The Franchyze Boyz conclude their Star Trek movie marathon with a rewatch of the J.J. Abrams/Justin Lin helmed Kelvin Trilogy. Does Star Trek '09 have too many lens flares? Is Into Darkness little more than a Wrath of Khan knockoff? And is Beyond a worthy 50th anniversary celebration of the entire franchise? Set phasers to fun, blast some Beastie Boys, and space jump right into this epic finale.

HOSTS

Shawn Eastridge

Brad Gullickson

Aaron Prescott

Pitches for Star Trek Merchandise

Star Trek fans love "merch." Whether it's uniforms, toys, comm badges, figures, and other "collectables," we all love it. But it's not a stretch to say that the franchise's merchandising has not been overwhelming in the 21st Century. The trio takes turn pitching ideas for new items for sale focused on the series of "Enterprise," "Discovery," "Prodigy," "Picard", as well as the Kelvin-verse films. What new collectable are you dreaming will show up on toy shelves?

Mod People.

Matt and John explore the deeper implications of body modification as a cultural movement and choice as presented in The Book of Boba Fett.

Host

John Mills and Matthew Rushing

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Houselights goes off the beaten path to discover Sean Connery in John McTiernan's film "Medicine Man." Did they discover a lost classic full of chemistry or a ruinous rainforest excursion?

Dallas and Lee preview the forthcoming 2022 Glasgow Film Festival and review the second week of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and share some highlights and reactions.

Lee welcomes Ernest Emmanuel Peeples who played Hee in Janicza Bravo's Zola.

Zola, A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, Stefani, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club. However, their arrival in Tampa brings them into a potential conflict with Hee, a Tampa based sex and drug pusher

We jump right back into a dystopian/post-apocalyptic/hellscape as we start The Maze Runner trilogy. This book feels like the perfect encapsulation of our dystopian unit and brings some new levels of gore and horror to the podcast. If you thought His Dark Materials was rough, this will be even darker. Where our last series was a page turner for its charm, this series is a page turner for the shock and terror. Neither of us could put it down. Have you figured out the maze yet? Have we?

Next week we will be reading chapters 32-62 of book 1 in the series, The Maze Runner.

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In this episode of Training Montage, Mike and Lance take a look at the game behind the game with Bennett Miller’s Moneyball. They discuss how to make a sports movie without any sports, how Brad Pitt’s real-life counterpart Billy Beane changed the game of baseball, and what could have been if Steven Soderbergh had directed the movie.

The Franchyze Boyz continue their Star Trek film franchise marathon with a rewatch of the Next Generation films: Generations, First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis. Do any of these entries live up to the television series that spawned them or are they better left forgotten? (And will Brad find a way to justify Insurrection's existence?) You know you can't wait another second to find out, so go ahead and ENGAGE...MAKE IT SO...ASSIMILATE THIS...and so on and so forth.

HOSTS

Shawn Eastridge

Brad Gullickson

Aaron Prescott

Picard Predictions. Fans got a new teaser trailer for the second season of "Star Trek: Picard" - what do we think is next for the La Sirena crew? From time travel, alternate timelines, Q, Guinan, and more, there were flashes and hints but Picard's journey remains unclear. Join the trio as we look into our crystal ball and, with the Borg Queen's help, see what the future holds for this Trek series.