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Mar 2024
1h 36m

Film Sack 645: Cowboys and Aliens

Scott Johnson
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On this episode of The Film Sack Podcast, a spaceship arrives in 1873 Arizona to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. All that stands in their way: a posse of cowboys and natives.

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