The All Around Podcast

Father and son are back again to review the first MCU film in two years, discuss the trailer for Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest Disney project 'Encanto', and ponder whether Apple can pry NFL Sunday Ticket away from DirecTV. Other topics include a new spy film from Matthew Vaughn called 'Argylle' which will feature an ensemble cast, a release date for the Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot-l...

Alex and Jim celebrate Independence Day by discussing The New York Times story about ESPN's Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor and their roles during this year's NBA Finals. Alex reviews Steven Soderbergh's 'No Sudden Move' before the duo comments on their indifference toward Disney+'s 'Loki'. The HBO hit show 'Lovecraft Country' got cancelled and the reason why may have something to do with the crit...

Alex and Jim gather together to briefly discuss the stupidity of 'F9', the latest episode of 'Loki', and the underperformance of Comcast's streaming service, Peacock. A Wall Street Journal report detailed that Peacock had only 10 million paid subscribers and had even looked into a partnership with ViacomCBS's Paramount+ in order to boost its market share. Also, just two years after Stephen Spielbe...

Alex and Raven review the ninth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise

Alex and Jim gathered together on Father's Day to talk about the 'In the Heights' non-troversy surrounding Afro-Latino representation as well as Rita Moreno's role in the controversy and the effects on the film itself. We also review the latest episode in 'Loki' while Sony Dates 'Bullet Train' for April 8, 2022. Also, since AMC's crappy balance sheet was rectified thanks to r/WallStreetBets, they...

On this latest episode of The All Around Podcast, we recorded on Zoom and Jim's audio is way better than Alex's so Alex will be investing in some new headphones soon. Not going to include a full description for this episode since it's fairly free-flowing. Hope you enjoy as we go through this audio transition.

Yeah we're back with some minor audio issues, but better than last week. This is a very light show so probably not a lot of explanation to go around in the description. We review some new trailers, the new name Warner Bros. Discovery for the newly merged company, and talk about the shockingly positive reviews for upcoming movies and dissecting whether or not they are a factor of the long-awaited r...

After a week off, Alex and Jim return recharged to review the inexplicable 'Cruella' and the uninspiring 'Army of the Dead' before discussing the latest industry consolidation news regarding WarnerMedia's merger with Discovery and Amazon's recent $8.45 billion purchase of MGM. We ponder the return of 'normal' as Memorial Day weekend saw the highest box office returns of the COVID-era with 'A Quiet...

The Mouse House may have some cracks in the foundation. Alex and Jim discuss the recent Variety article about the new Disney CEO, Bob Chapek, and his restructuring at the company. Many of the creatives have been devalued while business executives centered around consumer products and entertainment distribution (NOT production) have been empowered in the creative process. Could this spell doom for...

In a rather low key episode, Alex and Jim discuss NBC's motives behind not airing the Golden Globes in 2022. Is it because of the Hollywood Foreign Press's lack of diversity as they say or is it really because of plummeting ratings for the awards show? Paramount+ added 6 million subscribers while signing the production companies of John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds to first-look deals. However, Joh...

May the Fourth Be With You! Alex and Jim are back to discuss the myriad of quarterly earnings calls from companies like Netflix, Apple, Comcast (Universal), Discovery, and Sony to see how the streaming wars are playing out. DC Fandome is returning in 2021 after the success of the inaugural Fandome event in 2020 which might spell doom for San Diego Comic-Con. The 'Game of Thrones' spin-off 'House o...

The Return of the Kings!! Too much? Yeah, I guess so. Alex and Jim waste time reviewing the abomination that was 2021's 'Mortal Kombat' before breaking down the first trailer for Marvel's 'Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings'. The long awaited 'Mad Max: Fury Road' follow-up 'Furiosa' will FINALLY begin filming later this year as they begin pre-production for a June 23, 2023 release date. Son...

Guess who's back... back again. Yes, Alex and Jim are back to discuss more turn-your-brain-off movies because the trailers for the ninth installment of the immortal 'Fast and Furious' franchise and Zack Snyder's 'Army of the Dead' dropped last week. One has us mildly intrigued while the other has us rolling our eyes. You can probably guess which is which. The duo make their predictions for how 'In...

Alex and Jim discuss the licensing partnership between Sony and Netflix while noting Sony’s business savvy to stay alive in the movie space when they were on life support a decade ago. Paramount delays their Tom Cruise films with ‘Top Gun 2’ scheduled to release in November 2021 and ‘Mission Impossible 7’ and ‘8’ have been pushed to 2022 and 2023 respectively. Phoebe Waller-Bridge got the lead fem...

Alex and Jim discuss the banality that is 'Godzilla vs. Kong' and try to figure out the purpose of its human characters (to no avail). They transition to more intellectually stimulating news by examining the fallout of Warner Bros. cancelling the Ava DuVernay 'New Gods' film and James Wan's 'The Trench' Aquaman spin-off series. Why does WB keep announcing things that have no planned release dates...

Alex and Jim gather together again after having to scrap the previous week's episode due to technical difficulties. They discuss the first two episodes of 'The Falcon and The Winter Soldier' and 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' (which Alex begrudgingly eats crow on). The duo also delve deep into the meteoric news that 'Black Widow' will go to Disney+ the same day as it is released in theaters on Jul...

Alex and Jim wax poetic about Michael B. Jordan directing ‘Creed 3’, NBC’s Peacock losing almost $1 billion last year, and HBO Max projecting 70 million subs by the end of 2021 largely due to an ad-supported subscription tier. Other topics include Ron Howard’s production company Imagine Entertainment signing a deal with Apple and Kenneth Branagh directing a Bee Gees biopic for Paramount

Alex and Jim gather together once again to talk about 'Fast and Furious 9' moving to June 25 to go head to head with 'Venom 2' while Cinemark refuses to show Disney's 'Raya and The Last Dragon' in its theaters. Alamo Drafthouse filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy which leaves us asking just how soon will theaters be obsolete. This is compounded by Disney CEO Bob Chapek's remarks about shorter theatric...

Alex and Jim are back to discuss the cascade of news surrounding Paramount+ and their upcoming slate of original content which involves rebooting any and all of their IP’s including The Italian Job, The Parallax View, Love Story, and revival of the hit series Frasier. Also discussed are limited 45-day theatrical windows for films like Mission Impossible 7 and A Quiet Place Part 2 before hitting th...

Alex and Jim discuss the hot garbage trailers for Mortal Kombat and Cruella before moving on to the impending controversy that will surround Apple’s partnership with Skydance Animation and its head, John Lasseter. Other topics include Ray Fisher’s doubling down on accusations made against Joss Wheaton and Edgar Wright’s involvement in an adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘The Running Man’

Alex and Jim gather together once again to review their friendly wager of Disney+ subscribers after their recent earnings call. They also lament the phony 'epicness' of the Justice League SnyderCut trailer released by Warner Bros. But their spirits are lifted by casting announcements involving JK Simmons joining the Amazon Lucille Ball-biopic 'Being the Ricardos' and Sandra Bullock starring alongs...

Alex and Jim kick things off with a quick discussion about the Super Bowl commercials before getting into the huge bomb dropped during the latest episode of WandaVision. Other topics include Ryan Coogler signing a deal with Disney which includes a Wakanda TV series on Disney+, three separate GameStop films in development, Sony's Q3 earnings and the effects on its Sony Pictures division, and a poss...

Alex and Jim discuss Apple’s record setting Sundance purchase of ‘Coda’ as well as the casting of Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in the AppleTV+ series ‘WeCrashed’. HBO Max saw a surge in activations with The Snyder Cut of ‘Justice League’ confirmed for release in March. This and much more on The All Around Podcast

Alex and Jim discuss the hottest news in the country... GameStop’s meteoric stock rose thanks to 6 million Reddit users’ war with hedge funds betting on GameStop to fail and the institution of Wall Street. (Recorded on 1/28/21)

Alex and Jim discuss the first official trailer for 'Kong vs. Godzilla', the myriad of films from Disney, Sony, Paramount, and MGM that have been delayed and pushed out of the Q1 window. Also, Netflix achieves huge milestones in passing 200 million subscribers and expect to be cash-flow positive going forward. However, Netflix also raised their prices again which could cause concern especially con...