Final Cut

On today's episode of Final Cut, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar hit the road to discuss The Bikeriders. Together, they discuss the strong cast performances, the questionable choices around the film's framing, and whether or not the movie was able to accomplish what our co-hosts were hoping for.

On today's episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar ride their way into a podcast on Furiosa: A Mad Max Story. Together, they discuss how the film fits into the larger Mad Max franchise, how its chapter structure enhances the narrative, and how they processed some of the film's darker themes.

On today's special episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar are joined by special guest and friend of the pod Dani to discuss The Fall Guy, a film that deserved a better box office showing than it had. Together, they discuss whether Emily Blunt is underrated, Ryan Gosling's career arc, how the film undercut its potential with bad marketing decisions, and why films like this are still worth watching in theaters.

On today's episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar open the show with a detailed breakdown of the newly announced Hall of Legends and why they find Riot's approach severely disappointing. Then, the two move on to discuss the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and discuss whether being a "pleasant" experience is good enough to justify watching it.

On today's episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar check out Dev Patel's directorial debut Monkey Man and discuss which parts land, which punches get pulled, and what they hope to see in his next movie. Also, Chase praised Challengers while Walter condemns Civil War.

On today's very special episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar are joined by friends of the pod Justin and Sky to discuss Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Together, they discuss the value of the human plotlines, why Mothra is the greatest kaiju of them all, and what is the "new empire" anyway?

Check out Sky's fantasy fiction podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlt7hVrsclA

On today's special episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar are joined by special guest Kristen Pignuolo to discuss Jennifer Lopez's vanity project This Is Me...Now. Together, they discuss how the songs and choreography disappoint, how the film fails to honestly explore its source material, and why J Lo was always going to be a difficult protagonist to get behind.

On today's special episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar take a look at the delightfully terrible Madame Web. Together, they discuss why this movie exists (and whether it should exist in the first place), their favorite ridiculous moments, and whether or not they would recommend this objectively terrible film.

On today's episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar talk about Dune Part Two - the sequel to a film neither liked when Final Cut began - alongside friend of the pod and huge Dune fan Justin. Together, they discuss how the film compares to the books, what aspects were improved upon in the sequel compared to Part One, and why Walter still wasn't able to jump aboard the Dune hype train.

On today's episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar continue to sidestep the Oscars (after a brief aside from Chase on Anatomy of a Fall and American Fiction) to focus on films they've always wanted to show each other. This time, Chase introduces Walter to Sorry to Bother You, a deeply anti-capitalist film that takes some big swings with its ending, for better and for worse.