The Magnificently Huge Podcast

This week, we review “Redux, redux” - an indie darling of multiversal travel, revenge, gun fights, human drama… which makes it sound like it’s good. We do a full tear-down of this woulda-shoulda-coulda been great film, and try to figure out how they could have fixed it. (And if you disagree, let us know - we love abuse!) We also complain and critique all of the other film and television entertainment we’ve been ingesting like blood hungry ticks. Magnificently Huge ticks! 0:00 - Intros 8:22 - You Can See Everything Trailer and the Elon Musk documentary 14:30 - Silo (Apple TV) season 3 22:00 - The Chair Company (HBO) 25:55 - Half Man (HBO) 30:35 - High Plains Drifter (1973) 36:40 - Redux Redux

From the master of movies about the Poorly Educated voting block, Taylor Sheridan’s “Hell or High Water” is a brilliant - if forgotten - neo-western with Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges. Largely overshadowed by Sheridan’s television work, true fans of the western film genre need to give this one a fresh look. It has hints of No Country for Old Men and Way of the Gun, with subtle notes of mushroom and hibiscus. It’s a playful amuse-bouche. Wait, what were we talking about? 0:00 - Intros 9:45 - Weird Al Yankovic live 18:05 - The Vampire Lestat 19:50 - Marc Maron 20:20 - The Stray Cats 22:40 - Thomas Dolby 26:45 - Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) 30:45 - Pizza Movie (2026) 35:45 - Hell or High Water (2016)

Peter Jackson made his American studio debut back in 1996 with a horror-comedy called The Frighteners that should have done better…. But it came out the same month as the biggest film of ‘96, Independence Day, and the same day as indie powerhouse Trainspotting. As such it died almost on arrival, both commercially and critically. But The Frighteners holds distinction because its production made The Lord of the Rings possible. That’s mostly why we re-watched it, since some folks seem to enjoy this cult-favorite. It is a career bridge for Jackson, mos def - and if anything else, it’s a good example of what can go wrong when a studio gets its hands on an up-and-coming director with talent to burn, but one with very little industry clout. In the end, that’s probably the most frightening thing about this odd movie. 0:00 - Intros 6:40 - Death Decoded 7:45 - Count Binface 9:50 - Spider Noir 11:55 - Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 17:45 - Doctor Strange 22:45 - AI is bad and Neuromancer is an upcoming show 27:00 - Masters of the Universe (2026) 34:05 - Wham! Ten Days In China (2026) 40:05 - The Frighteners (1996) Here’s the Death Decoded video: youtube.com/watch?is=22LL3IUNGEcBx0mc&v=SNxA8vShXZ0&feature=youtu.be Here’s a link to the Count Binface music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj5LUE2LIGA&list=RDUj5LUE2LIGA&start_radio=1

This week on Magnificently Huge, we saddle up for Disney's 2013 megabudget reboot of The Lone Ranger. This movie answers the important questions for Disney at the time, such as “What are we doing?” and “Should we just buy Marvel and Lucasfilm?” It’s a movie about cannibals and cultural appropriation starring cannibals and cultural appropriators. What could possibly go wrong? 0:00 - Intros + Buc-ees 10:25 - Spider Noir (Amazon Prime) 14:55 - Interior Chinatown (Hulu) 19:20 - From (season 4) 23:25 - Rapid Fire (1992) 28:00 - Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025) 34:20 - The Lone Ranger (2013)

From the master of self-indulgence, Francis Ford Coppola presents a very expensive sophomore year at art school final project. What is it about? Insert shrugging emoji here. He sold his winery to make this thing. So… whatever. (Do you think he hired someone else to make The Godfather?) 0:00 - Intros 11:05 - Godzilla Minus One (2023) 18:00 - The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky) 19:55 - Disclosure Day (2026) 27:20 - Last One Laughing 30:10 - Megalopolis