One week after Ben somehow didn’t know who Ethan Hawke is, he gets a crash course with Training Day. We’re here to talk about this 2001 police classic where he has to match wits (and screen presence) with Denzel Washington. This movie rocks, but does it get a little bit too convoluted for a first-time viewer?

Also, is Amazon Prime cancelling season 3 of The Wilds??? Hear our reaction to this devastating news.

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:15–Headlines

8:15–Training Day

27:00–WAYWA (The After Party, Band of Brothers, All American)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is the latest chart-topping Netflix product, and with it comes a fun twist on Rian Johnson’s first wildly successful installment of the series. Phil and Ben talk about the tweaks that worked and the performances that stood out.

Also, what’s more embarrassing: That Ben actually finished his rewatch of The 100 or that he seemingly doesn’t know who Ethan Hawke is?

1:00–Headlines

7:40–Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

27:00–WAYWA (The 100 [LAST TIME!], Divergent, Love & Basketball, 21 Bridges, This Place Rules)

On this episode, we take a deep dive into one show and one movie!

Netflix’s Last Chance U is in its 7th season, and the second of which focuses on a junior college basketball program. The show has fantastic documentary storytelling of young players’ lives, and this season is no different. How does it compare to the previous season, and which players are Phil and Ben’s favorites?

Then, it’s a better-late-than-never review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The movie had the impossible task of paying tribute to Chadwick Boseman while telling a cohesive story in the MCU. And it does a pretty darn good job of both of those.

For WAYWA, we get into a quick wrap-up of Wednesday and discuss Apple TV’s Spirited, its new original Christmas movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell that’s smashing viewership records on the platform.

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2:00–Headlines

6:45–Last Chance U: Basketball (season 2)

23:00–Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

35:50–WAYWA ( Spirited, Wednesday wrap-up)

We’re talking about a couple of popular recent Netflix releases this week!

First, The Swimmers is a gripping true story film about two Syrian sister swimmers that acts as part sports movie, part immigration story. So much of the movie works well, but are the out-of-place elements scattered throughout enough to hold it back?

Then, Tim Burton’s Wednesday has topped the Netflix charts as an Addams Family reboot focusing on the family’s troubled little sister as she struggles to fit in. Jenna Ortega more than owns the role, and there’s a lot to like. But there are some really odd creative choices to talk about too.

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1:55–Housekeeping & News

8:30–The Swimmers

18:20–Wednesday

27:45–WAYWA (The Fugitive, The Peripheral, Journey to the West, Emily the Criminal, Bullet Train)

Amazon Prime’s The Peripheral is one of the most popular things streaming. But should you actually give this futuristic thriller a look? Ben and Phil share their perspectives having watched the show to different points. What works and what doesn’t? Are the super long, intense episodes a problem? And what stupid connection to The 100 did Ben find?

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3:15–Housekeeping

7:45–The Peripheral

21:30–WAYWA (The White Lotus, Fahrenheit 451, Andor)

Netflix made a new sitcom about the last Blockbuster on earth. Is that kind of a low blow? And does the show work? Plus, you won’t want to miss this week’s discussion about the Sam Worthington classic, Man on a Ledge.

We also leave plenty of space for an argument about which Star Wars movies are good and what the next generation of fans will remember as their favorite films.

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2:30–Blockbuster

10:00–Man on a Ledge

14:30–Blockbuster memories

16:20–An argument about Star Wars

Phil and Ben discuss about Tales if the Jedi, an awesome new anthology series that tells amazing stories in just 15 minutes and teaches us things we never knew we needed to know about the Star Wars universe. Then it’s on to Black Adam and what our thoughts are on resetting the DC universe, or if it even matters at this point.

Plus, hear some thoughts on Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, the decade-old Cowboys & Aliens and whether Ben agrees that Rosaline is actually enjoyable.

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1:30–Tales of the Jedi

7:10–Rosaline (Ben’s take)

10:40–Licorice Pizza

13:15–Cowboys & Aliens

16:45–Black Adam

22:20–Untold: Malice at the Palace

It’s been an eventful couple of weeks. Ben recounts how the Rings of Power finale got spoiled for him, plus a hard binge of The 100. Phil goes through The Watcher, Rosaline and season 4 of The Sinner, plus gives a glance at Tales of the Jedi.

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2:55–The Watcher

6:20–How Rings of Power got spoiled

11:45–Rosaline

15:45–The 100

24:05–Tales of the Jedi

27:25–The Sinner season 4

This week we are bringing some movies to the pod that aren’t very good. Ben watched a familiar yet flawed favorite double feature, Clash of the Titans and Wrath of the Titans, and Phil was disappointed by Blonde, an oddity project from Ana de Arnas and Andrew Dominik.

There’s also some good things, as the guys discuss the new Redeem Team documentary on the 2008 Olympic basketball team and share some thoughts on horror movies.

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2:40–Clash of the Titans/Wrath of the Titans

10:15–Blonde

14:40–The Redeem Team

21:00–Spooky season, Halloween and horror

Since we finally got around to seeing Thor: Love and Thunder, we are finally going to talk about it. Where does it stack up coming off of Ragnarock? And what works and doesn’t work in the film?

Plus, Phil’s hardcore recommendation of Abbott Elementary pushed Ben into watching. What are his initial thoughts?

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4:50–Thor: Love and Thunder

13:45–Master of None

16:30–Abbot Elementary

19:30–Andor and Rings of Power update