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In the news the Federal Trade Commission is trying to block the Amazon-MGM purchase. HBO Max is starting an ACME nights family programming on sunday nights which will feature animated holiday shorts of Looney Tunes, Shazam, young Batman and an animated Steve Urkel! In other news, the live action Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City featuring Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Hannah John-Karmen and Neal McDonough has new set photos during filming. Plus Charlie Cox denied that he is the lawyer we see arms of in the Spiderman No Way Home trailer, but do we believe him? Venom: Let There Be Carnage will be PG-13 despite fans wanting a R-rating, we discuss. For, See It or Skip It, Pixar's Dug Days reprises the voice of the great Edward Asner (as Carl Frederickson) who has recently passed. No Time to Die has a final trailer, hype! James McAvoy, Claire Foy and Jamie Michie have a behind the scenes trailer for My Son. We discuss Billie Eilish's Disney Plus special 'Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to LA.' Plus our recommendation of the week for Matt Damon's Stillwater, great film.

The future of theatrical releases is bright at Cinema Con 2021.  Day 1, Sony Pictures released the Spiderman: No Way Home trailer and screened Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Day 2, MGM hyped us up with an extended look for No Time To Die (as if we could get hyped any more). Warner Bros brought a Matrix: Resurrections title and trailers, also lots of The Batman footage. Day 3, Neon revealed Kristin Steward's Spencer trailer, Universal showed off Jurassic World: Dominion, Halloween Kills, and Downton Abbey: A New Era. Day 4, Paramount revealed behind the scenes of Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 7 and Top Gun: Maverick. We also gave our reactions to No Way Home, Spencer, The King's Man (red band trailer) plus some recommendations for HBO Max's The Prince and the documentary on Netflix, Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal and Greed.

[Spoilers Warning] Review of Lisa Joy's Reminiscence featuring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis, Angela Sarafyan, Daniel Wu, Brett Cullen. For those of you playing along at home, its one drink for every time Ernie can slip the word 'Reminiscence' into the conversation. Enjoy!

The streaming age is here! Grandma has traded in her cable box for Peacock! AMC wants to crush Jason's soul further by increasing prices and showing fewer movies. Disney Plus reaches 116 million subscribers in a year! The "final" trailer for Marvel's Eternals, will it sway Ernie? Plus will Star Wars Visions be an instant classic or will people be turned off by the anime style? House of Gucci trailer is hitting all the right notes (or handbags?). Clint Eastwood's Cry Macho and Marion Cotillard & Adam Driver's Annette gets some much needed attention. Plus 'Only Murder in the Buildings' sees a new amigos trio with Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short (spoiler alert, it looks delightful!). Then to top it all off we have some solid new recommendations this week with 'I'm Thinking of Ending Things' and 'Nine Days'.

The Lord of The Rings series first look shows us a world before the ring. Jungle Cruise hasn't made its money back, but will there be a sequel? YouTube revenue expected to surpass Netflix by next year. James Gunn is "gunning" for Martin Scorsese in the ongoing debate over super hero movies. Plus we discuss the latest Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage trailer, Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars with Woody Harrelson in a revenge film with a twist called Kate, plus Y The Last Man featuring Diane Lane, Ashley Romans, Ben Schnetzer, Olivia Thirby, shows a post-apocalyptic world where only women survive based on a comic series. Then finally we have some recommendations for you including Queens Gambit, Doom Patrol, and Mosquito Coast. 

[Spoilers Warning] Review of Disney's Jungle Cruise featuring Emily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, Edgar Ramírez. In this special hybrid episode Jason is a guest on Ernie's 'Quotables' podcast for a deep dive into this action, adventure comedy.

Netflix is creating a live action Pokémon series with Joe Henderson from Lucifer series to write and produce. We react to Will Smith's King Richard based on the history of Venus and Serena Williams. A creepy trailer for Lamb from A24 featuring Noomi Rapace. Also Ghostbusters: Afterlife give us a second trailer hinting at the return of some original cast featuring Finn Woldhard, Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd. Steven Spielberg's West Side Story gets a full trailer. Plus some recommendations including Jungle Cruise and Pig. 

Join us for a special Friday episode! 

[Spoiler Warning] Disney breaks contract for releasing Black Widow in theaters with Premiere Access on Disney Plus. We discuss why Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney over breach of contract, Disney's response, Scarlett's agent's reply and the bigger implications for streaming overall. Also we review Black Widow and give our takes on theatrical vs Premiere Access on Disney+. 

This week's news, In the Heights star Leslie Grace has landed the lead role of Barbara Gordon for the Warner Bros. DC film Batgirl on HBO Max. Antonio Banderas is Harrison Ford’s newest co-star in the anticipated next installment in the Indiana Jones franchise. Plus, Netflix revealed that it's entering the gaming world with mobile games. For See It or Skip It, a full Dune trailer for the adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel. The Ridley Scott's the Last Duel featuring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Adam Driver and Jodie Comer. Natalie Morales's directing debut for Language Lessons with Mark Duplass. Chip and Dale Park Life is coming to Disney+. Plus this week's movie recommendation a Bangladesh Dollywood classic 'Hero The Superstar'. 

Enjoy this uncut bonus rant of our thoughts on Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as well as thoughts on the latest Star Wars trilogy including The Force Awakens. This is our way of apologizing for running a little late on our regularly episodes.