Film Studies

On this episode, our main event is the first Marvel movie of Phase 5, Captain America: Brave New World! A behind-the-scenes mastermind is attempting to start a war between the United States and Japan and it's up to Captain America to stop it. We also take a look at Flight Risk, Companion, and Heart Eyes plus more!

On the debut episode of our 14th season, we're taking a look at Netflix's Back in Action starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz (despite Derek not being able to remember her name). Also, Mean Mark has caught up with Transformers One and Derek checks in with Squid Game Season 2.

In our Season 13 finale, we take a look back at our year at the movies in 2024. We hand out awards in a variety of categories both celebrated and maligned. If it was in theatres or on streaming within the calendar year of 2024, it's fair game. Which films made the tops and bottoms of our lists? Tune in and find out!

For our final show before our Year in Review show, we're talking about Netflix's Carry-On about a TSO agent backmailed into allowing a bomb onto a plane on Christmas Eve. We also cover Star Wars' Skeleton Crew, In A Violent Nature, and The Substance in mini-reviews.

This time around we're taking a deep dive into Venom: The Last Stand and Red One. But we also have shorter reviews of Conclave, Agatha All Along, Heretic, and more!

The 2024 RetroSpooktive looking at monsters in the movies comes to an end. In this episode, we'll be ranking and grading The Monster from The Monster (2016)! Happy Halloween everyone!

Our annual RetroSpooktive rolls on as we take a look at monsters in movies. This episode is dedicated to the Creeper from 2001's Jeepers Creepers!

Our annual RetroSPOOKtive about monster movies rolls on with 1993's Jurassic Park. This movie will cover the giant (kaiju-style) monsters. This movie does very well on our ranking scale as we remember a great monster movie.

It's time for our annual RetroSPOOKtive. Normally, we'd take a look at a horror movie franchise but this year, we're examining the different types of movie monsters. Big, small, human, paranormal, or imaginary - all monsters are fair game in our "scientifical" ranking of various qualities a movie monster needs. First up, we're taking a look at the swarming style of monsters in 1984's Gremlins.

Arthur Fleck is on trial for the murders he committed two years ago. His lawyer wants to use the multiple personality defense but a young woman named Lee threatens that and his entire case.

Beetlejuice is back in this legacy sequel helping Lydia save her daughter while escaping the threat of someone from his past. We also do quickie reviews of Twister, The Inheritance, Alien: Romulus, DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths, Blink Twice and "Mean" Mark meets a movie star!

Deadpool and Wolverine team up against the TVA, mutants, and the fourth wall in the summer's biggest movie! Plus, we'll sneak peek at Lognlegs, Trap, The Watchers, and more!

Riley is 10 years older than we first met her and new emotions are threatening to take over her whole personality. Also, we have mini-reviews for Idea Man and IF!

It's been 300 years since the passing of Caesar and the world is run by Apes. But the peaceful Eagle training tribe is attacked and enslaved by Proximus Caesar, an evil ape hell-bent on ruling over all apes and obtaining the secrets of man.

A Hollywood stunt man is tore between the love of his life and saving the missing star of the movie. Fall Guy stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt! Also, we review Fallout Season 1, Bad Batch Season 3, Rebel Moon Part 2, Abigail, Boy Kills World, Unfrosted, and Humane!

A late night talk show host wants to beat Johnny Carson in the ratings and to do that he'll risk the lives on everyone in the studio by communing with the Devil. We also review X-Men '97, Fallout, The American Society for Magical Negroes and Shoresy!

Kong is lonely but discovers he's not the only Kong in the Hollow Earth. Meanwhile, Godzilla is on Muto duty on the surface. And because they can't help it, the humans are finding everything that doesn't concern them and poking their asses into it!

120 years after a room full of people literally freeze to death, an ancient evil is re-awoken and unleashed on New York City. It’s mission is to raise an army of the undead using the ghosts contained in the Ghostbuster’s headquarters. The new team will join forces with the originals and a new magical power wielding friend to take out the city’s newest threat.

We checked out the latest Sony offering to their Spider-man universe. Madame Web starring Dakota Johnson about a New York paramedic who gains future-seeing abilities tasked to save three teen girls from a killer villain who also has future-see abilities. We also review (spoiler-free) Netflix’s Masters of the Universe Season 2: Revolution and Argylle starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavil, Sam R...

Six astronauts call the International Space Station (I.S.S.) home – three Americans and three Russians. But nuclear war breaks out between the two countries on Earth and now, each side tells their astronauts to take control of the I.S.S. by any means necessary. It’s a suspenseful fight to see who will survive. Also, we talk spoiler-free about Night Swim and Masters of the Universe: Revolution.

Well it’s the new year and it’s time for our annual look back at the year in movies that was in 2023. We are revealing our picks for the best (and not the best) movies of the year. What was our favourite horror movie? Favourite actress? Biggest surprise? And our three favourite and least favourite movies of the year.

Arthur Curry is a husband, father, and the undisputed King of Atlantis. But when an evil foe from his past comes back and threatens to destroy everything he loves, he’ll have to team with unlikely friends to ward off the attack! Also, we have spoiler-free discussions about Marvel’s What If? Season 2, The Iron Claw, and Dream Scenario!

It’s 1945. The second world war is over. And one failed kamikaze fighter pilot lands at an outlying airstrip. Little did he know that this particular airfield would be the beginning of the most chaotic series of events he’ll ever know. Soon, he’ll be fighting off a giant monster hell-bent on destruction while worrying about his surrogate family back home.

Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Kahn all have light-based powers and after a intergalactic jump-point opens above Earth, their powers are now intertwined. Plus there’s a new enemy from Captain Marvel’s past coming back for revenge. Now, everyone Bollywood dance! This show also includes non-spoiler reviews for Oppenheimer, Asteroid City, Dumb Money, and Loki Season 2.

In 2014, Five Nights at Freddy’s took the computer game world and YouTube by storm. Finally, we have the live-action, cinematic version of the blockbuster game starring Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard. We checked it out and we’ll tell you how impressed we were with this adaptation. We also talk about A Haunting in Venice, Til Death Do Us Part (2023), and South Park’s Join The Panderverse speci...