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David, Devindra, and Jeff brace for hilarity with Scary Movie, go dark with Spider-Noir, and sink into the crime underworld in Deli Boys. Then they wield their swords of judgement on Masters of the Universe.

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Weekly Plugs
David - DC Instagram: Breaking down this weekend’s box office
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on what NVIDIA’s RTX Spark means for PCs
Jeff - Summer Games Fest DLC

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:01:50)
David - Scary Movie (2026), In the Grey, Buffet Infinity
Devindra - Deli Boys, Cape Fear (2026), Spider-Noir
Jeff - Spider-Noir

Featured Review (~00:58:19)    
Masters of the Universe

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David, Devindra, and Jeff come out of retirement with The Boroughs, go hunting with Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and shoot for greatness in Goat. Then they make room for the latest indie horror sensation Backrooms.

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Weekly Plugs
David - David’s YouTube: Breaking down the box office for Backrooms
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on Pope Leo’s AI Encylical 
Jeff - DLC 654 with Zach Barbieri

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:30:17)
David - The Boroughs, Cape Fear (1991)
Devindra - The Boroughs, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 007 First Light
Jeff - Goat, Big City Greens

Featured Review (~01:15:53)    
Backrooms
SPOILERS (~01:34:44)

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David, Devindra, and Jeff assess the price of pop stardom in Mother Mary, check out Riz Ahmed’s take on a classic in Hamlet, and try to find the perfect pitch with Tuner. Then they return to a galaxy far far away with Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Stephen David Miller’s Cannes Dispatches
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on RGB TVs, OLED and what to buy this weekend
Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:16:46)
David - Mother Mary, Hamlet (2025)
Devindra - Hamlet (2025), Nemesis, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord
Jeff - Tuner, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed

Featured Review (~01:05:29)    
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
SPOILERS (~01:28:46)

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David, Devindra, and Jeff head to the arena for Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour, assess family dynamics in Blue Heron, and exact vengeance in The Punisher: One Last Kill. Then they fixate on a wish gone horribly wrong with Obsession.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: The Bear’s Gary Surprise Drop
Devindra - Engadget Podcast: Who needs Googlebooks?
Jeff - We Have Concerns: Time is Perception

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:15:25)
David - Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour
Devindra - Blue Heron, Is God Is
Jeff - Blue Heron, The Punisher: One Last Kill, Widow’s Bay

Featured Review (~01:07:51)    
Obsession
SPOILERS (~01:26:14)

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In this bonus episode, Devindra and David discuss the making of Mortal Kombat II with director Simon McQuoid. They discuss what it took to create the world of Mortal Kombat, how they approached the fight scenes this time around, and the casting of the great Karl Urban. 

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David, Devindra, and Jeff head down the runway in The Devil Wears Prada 2, break free from the psych ward in The Terror: Devil in Silver, and put pen to paper with Downey Wrote That. Then they prepare for battle with Mortal Kombat II.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Mortal Kombat II Review
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on Gamestop’s wild (and stupid) eBay gamble
Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:08:32)
David - The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Sheep Detectives
Devindra - The Terror: Devil in Silver, Dragons: Race to the Edge, Mixtape
Jeff - Downey Wrote That, Mixtape

Featured Review (~01:00:17)    
Mortal Kombat II
SPOILERS (~01:23:12)

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David, Devindra, and Jeff scale new heights in Apex, wade into mystery with Widow’s Bay, and work out some new material with season five of Hacks. Then they try to spot a forgery with The Christophers.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Dave Chen Travels: Sintra
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on Valve’s Steam Controller + TWIT 1082
Jeff - DLC 650 with Tim Schafer

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:16:22)
David - Apex, Widow’s Bay, Undertone, Half Man
Devindra -  Widow’s Bay, Half Man, Man on Fire (2026), NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun
Jeff - Widow’s Bay, Hacks S5

Featured Review (~01:09:32)    
The Christophers
SPOILERS (~01:25:28)

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It's time once again for the annual Summer Movie Wager! Our friends Peter Sciretta, BJ Colangelo, and Germain Lussier return to the show to stake their claims along with the Filmcast crew, on this summer's box office. Come back at summer’s end to find out who will take the prize as the winner of the 2026 wager. You can play along at thesummermoviewager.com. To be considered for the leaderboard, you must enter by April 29, 2026

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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 will begin on April 30, 2026 (with the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2) and last 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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Submit your lists to the Summer Movie Wager website!

David, Devindra, and Jeff look at the bigger picture with The Christophers, take an aggressive bite out of the second season of Beef, and climb to new heights with The Dark Wizard. Then they unwrap the horror of Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Christophers and Mummy review
Devindra - Engadget Podcast: Allbirds is AI now
Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:25:47)
David - The Christophers, Six Degrees of Separation, Beef S2, Invincible S4 
Devindra - Beef S2, DTF St. Louis, The Pitt S2
Jeff - The Dark Wizard, Sunny Nights

Featured Review (~01:02:27)    
Lee Cronin's The Mummy
SPOILERS (~01:18:39)

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David and Jeff discuss the finer points of watching movies with your spouse, think about the nature of cancellation with Outcome, and kick out the jams with School of Rock. Then they put a relationship to the test with The Drama.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: The Boys Season 5 and The Pitt 
Jeff - DLC 647 with Rebekah Valentine

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:59:30)
David - Outcome, Deadloch
Jeff - Taskmaster S21 Premiere, School of Rock

Featured Review (~01:30:13)    
The Drama

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