The Ack Attack: with J and Z

Follow The Ack Attack: with J and Z
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

Join us each week as hosts J and Z discuss any and everything they can think of.

ackattackjaz


    • Jun 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 59m AVG DURATION
    • 207 EPISODES


    Search for episodes from The Ack Attack: with J and Z with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from The Ack Attack: with J and Z

    Episode 207: Only Fascist Owners

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 124:18


    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.  

    Episode 206: The Lessons of Jurassic Park

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 140:09


    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) 

    Episode 205: Can't Work the Ad Blocker

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 174:00


    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). 

    Episode 204: The Ghor Are Not Alright

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 153:24


    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). 

    Episode 203: Anti-Space French Propaganda

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 173:50


    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). 

    Episode 202: The Week of Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 177:52


    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). 

    Episode 201: Willingly Starting an MMO

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 168:07


    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). 

    Episode 200: Cutting CIA Funding

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 140:31


    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). 

    Episode 199: More Red, Less Panels

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 139:22


    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). 

    Episode 198: We Had a Pretty Good Run

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 153:55


    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). 

    Episode 197: Oops No Scruples

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 134:07


    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). 

    Episode 196: Why Can't They All Be Like This?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 105:57


    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). 

    Episode 195: Everyone Love Hand Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 163:24


    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). 

    Episode 194: Daredevil Shaming

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 148:05


    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). 

    Episode 193: Disney's Copyright Monopoly

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 83:12


    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). 

    Episode 192: The British and Their Hypocrisy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 114:46


    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). 

    Episode 191: Nuking the Electric Grid

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 104:46


    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). 

    Episode 190: The Stromlight One

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 167:17


    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. 

    Episode 189: Who Got Snubbed?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 131:28


    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). 

    Episode 188: Deus ex Mafia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 181:54


    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". 

    Episode 187: Maybe Things Can Be Different

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 168:05


    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). 

    Episode 186: Out with the Old in with the New

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 205:45


    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). 

    Episode 185: Dracula is Horny

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 151:44


    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). 

    Episode 184: Would've Voted for a Fourth Term

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 93:06


    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). 

    Episode 183: Lost My Kraven

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 144:17


    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).

    Episode 182: Celibate Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 112:21


    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). 

    Episode 181: The Two Wolves Get Along

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 74:55


    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). 

    Episode 180: Same As the First

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 166:19


    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). 

    Episode 179: Fourteen Year Old Atheists

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 142:06


    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). 

    Episode 178: Maintaining Global Hegemony

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 75:56


    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).  

    Episode 177: Secret Lost Popes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 141:50


    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). 

    Episode 176: Working For Prison Rates

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 115:04


    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).

    Episode 175: Hydrogen Baby vs Coughing Bomb

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 92:16


    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). 

    Episode 174: We Were Right the Whole Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 114:54


    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). 

    Episode 173: As Close as the Lawyers Will Allow

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 75:59


    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). 

    Episode 172: It's a New Jersey Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 109:00


    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). 

    Episode 171: Not All Witches

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 103:57


    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). 

    Episode 170: Dead Content Canaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 106:39


    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). 

    Episode 169: Streaming Is When

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 76:33


    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). 

    Episode 168: IP-pilled Content-maxing Franchise-enjoyers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 77:04


    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).

    Episode 167: Is "The Ballerina" Even a Real Film?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 111:33


    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). 

    Episode 166: Motherhood and Its Challenges

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 91:25


    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). 

    Episode 165: Not For Anyone

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 130:29


    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). 

    Episode 164: Egg Missed the Dunk

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 118:15


    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). 

    Episode 163: They're Unemployed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 155:54


    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). 

    Episode 162: Darth Plagiarism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 163:42


    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) 

    Episode 161: A Man Can't Play a Bridge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 156:07


    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). 

    Episode 160: Unprecedented Western

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 166:03


    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).

    Episode 159: So Much For the Tolerant Jedi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 172:01


    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). 

    Trading Card Canon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 106:42


    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). 

    Episode 157: Its In The Books

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 100:28


    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). 

    Claim The Ack Attack: with J and Z

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel