 – What we’ve been watching01:01:05 – Coming soon01:10:04 – Closing thoughts & creditsuction

This week, Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd) catch up on a few weeks of recent releases while also counting down their top faves from this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival. What we’ve been watching: One Battle After Another Deathstalker Orphan Our Hero, Balthasar Christy The Blue Trail If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Late Shift Obex Blue Moon The Things You Kill Lovely Day Young Mothers Nouvelle Vague No Other Choice Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Dance of the Living After the Hunt Father Young Blood Steal Away The Secret Agent Tron: Ares The Smashing Machine A Private Life John Candy: I Like Me Sentimental Value It Was Just an Accident The Mastermind Spinal Tap II: The End Continues Roofman Good Fortune Black Phone 2 The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Weapons The Woman in Cabin 10 My Father, the BTK Killer Maintenance Required Grand Prix The Perfect Neighbor Blue Heron Left-Handed Girl Wrong Husband Landmarks Modern Whore Pillion The Lost Bus Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery Anemone A House of Dynamite “Mr. Scorsese“ Steve’s VIFF Top 5 Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Nouvelle Vague Mile End Kicks No Other Choice Sentimental Value If I Had Legs Franz The Mastermind Blue Moon Young Mothers Marina’s VIFF Top 4 Blue Heron Modern Whore Christy Deathstalker Melissa’s VIFF Top 5 Blue Heron Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie No Other Choice Pillion Sentimental Value Bill’s VIFF Top 5 Sentimental Value Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie No Other Choice Tuner Train Dreams Decorado Koln ’75 Nouvelle Vague Cover-Up Modern Whore and Blue Heron We can also be contacted via email – [email protected] Opening and closing credits music is “Drive Breakbeat” by Rockot. Used under CC BY License. Timecodes under Continue Reading. Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction00:09:09 – What we’ve been watching01:33:00 – VIFF Top 5(ish)01:36:24 – Coming soon01:43:14 – Closing thoughts & credits

Join Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd) as they ramble on about this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival and some of the titles seen at this year’s festival, which continues with Festival Encores in November and December. We can also be contacted via email – [email protected] Opening and closing credits music is “Drive Breakbeat” by Rockot. Used under CC BY License. Timecodes under Continue Reading. Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction00:10:40 – VIFF movies01:06:48 – Closing thoughts & credits

This week, Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website) share their insights on The Long Walk before we dig into a long laundry list of what we’ve been whatching where Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd) chime in with a few titles before we move into a short list of Vancouver International Film Festival titles we’re looking forward to. What we’ve been watching: The Long Walk Highest 2 Lowest Splitsville Honey Don’t My Dead Friend Zoe Him Big Bold Beautiful Journey Elanor the Great Lurker aka Charlie Sheen Spinal Tap 2 Vice is Broke Manborg Blue Heron Modern Whore Weapons Midsommar History of Sound I Am Frankelda Space Cadet Steve’s VIFF Recommendations If I had Legs I’d Kick You Blue Moon Young Mothers No Other Choice Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie Sentimental Value Late Shift It Was Just an Accident Marina’s VIFF Recommendations Decorado Blue Heron Nesting Peak Everything Magellan Honey Bunch Melissa’s VIFF Recommendations Orwell 2+2=5 Cover-Up Mile End Kicks Wrong Husband Meadowlarks Bill’s VIFF Recommendations Orphan Sirat The Things You Kill The Love that Remains Sound of Falling Train Dreams Pillion Kontinental ’25 Tuner Kokuho The Plague Our Hero, Balthasar We can also be contacted via email – [email protected] Opening and closing credits music is “Drive Breakbeat” by Rockot. Used under CC BY License. Timecodes under Continue Reading. Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction00:04:02 – The Long Walk00:11:22 – What we’ve been watching01:02:02 – VIFF preview01:23:20 – Coming soon01:25:46 – Closing thoughts & credits