Thirty Minute Reviews

Having seen How To Train Your Dragon, Adam tries to figure out who live action remakes actually are made for.

Adam discusses the reports that the worldwide distribution rights for Sunrise on the Reaping may be up for sale at Lionsgate.

With the second season of Ncuti Gatwa's run as The Doctor at an end, Adam discusses what went wrong that could have led to the lower viewership numbers.

Adam discusses the 7 month delays of both Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, and what about these delays are so strange.

Adam discusses the fourth movie in the Mission: Impossible franchise and how it regained its footing.Show your support for the show by donating at ko-fi.com/mwpnews

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Adam discusses the first CinemaCon Sneak Peek Showcase and how a good idea could be such a misfire.

Adam discusses the third Mission: Impossible movie.

Adam discusses the 2000 film Mission Impossible II.

With a few weeks until Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Adam looks back at the 1996 film that started the franchise (excluding the original tv show) Mission: Impossible.

With 2025's CinemaCon at an end, Adam discusses this year's big announcements.

With news breaking that a few studios have been making money on AI generated fake trailers for upcoming movies, Adam explores if the Screen Actors Guild should look into this further to protect the rights of their membership.

Disney has decided to continue their trend of denying accountability by placing all the blame for the bombing of Snow White on Rachel Zegler. Adam discusses how this is absolutely insane.

The success of The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie has opened up the possibility that Warner Brothers could try selling the distribution rights to Coyote Vs Acme. What does this mean if Warner Brothers talked about getting rid of it for a tax write-off?Plus, with Snow White falling flat with viewers, one has to wonder why Disney insists on making these movies. Adam speculates about what could be behind it and it's probably not just to maintain their copyrights.

With the live action remake arriving this week, Adam looks back at the 1937 animated classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Adam gives his thoughts on the big winners from the 2025 Academy Awards.

Adam discusses the updates to DC's upcoming release slate from Gunn's press conference.

Adam discusses the new trailers from the 2025 Super Bowl likeMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Jurassic World: Rebirth, M3gan 2.0, Lilo and Stitch,andThe Thunderbolts*and what was missing.

Marvel finally released the first teaser for The Fantastic Four: First Steps so join in for a discussion of what we can figure out from the footage and what could be coming in the post-credit scenes for all three movies coming this year!

Despite having not seen a good amount of the movies up for awards this year, Adam nonetheless makes his prediction for who he thinks will win at the Academy Awards.

Adam and Peter fight technical issues to celebrate the best in film and television from 2024.

Adam continues his refresher course in advance of Captain America: Brave New World with the first movie of Phase 3: Captain America: Civil War.

With Captain America: Brave New World on the horizon, join Adam as he looks back at the first two episodes of the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Solider!

The CEO of Sony attributed the failures of Madame Web, Morbius, and Kraven the Hunter to the film media's desire to see those movies fail. This speaks to a wider lack of accountability among the top brass at the major studios. Join Adam as he discusses the potential implications.

Adam discusses his thoughts on the first trailer for Superman and where the new DC Universe could be going under James Gunn.

With Shadow slated to make his cinematic debut this week, Adam looks back at 2020's Sonic the Hedgehog.

Join Adam as he revisits the movies important to Captain America: Brave New World with Marvel Studios' second outing: The Incredible Hulk.

With Captain America: Brave New World a few weeks away, Adam revisits Sam Wilson's first appearance in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and explores why the movie holds up so well after a decade.

Looking for gifts this holiday season? Adam breaks down some of the more economical choices available in video games, home entertainment, and small appliances.

Adam's back so let's break down the reveals that Marvel Studios has made in the last few weeks including: Blade has been removed from the release slate entirely and why this is likely a good sign. All the 2025 Disney+ releases have been dated or at least been given release windows, does this show confidence in their upcoming slate? New trailers were released for Thunderbolts* and Captain America: Brave New World at D23 Brazil. How do these trailers impact hype?

(Originally Recorded On February 19th, 2017) Adam and Peter discuss the DCEU, Star Wars, Arrival, La La Land, and Jerry McGuire.

(Originally Recorded on December 30th, 2016) Adam, Peter, and Josie cover lost ground in this special New Year's Episode of all three podcasts. Thirty Minute Reviews: Adam, Peter, and Josie discuss the deaths of George Michael, Carrie Fisher, and Debbie Reynolds and review the movies A Nightmare Before Christmas and Home Alone. Beware of Spoilers: Adam, Peter, and Josie give a full review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Unofficial Commentary by the Unqualified: Adam and Peter discuss the NFL Playoffs. Also, join in as they rank the movies that came out this year (2016).

Adam looks back on 2018's Venom.

Last Friday, Sky filed a lawsuit in federal court against Warner Brothers over their planned reboot of Harry Potter on Max. Adam breaks down why this is important.

Adam discusses the first official teaser for Thunderbolts* and what the movie could possibly be about.

With The Penguin launching this week, Adam looks back at Matt Reeves' The Batman from 2022 starring Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano, and Andy Serkis.

With one week until Agatha: All Along, Adam finishes his Scarlet Witch rewatch with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director (who was also supposed to direct Avengers: The Kang Dynasty) Destin Daniel Cretton will be directing the fourth Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man movie. Could this be a major crossover? Adam speculates.

Adam discusses the finale of WandaVision on Disney+

With the sequel hitting theaters this week, Adam looks back at 1988's Beetlejuice.

With Agatha All Along on the way from Marvel Studios/Marvel Television, Adam discusses the penultimate episode of WandaVision starring Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, and Kathryn Hahn and how the handoff to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness could have been better handled.

With Agatha All Along on the way from Marvel Studios/Marvel Television, Adam discusses the seventh episode of WandaVision starring Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, and Kathryn Hahn.

Adam discusses Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love.

With Agatha All Along on the way from Marvel Studios/Marvel Television, Adam discusses the sixth episode of WandaVision starring Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, and Kathryn Hahn.

Adam discusses the biggest news out of D23 including a new Disney park, the first looks at The Mandalorian and Grogu, Skeleton Crew, Andor Season 2, and Daredevil: Born Again, what was included, and what was missing from this year's marquee presentation.

Adam and Peter celebrate the 9th anniversary of the podcast by crowning the 2020 and 2021 films of the year before discussing their top 10 games of all time.

With Agatha All Along on the way from Marvel Studios/Marvel Television, Adam discusses the fifth episode of WandaVision starring Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, and Kathryn Hahn.

Adam discusses the third and fourth episodes of WandaVision as we careen towards the release of Agatha on Disney+.

Marvel made Adam look like a fool yet again so join in as he breaks down the big announcements about Fantastic Four: First Steps, Thunderbolts*, Captain America: Brave New World, Avengers: Doomsday, and Avengers: Secret Wars.

Adam discusses DC Studios skipping San Diego Comic-Con the year before Superman is slated to hit theaters and whether this bodes well for DC Studios going forward.

Josie couldn't join in so Adam ranks all the X-Men movies from X-Men through The New Mutants.