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Send us Fan Mail Halo might be changing hands again, AI is creeping deeper into game production, and somehow we still end up arguing about vampires. We start by breaking down Blood of the Dawnwalker, an open world RPG that leans hard into consequence and time pressure. The premise grabbed us: a 14th century valley under a vampire’s rule, a recurring blood tax, and a hero who fights like a human in...

Send us Fan Mail Couch co-op used to be the default, and we miss it more than we expected. We start by jumping back into Halo: The Master Chief Collection and talking about what happens when you bring a legendary multiplayer shooter into a modern family living room: 1v1 trash talk, sibling alliances, SWAT headshots, and that one moment when your kid starts getting good enough to make you sweat. It...

Send us Fan Mail John Travolta in a mullet. Fred Durst behind the camera. A thriller about celebrity obsession that somehow tries to be tender, terrifying, and scary at the same time. We press play on The Fanatic and then do what we do best: pull it apart scene by scene until the choices start making even less sense. We talk through the real hook of the movie, Moose’s fixation on actor Hunter Dunb...

Send us Fan Mail A cute baby chimp in a diaper is the most dangerous kind of marketing. We dig into Chimp Crazy, the Tiger King-adjacent documentary that turns “exotic pet” curiosity into a straight-up ethics alarm, as we follow Tonka’s story and the adults who keep insisting captivity is love. The more we talk through the court fights, the missing chimp mystery, and the constant rationalizations,...

Send us Fan Mail A murder mystery based on a board game sounds like a cash-in, but Clue (1985) is the kind of whodunit comedy that keeps getting funnier the more you watch it. We rewatch it with fresh eyes and immediately get pulled back into the manic energy of Tim Curry’s Wadsworth, the razor-sharp ensemble timing, and the film’s weirdly perfect blend of witty dialogue and physical comedy. We di...

Send us Fan Mail A secret agent can stop terrorists, jump rooftops, and steal a Harrier jet, but he still can’t figure out how to talk to his wife. We get into True Lies with the right amount of love and side-eye, because this movie is peak 90s action comedy: huge stunts, sharp character beats, and jokes that land harder than they probably should. We walk through the plot, call out the scenes that...

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Send us Fan Mail Spider-Man is supposed to be the friendly neighborhood guy, so why does his newest movie feel like Marvel’s biggest piece on the chessboard? We come at this one as fans who still want the comic book itch scratched, but we also can’t ignore the pattern: the MCU keeps loading Spider-Man up with extra “important” characters and plot threads so it can steer everything toward Doomsday....

Send us Fan Mail We tried to make a normal pop culture debate episode and accidentally built a full-on Mortal Kombat tower for action heroes. The premise is brutal and simple: we each draft a roster of action icons, throw them in a bag, and random-draw matchups while the fight locations change every round. Subway station. Jungle. Library. Missile silo. Submarine hallway. Crane platform. If you’ve...

Send us Fan Mail Reboots are risky, indie horror is thriving, and somehow we end up arguing about whether you’d survive a bear-sized pigeon. We start with a few unhinged warm-ups, then get real about the King Of The Hill revival: what still feels like Hank Hill, what changes actually work, and why voice actor swaps can instantly snap you out of the story. If you care about legacy animated sitcoms,...

Send us Fan Mail A tiny mistake can rewrite the whole entertainment timeline, and we’re obsessed with the receipts. We kick things off with trivia built around the best “happy accidents” in games, movies, and TV, where a glitch, a workaround, or a limitation doesn’t ruin the project, it defines it. Think Grand Theft Auto evolving out of chaotic police behavior, Street Fighter II turning an exploit...

Send us Fan Mail One night.  A scavenger hunt that’s supposed to feel like freedom, until the past forces its way into the open. Filmmaker Gregory Pellerito joins us to talk about ‘Moments Of Youth’ and what it really takes to finish an independent feature film when plan meets reality. If you love indie movies, coming-of-age stories, or the nuts and bolts of movie production, you’ll get a candid l...

Send us Fan Mail Your best vacation might be the one that never happened and that’s exactly why Total Recall (1990) still hits. We sit down to relive Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi action classic and pull apart the thing that makes it so rewatchable: it’s loud, violent, funny, and weirdly smart about how easy it is to sell someone a story about themselves. We talk through the movie’s real backbone, the P...

Send us Fan Mail Hasta la vista, bad sequels. Welcome back to Entertain This!, where we’re dissecting Terminator 2: Judgment Day the rare sci-fi blockbuster that gets smarter the more things explode. We’re planting our flag early: as far as we’re concerned, the franchise ended right here. We’re breaking down James Cameron’s airtight direction, Linda Hamilton’s terrifying intensity, and why Robert...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Entertain This! , we’re diving back into the 1988 high-concept comedy that defined the "unlikely pair" trope for a generation: Twins. We break down the absolute genius of casting the world’s most muscular action star alongside the king of chaotic comedy—and why, against all laws of nature (and logic), it works perfectly. From the questionable science b...

Send us Fan Mail "Who is your daddy, and what does he do?" Grab your juice boxes and secure your nap mats, because this week on Entertain This! , Mitch and Tom are going undercover. That’s right—we’re strapping on our holsters and heading into the high-stakes, high-caffeine world of 1990’s Kindergarten Cop . Join us as we analyze Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pivot from unstoppable cyborg assa...

Send us Fan Mail Competitive ballroom dance just got a whole lot more intense. This week on Entertain This! , we’re hanging out with award-winning creator Breton Tyner-Bryan to dissect her brilliant new feature film, Rhythm or Smooth . Breton gives us the inside scoop on directing, editing, and acting in her own feature debut, which tracks a rising dancer (Kiree Brooks) partnered with a prodigy ch...

Send us Fan Mail Buckle up, action figures, because this week Tom and Mitch are strapped to the teeth with camo face paint, infinite ammunition, and absolutely zero regard for physics. We are diving headfirst into the peak 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger masterpiece: Commando. Join us as we break down the ultimate "one-man army" flick. Tom tries to calculate the exact structural integrity of...

Send us Fan Mail "I'll be back." It’s the phrase that launched a billion-dollar franchise, turned a former bodybuilder into an absolute icon, and gave everyone a permanent fear of red A.I. This week on ‘Entertain This!’, Mitch and Tom are hopping into a stolen ’77 Chevy and tracking down James Cameron’s 1984 sci-fi masterpiece, ‘The Terminator’. Join the guys as they break down the...

Send us Fan Mail How do you transition from dominating local recreation leagues to navigating a post-apocalyptic political thriller or avoiding the Ozark cartels? You ask Darin Toonder. This week on Entertain This!, we sit down with an incredibly versatile actor whose face you’ve undoubtedly seen on some of the biggest shows on television. We dive deep into his stacked resume, discussing what it’s...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you pair a Ryan Reynolds look-alike with a manager who is entirely too good at exploiting a resemblance? You get a laugh-out-loud cinematic juggernaut that feels like The Office met This Is Spinal Tap in the middle of a Hollywood red carpet, “I AM RYAN” releasing May 22nd in theaters. This week, we are sitting down with the multi-hyphenate mastermind himself: Hob...

Send us Fan Mail "If it bleeds, we can kill it." Strap in for a trip down memory lane as Tom and I tackle the raw energy and wild antics of the 1987 blockbuster, ‘Predator’. We’re diving deep into the sweltering Mexican jungle to bring you the inside scoop on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s legendary onset pranks and the cast's off-screen rivalries that turned the heat up to eleven. From th...

Send us Fan Mail Breaker, breaker, podcast listeners! What’s got 400 cases of bootleg Coors, a screeching black Pontiac Trans Am, and the most magnificent mustache in cinematic history? This week on ‘Entertain This!’, we are putting the pedal to the metal and crossing state lines to revisit the undisputed king of 1970s vehicular mayhem: ‘Smokey and the Bandit’. Join us as we ride shotgun with Burt...

Send us Fan Mail Buckle up, entertainment junkies! This week on the Entertain This! Podcast, we’re balancing the "Golden Era" of television with the future of the MCU and beyond. Grab your headphones—it’s a big one. 📺 THE REVIEWS We’re going deep on two classics and one modern titan:  The Wire & Mad Men: Does the "Prestige TV" crown still fit? We’re revisiting David Simon’...

Send us Fan Mail Can a dad truly master the delicate art of motherhood without turning the kitchen into an inferno?  In this episode of Entertain This! Podcast , we revisit the 1983 comedy classic Mr. Mom , starring Michael Keaton as a newly unemployed executive thrust into the uncharted territory of full-time domesticity. We confront the persistent stigma that “dads can’t handle the job,” drawing...