The Maze Runner: The Death Cure

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Join Brian, Richard and a special guest for a journey into the Maze Runner series with a discussion of The Death Cure, and hear what the entire MAM crew has to say about those Oscar nominations!

0:00 - MAM State of the Union / Oscar nominations
32:30 - Maze Runner 3
1:18:00 - Weekly Recommends

Throwback! Old School (15th Anniversary)

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Bring your green hat!! This week in the VIP we check in on Frank the Tank, The Godfather, Blue, and the rest of the gang 15 years after the release of Old School. Does it hold up?? Only the VIP club can know the answer!

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Rants & Raves: Best & Worst of 2017

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After hundreds of hours of discussion, debate, and counseling, we've finally chosen our top 10 best and worst movies of 2017! What did Brian vote as his worst of the year? Did Richard love or hate Phantom Thread? What about that "mother!" movie we said we'd never speak of again? It's our longest MAM episode EVER as we wrap up the year in cinema.

0:00 - Worst movies of 2017
52:30 - Superlatives & best movies of 2017

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The Post

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For our final 2017 review before the big Best & Worst of the Year episode, we’re joined by a special guest to talk Spielberg, Streep, Hanks, and The Post. How could it possibly live up to our absurd expectations?? Plus, Tarantino news, the future of Star Wars in China and more!

0:00 - Tarantino talk / Star Wars update
22:30 - The Post
1:36:00 - Weekly Recommends

The Shape of Water

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We're beginning to round out our final films to discuss before assembling our best and worst lists, but we must first discuss Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water with a special guest. We also bring you our most anticipated movies of 2018 and all the headlines coming out of this year's Golden Globes.

0:00 - Golden Globes / Most Anticipated of 2018
42:00 - The Shape of Water
1:34:00 - Weekly Recommends

Favorite Things of 2017 / I, Tonya

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We're ringing in 2018 with a look back at some of our favorite non-movie related things from the past year! We also give our review of "I, Tonya" and bring you the inaugural episode of one of our many spinoff podcasts "Mad About Figure Skating."

0:00 - Favorite Things of 2017
41:00 - I, Tonya

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Uhh it's time to talk Jumanji! What year is it?!? Join us as we give our thoughts on the sequel/reboot/Sony-product-placement vehicle Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. We also give some shoutouts and discuss that little merger between Disney and 21st Century Fox. 

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Postgame Show (Part 2)

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We're back this week with our final thoughts on The Last Jedi before putting the conversation aside for the foreseeable future. What does this movie mean for the Force? What about that thing that happens with Rey and Kylo Ren? We're joined by 2 guests to discuss it all! Join us, won't you?

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Postgame Show

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The wait is over for Star Wars fans everywhere! As is tradition, join us for over an hour of our initial impressions of The Last Jedi, and stay tuned for part 2 dropping early next week!

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Pregame Show

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Being the Official Podcast of Star Wars (patent pending) we felt it was only appropriate to air out our final thoughts, last minute predictions, and gut feelings for Star Wars: The Last Jedi in our first ever MAM Pregame Show. Check back Thursday night for our Postgame Show!

The Disaster Artist

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Fans of The Room unite! We're talking all things Tommy Wiseau and The Disaster Artist with a special guest this week as well as reacting to the Jurassic World 2 trailer and discussing the Golden Globe nominees. Oh hai Mark.

0:00 - Golden Globes / Jurassic World 2
38:07 - The Disaster Artist
1:14:30 - Weekly Recommends

Rants & Raves: Curb Your Enthusiasm

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As HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm comes to a close for season 9, we reminisce on all things Larry, Leon, Funkhauser and everything else Curb had to offer in this special Rants & Raves edition of MAM!

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

This week it's straight back into Oscar season with a discussion of one of the most AmericanTreasure™-studded movies of the year in Martin McDonagh's "Three Billboards." Kent and Brian also discuss a certain Quentin Tarantino rumor involving a beloved franchise, and a possible competitor to MoviePass.

0:00 - Tarantino / MoviePass
30:30 - Three Billboards
1:11:00 - Weekly Recommends

Coco

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Pixar is at it again, bringing us another memorable piece of animation...but where does their latest film 'Coco' rank among the rest of their movies? On this episode we talk everything 'Coco' and nominate 4 special humans for AmericanTreasure™ status!

0:00 - AmericanTreasures™
36:00 - Coco
1:25:00 - Weekly Recommends

Lady Bird

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Kent and Richard take some time in the midst of Oscar season to discuss one of the most critically-acclaimed movies (of all time?) in Greta Gerwig's directorial debut 'Lady Bird.'

Throwback! Good Will Hunting (1997)

Happy Thanksgiving MAMfam! As a thank you for a great 2017, we're giving the regular feed a taste of our VIP club with this Throwback to 1997's Good Will Hunting in honor if it's 10th anniversary. Happy listening!

Justice League (2017)

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After years of buildup, we're finally talking Justice League! We brought back Batman Shane to talk 2 hours of nothing but Justice League, the DCEU, and all that implies. We apologize in advance.