Spoilers ahead as we review Tron: Ares starring Jared Leto, Evan Peters, Greta Lee, and Jodie Turner-Smith. We discussed the history of the Tron franchise, the odd pairing of the IP with the Disney content agenda, the filmography of Jared Leto, the ethics of bringing AI soldiers into the real world, what comes next for the Tron franchise, and the at least must see once quality of Requiem for a Dream.

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This week we reviewed the Brian DePalma classic, Carlito’s Way, starring Al Pacino, Sean Penn, John Leguizamo, and Penelope Ann Miller. We talked about the key themes of loyalty and honor in the film, the decisions of Carlito that don’t add up, the amazing cast and characters, how Carlito Brigante compares to Tony Mantana, Vincent Hanna, and John Milton and if this movie could be made in 2025 given the depictions of different racial and ethnic groups.

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This week, we broke down the movie, A Lot of Nothing, starring Y’lan Noel, Cleopatra Coleman, and Justin Hartley. We discuss the many themes in this ambitious directorial debut by Mo McRae. We talked about what the movie does well and what it could have done a bit better, the perils of becoming disconnected from your people and community, why revolutions are fought by different people in different roles, what happens to the main characters after the credits roll, and offer some hot takes about what the movie is saying to buppies and the role of men in the Black community.

Spoilers ahead as the we reviewed One Battle After Another starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyanna Taylor, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Chase Infinity, and Regina Hall. We discussed some of the films of Paul Thomas Anderson, where Leonardo DiCaprio rates on the Mt. Rushmore of actors, the dynamics of sex, power, and protest in this film, the stellar performances of the cast, whether the French 75 are organized, what’s going on with the Christmas Adventurers Club and what is the message of the film.

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Major spoilers ahead as we talked about the Jordan Peele produced, Him, starring Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, and Julia Fox. We drew several Kanye West references as we tried to figure out if this qualifies as a football movie, how it compares to The Devil’s Advocate and Late Night with the Devil, the quality acting and the meta casting, a problematic final act, our personal favorite football players, and if this movie is really about the religiosity of football, the price of fame, or the control by the elites.

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This week we reviewed the recently released Nobody 2 starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, John Ortiz, Christopher Lloyd, Sharon Stone and the Rza. We discussed the perils of planning family vacations, when violence is the answer, what a Nobody 3 storyline would be, how this movie measures up the John Wick franchise, and what makes this film more than a story of violence for mayhem’s sake.

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This week we reviewed the 2010 best picture nominee, The Social Network starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, and Armie Hammer. We tried our best to distinguish between facts and embellishment in the film, review some of the actual details of the creation of Facebook, highlight our favorite and not so favorite things about the film, discuss the paradox of critiquing social media while using it on a regular basis and generally try to avoid getting put into Facebook jail.

We are BACK with SEASON 9 and getting things kicked off with Wall Street, starring Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, and Darryl Hannah. We discussed the late 1980s, how Oliver Stone is making a clear statement about the values of Wall Street at that time and what that means for today, our favorite and not so favorite parts of this movie, what happens to key characters in the time after the movie ended, and share a bit of prescient commentary from the late, great Roger Ebert.

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We closed out season 8 with the Fantastic Four First Steps which is in theaters and with major spoilers. We discuss the surprisingly good casting, the pacing of the film, how this film has learned from its predecessors, why it’s hard to get the Fantastic Four right, what this movie means for the future of the MCU, who’s our favorite FF member, and where the Thing shops.

Inspired by the new Clipse and Raekwon albums, we took it back to 1999 to talk about In Too Deep starring Omar Epps, LL Cool J, Nia Long, Pam Grier, Hill Harper and Stanley Tucci. We talk about the hip-hop inspired cast, the real-life story this movie is based on, the psychological perils of undercover work, what 90s hip-hop album would be the perfect soundtrack for this movie, who would star in a modern-day recasting, and who are the top 5 movie or screen kingpins of all time.