Two prequel shows to beloved franchises set hundreds/thousands of years ago are taking up our social media convo and water cooler talk. But if you had to pick one to be in on - THE RINGS OF POWER or HOUSE OF THE DRAGON - which should you choose and why? And which one would we choose? It's a special RANTS & RAVES edition of MAM on the main feed here before WEEKLY RECOMMENDS.



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Rants & Raves: The Rings of Power vs. House of the Dragon premieres

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The recent PLANET OF THE APES series seemingly ended with a trilogy. Now, we've got another one, as we step into the KINGDOM of the apes generations later. Do they still have the magic formula that made us all fans to begin with?
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Just like last summer, it's time for The Gos and Emily Blunt. But this time, they're together! With action! And comedy! But why didn't it pull in more money? What lesson will Hollywood learn? And, how good is it?


Yes, I apologize for skipping over grades in this one. My mistake. Here are our grades for THE FALL GUY:
Kent - B+
Richard - B
Brian - A-

The Fall Guy (2024)

It was one of the most-anticipated movies of 2023. Then it was one of the most-anticipated movies of 2024. So did Luca Guadagnino's CHALLENGERS live up to the hype? Is Zendaya peaking? Let Richard and Kent help you decide.


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Challengers (2024)

What will end up being the biggest movie of 2024? We're drafting the releases one by one in our annual movie draft, with a punishment on the line and a lot of question marks surrounding these movies. It's anybody's game!


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Movie Draft 2024

This entire year, we're doing a special podcast series on the career of Quentin Tarantino. It WAS going to be in anticipation of his 10th and final (?) film, THE MOVIE CRITIC, but now that he's not doing it anymore, we need to react accordingly. But the show must go on, so let's get to our next in the series, 1997's JACKIE BROWN.


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Rants & Raves: The Rings of Power vs. House of the Dragon premieres

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