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[Spoilers Warning] Review of Marvel & Sony's Spider-Man: No Way Home featuring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire, Jon Favreau, Tony Revolori, Angourie Rice and Paula Newsome. In this special hybrid episode the 'Quotables' podcast gang joins forces with Watch Closely for a deep dive in...

M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming film starring Dave Bautista ' Knock at the Cabin ' is to be filmed as one long take similar to Birdman or 1917. Can he pull it off? Sweet Tooth's co-creator Emmet Quinlan is adapting his comic God Country into a feature film. HBO Max's Last of Us series casts Nick Offerman to play Bill. Nicolas Cage stars as... Nick Cage in the action-comedy " The Unbearable Weight of...

This week Netflix cancelled Cowboy Bebob after only 3 weeks on the streaming platform. We discuss why we think it didn't get a second season. Also multiple sources are saying that Warner Bros. has been testing two different cuts of ' The Batman ' and one has a certain actor in it. Who is this mystery actor and why would they be considering a version without him? We discuss our theories. Plus for S...

Into the Spider-verse sequel Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse announcement and teaser, we are getting two parts in the next installment! Tom Cruise has been spotted doing a new outrageous stunt involving walking out on the wings of a biplane! Does this man have a death wish? Karen Gillian will play opposite herself in an upcoming movie about herself and her clone having to battle to the death,...

This week we discuss the state of Star Wars, should Disney focus on their Disney Plus series such as The Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett, also the future of the sequel characters, will we see Rey, Finn, and Poe return? Also finally get to discuss Spiderman: No Way Home the second trailer and the predicted ticket sell out for theaters. For, See It or Skip It, Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart tea...

A special all Twitter Q&A episode where we answer some of your questions from Twitter. Is there an appropriate time to kill off a character? Should Spiderman: No Way Home be pushed back? Does Arcane have the most beautiful fight scene in all of animated television? Is Harry Styles going to play Thanos' brother in the MCU? Did Hawkeye lose his hearing? Should Carrie Coon have a Sigourney Weaver...

Join us in discussing all things Disney Plus Day. New Marvel, Star Wars and Disney Pixar announcement coming to the streaming service. For Disney News we discuss the Princess and the Frog sequel series 'Tiana' a new long-form musical series, the 'Baymax' spinoff of Big Hero 6, Hocus Pocus 2 with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy reprise their roles. Zootopia+ a new short-form se...

Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon join the cast of Oppenheimer the Christopher Nolan project starring Cillian Murphy and Emily Blutt. Nolan's return to Universal Pictures. Gal Gadot to play the villain in Marc Webb's live action Disney remake Snow White as the Evil Queen opposite Rachel Zegler. The Morbius full trailer starring Jared Leto show us more of his vampiric powers and strange Spiderman ea...

In a packed episode we discuss the return of Hayden Christensen and Brendan Fraser! Hayden will reprise his role as Anakin Skywalker in Obi Wan and Ahsoka series. Brendan has been cast as Firefly in the Batgirl HBO Max series. Also new images of Spiderman: No Way Home released from Empire magazine show hints at possibly destroying the iron suit, Doc Oc upgrading his tech also confirming the lego s...

The DC Fandome Event ascended upon us in all its glory. Lots on announcements but surprisingly little footage to be seen. We discuss Blue Beetle, Cat Woman Hunted, Harley Quinn Season 3, the J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, James Tucker and Bruce Timm lead project Batman Caped Crusader. New video games Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. A Smallville 20th Anniversary tribute, Wonde...

Tom Holland's interview suggests that Spider-man: No Way Home could be his last Spiderman movie in the MCU . Also the Sony's animated sequel to Spiderman Into the Spider-Verse gets an official title: ' Spiderman: Across the Spider-verse '. Beloved Christmas classic: Home Alone gets a reboot ' Home Sweet Home Alone ' with Archie Yates (Jojo Rabbit) in the lead opposite Ellie Kemper and Rob Delaney,...

Marvel India lets slip a new Blade release date , is it real? Keanu Reeves signs an R-Rated Netflix series based on his comic BRZRKR . The first Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon has its first trailer starring Milly Alcock, Eve Best, Emily Carey, Paddy Considine and Olivia Cooke. A WWII epic based on a true story called Operation Mincemeat gets a full trailer starring Colin Firth, Matthe...

Scarlett Johansson wins her case with Disney! Now Disney is suing the heirs of Steve Ditko (Spider-Man), Stan Lee/Larry Lieber (Iron Man, The Hulk, The X-Men, Thor, Black Panther) , Gene Colan to keep the rights to their Marvel characters due to copyright law. What if they get the rights back? Also there's a rumor that Netflix's Marvel series for Daredevil and Punisher and others might get reboote...

This week, the Batman has a second spinoff show announced for the Penguin starring Colin Farrell before even a full trailer! The full cast of Disney's live action remake of the Little Mermaid was announced. Plus Nintendo dropped a star studded the cast of their upcoming Super Mario franchise partnering with Illumination animation featuring Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach, Charlie Da...

This week Disney reveals their cast for the new Haunted Mansion reboot starring Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, LaKeith Stanfield, and Owen Wilson. Patty Jenkins is frustrated about the streaming boom is she justified? We break down her comments. For See it or Skip it, Amazon's The Wheel of Time series gets a first trailer with Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, Zoe Robins, Netflix brings an all st...

In the news the Federal Trade Commission is trying to block the Amazon-MGM purchase . HBO Max is starting an ACME nights family programming on sunday nights which will feature animated holiday shorts of Looney Tunes, Shazam, young Batman and an animated Steve Urkel ! In other news, the live action Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City featuring Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Hannah John-Karmen an...

The future of theatrical releases is bright at Cinema Con 2021 .  Day 1, Sony Pictures released the Spiderman: No Way Home trailer and screened Ghostbusters: Afterlife . Day 2, MGM hyped us up with an extended look for No Time To Die (as if we could get hyped any more). Warner Bros brought a Matrix: Resurrections title and trailers, also lots of The Batman footage. Day 3, Neon revealed Kristi...

[Spoilers Warning] Review of Lisa Joy's Reminiscence featuring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis, Angela Sarafyan, Daniel Wu, Brett Cullen. For those of you playing along at home, its one drink for every time Ernie can slip the word 'Reminiscence' into the conversation. Enjoy!

The streaming age is here! Grandma has traded in her cable box for Peacock ! AMC wants to crush Jason's soul further by increasing prices and showing fewer movies . Disney Plus reaches 116 million subscribers in a year! The "final" trailer for Marvel's Eternals , will it sway Ernie? Plus will Star Wars Visions be an instant classic or will people be turned off by the anime style? House of Gucci tr...

The Lord of The Rings series first look shows us a world before the ring. Jungle Cruise hasn't made its money back, but will there be a sequel? YouTube revenue expected to surpass Netflix by next year. James Gunn is "gunning" for Martin Scorsese in the ongoing debate over super hero movies. Plus we discuss the latest Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage trailer, Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars with Woody H...

[Spoilers Warning] Review of Disney's Jungle Cruise featuring Emily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, Edgar Ramírez. In this special hybrid episode Jason is a guest on Ernie's 'Quotables' podcast for a deep dive into this action, adventure comedy.

Netflix is creating a live action Pokémon series with Joe Henderson from Lucifer series to write and produce. We react to Will Smith's King Richard based on the history of Venus and Serena Williams. A creepy trailer for Lamb from A24 featuring Noomi Rapace. Also Ghostbusters: Afterlife give us a second trailer hinting at the return of some original cast featuring Finn Woldhard, Carrie Coon, Paul R...

[Spoiler Warning] Disney breaks contract for releasing Black Widow in theaters with Premiere Access on Disney Plus. We discuss why Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney over breach of contract, Disney's response, Scarlett's agent's reply and the bigger implications for streaming overall. Also we review Black Widow and give our takes on theatrical vs Premiere Access on Disney+. 

This week's news, In the Heights star Leslie Grace has landed the lead role of Barbara Gordon for the Warner Bros. DC film Batgirl on HBO Max. Antonio Banderas is Harrison Ford’s newest co-star in the anticipated next installment in the Indiana Jones franchise. Plus, Netflix revealed that it's entering the gaming world with mobile games. For See It or Skip It, a full Dune trailer for the adaptatio...

Enjoy this uncut bonus rant of our thoughts on Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as well as thoughts on the latest Star Wars trilogy including The Force Awakens. This is our way of apologizing for running a little late on our regularly episodes.