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We start with Kar-wai Wong’s seasonal dramatic epic 2046 (2004) which is more like an extended perfume commercial than a movie, just to get out of the way first. Then we jump into something much more fun with Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy in John Landis’ Trading Places (1983), a film originally written for Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. We finish with Tim Burton’s second best gothic Christmas movie, Batman Returns (1992) with Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer and Danny DeVito. Also: Microphone fail for Dee, but Joe does most of the talking this week. Crossing the line. Androids won’t eat cereal. Cloud Atlas (2012) and Jupiter Ascending (2015). Le Samouraï (1967). Depictions of a sex worker. Monkey? Monkey?! Strange Fruit. Margin Call (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and The Big Short (2015). I’m Batman. Penguins with rockets. Feminism, but also, fetishism. Bat nipples. Doug Jones. We play a game of “Bah, humbug!” and Joe receives a podcast-relevant gift.