Episode #456
Captain America: Brave New World
It’s a testament to how generally good (or at least passable) the MCU films have been, that there have been 36 of them released, but this is only the second…
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Mini #132
Stu Brings Down the Hammer
On this mini Stuart tricked us into watching some kind of Warhammer 4k bullshit and made us talk about it.
Episode #455
Poolman, with Josh Gondelman
No, it’s not a biopic about Jim Poolman, former insurance commissioner of North Dakota. It’s a comic sunshine noir about an actual pool-maintaining Poolman, played (and written/directed) by fave Chris…
Mini #131
Hostesses with the Mostesses
Dan confuses Elliott by combining his beloved comic books with his hated fruit pies, in a discussion of Hostess’s superhero-based comics ads. Subscribe to our NEWSLETTER, “Flop Secrets! Download the minisode…
Episode #454
The Garfield Movie
Ah, here he comes, that son of a gun, that cat, that Garfield, that gigantic thing — except… There’s something different about him. It’s weird. He just doesn’t seem very… Garfield-y? Anyway, in honor of the birthday of one of our great Americans, Garfield the cat, and also maybe one other guy, we take on 2024’s The Garfield Movie.
Mini #130
A Galactus-Sized Explainer
With The Fantastic Four: First Steps coming to theaters soon, listener Andrew asked the question “Galactus and The Silver Surfer — what’s their deal, man?” and Elliott gladly stepped up to answer.
Episode #453
Love Hurts
Love DOES hurt. For instance, we love and only want the best for Everything Everywhere All at Once comeback king Ke Huy Quan, but then we have to witness him struggle through a movie like Love Hurts. Fortunately he comes off all right. The movie itself? Not so much. But hey, looks like he’s got Zootopia 2 and a movie from the guy who made Rare Exports coming up. Maybe those will be good!
Mini #129
When Animals Compete
There have been a lot of animals in movies, but which are the BEST animals? Stuart Wellington leads a highly-scientific investigation.