The wait is over--Barbenheimer is here. After discussing the WGA-SAG strike, we get into our Oppenheimer & Barbie viewing experiences and give our reactions to each movie. We also crown one movie the overall winner of the weekend.

Oppenheimer spoiler talk - 48:52 - 1:16:50

Barbie spoiler talk -  1:22:43 - 1:51:23

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This week we're prepping for Oppenheimer with our first rankings episode, where we compare our top 5 Nolan films and dig into our least favourite. We also discuss the new 'Twitter-killer' app Threads in this week's "OK Boomer" segment.

This week we're talking about late 2000s - mid 2010s big studio comedies, from hits like Anchorman and The 40 Year Old Virgin, to underappreciated gems like Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, and odd ducks like Funny People. We also discuss the future of the genre and if it will ever return to it's former glory. Mike gives an update on his painful watch of HBO's The Idol, and Ryan learns about the latest Miranda Sings/Colleen Ballinger scandal.

Catching up after some time off, we introduce a new segment called "Bullet for My Co-Host", where one host watches something awful so that the other doesn't have to, featuring HBO's The Idol. We also discuss two shows that have recently premiered--Black Mirror and Marvel's Secret Invasion, the new not-so-good trailer for Kraven the Hunter, the correct way to watch Oppenheimer/Barbie, and Mike shows Ryan a new TikTok personality test in "OK Boomer".

Spoiler timestamps:

Black Mirror - 43:05 - 55:19

Secret Invasion - 1:04:03 - 1:12:18

Ryan takes the lead in this TV focused episode of Hot Take Time Machine. This week we're discussing prestige TV including; what makes a TV show prestigious? Can streaming only shows be prestige TV? What are our favourite prestige shows? In our OK Boomer segment, we talk about conspiracy theory with ties to Canada.

Avoid spoilers with these timestamps: BEEF Spoiler Talk - 37:41 - 50:19

This week we're talking about the highly anticipated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and giving our instant reactions. We also give our thoughts on where this movie ranks among the other Spider-Man movies and what we hope to see next in the third installment of this trilogy.

Avoid spoilers with the following timestamps: 29:06 onwards

Re-live your best and worst high school memories in this special coming-of-age episode of Hot Take Time Machine where we discuss what makes a movie or TV show coming-of-age, whether Frances Ha fits in the genre (it does), can The Lion King can be considered coming-of-age (regrettably, yes), and our favourites of the genre. We also go into a nostalgia filled OK Boomer segment where we go through old teenaged trends from the late 2000s to early 2010s.

In this spoiler filled episode, we're giving initial reactions to the Succession series finale and talking about everything from who the biggest winners of the series are to where the finale ranks in our all-time favourite finales.

In this episode we give our reactions to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Beau is Afraid, discuss whether A24 is overrated, underrated, or just rated, identify the most unattractive movies to have in your Letterboxd top 4, and Ryan learns what it means to be cheugy.

Avoid spoilers with these timestamps

GOTG3 Spoiler Talk - 24:40 - 40:47

Beau is Afraid Spoiler Talk - 46:12 - 58:48

In our inaugural episode, Mike and Ryan discuss the return of fun low stakes movies, the slow decline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Chris Evans' weird film choices, the definition of 'mid', Ice Spice, and what it means to have the sauce.