Single Serving Cinema

SSC 129: Pulse (Kurosawa, 2001)

Pulse follows a group of young Tokyo residents who begin encountering strange supernatural phenomena after a series of mysterious computer incidents, leading them to beli

SSC 128: Ringu (Nakata, 1998)

Ringu follows journalist Reiko Asakawa as she investigates a mysterious videotape said to cause the death of anyone who watches seven days after. After viewing the tape h

SSC 127: Alien: Covenant (2017) w/ Pat Nadeau

Alien: Covenant follows the crew of the colony ship Covenant as they travel to a remote planet they believe to be an uncharted paradise, only to discover a dark and dange

SSC 126: Aliens (Cameron, 1986)

Aliens follows Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of the original Alien encounter, as she returns with a team of Colonial Marines to investigate a human colony on the planet

SSC 125: Jurassic Park (Spielberg, 1993)

Jurassic Park follows a group of scientists and visitors touring a revolutionary wildlife park who must survive and escape the island when the cloned dinosaurs break free

SSC 124: Terminator 2: Judgement Day (Cameron, 1991)

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SSC 123: The Odyssey (Nolan, 2026)

Tim & Tay come back from summer break for a bite-sized bonus episode on Christopher Nolan's latest epic, The Odyssey.  Follow: SSC on InstagramTim on LetterboxdTay

SSC 122: The Godfather Part III (Ford Coppola, 1990)

The Godfather Part III follows an aging Michael Corleone as he tries to legitimize his criminal empire and find a successor, while grooming his nephew Vincent and getting

SSC 121: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012)

The Dark Knight Rises finds a retired Bruce Wayne forced back into the cape and cowl when Bane, a ruthless terrorist, sets his sights on destroying Gotham City. The Dark

SSC 120: The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)

The Dark Knight pits Batman against the Joker, a criminal mastermind whose campaign of chaos threatens to tear Gotham City apart. Follow: SSC on InstagramTim on Letterb

SSC 119: Batman Begins (Nolan, 2005)

Batman Begins follows billionaire Bruce Wayne as he trains to become a masked vigilante and returns to Gotham City to wage war on crime as Batman. Batman Begins was rele

SSC 118: A La Carte 2025

In this special annual episode, Tim and Tay highlight a few notable scenes from 2025. Not necessarily the best or our favourites, but certainly worth seeing! Follow: SS

SSC 117: Mission: Impossible (De Palma, 1996)

Mission: Impossible follows IMF agent Ethan Hunt as he goes rogue to expose a mole within his own organization after being framed for the deaths of his entire team. Miss

SSC 116: Casino Royale (Campbell, 2006)

Casino Royale follows a newly minted James Bond on his first mission as 007, tasked with defeating a terrorist financier in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro. Casin

SSC 115: Sneakers (Alden Robinson, 1992)

Sneakers is a 1992 comedy thriller about a reformed hacker who leads a team of security specialists that break into companies to expose their vulnerabilities. When two my

SSC 114: The Matrix (Wachowskis, 1999)

In The Matrix, an unfulfilled computer hacker discovers that reality as he knows it is a simulated world created by machines, and that he may be destined to lead the resi

SSC 113: Cool Runnings (Turtletaub, 1993)

In Jamaica, a disgraced sprinter and his unlikely teammates form the island nation's first-ever bobsled team to compete at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, defyi

SSC 112: Munich (Spielberg, 2005)

In Munich, a secret Israeli squad is assigned to track down and assassinate the Palestinian terrorists believed responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 19

SSC 111: Ranking Season 4's Taglines

Another season done! We wrap up in our usual fashion by comparing our rankings of the taglines from this year's movies.  Follow: SSC on InstagramTim on LetterboxdT

SSC 110: Inception (Nolan, 2010)

In Inception, a skilled thief who steals corporate secrets through dream-sharing technology is offered a chance at redemption by performing the seemingly impossible task