Talkin' TV

Alright guys, it's our end of the year January hall. We did worst movies, and today we're breaking down our favorite TV shows of the year. It was a terrible year for movies, but a monumental one for television. We got some incredible genre fair, brilliant comedy, jaw dropping new stories that have really been missing from the big screen lately. Television has truly become the new place to watch great stories. It was also the year that Disney+ really broke onto the scene with 5 brand new TV shows set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Chris & I break down our ten favorite television shows of the year, and there were quite a few surprises in there as well as similarities. Be sure to stay tuned for brand new episodes released every Monday only on the #talkintvpodcast

Oh man. After MONTHS of just terrible, mediocre movies, not only do we have a gem, not only do we have something refreshing, but we quite possibly have the best movie of the year. That's right. On today's episode of #talkintv, Chris is talking all about James Gunn's "Peacemaker" starring John Cena. A 2022 American superhero series based on DC Comics featuring the team Suicide Squad, based on the comics by John Ostrander. It is the first DC Extended Universe (DCEU) television series and a spin-off from the 2021 film The Suicide Squad. It follows Christopher Smith / Peacemaker as he joins the black ops squad "Project Butterfly". The series is produced by The Safran Company and Troll Court Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television, with Gunn serving as showrunner. John Cena stars as the title character, reprising his role from The Suicide Squad, with Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Chukwudi Iwuji, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, and Robert Patrick also starring. Gunn wrote all eight episodes of the series while completing work on The Suicide Squad during the COVID-19 pandemic, before HBO Max officially ordered Peacemaker straight-to-series in September 2020. Filming took place in Vancouver, Canada, from January to July 2021, with Gunn directing five of the episodes. It premiered on HBO Max on January 13, 2022, with its first three episodes. The rest of the series is being released weekly through February 17. It's all covered here on the #talkintvpodcast

This is one we've been waiting for awhile to do. Season 4, Episode 2, The Lion and the Rose. The final episode written by George R. R. Martin for the series before he went back to procrastinating on the Winds of Winter. This episode has a few other storylines, we're reintroduced to Ramsay and his sadism and briefly check in with Bran & Stannis, but the grand centerpiece of this episode is Joffrey's wedding. And what a wedding it is, so much to see. Jugglers, fire breathers, dwarf shows, and the crowning achievement: Joffrey's death. It's a brilliantly conceived episode as a cap off to the first three seasons while also bridging the gap to where the rest of the show would go. Be sure to check out the full episode at the links below, new episodes are available every Friday on Spotify and on Youtube at #talkintvpodcast

Alright people, a new year is upon is, which means it's time for the best and worst of the previous year! But this one's a special occasion because, that's right, I finally got Chris to do the worst of the year list with me! I've been trying to get him to do one of these lists with me for awhile now, and I finally convinced him because ho man, was it a bad year for movies. It's something I've been saying for about 5 years now, because with the exception of 2019 the last 5 years have been draining for movie lovers, but 2021 was in particular rough shape. It was such a weird year with the return to normal, people going outside again, theaters trying to open, the very confusing release schedule between theaters and streaming, not to mention that the studios really only marketed what felt like 5 movies for the entire year. So before we hit the best for TV and Movies, we hit our collective ten worst movies of 2021. Enjoy, and remember to like, subscribe and as always #watchmoremovies

We're back! After a much needed break, Professor Pat & the Movie Nerd are back to recap the rest of Game of Thrones! We pick up right where we left off with the Season 4 Premiere, Two Swords! This episode served as a bit of a soft reboot of the series, once again signifying the ultimate victory the Lannisters achieved over the Starks with Tywin's symbolic melting of Ned Stark's Valyrian steel sword Ice. The rest of the episode bounces back and forth between Jaime struggling to learn his new position in the King's Landing pecking order as they prepare for Joffrey & Margaery's wedding, while Tyrion has to deal with the arrival of Oberyn Martell, prince of Dorne who is hot on the Lannisters for their part in the murder of his sister. We also check in briefly with the other ancellary characters as Sansa deals with her grief in King's Landing; Jon warns the Night's Watch about the pending attack while the Wildlings deal with some surly new allies; and Daenerys begins to learn the price that comes with ruling. Be sure to check out the full episode at the links below, new episodes are available every Friday on Spotify and on Youtube at #talkintvpodcast

And this is it! The final one! We're closing out the year of 2021 with a movie that, quite frankly, perfectly sums up the year we just all experienced in terms of movies. This movie is...predictable to say the least. Produced, co-written, and directed by Lana Wachowski. It is the sequel to The Matrix Revolutions (2003) and the fourth and final installment in The Matrix film franchise. Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lambert Wilson, and Jada Pinkett Smith reprise their roles from the previous films, and they are joined by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The film is set sixty years after the events of Revolutions and follows Neo, who lives a seemingly ordinary life as a video game developer troubled with distinguishing dreams from reality. A group of rebels, with the help of a programmed version of Morpheus, free Neo from an altered Matrix and fight a new enemy that holds Trinity captive.

Following the release of Revolutions, the Wachowskis denied the possibility of another Matrix film, though rumors emerged since then about a possible fourth Matrix film and the studio constantly expressed interest in reviving the franchise, hiring Zak Penn to write a new screenplay after the Wachowskis refused every offer to create more sequels. In late 2019, a fourth Matrix film was finally announced, with Lana Wachowski returning as director without her sister and Reeves and Moss reprising their roles. Filming started in February 2020 but was halted the next month by the COVID-19 pandemic. Wachowski toyed with the possibility of shelving the project and leaving the film unfinished, but the cast insisted that she finish it. Filming resumed in August 2020, concluding three months later.

Alright people! This is it! Movie event of the year time! Chris & Dom are back together to break down arguably the most anticipated movie of what feels like the last two years, the conclusion to the Tom Holland MCU Spider-Man trilogy, it's "Spider-Man: No Way Home!" After the reveal of his identity by J. Jonah Jameson at the end of 2019's Far from Home, Peter's life and that of his friends and family is massively upheaved, and in an attempt to fix things, he approaches Dr. Stephen Strange to have him cast a spell that will make everyone forget he's Spider-Man. Unfortunately, his tampering while Strange is casting the spell causes the multiverse to begin to fracture, allowing villains from other Spiderverses and previous franchises into this one, where they begin to wreak havoc. Dom & Chris talk about their feelings on this, how it reflects the entire Spider-Man cinematic experience, how it pays homage, balances out fan service with story, pays off Tom Holland's arc in a surprisingly satisfying way, and also how this movie represents the best of the MCU communal experience. All of that and more on tonight's episode of the #talkintvpodcast

We're almost done guys! Only two more episodes after this before we begin the new year! And before we all start freaking out over Spider-Man, we reviewed the latest gem that popped up on Netflix, that being Arcane: League of Legends! Arcane is a 2021 adult animated streaming television series. It is set in the League of Legends universe. The series was announced at the League of Legends 10th anniversary celebration. It was produced by French animation studio Fortiche under the supervision of Riot Games. Set in the past relative to the League of Legends universe, Arcane serves as a prequel to the game and retells the origin stories of several characters from Piltover and Zaun. Like the game on which it is based, the series is aimed at a "16+" audience. Arcane has received universal acclaim from critics, who praised its animation, story, world-building, characters, and voice acting. Some have noted the series' appeal to both casual viewers who have never played League of Legends and to longtime fans of the game. It also set the record as Netflix's highest-rated series so far within a week of its premiere, ranked 1st on the Netflix Top 10 Chart in 52 countries, and ranked 2nd on the chart in the United States. On November 20, 2021, following the conclusion of Arcane's first season, Riot Games and Netflix announced that a second season was in production for a post-2022 release. We break down everything that works about this groundbreaking animated show, how it reenforces certain tropes while inventing new ones, only on the #talkintvpodcast

Alright people, we're in the home stretch, final three weeks of 2021, and you know what that means? It's OSCARS TIME BABY!!!! And we kick that off with returning guest hosts Adam Sommer & Brandon Fallat, who join Dom to talk about a film that's been getting a lot of critical hype from all the awards circuits and festivals, Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog! Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee & Jesse Plemons, the film features around two ranch hands in Montana at the turn of the century, one of whom settles down which causes the other to start mentally torturing his brother's new wife and son, at least until certain secrets are revealed. The three of us break down everything this film has going for it, what the meaning of the film is, how it's the latest installment in the move towards streaming everything, and what Oscars it will qualify for. All of this and more, only on the #talkintvpodcast