Featured Episode Reviews:

• Smiling Friends [Wikipedia] [IMDb]: "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back", "Pim Finally Turns Green", "The Glep Ep"
• YOLO (2020) [Wikipedia] [IMDb]: Crystal Fantasy: A Very Extremely Very Yolo Christmas: Reloaded"; Rainbow Trinity: "The Wollongong Santa Pub Crawl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAWR!!!"

PROMO: Ninety For Chill: The Podcast with CatBusRuss

SHOWNOTES: Collateral Cinema: Director's Cut! is back with our Post-Holiday wrap-up, reviewing Adult Swim holiday specials as we do every year! This time, Beau and Ash cover every holiday episode of Smiling Friends and YOLO. From the minds of Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack, these shows are known for their surreal humor and unconventional animation styles. So, chill with us, smoke some weed if you got it, and stay tuned for our next episode on Boruto: Naruto the Movie, concluding Anime Month!

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Title: Vampire Hunter D (吸血鬼ハンターD, Banpaia Hantā Dī) [Wikipedia] [IMDb]

Director: Toyoo Ashida

Producers: Hiroshi Kato, Mitsuhisa Hida, Yukio Nagasaki

Writer(s): Yasushi Hirano (screenplay), Hideyuki Kikuchi (original novel)

Stars: Kaneto Shiozawa, Michie Tomizawa, Seizō Katō, Keiko Toda

Release date: December 21, 1985

PROMO: Retro Anime Podcast (@retroanime)

SPECIAL GUESTS: Ian Harper, Lewis (@xilubez); Retro Anime Podcast (@retroanime)

SHOWNOTES: It's Anime Month on Collateral Cinema, and we are kicking the new year off with the 1985 anime film/OVA Vampire Hunter D! Featuring our friends Ian and Lewis from the Retro Anime Podcast, we had a blast talking about this dark and violent yet campy 80s Japanese animation. Later this month, we'll be covering Boruto: Naruto the Movie; stay tuned!

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Title: Cade: The Tortured Crossing [Wikipedia] [IMDb]

Director: Neil Breen

Producer: Neil Breen

Writers: Neil Breen

Stars: Neil Breen, Judy Lay, Gwendolyn Brown, Nicole Butler

Release date: August 8, 2023 (theatrical)

PROMO: Reading Between the Reels (‪@ReadBtweenReels)

SHOWNOTES: It's Neil Breen time again on Collateral Cinema, as we explore the most recently released fruit of the Breenius—Cade: The Tortured Crossing! The standalone sequel to Twisted Pair, this film follows twins Cade and Cale in a Seven Samurai-esque plot set in an abandoned mental hospital. There's an absolutely kino tiger fight scene, too, as well as Neil Breen using Shadow Clones, and plenty of Breen Screen and stock footage. If that doesn't hook you, I don't know what will. We'll have post-holiday content and a Year in Review episode out soon, as well as our Anime Month reviews of Vampire Hunter D and Boruto: Naruto the Movie, so stay ruined!

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