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David and Devindra head out west with Cupertino, navigate the dating scene with Youth, and explore magic in suburbia in Small Prophets. Then they take the stand with the latest from Aaron Sorkin, The Social Reckoning.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Caroline Siede’s review of Social Reckoning
Devindra - Engadget coverage on Microsoft and RTX Spark

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:01:57)
David - Youth, Small Prophets
Devindra - Cupertino, East of Eden, Small Prophets, Matilda the Musical

Featured Review (~00:34:54)    
The Social Reckoning
SPOILERS (~01:02:44)

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David, Devindra, and Jeff hit the road to recovery with Idiots, take in the glow of the first season of Lanterns, and find an unlikely family with Brothers. Then they assess Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest bold swing, Digger.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Matt Goldberg’s review of Digger
Devindra - Engadget Microsoft and NVIDIA coverage this week
Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:19:18)
David - Idiots, The Swan: Behind the Mirror
Devindra - Lanterns, Hadestown: The Musical
Jeff - Brothers, The Play That Goes Wrong

Featured Review (~01:05:39)    
Digger

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David, Devindra, and Jeff hit the road for the 20th anniversary of Cars, slide into theaters for the 4K re-release of Akira, and keep it in the family with Dang! Then they prepare to make television history with Primetime.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Caroline Siede’s review of Primetime
Devindra - Sonos Beam Ultra review 

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:09:58)
David - Cars: 20th Anniversary, Don't Say Good Luck
Devindra - Akira 4K Re-Release
Jeff - Dang!, Golden Axe

Featured Review (~00:51:07)    
Primetime
SPOILERS (~01:08:26)

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David, Devindra, and Jeff tip the scales with The Weight, keep the herd together in Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, and step up to the plate with Friday Night Baseball in Apple Vision Pro. Then they fight for survival in Zach Cregger’s take on Resident Evil.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Stephen David Miller’s TIFF Dispatch 2
Devindra - Steam Frame review
Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:15:41)
David - The Weight, Slow Horses S6
Devindra - Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, Neagley, Furious
Jeff - The Weight, Friday Night Baseball in Apple Vision Pro

Featured Review (~01:09:23)    
Resident Evil
SPOILERS (~01:25:25)

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David, Devindra, and Jeff hit the ground running with The History of Concrete, head on a Cold War buddy adventure with Mayday, and submit some invoices to the third season of Colin from Accounts. Then they go on the hunt for a mysterious creature in Hope.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Uprising review, TIFF + Resident Evil reviews coming
Jeff - We Have Concerns with Brian Brushwood

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:15:21)
David - The History of Concrete, Mayday, Miss You Love You
Devindra - The History of Concrete
Jeff - The History of Concrete, Colin from Accounts S3, Taskmaster S22

Featured Review (~00:52:19)    
Hope
SPOILERS (~01:12:26)

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As the seasons begin to change, the time of box office reckoning is upon us! Our friends Peter Sciretta, BJ Colangelo, and Germain Lussier join the Filmcast team to look back on this year’s summer box office results. Which films surged to the top of the list and which missed the mark? Who will reign supreme and win the wager? Listen to find out!

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The Summer Movie Wager is a game that we play during the summer of each year. You can find the history of the game and play along at thesummermoviewager.com (thanks to Dennis for putting that site together). The general goal of this game is to predict the highest grossing films of the summer in terms of domestic box office, in the correct order. The closer you get to the final ranked order, the more points you get. This year, the summer movie wager began on April 30, 2026 (with the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2) and lasted through September 7, 2026, Labor Day, as usual. 

Each of your 13 picks (10 movies and 3 dark horses) gets a single score assigned to it by using the following rules: 

-If your picked movie for #1 OR #10 is correct, you score 13 points for it. 
-If your picked movie for 2-9  is correct, you score 10 points for it. 
-If your picked movie is only 1 spot away from its actual placement, you score 7 points for it. 
-If your picked movie is only 2 spots away from its actual placement, you score 5 points for it. 
-If your picked movie is placed inside the Top 10, you score 3 points for it. 
-If your picked movie is not placed inside the Top 10, you score 0 points for it. 
-For each of your picked dark horses placed inside the Top 10, you score 1 point. If two or more rules apply to a single pick, only that single rule will be applied which assigns the highest point value to that pick. For example: If your pick for #1 is correct, you don't get 16 points for it because it is #1 and because it placed inside the Top 10; instead you only get 13 points for it.

Germain’s Top 10
1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2. Toy Story 5
3. The Odyssey
4. Minions & Monsters
5. Moana
6. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
7. The Devil Wears Prada 2
8. Disclosure Day
9. Supergirl
10. Scary Movie

DARK HORSES:
- Mortal Kombat II
- Masters of the Universe
- Obsession
TIE BREAKER: $657MM

BJ’s Top 10
1. Toy Story 5
2. Spider-Man: Brand New Day
3. The Odyssey
4. Minions & Monsters
5. Supergirl
6. Moana
7. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
8. Disclosure Day
9. The Devil Wears Prada 2
10. Masters of the Universe

DARK HORSES:
- Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie
- Evil Dead Burn
- Obsession
TIE BREAKER: $1.4B

Peter’s Top 10
1. Toy Story 5
2. Spider-Man: Brand New Day
3. Minions & Monsters
4. Moana
5. The Odyssey
6. The Devil Wears Prada 2
7. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
8. Supergirl
9. Disclosure Day
10. Scary Movie 

DARK HORSES:
- Masters of the Universe
- Mortal Kombat II
- Evil Dead Burn
TIE BREAKER: $441MM

Devindra’s Top 10
1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2. The Odyssey
3. Toy Story 5
4. Minions & Monsters
5. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
6. Moana
7. Supergirl
8. The Devil Wears Prada 2
9. Mortal Kombat II
10. Disclosure Day

DARK HORSES:
- Obsession
- Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour
- Scary Movie
TIE BREAKER: $650MM

Jeff’s Top 10
1. Toy Story 5
2. Spider-Man: Brand New Day
3. The Odyssey
4. Moana
5. Minions & Monsters
6. The Devil Wears Prada 2
7. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
8. Supergirl
9. Scary Movie
10. Mortal Kombat II

DARK HORSES:
- Disclosure Day
- Masters of the Universe
- Evil Dead Burn
TIE BREAKER: $457MM

David’s Top 10
1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2. Toy Story 5
3. Minions & Monsters
4. Moana
5. The Odyssey
6. Supergirl
7. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
8. The Devil Wears Prada 2
9. Scary Movie
10. Mortal Kombat II

DARK HORSES:
- Disclosure Day
- Jackass: Best and Last
- Masters of the Universe
TIE BREAKER: $580MM

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David, Devindra, and Jeff remember some Hollywood icons who have recently passed, look up to the post-apocalyptic skies with The Dog Stars, and go behind the mask with Buddy. Then they head to court to render their verdict on the long awaited Coyote vs. Acme.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Caroline Siede’s Review of Onslaught
Devindra - Alienware 39 5K review
Jeff - DLC 667 with Jesse Vitelli

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:21:52)
David - The Dog Stars, Buddy, The Trigger Effect
Devindra - Buddy, Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia
Jeff - The Dog Stars

Featured Review (~00:58:24)    
Coyote vs. Acme
SPOILERS (~01:12:11)

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David, Devindra, and Jeff solve some crime at sea with Mutiny, answer big questions with Ask the StoryBots, and take aim at Silicon Valley nonsense with The Audacity. Then they head into the kitchen for a focused biopic with Tony.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Matt Goldberg’s Summer Box Office Takeaways
Devindra - Engadget: Why curved TVs failed
Jeff - DLC 666 with Anthony Taormina

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:01:20)
David - Mutiny, The Last House
Devindra - Ask the StoryBots, The Dink
Jeff - The Audacity, The Social Dilemma

Featured Review (~01:02:30)    
Tony
SPOILERS (~01:19:43)

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In this bonus After Dark episode, David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by BJ Colangelo and Peter Sciretta to pay off the debts of last year's Summer Movie Wager. They watch and discuss Penn and Teller Get Killed. Did this take Penn and Teller's magic to the next level? Or was it kind of a disaster?

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David, Devindra, and Jeff hit the road with It Ends, journey to 16th century Japan in The Samurai and the Prisoner, and assess the series premiere of Lanterns. Then they attempt to survive a cosmic event with The End of Oak Street.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Matt Goldberg’s review of Coyote vs. Acme
Devindra - Reviewing the new Dell XPS 13
Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:17:34)
David - It Ends, The Samurai and the Prisoner, Jackass: Best and Last 
Devindra - The Samurai and the Prisoner, It Ends, Lanterns 
Jeff - Lanterns, It Ends, Alley Cats

Featured Review (~01:04:20)    
The End of Oak Street
SPOILERS (~01:17:45)

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