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Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at the latest film in James Gunn’s DC Universe, Supergirl. Adapted from the acclaimed comic book Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom king and Bilquis Evely, Supergirl stars Milly Alcock, Eve Ridley, Matthias Schoenaerts, David Corenswet, and Jason Momoa and follows kryptonian Kara Zor-El on an inte...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at the fifth and final season of The Boys. Created by Eric Kripke and adapted from the Garth Ennis comic of the same name, The Boys season follows Hughi Campbell, Butcher, Annie January, and the rest of the titular “boys” as they approach the final showdown with Homelander and the Seven. The Boys S...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week we discuss The Devil Wears Prada 2, the sequel to the 2006 film. As with the original film, this sequel stars Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, and Emily Blunt. A legacy sequel taking place twenty years after the original, this film follows journalist Andy Sachs as she finds herself back at Runway in a n...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we are once again back talking about the Amazon adaptation of Rober Kirkman’s Comic, Invincible. Starring Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, JK Simmons, Gillian Jacobs, and many more, Invincible follows young superhero Mark Grayson as he faces off agains supervillains and a sinister alien force known as the Viltrum Empire....

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we discuss the latest film starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, The Drama. When a major revelation comes to light just days before their wedding, the lives of Emma and Charlie are severely upended as they question their values, how well they know each other, and are put in difficult and emotional situations by...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we review Project Hail Mary, the latest adaptation of Andy Weir’s after The Martian. Written by Drew Goddard and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, this film stars Ryan Gosling, James Ortiz, Sandra Hüller, and many others and centers around science teacher Ryland Grace as he finds himself on a spaceship in a...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at the latest twist on the Bride of Frankenstein with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! The film merges the concept of The Bride of Frankenstein with a 1930s Bonnie and Clyde twist and stars Oscar winner Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Benning, Penelope Cruz, and Peter Skarsgaard.  ...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at the new crime thriller Crime 101 which follows a professional thief and the detective who is hunting him in a heist and cat and mouse game. Written and directed by Bart Layton, the film is adapting a novella by Don Winslow and stars Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, and...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we review the new Sam Raimi film starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brian, Send Help. The film follows corporate worker Linda and her new boss Bradley as they find themselves stranded on a small island and are forced to survive the elements and each other’s company. Social Information: https://youtu.be/na85biWc1...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at the latest 28 Years Later film, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Chi Lewis-Parry, Jack O’Connell, and Alphie Williams, The Bone Temple continues the stories of Spike, Dr. Kelson, and Sampson as they cross paths with Sir Jimmy Crystal’s gang. Social Information: https://yo...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at the latest entry in James Cameron’s long-running Avatar series, Avatar: Fire and Ash. This film picks up shortly after Avatar: The Way of Water left off and follows Jake Sully, Neytiri, and their children as they face off against Colonel Quaritch and a tribe of rogue Na’ Vi called the Ash People...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at the latest in the Benoit Blanc mystery series from writer and director Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. This entry has Blanc paired up with a young priest, Father Jud, to face a seemingly impossible crime and discover the killer of the local pastor. The film stars Daniel Cra...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we dive into the third volume of Star Wars: Visions and discuss our thoughts on each of the nine new episodes and how they add to the Star Wars universe in their own unique ways and stretch the boundaries of what Star Wars can be.  Social Information: https://youtu.be/na85biWc1-s?si=blpIXR4veLhu0Ycv   P...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we review the latest film in the long running Predator franchise, Predator: Badlands. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning, Predator: Badlands follows a young predator on a dangerous hunt that forces him to join forces with a Weyland-Yutani android.  Soci...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at the latest film from Guillermo del Toro where he adapts the gothic horror classic by Mary Shelley. Social Information: https://youtu.be/na85biWc1-s?si=blpIXR4veLhu0Ycv   Podcast Info: https://linktr.ee/PlayPauseRewind   Dylan’s Info: https://linktr.ee/DDayMovies   Niles’ Info...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. !Viva la revolución! This week, we take a look at One Battle After Another, the latest film from acclaimed writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson. Following former revolutionary Bob Ferguson as he attempts to rescue his daughter from a shadowy government agent seeking to hunt them down. Social Information: https://youtu.b...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we review the new Stephen King adaptation, The Long Walk. Directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill, The Long Walk follows fifty young men and boys in an endurance competition to the death across a dystopian United States.  Social Information: https:...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we review Honey, Don’t! The latest from writer/director Ethan Coen, Honey, Don’t! follows private eye Honey O’Donahue as she investigates a mysterious death in her small town and gets caught up with various nefarious characters. The film stars Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Chirs Evans, and Charlie Day. Social I...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we review the latest horror film from write and director Zach Cregger, Weapons. Starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Benedict Wong, and more, Weapons centers on a small town in the emotional aftermath of several schoolchildren disappearing from their homes into the night.  Barbarian review:   https:...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at the latest entry in the long running MCU where we get our introduction to the Fantastic Four. Social Information: Podcast Info: https://linktr.ee/PlayPauseRewind   Dylan’s Info: https://linktr.ee/DDayMovies   Niles’ Info: https://www.instagram.com/nilesgotnostylez/ Topics and Timecodes...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at the first film in the new DC Universe, Superman. Written and directed by James Gunn, Superman follows Clark Kent as he battles against Lex Luthor and his schemes and finds his place in the larger world of heroes, gods, and monsters.  Salvation Army Texas: https://give.salvationarmytexas.org...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at The Poenician Scheme, the latest film from writer/director Wes Anderson. In this latest film from Anderson, we follow international businessman Ksa-Ksa Korda and his estranged daughter as they attempt to shore up investments for a massive infrastructure project amidst sabotage in an adventure fe...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we take a look at the eighth and final film in the Mission: Impossible franchise following Ethan Hunt and his team as they race against time to stop the plans of the AI known as the Entity.  Social Information: Podcast Info: https://linktr.ee/PlayPauseRewind   Dylan’s Info: https://linktr.ee/DDayMovies...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. This week, we discuss the second and final season of Andor. This season follows Cassian Andor and his fellow early rebels over the five years leading up to the events of Rogue One and dives into the politics of revolution and the machinations of facism in a season of television that is both timeless and exceedingly relevant...

Welcome to Play, Pause, Rewind! The world’s greatest media podcast, maybe. In this week’s episode, we review the latest Marvel cinematic Universe movie, Thunderbolts*, and discuss how this story of antiheroes coming together as a team stacks up against the other recent Marvel entries.  Sequel Trilogy Rewind: https://youtu.be/rOp3tfV1C6I?si=r9XQ8n25BRN0hl2d   Social Information: Podcast I...