Erik Childress is back to catch you up on the box office over the Thanksgiving holiday. He is then joined by Sergio Mims to discuss the latest Blu-rays from Twilight Time, Warner Bros., Paramount, Sony and more. Then the founder of the Now Playing Network, James Laczkowski stops by to discuss Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea as well as films about grief.

This week gives you a pre-Thanksgiving (and pre-Black Friday) look at some great new Blu-rays coming out which we talk to Sergio Mims about. We take a look at just how those Arrival numbers measure up at the box office. Finally we have a sobering conversation with Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com of how the evolution (and maybe devolution) of movies may matter ever more in Trump’s America.

This week’s epic episode tries to sober us out of the election results by talking with Sergio Mims about some great new Blu-rays from Shout Factory, Kino and Lionsgate amongst others to help cheer you up. Then comic book expert Erik Laws returns to go deep on the Strange – Doctor Strange! – and discusses whether or not it lives up to its high praise in the Marvel universe.

Erik Childress breaks down the lackluster Autumn movie season, charting the winners & losers and then takes you through a preview of what may come out on top during the holidays. Then he is joined by Sergio Mims to talk about new Blu-rays including Bubba Ho-Tep and new titles from Sony, Warner Bros, Mill Creek, Kino along with revisiting the documentary Weiner. But the Cubs have also won the World Series for the first time in 108 years and Erik shares his memories of the game and the person he wishes he could share it with.

It’s Halloween week! That means after catching up on some new classic Blu-rays from Kino and Twilight Time, Sergio Mims sticks around to offer an extensive list of Halloween favorites and gems you may want to add for your viewing enjoyment.

This week we wrap up talk of this year’s CIFF with RogerEbert.com’s Peter Sobczynski after another round of Blu-ray talk with Sergio Mims and a look at the failing autumn box office. Erik Childress looks at the numbers, the festival and begins to gear up for Halloween movie watching

Ain’t It Cool News’ Steve Prokopy stops by to talk about choice movies playing Chicago’s premier film festival. But first, Erik Childress analyzes the disappointments of the fall box office and is then joined once again by Sergio Mims to talk new Blu-rays by Criterion, Olive Films, Warner Bros., Universal and HBO.

Twist and shout!  Erik Childress is joined by Sergio Mims to talk about some of the latest Blu-ray releases from Warner Bros, Lionsgate, Kino, Shout Factory and Bayview. Collin Souter stops by to talk the best and worst twists in movies. Which category will The Girl on the Train fall into?

This week Erik Childress does a quick analysis of the box office before getting to Sergio Mims for their weekly DVD discussion. After that, Sergio sticks around to kick off a new segment as they analyze the history of the disaster film, a title that may follow around the new Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg effort in more ways than one.

Erik Childress returns from Toronto to catch up on the latest Blu-rays with Sergio Mims and announce a special update to this regular segment. Then he is joined by Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com to talk about some of the best films they saw at the Toronto International Film Festival.