The Machine sends us to April 7, 1995 to cover the wistful romantic drama Don Juan Demarco starring Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, and Faye Dunaway.

Don Juan DeMarco (played by Johnny Depp), is the world’s greatest lover. He wanders the streets of 1990s New York City wearing a cape, hat, and Zorro mask, seducing beautiful women who are utterly powerless to resist his charms. But he’s despondent, because the love of his life, Dona Anna, has rejected him. DeMarco tries to take his own life by jumping off a billboard, but he is talked off the ledge by eminent psychiatrist Jack Mickler, played by Marlon Brando, who takes him into his care for a ten-day mental health evaluation at a local hospital. Over the course of multiple sessions, DeMarco tells Mickler the dramatic, sensual story of his sexual awakening and how his exploits as the world’s greatest lover drove a wedge between him and his one true love. As Mickler attempts to uncover the truth behind DeMarco’s tall tales, the young man’s colorful stories lead him to rekindle the passion in his own relationship with his wife, Marilyn, played by Faye Dunaway.

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Theme song by Porky’s Groove Machine.

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In this mini episode, we create a Reminiscence video game, speculate on the unseen character of Francis on the Ocean, and play The Trailer Game.

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The Machine sends us to August 20th, 2021 to cover the romantic, science fiction, action-filled film noir Reminiscence, starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, and Cliff Curtis.

In a futuristic, flooded Miami, war veteran Nick Bannister (played by Hugh Jackman from "Deadpool & Wolverine") and his business partner Watts (played by Thandiwe Newton) run a business where patrons can re-live fond memories. The process, called reminiscence, is accomplished using a large machine that projects the unconscious client’s memories as Bannister guides them with a series of verbal prompts. Bannister falls hard for one of his customers, Mae (played by Rebecca Ferguson), a beautiful nightclub singer who hires him to search her memories for her lost keys. After a brief, passionate relationship, Mae disappears, and a despondent Bannister begins obsessively re-living his memories of her to discover clues about who she was and where she went. His investigation leads him from the depths of Miami’s criminal underworld to the gilded halls of a wealthy property tycoon’s estate as he slowly uncovers Mae’s sad and sordid past as a drug addict with ties to the mob.

Written and directed by Lisa Joy

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