What if H.G. Wells used a time machine to chase Jack the Ripper into the present day (of 1979)? It would look an awful lot like 1979’s “Time After Time,” we’re guessing. David Warner and Malcolm McDowell match wits! Mary Steenburgen is a modern lady looking for an old-fashioned man! Also Jason observes the film’s (pretty good) depiction of San Francisco geography and Jean confronts her young moviegoing trauma.

"Time After Time"

Jason Snell with Jean MacDonald, Moisés Chiullán, Monty Ashley and David J. Loehr

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The Summer of Time Travel meets Rocket Surgery as we watch the very 90s, good-bad film “Timecop,” the movie that answers the question, “What would happen if you tried to kick time itself?”

"Timecop"

Jason Snell with Joe Rosensteel, Annette Wierstra and Monty Ashley

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We take a sideways break from the Summer of Time Travel by verse-jumping across realities to Everything Everywhere All At Once, the multiverse movie directed by The Daniels and starring Michelle Yeoh. Is empathy the superpower Doctor Strange needed all along? Too bad, because he isn’t in this movie!

"Everything Everywhere All At Once"

Moisés Chiullán with Brian Hamilton, Jean MacDonald and Sandra Wong

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The Summer of Time Travel begins/ends/continues (pick one) with 1989’s “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” in which two dumb guys collect some of history’s greatest figures and take them to the mall. Party on, dudes!

"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"

Jason Snell with Steve Lutz, Lisa Schmeiser, Kelly Guimont and Moisés Chiullán

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The days of appointment television are long gone, but what if you could create a streaming service broadcasting the best that TV had to offer in the 21st century? What shows would be on your marquee? We’ve got you covered, with our very first Peak TV draft (patent pending)! Will your favorite shows get drafted? Tune in to find out!

21st Century TV Draft

Cicero Holmes with David J. Loehr, Jean MacDonald, Monty Ashley, Shareef Jackson and Moisés Chiullán

David - “David”

Left over: For All Mankind, Slow Horses

Jean - “Work is Hell”

Left over: Six Feet Under

Monty - “The Monty Network”

Left over: Home Movies, Clerks:TAS, Over The Garden Wall

Shareef - “Laugh & Cry”

Left over: Supernatural, Fringe, House, 24, Lost

Moises - “Science Fiction”

Left over: “BerryVision” (all Matt Berry shows like Darkplace, Toast of London), “DLC aka Doctors Lawyers & Cops” Counterpart, Travelers, Threshold (2005)

Cicero - “CCN+ (Comfy Couch Network Plus)”

Left over: BSG, Insecure, The Americans

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The release of the super-meta “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” with John Mulaney and Andy Samberg on Disney+ put us in mind of a movie from which it borrowed a hunk of its DNA: “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”. We first toon, er, tune our dial to that classic, groundbreaking 1988 Robert Zemeckis-directed film, then look at its 2022 chip off the old block. Forget it, Dale, it’s Toontown.

"Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

Glenn Fleishman with David J. Loehr, Shelly Brisbin and Moisés Chiullán

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Thirty-three episodes of new live-action “Star Trek” have now concluded, and we’re going to talk about all of it. We bring some tough love for “Discovery” and “Picard”, which disappointed us. But all is not lost—there’s a lot of unabashed love for “Strange New Worlds.”

Star Trek three-series season wrap

Jason Snell with Jean MacDonald, Joe Rosensteel, Tony Sindelar and David J. Loehr

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On the occasion of the publication of “The Nova Incident,” Jason asks Dan a bunch of questions from readers (and listeners) about his writing career, techniques, tools, and more.

Dan Moren and "The Nova Incident"

Jason Snell with Dan Moren

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Hello there! We discuss “Obi-Wan Kenobi” on Disney+, including Ewan MacGregor’s delight in the role, the return of Hayden Christensen, and balancing the needs of superfans with movies-only fans.

"Obi-Wan Kenobi"

Dan Moren with Kathy Campbell, Chip Sudderth, Tony Sindelar and James Thomson

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Put on your flying cloak and load up on pizza balls, because we’re here to talk about “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” This is an interesting one, because most of us agree that the movie is fun and inventive in a lot of enjoyable ways—but also entirely mishandles its villain. Can you love a movie that also make you angry? We try! Some of us fail.

"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"

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