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In this week's episode, I take a look at the movies and streaming shows I watched in Winter and Spring 2025. This week's coupon code will get you 25% off the ebook versions of my anthologies at my Payhip store: JUNE25 The coupon code is valid through June 17, 2025. So if you need a new ebook this summer, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates   Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 252 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is May 23rd, 2025, and today we are looking at the movies and streaming shows I watched in Winter and Spring 2025. We missed doing an episode last week for the simple reason that the day before I wanted to record, we had a bad thunderstorm that knocked down large portions of my fence, so my recording time was instead spent on emergency fence repair. However, the situation is under control, so hopefully we'll be back to weekly episodes for the immediate future. And now before we get to our main topics, let's have Coupon of the Week and then a progress update on my current writing projects.   So first up, Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 25% off the ebook version of all my short story anthologies at my Payhip store and that is JUNE25. As always, the coupon code and links will be available in the show notes. This coupon code is valid through June the 17th, 2025, so if you need a new ebook for this summer, we have got you covered.   And now an update on my current writing projects. Ghost in the Corruption is finished. It is publishing right now. In fact, I paused the publishing process to record this and so by the time this episode goes live, hopefully Ghost in the Corruption should be available at all ebook stores. My next main project now that Ghost in the Corruption is done will be Shield of Power and as of this recording I am 15,000 words into it. My secondary projects will be Stealth and Spells Online: Final Quest and I'm 97,000 words into that, so hopefully that will come out very shortly after Shield of Power and I'll also be starting Ghost in the Siege, the final book in the Ghost Armor series as another secondary project and I'm currently zero words into that. So that is where I'm at with my current writing projects.   In audiobook news, Ghost in the Assembly (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) is now out and should be available at all the usual audiobook stores so you can listen to that if you are traveling for the summer. Recording of Shield of Battle (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills) is underway soon. I believe he's starting it this week, so hopefully we will have another audiobook in the Shield War series for you before too much longer. So that's where I'm at with my current writing projects.   00:02:17 Main Topic: Winter/Spring 2025 Movie Roundup   And now let's move on, without any further ado, to our main topic. Summer is almost upon us, which means it's time for my Winter/Spring 2025 Movie Roundup. As usual, the movies and streaming shows are listed in order for my least favorite to my most favorite. The grades are based upon my own thoughts and opinions and are therefore wholly subjective. With all of that said, let's get to the movies and our first entry is MacGruber, which came out in 2010 and in all honesty, this might be objectively the worst movie I have ever seen. The Saturday Night Live MacGruber sketches are a parody of the old MacGyver action show from the ‘80s. And so the movie is essentially the sketch stretched out to make a parody of an ‘80s action movie. It is aggressively dumb and crude. Its only redeeming feature is that the movie knows it's quite stupid and so leans into the stupidity hard. I'll say this in its favor, MacGruber has no pretensions that is a good movie and does not take itself seriously and then runs away hard with that fact. For that he gets a plus, but nothing else. Overall grade: F+   Next up is Down Periscope, which came out in 1996. Now the fundamental question of any movie is the one Russell Crowe shouted at the audience in Gladiator: “Are you not entertained?” Sadly, I was not entertained with Down Periscope. This wanted to be a parody of Cold War era submarine thrillers like The Hunt for Red October, I say wanted because it didn't really succeed. Kelsey Grammer plays Lieutenant Commander Thomas Dodge, an unorthodox US Navy officer who wants command of his own nuclear sub, but he's alienated a few admirals, which is not traditionally a path to career advancement in the military. Dodge gets his chance in a Navy wargame where he has to command a diesel sub against nuclear subs. Sometimes parodies are so good that they become an example of the thing they are parodying (Hot Fuzz and Star Trek: Lower Decks are excellent examples of this phenomenon). The trouble is that the movie takes itself too seriously and just isn't all that funny. A few funny bits, true, but not enough of them. In the end, this was dumb funny but didn't resonate with me the way other dumb funny movies like Dodgeball and Tropic Thunder did. Overall grade: D   Next up is Deadpool and Wolverine, which came out in 2024. Unlike Down Periscope, I was entertained with this movie, though both movies reside on the dumb funny spectrum. Deadpool and Wolverine is basically one long meta in-joke/love letter for the last 30 years of superhero movies. If you've seen enough of those movies, you'll find those movies funny, if occasionally rather tasteless. If you haven't seen enough of those movies, Deadpool and Wolverine will just be incomprehensible. The plot is that Wade Wilson AKA Deadpool gets pulled into some Marvel style multiverse nonsense. To save his universe from destruction, he needs to recruit a Wolverine since in his universe, Wolverine died heroically.   In the process, Deadpool stumbles across the worst Wolverine in the multiverse. Together they have to overcome their mutual dislike and attempt to save Deadpool's universe from destruction at the hands of a rogue branch of the Time Variance Authority. This means the movie can bring in a lot of cameos from past Marvel films. Hugh Jackman's performance really carries the movie on its back. Like I said, this movie is essentially one very long Marvel in-joke. I thought it was funny. I definitely think it can't stand on its own without having seen a sufficient number of the other Marvel movies. Overall grade: C   Our next movie is the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which came out in 2024. This is very loosely (with an emphasis on “very”) based on Operation Postmaster during World War II, when British Special Forces seized some Italian ships that had been supplying parts for German U-boats. It was entertaining to watch but it couldn't quite make up its mind tonally if it was a war thriller or a heist movie about Western desperados recruited into a crew. It kind of tried to do both at the same time, which killed the momentum. Like, the first parts of the movie where the protagonists take out a Nazi patrol boat and then free a prisoner from a base were good thriller stuff, but then the plot fused with the heist stuff and really slowed down through the middle forty percent or so. It was also oddly stylized with a lot of spaghetti western-style music that seemed out of place and some stuff just didn't make sense, like at the end after pulling off the mission, the protagonists were all arrested. That just seems bizarre since if anything, Winston Churchill and a lot of the British wartime leadership were enthusiastic about special operations and probably had too much confidence in the effectiveness of covert operations. So I did enjoy watching this, but I can see why it didn't make a lot of money at the box office. Overall Grade: C   Next up is The Gorge, which came out in 2025. This was a peculiar mix of science fiction, romance, and horror. For the romance part, perhaps shooting zombies together is a good idea for a first date. Before I dig into the movie, a brief rant. In one scene, a character is using a chainsaw with no protective gear whatsoever and she's not fighting zombies or anything in a situation where she has to pick up a chainsaw without preparing first. She's trimming branches to pass time. If you're using a chainsaw, at a minimum you want protective eyewear and headphones. Ideally you'd want chainsaw pants as well to reduce the chance of serious injury if you slip and swing the saw into your leg. Since I became a homeowner, I've used a chainsaw a number of times and believe me, you definitely want good eye and ear protection. This has been your public safety announcement for this movie review.   Anyway, loner former sniper Levi is approached by a high ranking intelligence officer giving him a mysterious job. He needs to guard a tower overlooking a mysterious mist-filled gorge for one year. On the other side of the gorge is another tower, guarded by an elite Lithuanian sniper named Drasa. Like Levi, Drasa has a fair bit of emotional damage and they're officially forbidden to communicate. However, they're both lonely and they soon start communicating over the gorge using telescopes and whiteboard messages. Eventually Levi gets emotionally close enough to Drasa to rig a zipline to cross the gorge and speak with her in person.   Unfortunately, it turns out the gorge is full of twisted creatures that storm out and attack and the job of the two snipers is to keep them contained. If Levi and Drasa want to save their lives, they'll need to unravel the dark secret within the gorge. This movie was interesting and I enjoyed watching it, but it falls apart if you think about it too much (or at all). Like the chainsaw thing I ranted about above. The entire movie runs on that sort of logic. That said, I appreciate how the filmmakers were trying something new instead of something like Deadpool and Wolverine. Additionally, this was an Apple+ movie and it's interesting how Apple's approach to streaming is to just make a whole bunch of random stuff that's totally distinct, from Ted Lasso to Mythic Quest to Severance to The Gorge. It's like, “we have more money than most countries, so we're going to make Ted Lasso because we feel like it.” Then again, Apple+ is apparently losing a billion dollars every year, so maybe they'll eventually change their minds about that approach. Overall Grade: B-   Next up is Click, which came out in 2006. Cross It's a Wonderful Life with A Christmas Carol and the comedic style of Adam Sandler and you end up with Click. Basically Sandler plays Michael Newman, a workaholic architect with a demanding boss and increasingly strained relationship with his wife and children due to his workload. In a fit of exasperation with his situation, he goes to Bed Bath and Beyond, where he encounters an eccentric employee named Morty (played entertainingly by Christopher Walken). Morty gives him a remote control that lets him fast forward through time, which Michael then uses to skip the boring and tedious parts of his life, but he overuses the remote and goes too far into the future and sees the disastrous results of his current life choices. Definitely a story used in A Christmas Carol and It's a Wonderful Life but effectively told and I was entertained (rather on the crude side, though). Overall Grade: B- Next up is Mr. Deeds, which came out in 2002. This was actually one of Adam Sandler's better movies, in my opinion. It was a remake of the ‘30s movie Mr. Deeds Goes To Town. In this new version, Sandler plays Longfellow Deeds, a popular pizzeria owner in a small New Hampshire town. Unbeknownst to Deeds, his uncle is the owner of a major media mega corporation and when he dies, Deeds is his legal heir. When the company's CEO and chief lawyer arrive at the pizzeria to inform him of this fact, Deeds goes to New York and soon finds himself involved in the CEO's sinister machinations. Yet he happens to rescue an attractive woman from a mugger, but there is more to her than meets the eye. The movie was funny and not as crude, well, not quite as crude as some of Sandler's other stuff. It had good story structure and several great lines, my favorite of which was “he was weak and cowardly and wore far too much cologne.”   Sandler's movies, in a strange way, are often very medieval. Like various medieval fables had a savvy peasant outwitting pompous lords, greedy merchants, and corrupt clergymen. The best Adam Sandler protagonist tends to be a good natured everyman who defeats the modern equivalent of medieval authority figures- evil CEOs, arrogant star athletes, sinister bureaucrats and so forth. Overall Grade: B     Next up is House of David, which came out in 2025 and this is basically the story of King David from the Bible told in the format of an epic fantasy TV series. Like if someone wanted to do an epic fantasy series about Conan the Barbarian, it could follow the same stylistic format as this show. And of course Conan and David followed a similar path from adventurer to king. Anyway, if one were to pick a part of the Bible from which to make a movie or TV series, the story of David would be an excellent choice because David's life was so dramatic that it would hardly require any embellishments in the adaptation. The story is in the Books of First and Second Samuel. King Saul is ruling over the Israelites around 1000 BC or so, but has grown arrogant. Consequently, God instructs the prophet Samuel to inform Saul that the kingdom will be taken away from him and given to another. God then dispatches Samuel to anoint David as the new king of Israel. David is a humble shepherd but then enters Saul's service and undertakes feats of daring, starting with defeating the giant Goliath and leading Saul's troops to victory and battle against Israel's numerous enemies. (The Iron Age Middle East was even less peaceful than it is now.) Eventually, Saul's paranoia and madness gets the best of him and he turns on David, who flees into exile. After Saul and his sons are killed in battle with the Philistines. David returns and becomes the acknowledged king after a short civil war with Saul's surviving sons and followers.   If Saul's fatal flaw was his arrogance of pride, David's seems to have been women. While the story of David and Bathsheba is well known, David nonetheless had eight wives (most of them at the same time) and an unknown but undoubtedly large number of concubines. Naturally David's children from his various wives and concubines did not get along and David was almost deposed due to the conflicts between his children. Unlike Saul and later David's son Solomon, David was willing to repent when a prophet of God informed him of wrongdoing and to be fair to David, monogamy was generally not practiced among Early Iron Age Middle Eastern monarchies and dynastic struggles between brothers from different mothers to seize their father's kingdoms were quite common, but enough historical digression.   Back to the show, which covered David's life up to the death of Goliath. I thought it was quite well done. Good performances, good cinematography, excellent battles, good set design and costuming, and a strong soundtrack. All the actors were good, but I really think the standout performances were Stephen Lang as Samuel, Ali Sulaman is King Saul, Ayelet Zurer as Saul's wife Queen Ahinoam, and Davood Ghadami as David's jerkish (but exasperated and well-intentioned) eldest brother Eliab. Martyn Ford just looks extremely formidable as Goliath. You definitely believe no one in their right mind want to fight this guy.   Making fiction of any kind based on sacred religious texts is often tricky because no matter what you do, someone's going to get mad at you. The show has an extensive disclaimer at the beginning of each episode saying that it is fiction inspired by the Bible. That said, House of David doesn't really alter or deviate from the Biblical account, though it expands upon some things for the sake of storytelling. Queen Ahinoam is only mentioned once in the Bible as the wife of Saul, but she has an expanded role in the show and is shown as the one who essentially introduces Saul to the Witch of Endor. Goliath also gets backstory as one of the “Anakim,” a race of giants that lived in Canaan in ancient times, which is something that is only mentioned in passing in the Old Testament. Overall, I enjoyed the show and I hope it gets a second season.   What's interesting, from a larger perspective, is to see how the wheel of history keeps turning. In the 1950s and the 1960s, Biblical epics were a major film genre. The 10 Commandments and Ben Hur with Charlton Heston are probably the ones best remembered today. Eventually, the genre just sort of ran out of gas, much the way superhero movies were in vogue for about 20 years and began running out of steam around 2023 or so. Like, I enjoyed Thunderbolts (which we're going to talk about in a little bit), but it's not going to make a billion dollars the way Marvel stuff often did in the 2010s. The wheel just keeps turning and perhaps has come back around to the popularity of Biblical epics once more. Overall Grade: A   Next up is Chef, which came out in 2014. I actually saw this back in 2021, but I watched it again recently to refresh my memory and here are my thoughts. I quite liked it. It's about a chef named Carl Casper, who's increasingly unhappy with his work after he gets fired over a Twitter war with a writer who criticized his cooking. Carl is out of options and so he starts a food truck and has to both rediscover his love of cooking and reconnect with his ex-wife and 10-year-old son. In Storytelling: How to Write a Novel (my book about writing), I talked about different kinds of conflict. Carl's conflict is an excellent example of an entirely internal conflict. The critic is an external enemy, but he's basically the inciting incident.   Carl's real enemy is his own internal conflict about art versus commerce and a strained relationship with his son. I recommend the movie. It was rated R for bad language, but there's no nudity or explicit sexual content and honestly, if you've ever worked in a restaurant kitchen or a warehouse, you've heard much worse in terms of language. The movie also has an extremely valuable lesson: stay off social media when you're angry. Overall Grade: A     Next up is Thunderbolts, which came out in 2025 and I thought this was pretty good, both very dark and yet with quite a lot of humor to balance the darkness. Former assassin Yelena Belova has been working as a mercenary for the sinister director of the CIA, Valentina de Fontaine (now there's a villain name if there ever was one). Yelena has grown disillusioned with her life and career and is suffering from increasing depression since she never really dealt with the death of her sister. Valentina promises her one last job, only for Yelena to realize that Valentina decided to dispose of all her freelance contractors at once, which includes US Agent and Ghost (previously seen in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Antman and the Wasp). In the process of escaping Valentina's trap, Yelena stumbles across a mysterious man who identifies himself as Bob, who has no memory of how he got there, but shows increasingly unusual abilities. Yelena wants to deal with Valentina's betrayal, but it turns out one of Valentina's science projects has gotten out of control and is threatening the world. The movie was well constructed enough that it didn't rely too heavily on previous Marvel continuity. It was there, but you probably wouldn't be lost without it. It almost feels like Marvel looked at the stuff they did the last couple of years and said, okay, a lot of this didn't work, but makes great raw material for new things. It helped that the central conflict was in the end, very human and about the characters, not stopping a generic villain from getting a generic doomsday device. Overall Grade: A   Next up is The Hound of the Baskervilles, which came out in 1988. This is a movie length episode of The Return of Sherlock Holmes television series, which had Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. Watson. The plot deals with Sir Henry Baskerville, the American heir to an English manor set in the Windswept moors of Dartmoor. Apparently there's an ancestral curse laid over the Baskerville estate that manifests in the form of a spectral hound. Local rumors hold that the previous holder of the manor, Sir Charles Baskerville, was killed by the ghostly hound and many of the local people fear it. The local physician, Dr. Mortimer, is so worried about the hound that he comes to Sherlock Holmes for help. Holmes, of course, is skeptical of any supernatural explanation and soon becomes worried that an extremely subtle and sinister murderer is stalking Sir Henry.   Jeremy Brett's version of Holmes is, in my opinion, the best portrayal of the character and Edward Hardwicke's version of Watson is a calm, reliable man of action who sensibly takes a very large revolver with him when going into danger. Definitely worth watching, Overall grade: A   Next up is Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which came out in 2024. The 2020s have been a downer of a decade in many ways, but on the plus side, between Super Mario Brothers and Sonic the Hedgehog, people have finally figured out how to make good video game movies, so we've got that going for us. Sonic 3 was an excellent kids movie, as were the first two in the trilogy. In this one Sonic is living with Knuckles and Tails under the care of their human friends Tom and Maddy, but then a dark secret emerges. The government has been keeping a Superpowered hedgehog named Shadow in stasis and Shadow has broken out. It's up to Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails to save the day.   Meanwhile, Dr. Robotnik is in a funk after his defeat at Sonic's hands in the last movie, but then his long lost grandfather, Gerald Robotnik returns seeking the younger Dr. Robotnik's help in his own sinister plans. Keanu Reeves was great as Shadow (think John Wick if he was a superpowered space hedgehog in a kid's movie). Jim Carrey famously said he would retire from acting unless a golden script came along and apparently that golden script was playing Dr. Ivo Robotnik and his evil grandfather Gerald. To be fair, both the Robotniks were hilarious.   It is amusing that Sonic only exists because in the 1990s, Sega wanted a flagship video game character that won't get them sued by either Nintendo or Disney. It is also amusing that the overall message of the Sonic movies seems to be not to trust the government. Overall Grade: A   Next up is Paddington in Peru, which came out in 2024. This is also an excellent kids' movie. In this installment, Paddington has settled into London with the Brown family and officially become a UK citizen. However, he receives a letter from Peru that his Aunt Lucy has mysteriously disappeared into the jungle. Distraught, Paddington and the Browns set off for Peru at once. Adventures ensue involving mysterious lost treasure, a crazy boat captain, and an order of singing nuns who might not quite be what they appear. Anyway, it's a good kids' movie. I think Paddington 2 was only slightly better because Hugh Grant as the chief villain, crazy actor Phoenix Buchanan, was one of those lightning in the bottle things like Heath Ledger as the Joker in the Dark Knight. Overall Grade: A   Now for the two best things I saw in Winter/Spring 2025. The first of them is Andor Season Two, which came out in 2025. Star Wars kind of has an age range the way Marvel stuff does now. What do I mean by that? In the Marvel comics and some of the TV series like Jessica Jones, they get into some really dark and heavy stuff, very mature themes. The MCU movies can have some darkness to them, but not as much because they're aiming at sort of escapist adventures for the general audience. Then there are kid shows like Spidey and Friends that a relative of mine just loved when he was three. You wouldn't at all feel comfortable showing a 3-year-old Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but Spidey and Friends is just fine.   Star Wars now kind of has that age range to its stuff and there's nothing wrong with that. Sometimes you want to see a dark meditation upon human nature. Sometimes you need something kid friendly to occupy the kids you're babysitting and sometimes you just want to relax and watch Mando and Baby Yoda mow down some space pirates or something. All that said, Andor Season Two is some of the darkest and the best stuff that Star Wars has ever done. It successfully shifts genres from Escapist Pulp Space Fantasy to a gritty Political/Espionage Thriller. We in the audience know that the emperor is a Sith Lord who can use Evil Space Magic and wants to make himself immortal, but that fact is totally irrelevant to the characters. Even though some of the characters are high ranking in their respective organizations, this is essentially a “ground's eye” view of the Rebellion and life under the Empire.   In some ways, this is like Star Wars' version of Wolf Hall (which we're going to talk about shortly), in that we know how it ends already, but the dramatic tension comes from the harrowing emotional journey the characters undertake on the way to their inevitable destinations. Cassian Andor is now working for the nascent Rebellion under the direction of ruthless spymaster Luthen Rael. Mon Mothma is in the Imperial Senate, covertly funneling money to the Rebellion and realizing just how much the Rebellion will require of her before the end. Syril Karn, the ineffective corporate cop from Season One, has fallen in love with the ruthless secret police supervisor Dedra Meero, but he's unaware that Director Krennic has ordered Meero to manufacture a false flag incident on the planet Gorman so the planet can be strip-mined for resources to build the Death Star and Dedra has decided to use Syril to help accomplish it. All the actors do amazing jobs with their roles. Seriously, this series as actors really should get at least one Emmy. Speaking of Director Krennic, Ben Mendelson returns as Orson Krennic, who is one of my favorite least favorite characters, if you get my drift. Krennic is the oily, treacherous middle manager we've all had to deal with or work for at some point in our lives, and Mendelson plays him excellently. He's a great villain, the sort who is ruthless to his underlings and thinks he can manipulate his superiors right up until Darth Vader starts telekinetically choking him. By contrast, the villain Major Partagaz (played by Anton Lesser) is the middle manager we wish we all had - stern but entirely fair, reasonable, and prizes efficiency and good work while despising office drama. Unfortunately, he works for the Empire's secret police, so all those good qualities are in the service of evil and therefore come to naught. Finally, Episode Eight is one of the most astonishing episodes of TV I've ever seen. It successfully captures the horror of an episode of mass violence and simultaneously has several character arcs reach their tumultuous climax and manages to be shockingly graphic without showing in a lot of actual blood. Andor was originally supposed to be five seasons, but then Peak Streaming collapsed, and so the remaining four seasons were compressed down to one. I think that was actually to the show's benefit because it generates some amazing tension and there's not a wasted moment. Overall Grade: A+   Now for the second of my two favorite things I saw, and that would be Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, which came out in 2024, but I actually saw it in 2025. This is a dramatization of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novels about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, who is King Henry VIII's chief lieutenant during the key years of the English Reformation. The first series came out in 2015, but the nine year gap between this and between the second series and the first series actually works quite well since Thomas Cromwell looks like he ages nine years in a single year (which may be what actually happened given how stressful working for someone like Henry VIII must have been). Anyway, in The Mirror and the Light, Cromwell has successfully arranged the downfall and execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry's previous queen. Though Cromwell is haunted by his actions, Henry still needs a queen to give him a male heir, so he marries Jane Seymour. Cromwell must navigate the deadly politics of the Tudor Court while trying to push his Protestant views of religion, serve his capricious master Henry, fend off rivals for the King's favor, and keep his own head attached to his shoulders in the process. Since Cromwell's mental state is deteriorating due to guilt over Anne's death and the downfall of his former master Cardinal Wolsey and Henry's a fickle and dangerous master at the best of times, this is an enterprise that is doomed to fail. Of course, if you're at all familiar with the history of Henry's reign and the English reformation, you know that Cromwell's story does not have a happy ending. Rather, Wolf Hall is a tragedy about a talented man who didn't walk away from his power until it was too late and he was trapped. Anyway, in my opinion, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light was just excellent. All the performances were superb. Mark Rylance is great as Cromwell and has some excellent “WTF/I'm SO screwed” expressions as Cromwell's situation grows worse and worse. Bernard Hill played the Duke of Norfolk in the first series, but sadly died before Series Two, so Timothy Spall steps in and he does an excellent job of channeling Hill's portrayal of the Duke as an ambitious, crude-humored thug.   Damien Lewis is amazing as Henry VIII and his performance captures Henry's mixture of charisma, extreme vindictiveness, and astonishing self-absorption. The real Henry was known for being extremely charming even to the end of his life, but the charm was mixed with a volcanic temper that worsened as Henry aged and may have been exacerbated by a severe head injury. Lewis's performance can shift from that charm to the deadly fury in a heartbeat. The show rather cleverly portrays Henry's growing obesity and deteriorating health by having Lewis wear a lot of big puffy coats and limp with an impressively regal walking stick.   Overall, I would say this and Andor were the best thing I saw in Winter/Spring 2025. I wouldn't say that Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is an accurate historical reputation. In real life, Cromwell was rather more thuggish and grasping (though far more competent than his rivals and his master) and of necessity the plot simplifies historical events, but it's just a superb historical drama. Overall Grade: A+ As a final note, I should say that of all the 2024 and 2025 movies mentioned here, the only one that actually saw in the theater was Thunderbolts, and I hadn't actually planned to see it in theaters, but a family member unexpectedly bought tickets for it, so I went along. Which I suppose is the movie industry's biggest problem right now. The home viewing experience is often vastly superior to going to the theater. The theater has the big screen and snacks, but at home you can have a pretty nice setup and you can pause whatever you want, go to the bathroom, and you can get snacks for much more cheaply. That's just much more comfortable than the movie theater.   Additionally, going to the theater has the same serious problem as booking a flight in that you're an enclosed space with complete strangers for several hours, which means you're potentially in a trust fall with idiots. All it takes is one person behaving badly or trying to bring their fake service dog to ruin or even cancel a flight, and the theater experience has much of the same problem, especially since the standards for acceptable public behavior have dropped so much from a combination of widespread smartphone adoption and COVID. The difference between the movie industry and the airline industry is that if you absolutely have to get from New York to Los Angeles in a single day, you have no choice but to book a flight and hope for the best. But if you want to see a movie and are willing to exercise some patience, you just have to wait a few months for it to turn up on streaming. I'm not sure how the movie industry can battle that, but sadly, it is much easier to identify problems than to solve them.   So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe, stay healthy, and see you all next week.

Derreck & Ryan watch the 2009 apocalyptic disaster flick, Knowing starring Ben Mendelson, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Lara Robinson, and of course, Nicolas Cage, directed by Alex Proyas! Thanks for joining us. Let's hit it.Then we run our little computer system thingy to find out what movie joins the Wheel-O-Cage next!Don't forget to check out our social media pages to see the next Wheel-O-Cage spin and find out what movie we're reviewing next on the show! Plus, CAGE-O Bingo!Subscribe & Support Our ShowNEW Supporters Club: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/coming-of-cage--6057154/supportLinks: comingofcage.comJoin our Supporters Club: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/coming-of-cage--6057154/supportMerch Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/derricostudios?ref_id=7261Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/comingofcage/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coming-of-cage/id1625687655Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mVw6A52QjbMeQicIlj4i7Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/coming-of-cage--6057154RSS Feed: http://derricostudios.com/feed/podcast/comingofcageJoin our Film Forum for news, memes, spoiler conversations, tournaments, polls, and more: Facebook.com/groups/ScreenHeroesComing of Cage Podcast CreditsA Derrico Studios ProductionHosted by Derreck Mayer & Ryan CoutureExecutive Producer & Editor: Derreck Mayer

We have been waiting for the news of Ben Mendelson to return as Director Krennic as the lead up to Rogue One begins. Well the word is out. He will indeed return. Is this the right move? Scarlaet Johanson talks about the new Jurassic movie and how she is keen on playing a role. Box Office news, Superman suit photos. This and more on today's live episode with Kristian and John Rocha.

In this captivating episode, we dive deep into the realm of work capacity and its profound impact on high-intensity performance with Ben Mendelson, former Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for the Milwaukee Brewers and current PH.D researcher studying firefighters. Ben shares invaluable insights gained from his work with professional athletes and now focuses on understanding the physiological demands of firefighters in high-stress situations. We explore the critical role of work capacity in optimizing performance, discussing how individuals can build and maintain the physical and mental resilience required for peak performance. Join us as we uncover the secrets to enhancing work capacity, unlocking excellence in both athletes and first responders, and delving into the fascinating world of high-intensity performance. —----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FREE COURSE: Hey there, high achievers! Are you ready to unlock your true potential and smash through those limiting beliefs? ⁠Get started right now with my FREE Breaking Barriers course, designed specifically for driven entrepreneurs like you!⁠ ONLINE COURSE for $20.22. Craving a personalized approach to optimizing your habits for peak performance in business, health, and creativity? Then you need to check out my exclusive "20-Day Cheat Code for Health, Happiness, and Habits!" ⁠Click the link and get ready to skyrocket your success - all for just $20.22!⁠ Unlock your full potential as an athlete and entrepreneur with personalized mentorship tailored to help you dominate in your field – apply for a High-Performance Mentor today! Calling all athletes and high-powered entrepreneurs! Are you on the hunt for personalized guidance to elevate your performance and reach new heights? You've found the perfect solution! Apply today for an opportunity to work with a dedicated High-Performance Mentor who understands your unique needs. Let's schedule a call to discuss how this life-changing mentorship can transform your game, both on and off the field. Don't wait – start your application here: ⁠https://thedeziabeyta.com/application⁠ Elevate your performance and conquer your goals, Coach Dezi 

Join the crew as we dive into the finale episode of the Disney+ series Secret Invasion, "Home"!We open up the episode assembling each of our New Avengers lineups, made up of 6 heroes from the field of heroes currently in the MCU. Who will assemble the best team?!After that, we dive straight into the finale episode and everything that came with it. The fake-out face-off between Nick Fury (really G'iah) and Gravik, resulting in the Super Skrull-centric classic MCU third-act CGI fight. We also discuss how the show felt on a size scale, and how realistic a Colonel in the Air Force calling the shots of World War 3 really is...Then we jump into whether the season as a whole landed, and if the finale helped or hurt it in the long run. Despite the end result, we can't ignore the great cast we got from Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelson, Olivia Coleman, Don Cheadle, Emilia Clarke, and more! The pieces were there for a great MCU series, but maybe the time wasn't...We cap the episode off by giving our final season ratings, and discussing the future of the MCU that this lays out. How long have they been Skrulls? Is the hype for Armor Wars stronger after this series? We answer all this, AND MORE! Enjoy! 00:00 - Assembling our New 6 Avengers  Squad Cold Open09:25 - Overall Thoughts of the Season11:30 - Episode Discussion (Rhodey and the President/Gravik and Fury/G'iah Harvest Face-Off)24:00 - President Ritson and Rhodey vs Nick Fury and Sonya Falsworth30:00 - How Long Have They Been Skrulls?35:15 - Overall Finale Thoughts+Season Ratings39:45 - Listener Feedback On Secret Invasion Shoutout to the listener feedback!:@disneyfactsandfigments@starkwarspod@nerddosepodcast@starwars.rebelscum@galacticcorepodcastFollow us on social media:Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @whysosidiouspodYouTube: www.youtube.com/@whysosidiouspod?app=desktopEmail us questions/requests: whysosidious@yahoo.comSubscribe, Rate, and Review!

Hey, High performers and Can't believers, welcome back to another soul-nourishing episode of "Can't Believe I Made a Podcast." It's your boy, Dez, and we've got a special Friday episode filled with rituals for resilience. As we transition into new seasons in life, whether it's summer ending, school starting, or embarking on a self-development journey, forming empowering habits becomes crucial. Join me on this journey as we explore the science of behavioral change and how taking that first step and trusting the process can lead to transformative cascading habits. Key Points: Cascading Habits and Rituals: Our lives are interconnected with pillars like sleep, movement, eating, and thinking. Creating one positive habit can lead to a chain reaction of other empowering habits that build momentum for resilience and wellbeing The Power of Starting: Just getting started is the first step towards positive change. Trust yourself and focus on the future rewards to overcome doubts and hesitation. The simple act of initiating an action sets the foundation for lasting habits. The Science of Habits: Habits are composed of cues, actions, and rewards. By understanding this formula, we can effectively build new habits and break old ones. Flossing Habit Study: An exploratory study on forming a flossing habit revealed the significance of positive attitudes towards the habit. Starting with small habits, like brushing teeth, can lead to sustainable changes in behavior. Building Positive Momentum: Embrace the power of cascading habits by starting with one empowering action. Whether it's going for a walk, attending a workout class, or seeking support, taking that initial step creates a ripple effect of positivity. Remember, beautiful things happen when we believe in ourselves and take that first step towards self-care and resilience. Trust in the process, and don't underestimate the power of starting. Allow cascading habits to work in your favor, leading you towards a fulfilling and empowered life. I love you all, my amazing listeners, and happy Friday! Stay tuned for our next episode featuring the inspiring journey of Ben Mendelson, who followed his intuition to pivot from professional baseball to something he's truly passionate about. Until then, take care, and keep believing in the incredible power within you. —----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FREE COURSE: Hey there, high achievers! Are you ready to unlock your true potential and smash through those limiting beliefs? ⁠Get started right now with my FREE Breaking Barriers course, designed specifically for driven entrepreneurs like you!⁠ ONLINE COURSE for $20.22. Craving a personalized approach to optimizing your habits for peak performance in business, health, and creativity? Then you need to check out my exclusive "20-Day Cheat Code for Health, Happiness, and Habits!" ⁠Click the link and get ready to skyrocket your success - all for just $20.22!⁠ Unlock your full potential as an athlete and entrepreneur with personalized mentorship tailored to help you dominate in your field – apply for a High-Performance Mentor today! Calling all athletes and high-powered entrepreneurs! Are you on the hunt for personalized guidance to elevate your performance and reach new heights? You've found the perfect solution! Apply today for an opportunity to work with a dedicated High-Performance Mentor who understands your unique needs. Let's schedule a call to discuss how this life-changing mentorship can transform your game, both on and off the field. Don't wait – start your application here: ⁠https://thedeziabeyta.com/application⁠ Elevate your performance and conquer your goals, Coach Dezi

In Episode 231, Nick and Wesley review the 41st installment to the MCU storyline, Secret Invasion, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelson, and Emilia Clarke, now streaming on Disney+. What was the most rewatchable scene? Who had the best performance by a side character? What will age the best from the series? Before that, they discuss the LOKI S2 trailer, Rolling Stone's top 50 comic book movies of all-time, and Sony's delays. Nick has the latest in the trades & issues with his Comic Book Minute. They close the show with the Discharge Depot. Be sure to follow them on Twitter: @ChangeMyMindPOD; @Fry_Guy1; @WesleySykes_! And catch their weekly livestream on the #DorkGUniverse Facebook page, as well as all their archived audio content on Geeks Worldwide & Midnight.FM.  Like our intro music? Kenny Shane does it. His new album, All in a Day's Work, is available on Apple Music, Spotify, and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cmm-podcast/support

Podcast 241 is back again to talk the first Marvel Studios Disney+ show to hit 2023, "Secret Invasion". Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelson and Emilia Clarke, "Secret Invasion" promises to dive into the underbelly of the MCU with shapeshifting aliens, more Talos and of course, more Nick Fury. Is it good so far? Where does it rank among the other Marvel Studios shows released thus far? All that and and more in this not-so-secret episode of Podcast 241! And make sure to show your support for your favorite podcasters and SUBSCRIBE and LIKE the channel to show your love as well. Get that spy pen out, draw some diagrams and find out who is a skrull, because it's time for some 241!Also, for the central hub of everything Podcast 241, check out our website!LINK: https://www.podcast241.comHave comments or questions? Click the link below and leave us a message!LINK: http://bit.ly/241mailFollow us on:Instagram: @podcast_241Twitter: @podcast241Facebook: Podcast 241Tiktok: @podcast241Twitch: twitch.tv/241studios

As Australian Film month winds down we take a decided turn away from Crocodile Dundee and head south to Melbourne. Animal Kingdom is a cautionary tale about a family bonded together by crime until someone from the inside turns their film upside down.The first feature film of Director David Michod, who also wrote the screenplay, this is Australian filmmaking at its finest, albeit grittiest. Whilst it didn't do very well at the box office it was received in glowing terms by the critics and has since spawned an American Tv Series of the same name that lasted six seasons.An all-star Australian cast led by Joel Edgerton, Ben Mendelson and Jackie Weaver show what experts in their craft can do with a quality script and a Director that has complete faith in his actors. This was the movie that started Ben Mendelson's climb back into Hollywood and after this he would find himself in some of the biggest movies of the next decade.Jackie Weaver who plays the Matriarch of the family “Smurf” gets a very well-earned Oscar nomination and if it wasn't for such a stacked year she may have taken the top gong.This is a movie that lives within the realm of subtlety and there isn't a scene in the film that should be replaced. Haunting performances will ensure that Animal Kingdom will be forever known as one of the very best pieces of Australian cinema for all time. Please follow the Podcast and join our community at https://linktr.ee/borntowatchpodcast If you are looking to start a podcast and want a host or get guests to pipe in remotely, look no further than Riverside.fmClick the link below https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=matthew-white

We are joined by professor Karolina Wigura, Michael Donahue, Greg Satell, Ben Mendelson and Dr Dan as we look at the Russian advances in the east of Ukraine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 What Does the Global Community think about the US and the Insurrection? Today I was looking for a tidbit of "news" for this episode on the anniversary of the insurrection at the Capital.   I was on Clubhouse and found a room discussing what the rest of the world thinks about the insurrection.  It was fascinating to hear all of the opinions from other countries.  And the caliber of humans in the room, well I could taste it.  A colleague from 20 years ago pop up - it was great to hear Ben's voice and super cool to be connected in a group of 100's of people from around the world sharing points of view.   Ben is living in West Africa, he was calling from within the embassy, I think... So, I pushed the record button and captured some good stuff Thank you, Ben Mendelson!  It's been a minute.   Wendicooper@mac.com Wendicooper.com C Spot Run Productions Cspotrun.com Theme Music by:  Tom Orsi Background:  Youtube Music     

Do You Expect Us To Talk? returns with Marvel's first Female lead movie, Captain Marvel. Following Kree soldier Vers who has the power on photon blasts from her fists, is struggling with her memories. In conflict with the Skrulls, Vers finds herself on Earth where it seems evidence of a former life.  Join Becca, Dave and Chris as we discuss who is Carol Danvers, what makes a film a hit, social media, was the cat all that, Ben Mendelson doing something different, Nick Fury now a man with no secrets, Blockbusters video, Dave touching old ladies, and the sounds of the '90s. You can follow Becca, Chris and Dave on Twitter You can find us on iTunes and Stitcher and if you like us leave us a lovely review as it helps us grow. If that wasn't enough, you can even you can follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. Do You Expect Us To Talk Will Return Avengers: Endgame

En este episodio de Back to the Movies!, Gabriel, Rafa y El Watcher terminan el mes de abril, mes en el que hablaron sobre películas relacionadas a videojuegos conversando sobre la película "Ready Player One" (2018), película protagonizada por Olivia Cooke, Tye Sheridan, Ben Mendelson, Simon Pegg y Mark Rylance, escrita por Zak Penn y Ernest Cline y dirigida por Steven Spielberg. Apoya nuestro contenido uniéndote a nuestros Patreon, visita www.patreon.com/culturasecuencial y dándonos follow/subscribe en nuestro canal de Twitch, www.twitch.tv/culturasecuencial. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturasecuencial/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/culturasecuencial/support

On the January 11, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and tv news, including all the news coming out of the WandaVision junket, including WandaVision early buzz, updates from Kevin Feige on Deadpool 3, Secret Invasion, Marvel Phase 4, Black Widow, Black Panther 2 and more. Opening Banter:    In The News: Brad: ‘WandaVision’ Early Buzz: Marvel’s Series Is Funny, Sharp, Bizarre and Unlike Anything in the MCUHT and Peter give their reactions. Brad runs down a few more reactions. Ben: ‘WandaVision’ Has More VFX Shots Than ‘Avengers: Endgame’, Will Feature Some of Marvel’s Biggest Setpieces  Brad: Here’s How the Marvel Studios Shows on Disney+ Were Influenced by ‘The Mandalorian’“It was wonderful to see the amazing job that Disney did and Disney marketing did in “event-izing” that— that was one of the things I was always concerned about, we wanted to ‘event-ize,’ we want to make people understand these projects at Disney+ are as important as the projects going into theaters, and we want to feel that same excitement. … And also the fun, week-to-week discussion, which I guess happens on all week-to-week television, but sometimes the series drop all at once on the streaming services. And Disney, I think, was very smart to do the week-by-week [release], because that conversation that happens every week between episodes, I think it’s very important and frankly, is just fun.” Do you ever think Disney was planning for a binge model? Mention: Kevin Feige Hopes ‘WandaVision’ Will Expand the Definition of What a Marvel Studios Project Can Be Ben (og Chris): Marvel Phase Four Hasn’t Been Affected by the Pandemic, According to Kevin Feige“If the run we had in 2018 and 2019 had gotten disrupted this way, in the buildup to Endgame, it would have been a bigger headache,” Feige said. “With these projects, it worked well,” and added that “he debut dates for the upcoming Disney+ shows shifted only “by a matter of weeks.”   As of now, Black Widow is set to open May 7, 2021, followed by Shang-Chi on July 9, 2021, Eternals on November 5, 2021, and Spider-Man 3 (or whatever it ends up being called) arriving December 17, 2021. Meanwhile, Disney+ will debut Falcon and the Winter Soldier on March 19, 2021, while Loki will premiere sometime in May. HT: ‘Black Widow’ is on Course for Theaters, ‘Black Panther 2’ Won’t Feature a CGI Chadwick Boseman, Kevin Feige SaysWill Black Widow hit theaters in may 2021? Brad: Marvel’s ‘Secret Invasion’ Series Will be Smaller Than the Comic, but Will be “a Showcase” for Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelson “Well, there were more characters in the Secret Invasion comic series than there were in Endgame so, no. It’s not that but it very much is a showcase for Sam Jackson and Ben Mendelson and tapping into the paranoia elements of the Secret Invasion comic series that was great with the twists and turns that that took. So, that’s certainly our focus more than, ‘Can we cram in more characters than Endgame?'” HT: ‘Deadpool 3’ Will be Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Confirms Kevin Feige“It will be rated R and we are working on a script right now, and Ryan’s overseeing a script right now… It will not be [filming] this year. Ryan is a very busy, very successful actor. We’ve got a number of things we’ve already announced that we now have to make, but it’s exciting for it to have begun. Again, a very different type of character in the MCU, and Ryan is a force of nature, which is just awesome to see him bring that character to life.” Can Deadpool really exist within the MCU? Who would we love to see Deadpool interact with?   Other Articles Mentioned: How ‘WandaVision’ Director Matt Shakman Went From Starring in Sitcoms to Helming a Superhero Sitcom Love Letter [Interview] Kevin Feige on How ‘WandaVision’ and Other Marvel Disney+ Shows Will Expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe [Interview]   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!  Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Wenn Jugendliche von „Abriss-Partys“ sprechen, meinen sie damit, dass besonders doll auf den Putz gehauen wird. Der Göttinger Künstler Dylan Sara hat sich aber ein Kunstprojekt überlegt, bei dem gefeiert wird, dass Gebäude tatsächlich abgerissen werden. Im Ebertal hat er auf eine große Hauswand Porträts von Menschen gemalt – die in einigen Wochen zusammen mit den Häusern dann wieder abgerissen werden. Über diese sogenannte „Abrisskunst“ hat Ben Mendelson mit dem Künstler ...

Es gibt Menschen, deren Handlungen für Außenstehende nicht nachvollziehbar sind. Zum Beispiel, warum Menschen andere Menschen angreifen und schwer verletzen. Unverständlich ist für viele Menschen in Einbeck zur Zeit, wieso es immer wieder brennt. Seit Juli gab es 24 Brände in der Region, die Northeimer Polizei geht davon aus, dass alle Brände von Menschenhand gelegt wurden. Über die Einsätze und die Brandserie hat Ben Mendelson mit dem Ortsbrandmeister der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr ...

Wenn Sie einen Wunsch frei hätten, was würden Sie sich dann wünschen? Ganz oben auf der Liste bei vielen Menschen steht für das gesellschaftliche Zusammenleben: der Weltfrieden. Da der längst noch nicht erreicht ist, gehen jedes Jahr unzählige Menschen auf die Straße, um gegen Kriegspolitik zu demonstrieren. Morgen findet in Deutschland der Antikriegstag statt. Das Göttinger Friedensforum organisiert hierzu eine Kundgebung am Alten Rathaus ab 17 Uhr. Darüber hat Ben Mendelson mit ...

Chancengleichheit: Das ist ein großes Wort, die Umsetzung von gleichen Möglichkeiten für alle ist aber eine noch größere Aufgabe, gerade in der Erziehung und Bildung. Im Landkreis Göttingen wurde im vergangenen Jahr ein Familienservice eingerichtet, der genau diese Aufgabe unterstützen soll. Ben Mendelson hat dazu mit Marcel Riethig gesprochen. Er ist im Landkreis Göttingen Kreisrat für Jugend, Bildung, Arbeit, Soziales und Kultur.

Wie mag die Welt wohl in hundert Jahren aussehen? Und wie war das Leben hier vor Tausenden Jahren? Über beide Fragen können wir Menschen vor allem: mutmaßen. Für die Forschung zu unserer Geschichte gibt es aber zumindest Möglichkeiten, über Archäologie Unbekanntes herauszufinden und bei Ausgrabungen zu Tage zu fördern. So ist es jetzt in Einbeck geschehen. Dort wurden bei Grabungen fast 6000 Jahre alte Scherben gefunden und ein Urnenfeld, das fast 2000 Jahre alt ist. Ben Mendelson ...

This week Ben O’Shea took a look at the new Ben Mendelson movie Baby Teeth

Sicher, in Göttingen kann man einige alte Häuser und schöne Fachwerkfassaden betrachten. Mindestens genauso ansehnlich ist aber die Altstadt in Hann. Münden. Dort wird derzeit das alte Rathaus saniert. Für die Baumaßnahmen hatte die Stadtverwaltung erneut einen Förderantrag in Berlin gestellt, allerdings wurden die Mittel wieder nicht bewilligt. Darüber und über die Frage, wie die Sanierungen jetzt finanziert werden sollen, hat Ben Mendelson mit Hann. Mündens Bürgermeister Harald ...

Bei den vielen Gesprächen und Informationen zu Corona und den Auswirkungen könnte man fast vergessen, dass noch eine weitere globale Krise die Menschheit bedroht: der Klimawandel. Am vergangenen Freitag beschloss der Bundestag den Kohleausstieg für 2038. Das sei viel zu spät, kritisieren viele Umweltschützer, zum Beispiel auch die Göttinger Ortsgruppe von Fridays for Future. Sie ruft für den morgigen Freitag zum Klimastreik auf. Ben Mendelson hat darüber mit Lea Hobbiebrunken von ...

Sich einige Kilometer bewegen und dabei noch etwas Gutes tun - nicht nur für den eigenen Kreislauf, sondern auch für Menschen in Not. Das ist das Motto vom Verein "Göttingen für Seenotrettung im Mittelmeer", der am Sonntag einen Spendenlauf veranstalten wird. Teilnehmende können entweder fünf oder zehn Kilometer lange Strecken zurücklegen. Wo und wie das Ganze genau stattfindet, wie man sich anmelden kann und wofür die Spenden gesammelt werden, darüber hat Ben Mendelson ...

In Deutschland wird bei den Bereichen Strom, Wasser und Gas großer Wert auf die Versorgungssicherheit gelegt. In Zeiten von Corona kann das schwieriger werden. Wie sich die Entwicklungen auf die Gas-Versorgung ausgewirkt hat und wie hoch die Nachfrage im ersten Halbjahr war, darüber hat Ben Mendelson mit Claudia Weitemeyer gesprochen. Weitemeyer ist Pressesprecherin der Göttinger Stadtwerke.

Ach, die Jugend: Zeit nie enden wollender Energie und sprunghafter Entwicklungen. Für den Nachwuchs vom Deutschen Theater Göttingen verleiht der Förderverein des Theaters seit 2001 einen Nachwuchsförderpreis. Ende Juni wurde Daniel Mühe aus dem DT-Ensemble mit dem Preis ausgezeichnet. Ben Mendelson hat darüber mit Harald Noack gesprochen, dem Vorsitzenden des Fördervereins Deutsches Theater in Göttingen.

"Warum gehst Du nicht zu Onkel Werner in die Werkstatt?", sangen die Ärzte in ihrem Song "Junge". Das fragt sich in Niedersachsen auch die Industrie- und Handelskammer (IHK). Laut der IHK sind viele Ausbildungsplätze im gesamten Bundesland zur Zeit nicht besetzt. Ben Mendelson hat bei Horst Schrage nachgefragt, in welchen Sektoren es besonders schlimm ist. Schrage ist Hauptgeschäftsführer der IHK Niedersachsen. Außerdem geht es in dem Gespräch darum, was die ...

Carlos Del Río (@CharlieDelRio) y Lucero Calderón (@Tutsirouge) nos hablan de The Outsider, serie de HBO protagonizada por Ben Mendelson, Jason Bateman y Cynthia Erivo.La investigación por el asesinato de un chico se torna oscura cuando una entidad sobrenatural hace que el equipo a cargo se cuestione sus propias creencias.Visita cinematempo.com.mx o síguenos en @CinemaTempo

The King proves he still has it (as if anyone doubted) with a doppelgänger tale like no other. He blends True Crime with the supernatural to create something that feels fresh yet remains solidly Stephen King. In episode 126, Luke and James return to the master of horror with the first half of the novel--the beginning of a 3-week excursion into the unknown.  Spoilers Begin: 32:19 Questions: The popularity of True Crime, the validity of audio books, the deeper meaning behind a doppelgänger, the damage of false accusations, ageism in art, a possible misstep, mastery of the medium, and what makes a quality adaptation.    Join Ink to Film again next week for the first 5 episodes of The Outsider on HBO starring Jason Bateman and Ben Mendelson!   Unlock exclusive content/rewards: www.patreon.com/inktofilm Ink to Film is on YouTube!   Email address: inktofilm@gmail.com Follow Ink to Film on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram Home Base: inktofilm.com Ink to Film Book Club on Goodreads Intro Music: Ross Bugden

The internet's BIGGEST podcast is BACK after Hollywood's BIGGEST award show, the 92nd Academy Awards. Dan and Don discuss the newest "Star Trek: Picard" episode, HBO's "The Outsider" and are greeted by the wonderful cinephile Kristopher Pistole to discuss who came out of the Oscars smelling like roses as well as who didn't.Start popping the popcorn, roll out the red carpet, and put your best Sunday dress on, because it's time for an award worthy episode!Have comments or questions? Click the link below and leave us a message!LINK: http://bit.ly/241mailFollow us on:Instagram: @podcast_241Twitter: @podcast241Facebook: @241production

Netflix bringt uns ein Mittelalter Epos. Zur Abwechslung besprechen wir mal einen Film der Streamingplattform.Dunkel, düster, gewalttätig und gnadenlos; wer mehr wissen möchte muss den Podcast hören.Danke und viel Spaß

Spoiler filled and unedited podcast post everyone seeing the Captain Marvel movie at least once this weekend.  It turns out that Benny was the closest in his prediction on our preview podcast last week.  It turns out we all really liked it, even more than we had hoped and predicted on our show. In this episode we discussed: Our initial rating of the movie Listener feedback from Jason H and El Jeffe and our thoughts of their opinions Bill gets tremendous bonus points for calling out the Right Stuff movie reference in the movie.  It’s almost like Babe Ruth calling his homerun shot.  Well, not really, lol.                Vicki is on the hunt for a Fonzie lunchbox to be used as us at the track first aid kit               Captain Marvel’s Movie vs comic book history               Cats vs Flerken’s               Ben Mendelson’s acting and his role               Soundtrack, nineties flashback and Vicki’s continued girl crush on Gwen Stefanie               Stan Lee tributes and train cameo and Bill’s eye leakage               Our traditional the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly segment, scenes and actors/characters               Benny stays true to his brand and gives his 6’ 7” 13-year-old girl perspective on the movie               Torrie Wilson WWE Hall of Fame election shout out and congratulations to her                Vicki loves Carol’s FLEX towards Ronan the Accuser               Benny seems to hate the Kree and continues his rant against Marvel’s movie villains               Bill fights his base humor instincts to make a pun about the Kree city of Halla Benny and Bill and Vicki disagree about the Skrull portrayal in the movie, but it isn’t a Mandarin level issue Vicki and Bill disagree about the portrayals of Annette Benning – roles redacted to minimize spoilers in description Bill is concerned over a potential block in the path to a future Secret Wars saga.  Benny walks him back from the cliff a bit Captain Marvel’s powers and mixing into the MCU, especially relative to Thanos Avengers Endgame speculation Marvel’s MCU de-aging machine and its use of the time stone Samuel L Jackson and Nick Fury in the movie Bill wants a huge director cut with more Carol Danvers, Benny wants at least 15-20 minutes The end credit scenes and predictions for Avengers End Game Phase 4 speculation Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman comparisons, logically Avengers post End Game speculation Vicki changes her tune on Brie Larson and her portrayal of Captain Marvel Bill provides useless trivia on Brie Larson’s training partner for the movie Benny is now looking at getting back into GLOW We all agree, go see the movie for yourself.  Don’t let the reviews from reviewers with agendas keep you from a very solid entry in the Marvel MCU And finally, the discussion you always wanted:  Flerkens!!!   In the end, we all want a time stone to get to Avengers End Game ASAP.  Can it come out early, please!!!! PS Mr. Feige, we would accept any invitations to a critic screening.      #garageheroesintrainingpodcast #garageheroesintraining #spiderstang #spiderman #spidermanracecar #avengers #avengersracecar #CaptainMarvel #CarolDanvers #MCU #Marvelmovie #MsMarvel #Flerkin #Flerkins

On this magical episode of The A24 Chore, Jack and Alex discuss what happens when a gambling man meets up with Deadpool to do some gambling. We also go to great lengths to get all of our riffs about Room and Tommy Wiseau out of the way before next week. Intro music is Under the Sun by Cherry

In this episode we’re going to talk about READY PLAYER ONE, which is based on the novel by Ernest Cline and directed by Steven Spielberg. It’s 2045, and everyone spends all their time as their avatars in a virtual reality world called the Oasis, which was created by Mark Rylance who looks a lot like Garth from Wayne’s World. Before he died, he created a game with hidden easter eggs throughout the Oasis, and anyone who collects them all will win control of the Oasis. Tye Sheridan stars as Wade, a poor teenager who lives in The Stacks (trailers stacked on top of each other) in Columbus, Ohio, and he wants to win the game and be rich and famous. Olivia Cook is Artemis, a girl Wade meets in the Oasis, and she is trying to win to prevent an evil corporation lead by Ben Mendelson from winning control over the Oasis. READY PLAYER ONE also stars Lena Waithe, Simon Pegg and all your memories from the 80s and 90s. Grierson & Leitch’s Spielberg rankings http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/vulture-ranks-all-28-steven-spielberg-films-worst-best.html   Find The Dorking Out Show here... Dorking Out Show Blog http://dorkingoutshow.com/ Dorking Out Show Twitter https://twitter.com/dorkingoutshow Dorking Out Show YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ufLeNHiA59ANCMPlAdAOQ Dorking Out Show Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dorkingoutshow Dorking Out Show Patreon https://www.patreon.com/DorkingOutShow Sonia’s Twitter https://twitter.com/TheSoniaShow The Sonia Show Blog http://www.thesoniashow.com/ The Sonia Show Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/TheSoniaShow Chris’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JettJergens The Jett Jergens Blog https://jettjergens.com/ Jett Jergens Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/JettJergens/

UNA, based on David Harrower's play 'Blackbird' follows a young woman’s journey to reclaim her past. Fifteen years earlier, UNA ran away with an older man, Ray, a crime for which he was arrested and imprisoned. When she comes across a photo of him in a trade magazine, UNA tracks him down and turns up at his workplace. Her abrupt arrival threatens to destroy Ray’s new life and derail her stability. Unspoken secrets and buried memories surface as Una and Ray sift through the wreckage of the past. Their confrontation raises unanswered questions and unresolved longings. It will shake them both to the core. UNA gazes into the heart of a devastating form of love and asks if redemption is possible. Bolstered by the remarkable performances of Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelson, UNA rips at the fragile facade of two irreparably damaged people forced to reconcile entangled their past. Director Benedict Andrews talks about the making of his complex, intimate and relentlessly raw tale of abuse, and unresolved emotion. For news and updates go to: westendfilms.com/una

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Story: Das Imperium baut seine Macht aus. Mit dem neu errichteten Todesstern will man künftig die komplette Galaxie nach Belieben kontrollieren. Doch die Rebellenallianz setzt auf ein Himmelfahrtskommando von todesmutigen Renegaten, angeführt von der zu allem entschlossenen Jyn Erso, um die Pläne des Todessterns zu stehlen. Jyn ist die Tochter des Mannes, der dazu gezwungen wurde, die Station zu konstruieren - und in den Plänen hat er eine Information hinterlassen, wo der Schwachpunkt zu finden ist. DVD/Blu Ray-Release: 04.05.2017 (Walt Disney) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Genre: Science Fiction, Action Land: USA 2016 Laufzeit: ca. 134 min. FSK: 12 Regie: Gareth Edwards Drehbuch: Tony Gilroy, Chris Weitz Mit Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Wen Jiang, Ben Mendelson, Guy Henry, Forest Whitaker, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen, Jimmy Smits, Alistair Petrie, Genevieve O´Reilly, Ben Daniels, Fares Fares, Paul Kasey, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Spencer Wilding, Warwick Davis, ... https://youtu.be/_odBBmHRPqM

Story: Das Imperium baut seine Macht aus. Mit dem neu errichteten Todesstern will man künftig die komplette Galaxie nach Belieben kontrollieren. Doch die Rebellenallianz setzt auf ein Himmelfahrtskommando von todesmutigen Renegaten, angeführt von der zu allem entschlossenen Jyn Erso, um die Pläne des Todessterns zu stehlen. Jyn ist die Tochter des Mannes, der dazu gezwungen wurde, die Station zu konstruieren - und in den Plänen hat er eine Information hinterlassen, wo der Schwachpunkt zu finden ist. DVD/Blu Ray-Release: 04.05.2017 (Walt Disney) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Genre: Science Fiction, Action Land: USA 2016 Laufzeit: ca. 134 min. FSK: 12 Regie: Gareth Edwards Drehbuch: Tony Gilroy, Chris Weitz Mit Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Wen Jiang, Ben Mendelson, Guy Henry, Forest Whitaker, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen, Jimmy Smits, Alistair Petrie, Genevieve O´Reilly, Ben Daniels, Fares Fares, Paul Kasey, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Spencer Wilding, Warwick Davis, ... https://youtu.be/_odBBmHRPqM

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY is now in theaters and the force is strong with it!  Rogue One is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelson, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelson, Alan Tudyk, and Gollum as Grand Moff Tarkin.  ;-)   Lightsabers, blasters and droids, oh my!  Prepare to commit MASS MOVIECIDE!  

Yes! CSI 39 is here! This week Scott and Matt are joined by the incredible Alli Stark and Ben Mendelson. Scenes include: bad kindergarten teacher, Chicago Bean vacation, Friends dying, Pamela's nums, rejection hotline, and a scene within a scene.