We break down one of the early GOATs of the superhero film world, featuring new characters like Nightcrawler and Lady Deathstrike. When will they get Cyclops right? 

We break down 'Gladiator II' (1:48) and explain why it's fine to fall short of iconic films; then unpack Eastwood's 'Juror #2' and the topic of justice; then dive into a handful of spoilers between the two films (13:30)

We crank through a few Oscar-hopefuls: The instant icon 'Anora' (2:30), the mesmerizing 'Emilia Perez' (5:20), the universally beloved 'Conclave' (9:20), and Jesse Eisenberg's heart-scrunching 'A Real Pain.' Then, we tackle a few movies we missed in the last few weeks (15:15): 'Venom: The Last Dance,' 'Here,' 'Elevation,' and 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.' Finally, we release our current, off-the-cuff Oscars predictions '20:00.'

Jake & Ricky break down the ICONIC movie that changed cinema forever. PLUS does Batman Returns actually suck? 

Wolfs and My Old Ass - two movies about people doing things. 

Killer's Game - the box office dud - versus the Nashville Film Festival big winner Black Sea. 

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Beekeeper, Lisa Frankenstein & our favorite movies we forgot to cover.

....plus a few BAD ones we missed. 

0:34 Fly Me to the Moon breakdown; 7:19 official review; 9:15 Twisters; 13:38 official review; 15:02 spoiler time

0:56 Kinds of Kindness breakdown; 
8:12 Kinds of Kindness rating; 
10:05 Maxxxine breakdown; 
16:15 Maxxxine rating; 
17:55 spoilers