The Strange Harbors Podcast

Is the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe really about to change? We review the DCEU's latest, Jaume Collett-Serra's Black Adam, a superhero film almost 20 years in the making. How is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as the Shazam-powered antihero? We discuss that, the Justice Society of America, the big cameo, and more.

This week, we discuss the new AMC series, Interview with the Vampire. A new adaptation of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, we compare the new series - starring Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid - to Neil Jordan's 1994 film and delve into this modernization. How do the new Louis and Lestat stack up against the classic performances from Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise? Tune in and find out.

Game of Thrones is back! This week, we discuss the OTHER big-budget fantasy series on the air right now, House of the Dragon. With its first big time jump out of the way, this is the perfect opportunity to discuss and review the series. We talk about the legacy of its parent series, and whether or not it's worth watching, especially if you were burned by the final season of Game of Thrones. Tune i...

Tony Gilroy returns to the Star Wars universe to helm Andor, a new Disney Plus series serving as the origin story for Rogue One’s morally ambiguous rebel spy. A refreshing bottom-up approach eschewing retreads and cameos, Andor breaks new ground detailing the everymen of Star Wars, the oppressive rot of The Empire, and the broiling foment of rebellion. Tune in for our review of the first three epi...

Can creepy murder dungeons be included in a house’s square footage on Zillow? We talk everything Barbarian, director Zach Cregger's sleeper horror hit that's taken the country by storm. Surprisingly funny with nasty surprises, gore-hounds and squirm-fiends with appetites for the sick stuff will have a great time. Tune in to hear our thoughts!

Amazon Prime Video's big streaming play and the most expensive series ever made, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, is finally here. Taking place during the murky Second Age of Middle-Earth with dangers known and unknown lurking, does this sprawling fantasy epic live up to its deep pockets? We discuss fantasy television, Peter Jackson, Tolkien purists, and some of the controversy surroundi...

Australian director George Miller returns with his first feature since 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road with Three Thousand Years of Longing. A fable for adults, the film stars Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba in a fateful encounter between a nebbish narratologist and wish-granting Djinn. Join us as we discuss the film's oddly misleading marketing, what the film tells us about the power of stories, and our f...

Nathan Fielder returns to television with his indescribably bizarre new series: The Rehearsal, now streaming on HBO Max. Part social experiment, part docuseries, part meta comedy, and all head trip, The Rehearsal uses Fielder's brand of puppet mastery to help people prepare for the big events and confrontations of their lives. We dive deep into this uproarious new show and the moral implications o...

This week, we dive into the resident mind-melter from this year's Sundance Film Festival, Andrew Semans' psychological horror film, Resurrection, starring Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth. A tale about motherhood, hidden pasts, and the limits of control, Resurrection unspools a single mother’s crushing secret in a steely structure that belies its brazen, outrageous horror. And you bet we talk about its d...

This week we're talking about the latest installment of the wildly uneven Predator franchise, Dan Trachtenberg's back-to-basics Prey, which stars Amber Midthunder and Dakota Beavers as 18th Century Comanche hunters squaring off with a deadly alien threat. We discuss the movie's strange release as a streaming-only title and dive deep into Predator history: our favorite entries, the awfulness of 201...

This week we're filling in a lull in programming by discussing THE action musical sensation of the year, S. S. Rajamouli's Tollywood epic, RRR. Available on Netflix in dubbed Hindi or on the ZEE5 streaming platform in its native Telugu, RRR is one of the wildest, most entertaining movies you'll see this year. Do you know...Naatu?

This week, we're diving deep into Jordan Peele's third feature film after 2017's Get Out and 2019's Us: Nope. Does Peele solidify his horror chops with a hat trick? Or is this UFO mystery his first flop? Stick around and find out!

This week, we're talking about the third - and latest - Star Trek series streaming on Paramount Plus, which just wrapped its first season. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a new approach to this new era of Trek. Following Discovery and Picard, can Strange New Worlds break new ground? Or is it another case of diminishing returns for the franchise? Tune in and find out!

This week, we're discussing the silly - and divisive - Ragnarok redux, Thor: Love and Thunder. The third lowest rated Marvel Cinematic Universe entry on Rotten Tomatoes, the latest Odinson adventure from the mind of Taika Waititi has people wondering: Are we turning on the MCU? We discuss the movie, its critical reception, and our own - perhaps surprising - opinions.

Can you still squeeze juice out of the musical biopic formula? Baz Luhrmann - madman director of films such as Romeo+Juliet, Moulin Rouge, and The Great Gatsby - is sure up to the challenge. Austin Butler gives a tour de force performance as Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, but is the rest of the film up to snuff? We debate in this week's episode.

This week, we discuss one of the most hyped and anticipated horror movies of the year, Scott Derrickson's The Black Phone. 10 years ago, Derrickson and frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill terrorized us with snuff films and Bughuul in Sinister, a film that science has deemed "the scariest movie ever." Now, their new film, The Black Phone, aims to recapture that magic with Ethan Hawke once again...

Amir is out this week for a big move, but Jeff and Derek get together to talk about the latest Disney Plus Star Wars series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, which brings back Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christiansen, reprising their iconic roles from the Star Wars prequel trilogy. How does the show fare amongst its streaming Star Wars contemporaries? Is there still juice left to squeeze from the oft-tread sands of T...

David Cronenberg is back! This week, we're discussing the latest sci-fi mind-bender with Crimes of the Future, starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart. Come for Cronenberg’s body horror resurgent, stay for the perfect weirdo performances. This is a weird one!

This week, we're talking about the long awaited, long delayed Top Gun: Maverick, directed by Joseph Kosinski. We discuss Tom Cruise and his inimitable star power, his filmography, and his absolute commitment to analog spectacle. Top Gun: Maverick is one of the year's best action films, and it's nothing like you've ever seen. Listen along!

Men, am I right? This week we're split on Alex Garland's latest mind-melting horror film, Men. Starring Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, and Papaa Essiedu, the film follows a beleaguered Harper Marlowe as she grapples with the creepy denizens of a remote town, all wearing the same face. What did we think of the movie and its wild third act? Tune in and find out.

A casual episode of The Strange Harbors Podcast, we catch up on all the things we've been watching this year that we haven't covered on the pod. This week, we're talking about shows such as Severance, Winning Time, The Afterparty, Hacks, The Staircase, Better Call Saul, Outer Range, and Halo. We also take a look at the new meta Nicolas Cage buddy comedy, The Unbearable Weight Massive Talent.

Arguably the biggest film of the year so far, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is finally here. Does it blow the doors off the multiverse concept? Does legendary horror maestro Sam Raimi get to flex his muscles? What's next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Tune into our discussion and find out!

This week, we make an auspicious return to covering more television with Disney Plus' new Marvel series, Moon Knight, which wrapped up this past week. How does the show fare in adapting one of Marvel's most complex characters? We discuss the character, its difficulty in translating onto the screen, and Oscar Isaac's killer performance playing multiple roles.

This week, we're talking Robert Eggers and his latest, metal as hell Viking revenge epic, The Northman. Breathing new life into sword and sorcery following The Witch and The Lighthouse, The Northman returns Hamlet back to its Nordic roots with an epic scope, a bigger budget, and a thirstier bloodlust. What did we all think? Tune in and find out.

Everyone is yelling, everything is exploding, and nothing makes any sense in Michael Bay’s breakneck heist actioner, Ambulance. And that’s exactly why it’s delightful. This week, we're discussing everyone's favorite auteur and his divisive filmography, his latest film, and a Jake Gyllenhaal performance for the ages. Let's take a ride in Michael Bay's Ambulance.