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It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present you believe that

someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being we may be true with

the past but the past is not through with us.

Welcome to the next picture show, movie the week podcast devoted to a classic film and how it shaped our thoughts on a recent release.

I'm Scott Tobias here with Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Kosky, and Keith Phipps.

I think I speak for most sentient beings when I say that we're living in very dark times,

but the movie release schedule has prompted us to steer into the swerve this week with what might be our bleakest set of episodes to date.

But before we dig into a pair of movies about grueling contests set in dystopian environments,

I want to pull the group on something.

Pick your poison.

Would you rather dance till you drop, walk till you drop, participate in a deadly game show,

square off and a free-for-all against a bunch of teenagers, run over innocent pedestrians

with cars, or watch the 2014 Best Picture winner Birdman a second time.

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