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Join us for another exciting episode of Watch Closely as we dive into the latest news and updates from the world of movies! Hosted by Jason and Ernie, in this week's episode we discuss the upcoming release of Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," which marks Nolan's return to the R-rated category and is set to hit theaters on July 21. We also explore the future of the Spider-Man...

Join Jason and Ernie as they discuss the recently released trailers for Ninja Turtles and Hidden Strike, an action comedy film starring John Cena and Jackie Chan. Hidden Strike's release date is yet to be announced, but it is expected to hit theaters in 2023. We also talk about Dwayne Johnson's return to the Fast and Furious universe with a new standalone film reprising his role as Luke Ho...

Join Jason and Ernie on this week's episode of Watch Closely as they discuss Netflix's new measures to prevent password sharing, the latest movie trailers including "Hijack" "The Flash" "No Hard Feelings" and "Barbie," and share their thoughts on the highly anticipated "Fast X" installment. Tune in for insightful discussions, reviews, and t...

In this week's episode of Watch Closely, Jason and Ernie discuss the latest trailers and a few news topics. They review trailers for the upcoming movies Extraction 2, Haunted Mansion, Five Nights At Freddy's, The Creator, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, White Men Can't Jump, and Conan O'Brien Must Go. They also touch on the shift in streaming services' stance tow...

Welcome back listeners to another week of Watch Closely. This week, we discuss Guardians of the Galaxy and all the things we loved about it. We laugh and cry as the guardians are sent off. Does James Gunn close the trilogy with a bang? We talk spoilers about a quarter of the way through, but you will be warned, but if you have not seen this yet, go watch now! Also, this is the last episode for Lex...

Welcome back listeners to another week of Watch Closely. This week, we discuss the watching of Return of the Jedi in theaters. Trailers of the week include, Dune Part 2, Twisted Metal and Gran Turismo. We then go off the rails by talking about Disney rides like Pirates and Space Mountain. We then get into the juicy part of the episode where we speak about the writers strike and how it will affect...

Welcome back listeners to another week of Watch Closely. This week we discuss some CinemaCon news and all the trailers and footage that has been dropping, starting with The Flash. We then discuss the some new trailers with, The Witcher Season 3, American Born Chinese, The Little Mermaid and A Haunting in Venice. Next, we discuss Hugh Grant becoming an Oompa Loompa in the new Wonka film and wonderi...

Welcome back listeners! This week we ask Lex his thoughts on the Super Mario Bros movie and then we all dive into this weeks movie trailers with FUBAR, Insidious 5: The Red Door & Fast X. Then we go into a tangent about horror movies and what kind of horror movies have the most effect on us. Next, we discuss all that is happening with actor Jonathan Majors and what we think his future holds in...

In this episode of Watch Closely, Jason is joined by Ernie to discuss Star Wars Celebration, Super Mario, trailers and more! They start by sharing their non-spoiler thoughts on the Super Mario movie and their favorite characters, followed by trailers of the week, including Secret Invasion, Barbie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse, Blue Beetle, Muppets Mayhem, Live Action Moana, and The Marvels....

This week on Watch Closely, Ernie and Lex talk video game to movie adaptions. Will the success of HBOs The Last of Us be a standard for these adaptions moving forward? Or will they fall back to being lame? We take a trip down memory lane and talk about some really bad and somewhat decent adaptions over the years. We also, talk movie turned video games and what video games we would like to see be b...

Welcome back listeners! This week on Watch Closely, we discuss which April movie releases we are looking forward to and say why. We then discuss what we are watching and Jason has an interesting answer. We then discuss the Jonathan Majors incident that occurred. Next, we talk that Batman 2 may be featuring the villain Clayface! Lastly, we talk the voice actors chosen for Super Mario Bros film and...

Welcome back friends for another week of Watch Closely. This week, we discuss the new film, Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Spoilers about midway through so beware! See what we think of this movie and why we think it doesn't deserve the negative reception it has received. With James Gunn new roadmap in the works, does this film deserve to move forward or be shelved? Take a listen and enjoy! Do you h...

Welcome back listeners! This week we are talking all about HBO’s The Last of Us season one and our thoughts on the entire season. Spoilers about 30 minutes into the episode so if you haven’t not seen it all, do not go past that point! We also play a fun little game that involves The Last of Us type questions. Do you have questions, topics, or movie recommendations for us? Tweet us @watchfultweet o...

Welcome back listeners to another episode of Watch Closely and we are coming live from Twitch this week! We start of the week by asking, what are we all watching? Then we discuss the trailers of the week with, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Citadel, and Ghosted. Then we kick in news and start with the new Patty Jenkins Star Wars movies shelved. Next we discuss the new Disney+ Zorro s...

Welcome back listeners to another episode of Watch Closely! We kick off the episode by asking what we are watching. Then we discuss the trailers of the week which include, Peter Pan & Wendy, Ted Lasso Season 3 and Haunted Mansion. We then discuss our thoughts on The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 1 premiere. We then get into the news with Hellboy remake gets its leading man. Grand Death Lotto, s...

Hello listeners and welcome to the special 100th episode live-streamed event spectacular twitter cast! We are changing things around a little bit and starting with the topic, what are we watching? Then we discuss the trailers we saw this week which include, About my Father, M3GAN Unrated, and The Pope’s Exorcist. We then go into a discussion and our thoughts on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. T...

Hello again listeners, we are back with another exciting episode of Watch Closely. First up, we talk The Last of Us tv show and our midseason thoughts so far. We then discuss some Super Bowl movie trailers like The Flash, Fast X and Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Up next, Kevin Feige has “big ideas” for Spider-Man 4 and we ask, what are these ideas? We talk villains, where would the story go, will Hap...

Welcome back listeners, this week we very briefly discuss our thoughts on the film, Knock at the Cabin. First off, we have a couple topics to recant, such as Discovery and HBO combining, but Discovery still being a standalone, Netflix revises anti-password sharing rules and another Toy Story in the works? We also talk Frozen Sequel and Avatar Experience coming to the West Coast. Next up, AMC pulls...

Welcome back listeners, we have a heavy week of news ahead of us because James Gunn finally announces his plans for the DCU. Heavy on DC news this week, so DC haters and Marvel lovers, beware. Next, Flash Funko pops reveals spoilers?! Where do they get these wonderful toys.. Twitter asks, if we want superman wearing trunks or no trunks and if everyone is going to be recasted or some will be the sa...

Welcome back listeners, this week we start off by discussing the latest Shazam: Fury of Gods with a more mature tone this time around, another terribly placed rap song and wonky cgi? Up next, we talk about how AI is taking over and changing how original movies are seen and look. Next, we talk about how Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and the creators receiving death threats and Peter Pan: Neverla...

Welcome back listeners to another week of Watch Closely. We of course start with our thoughts for episode 1 of The Last of Us on HBO with no spoilers, so don’t you worry. Next we discuss the return of Ted Lasso Season 3, coming to our television and hearts Spring 2023. We also ask the question; would you rather a service drop a full season or release episodes weekly? Next, M3GAN 2.0 officially ann...

Welcome back listeners to another week of Watch Closely. This week we discuss thoughts on M3GAN and a brief discussion and thoughts on Puss in Boots The Last Wish. We quickly go over some of the Golden Globe winners which include “Natal Natal” from the acclaimed film, RRR. Next we talk about the upsetting price hike for HBO and if Ernie will ever pay for a streaming service himself. Next we discus...

Happy New Year and welcome back listeners! First off, wishing Jeremy Renner a speedy recovery and when you thought we were done talking about Avatar, we speak the new possible villains of fire Na’ve tribe. Next, news is that The Last of Us Season 1 will cover the entirety of the first game!! And will season 2 cover the sequel and the possibility of a third game/3rd season?? Then, Rian Johnson teas...

Welcome friends to the final episode of 2022! We discuss how our holiday went and our favorite Christmas songs and some movies we checked out. Before we get into our end of the year faves, we discuss a little piece of news with a little film that released a few years back called, Yesterday. Fans sued the film Yesterday for not featuring Ana de Armas who was in the trailer, so what does that mean f...

Welcome back listeners, this week we discuss the ultimate Cameron corner with the discussion of Avatar The Way of Water!! The highly anticipated film finally hits the theaters and we discuss our thoughts and if you should see it in 3D or not. But before all that, we talk Ernies finals and his thoughts on Henry Cavill leaving the Superman character. Lex talks his movie experience and thoughts on, T...