It’s a fully loaded episode this week, and we don’t even have a feature discussion!

First we discuss AMC theaters’ latest deal with the Popcorn Pass, is it worth the extra price for Stubs members?

Then IMAX has been asking filmmakers and audiences alike for the movies they want to see on the biggest screen, and we give our thoughts on the matter, and what possibilities it can open.

Rounding off the news we discuss the excited announcement that Noah Hawley might be showrunning yet another show for FX with a Far Cry tv series!

Then we get into a whole load of trailers with an exciting look at Mother Mary and How to Make a Killing from A24!  We also take a look at the latest trailer for the highly anticipated 28 Years Later: Bone Temple!

Plus we get back into what we’re into, with our review of the latest Benoit Blanc mystery, WAKE UP DEAD MAN, the docuseries Fire and Water on Disney+, Minecraft, Sentimental Value, and that bizarre finale for HBOMax’s The Chair Company!

All that and more, so check us out on youtube, follow us on social media, listen out for us wherever you get your podcasts, don’t forget to like and subscribe!

00:00 - INTRO

00:35 - AMC Popcorn Pass

8:30 - Pick an IMAX Movie

18:15 - Far Cry TV Show

21:25 - Mother Mary Trailer

24:20 - 28 Years Later: Bone Temple Trailer

27:40 - Dead Man’s Wire Trailer 

29:30 - A Private Life Trailer

30:15 - How To Make a Killing Trailer

31:55 - Commercials in the middle of Trailers

34:55 - Nicole Kidman AMC

37:44 - Playstation Portal

46:25 - Wake Up Dead Man Review

54:55 - Wicked For Good - Luis Review

1:08:35 - Minecrafting with your Son

1:14:46 - Sentimental Value Review

1:18:00 - Making of Avatar Films

1:22:55 - The Chair Company Season Finale

1:26:23 - Stranger Things Season 5

1:28:20 - IT: Welcome to Derry

1:28:35 - I Love LA

1:28:55 - Pluribus and Vince Gilligan 

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TRAILERS WE TALKED ABOUT

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How to Make a Killing

Director: John Patton Ford (Emily the Criminal)

Cast: Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Ed Harris, Topher Grace, Zach Woods, Bill CampS

ynopsis: Becket Redfellow fights to reclaim the family fortune he was denied at birth.

Release Date: February 20, 2026

Distributor: StudioCanal / A24

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A Private Life

Director: Rebecca Zlotowski (Other People’s Children)

Cast: Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Lacoste, Luàna Bajrami

Synopsis: After a patient dies, an American psychoanalyst in Paris suspects foul play and begins her own investigation.

Release Date: January 16, 2026 (limited U.S.)

Distributor: Ad Vitam / Sony Pictures Classics

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Dead Man’s Wire

Director: Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Elephant)

Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, Cary Elwes, Myha’la Herrold, Al Pacino

Synopsis: A dramatic retelling of the 1977 Tony Kiritsis hostage crisis.

Release Date: January 9, 2026 (limited), January 16, 2026 (wide)

Distributor: Row K Entertainment

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Director: Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels)

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry

Synopsis: A new chapter in the 28 Days/Weeks Later universe, exploring fresh horrors in a fractured post-outbreak world.

Release Date: January 16, 2026

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing

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Mother Mary (A24)

Director: David Lowery (The Green Knight)

Cast: Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel, Hunter Schafer, FKA Twigs, Kaia Gerber, Jessica Brown Findlay, Alba Baptista

Synopsis: A pop star attempts a comeback while confronting painful history with a former collaborator.

Release Date: Spring 2026

Distributor: A24