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Feature Presentation: Was It Ever Possible for The Last of Us Season Two to Live Up to the Hype? - As two individuals who played The Last of Us Part II and had been patiently waiting for season 2 of The Last of Us to air 2+ years after the superb adaptation of the original video game, we have a lot of strong opinions on how this version of the second game has been presented so far on television.Mid-Credits: Disney is Back at the Box Office - During the month of May, Disney proved once more that they never should have been doubted during their relative slump over the past couple years. Lilo & Stitch reminded the studio that they just need to focus on making live action adaptations that modern day audiences want to see and Thunderbolts* has given Marvel Studios a new baseline for what their smaller scale films can generate at the box office, which is still quite a bit of money. End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! And make sure to check out the return of our Yearly Film Series as we return to the year 2022 exclusively on YouTube!

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Doug and Murph...Feature Presentation: A Season to Forget - The Winter/Spring box office was abysmal until Warner Bros. unleashed their one-two punch of A Minecraft Movie and Sinners upon the world. Many wondered whether movie theaters should even live to see another day thanks to the shenanigans taking place by patrons of Minecraft's younger audience, but Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan provided reassurance of why cinema matters.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Doug and Murph...Feature Presentation: 2025 Summer Box Office Draft - It's time for our second one-on-one face off in our seasonal box office pools, and the potential box office heavy hitters to select from this summer include many familiar franchises. We've got reboots of Superman and The Fantastic Four, live action adaptations of Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, a return to Jurassic World, and the end of Mission: Impossible. Get your popcorn ready!End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Doug and Murph...Feature Presentation: The Best Television Programs of 2024 - It's impossible to watch every great program on TV in any given year, but we did our best to catch the shows that struck a chord with critics and audiences last year. We ultimately cover 21 shows in total (six of which are comic book adaptations) between our respective top 10 ranked lists and the 10 shows that Corey enjoyed from 2024 before he passed away in August. End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Doug and Murph...Feature Presentation: The Best of 2024 in Film - It's time for us to reveal our individual top 10 favorite films of 2024, while also sharing 20 films of 2024 that Corey saw and would vouch for. Note that there is a bit of overlap as all three of us loved Dune: Part Two, My Old Ass, and I Saw the TV Glow, while we're confident he'd have shared our adoration for Anora as well.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film!

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Doug and Murph...Feature Presentation: Comic Book Characters and IP Cash Grabs Aren't Bulletproof - Fall 2024 was the season of the musical. Ironically the one musical that didn't work was based on a comic book character. Joker: Folie à Deux couldn't strike a chord, alongside other formerly formidable franchises such as Transformers, The Lord of the Rings, and Sony's Spider-Man Universe. Meanwhile, Wicked, Moana, Mufasa, Beetlejuice, A Complete Unknown, and Smile 2 brought the goods when it came to music and money.Mid-Credits: Survive Until Q2 2025 - The Winter/Spring box office has been bleak to say the least. Disappointment after disappointment from January through March. But this is what happens when Hollywood serves nothing but its tentpole leftovers previously scheduled for 2024, alongside a ton of counterprogramming. Can April save the season and finally kick off the year with a string of successes? Fingers crossed.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Doug and Murph...Feature Presentation: Spreading the Oscar Love - While we do agree on who we'd vote for in a majority of categories at this year's Academy Awards (step right up for another funny acceptance speech this season, Kieran Culkin), it was always going to be largely due to our mutual passion for Dune: Part Two and The Wild Robot once the nominations were announced. At the same time we do have a near equal amount of disagreement on each of our imaginary ballots even if it's mostly between winners and runner-ups. And as we each chose to abstain votes where we felt appropriate, there was only one pick where complete shenanigans were involved. It would make plenty of anonymous Academy voters proud!Yet somehow the shenanigans doesn't involve our individual or mutual bitterness with Hans Zimmer being deemed ineligible for his brilliant Dune: Part Two score, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross being snubbed for their top-tier musical craftsmanship in multiple categories for Challengers, or Marren Morris being ignored for her beautiful song, “Kiss the Sky”, from The Wild Robot, which both captures the emotions of the film during a pivotal scene while complementing the nominated score. Needless to say, Best Sound, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song turned into a long vent session despite playing fair with our votes.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Doug and Murph...Feature Presentation: What Will Doug and Murph Watch on TV in 2025? - It's a big year for long-awaited returns and/or final seasons of some of our favorite television shows. The final episodes of Cobra Kai and the first half of Severance season 2 have not let us down, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. So much more must-see TV is still to come, including Andor, Daredevil: Born Again, Peacemaker, Stranger Things, and The White Lotus!End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Doug and Murph...Feature Presentation: Most Anticipated Films of 2025 - Our co-hosts have two very different lines of thinking for the types of films they are most looking forward to this year. While Doug has gone almost all in on franchise fare such as Jurassic World Rebirth and How to Train Your Dragon, Murph's selections are more auteur driven with upcoming films by Paul Thomas Anderson and Ari Aster.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Doug and Murph...Feature Presentation: 2025 Winter/Spring Box Office Draft - In a season with only two films guaranteed to make money, it's time to decide whether to play it safe with Disney or take some risks during our first ever one-on-one box office draft.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Doug and Murph...Feature Presentation: Disney Ruled the Summer (and Year) - Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine battled it out for the crown this past summer, and this Disney duel ended up determining the winner of the 2024 box office both domestically and worldwide, along with who would get first place in our Summer Box Office Pool.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: Doug and Murph are joined by returning Live Breathe Film co-founder, JP, to talk about a major loss to our podcast family.Feature Presentation: Corey's Life in Film - While Corey will always remain a part of Live Breathe Film, today we're taking the time to celebrate his love for film via the many experiences we shared together.End Credits: Donations can be made in Corey's name to WeGotNextSports.org. Thank you.

In Loving Memory of Corey (6/16/1987 - 8/24/2024): We couldn't have done Live Breathe Film without you for all these years, and your shoes will be impossible to fill. Thank you for being our wildcard.Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Fall Box Office Draft - Unlike this time last year, Hollywood has a robust slate of films to offer audiences. Now which are going to truly break out? Will Disney continue their return to dominance with Moana 2 and Mufasa: The Lion King? Or will the unconventional musical of the season, Joker: Folie à Deux, crash the party?End Credits: Donations can be made in Corey's name to WeGotNextSports.org. Thank you.Post-Credits: Summer Essentially Ended With Alien: Romulus - Corey had the last big film of the summer movie season as we came as close as possible to unofficially wrapping up our Summer Box Office Pool.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: D23 Film and Television Recap - Whether it's Walt Disney Animation Studios, Avatar, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Disney Live Action, or Marvel Studios, originality is no longer part of Bob Iger's agenda as his tenure as CEO carries on. All of his various acquisitions over the years and the work of other studios, creatives, animators, etc. are currently being used to prop up Mickey's fortunes, while the company pivots to more and more sequels based on its various IP.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film!Post-Credits: Reynolds & Lively - The box office is no longer solely about Deadpool & Wolverine (or Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman). It's now Reynolds and Blake Lively's show as It Ends With Us blows up alongside Deadpool & Lady Deadpool at the box office, giving the husband and wife a one-two punch at the box office.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Did Deadpool & Wolverine Live Up to Our Lofty Expectations? - Before we get into the future of The Multiverse Saga and more importantly the introduction of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, we have to talk all about the much anticipated arrival of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman to the MCU as Deadpool & Wolverine, along with all of the very special guests they brought with them.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: Twisters Bring In Money Regardless of the Century - We're far from 1996 but the stand-alone sequel to Twister defied tracking and made a big impact at movie theaters like so many other films have since the box office finally hit paydirt in early June. The box office is officially on a roll and the odds-on favorite to win the summer crown is just starting to slice and dice its way through the record books.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: 2024 Films and Television to Binge - Here are the films and TV shows from the first six months of the year that we each recommend to you. It includes obvious picks such as Dune: Part Two and The Bear, along with less discussed gems such as I Saw the TV Glow and Dark Matter. End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film!Post-Credits: Animation Domination - Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 are currently making mincemeat of the competition as the summer box office continues its major rebound.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Every Film That Has Held the Crown for the Largest Box Office Weekend Since Jaws - 29 films have held the crown since Jaws and we can guarantee some will surprise you. We have the usual suspects on this list such as a variety of adaptations from various mediums, along with plenty of sequels and prequels, but we also have one film weeks into its initial run, a rerelease, and the one completely original film that has seemingly been lost to time.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: Inside Out Has Broken the $100 Million Opening Weekend Losing Streak - As we noted in our last episode it's been nearly 11 months since our last $100 million opening weekend (Barbie), and we were worried it would hold for over a year until Deadpool & Wolverine opens in late July. Well, Inside Out 2 blew past $100 million for not just its first weekend, but its second weekend as well!

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: The Rich History of the 100 Million Dollar Box Office Weekend - What was once a breakthrough with Spider-Man in 2002 had become more than commonplace by the time Barbie was released in 2023. So why have we not seen one in the year since and how can Hollywood adapt to changing tastes and their previous overreliance on comic book adaptations?End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: Weaker Opening Weekends are Leading to Longer Legs - With the exception of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, opening weekend box office numbers have been weak leading up to the return of the Bad Boys. But despite the box office disappointing regularly for film after film on opening weekend, each film for the most part has had strong legs…with one maddening exception.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Let's Get Snooty and Talk About Cannes - During our program we discuss the films we're looking forward to that premiered at Cannes, including Palme d'Or winner, Anora. We also discuss what films, filmmakers, and studios were helped or hurt by showing of their perceived goods at the festival, and what our overall thoughts are regarding all the pomp and circumstance surrounding this particular film festival compared to others such as Venice, Telluride, TIFF, NYFF, Sundance, etc.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: Thank the Planet of the Apes - It has been a bleak month at the box office without the MCU to kick things off per usual. The Fall Guy and IF have underperformed and Furiosa is outright flopping. Here we discuss all of this, along with the few bright spots, particularly Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Winter/Spring Box Office Recap - Dune: Part Two won the January-April period as predicted, but did its competitors such as Kung Fu Panda, Godzilla x Kong, and Ghostbusters do their part to keep the box office from crashing and burning overall?End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: The Summer Box Office Season Has Begun - Corey bet big on this summer's superhero-free kick-off films. How did The Fall Guy and Star Wars perform for him as our Summer Box Office Pool officially begins?

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: 2024 Summer Box Office Draft - This is one of our more lively box office pools to predict with sure things such as Despicable Me 4, nostalgia plays that have potential to overperform like Twisters, and two complete wildcard westerns from Kevin Costner. Let's pick what we believe will be the biggest hits at the box office during Summer 2024!End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: A Weak End to a Strike Plagued Season - It was never going to be a massive season at the box office this Winter/Spring as the dual strikes of 2023 limited the output for 2024, but the way movie studios scheduled nearly every sure thing from the months of January through April strictly in March led to a very weak finish heading into the all important month of May. Can Zendaya finish out April strong in her first theatrical lead role before Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt officially kick off the 2024 Summer Movie Season?

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Theatrical Re-Releases in the Post-Strikes Era - If you haven't noticed there have been more and more older films being put back in theaters as movie theaters deal with the impact of the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. It's somewhat similar to the period of time when movie theaters attempted to reopen during the pandemic, and there just weren't enough new films to play throughout the day in each auditorium. Here we talk about some of the films we've seen during this strike-impacted period, what films we hope to see on the big screen in the future, and what incentives studios/movie theaters can provide audiences to get us off our couches and into a movie theater to watch our favorite films again (or something we've never seen before) the way they were meant to be seen.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film!Post-Credits: As Spring Turns to Summer (At the Box Office) - It's time we start preparing for our Summer Box Office Pool as the Winter/Spring Box Office Pool enters its final weeks. Can Murph or Corey come through with a wild comeback as they still have some R-Rated films such as Civil War, Abigail, and Challengers left to go?

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: The Year of Barbenheimer Comes to a Close - In a year defined at the cinema by Barbenheimer, and an inevitable amount of Oscar wins coming Oppenheimer's way this weekend, it's time we each pick what we'd like to see win in every category for the films of 2023.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: Our Spoiler-Filled Thoughts on Dune: Part Two - As the world finally got to return to Arrakis, it's time we discussed how well Denis Villeneuve followed up Part One of Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic. We also touch upon its week at the box office and how it has changed the game for our Winter/Spring Box Office Pool.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Our Favorite Films Of 2023 - In what was by far the best year for film since we started this podcast, we reveal each of our five favorite films of the year. It's got something for everyone. International features, popcorn fare, epic dramas, innovative animation, comedies, and horror. These might not be the best films of the year, but they were all really damn good, and we'll be watching them for years to come.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: The Calm Before the Spice Storm - With Dune: Part Two opening, it was time to take one last look at how the Winter/Spring box office and our box office pool picks for the season were performing, before the epic drama on Arrakis became all that mattered to moviegoers. 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Live Breathe Film's Most Anticipated Films of 2024 - We tried something new this year breaking down our most anticipated films into three films based on our collective lists. There should be something for everyone to look forward to in 2024, including films as disparate as Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and Joker: Folie à Deux.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: The Box Office Needs Dune: Part Two - Things have been bleak so far as three of the films drafted in our box office pool have struggled to make $1 million and a first round draft pick was a major letdown. However, there were two bright spots to kick off the year, while 2023 holiday holdovers and awards season films did their part to keep the box office somewhat afloat in 2024.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Live Breathe Films's 2024 Winter/Spring Box Office Pool Draft - It's time to predict the biggest films for the first four months 2024, which is looking to give audiences a severely depleted selection of films for audiences to choose from due to the dual strikes of 2023. While actors can promote their films normally unlike much of the second half of 2023, there are only so many potential blockbusters and films in general for these actors to promote. Do we think any original films will break out? Which established franchises do we believe are losing steam with audiences? We'll share those thoughts and more as we make our picks.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Results of 2023 Fall Box Office Pool - It was an unpredictable season full of shocking box office returns with films being announced for release out of nowhere, while others were delayed or pushed out of the season completely because of the dual strikes. As we kick off 2024, let's first break down our Fall Box Office Pool and the top 25 films of the season.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Great TV Both Wrapped Up and Debuted in 2023 - There was a bunch of overlap in each of our lists for our five favorite shows of the year. We also go through a ton of honorable mentions that we watched, along with some older shows that some of us finally caught up on.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: Beyoncé and the Dreaded Post-Thanksgiving Box Office - The Beyhive came out to keep the box office from a typically miserable weekend to kick off December. While it wasn't the best of weekends, and Beyoncé's film wasn't eligible for our Fall Box Office Pool, things could have been far worse.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Hollywood Greed or: How Studio Executives Learned They Needed to End the Strikes and Simultaneously Blow Up Their 2024 Theatrical Calendar - With 2023 coming to a close, it's time we look forward at the films of 2024. Only due to the necessary WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, there is not much to look at! Here is a look at just some of the fallout from Hollywood thinking they could make money while sidelining writers and actors throughout much of the past year.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: Thanksgiving Doesn't Bring Disney Much to Be Thankful For - Disney's centennial ends with another massive box office bomb, while The Hunger Games brings audiences back regardless of the absence of Katniss Everdeen/Jennifer Lawrence. Meanwhile, Napoleon shows that adults will continue to see big budget dramas from major directors, while kids show they continue to like animated Trolls.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: A Season of Losses - In what is one of the worst Covid-excluded box office seasons in memory, we look at the highs and many lows, along with how our box office pool is doing prior to the holiday season.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film!Post-Credits: A deep-dive into Loki: Season 2, along with our thoughts on where Marvel is heading moving forward.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Ahsoka Season One Recap - As Ahsoka reaches its inconclusive conclusion, it's time we share our views on the season (or series), whether Dave Filoni is the right man to steer the live action ship, how Star Wars on Disney+ has resonated with us so far, and what announced programming we're looking forward to in the near future.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: Beyoncé will now be making an impact on the Fall Box Office as AMC continues to make major moves, as nothing but horror has made a dent this season prior to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour opening.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: 30 Years of Leo - As Leonardo DiCarprio and Martin Scorsese's sixth collaboration, Killers of the Flower Moon, approaches, we wanted to look back at Leo's performances and decide which are our individual and collective favorites.Having been led by some of the greatest directors of all time, including Scorsese, Spielberg, Nolan, Cameron, Eastwood, Scott, Tarantino, Luhrmann, Boyle, Raimi, Allen, Iñárritu, Mendes, and Zwick, this was not an easy task.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: We have another case of diminishing returns in Kenneth Branagh's series of Agatha Christie/Hercule Poirot mysteries, while Dumb Money has proven to be a dumb draft pick in our Fall Box Office Pool. 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Living in a Barbie World - The summer has come and gone, so now it's time to look back at the hits, flops, and surprises that were released from the first weekend of May through Labor Day. It's fair to say things did not remotely shake up like we thought they would. End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: Taylor Swift's Impact on Our Fall Box Office Pool - One day after our fall box office draft, Taylor Swift and AMC dropped a bomb on Hollywood (and our pool). We look at the immediate fallout now.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: The Impact of the Strike on the Fall Movie Season - To be frank, we weren't 100% sure what films were actually going to open this fall with the dual WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes taking place. Yet that was before Taylor Swift dropped a bomb on Hollywood, the relationship between exhibitors and film studios, and the previous release schedule between September-December. This is a season that looks to have a ton of high quality films, but it also doesn't have any guaranteed box office smashes outside of The Eras Tour. However, one night prior to Taylor and AMC's earth-shattering announcement, we attempted to predict the biggest films of the fall via our Fall Box Office Draft, and run through nearly everything that is or was scheduled to be released in theaters before the end of 2023.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! Post-Credits: We briefly look at the performances of the films that debuted in August and how it impacted our Summer Box Office Pool.

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: Barbenheimer has taken the world by storm so it's time to discuss just how impressive its performance has been during its first two weeks and how it has impacted all the films around it such as Mission: Impossible and Haunted Mansion.Feature Presentation: The Films of Christopher Nolan - Prepare for some controversial picks as our hosts go through the filmography of Christopher Nolan in chronological order ranking each film by personal preference in their own non-linear fashion. All of this leads to Live Breathe Film's collective rankings from #12 to #1. While there are no bad films in Nolan's oeuvre, there was a clear 12th pick and a decisive 1st pick, with a couple of surprising ties towards the top of the list.For reference, the films discussed in order of release are Following, Memento, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet, and Oppenheimer. Spoilers are abound so proceed with caution.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Feature Presentation: Barbenheimer Begins - On this installment we take a deep dive into how the 2023 summer box office and its many disappointments so far. We also look into how the viral phenomenon known as “Barbenheimer” can potentially turn things around for the remainder of the summer and for those who picked Barbie and Oppenheimer in our summer box office pool.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: Both DC Studios and Pixar are bombing, but the battle for box office supremacy this summer has shifted in our Summer Box Office Pool thanks to Transformers rebounding at the domestic box office.Feature Presentation: The DC Studios Paradox - How does DC Studios promote a slate of films with zero impact on the future of the company when everyone knows what's coming next? Each successive bomb and new angle to promote their 2023 films is hurting the brand more with general audiences and placing them in a bigger predicament when Superman: Legacy gets off the ground. It's time to examine how they can compete with Marvel and their own legacy moving forward.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: Ted Lasso may or may not have come to a close, but we're here to talk about Season Three as a whole. Also, in a very heavy Spider-Verse episode, we have to talk about its big opening weekend and what that means for our summer box office pool, as The Little Mermaid and Guardians of the Galaxy hold strong, and Transformers hopes to bounce back to life as a major franchise player.Feature Presentation: A Deep Dive Across the Spider-Verse - It's a very good time to be a Spider-Man fan as we have a spoiler filled discussion surrounding Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: The Little Mermaid continues Disney's box office winning streak of live action adaptations from their “Disney Renaissance” period, as the Guardians of the Galaxy rebound tremendously from their disappointing opening weekend. Meanwhile, Universal has some questions to consider regarding the future of their Fast & Furious franchise after Fast X continues to free fall domestically.Things then get off the rails as we discuss potential implications of the WGA strike, the future of streaming after the messy launch of Max, and more!Feature Presentation: Barry Post-Mortem - Doug and Murph reflect on Barry season 4, its series finale, and their overall thoughts on the series.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: It's time to officially crown our Winter/Spring Box Office Pool Champion, and move onto the Summer Box Office with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3's opening weekend take.Feature Presentation: Guardians of the Galaxy vs. The Comic Book Trilogy World - It's time to dive into Vol. 3 and how we felt about the film compared to its predecessors, and then looked at how it compared to the rest of the MCU trilogies, along with comic book trilogies outside of the MCU.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: The Super Mario Bros. Movie has utterly dominated the box office this spring. Is nostalgia the most surefire bet for a box office hit this decade?Feature Presentation: Summer 2023 Box Office Draft - For the third summer in a row, the boys are putting their money on the line to predict the top movies at the box office this summer. Betting on superheroes has been a fairly reliable way to win in our previous box office pools, but it hasn't been foolproof. Will it work this time or is superhero fatigue truly starting to take place?End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film!

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph…Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: The video game adaption curse is officially over as The Super Mario Bros. Movie steamrolls everything in its path this Winter/Spring. Just how high will it go? As for tabletop gaming, does Dungeons & Dragons have a future on the big screen after its latest adaptation?Feature Presentation: "Drop the HBO. It's Cleaner." - The Streaming Wars continue to shake up as the Warner Bros. Discovery merger creates the next evolution of HBO on streaming. It's now simply one hub of Max, and the name of the game moving forward is breathing new life into the IP that Warner Bros. owns. That means more Harry Potter, DC, and Game of Thrones on your television screens or however you choose to stream. Let's break down all we know so far right now.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: John Wick and Scream soar to new box office highs as Shazam bombs hard. What does this mean for DC and the rest of their 2023 fire sale slate as James Gunn prepares for the new DCU?Feature Presentation: The Last of Us Finally Nails a Video Game Adaptation - As Season 1 concludes, three fans of The Last of Us video game franchise run through the highs and lows of HBO's latest smash hit. We also look ahead at the difficulties Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann will have as they adapt The Last of Us Part II next.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: Avatar: The Way of Water continues to rise the all-time charts, Creed debuts stronger than ever without Rocky Balboa by his side, while Marvel continues its concerning 2nd weekend drops with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.Feature Presentation: Will Everything Everywhere Win Every Oscar All At Once? - Here are our personal picks for the 95th Academy Awards, along with who we believe are likely to win in nearly every category.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: As Avatar: The Way of Water continues to make waves at the box office, we close out our 2022 Fall Box Office Pool.Feature Presentation: A Double Feature - First we break down our favorite films and TV shows of 2022, and then we have our 2023 Winter/Spring Box Office Draft!End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph…Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: It's time to discuss the King of Sequels and the Box Office as Avatar: The Way of Water has proven the skeptics wrong once again.Feature Presentation: LBF's Most Anticipated Films and TV Shows of 2023 - We've got franchises and original fare from our favorite auteurs that we're looking forward to seeing on the big screen, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Indiana Jones, Mission: Impossible, Dune, Spider-Man, and the latest from Martin Scorcese, Christopher Nolan, and Ari Aster. On television, HBO is set to dominate our free time with The Last of Us, Succession, Barry, The Righteous Gemstones, True Detective, and Perry Mason.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: We're talking horror films today as Halloween Ends and Terrifier 2 both make controversial waves. As for television, we have some final thoughts on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and House of the Dragon, plus initial thoughts on The White Lotus: Sicily.Feature Presentation: Guardians of DC Studios - Major changes are coming to DC at Warner Bros. now that James Gunn and Peter Safran have taken over as Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of DC Studios. Will this major move pay off?End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph…Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: We're covering a variety of movies and television including Ti West's Pearl, Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry Darling, and Cobra Kai (Season 5). Also, how did Daredevil fare in his first MCU outing and will Murph ever give in and watch House of the Dragon?Feature Presentation: Avatar Reevaluation - How do we feel about James Cameron's epic in 2022 vs 2009?End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph...Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: Time to discuss first impressions of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, House of the Dragon, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. At the same time we post-mortem What We Do in the Shadows and champion our Summer Box Office Pool victor!Feature Presentation: Fall Box Office Draft - Sucks to be the unlucky person who can't draft Avatar: The Way of Water or Black Panther: Wakanda Forever during this edition of our Seasonal Box Office Pool!End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: Doug and Murph are joined by friends and Better Call Saul superfans, Henry and JP, on a very special episode of Live Breathe Film.Feature Presentation: Better Call Saul - This week we are devoting our entire runtime to the legacy of Better Call Saul. We'll discuss the series finale, the entirety of season six, our overall thoughts on the Breaking Bad spinoff, and where we think it ultimately lands in comparison to its predecessor.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film! 

Opening Credits: This week on Live Breathe Film with Corey, Doug, and Murph…Reviews, Recaps, and Box Office Updates: Topics include The Boys (Season 3 Finale), along with the summer box office heading into AugustFeature Presentation: The State of the MCU Vol. 2 - It's time to revisit our State of the MCU discussion prior to the launch of The Multiverse Saga, as we've now watched almost all of the films/shows of Phase 4 and are aware of what's coming up in Phases 5 and 6.End Credits: Please make sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe to Live Breathe Film!