Up Your Alley with Jake & Taylor

This week on Up Your Alley , we talk about Sony’s latest announcements and what they could mean for the future of physical game ownership . Are we watching the slow death of physical media, or is there still hope for collectors? At the end we do a quick review of Supergirl and what it could mean for James Gunn's DCU going forward. Then it’s time for our recommendations: 🦈 Thrash — the new sha...

#SteamMachine #007FirstLight #YookaReplaylee #Whalefall #Kevin #ZachGalifianakis #GamingPodcast #moviepodcast This week on Up Your Alley, we’re talking about the eye-watering price of the new Steam Machine and trying to figure out exactly what’s driving the cost. Is this the future of PC gaming in the living room, or just an expensive curiosity? We also discuss the upcoming film Whalefall, Jake wr...

#SummerGamesFest #NintendoDirect #BlippoPlus #JimRash #MissYouLoveYou #IndieGames #GamingPodcast #MoviePodcast This week on Up Your Alley , we’re breaking down the biggest announcements from Summer Games Fest and the latest Nintendo Direct . What got us excited? What got us worried? And what will definitely be delayed? Then it’s time for this week’s recommendations: 📺 Blippo+ — a bizarre indie ex...

This week on Up Your Alley , we get our first look at 007 First Light and Spider-Noir , two projects that have us cautiously optimistic for very different reasons. Jake follows up last week’s Primitive War discussion with a spite-rec: Dog Soldiers (2002), the cult horror-action film that answers the question, “What if a military squad fought monsters, but good?” Taylor’s rec is the YouTube channel...

This week we talk about Primitive War , the Vietnam War dinosaur movie that somehow got made, and Lorelei and the Laser Eyes , the indie puzzle game that feels like solving a crossword inside a nightmare. Jake saw The Mandalorian and Grogu and reports back, while Taylor has been spending time with LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight because apparently there can never be enough Batman media. Ema...

This week on Up Your Alley : 🇯🇵 Jake reports back from watching a sumo tournament in Japan — the atmosphere, the rituals, and why it ruled 🎸 Taylor listened to the new Primus EP Handful of Nuggs and tries to explain whatever Primus has going on 📺 Then we get into Bandersketch , the chaotic choose-your-own-adventure special from Australian comedy legends Aunty Donna , streaming on GrouseHouse.tv...

This week on Up Your Alley : 🦊 Nintendo finally announced a Star Fox remake for Switch 2 and we’ve got thoughts ⚖️ We break down the bizarre lawsuit surrounding Ben Affleck and The Rip 🎬 This week’s recs: • Dust Bunny (2025) — creepy, strange, and surprisingly emotional • 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple — the infection saga somehow gets even bleaker 🥋 And to close things out, we went straight f...

We made it — the finale of All Affleck April . This week we close things out with Hypnotic (2023), the Robert Rodriguez thriller starring Ben Affleck that asks: what if reality… wasn’t? And more importantly: does any of this actually work? 🎬 Hypnotic — Affleck vs. mind control 🎮 Jake’s rec: Ball x Pit — Chaotic indie rogue-like 🏴‍☠️ Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynched — new announcement and w...

All Affleck April rolls into Week 3. This time we’re watching Going All the Way (1997), an early Ben Affleck performance before he became… Ben Affleck. Does it hold up, or is this one best left in the ‘90s? 📚 We also talk Strange Weather in Tokyo , the quietly beautiful Japanese novel by Hiromi Kawakami 🎮 Plus: Exit 8 , the indie horror game built around endless looping hallways — and the upcomi...

All Affleck April rolls into Week 2 with The Tender Bar , the Amazon Original directed by George Clooney and based on the memoir by J.R. Moehringer — a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who found guidance growing up in the bar run by his uncle. Ben Affleck earned a Golden Globe nomination for the role, but does the movie actually hold up? Then it’s onto Jake’s rec: 🎥 Nirvanna the Band the Show th...

It’s Week 1 of All Affleck April , and we’re starting strong (or… not?) with Netflix’s The Last Thing He Wanted , based on the Joan Didion novel and starring Ben Affleck . 🎬 Is it underrated? Misunderstood? Or just straight-up confusing? We break it down. ⚡ And something completely different: Technology Connections and his latest deep dive on renewable energy — one of the best channels on YouTub...

This week Jake finally pulled the trigger on a Switch 2 and has been putting time into Pokopia — so naturally we have to ask: was it worth it? Then it’s onto our recs for the week: 🛡️ Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — the next step in the Game of Thrones universe 🚀 Mars — the animated film from The Whitest Kids U’ Know , weird, funny, and exactly what you’d expect New console decisions, fantasy hype...

We’re back after a long break and jumping straight into it. 📺 We talk HBO’s Heated Rivalry and the Oscar-nominated Brazilian film The Secret Agent 🎮 Then we ask the real question: is Pokopia worth buying a Switch 2 for? ⚔️ Plus: Crimson Desert hype — are we buying in or getting burned? 🎺 And a Mighty Mighty lyrics debate A little movies, a little games, a little ska — we’re so back. 📬 Email us...

We’re back from the big Virginia snowstorm and cold snap with stories of survival (indoors), digital rabbit holes, and the games that kept us sane while the world outside froze solid. Then we get into a strange and wild ride through a dead man’s emails that are now public — and what they reveal is… something. From gaming to digital voyeurism, we cover it all. This Week’s Recs: 🌍 Greenland (2020)...

We’re venturing beyond All Affleck April with Ben’s latest team-up with Matt Damon in The Rip — a gritty Netflix crime thriller that you should be constantly streaming at you home. Then we dive back into Finnish mayhem with Sisu: Road to Revenge , the brutal, blood-soaked sequel to the film we loved a while back. It’s bigger, weirder, and somehow even more unkillable. This Week’s Recs: 🔫 Sisu: Ro...

In this week’s episode of Up Your Alley : 🐶 We celebrate the dog that won an acting award and wonder what that actually means for Hollywood. 🎭 Then we unpack the age‑old question: What makes a movie a comedy vs. a drama? 🎮 Jake dives into reload‑sim shooters and explains why he’s hooked. 📺 And in our weekly recommendations: • Counting the Trees in Skyrim — a thoughtful, whimsical deep dive vid...

2026 PreviewIt’s the one time a year we pretend to be organized. Jake and Taylor look ahead at all the TV shows, movies, and video games (allegedly) releasing in 2026. Here’s what we’re excited about, what’s getting delayed, and what’s going to flop spectacularly . 📬 Email us: upyouralleypod@gmail.com 🎵 Theme by Brother Bill — https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

This week, Jake has a surprise reviewMarty Supreme and Taylor dives deep into a newly discovered mystery hidden within Red Dead Redemption 2 . Then it’s on to our recommendations for the week: 🪰 Bugonia – an artful horror short buzzing with dread 💎 Reflection of in a Dead Diamond – a hypnotic, film that breaks down the vintage spy genre 📬 Email us: upyouralleypod@gmail.com 🎵 Theme by Brother B...

This week on Up Your Alley, we unpack Jay Kelly — Noah Baumbach’s 2025 Netflix drama about a famous movie star (George Clooney) confronting his career choices and personal regrets on a European journey, with Adam Sandler as his loyal manager and a star‑studded cast along for the ride. We also recap The Game Awards, reactions, surprises, and big moments, and highlight the thoughtful gaming documen...

This week on Up Your Alley , we unpack Quentin Tarantino’s list of the best movies of the 21st century—and whether it’s brilliant, baffling, or both. We also dive into rumors of Warner Bros being sold (again) and the newly released Diddy documentary that’s raising eyebrows. Then it’s time for weekly recs : 🎥 The Age of Disclosure — a sharp new documentary from Dan Farah that blends paranoia and i...

This week, Taylor’s played two of this year’s Game of the Year nominees and has thoughts. Then we torch Variety’s list of the “100 Greatest Comedies” for its baffling takes. After that, it’s onto the big monsters and gooey practical effects: we break down the hype around Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein coming to Netflix, and celebrate the glorious return of The Toxic Avenger in all its Troma-tra...

This week we dive into the nominees for The Game Awards and call out a few snubs that had us raising our eyebrows. Then we dig through IGN’s newly released list of the 100 Greatest Nintendo Games of All Time and question some of their rankings. Finally, it’s recommendation time: Jake brings us a YouTube video from Mile Rossi’s Miniminuteman channel about the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and we head bac...

This week, we dive into: 🕹️ The latest delay for GTA 6 and what that means for fans 🤖 The AI controversy shaking up Arc Raiders 📺 Dropout hitting a million subscribers and why it matters Then we hit you with our weekly recs: 🎬 Sisu — blood, gold, and brutal revenge in a no-nonsense package 💥 House of Dynamite — a Netflix original that’s just as explosive as it sounds 💌 Got thoughts? Suggestio...

We got our first look at the Halo remake, and it might officially mark the end of the console wars (RIP to arguments from 2003). Then we dive into our weekly recommendations: 🎥 Ready or Not (2019) – a horror-comedy full of blood, laughs, and rich-people comeuppance 🎤 Kneecap (2024) – the anarchic, fourth-wall-breaking biopic of the Irish rap trio you didn’t know you needed New episodes every wee...

We talk about trying to get kids into video games, the robbery at the Louvre (we’re on the robbers’ side). This week’s recs: the horror-comedy Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project and the YouTube doc The Piss Saga by Derek Milton. 📬 Email us: upyouralleypod@gmail.com 🎵 Theme song by Brother Bill Derek Milton "The Piss Saga" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5_uaLKpoRQ