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Following up another franchise retrospective with Mission Impossible, we now trust Ethan Hunt one last time in our review of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever. The film stars Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, and Pom Klementieff.

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:03:46 Initial Thoughts
• 0:20:55 Spoiler Review
• 1:51:37 Oscars Assessment
• 1:53:44 Final Ratings

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The Rolling Roulette is a brand-new podcast series from The Rolling Tape! Each month, fate takes the wheel as our team members are randomly paired together to exchange film recommendations based on a central theme. For the month of March, the theme was "March Madness," featuring sports movie recommendations. Red Broadwell and Evan Miller discuss 

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• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Nate Hayden

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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

With its 8th and (final?) entry coming to theaters this coming weekend with Mission: Impossible–The Final Reckoning, we look back at the storied action franchise that dates back to 1996. We’ll reflect on the legacy of the franchise and its 7 entries, along with the stars and directors who have contributed to its 30-year evolution. We’ll discuss all the mask reveals, surfaces Tom Cruise has run across, and villains he has pursued as Ethan Hunt, the IMF agent who we’ll trust one last time.

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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
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• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

After our franchise retrospective last week discussing the five previous Final Destination films, we are now reviewing the latest, Final Destination: Bloodlines, the sixth entry into the franchise. Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, the movie is described as follows: plagued by a recurring violent nightmare, a college student returns home to find the one person who can break the cycle and save her family from the horrific fate that inevitably awaits them. The film stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Rya Kihlstedt, and Richard Harmon. 

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• 0:00:00 Initial Thoughts
• 0:21:15 Spoiler Review
• 1:10:05 Oscars Assessment
• 1:12:04 Final Ratings

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Jacob Diedenhofer on Letterboxd, Instagram, X
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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

La Pecera premiered at Sundance in 2023 but was recently in limited theatrical release. The film's story is as follows: a cancer diagnosis inspires Noelia to return to her native Puerto Rico and reunite with friends and family who are dealing with industrial pollution left by the US military. We discuss the making of the film with writer and director Glorimar Marrero Sánchez who is the first director to premiere a Puerto Rican film at Sundance.

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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

As a teaser for future conversations you can expect to hear, this is a pre-episode conversation before our review of Thunderbolts* (2025) where we discuss our favorite movie villains, some trailer news, and first-looks at films coming to theaters later this year. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear more.

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Jake Fittipaldi on Letterboxd, Instagram, and TikTok
Ethan Simmie on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, The Movie Draft Podcast, 24 Minutes of A24
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

After 14 years, the Final Destination franchise is back with its sixth entry coming out in wide release next month, Final Destination: Bloodlines. Ahead of our review, we’re taking a look back through the franchise’s previous entries dating back to 2000, and discussing all the highs, lows, and gruesome deaths along the way.

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
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• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

For our main show, we’re recapping two festivals covered by TRT staff: Philadelphia Film Society’s SpringFest and the Chicago Critics Film Festival alongside reviewing one film that appeared at both. We’ll discuss the films seen at each by Danny Jarabek and Adam Patla, respectively, and share our thoughts on the limited release of Friendship, directed by Andrew DeYoung and starring Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, and Kate Mara. 

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• 0:00:00 PFS SpringFest & Chicago Critics Film Festival
• 1:25:18 Non-Spoiler Review

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

With the summer movie season kicking off this weekend with Marvel's latest, Thunderbolts*, we’re taking a look at what's ahead for the summer schedule and also adding a bit of competitive spirit to the mix. We’ll discuss the movies on our radar between the first weekend of May and the end of August, but also each team member on the show has prepared a list of their predicted top ten box office earners of the summer, along with their predicted total worldwide gross. We’ll review everyone’s list and continue checking in throughout the summer to see who is closest.

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Joshua Mbonu Letterboxd, and X
Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky,  X, TikTok, and YouTube

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• Edited by Nate Hayden

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

Kicking off the summer movie season, there’s a new Marvel out! Thunderbolts* is described as follows: after finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Directed by Jake Schreier, the film stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lewis Pullman, David Harbour, and Wyatt Russell. 

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Initial Thoughts
• 0:27:55 Spoiler Review
• 1:59:22 Oscars Assessment
• 1:59:42 Final Ratings

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Aryan Patel on Letterboxd, X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
Ethan Dayton on Letterboxd, Bluesky, and X
Jake Fittipaldi on Letterboxd, Instagram, and TikTok
Ethan Simmie on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, The Movie Draft Podcast, 24 Minutes of A24
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller