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This week, the Dial of Destiny is pointing Indiana Jones back into conflict with the Nazis, and Disney hopes toward a box office hit as well. If it comes and goes without much fanfare this weekend, it wouldn't be the first time the House of Mouse has struck out trying to recreate the thrills of matinee serial adventures from the 1930s, as this week we wind the clock all the way back to 1991 and watch The Rocketeer, directed by Joe Johnston, and starring Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton, Alan Arkin, Paul Sorvino and Terry O'Quinn. The movie was a modest monetary success, but not the hit the studio had hoped, as its largely been forgotten over years. Far ahead of its time, the film practically set the blueprint for both Iron Man and Captain America: The First Avenger, the latter of which was even directed by Johnston himself.

It was an early favourite film of a young movieobsessed JMo, and to close out June, Justin treats Hayley to a blast from the past on Wild Card Friday: the last of the month, when all bets are off! Please welcome The Rocketeer into the ADHD-DVD film canon.

If you'd like to watch the movie for yourself before listening to our discussion, and we do recommend you do, it is of course streaming on Disney+.

We'll be back next week to kick off July with another trip back to Affleckville, as we're joined by FED Talks podcaster EJ Feddes to discuss a film from his collection: Ben's powerhouse crime drama The Town.

This week we go fishing for belly stones and are flashing our moolti-pass as we're joined by podcaster and pro wrestling commentator Jordan Bowman (Trust The Process, At The Movies 10 Years Later, Nation Extreme Wrestling) for an unseen selection from his collection: 1997's The Fifth Element, written and directed by Luc Besson, and starring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry, and a great gaggle of "interesting looking" faces. Released to mixed reviews at the time, Besson's film was a box office hit praised for its bold visuals and production design.

Jordan also regales us with tales of his trips to Cinema Con in Las Vegas over the years, including a run-in with this year's talk of the con, Glen Powell. And Justin has a spoiler-heavy Theater Report on Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

If you'd like to watch the movie ahead of listening to the show, it's currently streaming on Starz in Canada at the time of publication.

Next week we mark the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny by throwing it back to another Disney attempt at a retro serial adventure: Joe Johnston's The Rocketeer (1991) which is streaming on Disney+.

This week on the program, bust out the Courry Brand cat food and light up a cig because we're joined by actor, podcaster and Boom Pro Wrestling personality Travis Woloshyn for a selection out of his collection: Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973), starring Elliot Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Henry Gibson and Jim Bouton, and featuring the very first acting role for a young Arnold Schwarzenegger. Based on the book by Raymond Chandler, Altman offers a uniquely comic and at the time derided take on Philip Marlowe and the noir genre that nevertheless went on to influence countless classic films in the years since.

Other works discussed in this episode: Inherent Vice, The Big Lebowski, California Split, The Big Sleep, Breathless, and of course, The Legend of Zelda. We also take a dive into Travis's IMDb for a behind-the-scenes look at Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, Woke, and Boom Pro Wrestling.

If you'd like to watch the movie along with us (and you really should), it is currently streaming for free on Tubi in Canada at the time of publication.

We'll be back next week to discuss the Luc Besson 90s sci-fi action epic The Fifth Element, with Trust The Process host and NEW commentator Jordan Bowman.

As the Autobots make contact with the Maximals for the first time in this week's big theatrical release, we're getting in touch with extraterrestrials of a different sort this week with 1997's Contact, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt and James Woods, based on the book by Carl Sagan. It's a pick out of Hayley's collection this week, scooped up on the cheap out of a discount bin at the mall. Plus: J Mo raves about Across The Spider-Verse, while Hayley is left fuming by the Ted Lasso finale.

If you'd like to watch the movie, Contact is streaming on Starz in Canada at the time of publication.

Tune in next week when we'll be talking all about the Robert Altman classic The Long Goodbye with friend of the show Travis Woloshyn!

This week as both the Spider-Verse and Clone High make their way back to screens big and small, we trace it back to Christopher Miller & Phil Lord's first animated feature: 2007's Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, written and directed by Miller & Lord, starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell and Andy Samberg, adapted from the 1978 children's book of the same name. It's a movie J Mo picked up on 3D Blu for dirt cheap out of a Shoppers Drug Mart bargain bin, and unsurprisingly given the creative team at the helm, it's a funny movie with a lot of heart that we liked a whole lot.

Other topics discussed in this episode, beyond the wider work of Miller & Lord: Succession, Barry, BlackBerry, Black Barry, Jury Duty, Fast X, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, and The Legend of Zelda.

If you'd like to watch the film along with us, it's currently streaming free in Canada on the CTV app, as well as on Netflix.

We'll back next week with a Jodie Foster aliens movie that's a lot different than that description might imply, 1997's Contact, written by Carl Sagan and directed by Robert Zemeckis.

The Demolition derby continues this week, as we go from a self-destructive Jake Gyllenhaal dramedy to something that is decidedly not that: an early 90s action slugfest with a thin veneer of reactionary satire, dreading the coming Liberalized future. It's 1993's DEMOLITION MAN, starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock and Bob Gunton. We're lightly breaking the rules this week as this is a movie both hosts have sort of seen, but never given their full attention to. Is this a movie that warrants that full attention? Well... let's just say opinions are mixed on that one.

On the hyperfixation front, Hayley's knee-deep in HBO shows while the Super Mario Bros Movie has sent Justin down a dark path of obsession.

If you'd like to watch Demolition Man, it is not streaming anywhere at the moment. But you can buy it on Blu-ray for $5 at Walmart.

We'll be back next week, as we return to the kids section, tracing the Spider-Verse crew back to their first production: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.

Sometimes you need to break it all down to put it all back together, which is exactly what Hayley and Justin are thinking this week as they dissect 2015's Demolition, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper and Judah Lewis -- a Blu-ray disc that J-Mo scooped up on a whim out of the Shoppers Drug Mart discount bin a few years ago not long after watching the 2014 JMV joint Wild. It's a bit of an odd-ball movie and its reputation is less than stellar, but both hosts find a lot to like in this emotionally stunted coming-of-age story that manages to side-step expectation at seemingly every turn.

If you'd like to watch the film before listening along, it is currently streaming for free in Canada on Tubi at the time of publication.

We'll be back next week with the back-half of this demolition derby, as we watch Stallone and Snipes go head-to-head in the lib-future action satire Demolition Man.

This week, as Ben Affleck's latest directorial effort AIR drops on Amazon Prime, we're finally popping in a DVD J Mo's been hauling around for nearly 15 years now: 2007's Gone Baby Gone, Affleck's debut in the director's chair -- from a script he co-wrote as well -- starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Amy Ryan, Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman. Based on a novel by Dennis Lehane, coming hot off the heels of the critical success of Mystic River, Affleck's first film is morally ambiguous, thought provoking and emotionally evocative, and we had a nice time discussing its many strengths while avoiding getting bogged down in the grim details of its plot. PLUS: Justin's got another theatre report, this time on Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3.

If you'd like to watch the film before listening, it is streaming on Netflix in Canada at the time of publication.

We'll be back next week with the Jake Gyllenhaal self-destruction dramedy Demolition, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee.

This week, it's tax time! We crunch the numbers and list a spare bedroom as a home office to boost our returns with the autism-as-a-superpower action thriller The Accountant (2016), directed by Gavin O'Connor, starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons and Jon Bernthal, along with a murderer's row of character actors in a movie that plays on American cable TV all the time. This is a big time Dumb Guy Movie, and your intrepid hosts have mixed opinions on how much it worked for them, but it makes for lively discussion in our longest show to date.

Before we start in on this week's movie however, we go deep and spoiler-y on Scream VI (now streaming on Paramount+), and Justin gives his thesis on Mission: Impossible 2 being perhaps the most important pop culture event of the 21st century.

The Accountant is not currently available for streaming in Canada at the time of publication, though you can buy it on DVD for $6 at Sunrise Records.

We'll be back next week with Affleck in the director's chair as we discuss Gone Baby Gone.

This week, we're joined by a guest for the very first time, which is exciting! Unfortunately they have brought with them an unwatched DVD from their own collection which was excrutiating! JACKSON McDONALD (Roxy Fever) guides us back into bio-pics with a movie that at times feels like a made-for-TV Ray, 2009's Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Kimberly Elise, and Aunjanue Ellis. It's a movie Jackson believes found its way onto his shelf via his father-in-law, and it's not something we recommend anyone watch before listening along.

You can hear more of Jackson's film takes on his own movie podcast, History Lesson: Part II with co-host Tyler Shipley.

If you're a complete masochist who does want to see the movie before listening to the podcast, Gifted Hands is currently streaming on Netflix Canada at the time of publication.

We'll be back next week with Ben Affleck in The Accountant.