Kickball Friends: A TV & Movie Podcast

This episode we start by accidentally talking about The Real World (6:56) before diving into our review of Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (15:30). Next, we say good-bye to Ozark (37:15) before Robbie discusses Under the Banner of Heaven (43:25) and season 2 of The Wilds (44:50). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting htt...

Jesse is back and so are the timestamps! We start with an update from Jesse on what he's been watching (7:17). Then, we discuss AppleTV+'s Shining Girls (15:44) & Showtime's I Love That For You (23:36) before reviewing The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (29:42) & Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (37:29).

Still no Jesse, still no timestamps. Norman Miller joins me as we talk through the premier of David Simon's new show "We Own the City, the season 3 premier of Barry, some quick thoughts on Tokyo Vice and finally we rank the top streaming services based on content.

When Jesse's away Robbie will play (and not track time stamps). Michael O'Rear (Stark Wars Pod) joins Robbie to talk about the Better Call Saul Premier. Then they react to Thor: Love and Thunder teaser. Quickly talk about Fantastic Beast 3 and what model of leadership is best for a movie franchise and finally wrap things up talking about Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Congratulations Jesse & Marie! This episode we celebrate Jesse's Wedding (0:28) before reviewing the new Netflix dating show, The Ultimatum (19:17), and the season finale of Severance (30:05). We then discuss the big Better Call Saul news (42:01) before ending with a brief discussion on the finales of The Dropout and Super Pumped (47:05). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our...

This episode we once again profess our love for Summer House (4:18) before reviewing the newest releases from Marvel, Moon Knight (11:38) & Morbius (20:51). Then we briefly cover Judd Apatow's The Bubble (25:46) before reviewing AppleTV+'s Slow Horses (29:29) & Hulu's The Girl From Plainville (34:45).

Well, this one is a doozy. This episode we spend a lot of time breaking down the Will Smith/Chris Rock incident (0:29) at the Academy Awards! Then we discuss the rest of the Oscars (25:53), review Halo (37:58), check in on Robbie's Euphoria binge (44:20) and close out with season 3 of Atlanta (52:53). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by...

This episode we review Deep Water (5:30) before discussing Minx (11:00), WeCrashed (10:02) & Summer House (26:25). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack.com/subscribe

This episode we discuss season 2 of Upload (11:20) and Netflix's The Adam Project (23:06) before being a little more critical of season 42 of Survivor (34:59) and The Challenge: CBS (46:33). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack.com/subscribe

This episode starts with Robbie's spoiler free rant on The Batman (8:50). We then discuss the plethora of "based on a true story" shows to premiere in recent weeks (23:27), including The Dropout (27:21), Super Pumped (31:02) & Winning Time (37:44). Finally, we quickly review new shows Our Flag Means Death (40:14) & From (44:40).

This episode we review AppleTV+'s Severance (12:35), the finale of HBO Max's Peacemaker (20:27), Netflix's Inventing Anna (27:00) & Amazon Prime's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (37:16). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack.com/subscribe

This episode we discuss movie trailers & commercials that premiered during the Super Bowl (6:52), review the first three episodes of Bel-Air (37:19), discuss the current release schedules for several streaming shows (42:45) & try to figure out how future viewers will know how to watch The Book of Boba Fett & The Mandalorian (53:00). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our frien...

This episode we discuss the high and lows of Oscar nominations (9:40) before ranking the best picture nominees (21:24). Then we review Murderville (27:28), Pam & Tommy (35:30) and Jack Reacher (42:00).

This episode we review The Afterparty (6:52) & The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (19:43). Then we end with a preview of Celebrity Big Brother (29:17) & the upcoming Beijing Olympics (39:27). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack.com/subscribe

This episode we review the return of Ozark (9:32) & the premiere of How I Met Your Father (17:56). Then we discuss our pop culture FOMO (26:18). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack.com/subscribe

Break out the champagne, it's time to celebrate our 100th episode! This episode we discuss Station Eleven (10:26), Peacemaker (22:09), Yellowjackets (30:18) & Scream (37:33). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack.com/subscribe

This episode we briefly review Abbott Elementary (8:08), American Auto (10:29) & the finale of Dexter: New Blood (17:52) before revealing whether we're in or out on upcoming 2022 TV shows (18:46) and movies (45:50)...and we cover a lot of them! For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack.com/subscribe

After catching up following our holiday break, we briefly discuss The Challenge (8:55) before reviewing Don't Look Up (16:49) and the fourth season of Cobra Kai (24:26). We finish by listing our top 10 movies of 2021 (31:22). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack.com/subscribe

This episode we enter full spoiler mode on Spider-Man: No Way Home (5:45) and then review HBO Max's Station Eleven (41:24) & Peacock's MacGruber (46:50). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack.com/subscribe

This episode we break down the season finale of Succession (6:07), review West Side Story (21:55) and Being The Ricardos (29:17) & run through our top 10 TV shows of 2021 (34:03).

This episode we discuss the penultimate episode of Succession season 3 (6:20) before checking in on some recent announcements from Marvel (22:38). Then we briefly review Licorice Pizza (29:47) & Belfast (33:38) before ranking the worst movies of 2021 (37:19). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack....

This episode we realize we forgot to talk about Hawkeye (7:41) before discussing a few older movies we've seen recently (13:50). Then we review Ghostbusters: Afterlife (17:09), King Richard (27:31), Tick, Tick... Boom! (34:45) & House of Gucci (44:30). Finally, we discuss season 2 of Saved By The Bell (50:36) & The Sex Lives of College Girls (53:00). For more pop culture news and discussions, subs...

This episode we review Red Notice (7:24), Home Sweet Home Alone (14:43) & Yellowjackets (24:57) before finishing with a round of In or Out on Disney+ Day (30:51). For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack.com/subscribe

This episode we have a spoiler free discussion about recent Spider-Man: No Way Home (5:51) leaks before reviewing the latest Marvel movie, Eternals (8:50). Next, we discuss the premiere of Dexter: New Blood (26:51) and season 2 of Love Life (34:03). We end by giving a shout out to a fellow kickball friend for his work on the new Netflix rom-com, Love Hard (38:24).

This episode we celebrate the return of Curb Your Enthusiasm (10:15) and review season two of Locke & Key (17:14). Then, in anticipation of next week's election, we discuss our top five political movies (23:54)! For more pop culture news and discussions, subscribe to our friends at Pop Culture Brain Daily by visiting https://popculturebrain.substack.com/subscribe