Hollywood Already Did It

DC's next installment into their expanded universe...I think? I mean, they aren't clear but they reference stuff from other DCEU movies, so probably? In any case Shazam is out, and we talk about its missteps and the things it does well.

Some times a beloved franchise comes back for a new generation to share in all the things we loved growing up. Hellboy is not the case, do not see Hellboy, you have been warned, I'm pretty sure they should put the same warning on tickets for this movie that they put on cigarettes

ENDGAME SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE. We round up to discuss the the movie that started it all back in 2008: Iron Man.

Is the Pokemon movie great? Or is just good if you grew up with the franchise? Does it break the video game curse? We find out!

John Wick was one the last original IPs that really stuck in modern cinema. We discuss how the end of the trilogy does not end, but makes John Wick another in a line of franchise and IPs that will only end when it becomes unprofitable. We also talk building a compelling world in a movie, and how the trilogy has changed in filmmaking.

In a weekend with an unusual amount of original content, we examine why the remake still conquers and why we talk so adamantly about wanting to support smaller movies, then.... don't. We also talk about how this holds up to the original Aladdin and the path Disney is on with their live action adaptations.

19 years after X-Men launched the modern super movie, Dark Phoenix lets the franchise die with a whimper.

The Men in Black are back! And it is not a very good sequel. Between lazy writing and directing and unfunny jokes this movie slogs through space and time, making you long for the days of the clean rap stylings of Will Smith

The gang circles up to discuss the new Toy Story movie!

Matt Konopka (Killer Horror Critic) joins us to talk about the surprisingly fun remake of Child's Play

Disney's latest in their nostalgia machine shows that you can have all the talent and music and tech in the world, and lions will simply not emote as well as people. This is now a fact, and we have evidence in this podcast!

The Infinity Saga comes to a close with Marvel's latest Spider-Man movie, and it brings with it one Marvel's most compelling, dangerous, and visually interesting villains.

The Fast and the Furious has spun off to showcase the stories of The Rock and Jason Statham, and we are here to discuss the dos and don'ts of a spin off.

The charcoal drawing that haunted us as children have been adapted, and they are great! The story connecting all the stories are not so great...

Its the end of the summer! Which means its time to talk about our favorites, the things the let us down, and the things that surprised us!

The back half of It is upon us! And the question is, do we want a six hour cut, or would we prefer like, not that?

Based off an article, that while true, the person who said it was true also said it was fake. The movie Hustlers is out and we discuss changing a character and why we have to add Hollywood tropes to true stories we already decide are great.

Rambo Last Blood, implying this would be the final chapter in this classic, beloved action franchise, when in actuality it means squeezing the last drop of blood from a now meaningless franchise that has forgotten what its core character represented.

The Joker comes out in a week, so we decide to look at other characters you could adapt in a similar way. By removing The Batman what characters can stand on their own?

With the Joker origin movie finally out, we analyze the movies thematic ideas, which landed and which didn't. How the movie improves over other villain stand alones and why it is an important movie to have.

After ten years the gang is back! And they feel sort of the same they did ten years ago. Zombieland Double Tap is a funny sequel, that really has no reason to exist, we discuss coming back after that long of wait, the abundance of Zombie content since 2009 and more!

HBO has launched their Watchmen series a sequel to the incredible graphic novel. We discuss how continuing the story in 2019 is handled and how they evolved the themes from the graphic novel.

During their self isolation Blake and Zeyne took to Netflix to watch Spenser Confidential, a property with much more history than they realized. Based on the book Wonderland, and the characters from the Spenser books. Netflix creates a movie that is a copy and paste of every other buddy cop movie, stripped of its comedy and fun.

This week we take two adaptations of the classic book Emma and discuss how to take the tale in different directions, using the 1995 classic Clueless and the modern 2020 adaptation Emma. This episodes stars Blake Schultz and Terrence Tatum, leave us a review and subscribe!

Terrence and Blake are joined by E-Man of E-Man's Movie Reviews to discuss the 2020 adaptation/remake/reboot of The Invisible Man. How the low budget movie provides high intensity and Blumhouse modernizes the story for a new audience. A brief history of The Invisible Man character, and why the monster has endured the test of time.