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575: How To Fix The Movies

In this episode, we give cinema the enema it desperately needs. It's time to flush out all the things that have overstayed their welcome in movies. From actors and directors we’d like to see less of, to franchises that have gone on too long and trope and settings that are tired, we go after who and what is giving us movie fatigue. 


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