In this episode of Commentary Companions, I do an audio commentary on Spider-Man 3, the sometimes maligned and divisive final entry in Sam Raimi’s trilogy, and the last time we would see Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man before No Way Home.

In one of my Commentary Companions podcast episodes, I mentioned Netflix acquiring Warner Bros Discovery. But after I uploaded that episode, Paramount Skydance suddenly announced a hostile takeover of Warner Bros, which WBD rejected. Paramount Skydance wants to acquire Warner Bros Discovery mainly to get CNN. In this Commentary Companions podcast episode, I ask the question, what if Paramount offered to trade the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise to Warner Bros Discovery in exchange for CNN? Could a trade in like this work? And what would the benefits be? Fair warning, I’ll be tearing Donald Trump a new one in this podcast episode.

For my first Commentary Companions episode of 2026, I’ll be doing an audio commentary on Ghost Rider, the 2007 Nicholas Cage movie based on the Marvel Comics superhero. Let’s roll!

For my final Commentary Companions episode of 2025, I’ll be talking about what I believe are the most essential movies directed by the late Rob Reiner if you want to get to know him. This is very much a tribute to Rob and celebrates his accomplishments as both a director and an actor.

Merry Christmas, everyone! For this episode, I’ll be doing a double feature audio commentary! I’ll be doing an audio commentary on A Charlie Brown Christmas and on Mickey’s Christmas Carol. ‘Tis the season to be jolly!

To celebrate the film’s 35th anniversary, I’ll be doing an audio commentary on Home Alone, the holiday classic that has no right being this good. Grab a slice of cheese pizza and have some fun, ya filthy animal.

In this Commentary Companions episode, I take a look at X-Men: The Last Stand, the third and final installment in the original X-Men Trilogy

In this podcast episode to Commentary Companions, I ponder the question, what if Disney traded the movie rights to The Muppets franchise to Sony in exchange for the movie rights to Spider-Man? Could it work? Cover art by Vlado

To celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, I’ll be doing a commentary episode about Toy Story, the first 3D computer animated film theatrically released.

In honor of Marvel’s first original family of superheroes getting their Marvel Cinematic Universe movie and in lieu of the film’s 20th anniversary, I’ll be doing a commentary on Fantastic Four from 2005. It’s clobberin time!