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In a startling turn of events, the supercharged .html — featuring fearless leader Joey — find a way to continue talking about the climactic final Fox X-Men film, Dark Phoenix, for longer than its runtime. The team continues to dissect all of the ways that the film not only missed the point of the source material but also gravely misused its cast, characters, and source material. The team continues...

This is it! Years of storytelling culminates now! Will the hero survive the devastation or... wait a minute... didn't we just do this? Join Nico, Kevo, and special guest Joey as they take a look at Dark Phoenix, the X-Men's final film and try to understand how the same people adapted the same story a second time in a way that was totally different, completely the same, and yet somehow equally unsa...

It's only been four episodes, but -- somehow -- this Jean Grey/Phoenix project seems longer and longer by the day. When this project began, Nico and Kevo intended to understand the relationship between the source material behind the Phoenix Saga and its adaptations. One month later, everyone's beginning to lose hope. It would appear it is impossible to adapt the Phoenix Saga (or the dark Phoenix S...

In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from there. After nearly four years, we are releasing our 1,000th episode. In this episode, Joey Lewandowski talked many of your favorite CageClub Podcast Networ...

The X-Men films continue to attempt to adapt the Phoenix saga, but also continue to get further away from it. Despite a strong start with X-Men: First Class (which has no Phoenix), the franchise struggles with the narrative by the second film (Days of Future Past), and ultimately loses the whole plot by the third (Apocalypse, the only film to include Jean this trilogy). Nico and Kevo work to find...

After a simplified and child-friendly -- but mostly accurate -- adaptation of the Phoenix storyline and Dark Phoenix Saga, Nico and Kevo turn their attention to a franchise that opted for a less... faithful adaptation and turn their analytical eyes to X-Men, X2: X-Men United, and X-Men: The Last Stand in an all-new phoenix.html!

Nico and Kevo have run out of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, but they haven’t run out of Marvel media! After a deep, four episode examination of the Dark Phoenix Saga and its apocrypha on X is for Podcast, the hubbies bring in Jonah, famed bf and X-Geek, for their first-ever guest star, first-ever animated project, and first-ever foray into the FoxVerse of Marvel! Mind your p’s and mcu’s, becaus...

Where do you go after the salvation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? The destruction of the Fox Marvelverse! After an in-depth look at The Dark Phoenix Saga (Episodes 19-22) on X Is For Podcast — as well as the relevant material leading up to it — Nico brings the cosmic entity from one show to the next with phoenix.html, where he and Kevo will examine every adaptation of the Dark Phoenix Saga so...

11 years boiled down to 3 hours. It took 21 films to get to this conclusion... and what a conclusion it was! Nico and Kevo aren't making you wait for the details, as they provide their VERY SPOILER-HEAVY immediate thoughts on Avengers: Endgame in all of its (mostly sort of but not at all) conclusive glory on an all new mcu.html!

It's finally here! Nico and Kevo celebrate the release of Avengers: Endgame with their final pre-whole-point-of-show-episode, where they take a RUN through the MCU, addressing each film in under 4 minutes, giving their hopes for Endgame, and prepare for the biggest movie event in history: Avengers: Infinity War Par... I mean, Avengers: Infinity Gau... Well, prepare for the unsnappening and Avenger...

She's finally here! Captain Marvel, the most hyped hero in the MCU (and on this podcast) finally makes her triumphant debut! As does Nick Fury! And Agent Coulsen! And so, too, does Ronin, but that's less triumphant and more triumphless, I guess. Listen to NEW names in the creative teams as Kevo runs down the BTS on this BAMF! Behold -- then appreciate -- dynamic non-sexualized relationships! Witne...

The smallest heroes get the... weakest sequels? Ant-Man and the Wasp represents a lot of firsts, and also a lot of a lot. Too many plots, too many villains, too much tight-timing plot constraints... Ant-Man and the Wasp, for the first film titled after two heroes and the first to feature a named female hero in the title, is exploding and overwhelmed by too many pieces. Despite that, a series of st...

The battles are fierce, the scenes are long, and the logic is occasionally lacking, but Avengers: Infinity War is here and drawing to its snappening conclusion! Kevo grapples with how anyone can remotely LIKE Thanos, while -- prepare yourself -- NICO OFFERS A DEFENSE OF STARLORD!?! It's not really a defense as much as a recognition of inevitable conc... just listen to an all new mcu.html, and snap...

Avengers: Infinity War hardly feels like a single movie with everything packed into it, and that's why it's gonna take the .HTML guys three episodes to discuss it! Explore the elements that carry from the groundwork films! Discover the complexity of the chronology! Listen as the husbands bemoan the endless barrage of baddies bashing our heroes! Nico is positive about GUARDIANS AND DOCTOR STRANGE?!...

It began with a man in an iron suit (AND A BOX OF SCRAPS!). It’s all led to Avengers: Infinity War. Nico and Kevo have traced the journey of the MCU from its inception to Infinity War, which is just as packed with behind the scenes as it is with action. They have no choice but to break down the battles and adventures it took to get this film on the screen before they saddle up to the main event!

No matter what makes Black Panther special -- maybe its outside creative team; maybe its strong, black cast (with a greater number of named black characters than the rest of the MCU combined); maybe its strong story -- it's a unique and great Marvel movie. Nico and Kevo take a look at the Oscar-winning, record-breaking Black Panther on an all-new mcu.html!

Thor: Ragnarok was too much movie for just one episode! After a long discussion of the elements that came together to create the film, Nico and Kevo take to the film itself! Ragnarok is unlike any other MCU film before it: not just because it had 4 potentially queer characters (none of whom are/are mentioned to be queer on screen), but because it had heart and humor that the other entries lacked....

Thor is easily one of the MCU's most popular, recognizable, and looked-for characters. But his first two movies pretty regularly rank on the lower end of the critical lists. Why? They kinda suck. But Taika Watiti had a plan... a plan that would transform Thor from a Shakespearean over-the-top family drama to a laid back 80s action thrill ride full of laughs, hot dudes, and legit nerd references. J...

Last episode, Nico listened as Kevo regaled him with the endless tales of secret corporate dealings, cybercrimes, and box office disappointments. But, in the end, it all led to the most faithful interpretation of high school Peter Parker, played by an actual teenager for the first time… ever. But even this Spidey can give us the blues. With a runtime just over two hours, upwards of four villains,...

It's hard to think of superhero movies without thinking of Tugboat Maguire's Spidey. Oh, wait... I mean Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker. No. Wait. It's Tom Holland now. Okay, so Spider-Man has had THREE ITERATIONS since 2002; how, exactly, did Spider-Man restart so many times? What is it about the web-head that draws audiences back (except for the Garfield ones; sorry, Andy), and why did the MCU so...

SO MUCH HAPPENED! Nico and Kevo were minding the MCU, just doing their thing, when suddenly the news wouldn't stop rolling in! Black Panther wins Oscars! Captain Marvel breaks records! Fox execs blame negativity towards Dark Phoenix on Disney! James Gunn back on GotGv3!? This is insane! Join the MCU team for an all news update as we make our way to the end of Phase 3 and look at the State of the M...

The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - more of the same! Less filling! Join Nico and Kevo as they examine the elements of the first film the creators would prefer you not remember to make this one work, and discuss the new elements that do (we're looking at you, increased-role-for-Nebula!). It's an all new mcu.html as we grow closer to Endgame!

The Marvel Universe has robots, aliens, and super soldiers... and now: ENTER THE MYSTIC! Join Nico and Kevo as they wander the Sanctum Sanctorum with the most crumudgonly wizard in the MCU, Doctor Strange, on an all new mcu.html!

When Avengers: Age of Ultron came out, everyone was like "meh," because no one had ever heard of Ultron. When Captain America: Civil War was announced, everyone was like "YEAH! PUNCH EACH OTHER IN THE FACE!" Which, yeah, that happens a ton. But also: Black Panther! Spider-Man! (Gi)Ant-Man! And other stuff, like some Hulkness, a forgettable villain, and Jesus effing Christina Aguilera, there's more...

Nico and Kevo have (mostly) enjoyed their stroll through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but very little has offered much new content. Beyond the films themselves, there's been discussion of a lot of what-could-have-beens: canceled films, deleted scenes, recasts among the actors and crew. But now, join them as they take a look at 22 minutes that star... the reporter who slept with Tony in Iron Man...