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The Criterion Break is back! This week, the boys from the Break give love once again to the State Theatre of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The guys recap year five since the landmark theatre’s reopening, talking about their favorite moments of the past year and some of the films they enjoyed getting to see on the State’s grand screen!

Blake can be found on Instagram @blakeg_5150Letterboxd @therealjohng. Derrick can be found on Instagram AND Letterboxd @dervdude.

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The annual tradition continues! Once again, I am joined by Sioux Falls theatrical show-stopper and big-time movie buff, Jessica Johannsen, and the brother she nurtured into movie obsession, Nick Johannsen, to discuss this year’s Oscar nominations. We discuss our love and appreciation for the record-breaking Sinners, the absent Wicked: For Good, the surprising F1, and wonder just when the Academy will give Diane Warren a break. We cover the major categories and a few of our other favorite Oscar talking points. 

You can follow Jess on Letterboxd at @hawatcha, and keep an eye out on upcoming events with the growing Sioux Falls theatre community. 

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On this week’s episode, The Fat Dude is joined by Arne Venema and Michael Chan of CFK Productions. Arne and Michael talk about the foundations of their friendship and production company, the process  that goes into making top notch special features, and dive into their love of Asian genre cinema including some of Michael’s stories working as an actor in Hong Kong. 

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In this week’s episode, we ring in the new year, wrap up the Naughty List, and bring this season of episodes to an end. Anthony Hoekman returns to the show for a fun conversation about putting in work at The State Theater and share some of our favorite reads of 2025. We then dive into the final potential entry on this year’s Naughty List, Ari Aster’s latest, Eddington. We discuss the pandemic, the nation’s division, performative politics, and energy-sucking AI along with what makes this intriguingly frustrating (Andy’s opinion) movie tick.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

The Naughty List returns with Brad Redick of the Human Dads podcast stepping back into the guest seat. We talk a little bit about life and Christmas before diving into a first here on the Naughty List. Neither one of us have seen 2020’s Fatman until deciding to do this episode, but our expectations weren’t all that great. Were we charmed by Mel Gibson’s Santa? Was this a Christmas action spectacular? Was it a charming offbeat comedy? Well… no. Hear our thoughts on this “swing and a miss” Christmas tale.

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The Naughty List keeps chugging away down the Christmas season tracks. This week, I am joined by first time guest, Amanda Robertson. Amanda is a contributor to EasternKicks.com, and a huge fan of action movies. We discuss where he love of action movies comes from, what it’s like to break into the action movie fanosphere, and what movies kicked off her love of cinema. We then dive into the Jean Claude Van Damme/Dolph Lundgren starrer, Universal Soldier, to determine whether or not it shall remain on The Fat Dude’s Naughty List.

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On this week’s episode, the Naughty List returns with a hang out episode. Just three friends, goofing around. The Fat Dude is joined by co-host of Screams From the Basement, Casey Kelderman, and the dad-mode voice of the Sioux Falls Stampede, Charlie Eccles to chat about Wild Wild West. We dive into the Burger King toys, Salma Hayek’s non-role, Will Smith’s Fresh Princes, giant spiders, and how the film’s theme song is a million times better than the movie. 

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The Christmas season is upon us which, in Fat Dude land, can only mean one thing: time to kick off this year’s Naughty List! First up this year, Andy is joined by friend and one of the hosts of the Screams From the Basement podcast, Sam Lenz. We chat about Sam’s productive year, helping create a local horror convention, hosting Late Nights at The State, and working at another local indie theater before diving into this year’s first potential addition to the Naughty List, Joel Schumacher’s Batman and Robin!

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🎃🔪 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 🔪🎃

On this special Halloween episode, Adam Dillenburg returns to the show. In what seems to be a new tradition, Adam is back to celebrate the holiday, chatting about horror and Halloween traditions. Then, he and the Fat Dude decide to dissect (and bisect, trisect, and decapitate) this generation’s horror franchise smash, Terrifier. We chat about each entry, discuss our favorite kills, and ponder why we love Art the Clown so damned much!

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October’s Horror Extravaganza continues! On this week’s episode, The Fat Dude is joined by author and USD professor, Duncan Barlow. The two discuss Duncan’s history from punk rock to poetry to education. Then, they dive into the educational value of horror, both in literature and on film, and why Duncan holds a soft spot in his heart for all things scary, even those frightening moments in not-so-frightening films. 

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This week on the program, Human Dads co-host Brad Redick returns! On his last appearance, he accepted the challenge to watch a horror film and come back to taco ‘bout it. We talk about Brad’s hesitation towards horror films and the Dallas Mavericks before diving into Tarsem Singh’s feature directorial debut, The Cell. We critique J-Lo’s baby voice and Vince Vaughn’s lack of Vince Vaughniness, and how Vincent D’Onofrio and the glorious production design steal the show. 

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