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To pair with the new film Eddington hitting theaters this weekend, we have chosen to discuss another film about technology and conspiracy, The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola! Does this movie hold up 51 years later? Come back next week for our thoughts on Eddington!

Only three years after the franchise seemingly ended with Dominion, Jurassic World roared back into theaters this past weekend. Despite a strong box office showing, many critics and audience members seemed disappointed by the film we got, but did it work for us? Stick around until the end to hear our rankings of the entire franchise now that we have reviewed them all as well as our upcoming schedule. We will be back next week with the Francis Ford Coppola-directed classic film, The Conversation starring the late, great Gene Hackman!

It's a dinotastic week here at the Twisted Mug Media Network! Today, we discuss the box office success (?) of Jurassic World Rebirth, along with all of the other news from the weekend at the theaters. In addition to that, we pontificate on the box office potential for The Odyssey following the release of the teaser trailer in theaters, and finally Brendan breaks down the headlines of the week!

Come back to the feed for the CTP review of Jurassic World Rebirth very soon!

Music: Tiptoe Out the Back by Dan Lebowitz

More like The Day of the Locust, amiright? Tough crowd. The Jurassic franchise that started the requel trend finally loops back around to have the legacy and new characters interact in this third film in the trilogy. Did this relative disappointment financially work for us more than the critics at the time? Come back next week as we tackle the new Rebirth of the Jurassic franchise with Jurassic World: Rebirth!

In this week's episode, we discuss Aaron Sorkin writing and directing a follow-up to 'The Social Network' as well as Denis Villeneuve officially signing to direct the next James Bond film. After that, we review this week's top 10 at the box office. Brendan then breaks down our additional headlines and Ryan gives his thoughts on '28 Years Later', 'F1', and 'Megan 2.0'!

After the first requel had the highest domestic opening weekend up until that point in 2015, Universal green-lit a $400 million+ budgeted sequel to the requel, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt again, and returns Colin Trevorrow to the writer's chair, but replaces him with J.A. Bayona for the directing duties. Did the film live up to the incredibly high financial risk? Come back next week as we review the final film in the Jurassic World original trilogy (what a sentence), Jurassic World: Dominion!

UPDATE: We recorded this episode this morning before the Denis Villeneuve announcement dropped, so we will not be discussing that this week, but rest assured we will next episode!

It's another week and we're back to talk James Bond, and the box office headlines! We also then wrap up the pod with big updates on The Batman II and other major stories.

Music: Tiptoe Out the Back by Dan Lebowitz

The Podcast is open! And so is Jurassic World. The film that opened the requel floodgates in 2015 is the subject of this week's pod, but does it hold up to scrutiny 10 years later? Come back next week as we review the sequel to the requel, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom!

We're back with episode two of Babylon & the Box Office! This week we discuss many tidbits of news out of James Gunn and the DCU including a new Superman trailer & what its success or failure could mean for blockbuster filmmaking over the next few years. After that, the weekend box office results! Finally, Brendan reads us additional headlines and Ryan gives his quick thoughts on 'Materialists'. See you back next week for more Hollywood news and Box Office discussion!

Music: Tiptoe Out the Back by Dan Lebowitz

Before a fourteen year hiatus, Universal put out a 93-minute bare bones Jurassic Park film in the summer of 2001. Did the short action film work for us? Come back next time as we review one of the biggest requels of all time, Jurassic World!