Kickball Friends

After this episode's Kicks of the Week (7:03), we review 28 Years Later (14:53), briefly discuss Netflix's The Waterfront (30:25) and list our top five favorite movies of 2025 (so far) (33:15).

After this episode's Kicks of the Week (5:06), we discuss recent casting news for Traitors season 4 (16:43) & American Gladiators (29:52). Next, we briefly review Hell Motel (31:52) before getting into our 2025 Second Half Movie Draft (34:01)!

After this episode's Kicks of the Week (5:46), we review Department Q (13:41), From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (25:18) & Stick (36:50).

After this episode's Kicks of the Week (7:40), we briefly discuss the return of King of the Hill (17:45), Dexter: Resurrection (20:13) & season three of House of Villains (21:35). Next, we review Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (24:50), Mountainhead (37:52) & Adults (44:33).

After this week's Kicks of the Week (5:46), we discuss the finales of The Last of Us (13:40) & The Rehearsal (23:28). Then we play a new game - can Jesse name that Survivor player (32:37). We end with a rant of AppleTV+'s Fountain of Youth (53:39).

After this week's Kicks of the Week (8:22), we discuss the finale of Andor (15:09) as well as the series premieres of Murderbot (25:54) & Duster (32:58).

Following our Kicks of the Week (6:51), we check in on The Four Seasons (17:04) & The Last of Us (26:34). Then we discuss the return of Poker Face (32:02) and review Final Destination Bloodlines (37:40), Friendship (44:09) & Karate Kids: Legends (50:44).

Following our Kicks of the Week (11:10), we review Marvel's Thunderbolts* (17:24), Ben Affleck's The Accountant 2 (36:35) & Tina Fey's The Four Seasons (44:55). We end with an unhinged discussion on the past, present and future of the Final Destination franchise (57:12). Sorry for the funky audio this week!

We start this episode with our Kicks of the Week (11:36)! Next, we discuss the season premiere of Andor (19:04), revisit the new reality of The Last of Us (32:24) & continue to be amazed/confused by The Rehearsal (40:44). 

After catching up on our weekends and Kicks of the Week (8:26), we delve into a monumental episode (with spoilers) of The Last of Us (17:47), the success of Ryan Coogler's Sinners (34:10) and the season premiere of Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal (47:48). 

This episode starts with our Kicks of the Week (5:46) before we discuss the season premiere of The Last of Us (19:08), the season finale of The Pitt (30:09), season seven of Black Mirror (36:18), the series premiere of Your Friends and Neighbors (47:50) & the season premiere of Hacks (55:47)...that sure is a lot of premieres

This episode starts with our Kicks of the Week, The Bondsman (7:50) & Saturday Night Live (11:04), before we discuss the season finale of White Lotus (18:19) as well as the premieres of Dying for Sex (39:39) & Million Dollar Secret (49:32).

This episode starts with our Kicks of the Week (0:25), before we review The Studio (14:00) & Dope Thief (25:03). We end with our season finale predictions for White Lotus (28:04).

This week we co ver our Kicks of the Week (5:30) before discussing The Pitt (13:48), The Residence (20:40) & Severance (28:50).

After the flu delayed us for a week, we're back with a new episode. After our Kicks of the Week (4:22), we discuss Severance (7:35), Mickey 17 (13:39), Adolescence (19:58) & Daredevil (26:40).

It's our 250th episode! Woo hoo! To celebrate, we break down last Sunday's Oscars (13:22), the season finale of Paradise (27:39) & the season one of Running Point (40:43). 

This episode starts with a hodgepodge of tv/movie talk, where we cover The Brutalist, Suits LA, The Pitt, The Challenge & The Monkey (9:56). Then we discuss the most recent episode of Paradise (25:52), the Netflix miniseries Zero Day (34:28) & the final season of Cobra Kai (41:59).

This episode we quickly review Captain America: Brave New World (7:26) before our deep dive into the SNL 50 special (15:07) & discussing the season premieres of Summer House (37:07) & White Lotus (47:33).

This episode starts off with Dr. Will's epic troll job on Dead or No Deal Island (8:23) before we discuss our favorite Super Bowl commercials (21:25) & the latest episode of Severance (34:11). Then we quickly cover recent episodes of Paradise (43:33), Traitors (48:44) & The Challenge (50:49).

This episode starts with an update on Jesse's surgery (2:42) before we get into our Kicks of the Week (14:52). Then we give a quick update on some movies we've seen (19:28) and review both Hulu's Paradise (25:44) & the new Fanstastic Four trailer (38:46).

This episode is something of a hodgepodge, as we discuss the Oscar nominations (13:23), Sex Lives of College Girls (29:11), Night Agent (31:27) & Severance (36:44).

This episode we discuss the much anticipated second season of Severance (14:11), the big moves being made on Traitors (29:27) & a few movies we've seen recently (47:43).

This episode we discuss the finale of The Challenge 40 (15:38) as well as the premieres of Traitors season 3 (27:30) and The Pitt (37:25). We end by deciding if we are "in or out" on 2025 movies (42:57).

This episode we discuss Sunday's Golden Globes show (19:48) & the new Peacock original, Laid (26:04). We end by discussing our top 10 shows for 2024 (28:46).

It's a new year and we're finally back with a new episode! This week we discuss season 2 of Squid Game (10:36) and list our top 10 films of 2024 (27:13).

After our extended break for Robbie's honeymoon, we're back, baby! After we catch up, we discuss a few television shows and movies...ok, more than a few. So many, in fact, that we're not adding any time stamps. You'll survive! It's great to be back and we're glad you're here to enjoy the ride!

Before Robbie leaves on his honeymoon, listen to our new episode! This week we review Wicked (15:05), Gladiator II (31:47)) and Netflix's A Man on the Inside (44:27).

This episode we share our Kicks of the Week (6:55) & the Taylor Sheridan-verse (14:26) before reviewing St. Denis Medical (18:43), Dune: Prophecy (27:17) & Cobra Kai (35:46).

This episode starts with our reaction to the Presidential election - spoiler alert: it's not great (0:00). We also briefly discuss our Kicks of the Week and some recent movies we've seen (12:48). Then we discuss the premiere of Before (26:53) and the finale of The Penguin (35:45) before ending with our top five WTF moments from TV (43:32).

It's election day - hold on to your butts! This episode we start with a movie corner where we discuss several films, including Conclave (10:30). Then we review the finales of Agatha All Along (35:24) & Only Murders in the Building (44:17).

We were off last week and we'll be off next week - but let's live in the now! This episode is a good old fashioned tv & movie hodgepodge! We're all over the place talking about everything we've watched in recent weeks. There are so many different topics that we're not even doing time stamps this week. So sit back, relax and let the Kickball Friends entertain you for an hour.

This episode Jesse would like to report a crime (0:25)! Then we discuss new movies It's What's Inside (15:44) with spoilers (25:38) and Joker: Folie à Deux (32:36) with spoilers (42:00). We end by briefly reviewing HBO's The Franchise (44:10).

This episode we discuss two new messy movies: Megalopolis (17:09) & Wolfs (29:38). Then we chat about he Netflix romantic comedy series, Nobody Wants This (34:18), before ending with the SNL season 50 premiere (43:14) and wrestling documentary series, Mr. McMahon (45:21).

Jesse is back! This episode we discuss all of the shows that premiered this week: Survivor (11:11), The Penguin (22:41) & Agatha All Along (36:40). There's even some random tv & movie talk (29:20) sprinkled in there. too!

Jesse is living his best life in Cape Cod so Robbie is joined by Alex Rabinowitz (@PopCultureBrain) where they talk through a very solid Emmy's night, the not so solid Netflix film Uglies followed by a deep dive into Alex's work running his Pop Culture Tik Tok account. As always, since Jesse is on vacation no time stamps! 

This episode we review Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (23:25), before discussing Hulu's English Teacher (36:25) & AppleTV+'s Slow Horses (44:36). 

This episode we discuss Rolling Stone's list of the Top 100 Television Episodes (15:34), Only Murders in the Building (24:12), Rings of Power (31:48) and Incoming (40:40:13).

This episode we discuss Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut, Blink Twice (14:40), catch up on Big Brother (26:25) and, in honor of Labor Day, list our top five work-related movies (29:36).

This episode starts with our Kicks of the Week...and there are a lot them (9:04). Then we discuss The Challenge: Battle of the Eras (18:22), Bad Monkey (28:31) & Alien: Romulus (34:33).

It's official! Robbie is a married man! After wedding talk (0:24), we discuss Twisters (29:09), House of the Dragon (32:34), Trap (37:05) & Borderlands (43:15)...but this episode is mostly about the wedding.

Be warned - the episode is spoiler heavy! This week we briefly cover Big Brother (7:22), before discussing the return of Robert Downey, Jr. to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (12:10) as well as reviewing Deadpool & Wolverine (20:08), the finale of Presumed Innocent (34:39) & and season two's penultimate episode of House of the Dragon (44:49).

This episode we discuss our Kicks of the Week (6:59) before reviewing the first three episodes of Big Brother (15:34), Twisters (26:54) and the new season of Cobra Kai (42:28).

This episode we discuss today's Emmy nominations (16:18), review Longlegs (31:12) and give our initial thoughts on the cast of Big Brother 26 (42:14). 

This episode starts with our Kicks of the Week (6:27) before we briefly discuss House of the Dragon (10:36) and recent movie trailers (17:58). We end with our top 10 shows of 2024 (so far) (26:59). 

This episode starts with some catching up (0:26) & our Kicks of the Week (10:03). Then we review season three of The Bear (18:32), A Quiet Place: Day One (30:56) & the third episode of House of the Dragon (40:45).

This episode starts with our Kicks of the Week (8:46) before we briefly discuss The Bikeriders (15:30) & Dark Matter (19:27). Then we review the second episode of House of the Dragon (22:29), rank our top five films of the first half of 2024 (34:23) and end with our Must Lose Draft of The Challenge 40 (46:30).

This episode starts with our Kicks of the Week (5:32) before we celebrate the returns of House of the Dragon (18:03) and The Boys (34:02). We end by briefly discussing Presumed Innocent (42:34).

This episode we briefly discuss the Summer House reunion (12:05) before reviewing Hit Man (18:55), The Acolyte (34:34) & Clipped (43:37).

This episode starts with our Kicks of the Week (4:24) and a few news & notes from the world of pop culture (12:24). Then we discuss Netflix's Eric (20:08) as well as the season finales of Hacks (31:47) and Summer House (37:02).

This episode we share Memorial Day stories (0:27) before discussing Tires (10:09), Survivor (23:30), The Challenge: All Stars 4 (42:05) and Babes (46:25).

This episode begins with some pop culture news & notes (5:09) before we review season three of Bridgerton (15:01) & the new film, IF (19:02). Then we draft our top ten films being released in the second half of 2024 (24:01).