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Here are some quick spoiler-free thoughts on 'Project Hail Mary' the new movie from directors Phil Lord and Christopher, starring Ryan Gosling and based on the novel by Andy Weir.

We give you a spoiler-filled review of Nia DaCosta's 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, written by Alex Garland and starring Ralph Fiennes. Before getting to the Bone Temple, we clear the deck with catch-up reviews: Drew recommends Strip Law, a joke-dense new animated series on Netflix starring Adam Scott and Janelle James. Hunter recaps a Rob Reiner retrospective at Enzian, highlighting Stand b...

We begin a new WBAM era as we set the stage for our next career arc series, "Mic on Fire," covering the films of Denzel Washington.

It's our annual hype draft episode, in which we look forward to this year's new releases by selecting combined teams of movies, shows, games, albums, and more. We each draft 10 items for a total of 30. Plus, quick thoughts on some January and February releases already out. Let us know what you're most looking forward to in 2026! This episode has been re-uploaded from a previous version...

Part two of the 7th Annual WBAMMY Awards, featuring categories such as Scene of the Year, the Leap Of Faith Award,  Biggest Disappointment, Winner of the Year and more!

It’s our annual award show, featuring categories such as Best TV Episode, Best Needle Drop, Breakthrough Performance, and the Limitless Award for the One That Wasn’t Great But Stole Your Heart. This is the 7th Annual WBAMMY Awards, part one, stick around for part two!

It's the end of our annual Listomania with Part 2 of our Top 10 favorite TV shows of 2025, featuring returning guest Dane DeBrunner. Timecodes: Intro - 0:00 Pluribus - 2:07 Task - 36:45 The Pitt - 52:05 Andor - 1:15:45 The Chair Company - 1:42:40 The Rehearsal - 2:03:15 Honorable mentions and shoutouts - 2:20:00

Listomania wraps up with Part 1 of our Top 10 favorite TV shows of 2025, featuring special guest Dane DeBrunner! Stay tuned for part 2. TIMECODES: Intro, the year in TV - 0:00 Poker Face - 7:50 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - 13:12 Adolescence - 20:29 Mr. Scorsese - 28:07 Slow Horses - 32:28 The Last of Us - 41:38 The White Lotus - 51:24 Severance - 59:47 Invincible - 1:11:38 Everybody's Live...

Our top 10 favorite movies of 2025 countdown wraps up with part 2, covering It Was Just An Accident, No Other Choice, Sinners Marty Supreme, Weapons, and One Battle After Another. Plus, honorable mentions! Guest: Collin Goode Timecodes: Intro - 0:00 It Was Just An Accident - 2:09 No Other Choice - 16:01 Sinners - 31:55 Marty Supreme - 51:43 Weapons - 1:35:43 One Battle After Another - 1:52:06 Hono...

Our favorite movies of 2025 top 10 ranking is here, featuring special guest Collin Goode! Films discussed: The Phoenician Scheme - 11:00 The Long Walk - 18:40 Bugonia - 28:10 Final Destination Bloodlines - 33:10 Rental Family - 37:38 Sorry, Baby - 47:18 The Testament of Ann Lee - 56:24 Companion - 1:01:55 Black Bag - 1:07:04 Eddington - 1:14:51 Frankenstein - 1:34:07 The Life of Chuck - 1:46:40 Fr...

Listomania continues with part 2 of 2 of our top 10 favorite albums of 2025, featuring special guest Danny Seoane. Albums discussed in this episode: Portugal the Man, "Shish" - 2:32 Rosalia, "LUX" - 13:01 Geese, "Getting Killed" - 20:09 Wednesday, "Bleeds" - 42:39 Viagra Boys, "Viagr aboys" - 52:52 Great Grandpa, "Patience, Moonbeam" - 1:...

Our annual listomania retrospective is begins with part 1 of 2 of our top 10 albums of 2025, featuring guest Danny Seoane. Stick around for part 2! Albums discussed: Kyle M, "The Real Me" - 11:35 Bon Iver, "Sable, Fable" - 16:31 Panchiko, "Ginko" - 22:15 Los Thuthanaka, "Los Thuthanaka" - 27:03 De La Soul, "Cabin in the Sky" - 35:28 Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, "Carpe Diem, Moonman" - 42:27 Coheed a...

We give you a spoiler-filled review of the new Yorgos Lanthimos film, BUGONIA, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.

This week, we run through a stacked slate of new films, including  Wicked: For Good ,  Marty Supreme ,  The Long Walk ,  Avatar: Fire and Ash, Wake Up Dead Man ,  Hamnet , Eephus , Five Nights at Freddy’s ,  Blue Moon ,  No Other Choice, and   Materialists . Plus, two documentary recommendations:  The Perfect Neighbor and Predators; and two TV shows:  Pluribus and  Task. Timecodes: Intro - 0:00 Fi...

We’re back with a spoiler-filled double feature of ROOFMAN and Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN (2025). We unpack why ROOFMAN feels like an instant “Reddit classic,” how it fits in that cozy mid-2000s Little Miss Sunshine / Logan Lucky / adult dramedy lane, and whether Channing Tatum just delivered one of his best performances opposite a lights-out Kirsten Dunst. Then we go long on GDT’s FRANKENS...

We have lots of new movies to review, along with a couple of shows. We start off with Edgar Wright's new adaptation of 'The Running Man' starring Glen Powell, and move into 'Jay Kelly' (Noah Baumbach, George Clooney, Adam Sandler), 'Rental Family' (Brendan Fraser), and 'The Testament of Ann Lee' (Amanda Seyfried). Plus, thoughts on 'Train Dreams', the Pa...

We’re getting sunny with special guest Ben Nemeroff to talk about sunscreen representation in film and television, and his new skincare brand, Slapstick Sunscreen. From 'Castaway' to 'Dune' to 'Passion of the Christ,' we ask: who could’ve used a little SPF 30? Plus, we give you some thoughts on Bradley Cooper’s “Is This Thing On”, Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”, and Vince Gilligan’s “Pluribus...

Spooktober is here and we have some old classic movies to talk about, plus a couple new TV shows. The main event this episode is the 1975 horror masterpiece "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Happy Halloween! Intro - 0:00 Peacemaker, Alien Earth - 4:02 Task - 11:30 Mr. Scorsese - 15:29 Friday the 13th - 24:11 Practical Magic, Ringu - 33:35 Casper - 35:45 Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dracu...

On this episode, we give you reviews of ROOFMAN (directed by Derek Cianfrance, starring Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst) and IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (directed by Mary Bronstein, starring Rose Byrne). Then, we take a look at what’s coming soon the rest of the year and gauge our anticipation for a bunch of movies, TV shows, and an album. Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Roofman (Review) 14:13 - If...

After his victory in last year’s Fantasy Film League, Drew has selected AMERICAN MOVIE for us to watch. This is a 1999 Sundance winning documentary about a filmmaker in the Milwaukee area named Mark Borchardt, working on his project “Coven,” with the help of his friends and family.

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson is back with a new feature film, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti. Hailed as the best movie of the year and one of the defining movies of the decade, can it possibly live up to the hype? Listen to find out!

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt star in THE SMASHING MACHINE a sports biopic about UFC fighter Mark Kerr from A24 and director Benny Safdie. Is The Rock's performance worthy of a coming Awards push for this role? Rebecca Ferguson and Idris Elba lead a large ensemble cast in Katherine Bigelow's new Netflix political thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE. How effective is this att...

We are back to recap the results of our Fourth Career Arc Series bracket, voted on by you, the listeners. Plus, Hunter shares some stories from his travels to Los Angeles, including a trip to the Academy Museum, and seeing Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. Plus, thoughts on Him, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Avatar, Andor, Mickey 17, Black Bag, and the Enzian's ongoing Hong Kong Cinema Classic S...

To celebrate the 8th anniversary of WBAM, we are giving you the power to choose the subject of our fourth career arc series with a tournament-style bracket! You decide! Voting starts on Monday, August 25th, at weboughtamic.net/vote

From writer/director Zach Cregger comes WEAPONS, an ensemble horror mystery thriller about a classroom of kids that disappear and the impact rippling through the community. It's very entertaining and genre-bending, prioritizing its dread and scares and as much as its humor and laughs. How does this stick up to 'Barbarian,' Cregger's previous movie? How much thematic depth does it o...