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0:00 – It’s our sixth anniversary! There is some discussion of gifts

2:50 – iTunes review

4:15 – We can’t review the new wide releases (“Meet the Blacks” and “God’s Not Dead 2″) because they are Hollywood’s Shameful Secrets

5:30 – “Midnight Special” review

15:35 – “I Saw the Light” review (Bayer only)

21:10 – “April and the Extraordinary World” review

25:50 – Qotw (movie characters who are similar to you)

38:25 – The segment where you ask us questions. This time it’s about our cars

41:40 – Recap, more anniversary talk, and goodbye

Qotw: Tell us a story about a boss you’ve had that would make a good movie.

Reviews:

Midnight Special: B 9/10

I Saw the Light: n/a 4/10

April and the Extraordinary World: B 7/10

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Four movies opened in wide release last Friday, but only three, City of Ember, Body of Lies, and The Express, were screened for critics beforehand. The fourth, Quarantine, was kept hidden away, which has become common practice with the studios and their horror films. I like to call those movies Hollywood's Shameful Secrets.

Funny thing, though. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the critics who eventually saw Quarantine liked it better than most of the stuff the studios weren't ashamed to show. At the moment, it has a 61% Fresh ranking. The Express is only slightly higher, at 64%, while Body of Lies is far below it at 52%, and City of Ember is way back at 46%. At Metacritic, which comes up with an average score between 1 and 100 for each film, all four movies are basically tied: 54 for Quarantine and 58 for the other three.

So what gives here? About 95 percent of the time, if a...