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I doubt that you're alone. Personally I like to have a mixture of big budget movies, straight to video or streaming, stuff I remember from Blockbuster, obscure weird shit that I have never seen elsewhere, etc. And a mix of live and studio shows for that matter, but the pandemic has thrown a lot of this out of whack. Not to mention Avril and whoever else picking the movies is trying to consider how available the movie is for listeners. So it's been a weird run lately between sifting through straight to streaming stuff and banked episodes and Swordfish and so on. There's still plenty of stuff in the suggestions forum that hasn't been picked that I think would make for a good show. Why don't they just do those? Who can say. I would pay an extra $5 to hear an episode with Adam Scott talking about Torque.

I hate being negative because I am grateful for all the wonderful hours of hilarious content that HDTGM gives me. And if I am the only one that feels this way, I will shut up about it, but...is anyone else bored and/or annoyed by the number of low-budget, no name movies that the show has been covering lately? To me, I get much greater satisfaction watching and mocking big budget movies that bomb hard. This is not to say that Paul, June and Jason can’t make a funny episode out of these straight to dvd movies, but I also want to look forward to watching the movie itself in the week prior and the choices lately have been underwhelming to say the least. At least Paul somewhat acknowledged this week that VelociPastor was a bad choice because you can’t really dissect a movie that tries to be in on the joke. Like I said, I may be alone in this, but I just wanted to express my frustration.

I would like to recommend Antitrust. I purchased the DVD in the Walmart bargain bin in Alexandria MN (unnecessary information) and have found myself watching it at least once a year. As a Minnesota boy, Rachel Leigh Cook was the dream girl of many of us MN high school boys at the time (late 90s-early 00s). The premise could have been interesting, with a surveillance program on every version of a Windows clone but it never pays off. My one other reason for this movie being considered is that like Jason, I have a severe peanut allergy and the main character’s severe peanut allergy plays a major role in the plot. I think having a good allergy sufferer could really explain why it is both ludicrous but also highly terrifying.

Will there be a Jacob's Ladder scenario? It is at 5% on Rotten Tomatoes and its a shame as I quite like Michael Ealy.

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Two if by land, one if by sea, when the British arrive, I poop and pee.

And from everything I've read about it and the trailers, it isn't like the two films where it first appears that the main character could have been guilty of the crime they're accused of, based on evidence shown to authorities, this new series is paper thin in that regard. Basically the guy is an ex-con and is at a subway that has a bombing take place, and when the FBI is looking through video surveillance, the lead agent Kiefer Sutherland sees this dude and says "it must have been him" and then the chase is on. This is also a judgement on social media fueling a given narrative without all of the evidence leading to a "trial by hashtag."

I'm so sorry you guys my great aunt died yesterday. If I could go next time I would appreciate it.