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Hi Everyone. Hope everyone is surviving snowpocalypse 2026. We are buried here and I'm trying to get this episode out at the last minute (as usual) before we lose power.

Our new theme this round is 'The Ocean is Vast' and in this episode we will be discussing the 2012 film Kon-Tiki, where in 1947, with five loyal friends in tow, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sails a fragile balsa wood raft along an ancient path some 4,300 miles across the Pacific. The film is based on true events and is a dramatization of the 1950 documentary film of the same name.

We also discuss many interesting facts and figures about Earth's oceans, fears people have involving the depths and the lure of ocean tales.

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Buon Giorno! Welcome to our inaugural listener's choice pick, which is exciting for us. It is a suggestion from loyal listener, two-time guest host, and very good friend Brian. He would like us to watch and review "Inglourious Basterds," a 2009 alternate history film set in Nazi occupied France, from one of the MRT crew's most unanimously loved directors, Quentin Tarantino. Starring.... so many fantastic actors: Brad Pitt, Christoph Walz, Michael Fassbender, et al.

We also talk about our love for Tarantino and why we think his films are special, as well as review some very interesting trivia about this particular film, which was definitely a turning point in his directorial career.

So, schnapps and strudel all around, as we pose the question: Does film have the power to burn the Third Reich to ashes? . . . That's a bingo!

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We close out our “Criterion” theme with 1973’s Don’t Look Now, spine number 745 in the Criterion Collection. This Nicholas Roeg adaptation of a Daphne du Maurier short story stars Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie as grieving parents who are mourning the accidental drowning of their daughter. While working on restoring a historic church in Venice, they are approached by a pair of sisters, one of whom claims she is a psychic, and she has a warning from the spirit of the deceased daughter.

We also discuss whether we believe in psychics, and Karl tells a story of a visit his mom made to a psychic that made an impression. I’m getting a message from beyond…that you will give this episode a listen!