The Internet loves PADDINGTON. And for the last three years, one of your hosts has never understood this. Maybe with a rewatch or some enlightenment from his co-hosts, this will change. What is also not likely to change is our attempts to champion a forgotten film; this week's selection is APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR, which opened in the U.S. on January 15, 2015 alongside the talking bear movie. Desiree Akhavan's Brooklyn based comedy on a bisexual Persian American woman's attempts to recover from a breakup and find her place. Though it is currently streaming on Amazon Prime, as you will find out... there is no stopping Paddington and his hard stare. He has taken control of the hearts and minds of Film Twitter and no Sundance darling can end this madness.

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Twenty-five years ago on this day, January 8th 1993, two actors would seek Oscar glory as Al Pacino and Robert Downey Jr. saw their films SCENT OF A WOMAN and CHAPLIN go into wide release across the country. Ultimately Pacino would claim an Academy Award for his role as Lt. Col. Frank Slade and some would argue that he would become defined by this character in future roles, continuing to play bombastic and brash, much to filmgoers pleasure or dismay. For Downey Jr. he attempted to define a man already famous from his work on the silver screen in this Richard Attenborough biopic of Charlie Chaplin. Looking back we lament the loss of Robert Downey Jr. the actor slipping into his role as opposed to playing a version of himself, and wonder if we've become far too comfortable as an audience with Al Pacino playing characters who make others uncomfortable.

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Start your year off with a couple of buddy movies that both released EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO on June 17, 2016: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE and THE LAST KING. The former starring current box office champs from the new JUMANJI film, DWAYNE JOHNSON and KEVIN HART, and the latter starring skiing enthusiasts from Norway. And while the American action comedy was already held in high esteem from your hosts, revisiting this weekend in film forces the hosts to make some discoveries about their own hopes, dreams, and desires... mainly skiing.

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On this episode we repeat Christmas movies, and not just A CHRISTMAS STORY, as your hosts look back at the films that have aged gracefully over many a holiday season and those that look like Billy Bob in BAD SANTA. Also we attempt to figure out just what those damn kids are into when it comes to what Freeform is playing for the holidays, and if it's time to just give up and move to Pottersville. Happy holidays from three Scrooges and with that... please subscribe to this podcast. It's a gift for both of us.

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Hungover from Christmas? Well we have two movies that feel like a hangover (and not THE HANGOVER which one of these films hoped for) in our latest offering during the holiday season. On December 9, 2016 two films focusing on the combustible combination of comedy and careers arrived like a lump of coal: OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY got a wide release and achieved modest box office success, while THE COMEDIAN starring Robert De Niro premiered in limited release in pursuit of Oscar glory. It is not a spoiler to say that neither film presented on this podcast won any Academy Awards. Which puts these films in the appropriate company of your hosts of SOBER CINEMA! Enjoy(ish).

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Some may think its a little too quick to revisit Christmas Eve, as it was two days ago. But we think even more of you would agree that it's too soon to revisit CHRISTMAS EVE the film from TWO YEARS AGO. Fortunately this little seen (with good reason) holiday movie was released alongside KRAMPUS on December 4th, 2015, so we hope Santa had your hosts Jared, Mike, and Josh on the nice list back then as we really want a good movie to be featured on this podcast. Come get trapped with us this Christmas and we'll all find out together!

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In our very first episode we forge a podcast alliance based on deception and raw sexual tension as your hosts Josh, Jared, and Mike take a look back at films released on the same weekend one year ago: ALLIED and ALWAYS SHINE. In Robert Zemeckis' mainstream wide release we have movie stars Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard playing married spies who may still be on the job as they attempt to start a domesticated family life together. In Sophia Takal's limited release from Thanksgiving weekend of 2016 we see a previously close friendship of two actresses unravel as their professional paths diverge and also perhaps their personalities in this twisted take on cabin in the woods horror. Did the big budget throwback to Hollywood spectacle deserve its middling reviews? And does the little seen indie with a great performance from Mackenzie Davis deserving of more judging eyes? Find out in our inaugural episode of SOBER CINEMA.

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