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'Michael' Makes The King of Pop Boring
Apr 29, 2026
40m 48s
Soderbergh Is Back with 'The Christophers'
Apr 22, 2026
37m 46s
A Very Unusual 'Outcome.' Plus: Smoking isn't cool, kids. (Or is it?)
Apr 15, 2026
39m 43s
A Bonus Bonus Episode on 'The Pitt'!
Apr 10, 2026
35m 07s
Reveling in 'The Drama'
Apr 8, 2026
51m 21s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 4/29/26 | 'Michael' Makes The King of Pop Boring✨ | sexual harassmentfilm review+3 | — | Michael | — | MichaelMr. Beast+3 | — | 40m 48s | |
| 4/22/26 | Soderbergh Is Back with 'The Christophers'✨ | Hollywood issuesfilm reviews+3 | — | The Christophers | — | HollywoodDavid Zaslav+4 | — | 37m 46s | |
| 4/15/26 | A Very Unusual 'Outcome.' Plus: Smoking isn't cool, kids. (Or is it?)✨ | smokingcancellation+3 | — | — | — | smokingcancellation+3 | — | 39m 43s | |
| 4/10/26 | A Bonus Bonus Episode on 'The Pitt'!✨ | bonus episodeTV shows+4 | Mike Pesca | The GistThe Pitt | — | The PittMike Pesca+4 | — | 35m 07s | |
| 4/8/26 | Reveling in 'The Drama'✨ | video game moviesfilm reviews+3 | — | A24New York Times+1 | — | video game moviesThe Drama+4 | — | 51m 21s | |
| 4/1/26 | Is 'The Housemaid' Good Trash or Just Garbage?✨ | AI in filmmovie reviews+4 | — | SoraThe Housemaid | — | AI video divisionSora+5 | — | 50m 54s | |
| 3/25/26 | The Preposterously Charming 'Project Hail Mary'✨ | film reviewProject Hail Mary+3 | — | HuluBuffy the Vampire Slayer+1 | — | Project Hail MaryBuffy the Vampire Slayer+3 | — | 54m 52s | |
| 3/18/26 | The Oscars Were Pretty Good?✨ | Oscarsfilm reviews+3 | — | — | — | Oscarsfilm+3 | — | 45m 56s | |
| 3/11/26 | Here Comes 'The Bride!'✨ | film reviewsmovie news+3 | — | The Bride | — | Timothee ChalametThe Bride+3 | — | 48m 38s | |
| 3/4/26 | Does 'Scream 7' Make Sense to a Non-'Scream' Fan?✨ | film reviewsScream franchise+3 | Alyssa | WBParamount Skydance+1 | — | Scream 7WB+5 | — | 45m 49s | |
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| 2/25/26 | ![]() Should You See 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die'? | On this week’s episode, the gang takes a look at this op-ed from former Sony head Michael Lynton and tries to figure out why Barack Obama suggested Sony was to blame for its own hack back in 2014. Then they review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. Is it the anti-AI parable we need right now? Or a mushily meatphored bit of non-AI slop? Make sure to swing by movieaisle.substack.com on Thursday for a bonus episode on the season finale of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. And if you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend!One last note: we had some mild technical issues while recording the episode this week (internet problems and the such; I blame all that snow out east) so if the conversation is slightly more disjointed than usual, particularly on the video side of things, well, that’s on the tech gods. Just one more reason not to turn the future over to those jokers, amirite? | 42m 20s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 | ![]() Emerald Fennell's 'Movie' 'About' 'Wuthering Heights' | Pretty spicy episode this week, as we dive into how much trouble folks should be in simply for emailing associates of Jeffrey Epstein back in 2003. Then we review Emerald Fennell’s new adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Or “adaptation” of “Wuthering Heights,” as the studio insists we refer to it as. Make sure to swing by Thursday for our bonus episode on The Odyssey Book Club! And if you live in Michigan, make sure to check out our guy Jake VK’s movie, which is playing at Cinema Carousel in Muskegon, MI, on February 27 and 28 and March 1. It’ll be fun! | 56m 35s | ||||||
| 2/11/26 | ![]() 'Send Help' Is Delightful and Mean | On this week’s episode, we kicked things off by discussing Michael Schulman’s piece on efforts to use evil for good. (That is: use AI to “recreate” Orson Welles’s cut of The Magnificent Ambersons.) Then we reviewed Send Help, the new one from Sam Raimi. It’s fun and mean and meanly funny. Make sure to swing by Thursday, because we’re going to be talking about drinking and watching movies, two of our favorite things. And if you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend! | 39m 55s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | ![]() 'Game of Thrones' Gets Funny | On this week’s episode, the gang discusses Rose Horowitch’s piece in the Atlantic on film students who can’t watch films. (Goddamn kids, get off my lawn and into a movie theater.) Then they review the first two episode of the new Game of Thrones spinoff, Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. A GOT sitcom? What is this world coming to? (Something delightful, apparently.) You’re going to want to listen to Thursday’s episode on Melania, I think. And if you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend! | 55m 06s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | ![]() Who Should—and Who Will—Win at the Oscars | On this week’s episode we played Will-Slash-Should. It’s a fun game! Then we reviewed The Rip, a movie that is possibly about stealing from Netflix. Maybe. Fun episode this week, kind of silly as we were all getting a little stir crazy by the time we taped. All fun and no play, well, you’ll have to see what the bonus episode has to say about that. | 50m 33s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | ![]() Take Me to the 'Bone Temple' | On this week’s episode, we say farewell to Kathleen Kennedy, who had a … checkered tenure as the head of Lucasfilm. Then we review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. It’s like 28 Years Later, but with more flaying and stoner comedy antics. (Seriously.) Make sure to swing by Thursday for even more zombie chatter! And if you enjoyed this episode, hit that like button and restack this post to your friends! | 43m 55s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | ![]() The Top Ten Movies of 2025! | It’s one of our favorite episodes of the year: Our top ten! Jampacked as always and extra-length as always, we bring you our top tens in this (very long) episode. Hope you enjoy! Leave your favorites of the year in the comments or in the chat! | 1h 15m 49s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | ![]() It's Awards Season, Baby! Three Contenders, Reviewed. | On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa break down why Mubi’s fans are mad at Mubi and how silly it is that some of them have chosen to champion Tubi instead. (You can read the story discussed here.) Then they take turns reviewing Die My Love, Sentimental Value, and It Was Just an Accident. (Links take you to the JustWatch pages for all those films, which will help you find where to stream them on VOD.) As always, there will be some spoiler talk about those movies, so please don’t yell at us if you come across plot points without having seen the films!Make sure to check out the chat. Leave a comment! | 56m 05s | ||||||
| 12/31/25 | ![]() 'Marty Supreme' Supremacy | Hope everyone had a merry Christmas and/or a happy holidays! On this week’s episode, we pick the biggest stories of the year and/or the biggest stories of the year to come. Then we review Marty Supreme, a guy who is charming and/or a borderline sociopath. Make sure to swing by the Substack for our bonus episode on Hamnet, a movie that’s unbreably sad and/or unbearable. And if you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend! | 56m 51s | ||||||
| 12/24/25 | ![]() 'Avatar: Fire and Ash: A Spider-Boy Story' | On this week’s episode, we discussed YouTube’s acquisition of the Academy Awards starting in 2029 and why it might not be quite as disastrous as everyone is making it out to be. Then we reviewed Avatar: Fire and Ash, a movie that has approximately 498% more Spider than anyone could possibly want. But at least it still looks pretty great! As a reminder: If you’re a paying member, you can set up a private RSS feed through Substack to get ad-free episodes delivered right to your preferred app. If you’re not a paying member, you can always sign up for the show on the service of your choice. We’re on Apple, we’re on Spotify, we’re on Amazon. We’re everywhere, baby. Check us out.On Thursday, we’ll have a bonus Christmas episode. I’ll let my description of it in the episode speak for itself. Share THIS episode with a friend who is doing some Christmas traveling, they’ll really appreciate it! | 47m 10s | ||||||
| 12/19/25 | ![]() RIP, Rob Reiner | Just a quick programming note, combining emails so as not to kill your inbox: On Tuesday of next week we’ll be discussing Avatar: Fire and Ash. Sad news this week about the death of Rob Reiner. We weren’t quite sure what to do so we just talked for 20 minutes. Hopefully it helps. This bonus bonus episode is open to all because we didn’t feel right putting it behind a paywall. If you enjoyed it, please share it with a friend? | 21m 57s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 | ![]() 'Knives Out' Gets a Little Deeper | Before we start, we just wanted to say how shocked and saddened we all are by the news of Rob Reiner’s death. Sonny wrote an obit here; if you’d like, the chat is open for subscribers to discuss here. The news broke literally as we were taping this, so we couldn’t work it into this week’s episode, but we plan on taping an extra podcast at some point this week to discuss his life and legacy. Stay tuned for that.---We’re trying something new with this week’s episode: We have a special guest for cons and nons! The Entertainment Strategy Guy is here to break down what he loves and what he hates about the pending Netflix-WB deal. It makes sense for Netflix … but is it good for the industry as a whole? We break it down for your today. And then Peter, Alyssa, and Sonny break down the latest Benoit Blanc adventure: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Yes, it’s a murder-mystery, but it feels as though Rian Johnson is finally trying to do something a little deeper than settle petty political grievances. Make sure to swing by Thursday for our bonus episode on ensemble movies. And stay safe out there. It was a weird weekend. | 1h 03m 11s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | ![]() On Netflix's Big Awards Play: 'Jay Kelly' | On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa look at another side of the Netflix/WB deal, namely what will happen to HBO and WB’s more experiential events. Then they review Netflix’s big awards season play, Jay Kelly. A movie about movies: will this help Netflix win that Oscar trophy they’ve been chasing? Make sure to swing by the Substack page on Thursday for our bonus episode on Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair and his idiosyncratic top 20 list. And if you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend! | 52m 12s | ||||||
| 12/3/25 | ![]() Why 'Frankenstein' (2025) Just Doesn't Work | On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa discuss James Cameron’s interview with Matt Belloni and his take on the state of the industry. (You can listen to part one of that interview here and part two here.) Then they discuss Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of Frankenstein. It’s a beautiful movie, lovingly crafted and exquisitely designed … yet one that undercuts the point of the book through the characterization of the monster and a performance by Jacob Elordi that occasionally feels as though it’s channeling a classic Ben Stiller character. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend! Sharing is caring, as they say. | 47m 05s | ||||||
| 11/26/25 | ![]() 'Wicked: For Good' Is Wicked Bad | On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa highlight all the problems with the potential buyers of Warner Bros. Then they review Wicked: For Good, a movie that fails on nearly every conceivable level. (Or maybe it doesn’t, make your case in the comments!) Make sure to swing by the site on FRIDAY, not Thursday (Happy Thanksgiving!) for our bonus episode/gift guide. Speaking of gifts: Treat yourself to something nice from the Dashery Store, we’re doing a Black Friday sale! And if you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend, you’re our best source of new listeners and we need more listeners! | 44m 03s | ||||||
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