Movie Joust!

Godzilla Minus Zero brings total devastation back to the big screen! In this action-packed episode of Movie Joust, we break down Takashi Yamazaki’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning kaiju movie, exploring its jaw-dropping set-pieces and ambitious narrative.

Then, we dive into the new releases:

• Wild Horse Nine: Martin McDonagh’s sharp black-comedy spy thriller set in 1973, starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as veteran CIA officers on Easter Island.

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York: Noah Segan’s gritty NYC crime drama starring John Turturro as an aging Bronx pickpocket who accidentally lifts a high-stakes crypto wallet from the wrong target.

In this episode of Movie Joust!, we dive into DC’s latest release, Clayface, exploring how director James Watkins transforms the iconic Gotham villain's origin story into a dark body-horror thriller. Plus, we review the quirky romantic fantasy Wicker and Anton Corbijn's literary mystery-thriller A Talent for Murder starring Helen Mirren.

Is Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s A24 documentary 'You Can See Everything' an instant non-fiction masterpiece? On this episode of Movie Joust!, we dive deep into the mind-bending Elizabeth Holmes doc that has everyone talking.

Plus, we break down Alex Gibney's epic Elong Musk documentary, 'Musk', and Brian Duffield’s claustrophobic survival thriller 'Whalefall'! Which of these heavy hitters takes top honors, and which one gets thrown to the wolves?

This week, the guys give their thoughts on "The Social Reckoning," Aaron Sorkin's spiritual sequel to the 2010 film "The Social Network."

Then, they play catch-up with Apple's Everest-set biopic "Tenzing," and "Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother," a unique new thriller starring Mahershala Ali.

It's a jam-packed episode this week, as Jason, Jesse, and Josh joust over the merits of "Digger," Alejandro González Iñárritu's satirical comedy starring Tom Cruise.

Then, the guys catch up with the Robert Pattinson starring "Primetime," about the series "To Catch a Predator," and Jason gives his reactions to the latest Colleen Hoover adaptation, "Verity".

This week, the guys enthusiastically talk about Zach Cregger's adaptation of the beloved horror game "Resident Evil," then they break down another new release, this time featuring Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe. Hear why this adventure film calls to mind classics such as "Sorcerer" and "Treasure of the Sierra Madre."

Jesse and Josh run through multiple movies currently out. First, Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock reunite in "Practical Magic 2" then a South Korean monster movie with some real high highs and real low lows, and finally, the Gal Gadot Amazon thriller that is going viral for all the wrong reasons.

Remember the Mumblecore movement of the early 2010s? This week, we're discussing new movies from two of the movement's notable filmmakers; Joe Swanberg and Adam Winguard. Plus, a discussion on if horror movies need to be "about something" or if the "elevated horror" trend has thrown off our expectations for genre entertainment.

We're at the final days of summer movie season. And that means it's a grab bag of choices, from the Gen-Z indie-horror flick "It Ends," to the post-apocalyptic world of "The Dog Stars," and even the Looney Tunes flick "Coyote vs. Acme."

This week we discuss A24's Tony, Matt Johnson's kinetic, unvarnished biographical snapshot of a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa) slinging seafood in 1975 Provincetown. In the other corner stands Andrew Patterson's gritty, Southern-gothic indie thriller The Rivals of Amziah King, starring Matthew McConaughey as a beekeeping, folk-rocking town anchor caught in a high-stakes local honey syndicate war.