Antoni joins us to review Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, and then we go all the way back and rank his entire filmography from worst to best. It's a long one, but if you've ever wanted to hear two podcasters argue about where Tenet belongs on a Nolan tier list, this is it.

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Who is the greatest movie sidekick of all time? Carson, Paolo, and Kyle each bring their own nominee, argue over what even counts as a sidekick, and land on one definitive winner.

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Check out Kyle's podcast, Kyle and Dave vs The Machine, where a machine forces them to watch and review movies from a particular year. Find it at: https://kdvstm.transistor.fm/ (or everywhere else you find podcasts at)

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What makes a movie or TV adaptation actually work — sticking close to the source material, or taking real creative liberties? Tracey from the movie podcast Off My Shelf joins us to dig into book and IP adaptations and where the line is between faithful and free.

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Check out Tracey's podcast, Off My Shelf, where she reviews movies right off the shelf for her DVD. Find it at: https://offmyshelf.underbellyofsunshine.com/

We didn't learn the first time. Four years after our first deep dive into Asylum Studios' gloriously bad low-budget movies, Dan and Mena return to help us officially declare ourselves experts in their tricks — Two Headed Shark Attack, Jurassic Domination, Atlantic Rim: Resurrection, and Dracula: The Original Living Vampire included.

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Would you rather live in the MCU's Quantum Realm or on the island of Inisherin? Carson and Paolo's answers are exactly what you'd expect, and somehow they explain everything about why one of them loved Ant-Man 3 and The Banshees of Inisherin and the other didn't.

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Carson and Paolo run down their Top 10 movies of 2022 — pretentious indie picks from Carson, dumb Hollywood blockbusters from Paolo, and a list with something in it for everyone.

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Carson finally quits Star Wars — or tries to — by refusing to watch another Disney+ show. Then he watches all twelve episodes of Andor anyway, and we talk about why it might be the one that wins him back.

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A Filipino movie hits theatres, so naturally we have to talk about it. Paolo digs into representation in film and TV while Carson works to understand what that actually means, and we weigh in on the non-controversies swirling around Easter Sunday, Rings of Power, and Bros.

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Carson hates The Gray Man but loves The Roundup. Paolo's take is exactly the opposite. Ninety minutes later, neither of us has changed the other's mind.

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Marvel's multiverse era hits its peak and Ben and Joe join us to dig into every multiverse movie worth talking about — the good, the overstuffed, and the ones that made our heads hurt in a fun way.

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