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The Bears season is starting soon, and I am ready to be disappointed again.

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) into a new director and a rough debut. Richard Linklater's It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books.

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Listen to the Manga In Your Ears crew talk about Kaiju Girl Caramelise and Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You.

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0:30 - We talk about what we've been watching:

• Kory: The Silence of the Lambs, Lanterns, Ted Lasso, Adolescence, One Hour Photo
• Chris: Kaiju Girl Caramelise, Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
• Chris: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Ted Lasso, Widow's Bay

0 - We talk about It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books

Next time is Slacker

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@nidokorn) and Chris (@gokuffy) through the (for now) penultimate Park Chanwook thing, his HBO miniseries The Sympathizer.

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1:13 - Chris talks about Spider-Man: Brand New Day

8:55 - Kory talks about Squid Game, Doctor Who, The Bear, Heated Rivalry

17:25 - Chris talks about Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape, Residency, Plan 75, Her Private Hell

38:06 - We talk about The Sympathizer

Next time is Kim Jee-woon's I Saw the Devil

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@nidokorn) through the world of giallo with a new director and John Drew Barrymore with A Game of Crime.

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1:30 - Chris talks about Hairspray, Desperate Living, Cecil B. Demented

10:59 - Chris talks about Cyberpunk 2077

19:11 - Kory talks about Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

26:20 - A Game of Crime

Next time is Libido

I'm a softball fan now. Unfortunately, the Chicago Bandits fell to the Utah Talons yet again in their championship game, but I am full on the softball train.

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) through Chloé Zhao’s most recent film, Hamnet.

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0:30 - We talk about what we've been watching

• Kory: Speed, Gattaca
• Chris: Transcending Dimensions, Alive.
• Chris: Beef season two, Widow's Bay

25:37 - We talk about Hamnet

Next is a new director with Richard Linklater and his first movie It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@nidokorn) through the world of giallo with Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath.

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1:14 - Chris talks about Obex, Pizza Movie, Project Hail Mary, City Wide Fever

6:52 - Chris talks about Lumière, Le Cinéma!; 12:08 East of Bucharest

19:52 - Kory talks about Sliding Doors, Death Becomes Her, Manhunter, The Devil Wears Prada

31:57 - We talk about Black Sabbath

Next time is A Game of Crime

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@nidokorn) and Chris (@gokuffy) through Decision to Leave.

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1:43 - Chris talks about the World Cup, Beef

9:25 - Kory talks about Gary, Renoir, Hoppers, Obsession

17:16 - Chris talks about The Special People; Blood Brothers; Sultana’s Dream; Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!; Dorohedoro; The Boroughs; Widows Bay

32:19 - We talk about Decision to Leave

Ideally Korea get three points in this Wednesday match against South Africa and move on, instead of making things complicated, but here we go.

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) through Chloé Zhao's foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Eternals.

Listen to a previous Taiiku Podcast on Eternals.

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0:30 - We talk about what we've been watching:

• Kory: Tamon's B-Side, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Witch Hat Atelier, Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season
• Chris: The Backrooms (Found Footage); Backrooms; Hotel; Exit 8; Mother, Couch; Vivarium; Toys
• Chris: The Witcher novels

34:43 - We talk about Eternals

Next time is Hamnet

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) through the final two films of Satoshi Kon, Tokyo Godfathers and Paprika.

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0:28 - We talk about Tokyo Godfathers

32:06 - We talk about Paprika

1:02:27 - Satoshi Kon's last words

Next time is Eternals, Black Sabbath, and Decision to Leave.

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@nidokorn) and Chris (@gokuffy) through Satoshi Kon's ode to film, Millennium Actress.

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1:10 - Chris talks about Rental Family, The Good Place

12:57 - Kory talks about Little Fires Everywhere

16:33 - Chris talks about Vick & Tarstar’s Scarecrow Factory, Holy Trinity, The Serpent’s Skin, The Absence of Milk in the Mouths of the Lost, Possibly in Michigan

38:07 - We talk about Millennium Actress

Next time is Eternals, Black Sabbath, and Decision to Leave.

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@nidokorn) through Satoshi Kon's first feature, Perfect Blue.

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1:02 - Satoshi Kon intro and personal stories

21:46 - Chris talks about Sylvio, Dad & Step-Dad, Teddy Out of Tune, Castration Movie Anthology i: Traps, Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone, Dead of Night (TV, 1994)

40:23 - Chris talks about Vampyros Lesbos

48:47 - Kory talks about The Mortuary Collection, Send Help

1:00:22 - We talk about Perfect Blue

Next time is Eternals, Black Sabbath, and Decision to Leave.

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@nidokorn) and Chris (@gokuffy) through The Little Drummer Girl.

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1:19 - We talk about Fastball

39:15 - We talk about The Little Drummer Girl

Next time is Decision to Leave

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@nidokorn) into the world of giallo, fully this time, with Mario Bava's The Girl Who Knew Too Much.

For the first introduction into giallo, listen to our Blood and Black Lace podcast.

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1:16 - We talk about The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

29:20 - Chris re-introduces us to Italian giallo and we talk about The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Next time is Mario Bava's Black Sabbath

Munetaka Murakami is heating up. Now up to 8 homers, which is the most of any Japanese-born player in their first 22 MLB games.

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) through Moneyball, the book and movie, and the third film of Chloé Zhao with Nomadland.

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0:30 - We talk about Moneyball

49:11 - We talk about Nomadland

Next time is Satoshi Kon

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@nidokorn) through the final episode of the John Carpenter director series with Julien Dunand's Big John documentary.

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1:34 - Fight Back to School II, Fight Back to School III, CJ7, City on Fire, Wild Search, The Seventh Curse, The Peacock King, Saga of the Phoenix, Descendants of the Sun

9:43 - Chris talks about Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, Best of Show

17:37 - Kory talks about Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, Little Fires Everywhere, Journal with Witch

34:59 - We talk about Big John

1:04:46 - Chris' new series announcement

Next time is The Girl Who Knew Too Much

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@nidokorn) and Chris (@gokuffy) through The Handmaiden.

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1:22 - Chris talks about Aguirre, the Wrath of God

9:33 - Kory talks about Smiles of a Summer Night, Crisis, A Ship to India, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Rental Family

14:30 Chris talks about Specter's Rock, fuji_jukai.mov, TWIN CHEEKS: Who Killed The Homecoming King?, Reveries, Reveries: Going Deeper, Reveries: The Mind Prison, Strawberry Mansion

32:30 - We talk about The Handmaiden

Next time is Fastball and The Little Drummer Girl

The World Baseball Classic is going on right now. Korea and Japan are already eliminated, which is absolutely devastating to me. But I am all in on every team but the U.S. Go everyone else.

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) the second film of Chloé Zhao with The Rider.

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0:30 - We talk about what we've been watching

• Kory: Platonic, The Pitt, Blue Moon, Boyhood
• Chris: Spree, Marmalade, Cold Storage, Boys Go to Jupiter, When You Get to the Forest, Nuts!, Treasures of Soviet Animation Vol 3 - The Short Films of Yuri Norstein, Hedgehog in the Fog
• Chris: The Pitt, Queen of Chess, Girl with Hyacinths

31:51 - We talk about The Rider

Next time is Moneyball and Nomadland

The Chicago White Sox signed (forever ago at this point) Munetaka Murakami. We are so back. He's gonna combine with Colson Montgomery to hit 100 home runs.

We're back to talk for six hours about our favorite movies of 2025! Kory (@nidokorn) is joined by cohosts Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) and special guest Corey (@gatofather21).

Here are some of the movies we mentioned during the podcast, on other podcasts:

• Listen to Kory talk about Bob Trevino Likes it.
• Listen to Chris-kuffy and Chris-pious talk about Bugonia.
• Listen to Chris-kuffy talk about Dead Talents Society.
• Listen to Chris-kuffy talk about Dust Bunny.
• Listen to Kory, Chris-kuffy, and Chris-pious talk about Frankenstein.
• Listen to Kory talk about KPop Demon Hunters.
• Listen to Chris-kuffy and all of us talk about Mickey 17.
• Listen to Chris-kuffy talk about The Life of Chuck.
• Listen to Chris-kuffy talk about Pee-wee as Himself.
• Listen to Chris-pious talk about The Phoenician Scheme.
• Listen to Kory talk about Predator: Badlands.
• Listen to Chris-kuffy talk about A Samurai in Time.
• Listen to Kory and Chris-pious talk about Sinners.
• Listen to Kory and Chris-pious talk about Superman.
• Listen to Kory and Chris-pious talk about Weapons.

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0:44 - Number 10s

25:39 - Number nines

50:06 - Number eights

1:28:45 - Number sevens

1:53:44 - Number sixes

Intermission

2:32:31 - Number fives

2:50:47 - Number fours

3:07:38 - Number threes

3:38:02 - Number twos

3:59:27 - Number ones

4:22:10 - Also rans and worst ofs

4:38:22 - Most anticipated of 2026

Next time is The Rider, Big John, and The Handmaiden

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@nidokorn) and Chris (@gokuffy) through Seoul, or Park Chanwook does in Bitter, Sweet, Seoul.

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0:59 - Chris talks about Cabaret, Rear Window

10:51 - Kory talks about Predator: Badlands, Alien³, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Plur1bus, Gachiakuta

35:06 - Chris talks about A Chinese Ghost Story, A Chinese Ghost Story II, A Chinese Ghost Story III, Mr. Vampire, Mr. Vampire II, Mr. Vampire III, Mr Vampire Saga 4, A Chinese Ghost Story III, Vampire Vs. Vampire, Fight Back to School

51:36 - We talk about Bitter, Sweet, Seoul

Next time is The Handmaiden

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@nidokorn) through the final piece of John Carpenter's current creative output with Suburban Screams.

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1:21 - Chris talks about Suroh: Alien Hitchhiher, Phantasmatapes, The Ressurected, Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers, Gums, WNUF Halloween Special, Out There Halloween Mega Tape, Trick or Treat with Reed Richmond

16:13 - Chris talks about Bugonia, Del Toro's Frankenstein, Wicked: For Good

22:40 - Kory talks about Fruitvale Station, Minding the Gap, Together, Pokemon Concierge S2, Sacramento, Bob Trevino Likes It

35:08 - We talk about John Carpenter's Suburban Screams

The Chicago Bears are 8-3 and lead the NFC North, often by no fault of their own. But Caleb Williams is Him.

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) into a new series and a new director! That director is Chloé Zhao and that movie is Songs My Brothers Taught Me.

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0:30 - We talk about what we've been watching

• Kory: Superman, Superman: Birthright, All-Star Superman, My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
• Chris: Plur1bus, Man on the Inside
• Chris: Bring Her Back, Dust Bunny, The Shrouds, Together, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Life of Chuck, Frankenstein, Bugonia, The Toxic Avenger, Jimmy and Stiggs

24:19 - We talk about Songs My Brothers Taught Me

Next time is The Rider

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@nidokorn) and Chris (@gokuffy) and special guest Dana (@Izandra) through Le Vourdalak; that's French for The Vourdalak.

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0:30 - Dana talks about Paddington in Peru

6:54 - We talk about The Vourdalak

Next time is Bitter, Sweet, Seoul

Special guest host Sharon (@phoenixphire24) leads Kory (@nidokorn), Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), and special guest Dana (@Izandra) through a house, a House of Wax.

Listen to Helen, Apryll, and I talk about The Summer Hikaru Dies on Manga In Your Ears.

Listen to me talk about Weapons on The Ward.

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0:30 - We talk about what we've been watching:

• Chris talks about The Shrouds
• Sharon talks about The Summer Hikaru Died
• Kory talks about Frankenstein
• Dana talks about Rogue and Crocodile
• Chris talks about Weapons

35:01 - We talk about House of Wax

Special guest host Dana (@izandra) leads Kory (@nidokorn), Chris (@gokuffy), and Chris (@antoniuspius) through an interpretation of Cinderella, The Ugly Stepsister.

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0:30 - Chris talks about The Cat (1992)

7:57 - We talk about The Ugly Stepsister (Den Stygge Stesøsteren)

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) and special guest Dana (@izandra) through more vampires with Cronos.

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0:30 - Chris talks about A Nightmare on Elm Street

6:49 - We talk about Cronos

Next time is Songs My Brothers Taught Me

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@nidokorn) and special guest Dana (@izandra) through The Shiver of the Vampire, or Le Frisson des Vampires, or Sex and Vampires, or Strange Things Happen at Night, or Terror of the Vampires, or Thrill of the Vampire, or Vampire Thrills.

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0:30 - Kory talks about Groundhog Day. Again.

4:53 - We talk about Le frisson des vampires (The Shiver of the Vampires)

Next time is Suburban Screams

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@nidokorn) and Chris (@gokuffy) through Stoker, a story about a very normal, non-vampire family.

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1:20 - Chris talks about The Marriage of Maria Braun, The Last Waltz

18:02 - Kory talks about Paris, Texas; Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy; The Favourite

24:00 - Chris talks about Graveyard Disturbance, Until Death, The Ogre, Dinner with a Vampire, Terror-Creatures from the Grave, Night of the Damned, The Devil’s Wedding Night, Baba Yaga, Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror

43:42 - We talk about Stoker

Next time is Bitter, Sweet, Seoul.

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) into space with Mark Ruffalo and Mickey 17.

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0:30 - We talk about what we've been watching:

• Kory: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes, Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara, Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara
• Chris: Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Soccer Tactics by Jonathan Wilson
• Chris: The Deadly Spawn, Eureka, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The French Dispatch, In the Soup

26:01 - We talk about Mickey 17

Next time is a new director series! Chloé Zhao's Songs My Brothers Taught Me.

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@nidokorn) through a ward with the definitely set in 1966 The Ward.

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1:04 - Chris talks about Stranger Things, Scream Queens, Detectives These Days Are Crazy! (OP by Taiiku Okazaki!), Solo Camping For Two

8:59 - Chris talks about The Phoenician Scheme, Death of a Unicorn, Thursday Murder Club

18:32 - Kory talks about Weapons, From season 3, Kowloon Generic Romance, Yesterday

26:45 - We talk about The Ward

Next time is Suburban Screams.

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@nidokorn) through the so-called masters of horror with John Carpenter's Masters of Horror episodes, Cigarette Burns and Pro-Life.

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1:31 - Chris talks about Queens of Drama, Your Young Years Will Dry Your Tears, Lamberto Bava's High Tension (Prince of Terror/The Man Who Didn't Want to Die/School of Fear/Eye Witness), The Mask of Satan (1989)

12:11 - Chris talks about Brute Force, Kiss Me Deadly

22:07 - Kory talks about The Bear season 4, Furuhata Ninzaburō season 4 episode 2

28:59 - We talk about Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns and Masters of Horror: Pro-Life

Next time is The Ward

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@nidokorn) and Chris (@gokuffy) through a new new direction for Park with old friend Song Kangho in Thirst.

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0:54 - Chris talks about The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Happy Gilmore 2, Shin Godzilla

14:37 - Kory talks about Slacker, Bang the Drum Slowly

19:07 - Chris talks about Lake Michigan Monster, L.I.P.S., All of Me, Mac and Me

30:42 - We talk about Thirst

Next time is Stoker

Chelsea are back and I need to get back to watching Premier League and also it needs to stop being on at 6:00 am PT.

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) through the final of the Isao Takahata podcast series with The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness.

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0:30 - We talk about what we've been watching:

• Kory: The Fly, Late Spring, Freaky Friday
• Chris: Dandadan, Wednesday season two, The Studio
• Chris: Wednesday, Shrinking, Stranger Things, Dandadan, Night of the Living Cat, With You in the Rain, Catch Me at the Ballpark, Turkey! Time to Strike, GACHIAKUTA, Undead Murder Farce

33:18 - We talk about The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

Next time is back to Bong Joonho with Mickey 17

I would like the Seattle Mariners to win games against teams on the East coast.

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) through the final Isao Takahata with The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.

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0:30 - We talk about what we've been watching:

• Kory: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight, Linklater: On Cinema and Time
• Chris: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Chris: Eva Man, The Return of Eva-Man, Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay, The Nude Vampire, Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, The Young and the Damned, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

41:05 - We talk about The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Next time is The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@nidokorn) and Chris (@gokuffy) through a new direction for Park with I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK.

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00:57 - Chris talks about Superman

9:32 - Kory talks about Rock Is a Lady's Modesty, Murderbot, KPop Demon Hunters

15:30 - Chris talks about Revenge of the Radioactive Reporter, Iced, Busted Babies, Sledgehammer, Our World Is Drowning and Going to Hell: The Underground Films of Richard Baylor

26:21 - We talk about I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

31:05 - We talk about Rain album titles (VERY IMPORTANT)

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@nidokorn) in an escape from Mars with Ghosts of Mars.

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1:05 - Chris talks about Resident Alien seasons 3-4, One Piece 1136, Natsume's Book of Friends season 7, Historie(s) du cinéma episode 1

12:04 - Kory talks about No Country for Old Men, Creed III, Flowers of Shanghai

18:52 - Chris talks about Salesman

27:31 - Ghosts of Mars

Next time is Pro-Life and Cigarette Burns

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@nidokorn) and Chris (@gokuffy) through the final VENGEANCE with Lady Vengeance.

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1:00 - Chris talks about Picnic at Hanging Rock, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

16:48 - Chris talks about A Samurai in Time, New Religion, Pee-wee as Himself, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

31:10 - Kory talks about The Housemaid, Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s Thirteen, No Time to Die, Thelma

39:35 - We talk about Lady Vengeance

Next time is I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

The update on Colson Montgomery everyone was waiting for from the podcast: His OPS is down to .704, which is worse than Barry Bonds's career OPS of 1.051.

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) on the Road to Green Gables.

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0:30 - We talk about what we've been watching

• Kory talks about Which Side Are You On by Ryan Lee Wong, Back to the Future, Creed II, B-Side: For Taylor
• Chris talks about Schitt's Creek, Cunk on Life
• Chris talks about One Piece, One Piece: Dead End Adventure, One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword, One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island, Natsume's Book of Friends, Resident Alien, The Curse of the Yellow Snake, The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle, The Mad Executioners, The Phantom of Soho, The Monster of London City, The Racetrack Murders

31:44 - We talk about Road to Green Gables

Next time is The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@nidokorn) in nomine patris et filli et spiritus sancti, I mean through Vampires.

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0:51 - Chris-kuffy talks about the films of David "The Rock" Nelson (Conrad Brooks vs the Werewolf, The Adventures of Janet: Janet vs. Nosferatu the Vampire, The Adventures of Janet: Janet vs Werewolf, Son of Werewolf, Pumpkinman, Pumpkinman 2, Son of Pumpkin Man), some Ed Wood Jr. flicks (Glen or Glenda), The Soultangler

12:47 - Kory talks about 28 Weeks Later, 28 Years Later, Civil War, Invasion of the Body Snatchers

20:48 - Chris-pious talks about Ballerina, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Companion

33:29 - We talk about John Carpenter's Vampires

Next time is Ghosts of Mars

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@taiikumenco) through an escape, an Escape from L.A.

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0:52 - Chris talks about Mickey 17, Freaky Tales, Death of a Unicorn, The Monkey, Rats!, The Legend of Ichi

15:05 - Chris talks about Red Rock West, Miller’s Crossing, The Bad Sleep Well

25:25 - Kory talks about The Taste of Things, Gone Girl, September 5, Women Talking, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Ocean’s Eleven

35:24 - We talk about Escape From L.A.

Next time is Vampires.

Currently going is the Kory v Chris baseball matchup, that is to say the Mariners and the Orioles, teams with seemingly divergent paths in their playoff hopes. But here's to a good series!

This episode, Kory (@nidokorn) leads Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) through the Yamadas' neighborhood with My Neighbors the Yamadas.

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0:30 - Kory talks about The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox, Welcome to Wrexham season four, Abbott Elementary season four, Murderbot, Arcane season two, Severance season two

8:49 - Chris talks about Last Year at Marienbad, Yoyo

18:51 - Chris talks about X-Files season seven and eight, Yellowjackets season three, The Last of Us season two, One Piece

32:13 - What haven't we been watching?

• Kory - The Godfather
• Chris - The Godfather, Citizen Kane
• Chris - The Apartment

36:50 - We talk about My Neighbors the Yamadas

Next time is Road to Green Gables.

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@taiikumenco) and Chris (@gokuffy) through the second and a half VENGEANCE with Three...Extremes.

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0:00 - Taiiku relevant ramblings

4:07 - Chris talks about Sinners, Thunderbolts*, Universal Language

14:30 - Kory talks about Sinners, Bicycle Thieves, Children of Men

22:35 - Chris talks about Short Night of Glass Dolls; The Beyond; Reflections in Black; Rings of Fear; A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services; Murder-Rock: Dancing Death; Touch of Death; Ghosthouse; Man from Deep River; Gang War in Milan; Nightmare City; Seven Blood-Stained Orchids; Eyeball

28:39 - Three...Extremes introduction

31:03 - We talk about Dumplings

41:31 - We talk about Cut

50:31 - We talk about Box

Next time is Lady Vengeance.

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@taiikumenco) through a village, the Village of the Damned.

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0:55 - Chris talks about growing up Baseball

6:32 - We talk about Soul of the Game

39:59 - We talk about Village of the Damned

Next time is Escape From L.A.

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@taiikumenco) and Chris (@gokuffy) through the second VENGEANCE with Oldboy.

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1:04 - Chris talks about his history with baseball and baseball movies

7:37 - We talk about The Battered Bastards of Baseball

39:41 - We talk about Oldboy

Next time is Three… Extremes

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) writes and edits Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@taiikumenco) through In the Mouth of Madness, about a real author I think.

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1:03 - Chris talks about Man on the Inside, Cobra Kai, From, Twin Peaks, X-Files, One Piece

22:40 - Chris talks about Astro Bot, Dragon Quest 3

32:58 - Kory talks about How Could You by Ren Strapp, Ocean's Godori by Elaine U. Cho, Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir by Kat Chow

37:41 - We talk about In the Mouth of Madness

Next time is Soul of the Game and Village of the Damned.

Probably a better one: The Orioles start their 2025 season today with all the top, young hitting prospects ready to mash and a pitching rotation that is, somehow, older than the hosts of this podcast.

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@taiikumenco) and Chris (@gokuffy) through the first VENGEANCE with Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.

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0:49 - Chris talks about The Celebration, It Happened One Night

14:36 - Kory talks about River, Between the Temples, Saturday Night, Cape Fear, "Cape Feare"

25:45 - Chris talks about Curse of the Devil, Demon Witch Child, The Vampires’ Night Orgy, The Mansion of Madness

37:51 - We talk about Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Sean Burke is the White Sox opening day starter in 2025. He has a 4.15 ERA in 8.2 spring innings and was rated as the 24th best prospect in the White Sox system in 2024 as a multi-inning relief pitcher. We'll see how the 2025 White Sox are.

This episode, Kory (@taiikumenco) remembers yesterday with Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) by watching Takahata's Only Yesterday.

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0:30 - We talk about what we've been watching

• Kory: Star Trek: Lower Decks, Legend of Vox Machina, Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
• Chris: The Shadow Strays, Flow
• Chris: Disembodied, Satan War, Fuck the Devil, Fuck the Devil 2: Return of the Fucker, My Degeneration, Hippy Porn, Terminal USA, Mod Fuck Explosion

31:19 - We talk about Only Yesterday

Next time is YMCA Baseball Team and Pom Poko

It's spring training, which means is almost the start of the only real sport in the US. Welcome back baseball.

It's the also 10th annual (jesus christ) favorite movies of a particular year podcast! Kory (@nidokorn) is joined by cohosts Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) and special guest Corey (@gatofather21).

Here are some of the other podcasts we mentioned during the podcast:

• Listen to Chris-pious talk about Anora
• Listen to Chris-kuffy talk about Blackout
• Listen to Chris-pious talk about Challengers
• Listen to Kory talk about Dìdi (弟弟)
• Listen to Chris-kuffy and Kory talk about Dune: Part Two
• Listen to Chris-kuffy and Chris-pious talk about The Fall Guy
• Listen to Chris-pious talk about Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Listen to Kory talk about His Three Daughters
• Listen to Chris-kuffy, Kory, and Chris talk about I Saw the TV Glow
• Listen to Chris-pious talk about La Chimera
• Listen to Chris-kuffy and Chris-pious talk about Loves Lies Bleeding
• Listen to Chris-kuffy talk about The People's Joker
• Listen to Chris-kuffy and Kory talk about Red Rooms
• Listen to Chris-kuffy talk about Riddle of Fire
• Listen to Chris-kuffy talk about River
• Listen to Chris-kuffy talk about She Is Conann
• Listen to Chris-pious talk about The Substance
• Listen to Kory and Chris-kuffy talk about The Wild Robot
• Listen to Chris-kuffy talk about With Love and a Major Organ
• Listen to Kory talk about Woman of the Hour

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Show notes:

0:30 - Number 10s

11:59 - Number nines

27:56 - Number eights

40:42 - Number sevens

1:04:38 - Number sixes

Intermission

1:24:36 - The rest of our number fives

1:40:08 - Number fours

2:03:59 - Number threes

2:23:01 - Number twos

2:43:16 - Number ones

3:17:34 - Also rans

3:31:19 - Movies we're looking forward to in 2025

Next time is Isao Takahata's Only Yesterday, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness, and Park Chanwook's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@taiikumenco) through Body Bags, an anthology of movies

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2:10 - David Lynch, In Memorium

39:33 - Chris talks about Christmas movies, Hundreds of Beavers, The Wild Robot, Red Rooms, Oddity, Rumours

55:29 - Chris talks about Drive-Away Dolls, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan, The Rat Catcher, Poison, Conclave

1:03:25 - Kory talks about One Piece Fan Letter, Flow, Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain, Red Rooms, His Three Daughters, Evil Does Not Exist

1:09:02 - We talk about Body Bags

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@taiikumenco) and Chris (@gokuffy) through Park Chanwook’s "first" movie, Joint Security Area.

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1:51 - Chris talks about Being There, The Player

14:10 - Kory talks about Dune the book, Dune the movie, The Birds, Jentry Chau vs the Underworld, A Man on the Inside

18:50 - Chris talks about Subspecies, Bloodstone: Subspecies II, Bloodlust: Subspecies III, Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm, Subspecies V: Blood Rise, Puppet Master, Puppet Master II, Puppet Master III, Puppet Master 4, Puppet Master 5

37:54 - We talk about Joint Security Area

This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) leads Chris (@antoniuspius) and Kory (@taiikumenco) through Memoirs of an Invisible Man.

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2:09 - Chris talks about Die Nibelungen, Blood Freak, Blood Rage, Thanksgiving

13:01 - Chris talks about Man on the Inside

22:50 - Kory talks about Interior Chinatown

26:52 - We talk about Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Next time is Body Bags

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@taiikumenco) and Chris (@gokuffy) through Park Chanwook’s multitude of commercials shorts.

Watch Life is but a Dream.

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1:48 - Chris Carl Theodor Dreyer's Day of Wrath

4:11 - Kory talks about Young Adult, Inside Out 2

11:42 - Chris talks about Godard Cinema, Jean-Luc Godard's Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars, Every Man for Himself, Hail Mary, First Name: Carmen

28:42 - Shorts introduction

31:50 - We talk about Judgment

43:56 - We talk about N.E.P.A.L.: Never Ending Peace and Love, Park's short in If You Were Me

52:31 - We talk about Night Fishing

1:00:57 - We talk about Park's short in 60 seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

1:03:44 - We talk about Day Trip

1:11:27 - We talk about A Rose Reborn

1:17:56 - We talk about Life is But a Dream

Next time is Joint Security Area