Four Play
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Episodes: 55
Description
Four Play selects four iconic films from a theme or genre to meticulously analyze and place in their proper historical context. Hosted by veteran esports commentators Richard Lewis, Duncan "Thorin" Shields, and Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles, Four Play showcases both legendary Hollywood movies as well as hidden gems outside the mainstream. Be sure to watch along with our hosts each week to get the most of each conversation!
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THE NORTHMAN: Understanding Masculinity and Norse Mythology in Eggers' Viking Epic
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May 04, 2025 |
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THE LIGHTHOUSE: Analyzing the Mysteries, Mythology, and Madness
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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THE VVITCH: Why is Eggers' Puritanical Horror an Immersive Classic?
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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MULHOLLAND DRIVE: Masterpiece or Mess? Explaining Lynch's Enigma
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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LOST HIGHWAY: Explaining Lynch's Surreal Landscape
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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WILD AT HEART: A Violent, Erotic, and Optimistic Young Love Story
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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BLUE VELVET: Contrasting "Picture-Perfect" America With Dark Truths
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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GLADIATOR 1 & 2: Why make a BAD sequel to this legendary film?
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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TROY: A flawed gem reviewed 20 years later
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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SPARTACUS: Kubrick's Hollywood Epic that Inspired Gladiator
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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BEN-HUR: The 1950s Hollywood Blockbuster That Defined a Genre
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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KILL LIST: The Slow Burn Horror You NEED to Watch Several Times
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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GONJIAM HAUNTED ASYLUM: Modern Spin to Found Footage Horror
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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CURE: The Most Influential Horror Film You've Never Heard About
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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SESSION 9: The Best Psychological Horror that Few Have Seen
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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CASABLANCA: Iconic quotes and anti-heroes in WWII Morocco
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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GOODFELLAS: Why this Masterpiece flaunts Horrible characters and themes
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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THE GODFATHER: Why this is the most influential film of all time
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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JURASSIC PARK: Most Divisive Movie, Good or Trash?
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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(500) Days of Summer: Psychological Poison in Movie Form
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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THE BEAST MUST DIE: A Werewolf Murder Mystery
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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REVOLVER: 15% on Rotten Tomatoes but is it actually bad?
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Spit Roasting The 13th Warrior: Hilariously bad or somewhat decent?
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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PHANTOM THREAD: Understanding PTA's most difficult film
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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THE MASTER: Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnum Opus
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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MAGNOLIA: Touching masterpiece or overly sentimental? | 25 years later
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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Hard Eight (Sydney): Paul Thomas Anderson's unknown debut
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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DUNE 1 & 2: Why did Dune fail to adapt from the novels?
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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SICARIO: How Hollywood portrayed the war on drugs in Mexico
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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PRISONERS: Villeneuve's BEST film? | Christian and mythic themes
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May 26, 2024 |
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ARRIVAL: A hidden sci-fi GEM | Experiencing non-linear time
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May 19, 2024 |
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SNEAKERS: The WORST heist scene ever? | Thieves create a new world order
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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DOG DAY AFTERNOON: Robbery gone wrong | Pacino's legendary performance
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR: A kernel of intelligence in dumb male fantasy
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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HEAT: Mann's masterpiece of tone and tension | Shakespearian in scope
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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TOKYO GODFATHERS: An anime Christmas film packed with miracles
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A pure, feel-good Christmas classic
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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SCROOGED: TV executives, 80's excess, and A Christmas Carol
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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BATMAN RETURNS: WORSE than we remembered, cursed by nostalgia
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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CON AIR: Murderous maniacs, an epic ensemble cast, & plain dumb fun
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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TOTAL RECALL: Memory implants, the American fantasy & sci-fi satire
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: The most iconic hacking scene and a mole hunt
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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FACE/OFF: Stupid fun, an absurd premise, and Hong Kong style - Four Play Ep. 13
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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L.A. CONFIDENTIAL: The ultimate Film Noir, an underrated classic
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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CHINATOWN: Corruption & the futile fight against institutional power
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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TOUCH OF EVIL: Orson Welles' epic performance, do ends justify means?
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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THE MALTESE FALCON: the Film Noir blueprint and the ultimate MacGuffin
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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NEAR DARK: RV vampires and the practical realities of undeath
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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THE LOST BOYS: Peak 80s cool, teenage pressures, and sexy sax man
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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FRIGHT NIGHT: teenage sexual awakening with a vampire twist
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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THE HUNGER: vampire David Bowie and the fleeting nature of fame
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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FROM BEYOND: Forehead phalluses in Lovecraftian horror
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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EVENT HORIZON: haunted spaceships, confusing plot, cheesy dialogue
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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ANNIHILATION: self-destruction, trauma, and cancer in the shimmer
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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THE THING: John Carpenter's paranoid gem discussed 40 years later
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Jul 17, 2023 |