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 other podcasts we mentioned during the podcast:

• 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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Show notes:

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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Show notes:

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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Show notes:

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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Show notes:

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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Show notes:

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