Mostly Nitpicking

Or Emma McCay. or Ella Mackey. Whatever. This week Nando DJ and Diggins travel to the town where Ella McCay was born and raised to watch the movie that answered the question what if Mayor Pete was bad at it, Ella McCay. They nitpick the bills, the Bills, and of course the scarf.   The Ella McCay Challenge Results DJ Diggins   Recommendations DJ - Werewolf in the Dark (board game) Diggins - The Deep Blue Sea (movie) Nando - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (series) Alysa Liu's Free Skate (ice skating)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

Get off your dang phone...when you finish listening to this. This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins go back to the present to watch a movie that isn't quite Terminator and isn't quite Black Mirror and isn't quite a video game, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die. They nitpick the kids, the cats, and of course the ending.   Recommendations DJ - Mewgenics (video game) Diggins - A Field in England (movie), The Layer of the White Worm (movie), One Cut of the Dead (movie), The Thing (movie), By Design (movie) Nando - Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie (movie), Overwatch (video game), The Muppet Show (series)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman  

It's January in February! This week Nando DJ and Diggins dive on into the newest movie from everyone favorite angry bald Brittish martial arts guardian, Shelter. They nitpick the cars, the boats, and of course the dog.   Recommendations DJ - Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 (video game), PAW Patrol: The Movie (movie) Diggins - Magellan (movie), Cloud (movie) Nando - Captain America Vol 14 (comic), The Housemaid (movie)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman    

Did somebody say...wonder?  This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins wander on over to Hollywood to watch the series that at least one person called Marvel's Andor, Wonder Man. They nitpick the powers, the cops, and of course the Pants.   Recommendations DJ - Traitors Season 4 (series) Diggins - Death on the Nile 1978 (movie), No Other Choice (movie), If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (movie) Nando - Assorted Crisis Events (comic), Last Samurai Standing (series)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

It's the first movie named after what you get if the power goes out and you can't finish watching it. This week Nando DJ and Diggins sit down for ninety minutes and watch a screen about a guy sitting down for ninety minutes and watching a bunch of screens, Mercy. They nitpick the cops, the drones, and of course the computers.   Recommendations: DJ - Maybe Happy Ending (musical) Diggins - Resurrection (movie) Nando - PONIES (series)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

If this were set in the US, they'd definitely call it the Bone Zone. This week Nando Diggins and DJ do a bunch of backflips over to watch the first big movie of 2026 and for some reason the least January movie of all time, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. They nitpick the alphas, the drugs, and of course the wigs.   Recommendations: DJ - FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles (video game) Diggins - The Testament of Ann Lee (movie), Sentimental Value (movie) Nando - Split Fiction (video game), Dust Bunny (movie)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

It's 2026 and as is tradition Nando DJ and Diggins revisit last year's predictions with help from Mostly Nitpicking Supreme Court Justice Roger. Then, after giving 2025 one last look, they make predictions about 2026.   Recommendations: DJ - Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts (comedy special), Fire Engine Rescue (board game) Diggins - Merrily We Roll Along (proshot) Nando - Heathers: The Musical (proshot), All Her Fault (miniseries) Roger - The Pitt (series), Hacks (series), Taskmaster (series), 2001: A Space Odyssey (movie), TRON: Legacy (soundtrack), Blue Prince (video game), Hades II (video game)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman  

or the Seed Bearer if you're nasty. This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins take what very well might be one last trip to everyone's favorite moon of Pandora to watch the bluest movie of 2025, Avatar: Fire and Ash. They nitpick the troops, the trees, and of course the drugs. DJ - Hollow Knight: Silksong (video game), Kirby Air Riders (video game), Kingdom Come: Deliverance (video game) Diggins - Sorry, Baby (movie), Marty Supreme (movie), Poirot novels (books) Nando - Stranger Things (series), Anaconda (movie), The Deviant (comic), Ultimate Endgame (comic), Todd in the Shadows - The Worst Hit Songs of 2025 (video)  

It's Hutchmas in December! This week Nando and Diggins ventured into Minnesota and inexplicably found another opportunity to watch the movie that makes Willy's Wonderland look better every day, Five Nights at Freddy's 2. They nitpick the toys, the teachers, and of course the eugenics.   Recommendations: Diggins - When Harry Met Sally... (movie) Nando - Stranger Things (series), Fallout (series), The Running Man (movie), Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (movie), Ella McCay (movie)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

Bark bark meow ribbit This week Nando and Diggins hop down to the city that never sheeps and watch the movie that launched a thousand shippers, Zootopia 2. They nitpick the snakes, the pigs, and of course the horse.   Recommendations: Diggins - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (movie) Nando - The Most Hated Children's Book (video)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

We don't know if we've been changed for the better. This week Nando and Diggins tornado down to the Land of Oz to watch the sequel that will remind you that the good songs are almost all in the first one, Wicked: For Good. They nitpick the witches, the lions, and of course the Boq.   Recommendations: Diggins - The Running Man (movie), Hamnet (movie), Zootopia 2 (movie), Ragtime (musical) Nando - Stranger Things (series), South Park (series), I Love LA (series)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

Now with 100% more people and 50% less magic. This week Nando and Diggins jump into a helicopter but actually no it isn't a helicopter. It's a picture of a helicopter and they're in a boat behind the picture on their way to watch a movie about magicians sort of, Now You See Me: Now You Don't. They nitpick the halls, the cops, and of course the Merritt McKinney.   Recommendations: Diggins -  The Odyssey (Emily Wilson translation) (book) Nando - It: Welcome to Derry (series), Goes Wrong - Summer Once Again (tv episode), Patti Harrison (comedian)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

If it nits, we can pick it. This week Nando and Diggins fall down to the podcasting planet to watch the deadliest movie in the galaxy, Predator: Badlands. They nitpick the trees, the guns, and of course the legs.   Recommendations Diggins - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (movie), The Mastermind (movie), Pluribus (series) Nando - Pluribus (series), Dispatch (video game), All's Fair (series), I Love LA (series)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

2 Woody 2 Harrelson This week Nando DJ and Diggins jump down a tube and end up somewhere unexpected to watch the magical sequel that somehow makes less sense than the first, Now You See Me 2. They nitpick the wigs, the teeth, and of course the Eye.   Recommendations: DJ - The Outer Worlds 2 (game) Diggins - Frankenstein (movie), Bugonia (movie), I Love LA (series) Nando - ChatGPT made me delusional (video)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

The more you think, the less sense it makes. This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins magically appear in a bank vault to steal the movie that answered the question, what if everybody in the Ocean's movies had Scott Caan's vibe, Now You See Me. They nitpick the tricks, the traps, and of course the bubbles.   Recommendations: DJ - Radlands (board game), Dispatch (video game) Diggins - It Was Just an Accident (movie), Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (movie) Nando - Dispatch (video game), Once Upon A KATAMARI (video game), Box Peek (series), A House of Dynamite (movie)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

The few. The proud. The Hutch. This week Nando DJ and Diggins parachute into Anytown USA and force the capitalist pigs to enjoy a very affordable sandwich and watch the movie that didn't have anything to say about China, 2012's Red Dawn. They nitpick the guns, the guys, and of course the football.   Recommendations: DJ - The Chair Company (series) Diggins - Topkapi (movie) Nando - Sisu (movie)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

The movie's actual tagline is "No going back" which like...yeah This week Nando DJ and Diggins jack into the grid to appreciate the Honda Civic 2.0 with a 4 cylinder engine and 138 horsepower and also watch the third movie out of three to underpreform and kill this franchise, Tron: Ares. They nitpick the red, the blue, and of course the white.   Recommendations DJ - Beyond the Sun (game) Diggins - One Battle After Another (movie) Nando  - The Chair Company (series), Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile (hard hitting documentary)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

Starring the wife of the current United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.   This week, Nando DJ and Diggins race out of the house and crash into a bunch of things on their way out of the driveways to watch the Hutchest movie of 2006, RV. They nitpick the ball, the brakes, and of course the soda.   Recommendations:   DJ - The Great British Baking Show (series), Is It Cake? Halloween (series) Diggins - Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (movie) Nando - Batman: The Audio Adventures (audio series)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman  

Prepare for Hutch...IN SPACE! This week Nando DJ and Diggins blast off of the normal movie release schedule for a galaxy spanning trip starting with the least ramakable Jumanji movie so far, Zathura: A Space Adventure. They nitpick the robots, the aliens, and of course the cheating. Recomendations DJ - Love is Blind Season 9 (series) Diggins - Prince of Darkness (movie) Nando - Splitsville (movie), Hunting Wives (series)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

but like...him? This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins suit up and touch down with the most Jordan Peele movie of the year, if you ignore Weapons (like his agents did), HIM. They nitpick the hits, the shots, and of course the mascots.   Recomendations: DJ - Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (series) Diggins - The Lowdown (series) Nando - Gen V (series), The Power Fantasy (comic), Alien: Earth (series)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman