Tom Cruise close-up magic.

Ain't nothing Billy Beane did wrong. They didn't do the job.

We are right on time with our opinion on the hit movie people can't stop talking about.

Get a load of this civil war.

Oh captain my captain

A day may come when the courage of movie franchise podcasts fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day.

Special returning guest Sam Hohenstein is here to finish up Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Cory takes issue with the wizard's punctuality.

And if you listen carefully to his voice, you can hear the naive optimism of a Washington Commanders fan that has not watched their NFC Championship game against the Eagles yet (this was recorded almost 2 weeks ago).

But they were all deceived for another movie franchise podcast was made.

Drawing from all the movies we covered in Season 2 (list below), we hold our own awards ceremony - the second annual Load Takers. Thank you to everyone who listened to us this year.

We had a bit of audio issues this time, so apologies for that.

Eligible films:

- The Mummy (1999)

- The Cars Trilogy

- Ghostbusters Franchise

- Dune Parts 1 and 2

- Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

- Fincher: Se7en, Social Network, Gone Girl

- X & Pearl (2022)

- The Alien Franchise

- Creed Trilogy

- The Terrifier Trilogy

- The Guardians of the Galaxy Trilogy

- Die Hard (1988)

Who had a worse Christmas party - John McClane or Cory? You be the judge.