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Special Episode Alert! This week we take a field trip to the actual movie theater and watch “Weapons” to see what all the hype is about! This 2025 film, starring Julie Garner and Josh Brolin, is about a classroom of children (minus one) who disappear abruptly on the same night at the same time and leave everyone in the community with many questions and a mystery to solve. It is written and directed by Zach Cregger, also known for “Barbarian” which we all enjoyed.

We also talk about disappearing children, Tuesday movie discounts, and of course our thoughts on the film. So bring your permission slips and pick your seat on the bus as we venture forth into the world of cinema!

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We close out our “Time is an Illusion” theme with 2011’s Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier forced to relive a dying man’s final eight minutes of life in an attempt to learn the identity of a train bomber.

Karl’s shakeup was that his pick must have a twist ending, so our discussions are all about twists! We discuss what makes a good movie twist, go through some of our favorite movie twists, as well as some tips on writing a good twist from the “Masterclass” website. Chubby Checker even gets a mention! How will the episode end? Tune in to find out!*

*Karl has been dead the whole podcast. Shhhh.

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This week, our pick must reduce all saturation and so we watch “The Trial,” a strange and unusual film about a man who has been accused of an unknown crime and who has to navigate a timeless and labyrinthine judicial system, about which he knows nothing.

Shot in black and white, from 1962, this visual treat is directed by Orson Welles and stars Anthony Perkins. It is based on the posthumously completed Franz Kafka novel “Der Prozess” and it certainly lives up to the bizarre, confusing, darkly funny and sometimes despairing world that Kafka is so good at creating.

We also talk about a recent trip to Iceland and some fun facts about this … well…. strange and unusual land.

We find our own podcast GUILTY…. of having too good a time!!