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On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, we head back to San Diego to look at Comic-Con 2023, dive into the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes and why do they matter, Barbenheimer is sweeping the world, and our spoiler-free reviews of Barbie, Oppenheimer, Talk to Me, and Sympathy for the Devil.

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• • • • (0:00 – 39:10) Opening | SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes | AMC Theaters and Netflix Change Course
      • (39:11 – 1:08:30) From the Outside In Topic: Comic-Con 2023

On this episode, we dive into the fascination with toys as movies. Barbie, Transformers, and on and on. Why do we flock to these stories long after our childhood, and what other toys would make for great entertainment?

Also, our spoiler-free review of Cobweb, TV series finales, summer movies, and more!

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On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, it's time to discuss the elephant in the room: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. He's a legend, both as an actor, producer, and now stuntman. He has remained at the top of his game for decades. So, why are people so conflicted about their feelings for him as fans? Tom Cruise is our topic this week, the last movie star standing. His career, the love from his crews, couch hopping, Scientology, and everything else is up for debate. 

Also this week, spoilers are everywhere, from Deadpool 3 to Superman: Legacy and we discuss the most impossible missions of film or TV. Reviews of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, The Channel, and The Unseen. Plus interviews from the premiere of The Unseen. 

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• • (0:00 – 13:56) Opening | Spoilers Are Everywhere
  • (13:57 – 1:00:29) From the Outside In Topic: The Tom Cruise Effect
  • (1:00:30 – 1:06:43) Impossible Missions
  • (1:06:44 – 1:44:58) Spoiler-Free Reviews: The Channel, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, The Unseen - Plus Interviews from the Premiere
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Indiana Jones has returned to the world in a closing chapter to his storied franchise. Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), Indy's estranged god-daughter, is on the hunt for the Antikythera, a mythical object that recognizes fissures in time. All the while, Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen) in on her tail with his minions in an attempt to reignite the Nazi regime. Can Indiana Jones save the world one last time? Or has the aging hero simply missed his window?

For this entire episode, we discuss director James Mangold's take on Harrison Ford's last journey in depth, and with all the love the franchise has earned over the years. Enjoy our spoiler review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!

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This is another full episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny hitting theaters, we decided to revisit our obsession with the past. Not just nostalgia, but also our own dire history. We always seem to be living in the past, so why is that? 

We also discuss the fire sales that seem to be taking place on Max, Paramount+, Disney+, and other streaming services, why San Diego Comic-Con may never be the same again, No Hard Feelings and the return of the raunchy comedy, and we end our episode by doing what Disney will inevitably do: recasting Indiana Jones!

• • (0:00 – 30:48) Opening | Streaming Fire Sale, Turner Classic Movies Frustrates, Comic-Con Struggles, Podcast Awards
  • (30:49 – 45:14) Review: No Hard Feelings and the Return of the Raunchy Comedy | Recommendations
  • (45:15 – 1:20:05) From the Outside In: Clinging to the Past
  • (1:20:06 – 1:29:37) Recasting Indiana Jones
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This is a packed episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, and with The Flash releasing worldwide, we begin with the problem with time travel. It's a novel concept, going back to right the wrongs of the past. So why do so many film and TV properties get it horribly wrong? What works and what doesn't about the concept of time travel?

Speaking of time travel and multiverses, DC's The Flash has finally released to varying opinions and box office, but does it succeed at ending the DCEU on a high, or a whimper? We review the film initially spoiler-free before diving into the spoilers at the heart of what could be Ezra Miller's final run through a DC property.

Also this episode: Stuntpeople continue to be unappreciated, Pixar seems to be dying on the vine, Extraction 2, and much more!

• • (0:00 – 35:41) Click-Bait Actors, Is Pixar Dying, and Unappreciated Stuntpeople
  • (35:42 – 1:09:52) From the Outside In: The Problem with Time Travel
  • (1:09:43 – 1:16:32) Review: Extraction 2 | Recommendations
  • (1:16:33 – 1:43:24) DC's The Flash Review
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On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, as the hosts set off for HO Cruise '23, we decided it was a perfect time to debate what the best boats and ships entertainment of all-time is. Why did Speed 2 sink so deep, and Titanic ironically stayed upright? 

Also this week, we revisit 2007's Transformers. Michael Bay brought the live-action series to life over 16 years ago, so does that film hold up? Is it worth another watch? This is an episode of Bad Movie Night, which is available through our Patreon channel if you want to hear over 70+ additional episodes! Just visit Patreon.com/ TheHollywoodOutsider

• • (0:00 – 41:31) Opening | Boats and Ships in Entertainment
  • (41:32 – 1:31:00) Transformers - Revisiting Revisiting Michael Bay's 2007 film that started it all
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On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, with Ted Lasso, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Barry, Succession, and so many others ending their TV runs at the height of their success, we decided to dive into the concept of these shortened TV seasons. Do we love them? Do me miss the days of 10 years worth of 22 episodes every year? It's a deeper conversation than you would think. 

Also this week, we take a look at the MAX rebranding a couple weeks in, this recent surge of cliffhangers in theaters, our spoiler-free reviews of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, and our game: Let's Do It Better!

• • (0:00 – 30:51) MAX, Movie Theater Cliffhangers
  • (30:52 – 1:06:29) Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster | Recommendations
  • (1:06:30 – 1:24:52) From the Outside In: Shortened TV Seasons 
  • (1:24:53 – 1:33:55) Let's Do It Better! | Closing
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On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, 2023 has hit the midway point, and therefore it's time for our 2023 Summer TV Preview! This year streamers and networks are trying their best to keep viewers with a plethora of new and returning TV shows.  But with so many series coming out at this time, how is any self-respecting fan supposed to know what to watch? Take a listen as we break them all down.

We discuss each month in detail; every major new release, as well as our picks of the returning titles. May, June, July, and August all receive their fair due as we elaborate and debate on over 25 titles coming to your televisions this Summer.

Grab a pen and paper or your favorite app, because this is one episode you will want to take notes on. THIS is our 2023 Summer TV Preview!

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• (0:00 – 1:07:00) 2023 Summer TV Preview
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It's time for another round of the Fast and Furious family on a global adventure as Dom, Letty, and the rest of this mega-cast take on Jason Momoa's Dante, a foe set on the harshest revenge possible. This is our Fast X Spoilercast!

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