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For anyone who hasn't seen the 2012 Disney Revival-era masterpiece, Wreck-It Ralph is a Donkey Kong-type 8-bit bad guy in an arcade game, where people crap on him relentlessly for doing his job really well for 30 years with no health care or pension. When he gets cake-shamed at his own party, he decides stolen valor is the key, unleashes cybugs in candy land, then reluctantly teams up with glitched-out wannabe kart racer Vanellope von Schweetz to topple an Alan Tudyk-voiced maniacal monarch.
If you want to get emotionally wrecked in all the right ways, Ralph's your guy.
Other picks:
Cube
Source Code
Widow's Bay
Also, video editing is a lot of work so we might not do that anymore. Sorry. Imagine faces in the theater of the mind!
Up next: It's Tanya Day, and we're doing a reunion show thanks to Eoin the Void! We're gonna be Singin' in the Rain with Alex, Chris, Tanya, and myself. I LOVED recording this even though it goes immediately off the rails.
1 Sept 2026
RIAW: From (2022) is not a great town
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Picture a town. But a creepy one. A town with one road that somehow loops around, trapping its inhabitants forever. Plus there's a smattering of night monsters who will knock on the doors and windows, interrupting your dinner, and if you let them in, they rip you apart and kill you. There's also a hippie commune, but the hippies might let you die outside, tie you up, talk to you about art, eat peaches at you, or traumatize you with a story about murder. 2/5 stars.
If you wanted Lost vibes, but wish there were more eviserations and fewer islands, and if you can somehow Google it, you might just shriek with delight at From.
Other recs:
Widow's Bay
Twin Peaks
Sinners
The Burroughs
Obsession
Next week: Wreck-it-Ralph!
9 Aug 2026
Alex & Ezra's Quest for All* Knowledge: The Royal Marathon vs. Baseball's First Bullies
Alex and Ezra are back with a sports fact showdown! One sports fact will be remembered for eternity. The other? Immediately forgotten.
Also, if you want faces with your sports facts, they're here on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZn1pCjh-4w
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