The Breakdown of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', 'Spotlight', 'Sisters', 'In the Heart of the Sea' and 'The Ridiculous 6'

This week the Breakdown reviews five pictures including one that is among the best of the year and another that is one of the worst. We know you don't care about that and what you really want is the review of the most hotly anticipated movie ever, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This is the movie we've been itching to talk about all year and now it is here. As always if you love the show then please spread the word as a growing base of listeners is the best way we can keep doing this.

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The Podcast Outline:

00:50 Star Wars: The Force Awakens review
25:39 Sisters review
34:47 In the Heart of the Sea review
44:57 Spotlight review
1:01:51 Ridiculous 6 review
1:10:07 Critical Darling Update
1:14:16 Box Office Update
1:19:14 BB8 talk
1:22:00 Hear me completely forget do to a review rundown

Rating Rundown:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens **** (CS) & ***½(SM)
Sisters *** (CS) & **½ (SM)
In the Heart of the Seas ** (CS & SM)
Spotlight **** (CS & SM)
Ridiculous 6 ½* (CS) & 0 (SM) 

Critical Darling Ranking: 

Scott: 130 points 

1. Carol - 15 points 
2. Brooklyn - 15 points 
3. Macbeth - 20 points
4. 99 Homes - 15 points 
5. Joy
6. Good Dinosaur - 10 points 
7. Suffragette - 10 points 
8. Hateful Eight
9. Room - 15 points 
10. Sicario - 15 points 
Fool’s Gamble: 15 points 

Christopher: 45 points

1. The Revenant
2. The Danish Girl - 0 points 
3. Spotlight - 15 points 
4. I Saw the Light - 0 points (Moved to March 2016)
5. Crimson Peak - 0 points 
6. Steve Jobs - 10 points 
7. Youth - 10 points
8. Truth - 0 points 
9. Our Brand is Crisis - (-5) points 
10. Star Wars VII: Force Awakens 15 points