Trailer Teardowns

That’s a wrap on 2025! We’re doing an “END OF YEAR” Wrap & Recap for our final episode of the year. Listen as we discuss our favorite trailers from the past year, which ones catfished us, and which 2026 trailers we’re excited to see.

We’re back with an all-new Trailer Teardown episode! Listen to Evan and Angel break down the trailer for the meta-comedy-reboot of ANACONDA starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az8M5Mai0X4

We’re back (this time on video!) with an all-new Trailer Teardowns episode dissecting what may be the first fully AI "directed" feature film in THE SWEET IDLENESS. Evan and Brendan Bradley (@brendanAbradley) go on deep dive Gen AI tangents, all circling back to trying to figure out if this teaser would be newsworthy if it didn't have the "All AI" label.

Man's Best Friend takes a leading role as Evan and Angel tear into the GOOD BOY trailer -- a horror movie told from the perspective of a dog. In this episode, Angel proposes the next blockbuster starring a dog and find out if Evan ever overcame his fear of dogs, at least enough to see this movie when it comes out.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-CRkd_74g

Are you in for The Smashing Machine? Angel seems convinced but are Evan's reservations real or just a bias because Dwayne Johnson is clearly gunning for an Oscar? From deep dives into stair workouts, does wearing a prosthetic give you an Oscar edge, and the fact that Evan has seen more DJ movies than Angel, this episode will take you for a ride ... all the way to the Oscars? At least listen to it before GTA6 comes out.

New Episode Alert! 

We’re dissecting the trailer for the new Stephen King adaptation: THE LONG WALK. 

Are we there? Listen to find out.

Director's Cut:

*After further research, THE LONG WALK was King’s FIRST WRITTEN novel (started writing it in 1966–67 during his freshman year at the University of Maine), but NOT HIS FIRST PUBLISHED novel, which was CARRIE in 1974 — according to Wikipedia.

We’re back with an all-new jam-packed episode featuring the return of Evan!

Evan, Patrick, and Angel get into it to dissect the trailer for THE TOXIC AVENGER remake starring Peter Dinklage. We debate whether trailers are ads, Evan and Patrick argue who is the bigger Batman fan, and Patrick gives his final thoughts on James Gunn’s SUPERMAN.

Listen to find out if we are there for Toxie. Are YOU?

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpPEe4WcAm8

Director's Cut:

*Both Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition and Zach Sanders Justice League are Rated R.

*Unconfirmed if Kyra Sedgwick is in the film.

*James Gunn’s superhero satire film starring Rainn Wilson is called SUPER not HERO.

This week we’re tearing down two trailers with similar vibes: CAUGHT STEALING and AMERICANA. One’s a bit punk rock, the other country/western rock. Both feature colorful characters (Angel’s favorite phrase), guns, and fun energy.

Do either of these trailers get us excited to see the movies in theaters? Listen and find out.

Caught Stealing Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mIvD-GN-p4
Americana Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulZoLec80fs


Movies Referenced:

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Snatch (2000)
The Fountain (2006)
The Wrestler (2008)
Black Swan (2010)
Noah (2014)
The Whale (2022)

Director's Cut:

Angel says “colorful characters” at least 5-7 times.

Creepy and mysterious things are afoot in the expertly designed trailer for WEAPONS. Special guest and friend, Kelly Spizman, joins to help us dissect everything shown and heard in the trailer from “joker face kid” to subtle title design and forking one’s ear.

Does the trailer deliver in getting any of us to buy a ticket? Listen and find out!

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpThntO9ixc

Other Movies Referenced:
Alien (1979)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
From Dusk, Till Dawn (1996)
Twilight (2008)
Barbarian (2022)
Nosferatu (2024)
One Battle After Another (2025)

Director's Cut:
*Yes, we need to work on last name pronunciation.

We’re back with an all-new Trailer Teardown for HONEY DON’T, Ethan Coen’s 2nd solo directorial effort starring Margaret Qualley, Chris Evans, and Charlie Kel, er, Charlie Day we mean.

Are we digging the lesbian detective murder mystery vibes? Listen to find out!

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzr6pHIZAI0

Other Movies Referenced:

Blood Simple (1984)
Raising Arizona (1987)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Fargo (1996)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Intolerable Cruetly (2003)
The Ladykillers (2004)
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Hail, Caeser (2016)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
One Battle After Another (2025)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
M3GAN 2.0 (2025)
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

Director's Cut:
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