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The Review Show

The Whatnauts present The Review Show, a book club style podcast covering a variety of genres and mediums including movies, TV shows, comics, anime, manga, and even audio fiction. Join your intrepid co-hosts Kyle and Melissa for fun discussions on a wild variety of entertainment you should know!

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76:57

Scrooged

The Review Show ·

2020/12/16

Episode 136. This week we welcomed the holiday season by watching 1988's Scrooged, a contemporary retelling of A Christmas Carol. Frank Cross is a TV executive planning a massive live broadcast production of A Christmas Carol for Christmas Eve, but big business is the only thing he has going for him. He's estranged from loved ones, and his colleagues regard him as heartless. All day on the 24th, he's struggling to keep the show running as he's being haunted by spirits revealing to him the

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102:32

Great Pretender s1

The Review Show ·

2020/12/11

Episode 135. We watched season one of the Netflix original anime series Great Pretender. Makoto Edamura considers himself the best scam artist in Japan until he's outsmarted by Laurant Thierry, a man who he thought was just a clueless tourist. Fascinated to learn his ways and eager to get his money back, Edamura follows Laurant to Los Angeles and finds himself deep in a false drug-dealing scheme that has more levels of lying that he ever could have guessed. He becomes a reluctant part of

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97:18

Irredeemable pt. 3

The Review Show ·

2020/12/08

Episode 134. We finished reading all ten volumes of Irredeemable and wow what an ending! Tony is back on Earth, still set on destruction, and the world's few remaining leaders turn to their last hope, a secret weapon that could stop him but doom millions of citizens in exchange. Tony discovers the origin of his powers, finally getting an answer to the question that has plagued him his whole life, "why am I?" As the Paradigm struggles to preserve society, Qubit devises a plan to both save

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109:34

The Unbreakable Trilogy

The Review Show ·

2020/12/08

Episode 133. We watched M. Night Shyamalan's trilogy of unconventional superhero thrillers, Unbreakable (2000), Split (2017), and Glass (2019). Security guard David Dunn is the sole survivor of a massively fatal train crash who realizes he isn't just lucky, he's invulnerable, and he's always felt a duty to protect the people of Philadelphia. Art curator Elijah Price was born with terribly fragile bones, unsure of why he exists in this world, but sure that comic books have a core of truth to

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98:40

Knives Out

The Review Show ·

2020/11/18

Episode 132. We watched Rian Johnson's 2019 murder mystery Knives Out. A best-selling author kills himself the night of his 85th birthday party, leaving behind a family more concerned about their inheritance than they are about grieving, a nervous private nurse who may not be telling the whole truth, and a detective with a sense that this isn't just an open-and-shut suicide case. As the nurse tries to avoid the suspicion of the desperate family members, she learns that she was the one the

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92:03

The Drops of God vol. 1-4

The Review Show ·

2020/11/11

Episode 131. We read the first four volumes of manga The Drops of God by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto. Shizuku Kanzaki is the son of a famous wine critic who's never drank wine himself. When his father dies, Shizuku finds that he legally adopted his wine critic protege and wants his two sons to compete for their inheritance. In his massive wine collection, he has named "Twelve Apostles," wines that exemplify the art form, and "The Drops of God," the greatest wine he's ever tasted. Whomever

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77:06

Irredeemable pt. 2

The Review Show ·

2020/11/04

Episode 130. We're continuing our monthly coverage of the comic series Irredeemable, talking about volumes 5-7 this week. Qubit has sabotaged the team's attempt to kill The Plutonian, believing that there's still a way to solve the problem without putting death on their consciences. He knows of a secret force who can capture Tony -- but can anyone keep him locked up for long? We learn Modeus's true intentions in antagonizing Tony, and why he may be trying to help the man more than hurt him

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92:29

Typewriter

The Review Show ·

2020/10/28

Episode 129. For our final Halloween episode this year, we watched a Netflix original show from India, the ghost story Typewriter. An author of horror novels died mysteriously in his mansion decades ago, and the place has remained empty since then, believed to be haunted. The author's family is moving back into the estate and they uncover an abandoned typewriter, which sets off a chain of mysterious deaths and unnerving paranormal experiences. Dark magic took place in this house, and we

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92:32

The Love Witch

The Review Show ·

2020/10/21

Episode 128. We watched Anna Biller's 2016 film The Love Witch, gorgeously styled after low-budget 1970s Technicolor melodramas. After the destruction of her marriage, a witch named Elaine moves to a new town and sets her sights on finding true love. She brews spells, seduces men, and when they don't turn out to be the love she's looking for, she kills them. She falls for the detective investigating her last murder and believes her romantic fantasies may be coming true, but her magic

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89:27

Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E.

The Review Show ·

2020/10/14

Episode 127. This week we read the DC comics series Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., with issues written by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt. Frankenstein, the big green monster you know and love, works for the Super Human Advanced Defense Executive, a high-tech organization that protects the world from arcane threats. He teams up with his estranged wife, the four-armed Lady Frankenstein, and a group called the Creature Commandos, featuring a vampire, wolfman, mummy, and fish lady scientist

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95:09

Hannibal s1

The Review Show ·

2020/10/07

Episode 126. To kick off the spooky month of October, we watched season one of the TV show Hannibal. Will Graham is a criminal psychologist who is pulled from his teaching position to work in the field, using his unique empathy abilities to put himself in a serial killer's head. After catching the murderer, Will can't get himself out of that mindset, and he turns to a psychologist colleague to help him cope as he investigates more grisly crimes. But does Dr. Hannibal Lector really have

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93:35

Irredeemable pt. 1

The Review Show ·

2020/09/30

Episode 125. Time for another continuing monthly series! We'll be reading all of the comic book Irredeemable by Mark Waid and Peter Krause, and we started with volumes 1-4. The Plutonian is the greatest superhero the world has ever seen. He's incredibly powerful, kind-hearted, always there to save the day -- until the day he snaps and destroys his entire city. Now the world lives in fear of this rampaging hero turned villain, and his former teammates are realizing they never really knew

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97:56

The Fifth Element

The Review Show ·

2020/09/23

Episode 124. Our second half of the Shametember series is a cult classic sci-fi movie that cyberpunk Kyle should have seen by now, Luc Besson's The Fifth Element. Korben Dallas is your average New York guy in the 23rd century, trying to make a living in his flying cab, when a mysterious young woman dives into his vehicle and asks for help escaping from the pursuing authorities. She's the key to an ancient weapon that can destroy a galactic evil, and Korben has to figure out how to protect

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104:55

Dr. No

The Review Show ·

2020/09/16

Episode 123. Welcome to our first "Shame-tember" episode where we talk about a movie one of our co-hosts definitely should have seen before now, but hasn't! This week, Melissa goes back to where James Bond first started with 1962's Dr. No. Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the death of a British agent and work with the CIA to find who is interfering with the NASA missile launches nearby in Florida. He learns of a mysterious scientist who intimidates the locals, and Bond infiltrates his

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94:20

Tron Uprising

The Review Show ·

2020/09/09

Episode 122. This week we watched the short-lived Disney cartoon Tron Uprising, set between the events of the original Tron movie and Tron: Legacy. A totalitarian regime is cracking down on The Grid, and a young mechanic named Beck wants to stand up for his fellow programs. The legendary hero Tron has been in hiding, but he reaches out to Beck and offers him the training he needs to be the city's new hero. Beck struggles with Tron's secrecy and his own double-life working at the lightbike

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105:39

Sitcom Special: Seinfeld & The Simpsons

The Review Show ·

2020/09/02

Episode 121. We're trying a special kind of episode showing each other a sitcom one of us grew up with, but the other person barely knows. Melissa needs to learn about Seinfeld, Kyle needs to learn about The Simpsons. We nominated three episodes from our show to talk about: Kyle picked The Chinese Restaurant, The Contest, and The Rye, Melissa picked Marge vs. The Monorail, Bart Sells His Soul, and The Mysterious Voyage of Homer. Time to find out who's master of their domain, and who's back

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91:30

Midnight Diner

The Review Show ·

2020/08/26

Episode 120. This week we watched the Japanese TV series Midnight Diner, which you can find on Netflix as just Midnight Diner (the original three seasons) and Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (season four onwards, after Netflix acquired it as one of its own productions). Kyle watched season one of the original and Melissa watched season "one" of Tokyo Stories. Whoops. We still had an exciting conversation about this anthology series! The show follows a cozy late night diner where the chef is

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89:30

Superman: Rebirth vol. 1-2

The Review Show ·

2020/08/20

Episode 119. This week we read Superman: Rebirth, the first volume of the deluxe edition that collects issues 1-13 from writer Peter J. Tomasi and artist Patrick Gleason. After the Superman of this universe dies, a Superman lost from another universe decides to stay here and fill his role. Clark "Smith" now lives on a farm with his wife Lois and ten-year-old son Jonathan. He fights any threat that comes his way but is most focused on his family, helping Jon adjust to his growing powers and

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90:12

Murder on the Orient Express

The Review Show ·

2020/08/13

Episode 118. This week we watched Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic mystery Murder on the Orient Express. Renowned detective Hercule Poirot is determined to take a break from solving crimes to enjoy a leisurely train trip, until one of his fellow passengers is murdered. Everyone traveling in that train car is a suspect. As he sinks deeper into the inescapable mystery surrounding him, Poirot finds that justice may be more complicated than just catching a

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88:29

The Vast of Night

The Review Show ·

2020/08/05

Episode 117. This week we watched the Amazon Prime original movie The Vast of Night. It's the late 1950s in rural Cayuga, New Mexico. The whole town is at the high school basketball game, but Fay and Everett are busy working. While she's transferring phone calls on the switchboard, Fay encounters distressed callers and hears a strange noise interrupt Everett's radio broadcast. Someone calls in believing they have the answer, and it could be a threat from beyond our world, hovering behind

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