The Ack Attack: with J and Z

Join us this week as our hosts, J and Z, discuss the final two episodes of HBO's "The Last of Us" season two, how they diverge from the source material, and what that means for the rest of the series.  

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z experience the lukewarm end to the Mission: Impossible franchise with the eighth and final installment, "Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning" (0:00:00). The guys also cover the newest installment of the Star Wars "Tales of" with "Tales of the Underworld" (0:58:31), "The Accountant 2" (1:38:58), "Drop" (1:51:20), and finishing off with a J's science corner about the genetically engineered "dire wolves" (2:01:40) 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z bid a fond farewell to "Andor" with the final arc of season two (0:00:00). The guys also pick back up with HBO's "The Last of Us" with episodes three, four, and five (1:55:40). 

Join us this week as our hosts, J and Z break down the competing superhero teams in the fallout of the MCU's newest film "Thunderbolts*" (0:00:00). The guys once again use the rest of the time to discuss the most recent arc of season two of "Andor" (1:09:42). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z celebrate Star Wars Day with the 20th anniversary re-release of "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" (0:00:00), episode four through six of "Andor" (0:58:31), and some Star Wars trivia from a contest Z participated in (2:16:00). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z cover the most beloved properties in the show's history with the season two premiere of "Andor: A Star Wars Story" (0:00:00) and episode two of HBO's "The Last of Us" (2:16:09). The guys also cover Ryan Coogler's smash hit film "Sinners" (1:38:59). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z look to the future of Star Wars with the announcements from this year's Star Wars Celebration in Japan (0:00:00). Other topics include the season two premiere of Max's "The Last of Us" (0:30:14), the season one finale of Marvel's "Daredevil: Born Again" (1:00:52), the newest A24 film "Warfare" (1:38:32), and finishing off with the remaining material from Brandon Sanderson's "Arcanium Unbounded" (2:10:49). 

Join us this week as our hosts, J and Z, celebrate this milestone with the highly anticipated films "The Luckiest Man in America" (0:00:00) and "The Amateur" (0:22:41). The fellas cover the penultimate episode of "Daredevil: Born Again" (0:41:18) and "The Wheel of Time" (1:05:28), and finish up with the stories of the Cosmere planet Sel "Elantris" and "Emperor's Soul" (1:51:41). 

Join us this week as our hosts, J and Z, have some deep discussion with "A Minecraft Movie" (0:00:00). The guys continue their tv coverage with episode six of Amazon's "The Wheel of Time" (0:20:25), and episode seven of Marvel's "Daredevil: Born Again" (1:03:06), sloge through "A Working Man" (1:16:34), finish up Mistborn era one with "The Well of Ascension" and "The Hero of Ages" (1:32:00), and finishing out the episode with coverage of the trailers for "Tron: Ares" and "Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld" (2:02:28). 

Join us this week as our host J and Z build their anticipation for season two of "Andor" with its final trailer (0:00:00). The guys also discuss episode five of Amazon's "The Wheel of Time" (0:26:57), episodes four through six of Marvel's "Daredevil: Born Again" (1:19:29), the casting reveals for "Avengers: Doomsday" (1:56:48), and they finish off the episode with the long awaited coverage of Brandon Sandersons stand alone Cosmere novel "Warbreaker" (2:09:29). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z get lost in the weeds with the first half of season three of Amazon's "The Wheel of Time" (0:00:00). The guys also squeeze in some thoughts about Bong Joon Ho's "Mickey 17" (1:47:33) and Steven Soderbergh's "Black Bag" (1:56:50). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z see Mark finally lock in with the finale of "Invincible" season three (0:00:00). They continue coverage of "Daredevil: Born Again" with episode three (0:44:09) and do a "short" segment about Netflix's most recent flop, "Electric State" (1:09:07). 

Join us this week as our host J and Z witness Hell's Kitchen's defender rise from the ashes with the two episode premier of "Daredevil: Born Again" (0:00:00). Other topics include our reactions to the 97th Oscars (1:00:56), the peultiamte episode of "Invincible" season three (1:31:04), and finishing with a return to the Cosmere with "Mistborn" (2:16:48). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z breakdown the trailer for season two of "Andor" (0:00:00). They continue their coverage of Amazon's "Invincible" with episode six (0:38:27), discuss J's progress on watching "Daredevil" before the new series (1:08:58), and finishing with leaked concept art for "Avengers: Doomsday" (1:34:42). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z take on Osgood Perkin's newest horror film "The Monkey" (0:00:00). The guys also tackle the fifth episode and the problems therein of Amazon's "Invincible" (0:29:40), reactions to "Captian America: Brave New World" (0:54:30), and finishing with some recent news with the James Bond franchise (1:08:49). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z get their first taste of the 2025 MCU with "Captian America: Brave New World" (0:00:00), and look beyond with the "Thunderbolts*" trailer from the Super Bowl (1:02:27). The episode finishes up with episodes three and four of Amazon's "Invincible" (1:18:37). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z swoop in the season three premiere of Amazon's "Invincible" (0:00:00). The guys also cover the teaser trailers for "Jurassic World: Rebirth" and "Fantastic Four: First Steps" (0:35:36), as well as the first two episodes of Disney+'s "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman" (1:15:56). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z finish off the first arc of the Stromlight Archive with days nine and ten of "Wind and Truth" (0:00:00). The guys discuss the implications of this on the wider cosmere and how this one compares to the other four books in the Archive. 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z look at which films secured nominations for the upcoming 97th Oscars (0:00:00) and a perspective Star Wars film that had previously escaped the show's preview (0:33:36). The bulk of the episode once again goes to days seven and eight of "Wind and Truth" (0:42:43). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z watch the long-awaited (?) sequel "Den of Thieves 2: Pantera" (0:00:00). Trailer Trash/Trailer Cash makes a reappearance with season three of Amazon's "The Wheel of Time", "Daredevil: Born Again", and "The Monkey". The final two topics of this week are the eighth and final episode of Star Wars' "Skeleton Crew" and days five and six of "Wind and Truth". 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z go bananas for the newest musical biopic "Better Man" (0:00:00). The guys also cover episodes six and seven of DC's "Creature Commandos" (0:32:49) and Star Wars' "Skeleton Crew" (1:24:20), the 2018 film "Den of Thieves" (1:05:42), and finally days three and four of "Wind and Truth" (1:53:57). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z bid farewell to 2024 and all it had to offer. The guys go over 2024's; superhero movies (0:00:00), comedy movies (0:05:09), drama movies (0:11:49), action movies (0:29:09), horror movies (0:36:32), science fiction shows (0:44:11), drama shows (0:52:28), animated movies (0:57:53), fantasy properties (1:07:15), superhero shows (1:12:34), books (1:27:10), science fiction movies (1:32:16), comedy shows (1:41:52), sports movies (1:50:12), most nepo baby (1:57:13), best video game (2:10:22), theater theatrics (2:25:26), best streaming service (2:27:26), the superlative for 2024 (2:33:26), and finally the things they anticipate the most in 2025 (2:51:05). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z discuss Robert Eggers' newest film "Nosferatu" (0:00:00) and Clint Eastwood's latest feature "Juror #2" (0:49:44). The guys also continue their coverage with episode five of both DC's "Creature Commandos" (0:41:59) and Star Wars' "Skeleton Crew" (1:18:17), and finish off with coverage of "A Complete Unknown" (1:44:37) and two important new items (1:52:12). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z spread Christmas cheer with the biggest flop of the year Amazon's "Red One" (0:00:00). The middle of the show is dedicated to the new DCEU with episodes three and four of "Creature Commandos" and the latest trailer for "Superman" (1:01:12) with Star Wars' "Skeleton Crew" rounds out the show for the week (1:17:29). 

Join us this week as our hosts bid farewell to the Sony Spider-man universe with "Kraven the Hunter" (0:30:05). Other films discussed include "The Order" (0:17:05), "Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohherium" (0:40:57), and finally "Wicked" (0:51:54). Outside of the silver screen the fellas discuss episode three of Star Wars' "Skeleton Crew" (0:00:00) and the first two days of the Stormlight Archive's fifth book "Wind and Truth" (1:32:48).

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z delve back into the Star Wars universe with the newest show, "Skeleton Crew" (0:00:00). The guys also cover episode three of HBO's "Dune: Prophecy" (0:57:24), the newest A24 horror-comedy, "Y2K" (1:21:18), and the two-episode premiere of the DCEU show "Creature Commandos" (1:35:06). 

Join us this week as our hosts take to the seas with the newest Disney film, "Moana 2" (0:00:00). The guys also discuss episode two of HBO's "Dune: Prophecy" (0:36:46) and the finale of season one of "The Franchise" (1:00:06). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z return to the area with the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott's masterpiece, "Gladiator II" (0:00:00). The duo continues their coverage of HBO shows with the premiere of "Dune: Prophecy" (0:48:58) and the penultimate episode of "The Franchise" (1:14:06). Rounding out the show is some complaining about the live-action "How to Train Your Dragon" (1:23:30) and speculation about book five of the Stromlight Archive "Wind and Truth" (1:32:32). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z address the edgy 14-year-old inside all of us with "Heretic" (0:00:00). The fellas also cover the upcoming Disney releases (0:22:54), the teaser for "Mission: Impossible -The Final Reckoning" (0:41:25), the newest Tom Hank's film "Here" (0:59:46), the season one finale of HBO's "The Penguin" (1:29:27), and episode six of "The Franchise" (2:10:55). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z slowly lose enthusiasm as more Star Wars are announced with no progress being made on the ones already on the docket (0:00:00). Still, they regain their joy with the trailer for "Captain America: Brave New World" (0:26:14). The guys continue their coverage of HBO original with the penultimate episode of "The Penguin" (0:34:23) and the fifth episode of "The Franchise" (1:08:28) along with Anna Kendrick's directorial debut "Woman of the Hour" (0:55:28).  

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z learn more about faith and the papacy with "Conclave" (0:00:00). The fellas also cover episode six of HBO's "The Penguin" (0:37:31), DreamWorks' latest animated film "The Wild Robot" (0:51:08), the two episode finale of "Agatha All Along" (1:03:04), Sony's "Venom: The Last Dance" (1:23:57), episode four of HBO's "The Franchise" (1:57:05), and finishing off with "Piece by Piece" (2:08:31). 

Join us this week for our spookiest episode yet, featuring the most successful horror film of the year, Longlegs (0:00:00). Our hosts also cover three other ghoulish features with "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" (0:38:38), the newest adaption of "Salem's Lot" (1:02:57), and "Rumours" (1:37:13). Despite the plethora of films covered this episode the guys still talk about television with the newest HBO comedy "The Franchise" (0:24:52), episode five of HBO's "The Penguin" (0:48:11), and episode seven of Marvel's "Agatha All Along" (1:23:52).

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z try to act surprised with the reveals in episode six of Marvel's "Agatha All Along" (0:00:00). The fellas also continue to cover HBO's "The Penguin" with the midseason premiere of episode 4 (0:30:42). They finish up with a trailer trash/trailer cash of "Dune: Prophecy" and "Creature Commandoes" (1:01:42). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z prove correct again with "Joker: Folie à Deux" (0:00:00). The guys also continue their television coverage with episode three of HBO's "The Penguin" (0:59:43) and episode five of Marvel's "Agatha All Along" (1:31:34). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z fear the ever-marching passage of time with "My Old Ass" (0:00:00). The fellas cover their usual batch of television shows with; the finale of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" season two (0:13:58), episode four of Marvel's "Agatha All Along" (0:51:27), and finishing up with episode two of "The Penguin" (1:00:13). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z wonder why the flames aren't as high with the dumpster fire that is Francis Ford Coppola's newest film "Megalopolis" (0:00:00). The guys also cover; the penultimate episode of season two of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" (0:42:22), episode three of "Agatha All Along" (1:05:29), and finally a stop in Trailer Trash/Trailer Cash with the long-awaited "Ballerina" trailer among others (1:18:42). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z have double television premiere week with a dive back into the newest darker and gritter take on Batman with the HBO show "The Penguin" (0:00:00) and stroll down the witches road with the MCU's "Agatha All Along" (0:34:07). The guys continue their coverage of Amazon's "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" with episode six (1:10:05). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z run into each other in real life when seeing "The Killers Game" (0:00:00). Other topics for this week include; episode five of Amazon's "Rings of Power" (0:29:42), the finale Ray Leotta film "1992" (0:52:02), the four-part miniseries "Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy" (1:04:25), and the Tim Burton classic "Beetlejuice" (1:29:51). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z try to craft something positive to say from the "A Minecraft Movie" trailer (0:00:00) and the fourth episode of Amazon's "Rings of Power" (0:15:00). Our intrepid hosts also cover the second Ridley Scott "Alien" prequel "Alien: Covenant" (0:30:36), George R. R. Martin's blog post about the future of "House of the Dragon" (0:46:01), and finishing off with Z's thoughts on "Star Wars: Outlaws" (1:02:43). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z wonder if anything will happen in the three-episode premiere of Amazon's "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" season two (0:00:00) as well as setting the record straight as to whether the "Alien" prequel "Prometheus" was ever any good (0:49:31).

Joins us this week as our hosts J and Z set right what was made wrong in the modern adaptation of "The Crow" (0:00:00). The guys also discuss the cancelation of Star Wars' "The Acolyte" (0:26:28), the Peacock original film "The Killer" (1:14:48), and finishing it off with a Trailer Trash/Trailer Cash of "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" and "Megalopolis" (1:32:50). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z realize how much worse space West Virginia can be in "Alien: Romulus" (0:00:00). Other topics this week include the leaked D23 trailer for the upcoming MCU film "Thunderbolts*" (0:50:21) and the newest Hunter Schafer vehicle "Cuckoo" (1:09:26). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z wonder who "Borderlands" (0:00:00) was even made for. The guys also cover the season two finale of HBO's "The House of the Dragon" (0:20:24), the various upcoming projects revealed at D23 (1:30:16), and finishing out with the hit sequel "Aliens" (1:55:00). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z pick apart M. Night Shyamalan's newest film "Trap" (0:00:00). The fellas also cover the penultimate episode of season two of HBO's "House of the Dragon" (0:32:55), along with Ridley Scott's science fiction hit "Alien" (1:34:24). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z break the fourth wall and box office records with the newest MCU film "Deadpool and Wolverine" (0:00:00) along with some of the biggest reveals at this year's San Diego Comic-Con (1:00:00). The guys also finish up their coverage of season three of Hulu's "The Bear" (1:18:19) with episodes nine and ten and finish the episode off with episode six of HBO's "House of the Dragon" (1:43:03). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z realize dragons are just meat with episode five of HBO's "House of the Dragon" (0:00:00). The guys also cover; episodes seven and eight of Hulu's "The Bear" (0:36:56), the 2017 superhero film "Logan" (0:58:57), and the finales of both Amazon's "The Boys" (1:12:28) and Star Wars' "The Acolyte" (1:44:27) 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z do a triple feature "Trailer Trash/Trailer Cash" with "Captain America: Brave New World", "Gladiator 2", and "Agatha All Along" (0:00:00). Other topics include; the penultimate episodes of Amazon's "The Boys" (0:39:08) and Star Wars' "The Acolyte" (0:58:23), both of the "Deadpool" films (1:27:54), episodes five and six of Hulu's "The Bear", and finally episode four of HBO's "House of the Dragon" (2:02:40). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z get their first taste of Kevin Costner's newest western "Horizon: An American Saga Part 1" (0:00:00). The fellas also cover; episode six of " The Boys" (0:39:26) and "The Acolyte" (0:59:41), the newest Yorgos Laminoth film "Kinds of Kindness" (1:32:24), episode three of HBO's "House of the Dragon" (1:59:33), and finally episodes three and four of Hulu's "The Bear" (2:24:14).

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z cover the greatest number of topics yet for a standard episode, equal parts film and television. The former consists of; "A Quiet Place: Day One" (0:00:00), "The Bikeriders" (0:42:32), "Inside Out 2" (1:35:00), and "Dances with Wolves" (2:21:33) and the later consisting of; the first two episodes of Hulu's "The Bear" (0:23:24), episode five of "The Acolyte" (1:00:40) and "The Boys" (2:33:27), and episode two of HBO's "House of the Dragon" (1:52:22). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z return to Westeros and Vought Headquarters with the season two premiere of HBO's "House of the Dragon" (0:00:00) and the first half of season four of Amazon's "The Boys" (0:38:25). The guys also cover episode four of "The Acolyte" (1:01:45) and the first two films in the "A Quiet Place" series (1:34:07). 

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z try to correct as much Star Wars misinformation as they can from episode three of "The Acolyte" (0:00:00). They are also left confused about what they're meant to take from the newest Netflix release "The Hit Man" (1:06:40) and annoyed at the trailer of "Venom: The Last Dance" (1:24:42).