Hayes and AJ discuss 2026’s Project Hail Mary. How many times have they seen it? What is the reason, and how many “Amaze, Amaze, Amazes” would they give it?

Hayes and AJ discuss 2026’s Hoppers. Who’s their favorite animal? What does the insect queen want to do to the humans? And how many 🪵 and 🦎 would they give it?

Hayes and his friend Mateo discuss 2019’s Ne Zha. Who’s their favorite character? What are the pearls? And how many Demon Pearls or Spirit Pearls would they give it?

Hayes and AJ discuss 2007’s Transformers. Who’s our favorite Transformer? Where do you need to put the cube? And how many AllSparks would we give it?

Hayes and AJ discuss 1995’s Apollo 13. Would we go to space? What is failure? And how many Tom Hanks would we give it?

Hayes and AJ discuss 2015’s The Martian. Did we like the book better? Is losing ketchup the worst thing? And how many awesome “save Mark Watney Rich Purnell” maneuvers would we give it?

Hayes and AJ chat about the best movies we watched for the podcast last year, and the films we’re most excited for in 2026.

Hayes and AJ, along with a special guest, Hayes’ friend Foster, discuss 2025’s The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. We discuss what you should never underestimate, what is SpongeBod, and how many Krabby Patties we’d give it.

Hayes and AJ discuss 1991’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. We talk favorite turtles, our favorite moments, and how many pizzas we’d give it. 🍕🐢