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Turn car on, turn car off. Pete and Trevor took a trip to see the Karate Kid: Legends, another legacy sequel (but one that Pete loves). Will this live up to the high-expectations out of Cobra Kai? How will the Will Smith/Jackie Chan remake fit into this? Listen for our immediate reactions after leaving the theatre.
This is also the fourth week for our ongoing Project Superman, wherein we watch every single live-action theatrical Superman movie. This week we discuss Supergirl, which although does not contain an appearance by the man of steel himself, it still serves as an important part of the Christopher Reeve franchise (in that they tried to create an expanded universe and fell flat).
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Intro and Pete’s history with Karate Kid (0:00)
Review of Supergirl (19:00)
Spoiler-free review of Karate Kid: Legends (35:50)
Spoiler-talk (51:40)
Karate Kid: Legends
Ben Wang (Li Fong), Jackie Chan (Mr. Han), Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso), Sadie Stanley (Mia), Joshua Jackson (Victor Lipani), Ming-Na Wen (Dr. Fong), Aramis Knight (Conor), Wyatt Oleff (Alan), Shaunette Renée Wilson (Ms. Morgan), Tim Rozon (O’Shea), Marco Zhang (Young Li Fong), William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence – cameo), Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi – archival footage)
Director: Jonathan Entwistle
Writer: Rob Lieber
Producer: Karen Rosenfelt
Executive Producers: Ralph Macchio, Jenny Hinkey
Cinematographer: Justin Brown
Editor: Dana E. Glauberman
Music: Dominic Lewis
Casting Director: John Papsidera
Production Designer: Maya Sigel
Supergirl:
Cast: Helen Slater (Kara Zor-El / Supergirl), Faye Dunaway (Selena), Peter O’Toole (Zaltar), Mia Farrow (Alura), Brenda Vaccaro (Bianca), Hart Bochner (Ethan), Peter Cook (Nigel), Maureen Teefy (Lucy Lane), Marc McClure (Jimmy Olsen), Simon Ward (Zor-El)
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: David Odell
Producers: Timothy Burrill, Ilya Salkind
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography: Alan Hume
Editor: Malcolm Cooke
Production Designer: Richard Macdonald
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to Pete and Trevor travel to see Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the eighth and potentially last instalment in the MI franchise. Christopher McQuarrie is back with Tom Cruise to single-handedly save stunt work and the movies and the world.
Listen to the episode for our immediate spoiler-free reactions to the movie before heading into spoiler-talk.
This is also the fourth week for our ongoing Project Superman, wherein we watch every single live-action theatrical Superman movie. This week we discuss Superman III, directed by Richard Lester, starring Christoper Reeve (Clark Kent), Margot Kidder (Lois Lane), Richard Pryor (Gus Gorman) and Annette O’Toole (Lana Lang).
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Intro, history with Mission: Impossible and recap of Dead Reckoning (0:00)
Review of Superman III (24:00)
Spoiler free review of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (42:12)
Spoiler-talk (51:40)
About the Movie:
Ethan Hunt and the IMF team race against time to stop a rogue artificial intelligence known as “The Entity” from falling into the wrong hands and reshaping global power. As loyalties are tested and old enemies return, Ethan faces his most personal and perilous mission yet.
Main Cast
Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
Hayley Atwell as Grace
Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell
Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn
Esai Morales as Gabriel
Pom Klementieff as Paris
Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge
Angela Bassett as Erika Sloane
Crew
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Producers: Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, Jake Myers
Writers: Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen
Cinematographer: Fraser Taggart
Editor: Eddie Hamilton
Composer: Lorne Balfe
Production Designer: Gary Freeman
Costume Designer: Jill Taylor
Visual Effects Supervisor: Alex Wuttke
Stunt Coordinator: Wade Eastwood
Casting Director: Lucy Bevan
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The window creaks, the fire extinguishers rattles, maybe the hedge clippers turn on or something…you get the idea. Pete and Trevor saw Final Destination Bloodlines, the sixth installment in the "death is everywhere and everything can kill you" franchise. Which means a lot of fun, creative deaths to talk about.
Listen to the episode for our immediate spoiler-free reactions to the movie before heading into spoiler-talk.
This is also the third week for our ongoing Project Superman, wherein we watch every single live-action theatrical Superman movie. This week we discuss Superman II, directed by Richard Lester (and also Richard Donner depending on the version), starring Christoper Reeve (Clark Kent), Margot Kidder (Lois Lane), Terence Stamp (General Zod), and Gene Hackman (Lex Luthor).
Don’t forget to enter our ongoing contest to win a subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/Gbt3O
Intro (0:00)
Discussion of Superman II (11:20)
Spoiler-free Review of Final Destination Bloodlines (43:58)
Spoiler-talk (52:35)
About the Movie:
Plagued by a violent and recurring nightmare, a college student heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle of death and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.
Cast:
Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Brec Bassinger, and Tony Todd
Crew:
Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein and written by Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor, based on a story developed by them and Jon Watts
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Pete and Trevor saw Fight or Flight, the new action comedy starring Josh Hartnett and directed by James Madigan is his directorial debut. Listen for our immediate reactions after leaving the theatre.
We also discussed Richard Donner’s Superman (Christopher Reeves, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman) as part of our ongoing Project Superman to cover ever single live-action theatrical Superman.
Don’t forget to enter our ongoing contest to win a subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/Gbt3O
About the Movie:
Fight or Flight follows exiled American agent Lucas Reyes (Josh Hartnett), who is given one last chance to redeem himself by tracking down a high-value target known as “The Ghost” on a flight from Bangkok to San Francisco. Complicating matters, the plane is filled with assassins from around the world assigned to kill them both.
Cast:
Josh Hartnett as Lucas Reyes.
Charithra Chandran as Isha.
Katee Sackhoff appears as Katherine Brunt.
Julian Kostov as Aaron Hunter.
Marko Zaror as Cayenne.
JuJu Chan Szeto as Master Lian.
Crew:
Directed by
Intro (0:00)
Review of Superman 1978 (9:05)
Spoiler-free review of Fight or Flight (34:43)
Spoiler-talk (44:58)
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Castaways and perpetual B-team members Pete and Trevor take a trip to see Thunderbolts* (or is it The New Avengers maybe?). Thunderbolts is the 36th entry in the MCU and the 4th covered on this podcast, but how does it stack up? (Really, really well!)
This week also marks the beginning of Project Superman, our ongoing project to watch every single live-action Superman film. We are starting right at the beginning with Kirk Allyn in the 1948 serial and its 1950 sequel Atom Man vs. Superman. We also cover the Superman and the Mole Men, the 1951 debut of George Reeves as Superman and the first feature length Superman film. Tune in next week for Richard Donner’s Superman (1978).
Be sure to enter our draw to win a subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/Gbt3O
Intro (0:00)
Review of Superman (1948), Atom Man vs. Superman (1950), and Superman and the Mole Men (16:32)
Spoiler-free Review of Thunderbolts* (40:09)
Spoiler-talk (54:20)
ABOUT THE MOVIE
Thunderbolts—recently rebranded as The New Avengers—is directed by Jake Schreier, known for his work on Robot & Frank and the series Beef. The screenplay was co-written by Eric Pearson (Black Widow) and Joanna Calo (The Bear).
The film features an ensemble of returning and new Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) characters:
The film features an ensemble of returning and new Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) characters:
Florence Pugh plays Yelena Belova (Black Widow), Sebastian Stan plays Bucky Barnes (Winter Soldier), David Harbour plays Alexei Shostakov (Red Guardian), Wyatt Russell plays John Walker (U.S. Agent), Hannah John-Kamen plays Ava Starr (Ghost), Olga Kurylenko plays Antonia Dreykov (Taskmaster), Lewis Pullman plays Bob Reynolds (Sentry/Void), Geraldine Viswanathan plays Mel Gold, Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Chris Bauer plays O.X.E. Agent Holt, and Wendell Pierce plays Congressman Gary.
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May the 4th be with you! Time for another bonus Star Wars episode in honour of Life Day!
Returning to the pod is Ben and Delaney, our Star Wars experts on retainer. Today we watch Revenge of the Sith on full-screen DVD and provide our immediate reactions.
In celebration of this day, we also performed a short play recapping the events of Revenge of the Sith.
Be sure to enter our draw to win a subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/Gbt3O
Intro (0:00)
Star Wars Recap Play (13:30)
Review of Revenge of the Sith (23:19)
Directed by George Lucas
Starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Jimmy Smits, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels
Music composed by John Williams
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Pete and Trevor saw Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii in IMAX for the 4K restoration. Along the way we also discussed other classic concert films like The Band’s The Last Waltz and Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense.
Be sure to enter the draw to win a year’s subscription to Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/Gbt3O
Intro (0:00)
Preview of Project Superman (5:05)
The Last Waltz (14:13)
Stop Making Sense (21:01)
Review of Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (31:42)
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Pete and Trevor (and special guests Justin and Anthony) went to see the Ryan Coogler original vampire period piece Sinners in glorious 70mm IMAX.
Written and director by Coogler (his best effort to date), Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role as the “Smokestack Twins”, with supporting performances by Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, and Delroy Lindo. The movie was scored by Ludwig Göransson, and filmed by Autumn Durald Arkapaw, in what is one of the best sounding and looking movies of the decade.
Listen for our immediate reactions after leaving the theatre, including our summary of some technical problems with the film reel at the Vaughan Cineplex in Toronto.
We are also giving away a free subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/Gbt3O
You can check out Anthony on Reddit at u/anthonylavado
Justin is on Letterboxd at TheLonelyGoat
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Intro and history with Ryan Coogler (0:00)
Favourite Actor in 2 roles movies
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Upcoming schedule (Project Superman)
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Spoiler-free (With Anthony)
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Spoiler-free
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Spoiler talk
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Ending review from the future
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Take a swig of applejack, strap on your snowshoes and spit in your spittoons, because Pete and Trevor saw Hundreds of Beavers. The independent comedy was made for just $150,000 but may be one of the most original comedies ever made. Listen for our immediate reactions to the film (and please watch this movie!).
This episode also marks the end of Project Aardman as we discuss Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. As we say goodbye to the stop-motion animation studio, we provide our rankings of their feature films.
Intro (0:00)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget review (6:56)
Aardman rankings (17:25)
Hundreds of Beavers spoiler-free (30:00)
Spoilers for Hundreds of Beavers (44:40)
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Have you seen John Wick? What about The Equalizer? Or even The Beekeeper? Well, you are ready to take on David Ayer’s A Working Man, starring Jason Statham (and not really David Harbour and Michael Peña). That’s right, Pete and Trevor rolled up their sleeves and saw A Working Man. Listen for our immediate spoiler-free reactions after leaving the theatre.
This week continues our ongoing Project Aardman with A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, plus all Aardman shorts from 2009 - 2024. Join us next week for our discussion on Chicken Run 2 and the conclusion of Project Aardman.
Don’t forget to enter into our Letterboxd Giveaway contest which will close at 11:59pm EST on April 4. https://boxd.it/DIrFg
Intro (0:00)
Project Aardman (09:43)
Spoiler-free review of A Working Man (39:33)
Spoiler-talk (54:35)
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Pete and Trevor, AKA Talley and Watchy, join Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey to see the new live-action Disney remake Snow White. Starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, this is a remake and reimagining of the 1939 animated classic. In a world full of bad remakes, this might be the worst. Listen to hear our immediate reactions after leaving the theatre.
This week we continue with our ongoing project to watch every Aardman movie with Shaun the Sheep and Early Man.
We are also entering the closing days of our draw the giveaway a year’s subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/DIrFg
Intro and history with Disney live-action remakes (0:00)
Shaun the Sheep review (20:20)
Early Man review (25:59)
Spoiler-free review of Marc Webb’s Snow White (36:46)
Spoiler-talk (1:02:20)
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Pete and Trevor saw Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag, but they aren’t really allowed to talk about it, and each of them is suspicious that the other may be compromised and working for another podcast. Things get weird.
They also returned to their ongoing project to watch every Aardman film. This week they discussed Peter Lord’s Pirates! movie, and Aardman’s short films from 1996-2008, including A Matter of Loaf and Death. Tune in next week for Shaun the Sheep and Early Man.
We are also giving away a year’s subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/DIrFg
Intro and History with Steven Soderbergh (0:00)
Review of Aardman shorts and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (13:13)
Spoiler-free review of Black Bag (36:54)
Review of Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (49:26)
Spoiler-talk for Black Bag (57:03)
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Pete and Trevor, or maybe their clones, saw Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho’s highly anticipated follow up to 2019’s Parasite. Robert Pattinson stars as the titular(s) Mickey, along with Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Anamaria Vartolomei, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.
This week we continue our exploration of everything Aardman with Arthur Christmas. Tune in next week for our deep dive on Aardman shorts, including A Matter of Loaf and Death, and Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists.
Make sure to enter our giveaway contest to win a year’s free subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/DIrFg
Intro and history with Bong Joon-ho (0:00)
97th Academy Awards Catch up (5:24)
Review of Arthur Christmas (24:45)
Spoiler-free Review of Mickey 17 (40:36)
Spoiler-talk (58:10)
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Pete and Trevor, plus special stowaway Justin, saw Michael Mann’s 1995 action epic Heat in 35mm (Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Val Kilmer). Listen to our immediate reactions following the movie, to see if the movie plays better on film.
We also return to Project Aardman with Flushed Away (Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet). Stay tuned for Arthur Christmas next week.
We are giving away a free subscription to Letterboxd Patron. Check the link for more details: https://boxd.it/DIrFg
Intro History with Heat and Michael Mann (0:00)
Review of Flushed Away (16:50)
Spoiler-free review of Heat (33:45)
Spoiler-talk (49:26)
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Pete and Trevor saw Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist (Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce) in 35mm, and can happily report that it does not feel too long! We provide our immediate thoughts on the movie after leaving the theatre.
This is also our last week on Project Oscar Catchup, where we look at all the movies nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards. This week we discuss James’ Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown (Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Ed Norton, Monica Barbaro), and Walter Salles’ historical drama I’m Still Here (Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello).
As a bonus, we also discuss our top ten favourite films of 2024, and included a few guest voicemails featuring favourite picks of the year.
Finally, we undertook our second annual effort to guess Oscar winners in each category.
Thanks for listening to this project, it was a lot of fun! Next week we return to Aardman with Flushed Away.
Intro (0:00)
Review of A Complete Unknown (4:37)
Review of I’m Still Here (23:05)
Spoiler-free review of The Brutalist in 35mm (31:57)
Spoiler talk (47:00)
Pete and Trevor’s Top Ten of 2024 + voicemails (1:09:06)
Oscar Picks (1:40:28)
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Pete and Trevor saw Captain America: Brave New World, Marvel’s follow-up to the successful Deadpool and Wolverine, and its first attempt to hand off a mantel to a new character. The movie stars Anthony Mackie as Cap and Harrison Ford as Thaddeus Ross (definitely not Red Hulk). Listen in for our immediate reactions after leaving the theatre.
This is week 3 of our Project Oscar Catchup, where we are covering all the movies that were nominated for best picture. This week we are looking at Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez and RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys. Join us next week for our episode on The Brutalist in 35mm.
We are also running a contest for a free annual subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/DIrFg
Intro and expectations with Marvel, Captain America, Falcon and Winter Solider (0:00)
Review of Emilia Pérez (11:31)
Review of Nickel Boys (25:52)
Spoiler free reaction to Captain America: Brave New World (42:13)
Spoiler-talk (59:45)
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Pete and Trevor saw Companion, a comedy thriller (horror?) from director Drew Hancock, starring Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid. Listen for our spoiler-free review after immediately leaving the theatre (before giving plenty of warning before heading into spoiler talk).
This is the second week of our ‘Project Oscar Catchup’. In this episode we discuss Sean Baker’s Anora (Mikey Madison, Yuriy Borisov) and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley).
Check out our Letterboxd for a chance to win a subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/DIrFg
Intro (0:00)
Anora (10:25)
The Substance (23:50)
Spoiler-free Review of Companion (43:24)
Spoiler-talk (53:34)
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List of prime directives 1) watch Robocop 2) listen to Pete and Trevor’s conversation about Robocop 3) subscribe to the podcast 4) classified
That’s right, Pete and Trevor went for a trip to see Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 masterpiece Robocop, starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith and Miguel Ferrer.
Listen in to hear our immediate reactions to the movie, while giving plenty of warning before we head into spoiler talk.
This is also the first week of our Oscar Catchup Project where we talk about each movie nominated for the academy award for best picture. This week we discuss Dune: Part Two, Conclave and Wicked. (We will return to our Aardman Project in March).
You made it to the bottom of the description, prime directive four was to enter our contest to win a year’s subscription to Letterboxd Patron.
Intro (0:00)
Project Academy Awards Overview (1:15)
Dune Part Two (3:12)
Conclave (15:40)
Wicked (21:35)
Spoiler-free Review of RoboCop (44:41)
Spoiler talk (1:06:35)
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Pete and Trevor augmented themselves with cyberbrains so they could truly appreciate 1995’s ‘Ghost in the Shell’ directed by Mamoru Oshii. Listen for their discussion of their history with anime, in addition to hearing their immediate reactions after leaving the theatre.
This is also week four of our ongoing project to watch every Aardman feature and short film. This week we are talking ‘Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit’ directed by Nick Park. We encourage everyone to watch along with us and check in each episode for our dedicated Aardman segment. Go to https://boxd.it/BQYVu for the watchlist. Next week we will be discussing ‘Flushed Away’.
Intro (0:00)
History with anime (3:00)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (7:28)
Spoiler-free review of Ghost in the Shell (32:53)
Spoiler-talk (45:20)
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Pete and Trevor saw two of the greatest horror sci-fi movies ever made. We did a double-header of David Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986) and John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982). It’s Jeff Goldblum versus Kurt Russell, Brundlefly versus The Thing from Another World, in an epic showdown of body horror, special effects, and possibly the best use of makeup ever. Listen in for our immediate reaction to these two classics.
This is also week three of our ongoing project to watch every Aardman feature and short film. This week we are talking ‘Chicken Run’, Aardman’s first feature, directed by Nick Park and Peter Lord. We encourage everyone to watch along with us and check in each episode for our dedicated Aardman segment. Go to https://boxd.it/BQYVu for the watchlist. Next week we will be discussing Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Also make sure to enter our contest to win a free subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/AuDza
Intro (0:00)
Our History with The Fly and The Thing (1:15)
Review of Chicken Run (13:55)
Review of The Fly and The Thing (35:51)
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