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This week, The Academy decided to add a brand new category to the now three-hour awards show. Films can now be awarded for "Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film". This of course, prompted many reactions from the internet. How does Chris feel about Disney's connection to this? What qualifies as a popular film? What does this mean for smaller, indie flicks? Listen to find out what hosts Jenna and Chris think. 

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Like Henry Cavill's arms, Jenna and Chris are locked and loaded on all things Mission: Impossible - Fallout! Join us as we discuss the sixth entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise, and its absurdly (but justifiably) high Rotten Tomatoes score. 

How accessible is this movie for people who aren't as familiar with the franchise? What questions does this film raise about the ethics of being a spy? And just how impressed are we by the film's stunts? Listen to find out.

Also, tacked on the end is a sort of bonus minisode, in which we reluctantly watch the new trailer for Venom for the first time. So, enjoy that. 

Reviews/Articles we reference:

The New Yorker: “Mission: Impossible—Fallout” Is Basically a Two-and-a-Half-Hour Making-Of Sequence by Richard Brody: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/mission-impossiblefallout-is-basically-a-two-and-a-half-hour-making-of-sequence

Vox: Mission: Impossible — Fallout is the most entertaining blockbuster of the summer by Alissa Wilkinson: https://www.vox.com/summer-movies/2018/7/17/17566244/mission-impossible-fallout-review-tom-cruise

Slant: Mission: Impossible - Fallout by Keith Uhlich: https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/mission-impossible-fallout

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It's a B-b-b-b-bonus episode! Chris and Jenna share their reaction as they watch the trailers from Warner Bros. San Diego Comic-Con panel. So if you can't get enough of the trailers for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Shazam!, and Aquaman, you're in the right place.

What techniques does Fantastic Beasts use to totally play with Chris' emotions? What exactly makes the Shazam! trailer work so well? And what things in the Aquaman trailer got us the most shook? Listen to find out.

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Jenna and Chris are back to discuss 'Sorry to Bother You', Boots Riley's highly-anticipated and absolutely one-of-a-kind directorial debut. Even after months of being hyped about the trailers, we were taken on a journey that we absolutely, positively would not have expected.

(PLEASE avoid this episode if you have not yet seen the movie. I know we say that a lot, but please trust us. You 100% do not want this spoiled for you beforehand. Even if you think you do, you don't.)

What ways did the technical and narrative elements of this movie genuinely surprise us? How does this movie's polarizing audience response only further prove its overall point? And what new (kind-of) phobia did this movie awaken in Jenna? Listen to find out.

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Reviews/Articles We Reference:

NPR: "'Sorry To Bother You': Ambitious Telemarketing Satire Can't Close The Sale" by Mark Jenkins:

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/05/625290078/sorry-to-bother-you-ambitious-telemarketing-satire-can-t-close-the-sale

Vanity Fair: "Review: Sorry to Bother You Is on the Money" by K. Austin Collins:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/07/sorry-to-bother-you-review

San Diego Reader: "Sorry to Bother You" by Scott Marks:

https://m.sandiegoreader.com/movies/sorry-to-bother-you/

Reel Film Reviews: "Sorry to Bother You" by David Nusair:

http://reelfilm.com/boots.htm#sorry

The Hollywood Reporter: "How 'Sorry to Bother You' Avoids Tired Moral Dichotomies" by Ciara Wardlow:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sorry-bother-you-has-a-moral-compass-rarely-seen-movies-1127105

R/Movies: Boots Riley's AMA:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/8yb6re/im_boots_riley_writerdirector_of_sorry_to_bother/

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is out this weekend! Join as we dive into the entire franchise and its relationship to the Tomato Meter. Which one deserves a higher rating? What was the original plan for Jurassic Park 4? We also squeeze in talk about Gotti's box office failure and the New Yorker's Incredibles 2 "review". 

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This week Jenna and Chris discuss diversity, er, lack of diversity in the film criticism community.  

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/movie-critics-white-men-study-1202839058/

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There is a lot of movie news and discourse this week, Jenna and Chris are here to break it all down for you.  We discuss the discourse surrounding Star Wars fandom and Solo's box office disappointment. What did we think of the new trailers for Bumblebee and Lego Movie? And what is the Candy Conspiracy? Tune in and find out! 

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Solo: A Star Wars Story is officially out in theaters, and Jenna and Chris have a surprisingly good feeling about this. They're here with all their thoughts -- on the film itself, on the wide array of fan response, and on some of the very negative critic reviews.

[WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS.]

What moments or elements of the film genuinely surprised us? What are some critics and fans missing about this film's role in the grander Star Wars mythos? And just how perfect are Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover? Listen to find out.

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Reviews/Videos We Reference:

Slant: Solo: A Star Wars Story by Steve MacFarlane: https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/solo-a-star-wars-story

Refinery29: Solo: A Star Wars Story Review: "I've Got a Really Good Feeling About This" by Anne Cohen: https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/solo-a-star-wars-story

National Review: Solo: Soulless by Kyle Smith: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/solo-soulless/#slide-1

Steele Wars: Why Solo User Ratings Will Mean Nothing on IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_bN2tT44ZQ

The summer movie season is trucking along with this weekend's release of 'Deadpool 2', a sequel with way more dick jokes, bloody action sequences, and discourse than anyone probably expected. Chris and Jenna are here to share their generally positive, but very conflicted, thoughts on it all.

In what ways does 'Deadpool 2' fail its predecessor? Which kind of jokes landed the best within the film? And just how badly do we think the film handled its two biggest plot twists? Listen to find out.

Reviews we reference:

Vanity Fair: Review: Deadpool 2 Isn’t Nearly as Clever as It Thinks It Is by K. Austin Collins: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/review-deadpool-2

RogerEbert.com: Deadpool 2 by Matt Zoller Seitz: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/deadpool-2-2018

Little White Lies: Deadpool 2 by Hannah Woodhead: http://lwlies.com/reviews/deadpool-2/

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Like destiny itself, 'Avengers: Infinity War' has officially arrived, and Jenna and Chris are here to talk about it. (WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD.)

Has the conversation around this film gone the way that we had expected it to? What could some reviewers be getting wrong about what this film means? How many different ways can Thanos' chin be described? Listen to find out.

Reviews we reference:

AV Club: 'Infinity War' is just way too much movie for one 'Avengers' movie by A.A. Dowd:

https://film.avclub.com/infinity-war-is-just-way-too-much-movie-for-one-avenger-1825523778

The New York Times: 'Avengers: Infinity War': It's Marvel's Universe. We Just Live in It by A.O. Scott:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/movies/avengers-infinity-war-review.html

Birth. Movies. Death.: 'Avengers: Infinity War' Review: Everything You Wanted and More by Dave Schilling

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/04/25/avengers-infinity-war-review-everything-you-wanted-and-more

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