This week’s Best Picture-winning archive pick takes us back to May 2018, when Adam and Josh returned to The Shire for a LORD OF THE RINGS reckoning. The original episode (#681) also includes a Top 5 Lord of the Rings Scenes.

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This week&rsquo;s Best Picture-winning archive pick takes us back to May 2018, when Adam and Josh returned to The Shire for a LORD OF THE RINGS reckoning. The original episode (#681) also includes a Top 5 Lord of the Rings Scenes.
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Review [Archive]

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Adam and Josh review PROJECT HAIL MARY, exploring Ryan Gosling’s blend of humor, melancholy, and middle‑school‑teacher energy. They also discuss the practical effects approach that makes it all work before turning to Round 2 of '40s Madness.

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Adam and Josh review PROJECT HAIL MARY, exploring Ryan Gosling&rsquo;s blend of humor, melancholy, and middle‑school‑teacher energy. They also discuss the practical effects approach that makes it all work before turning to Round 2 of '40s Madness.
This episode is presented by&nbsp;<a href="https://experience.regmovies.com/join-unlimited?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=filmspotting">Regal Unlimited⁠⁠</a>, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. Use code FILMSPOT26 to take 15% off.
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Notes / Save the Date (00:40:44-00:45:15)
&lsquo;40s Madness Rd. 2 (00:45:16-01:13:00)
Credits / New Releases (01:13:01-01:18:01)
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Project Hail Mary: Sensitivity in Space | '40s Madness Round 2 (#1058)

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Adam and Josh consider the Pantheon credentials of Kelly Reichardt’s MEEK’S CUTOFF, reflecting on its spare frontier world, questions of free will, and place in Reichardt’s larger American project.

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Adam and Josh consider the Pantheon credentials of Kelly Reichardt&rsquo;s MEEK&rsquo;S CUTOFF, reflecting on its spare frontier world, questions of free will, and place in Reichardt&rsquo;s larger American project.
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Kelly Reichardt’s frontier story of faith and free will.

Meek’s Cutoff: Why It Belongs in the Pantheon

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With our PROJECT HAIL MARY review coming Friday, we’re revisiting a Filmspotting blast from beyond: 2014’s Top 5 Things From Space (That Came to Destroy Us). B-movies, classic sci-fi, and Arnold Schwarzenegger all make the cut.

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With our PROJECT HAIL MARY review coming Friday, we&rsquo;re revisiting a Filmspotting blast from beyond: 2014&rsquo;s Top 5 Things From Space (That Came to Destroy Us). B-movies, classic sci-fi, and Arnold Schwarzenegger all make the cut.
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Top 5 Things From Space (That Came To Destroy Us) [Archive]

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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Review [Archive]

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