We talk about movies like no one else talks about movies. Through a series of randomly-selected critical contexts, we tackle questions like: What is the True Meaning of Christmas in The Matrix? Is Eighth Grade secretly Die Hard? Is Kung Fu Panda Marxist? And much more
Episodes
Wednesday Jan 24, 2018
Wednesday Jan 24, 2018
Edward Norton stars in Now You See Me 3: The Burt Wonderstone Illusion! But this episode is about a different movie: Christopher Nolan's dark tale of bitter rival magicians, The Prestige. Host Christian Hagen and co-host David Gutsche welcome special guest Ben Bradley to talk about a bunch of dead Michael Caines, goofs v. real magic, One Bird Government, a terrible MRA toddler rant, E.T.'s finger, and much more!
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Wednesday Jan 17, 2018
Wednesday Jan 17, 2018
How do you revitalize a handful of classics into historic modern success? I don't know, but I know one group who managed to do it.
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Wednesday Jan 10, 2018
Wednesday Jan 10, 2018
Help host Christian Hagen and (apparently) co-host David Gutsche solve the great unsolved mystery of Zodiac! The 2007 David Fincher film gets the randomly-selected-contexts treatment and things get simultaneously dark and weird. Highlights include: Our Dearest Bud Chloe Sevigny, adult food, international hardware store waters, the elephant in the big oval room, and much more. LOOSE SQUIRRELS!
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, SHEEPLE! In this epsiode, host Christian Hagen and David Gutsche run down the 1999 sci-fi/action blockbuster The Matrix through four randomly selected contexts. Highlights include: Dr. Feelgood and Dragula, Santa in the Red Dress, Big Pink Goop, The Balds, The Jackson-Lucas Conundrum, and much more. FREE YOUR MIND!
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Welcome to Contextual Deviants! For our debut, host Christian Hagen, co-host David Gutsche, and special guest Ajia Hagen dissect Kubo and the Two Strings through four randomly selected contexts.
Highlights include: That Ice Age squirrel, failed driver's tests, child murder, "More blood," glass, Alan Rickman's accent, and inside-out Benjamin Button disease.