One small step from "what is." One giant heap of "what could be."


  • In, through, and beyond!

    Paul and Alan explore “The Black Hole” (1979) as Paul breaks out his cereal toys and Alan breaks out his action figures. Wait, is that NORMAN FREAKING BATES in space?


  • AH-AHHH!

    AH-AHHH!

    Alan and Paul talk about 1980’s “Flash Gordon.” One loved it, the other less so. Somehow, it morphs into a discussion about Zach Snyder’s DC films (one hates them, the other MUCH less so) before coming back to say that not everything is perfect, but there’s fun to be found everywhere.


  • Have we met?

    Have we met?

    Before stirring up controversy with “The Last Jedi” and creating Benoit Blanc in the “Knives Out” movies, Rian Johnson made a little film called “Looper.” In this episode, Derek comes from the future to join Alan and PJ in a discussion of the 2012 time-travel film. Pay no attention to that plastic sheet….


  • Two tickets to paradise

    We’re off to paradise—Phloston Paradise, that is! PJ joins Alan to look for (and at) “The Fifth Element” (1997).


  • That old black magic…again

    That big black thing is back! Alan and Paul travel to an alternate past again, this time to 2010: The Year We Make iPads–oops!–“2010: The Year We Make Contact” (1984), the oft-forgotten sequel to Kubrick’s “2001.”