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On this week’s show, director Joseph Kosinski (friend and fan of the show!) joins us to discuss his new film Top Gun: Maverick, starring Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, and Miles Teller. We dive into some behind-the-scenes moments from making the film — everything from convincing Tom Cruise to make the movie to how the actors had to record their own reactions from the cockpit. We also discuss the film's music, some story elements brought over from the original, and the incredible inclusion of Val Kilmer’s Iceman. 

Stick around for our full, spoiler-free reviews of Top Gun Maverick. We also react to new trailers for The Grey Man from The Russo Brothers, and another little Tom Cruise picture called Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. 

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00:04:25 - Joseph Kosinski Interview

00:33:35 - The Grey Man Trailer Reaction

00:48:42 - Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

00:59:51 - The Bob’s Burgers Movie

01:04:38 - Stranger Things Season 4 Part 1 

01:12:40 - Top Gun: Maverick

01:28:24 - Our Favorite Tom Cruise Movies

01:46:12 - Outro

Director Carey Williams sat down with Sean O’Connell at this year’s SXSW in Austin to discuss his new film Emergency. The film, which stars RJ Cyler and Donald Elise Watkins, is available in select theaters and will be streaming on Prime Video. In our interview, Sean and Carey discuss casting the film, shooting so much at night, how the film went from a short to a feature, the creative origins of its social commentary, and more. 

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This week we discuss the brand new trailers for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Billy Eichner's Bros, the slew of Star Wars news that was just announced, and we add Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness to our Marvel Tier List. Also, reviews for Emergency and Men as well as #AlexGarlandBlend.

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00:06:50 - She-Hulk Trailer Reaction

00:13:20 - Bros Trailer Reaction

00:22:10 - Star Wars News Roundup

00:44:44 - Doctor Strange 2 Tier Ranking

00:52:20 - This Week In Movies

00:56:05 - Emergency Review

01:00:50 - Men Review

01:05:35 - Our Favorite Alex Garland Movies

01:17:20 - Outro.

It’s tier list time! This week, we look at the catalog of Batman films from 1966 to Matt Reeves’ The Batman and rank them from S tier to F. What does your own list look like? Let us know! 

We also react to box office results for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, give our spoiler-filled thoughts on the series finale of Netflix’s Ozark, and discuss our favorite movies from when were 10 years old. 

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0:00:00 - Intro

00:05:04 - Doctor Strange 2 Box Office

00:13:20 - Batman Movies Tier List

01:02:54 - Ozark Spoiler Chat

01:12:14 - This Week In Movies

01:14:10 - Our Favorite Movies at 10

01:33:23 - Outro

This week’s show is packed with Marvel goodness for fans of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. With Moon Knight’s finale dropping earlier this week, we give reviews of the entire season and debate where it falls on our MCU Tier List. 

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, and Benedict Wong is finally opening in theaters this weekend. We give our spoiler-free thoughts at first for those who haven’t yet made it out to the theater but stick around for our spoiler section to hear all the details of what we liked, loved, and didn’t care for in the sequel. 

Check out our updated tier list here. 

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00:03:54 - Justin Lin Replaced With Louis Leterrier On Fast X

00:12:15 Avatar 2 Trailer Reactions

00:20:45 - Obi-Wan Kenobi Trailer Reaction

00:33:19 - Moon Knight Review (Spoilers)

00:53:07 - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Spoiler-Free Review

01:00:35 - Doctor Strange 2 Spoilers! 

01:14:33 - Our Favorite Benedict Cumberbatch Movies

01:23:10 - Outro

Sean has been in Las Vegas all week attending this year’s CinemaCon. So why don’t we take the chance to sit down and run through some of the most exciting footage and announcement?

Olivia Wilde gave a first look at her sophomore film, Don’t Worry Darling, and it sounds like it’s exactly as exciting as we had hoped after she crushed it out of the gate with her debut feature. Warner Bros. trotted out many of their DC wares with the likes of Ezra Miller’s The Flash (aka Michael Keaton’s Batman 3), footage from Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam, and an announced sequel to Matt Reeves’ The Batman bringing back Robert Pattinson in the role. This is great news, folks. 

Sony Pictures showed up big with footage from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, their casting choice for El Muerto, and more. But perhaps outdoing everyone was Disney with footage from Lightyear, the hotly anticipated film out of Pixar this year, Doctor Strange 2, and finally a glimpse at James Cameron’s work on Avatar: The Way of Water. 

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00:03:09 - Justin Lin Exits Fast X

00:14:48 - Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling

00:21:38 - Warner Bros. DC Panel

00:32:05 - Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis

00:34:45 - DC Panel Cont. 

00:39:11 - Sony Pictures Spidey-Verse Panel

00:46:10 - Disney Panel: Lightyear, Doctor Strange 2 & Avatar 2

01:01:36 - Universal Panel

01:07:02 - This Week In Movies

01:09:10 - Our Favorite Rosario Dawson Movies

Nicholas Cage plays Nick Cage in one of our most anticipated movies of the year, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (also starring Pedro Pascal). Filmmakers Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten joined us to discuss the journey of getting Cage on board, working with him to create a fictional version of himself that felt real, the creative ways they solved the production's many hurdles, and more. 

Stick around through the interview as we also give our reactions to Thor: Love and Thunder’s first trailer. We also give our reviews for Robert Eggers’ The Northman and Massive Talent. Be sure to check out our interview with Eggers which dropped wherever you get your podcasts earlier this week. 

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00:04:45 - Tom Gormican & Kevin Etten Interview

00:39:29 - Thor: Love and Thunder Trailer Reaction

00:50:20 - The Bad Guys Review / Darth Vader?

00:59:55 - The Northman Review

01:11:39 - The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Review 

01:19:52 - Our Favorite Ethan Hawke Movie

01:30:00 - Outro

Writer/Director Robert Eggers joins the show to chat about The Northman starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, and Anya Taylor-Joy. He talks about the historical inspirations for the score, getting connected with Skarsgård, putting together one of the film’s most exciting “oners” and more. 

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On this week’s show, we are finally completing our Marvel Cinematic Universe tier list with the addition of Phase 3 and Phase 4 so far. To see how we ranked Phases 1 and 2, check out episode 200 on YouTube or wherever you get podcasts.

Also this week, we review Mark Wahlberg’s new film, Father Stu. Stick around for the end of the show when we discuss our favorite performances from the awesome Michael Peña!

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00:06:00 - MCU Tier List: Phase 3

00:47:52 - MCU Tier List: Phase 4

01:11:47 - This Week In Movies

01:19:08 - Our Favorite Michael Peña Movie

01:28:40 - Outro

Actor, host and director Mayim Bialik joins the show this week to chat about the making of her feature directorial debut As They Made Us starring Dustin Hoffman, Dianna Agron, Candice Bergen, and her Big Bang Theory co-star Simon Helberg. 

We also discuss reactions to Morbius and its opening-weekend box office results. As well as review a ton of films hitting theaters and streaming this week including As They Made Us, Everything Everywhere All at Once (now in wide release), and Michael Bay’s Ambulance starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. 

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00:03:39 - Mayim Bialik Interview

00:39:53 - Morbius Box Office Reactions

00:50:00 - This Week In Movies

00:50:47 - As The Made Us Review

00:52:53 - Everything Everywhere All At Once Review

01:00:50 - Sonic 2 Review

01:05:35 - Ambulance Review

01:13:03 - Our Favorite Michael Bay Movie

01:25:15 - Outro