Whatchu Been Watchin? - Dispatches from the Vanguard of Film & TV Criticism

After an extending hiatus, Sam is back with frequent guests Chris Lamberth and Tim Hall. Avatar: Fire and Ash preview A brief washed-up gamer discussion Pluribus (Apple TV) The Beast in Me (Netflix) Welcome to Derry (HBOMax) Stranger Things (Netflix) Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Netflix) Being Eddie (Netflix) Jason's Momoa's surprising comedic chops Sydney Sweeney backlash Oscars preview Tim...

Ba is joined by Tim Hall and Chris Lamberth to discuss... War of the Worlds (Amazon) Weapons Smoke Follow Tim: Bluesky - @peoplescritic.bsky.social‬ X - @peoplescrtic https://thepeoplescriticblog.com/ Follow Chris: Bluesky - @chrislamberth.bsky.social‬ X - @ChrisLamberth https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mundane-festival/id617184077

Laz and Chris join Ba to discuss... Superman Fantastic Four Weapons

Basa and Jamison discuss... Forever (Netflix) A rack of other wild shit Check out J's latest project: https://music.apple.com/us/album/autumn-nights/1794618215

Sam and his guest, Sean, discuss... Sinners The Last of Us Summer Movies preview Washed action stars

We back! The wait was long, but I promise it's worth it. Chris Lamberth and Tim Hall join the pod to talk Sinners and nothing but Sinners. From top to bottom, it's Coogler, MBJ, Wunmi, Delroy, Hailee, O'Connell, Miles and all the other cast and crew getting their props for giving us, arguably, the first cinematic cultural moment of decade. Enjoy.

Sam and guests Charmaine and Tim discuss... Char's childhood viewing habits The Jackal (Peacock) Lioness (Paramount+) Dexter: Original Sin (Showtime) Dune: Prophecy (Max) Virgin River (Netflix) Sweet Magnolias (Netflix)

Sam and Sean discuss... From (MGM+) Lioness (Paramount+) How big TVs used to be Denzel finally looking old Cross (Prime Video) Wicked doing big numbers A rack of other crazy shit

Sam and Tim discuss.... Tim getting the fuck outta America before the election to get his mind right. Black quarterbacks and coaches. From (MGM+) The Penguin (Max) Venom Video game talk Find Tim on X/Twitter: @peoplescrtic Tim's site: https://thepeoplescriticblog.com/author/timothylhall/

Sam and his guest Chris discuss: Emperor of Ocean Park Nerd upset about Gladiator II The Penguin Wolfs The audience for Jessica Williams La Maison Grand Crew How to Die Alone Lonely Planet The Best Man franchise Michael Ealy rebrand Denzel vs. his family Trying to watch Johnson Where to find Chris: Twitter/X: @C_A_Huggins Buy his books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00C54UAA4

Sam and guests Chris Lamberth and Ricky GQ talk... Power Book II: Ghost Anticipated films for Fall/Winter Being sorry at Madden and 2K Ricky on X/twitter: @RickyGQ Chris on X/twitter: @ChrisLamberth Chris' pod: https://mundanefestival.podbean.com/

Sam, Charmaine, Chris, Ricky and DeJuan discuss... Industry Kitt Harrington's career arc Megalopolis Fall movie preview Can Gina Rodriguez play anything but Jane the Virgin? Mr. McMahon Nobody Wants This Hot to Die Alone The Power Universe You can find the Avengers on X/Twitter at: @DeJuanH @Maine_Char @RickyGQ @ChrisLamberth

Sam and Trice discuss... Industry From Cutting cable and trying to cancel streaming platforms The Penguin Where to find Trice: @MrHateCoffee @rlecomic https://linktr.ee/rlecomic

Sam discusses: Industry Johnson The Accident

Chris and Sam chat it up about: Industry Lady in the Lake maintaining artistic autonomy vs. getting checks Separating art from artists The Union Being a washed gamer Find Chris on X/Twitter: @ChrisLamberth His podcast, The Mundane Festival: https://mundanefestival.podbean.com/

Sam and MrHateCoffee discuss... Season 3 of Industry Presumed Innocent Dark Matter College Football 25 Twitter/X: @MrHateCoffee and @rlecomic Website: https://roastedlikeever.com/

Sam and the Fellas discuss: House of the Dragon season finale Trap review Deadpool and Wolverine discussion Random shit Tim on X: @peoplescrtic Leonard on X: @LBrothersMedia DeJuan on X: @DeJuanH

Sam and DeJuan discuss... 15 minutes of basketball that you can ignore if you came for movie and TV talk. House of the Dragon Presumed Innocent MCU Announcements Find Dejuan on Twitter/X: @DeJuanH

Sam and J. Scott discuss... Dark Matter Loot and other AppleTV problems Twisters Being fans of Woody Allen’s work in today’s social climate. Longlegs Inside Out 2 House of Dragons J on twitter/x: @JaeScott777 Music: https://songwhip.com/jamison-scott/a-million-times-infinity

Sam and guests Tim and Chris discuss: House of Dragon instant-recap Presumed Innocent Power: Ghost Longlegs College Football 25 Tim Hall: @peoplescrtic on twitter/x https://thepeoplescriticblog.com/ Chris Lamberth: @ChrisLamberth on twitter/x https://linktr.ee/chrislamberth

Sam and LB chat about... House of Dragons Bad Boys 4 Review Ken and Friends recap  Black Cake review Six Schizophrenic brothers Tell Them You Love Me LB's info on Twitter/X: @LBrothersMedia @SouthEndCinema @LookListenPod

Sam and Sean discuss.... Kendrick and Friends review The Acolyte The MCU Taylor Kitsch and the Hollywood star-making machine Casting non-athletic actors in athletic roles Interview with the Vampire When they tried to give Blade to Ryan Reynolds and Jessie Biel Actresses who decide to age gracefully and avoid cat face Fighting Women MMA fighters Fighting Bruce Lee WNBA   Sorry for the abrupt ending...

Sam and Gooch discuss: Dune II Seinfeld The Chi The Power Universe Eddie Murphy movies Baby Reindeer I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show Hacks Dark Matte r Find Marcus/Gooch on Twitter: @GOOCHAVELI

Sam and Tim discuss: Interview with the Vampire Bad Boys Dark Matter Jennifer Connelly's career The Boys The Watchers Dr. Who Gunn's DCU and the next phase of the MCU Why East Asia is better for travel than Europe Where to find Tim: Twitter/X: @peoplescrtic Blog: https://thepeoplescriticblog.com/

Sam and Laz discuss: Being a military kid TV Show theme songs Bad 80s and 90s comic book movies The MCU and DCU Is “M-She-U” a valid criticism? Johnson The Chi Post-apocalyptic and dystopian TV/Movies Check out Laz's music: https://blacknative.bandcamp.com/ Twitter/X: @WakandanKing