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Jordan and Desmund take the time this week to review a number of TV shows and movies including episode 6 of "The Last of Us" (1:30), the new animated Marvel show "Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur" (47:18), the experimental horror film "Skinamarink" (56:03), and the latest film from Sam Mendes starring Olivia Coleman "Empire of Light" (1:08:20).

News of the Week (1:16:53): MCU News, How To Train Your Dragon, John Wick

(Song: Window Seat x Erykah Badu)

The first film of Phase 5 of the MCU has arrived this past weekend with "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania", and you know it's time to breakdown and discuss the film in detail. We start out with a recap of the 2 previous Ant-Man movies as well as how we've received the character in the MCU up until this point (1:38). We also do a brief look into the box office trends and discuss where we see the film ending up financially (15:00). We then get into our spoiler-free thoughts (24:26), followed by our spoiler-filled character-by-character breakdowns from Scott Lang to Kang the Conqueror (49:54), plus a wrap up discussion of the mid-credit and post-credit stingers (2:52:10). Where does the film rank in the MCU for you?

(Song: Family Affair x Mary J Blige)

James Gunn and Peter Safran have finally arrived with their plans and upcoming projects for future DC movies and television (1:24). Does the plan sound good or are we doomed?? We also discuss all of the Marvel projects that are releasing in 2023 from movies like "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" to video games like "Marvel's Spider-Man 2" (1:10:49). Let's see how Marvel can shake it up this year.

(Song: Still Fly x Big Tymers)

Part 2 to the Season 8 premiere is here! In this episode we catch up a little and discuss tv shows and movies that we've caught during our break. First and foremost we spend a good amount of time discussing the hottest show on the block and possibly the most important video game adaption in years with "The Last of Us" (3:45), which premiered on HBO this past Sunday. We talk about how the show came to be, and cover slight spoilers on the first episode. Afterwards we get into our shortlist of projects to review with some notable titles being "M3GAN" (44:24), "Velma" (50:04), "Plane" (54:05), "House Party" (58:19), "The Best Man: The Final Chapters" (1:05:43), and "Babylon" (1:44:29).

(Song: Bad Habit x Steve Lacy)

Happy New Year 2BN Family!! Thank you for holding us down in 2022, we couldn't have gotten through the year without your listens and support we appreciate you so much. We're excited for what's to come this year with the podcast but we're of course also excited for the numerous tv shows and movies that are slated to drop this year as well. So we discuss how our top lists of 2022 panned out but we also give a brief overview of some of our most anticipated movies and tv series of 2023. 

(Song: Hollandaise x Ab-Soul)

Happy Holiday Season! We have a jam packed episode for you today review some shoe-in Oscar nominee movies with in with some Oscar bait movies as well. We start this episode with a review of Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith's "Emancipation" (1:31), Guillermo Del Toro's "Pinocchio" (14:55), and Brendan Fraser's talk of the town performance with "The Whale" (30:19). We also discuss Park Chan-wook's "Decision to Leave" (46:16), Alejandro Iñárritu's "Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truth's" (57:49), and the new action Christmas film starring David Harbour "Violent Night" (1:12:02). The Game Awards (1:22:53) also went down last week and we talk briefly about the battle between "God of War: Ragnarok" and "Elden Ring" among other award winners and news that game out of the award show. The news item of the week includes the drama over at DC Studios (1:40:43) regarding the cancellation of the Wonder Woman sequel and potentially several other projects as James Gunn and Peter Safran move forward.

(Song: Merry Like This x Kirby)

We have another jam packed episode for you this week! Both "House of the Dragon" (1:26) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" (59:20) have both concluded their first seasons. We discuss if "House of the Dragon" had a satisfying conclusion and if "The Rings of Power" lived up to the hype. In the movie world, Des got the chance to check out a couple of new Netflix films including "The School for Good and Evil" (1:16:33) and "The Curse of Bridge Hollow" (1:27:18), and Jordan got to peep "Clerks III" (1:36:13).

News of the Week (1:44:42): DC Studios, Green Lantern, Quantumania Trailer, Guardians Holiday Special, Silver Surfer, David Lindelof Star Wars Movie, Creed III, The Night of the Living Dead, The Conjuring 4

(Song: Matinee x Smino)

The thirteenth installment of the "Halloween" franchise is here with "Halloween Ends" (1:18), the supposed movie to end all things Michael Myers. We give our thoughts on the movie and talk about if this current trilogy of "Halloween" was worth it. Another reboot/sequel hit Hulu this weekend with "Hellraiser" (19:50) a spiritual successor of Clive Barker's 1987 film. We have to talk about this last week of TV, first with the last 3 episodes of "Andor" (32:54) with the especially wild episode 6, as well has another crazy entry in "House of the Dragon" (1:09:46) with episode 9. Des also got the chance to check out the NYC Ballet which featured pieces from Solange and James Blake.

News of the Week (1:55:20) : Cartoon Network, The Future of DC, Harrison Ford, Nova

"She-Hulk: Attorney At Law" has officially come to an end as the season 1  finale has now premiered on Disney+. And with the season coming to an end we have so much to discuss including how we feel about the series now that season 1 is complete, if the season finale is a satisfying conclusion, where it ranks among the other MCU shows and more. As usual we start out giving our spoiler free thoughts, then we get into the nitty gritty and boy does this episode have plenty. 

(Song: We Run This x Missy Elliot)

We have another jam packed episode for you today as there is a ton to get through and discuss. This past weekend Marvel released their first project under the "Special Presentation" guise featuring the titular character "Werewolf by Night" (1:23). Episode 8 of "House of the Dragon" (29:38) also went down this past Sunday and it's another week of mess and superb television to get into. Desmund recently got the chance to rewatch the original "Cowboy Bebop" (1:13:00) and then check out the Netflix series , but does the Netflix series service the classic anime in any way? Jordan got to check out 3 movies that premiered this weekend that have been on cinephiles radar pretty heavy. He reviews David O' Russel's "Amsterdam" (1:24:10) featuring a star studded cast, Ruben Östlands "Triangle of Sadness" (1:37:53) featuring Woody Harrelson , and  Todd Field's "Tár" (1:48:22), starring the amazing Cate Blanchett. To add on to all that Desmund does a recap of NYCC (2:02:14), and Jordan recalls his experience going to see "MJ the Musical" (2:23:08) on broadway.

News of the Week (2:27:45): Black Adam cameo,  Blade

(Song: Crunk Ain't Dead x Duke Deuce)