the litter box
A weekly movie podcast by friends, cat dads, and film bros Zack, Matt, and Dennis.
After a tipsy conversation about movies the night before Matt’s wedding, the idea for a podcast where we candidly discuss movies while shooting an epic level of shit was born. Not to be taken too seriously, this show is essentially the conversation you have with your friends on your walk out of the movie theater. Despite how much we stroke off our own intelligence, we’re mostly dumb and deserve no credibility whatsoever.
Best experienced when watching the movie prior to listening to the episode.
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Episodes
101 episodes
Arrival
Released in 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker."Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they com...
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Episode 100
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1:45:30
Good Will Hunting
Released in 1997. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Starring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, and Ben Affleck"When professors discover that an aimless janitor is also a math genius, a therapist helps the young man confront the demons that are holdin...
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Episode 99
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1:26:36
Requiem for a Dream
Released in 2000. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, and Jennifer Connelly."The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep."Timestamps00:00...
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Episode 98
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1:17:55
A Clockwork Orange
Released in 1971. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Malcom McDowell, Patrick Magee, and Carl Duering."In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not des...
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Episode 97
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1:23:42
Inception
Released in 2010. Directed by Christoper Nolan. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Ken Watanabe."Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chanc...
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Episode 96
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1:10:14
Memento
Released in 2000. Directed by Christoper Nolan. Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Ann Moss, and Joe Pantoliano."Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife’s killer, however, is...
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Episode 95
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1:26:34
The Curious Cage of Benjamin Button
Released in 2008. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, and Taraji P. Henson."Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reve...
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Episode 94
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56:00
Children of Men
Released in 2006. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Starring Clive Owen, Clare-Hope Ashitey, and Chiwetel Ejiofor."In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously ...
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Episode 93
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1:13:05
The Prestige
Released in 2006. Directed by Christoper Nolan. Starring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and Michael Caine."A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy – full of obsession, dece...
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Episode 92
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1:17:21
Tenet
Rumor has it that if you play this episode backwards Dennis gives it a 10.Released in 2020. Directed by Christoper Nolan. Starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Elizabeth Debicki."Armed with only one word - Tenet ...
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Episode 91
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1:52:46
Ex Machina
Spoiler alert: this is the highest we've ever rated a movie on the podcast (not counting Interstellar, which you should because Matt's a fuckin' doofus)Released in 2015. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikand...
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Episode 90
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1:37:26
Raising Arizona
Coen Brothers x Nick Cage in his early days = a mixed bag of reviews. Released in 1987. Directed by Joel Coen. Starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, and Trey Wilson."When a childless couple–an ex-con and an ex-cop–decide to ...
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Episode 89
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1:05:48
There Will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood takes our PTA virginity this week and there's mixed feelings :(Released in 2007. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano."Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel...
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Episode 88
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1:27:52
Little Miss Sunshine
Matt choosing a 16 year old comedy movie? What could go wrong? Let's see how the star-studded Little Miss Sunshine holds up.Released in 2006. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Starring Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Car...
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Episode 87
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1:13:42
2001: A Space Odyssey
One of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time and the inspiration for sci-fi and cinema for years to come, and somehow we all hadn't seen it. Buckle up for 2001: A Space Odyssey.Released in 1968. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Ke...
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Episode 86
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1:34:41
The Northman
Closing out one of Zack's favorite director's current filmography with viking revenge epic, The Northman.Released in 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, and Anya Taylor-Joy."Prince Amlet...
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Episode 85
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1:23:24
La La Land
This week we tick off another movie from one of the podcast's beloved directors, but it's a musical?Released 2014. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling."Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to mov...
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Episode 84
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1:29:00
Green Room
Someone besides Matt picks an A24 movie again?? Didn't see that coming. Horror thriller Green Room features punk rock neo-Nazis led by Patrick Stewart? Also didn't see that coming.Released in 2015. Directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Starring ...
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Episode 83
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1:06:09
The Matrix
One of the best sci-fi movies of all time, they say. What do we say? The Matrix is the topic of conversation this week and we are not all in agreeance.Released 1999. Directed by The Wachowski Sisters. Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fis...
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Episode 82
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1:14:10
Incendies
Out of Matt's options, Dennis and Zack select the mystery war drama - Incendies - an early work from one of the best directors of all time.Released in 2010, Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin,...
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Episode 81
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1:01:04
Furiosa
We knew it was coming sooner rather than later: Dennis' pick of the sequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, one of his perfect 10s out of those we've reviewed for the pod. Was Furiosa's story worth the wait?Released in 2024. Directed by George Mi...
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Episode 80
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1:20:51
Nope
Zack rounds out our list of the current filmography of Jordan Peele with sci-fi mystery Nope.Released in 2022. Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, and Brandon Perea."Residents in a lonely gulch of inl...
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Episode 79
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1:21:17
The Game
Matt's pick this week moves David Fincher to the top of the podcast's "Most Reviewed Directors" list with pre-Y2K drama thriller The Game.Released in 1997. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, and Deborah Kara...
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Episode 78
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1:09:22