We aren't here to mince words. Tatsuki Fujimoto is a genius and this movie is peak, so we are going to talk about it. Somewhow the animators at Mappa turned what was otherwise an underwheling arc in the Manga into a cinematic masterpiece that outshines its source material. This movie is a tour de force of what what the genre is ready to bring to a western audience and has taken the cinema by storm. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc brings a rich exploration of the source material without shying away from the excravagance and absurdity that thinly veils an otherwise deeply introspective and dark story about an animal named Denji who learns what it means to be human.

This podcast may have been dead, but in the world of Nosferatu, that doesn't mean much. In this episode the boys drag the quality control show out of its coffin to dust off the cobwebs and discuss a modern classic in the making. Nosferatu shows us that not only is Robert Eggers an incredibly talented director and film maker, but it also a freak.

Video games have always been a medium that Hollywood struggled to effectively adapt into a successful show or movie. With fans still reeling from the Halo TV series that was all but a crash landing, hope for a faithfully realized franchise brought to a broader audience was waning. What HBO did may have seemed like a stroke of brilliance, perhaps elegant in its simplicity, but was merely common sense. They did exactly what I had been arguing since middle school when I  first played the masterpiece of storytelling that is The Last of Us video game. I said, "If they ever make a 1:1 adaptation of this game people will lose their minds over how good it is without even realizing the source material is a video game".  9 years later, HBO would change the playing field by doing exactly this. It is hard to say if this show stands up to the tour de force of narrative pacing and character work that makes the game such a potent piece of fiction, but regardless it is a landmark triumph for an audience that has been starved of good video game adaptations for year, after year, after year. It is the prototype, the blueprint, the schema for what is to come. Those souless fucks in Hollywood finally know that high quality, faithful game adaptations can line their pockets, and I daresay as a result we will look back on this show as the paradigm shift for an industry-wide adoption of games as a genuine avenue of producing success on the big screen.

I forgot to upload this episode and have no memory of what we talked about. I think maybe Ryan Gosling and the bastardization of the culinary arts by the 1%. I do remember that we didn't talk about The Glass Onion, so our intro is sort of a lie. That episode is coming soon though, please don't leave.

Avatar: The Way of Water, very much like the popular mean girl in high school, has very little to offer when it comes down to qualities not pertaining to looks. One might even make the argument that Avatar has become the embodiment of this stereotype in the Hollywood ecosystem. Unfortunately,  James Cameron's latest film, while breathtakingly beautiful, suffers from incoherent (and self plagiarised) story telling, a weak cast of characters, and a recycled villain that wasn't all that notable 10 years ago during their debut. Join us as we peel back the veneer of this CGI masterpiece to expose the shoddy craftsmanship that lies beneath. 

Following the disaster of Game of Thrones: Season 8 we never would have thought that HBO would deign to entertain the production of another IP set within the same universe. Imagine our surprise with the latest offering from the streaming giant that has gained quite the popularity of late. If you like violence, politics, and dragons, with a little sprinkling of real-time childbirth and incest; this may very well be the show for you. Listen to the experts, or better yet, listen to us, as we break down the good and the bad of HBOs House of the Dragon.

If you were to tell us a year ago, following Cyberpunks controversial launch that there would be a spinoff anime adaptation we would have called you crazy. If you were to tell us that, unlike the game, it would be absolutely amazing we would have questioned everything. If you were to then have the hutzpah to proclaim that our best podcast episode to date would result from the review of this anime, you would have to butter and baste our cute asses and throw us on the barbie with a little spicy marinade and perhaps a cool refreshing tzatziki sauce to balance out the richness of the dish. 

For a movie that put such an emphasis on jokes, Thor Love and Thunder falls into the trap of becoming a joke itself. Join us as we discuss the tragedy that is Marvel's latest film that seemed too good to fail. All of the pieces for a successful movie were in place, yet the execution simply wasn't there. Did Love and Thunder just need more time in the oven? Or has Marvel simply lost its way? Find out in the latest and greatest episode of the quality control show. 

In this episode we try something a little different. Zach, having watched Kenobi, leads the episode in a discussion of Disney's latest show. Join us as we try our best to gain the high ground, while hopefully enjoying some reactions from a Star Wars fan (me) who hasn't yet watched the show. 

Often times the greatest pleasures in the film industry are the ones that take you by surprise. We were very pleasantly surprised by A24's latest film "Everything Everywhere all at Once." It is a film that subverts expectations and balances the zaniness of a multiverse themed movie with a deeper message hiding under the surface. Join us as we break down one of our favorite movies of 2022 thus far.