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It's our annual hype draft episode, in which we look forward to this year's new releases by selecting combined teams of movies, shows, games, albums, and more. We each draft 10 items for a total of 30. Plus, quick thoughts on some January and February releases already out. Let us know what you're most looking forward to in 2026!This episode has been re-uploaded from a previous version, fixing an export error.

Part two of the 7th Annual WBAMMY Awards, featuring categories such as Scene of the Year, the Leap Of Faith Award,  Biggest Disappointment, Winner of the Year and more!

It’s our annual award show, featuring categories such as Best TV Episode, Best Needle Drop, Breakthrough Performance, and the Limitless Award for the One That Wasn’t Great But Stole Your Heart. This is the 7th Annual WBAMMY Awards, part one, stick around for part two!

It's the end of our annual Listomania with Part 2 of our Top 10 favorite TV shows of 2025, featuring returning guest Dane DeBrunner. Timecodes:Intro - 0:00Pluribus - 2:07Task - 36:45The Pitt - 52:05Andor - 1:15:45The Chair Company - 1:42:40The Rehearsal - 2:03:15Honorable mentions and shoutouts - 2:20:00

Listomania wraps up with Part 1 of our Top 10 favorite TV shows of 2025, featuring special guest Dane DeBrunner! Stay tuned for part 2.TIMECODES:Intro, the year in TV - 0:00Poker Face - 7:50It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - 13:12Adolescence - 20:29Mr. Scorsese - 28:07Slow Horses - 32:28The Last of Us - 41:38The White Lotus - 51:24Severance - 59:47Invincible - 1:11:38Everybody's Live with John Mulaney - 1:19:38Haha You Clowns - 1:27:48Common Side Effects - 1:47:38The Studio - 1:57:27

Our top 10 favorite movies of 2025 countdown wraps up with part 2, covering It Was Just An Accident, No Other Choice, Sinners Marty Supreme, Weapons, and One Battle After Another. Plus, honorable mentions! Guest: Collin GoodeTimecodes:Intro - 0:00It Was Just An Accident - 2:09No Other Choice - 16:01Sinners - 31:55Marty Supreme - 51:43Weapons - 1:35:43One Battle After Another - 1:52:06Honorable Mentions - 2:16:16

Our favorite movies of 2025 top 10 ranking is here, featuring special guest Collin Goode!Films discussed:The Phoenician Scheme - 11:00The Long Walk - 18:40Bugonia - 28:10Final Destination Bloodlines - 33:10Rental Family - 37:38Sorry, Baby - 47:18The Testament of Ann Lee - 56:24Companion - 1:01:55Black Bag - 1:07:04Eddington - 1:14:51Frankenstein - 1:34:07The Life of Chuck - 1:46:40Friendship - 1:55:38If I Had Legs I'd Kick You - 2:08:36Sentimental Value - 2:18:34

Listomania continues with part 2 of 2 of our top 10 favorite albums of 2025, featuring special guest Danny Seoane. Albums discussed in this episode:Portugal the Man, "Shish" - 2:32Rosalia, "LUX" - 13:01Geese, "Getting Killed" - 20:09Wednesday, "Bleeds" - 42:39Viagra Boys, "Viagr aboys" - 52:52Great Grandpa, "Patience, Moonbeam" - 1:06:09Clipse, "Let God Sort Them Out" - 1:25:27Honorable Mentions - 1:42:32

Our annual listomania retrospective is begins with part 1 of 2 of our top 10 albums of 2025, featuring guest Danny Seoane. Stick around for part 2!Albums discussed:Kyle M, "The Real Me" - 11:35Bon Iver, "Sable, Fable" - 16:31Panchiko, "Ginko" - 22:15Los Thuthanaka, "Los Thuthanaka" - 27:03De La Soul, "Cabin in the Sky" - 35:28Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, "Carpe Diem, Moonman" - 42:27Coheed and Cambria, "Vaxis Act III: The Father of Make Believe" - 46:24Spellling, "Portrait of My Heart" - 56:05Hot Mulligan, "The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still" - 1:01:04Turnstile, "Never Enough" - 1:15:37Ben Quad, "Wisher" - 1:20:33Deafheaven, "Lonely People With Power" - 1:27:59Anxious, "Bambi" - 1:33:00Tyler the Creator, "Don't Tap the Glass" - 1:41:41Wet Leg, "Moisturizer" - 1:46:25

We give you a spoiler-filled review of the new Yorgos Lanthimos film, BUGONIA, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.

This week, we run through a stacked slate of new films, including Wicked: For Good, Marty Supreme, The Long Walk, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Wake Up Dead Man, Hamnet, Eephus, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Blue Moon, No Other Choice, and Materialists. Plus, two documentary recommendations: The Perfect Neighbor and Predators; and two TV shows: Pluribus and Task.Timecodes:Intro - 0:00 Five Nights at Freddys - 3:45 Wicked For Good - 6:11 Marty Supreme - 17:52 No Other Choice - 25:48 The Long Walk - 31:27 Blue Moon - 44:34 Eephus - 54:15 Caught Stealing - 59:45 Avatar Fire and Ash - 1:10:01 Hamnet - 1:25:20 Materialists - 1:36:22 Wake Up Dead Man - 1:48:52 Predators - 2:07:42 The Perfect Neighbor - 2:13:21 Pluribus - 2:17:10 Task - 2:27:27

We’re back with a spoiler-filled double feature of ROOFMAN and Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN (2025). We unpack why ROOFMAN feels like an instant “Reddit classic,” how it fits in that cozy mid-2000s Little Miss Sunshine / Logan Lucky / adult dramedy lane, and whether Channing Tatum just delivered one of his best performances opposite a lights-out Kirsten Dunst.Then we go long on GDT’s FRANKENSTEIN.Is Oscar Isaac miscast or perfectly hammy as Victor?Is the movie too sympathetic to its creator, or just honest about tech-bro god complexes?How hard does Jacob Elordi cook as the Creature?Do the practical effects and gore outweigh the “Netflix look” of the CG backdrops?Mia Goth as the true nature-vs-nurture conscience of the movieFrankenstein as an AI / capitalism / “move fast and break things” parableTimestamps 00:00 - ROOFMAN spoiler review 28:20 - FRANKENSTEIN (2025) spoilers with Lee

We have lots of new movies to review, along with a couple of shows. We start off with Edgar Wright's new adaptation of 'The Running Man' starring Glen Powell, and move into 'Jay Kelly' (Noah Baumbach, George Clooney, Adam Sandler), 'Rental Family' (Brendan Fraser), and 'The Testament of Ann Lee' (Amanda Seyfried). Plus, thoughts on 'Train Dreams', the Palme d'Or winner 'It Was Just an Accident', 'Sorry, Baby', and 'Sentimental Value'. Finally, we wrap with a breakdown of Netflix's 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story'. Intro - 0:00Warner Bros Sale, HBO's Jimmy Olsen show - 1:58The Running Man - 6:37Jay Kelly - 19:07Rental Family - 23:49The Testament of Ann Lee - 28:38Die My Love - 41:30Train Dreams - 45:48It Was Just An Accident - 54:20Sorry, Baby - 56:58Sentimental Value - 59:25Black Mirror Eulogy - 1:04:10Monster the Ed Gein Story - 1:07:08

We’re getting sunny with special guest Ben Nemeroff to talk about sunscreen representation in film and television, and his new skincare brand, Slapstick Sunscreen. From 'Castaway' to 'Dune' to 'Passion of the Christ,' we ask: who could’ve used a little SPF 30? Plus, we give you some thoughts on Bradley Cooper’s “Is This Thing On”, Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”, and Vince Gilligan’s “Pluribus,” which might be the show of the year. We also talk about Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Bugonia”, Black Mirror, and Nobody Wants This.Visit https://tryslapstick.comTimecodesIntro - 0:00Is This Thing On - 2:00Frankenstein - 15:05Him - 22:27Nobody Wants This - 25:29Black Mirror - 36:08Pluribus - 39:28Bugonia - 48:52What is Slapstick? - 57:30Sunscreen representation in film and television - 1:11:07

Spooktober is here and we have some old classic movies to talk about, plus a couple new TV shows. The main event this episode is the 1975 horror masterpiece "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Happy Halloween!Intro - 0:00Peacemaker, Alien Earth - 4:02Task - 11:30Mr. Scorsese - 15:29Friday the 13th - 24:11Practical Magic, Ringu - 33:35Casper - 35:45Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dracula - 38:26The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 40:57

On this episode, we give you reviews of ROOFMAN (directed by Derek Cianfrance, starring Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst) and IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (directed by Mary Bronstein, starring Rose Byrne). Then, we take a look at what’s coming soon the rest of the year and gauge our anticipation for a bunch of movies, TV shows, and an album. Timecodes:0:00 - Intro1:21 - Roofman (Review)14:13 - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (Review)26:09 - Tame Impala - 'Deadbeat'38:37 - The Chair Company40:21 - Plur1bus45:04 - Chad Powers48:21 - It: Welcome to Derry51:21 - Stranger Things54:17 - Fallout56:07 - Avatar Fire and Ash1:00:33 - Marty Supreme1:04:45 - Bugonia1:09:50 - No Other Choice1:11:15 - Frankenstein 1:14:07 - Is This Thing On?1:16:50 - Sentimental Value1:19:00 - Hamnet1:23:05 - Jay Kelly1:23:36 - Wake Up Dead Man1:24:12 - The Testament of Ann Lee1:25:03 - The Running Man1:25:43 - Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere1:29:30 - Wicked For Good

After his victory in last year’s Fantasy Film League, Drew has selected AMERICAN MOVIE for us to watch. This is a 1999 Sundance winning documentary about a filmmaker in the Milwaukee area named Mark Borchardt, working on his project “Coven,” with the help of his friends and family.

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson is back with a new feature film, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti. Hailed as the best movie of the year and one of the defining movies of the decade, can it possibly live up to the hype? Listen to find out!

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt star in THE SMASHING MACHINE a sports biopic about UFC fighter Mark Kerr from A24 and director Benny Safdie. Is The Rock's performance worthy of a coming Awards push for this role?Rebecca Ferguson and Idris Elba lead a large ensemble cast in Katherine Bigelow's new Netflix political thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE. How effective is this attempt at a nuclear war cautionary tale, and does it stick the landing?The Smashing Machine is now playing in theaters. A House of Dynamite is out in limited theaters on October 10th and streaming on Netflix October 24th.0:00 - The Smashing Machine8:21 - A House of Dynamite

We are back to recap the results of our Fourth Career Arc Series bracket, voted on by you, the listeners. Plus, Hunter shares some stories from his travels to Los Angeles, including a trip to the Academy Museum, and seeing Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. Plus, thoughts on Him, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Avatar, Andor, Mickey 17, Black Bag, and the Enzian's ongoing Hong Kong Cinema Classic Series with a quick chat on City on Fire and Hard Boiled. Enjoy!Timecodes:0:00 - Intro4:44 - Hunter in LA8:24 - Him14:26 - Career Arc Series Bracket Recap31:55 - 'Avatar' 1 and 238:38 - Andor49:57 - A Big Bold Beautiful Journey59:56 - 'City on Fire' and 'Hard Boiled'1:02:38 - Mickey 171:11:44 - Black Bag