Matinee Manatees
A movie review and relaxation podcast for movie lovers who'd like some help falling asleep. Sluggishly hosted by everybody's favorite podcast hosts: a sedate pair of half-ton aquatic mammals who love movies and wax pedantic about them for hours on end.
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- Aug 31, 2026
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Idiocracy (2006) (opens the original)
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"Idiocracy" is 20 years old THIS MONTH! Anyone else know this one? A textbook "cult classic", Idiocracy made less than half a million dollars when it was first released in 2006, but it's seen been hailed by some as not only an insightful comedy but a terrifyingly prescient prediction of modern society's downfall. But does it hold up? Float along with the manatees as they get waaaay more political than usual. The fed rolled back protections for wild manatees this last month and we're mad! Skip th
Robocop (1987) (Reupload) (opens the original)
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(Spotify for Podcasts is such a bad service that they've now taken to re-flagging episodes they've already flagged that have already been explicitly cleared of copyright violation by both their own investigation and the copyright holder himself. We're looking into returning to libysn as quickly as possible. Anchor.fm was good, spotify bought it, it is no longer good.) Sometimes you just wanna watch an old favorite, you know? For us, that's Paul Verhoeven's 1987 genre-making classic, Robocop. Sta
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) (Reupload) (opens the original)
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(Spotify For Podcasts is such a bad service they've taken to taking down episodes that were already explicitly cleared of copyright infringement by both the podcaster and the copyright holder. We are looking into switching back to libsyn as soon as feasible.) It's a Patreon poll winner! Well, technically, it tied, but this was the one that didn't have subtitles, so, same same. Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) was a commercial flop, but will it perform better with an aquat
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