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We're starting up another quick trio of reviews this time of the Now You See Me movies. Magic! Heists! Twists! Oh my! Come back next episode as we review Now You See Me 2 or GDT's Frankenstein (if Brendan has finished the book by then). Either way, join us then!

Wicked defied gravity last year at the box office and soared back into theaters last week to tremendous business with Wicked: For Good. But did the second act of the story work for us? Come back next episode as we start our Now You See Me series with the original from 2013!

Last November, Glinda and Elphaba flew into theaters and took the world by storm with Wicked (Part 1)! Now, one year later Wicked: For Good is hitting screens across the country after much anticipation. We're here to first cover the 2024 film before covering the new film next episode!

This time last year, we all agreed that we would review the two halves of Wicked, but you can't talk about those movies without discussing The Wizard of Oz first! So, this is where we begin, the 1939 classic that may just be the most watched film of all time. But does it hold up? Come back next episode for our review of Wicked!

Baby, we were born to pod! We're back with Conor's birthday pick, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. The film follows The Boss as he attempts to put his sorrows into the album Nebraska. Did this music biopic separate itself from others of its kind? Come back next episode as we review one of Frankenstein (2025), The Wizard of Oz, or Now You See Me. We're eventually reviewing them all...

Happy Halloween! Chris Stuckmann raised more money for a Kickstarter than any project in history for his directorial debut. Then, Neon acquired the film and gave him the resources to do even more with the film, and give it a wide release a week before Halloween. We're here to give our thoughts on the final product and discuss if this is worthy of the film's inspirations. Come back next epi...

Shudder has acquired and released another interesting high concept horror film with Good Boy; a haunting movie from the perspective of the dog of the house. Did the experiment work for us? Come back on Halloween as we discuss one of the big horror releases of this season, Chris Stuckmann's Shelby Oaks! After that, we will be reviewing Conor's birthday selection, Springsteen: Deliver Me Fro...

It's one PTA podcast after another! We wrap up our look back at one of the modern masters of cinema with our review of his latest film, One Battle After Another! The film marks his first collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio and is his highest grossing film to date. But did it work for our hosts? Our next couple of episodes will be some spooky new releases before Halloween with Good Boy and She...

PTA's follow up to his portrait of American commerce and religion tackles another strange time in American history, the rise of cults in the 1950s with The Master. Partially based on the life of L. Ron Hubbard, this film examines how cult of personalities control those who fall into them. It's one of our hosts favorite films! Next episode we'll finally be discussing One Battle After An...

Apologies for the delay in upload! We're back with what many people believe is Paul Thomas Anderson's greatest work, the adaptation of Upton Sinclair's "Oil!" renamed There Will Be Blood. The film is renowned as one fo the best films of the century, but failed to win Best Picture. A trend worth watching while tracking One Battle After Another. Speaking of that film, that will...

After the success of his second feature film, Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson was able to make whatever film he wanted to, and that was the film Magnolia; a story of a web of people in the San Fernando Valley on a rainy day. The film is widely hailed as one of the best of his career, but is that the case for us? Come back next episode as we discuss one of the great American films of the 21st C...

Alison Brie and Dave Franco are together in real life and in the new body horror film, Together! Directed by first time feature filmmaker Michael Shanks, this film asks the question, "would you saw between your and partner's fuzed arm that has fuzed together?" and we love it for it. Come back later this week as we pick up our Paul Thomas Anderson series with Magnolia!

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another is hitting theaters in a few weeks and we are getting ready by reviewing 4 of his previous films before our week of release review of the new film! This episode we examine his second feature film, Boogie Nights, which has become a classic since its release. In the coming weeks we will be covering Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, The Master, and the...

We're wrapping up summer with the last day of summer camp at Camp Firewood! This cult classic comedy hadn't been seen by two of us, and we chat about how well this film's humor holds up today. We will be back next episode with the start of our series covering 5 of Paul Thomas Anderson's films leading up to One Battle After Another! Boogie Nights kicks us off next week (followed by...

It's late August and it's hot out which means we're reviewing Heat! This somewhat modern American classic starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro has become a film-bro staple, but did it work for us thirty years after it's release? Come back next week as we say goodbye to summer and the heat with Wet Hot American Summer!

What says summer more than Major League Baseball and movie stars at the cinema? So, this week we're reviewing Moneyball! This became an instant classic for sports fans across the country, but does it work for us? This is Ryan's birthday month one-off pick. Come back next episode as we discuss a movie made for the dog-days of August, Heat starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro!

Before Dave Franco and Alison Brie got stuck together, Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear were in 2003 for the studio comedy film Stuck on You! At almost two hours long, did this movie land enough jokes to keep us entertained? Come back next week as we review the new horror film, Together!

Ari Aster looks back at the COVID-19 pandemic with a satirical eye, but did we think his hindsight was 2020? Come back next week as we cover the 2003 film Stuck on You to tie into our upcoming review of Together, starring Dave Franco and Allison Brie!

Brendan and Ryan are back from taking a week off to discuss the results of 'Superman' at the Box Office so far as well as the other topics of discussion from the last two weeks! Keep an eye out for the CTP review of Eddington in the next few days!

To pair with the new film Eddington hitting theaters this weekend, we have chosen to discuss another film about technology and conspiracy, The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola! Does this movie hold up 51 years later? Come back next week for our thoughts on Eddington!

Only three years after the franchise seemingly ended with Dominion, Jurassic World roared back into theaters this past weekend. Despite a strong box office showing, many critics and audience members seemed disappointed by the film we got, but did it work for us? Stick around until the end to hear our rankings of the entire franchise now that we have reviewed them all as well as our upcoming schedu...

It's a dinotastic week here at the Twisted Mug Media Network! Today, we discuss the box office success (?) of Jurassic World Rebirth, along with all of the other news from the weekend at the theaters. In addition to that, we pontificate on the box office potential for The Odyssey following the release of the teaser trailer in theaters, and finally Brendan breaks down the headlines of the week!...

More like The Day of the Locust, amiright? Tough crowd. The Jurassic franchise that started the requel trend finally loops back around to have the legacy and new characters interact in this third film in the trilogy. Did this relative disappointment financially work for us more than the critics at the time? Come back next week as we tackle the new Rebirth of the Jurassic franchise with Jurassic Wo...

In this week's episode, we discuss Aaron Sorkin writing and directing a follow-up to 'The Social Network' as well as Denis Villeneuve officially signing to direct the next James Bond film. After that, we review this week's top 10 at the box office. Brendan then breaks down our additional headlines and Ryan gives his thoughts on '28 Years Later', 'F1', and 'Megan...

After the first requel had the highest domestic opening weekend up until that point in 2015, Universal green-lit a $400 million+ budgeted sequel to the requel, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt again, and returns Colin Trevorrow to the writer's chair, but replaces him with J.A. Bayona for the directing duties. Did the film live up to the incredi...