Friday the 13th
Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie
The original Friday the 13th is not only the blueprint for the slasher genre, it might just be the best execution of that tried and true formula. This episode is a critical reevaluation of the classic film and the massive influence it has had on the genre for more than 45 years. LINKS: , , , Feedback & Theories:
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Titane
Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie
This might be the Frenchest movie ever made. To describe it at all is to spoil it, but the thrust of this episode is about Titane’s relationship to one of our favorite melancholy body horror freakouts: Rosemary’s Baby. LINKS: , , , Feedback & Theories:
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Diablo IV [Sins of the Horadrim]
Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie
Diablo IV is nothing if not inconsistent, and Season 9 is yet another moment of whiplash for the game. In our State of the Game segment, we discuss seasonal powers, the evolving reliquary system, bugs and crashes, difficulty balancing, the latest gear system, and fun factor. Moving onto the Seasonal Campaign, we celebrate the revitalization of Nightmare Dungeons and a narrative that returns to the lingering threads of the base game. In our Class Update, Cam returns to the Necromancer for a brand new shadow / minion build and finds unexpected build synergies. Finally, we close the discussion...
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F1: The Movie
Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie
Beneath the roar of the engines, F1 is hiding an intense study of human nature — a pointedly Faustian story of obsession that feels equally cautionary and aspirational. The film asks a simple question about Marlowe’s classic story: how does the infamous ‘bargain’ change Faustus? What does it enable and break within him? Come for the vroom vroom, stay for the rigorous examination of Elizabethan theater! LINKS: , , , Feedback & Theories:
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Clown in a Cornfield
Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie
This goofy, earnest indie horror movie left us with one big question — why isn’t Frendo scary? Our discussion trails through the pantheon of scary clowns and masked killers into the abstract alchemy of creature design. LINKS: , , , Feedback & Theories:
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Materialists
Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie
Materialists is our favorite film of the year, and not just because we love Dakota Johnson. Celine Song has basically created The Jane Austen Singularity, remixing and weaving in the best parts of Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, and Emma into a totally fresh modern classic. We laughed, we cried, we theorized — let’s get into it! LINKS: , , , Feedback & Theories:
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Excision
Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie
This is a bucket list episode for us, as we finally discuss one of the boldest, gnarliest, most affecting works of female body horror ever made. As a longtime fan, Cam reflects on this film’s formative role in his love of provocative art and the timeless power of a great ending. Maggie analyzes her first viewing of the film and its blisteringly novel representation of female adolescence, with all the attendant horrors and delights. LINKS: , , , Feedback & Theories:
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From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie
Does a sequel know that it is a sequel? What about a spinoff? How about a successor series? These are the identity crises swirling in the background of the latest delightfully entertaining film "From the World of John Wick: Ballerina" -- let's break it all down! LINKS: , , , Feedback & Theories:
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28 Days Later
Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie
Once we escaped the boundless oceans that are Cillian Murphy’s eyes, a few things occurred to us about 28 Days Later — namely, all of the fascinatingly direct plot parallels with The Walking Dead. We also zoom out to analyze the titanic differences in theme and metaphor between fast zombies and slow zombies. LINKS: , , , Feedback & Theories:
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The Phoenician Scheme
Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie
This might be the most fully realized “Faust Fable” we’ve ever discussed on the show. Wes Anderson not only successfully reverses the Faustus / Mephistopheles dynamic, he also inverts the ending and explores the play’s often overlooked supporting cast, implied backstory, and deep sense of yearning. What a picture! LINKS: , , , Feedback & Theories:
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The final Jon chapter poses a challenging question about his direwolf, Ghost: is he a loyal dog, an attentive wolf, or a superior reasoning intellect on the level of Tolkien’s dragons? Cam chases down these provocations while Maggie considers Jon’s larger breaking point as he considers desertion.
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