Thirty Minute Reviews

With Doomsday a few months away, it is now time to discuss the MCU proper, so let's look back at 2008's Iron Man!

Adam discusses The Super Mario Movie and why he won't be covering the upcoming Harry Potter show.

Adam wraps up the Fox portion of the Doomsday countdown with a look back at 2018's Deadpool 2!

Adam launches a new series for the weeks where there is no tie-in movie and starts out by looking back at the film Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind.

Adam discusses the new trailers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Dune Part 3!

Adam discusses what is clearly the best of Fox's X-Men films: Logan.

Adam discusses the big winners from the 2026 Oscars and how indicative it is of some of Hollywood's larger macro issues that are holding back films.

With Avengers: Doomsday on the horizon, Adam continues his rewatch of the relevant movies with 2016's Deadpool.

Netflix has dropped out and Paramount is now the sole interested party for Warner Brothers. Adam breaks down the potential impacts.

Adam discusses X-Men: Days of Future Past and posits a theory for what timeline could be in play for Avengers: Doomsday.

We have a fun new tournament starting this year to decide what the best movie of the year is. Plus, we rank the new releases we saw in February 2026 including Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, The Moment, and Midwinter Break and crown a best film of January!

Adam continues on the road to Avengers: Doomsday with a look back at the beginning of the downhill slide for the X-Men franchise, X-Men: The Last Stand.

Adam continues his rewatches in the lead up to Avengers: Doomsday with X2.

Doomsday is coming so Adam begins a rewatch of the movies that seem most relevant based on what we know so far starting with 2000's X-Men .

Adam looks back to the 1939 adaptation of Wuthering Heights to determine if Jacob Elordi was improperly cast for the next adaptation and if the movie truly should be considered a romance.

After years of speculation, we finally know who will be directing the first Batman movie within the DC Universe, The Brave and the Bold. Adam discusses why that could be a problem.

Adam discusses Eva Victor's directorial debut Sorry, Baby.

Adam and Peter convene to discuss the best in film from 2025 and make their picks for the 2026 draft!

Avatar: Fire and Ash's total international box office projection has been revised downward. Adam discusses why this shouldn't be considered a massive deal.

With Avatar: Fire and Ash now in theaters, the first of four teasers for Avengers: Doomsday has now been screened. What does it tell us about the movie and the impending end of the Multiverse Saga for the MCU?

Well, while phase one of this nightmare may be over, but the war for control of Warner Bros. is far from over. Adam discusses what Netflix's winning bid means in the short term, in the long term, and what can be done to fix it.

With Zootopia 2 opening this week, Adam thought now would be a good time to revisit the troubling legacy and odd but probably well-intentioned choices that harm the race allegory in Zootopia.

With Wicked: For Good coming out this week, Adam revisits Wicked.

Due to the high budget, The Wizard of Oz was considered a financial failure at the time of its release. Adam dives into how one of the most-watched movies in history achieved that feat despite its financial returns, and why that is unlikely ever to happen again.

There seems to be some confusion over whether or not the events of A House of Dynamite actually happened in real life so Adam sets the record straight.