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March 27, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Snow White,” “The Alto Knights,” “No Other Land,” and “Locked”

Posted March 27, 202500:17:12

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra love to review movies and ruin each others’ days — in this instance, Dave telling Mike who the lead for...

Iowa’s HF927 Geoengineering Bill’s Origin Story Feb 11.2025

Posted March 25, 2025

On February 11, 2025, more than 75 concerned citizens gathered in room 102 at the Iowa state capital for the House Environmental Protection Sub-Committee...

March 20, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Black Bag,” “Novocaine,” “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie,” “Opus,” “Omni Loop,” and “The Electric State”

Posted March 20, 202500:18:30

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies, of which there are many, and many of them risible, and probably not by intention:

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March 13, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Mickey 17,” “In the Lost Lands,” and “The Rule of Jenny Pen”

Posted March 13, 202500:17:23

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss the films Schulz reviewed as well as the celebrated ‘tunes of their youths — and some of their...

March 6, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Last Breath” and “Riff Raff”

Posted March 6, 202500:09:32

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra get into it over the latest batch of releases. For a moment, one saw the preview info for In the Lost...