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Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Black Swan

The Movie: Black Swan (2010)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Nina is a perfectionist and has to please a toxic masculine director, but she slowly transforms into the black swan…figuratively and maybe literally?

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: The Wolf of Wall Street

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The Movie: The Wolf Wall Street (2013)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Jordan Belfort is a terrible human being who should be in jail for the rest of his life for being a psychopathic capitalist, but damn does it makes for an entertaining movie.

The Superhero Pantheon (Archive): Hellboy & Hellboy: The Golden Army

Jerome and Brian once again go back to 2018 as they discuss the first two Hellboy movies, i.e. the good ones. They also update the December schedule and announce when the next new episode of Superhero Pantheon is. It’ll actually be this year!

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: The Shawshank Redemption

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The Movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Andy Dufresne may or may not be guilty but he plays the long game and escapes the prison despite not being able to narrate his own story.

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Clerks

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The Movie: Clerks (1994)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Dante Hicks is the worst person (and biggest idiot) ever, and he doesn’t deserve either of the women romantically interested in him.

There Will Be Movies – Episode 45: Widows

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters continue to present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, this time with 2010 – 2019.

Our Cynthia Erivo double bill concludes with the excellent crime thriller, Widows, a movie that truly has it all: racism, classism, abuse (both emotional AND physical) a high stakes sauna scene and even a cute little dog!

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Platoon

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The Movie: Platoon (1986)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Chris Taylor is a young naïve volunteer soldier trying to find himself and gets caught in the conflict of war and two sergeants who have differing viewpoints on the war.

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Saving Private Ryan

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The Movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Captain Miller leads a small platoon of men on a mission to save Matt Damon, thus continuing the genre of “Saving Matt Damon Movies.”*

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: If Beale Street Could Talk

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The Movie: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Tish is a pregnant woman dealing with her partner in jail and the struggles of family but ultimately realize families can still enjoy each other, even in prison.

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Leave No Trace

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The Movie: Leave No Trace (2018)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Will and Tom try to make life work in the forests of the northwest and come to an impasse that will change both of their lives.