That Film Stew Podcast

Directed by Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow is the science fiction action film starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, which is loosely based on the Japanese novel All You Need Is Kill by Horoshi Sakurazaka. Luke and Jae live, die, and repeat their way back to 2014 to revisit this time loop movie a decade on since its release. When Earth falls under attack from invincible aliens, no military unit in the...

What do Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal have in common besides similar sounding names? Gladiator II, that's what. Brad Pitt stars in the first trailer for F1, a new Hellboy movie has quietly come about, M3GAN spins off with an erotic thriller, and in the ultimate search for more money the sequel to Spaceballs is official. Psul Giamatti joins Star Trek, Arkham Asylum gets shut down, and it turns out i...

The heat is on once again... on Netflix! Directed by Mark Molloy, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is the action comedy film starring Eddie Murphy which serves as the fourth installment in the Beverly Hills Cop film series. Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter’s life is threatened, she (Taylour Paige) and Foley team up with a new partner (Joseph Gor...

Created by Dave Filoni, Star Wars: The Bad Batch is the animated television series which is a part of the Star Wars franchise. Luke and Jae check out the third and final season of this Disney+ show which is a spin-off from Star Wars: The Clone Wars, continuing from the end of that series. The Bad Batch will have their limits tested in the fight to reunite with Omega as she faces challenges of her...

Created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman and produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, Star Trek: Discovery is the science fiction television series set in and based on the Star Trek franchise. Luke and Jae get their "disco" on as they check out the fifth and final season of the series. Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise serve as showrunners. Follo...

Directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, Star Trek is the science fiction action film based on television series of the same name. Luke and Jason branch off into a new timeline by revisiting 2009 for the 11th film in the Star Trek franchise, and the first in the rebooted film series that features the main characters of Star Trek: The Original Series. Aboard the USS E...

Directed Joe Johnston, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is the science fiction comedy film starring Rick Moranis and the first installment of the Shrunk film franchise. Rob and Jason shrink themselves as a means to rewind to 1989 to review this Disney family classic. When kids sneak into inventor Wayne Szalinski's (Rick Moranis) upstairs lab to retrieve an errant baseball, his experimental shrink ray mini...

In this special milestone episode, we'll look back at an assortment of films from multiple decades that make up the ambitious, experimental, sometimes funny, sometimes not, long running, successful movie production company founded by Adam Sandler - Happy Madison Productions. What are our favourite movies and what are the worst movies?

Written, produced, and directed by John Krasinski, IF is the live-action / animated fantasy comedy film featuring an ensemble cast that includes Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, Fiona Shaw, along with the voices of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr., and Steve Carell. After discovering she can see everyone’s imaginary friends, twelve-year-old Bea (Cailey Fleming) embarks on a magical adventure...

Directed by Patrick Hughes, The Expendables 3 is the action film written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, and Sylvester Stallone. It s the third installment in The Expendables franchise. Luke and Nathan get fired up to revist the third installment in The Expendables franchise which once again features an ensemble cast of largely action film actors. Years ago, Barney Ross (Sylvester Stal...

Directed by Matthew Vaughan and produced by Bryan Singer, X-Men: First Class is the superhero film based on the X-Men characters appearing in Marvel Comics. Luke and Nathan return to 2011 to the fourth mainline film (fifth overall) in the X-Men film series that takes the story back to 1962 to initially serve as a franchise reboot but eventually was retconned as a legitimate prequel to X-Men (2000)...

Directed by Joshua John Miller, The Exorcism is the horror film starring Russell Crowe. Anthony Miller (Russell Crowe) is a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter (Ryan Simpkins) wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play.

We've got new trailers for Venom: The Last Dance and Alien: Romulus, the new Knives Out cast has grown extensively (and so has Daniel Craig's hair), the next The Exorcist will take a radical new direction, and the Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover movie is still happening. Guy Ritchie is back with more Sherlock Holmes, Zack Snyder is back with more 300, Man on Fire gets the small screen treatmen...

Produced and directed by Richard Linklater, Hit Man is the romantic action comedy film based on the 2001 Texas Monthly magazine article of the same name by Skip Hollandsworth. Strait-laced professor Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) moonlights as a fake hit man for the New Orleans Police Department. Gifted at inhabiting different guises and personalities to catch hapless people hoping to bump off their e...

Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, Hercules is the animated musical fantasy film, loosely based on the legendary hero Heracles (known in the film by his Roman name, Hercules), a son of Zeus in Greek mythology. Luke and Jae journey back to the legendary times of Ancient Greece (also known as 1997) to revist this Walt Disney Feature Animation produced film. Hercules (Tate Donovan), a son of g...

Created by John Whittington and Toby Ascher, Knuckles is the telvision miniseries based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series published by Sega. It is a spin-off of the Sonic the Hedgehog film series. Luke and Jason check out this firat live-action Sonic television series which takes place between the events of the films Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024), and follow...

Created by Beau DeMayo, X-Men '97 is the animated television series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the X-Men. It is the revival of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992 - 1997), continuing the story of the X-Men following the loss of their leader, Professor X. Luke and Nathan get their mutant on as they check out the first season of this Marvel Studios produced, Marvel Animation series for D...

Directed, co-written, and co-produced by George Miller, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is the Australian post-apocalyptic action film which serves as a prequel and spin-off to Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) which focuses on the character Imperator Furiosa. It is also the fifth installment in the Mad Max franchise. Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) falls into the ha...

It's been forty years but we finally have a trailer for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, the next Knives Out title has been revealed, a Marvel Studio's X-Men movie is official, and Cillian Murphy will be back (somehow) in 28 Years Later. Marvel's Vision series is still on the schedule, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series finds its lead, and Will Ferrell takes on the golf comedy genre.

What a wonderful day! Directed by Wes Ball and written by Josh Friedman, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the fourth installment in the Planet of the Apes reboot franchise and standalone sequel to War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). It is also the tenth Planet of the Apes film overall. Set several generations in the future following Caesar's reign, in which apes are the dominant species liv...

Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino from a story he conceived with Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction tells three intertwining tales of crime and violence in Los Angeles, California. Jason and Rob rewind to 1994 to review the independent crime film that celebrates its 30th anniversary this year - a film that spends considerable screen time devoted to monologues and casual conversations, and features...

Directed by Gore Verbinski, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is the fantasy swashbuckler film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and based on Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disney theme parks. Luke and Jae break out the rum and return to the high seas to sail the first installment in the Piratea of the Caribbean film series. Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp)...

Developed by Bruce Timm, Giancarlo Volpe, and Jim Krieg, Green Lantern: The Animated Series is the animated superhero television series based on the DC Comics superhero Green Lantern created by John Broome and Gil Kane. Luke and Jae revisit the 26 episode single season of this Cartoon Network series which ran from March 2012 to March 2013 - and both the first Green Lantern television series and th...

Children can be such monsters... Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, Abigail is the horror film starring Alisha Weir, Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, and Kathryn Newton. After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion,...

Two new big names added to the Fantastic Four cast, Masters of the Universe has a release date so we can say that it is actually finally happening, Twisters throws down a new trailer, Road House will re-open as its sequel is greenlit, and the new Superman puts on his boots. Vin Diesel confirms a fourth Riddick movie, Peter Jackson returns to Middle-Earth with the Lord of the Rings universe set to...