April’s box office bounce back is driven by A Minecraft Movie, and creatively, we have seen an upswing in the quality of 2025 films as well with Sinners, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Warfare, etc. In fact, AlsoMike delivers a baker’s dozen of new movie reviews in this episode.

3:10 - A Minecraft Movie: discussing the blockbuster box office, social media frenzy, and history of video game adaptations.

23:41 - Hell of a Summer: discussing the benefit of a smaller budget by NEON here for Finn Wolfhard’s directorial debut.

28:28 - Drop: discussing Blumhouse’s smart budgeting and Christopher Landon’s tight thriller script.

30:43 - The Amateur: discussing it’s throwback charms and strong ensemble led by Rami Malek

33:04 - Warfare: discussing why it’s true story is so impactful

38:07 - The Friend: discussing this dramedy and why it’s one of the better doggy parent movies in a while.

41:10 - The Ballad of Wallis Island: discussing the highest graded AlsoMike film of the year

47:35 - Eephus: discussing one of the best baseball movies in recent years

50:20 - Other Streaming Movie Reviews including Revelations, The Rule of Jenny Penn, Holland & Let’s Start A Cult.

53:32 - TV Series Reviews including The White Lotus, Gone Girls, The Studio, Abbott Elementary, Hacks, and The Last of Us.

56:01 - Sinners: discussing some first reactions after seeing the film and some box office projections.

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