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#191: New Dumbledore, Texas Chainsaw Massacre Rights, Favorite Baseball Films

·1 hr 51 min·2 clips

Is that movie a military film or a porn? Beachhead could be either.

The hosts return after about a month away and treat that gap like a minor reset for the show. They open by revisiting the Oscar picks and the scoreboard around them. One side of the room is pleased with the win. The other side is still taking the loss in the usual loud way. Kieran Culkin becomes an early target for complaints and jokes. That sets the tone for the rest of the conversation. Once the warm-up is out of the way, they slide into movie news. The Resident Evil conversation comes up, along with the idea of Austin Abrams being tied to it and whether he could fit as Leon. They also mention Welcome to Raccoon City, Zack Kreger, and Paul W.S. Anderson, with the usual mix of teasing and grudging respect. Then the teaser for One Battle After Another lands and nobody can really explain what it is. Leonardo DiCaprio looks sad, there are guns going off, and that is about as far as the analysis goes. The conversation drifts into a quick Paul Thomas Anderson detour after that. They joke around with his filmography and mix titles in the way these guys always do when they are half paying attention and fully entertained by themselves. A baseball thread starts running through the episode pretty early. The recording date matters because spring training is already going, and the hosts are in full baseball-guy mode. They talk about the Yankees and Phillies getting repeated spring looks. That becomes the bridge into favorite baseball films. The conversation turns into a loose ranking and comparison of baseball movies, delivered in the usual shaggy, sidewinding way that makes their show feel more like a hangout than a segment list. The episode wraps the same way it started, with a little chaos and a lot of comfort.

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A loose, funny hangout that turns movie talk and baseball chatter into an easy listen.

The episode is a loose catch-up that moves from Oscar-picks trash talk and a Kieran Culkin gripe into broader movie chatter and baseball talk.

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You want an episode that starts with Oscar-picks chatter and then wanders into baseball talk.

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