Thumb War

By Bleav, Rachel Selig & Jason DoyleComedy Society & Culture Leisure

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October 24 Whalefall Review: Came for the Whale, Stayed for the Daddy Issues
️ FULL SPOILERS
Getting swallowed by a sperm whale is bad. Having to work through your daddy issues while you’re in there? Bit much.
We review Whalefall, Brian Duffield’s survival thriller starring Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin, based on the novel by Daniel Kraus. What looks like an underwater nightmare turns out to be an emotional story about grief, father-son relationships, and the least convenient place to have a breakthrough.
Jason and Rachel break down the claustrophobic whale scenes, the giant squid encounter, the gruesome body horror, and Whalefall’s ending. Austin Abrams fights to survive. Josh Brolin brings the emotional baggage. Rachel cries enough to slightly raise sea levels.
But does the survival story hold together—and how much questionable whale anatomy are we willing to forgive?
What did you think of Whalefall?
Moving survival thriller, deep-sea nightmare, or a very expensive argument for staying on land?
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27 min
October 20 You Can See Everything (2026): Nathan Fielder, Elizabeth Holmes & the Art of the Con
Did Elizabeth Holmes con Nathan Fielder? Or did Nathan Fielder just make the best movie of 2026?
This week, JD and Rachel go all in on You Can See Everything, the astonishing new A24 documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim about the disgraced Theranos founder and her final days before prison.
What begins as a surprisingly intimate portrait of Elizabeth Holmes quickly spirals into a bizarre, hilarious, and deeply unsettling examination of truth, manipulation, and the people who desperately want to believe their own bullshit.
We debate whether Holmes is a world-class con artist or a woman being manipulated by the men in her life, unpack Billy Evans' increasingly strange behavior, marvel at Amanda Seyfried's involvement, and consider whether Fielder himself has become the latest victim of the con.
Plus, those EYES. My God, those eyes.
JD thinks this might be the best movie of the year. Rachel has questions. So many questions.
Full spoilers! Watch the movie first, because you're going to want to talk about this one.
Thumbs up or thumbs down? Let us know what you thought!
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55 min
October 15 2026 Carrie Mini-Series vs 1976 Carrie Movie: Did We Need Mike Flanagan’s Modern Take?
SPOILER ALERT
Jason and Rachel break down Mike Flanagan’s Carrie, the new modern reimagining of Stephen King’s classic horror story. Somehow we do eight hours of Carrie in under an hour.
We get into how the series updates Carrie White for 2026, the role of social media and smartphones in modern bullying, why the expanded runtime makes the characters much more complicated, and how Summer’s performance stacks up against Sissy Spacek’s iconic version.
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47 min
October 10 Dune 3 Hype, Avengers: Doomsday Dread & Widow’s Bay Obsession | Patreon Only
How can the funniest people we know NOT love Widow’s Bay?!
We need answers.
Our Patreon-only Thumb War episode is here, and we’re laying down our thumbs to shoot the shit:
Dune 3 hype vs. Avengers: Doomsday dread
The movies and TV shows we can’t wait for—and the ones we’re already complaining about
️ Our entirely reasonable Matthew Rhys obsession
Nathan Fielder, Elizabeth Holmes and celebrity felon roommates
A mystery in our bed that probably should’ve stayed off the podcast
Plus Billie Jean King, Rachel’s new pickleball job, and the usual loving disrespect.
What movie or show are YOU hyped for—or absolutely dreading?
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2 min
October 06 Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother: The Most Badass Dad Movie of the Year
️ Full spoilers throughout.
Jason and Rachel review Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother, Bassam Tariq’s wildly original action drama starring Mahershala Ali as a devout Muslim hitman struggling to protect his family after the death of his wife.
Yes, this is an action movie involving assassins, swords, gangsters and gunfights.
It is also very seriously about breast milk.
We get into Mahershala Ali’s incredible performance, the movie’s depiction of Muslim faith and community, Ramadan, grief, fatherhood, John Cho’s frighteningly sincere religious extremist, Giancarlo Esposito, the fantastic child performances, and why the action feels much more dangerous than your average superhero movie.
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34 min
October 05 Digger Review: Is Tom Cruise’s Box Office Bomb Actually Worth Watching?
️ MASSIVE SPOILERS throughout.
Jason and Rachel review Digger, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s bizarre, expensive and extremely polarizing new film starring Tom Cruise, Jesse Plemons, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman and a ridiculously stacked cast.
And this is one you REALLY don’t want spoiled before seeing.
We get into the movie’s massive twist, Tom Cruise disappearing under layers of makeup, the strange fake cat, the surreal Terry Gilliam/Wes Anderson-style production design, the climate apocalypse storyline, Jesse Plemons playing another billionaire, Riz Ahmed as the only sane person in the room, and why the movie eventually reveals itself to be something completely different from what the trailers suggest.
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51 min
September 27 Primetime: The Most Uncomfortable Movie of the Year
SPOILER ALERT
Jason and Rachel review Primetime, Lance Oppenheim’s deeply uncomfortable fictionalized take on the world of To Catch a Predator, starring Robert Pattinson and Merritt Weaver.
Rachel says she’d rather watch Saw than sit through this again — and somehow still gives the movie a thumbs up.
We get into Robert Pattinson’s Chris Hansen-inspired character, the strange morality of predator-sting television, whether public humiliation actually solves anything, the gray areas the show refuses to acknowledge, and why the movie makes almost everyone involved feel compromised.
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40 min
September 22 Resident Evil: Zach Cregger Made the Game I Remember
SPOILER ALERT
Jason and Rachel are joined by Hollywood Insider/Master of Macabre DanDanThePieMan to review Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil — a video game movie about what happens when a completely normal guy with no survival skills suddenly finds himself trapped inside a survival-horror nightmare.
Jason talks about discovering the original Resident Evil on PlayStation in the ’90s and staying up until sunrise watching friends play, while the gang gets into why this movie works by capturing the feeling of playing a video game instead of simply recreating the game’s story.
Plus: why Jason thinks this is a smarter way to adapt video games, why some Resident Evil fans are furious, the surprisingly dark ending, and our official ranking of Cregger’s three movies: Barbarian, Weapons, and Resident Evil.
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1 hr 4 min
September 16 The Uprising Review: Paul Greengrass Shook the Camera Until the Peasants Revolted
SPOILER ALERT
Jason and Rachel review The Uprising, Paul Greengrass’ Andrew Garfield historical rebellion movie that somehow becomes a Robin Hood origin story — a twist the marketing apparently decided to spoil before anyone got there.
We get into the rough opening weekend, the confusing Robin Hood pivot, the lack of bows and arrows, Andrew Garfield as the Plowman, Jamie Bell as John Ball, the historically messy Peasants’ Revolt, Richard II going from simpering teen king to strategic despot overnight, and whether the movie’s modern political parallels are too blunt to ignore.
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30 min
September 16 Hope Review: Na Hong-jin Delivers Monster Movie Mayhem
Jason and Rachel review Hope, the bonkers Korean monster movie set near the DMZ that somehow combines horror, comedy, action, alien empathy, anime energy, and a whole lot of running.
We get into why the movie is very long but rarely boring, the incredible production design, the cowardly/incompetent police chief who somehow becomes hilarious, the rookie cop stealing the show, the gross-but-funny alien dissection scene, the baby alien reveal, the creepy hunter garage, and Michael Fassbender’s digital alien.
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41 min

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Thumb War is your weekly showdown over movies, streaming series, and pop culture mayhem. Rachel and JD dive into what’s worth watching (and what deserves jail time), dishing out unfiltered recaps,…