This thematic remake of the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers recreates the cold war McCarthyism allegory into a modern action thriller. Does it succeed? One thing is certain...we'll watch anything with Nicole Kidman!

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Someone in Hollywood decided that Stardust, the whimsical fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman, would make for a good movie. They spent $70 million dollars and cast a number of big names, but some of their adaptation decisions seem inexplicable to us.

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Jason Bourne is back! He's looking for answers and heaven help anyone who gets in his way. Carl and Di come straight from the movie theater to the podcast studio for this immediate review/debate over the pros and cons of shaky cams, the intensity of Matt Damon and the future of the Bourne series.

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Di broached this topic on her blog, now she and Carl discuss the controversy surrounding the upcoming motion picture adaptation of Susan Cooper's novel The Dark is Rising. Fans of the book are up in arms about significant changes the filmmakers have made to the fundamental aspects of the book. Di is a fan, Carl has never read it. This is their perspective

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