This week we're talking about Final Fantasy VIII Is The Best, the Snyderverse, Kevin Smith, and Poor Things. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: I knew a reboot of The Crow has been in the works for a while now, and I figured I'd judge it on how it took a fantastically adaptable concept and did somehting interesting with it. Sadly, the remake looks almost impressively lazy and uninspired. Does this thing have a chance at being anything besides a letdown?

Today on the 5: Over the weekend I watched Poor Things, a movie that sounded like a bizarrely good time. It was an excellent film, but far weirder and more intense than I was expecting!

Today on the 5: You may have seen some news stories and heated discussions over the Google Gemini LLM providing some wildly inaccurate responses on prompts for things like vikings or religious figures. To some extent, this feels like an inevitable result of the unrelenting hype and misinterpretation of this technology.

Today on the 5: Based on some comments made by Wendy's CEO Kirk Tanner, reports started circulating that the fast food chain would be implementing "surge pricing" on food items. That was later changed to consideration of lowering prices at certain times, but either idea is monumentally stupid.

This week we're talking about movie length, Solarbabies, Cherry 3000, Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom, and American Fiction. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: As part of his excellent "When Phones Were Fun" series, Michael Fisher finally covered a phone I dearly miss. It was called the Palm Pre, and there are things about it I still wish I could get a modern phone with.

Today on the 5: 4 years after release, I've finally played through the majority of Cyberpunk 2077. The gameplay itself and the story are both good, but the standout aspect of the game is the world it creates for you to bounce around in.

Today on the 5: While my wife and I have been sticking to board games a lot in recent years, there are still times where we like just firing up something digital and playing cooperatively. We've been playing through 2020's Sackboy A Big Adventure, and it is absolutely delightful.

Today on the 5: I have been hearing good things about 2023's American Fiction for a while now. I was already a fan of Jeffrey Wright, so I figured I'd watch the film once it hit streaming services. That was the plan, but then I decided I just wanted to watch it already and it was well worth the $20 rental!