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Spider-Man returns to cinemas, swinging from buildings and firing gunk from his wrists in The Amazing Spider-Man. A teddy bear comes to life and grows into a heavy drinking bong smoking layabout in Ted. It’s a Parallax Podcast mutant animal special!

Hosts Luke Buckmaster and Rich Haridy discuss these films and other memorable examples of crazy animals in the movies. Then they take a look at two new DVD titles — 21 Jump Street and A Separation — and get the low-down on the epically weird 1982 slasher film The New York Ripper from cult film guru Zak Hepburn.

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