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Cindy Pearlman Gaber, senior writer for the New York Times and entertainment columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, joins Bob Sirott to talk about an interview she did with William Shatner, Tom Holland’s contract extension with Sony, and Tom Cruise’s recent GQ cover. She also shares details about the “Point Break” sequel series and season […]

Patricio Guzmán filmait contre lʹoubli. Brigitte Romanens-Deville passe la main au Reflet. Tom Holland détrône Zoé Saldana.

Hayden Panettiere's cause of death has been revealed, Tom Holland has made a mammoth achievement, The Emmy's are on today (and we cannot understand one of the awards) and Shane Warne's kids made a birthday video to their late father...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Willkommen zu Folge 265 – wir haben für euch wieder ein vollgepacktes Kino- und Streaming-Paket geschnürt, das von Milliarden-Blockbustern bis hin zu blutigen B-Movie-Exzessen und echten Kult-Klassikern reicht. Den Anfang macht der vermutlich größte Film des Jahres: Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Trotz gigantischer Einspielergebnisse lässt uns Tom Hollands neuester Auftritt als Peter Parker ratlos zurück. Der Film versucht mit Stalker-Anleihen, dem Hulk als Gaststar, behördlichen Abgründen und Ninja-Truppen auf zu vielen Hochzeiten gleichzeitig zu tanzen, wirkt dabei aber seltsam plattgewalzt und ohne Gravitas. Wesentlich bunter, aber nicht minder chaotisch geht es in David Robert Mitchells The End of Oak Street zu. Anne Hathaway und Ewan McGregor finden sich plötzlich mit ihrer gesamten Vorstadt-Nachbarschaft in der prähistorischen Dino-Steinzeit wieder – ein wilder Ritt zwischen FSK-12-Slapstick, Allosauriern und harter Gewalt. Für die Gaming- und Indie-Fans haben wir die japanische Spielverfilmung Exit 8 im Gepäck. Der atmosphärische Loop-Horror entführt uns in eine sterile U-Bahn-Station voller Anomalien und Grusel-Männer im Anzug. Deutlich flacher und brutaler wird es bei Eli Roths Ice Cream Man. Wir klären, warum der B-Splatter um mörderische Eiscreme-Zombies wegen generativer KI im Abspann in der Kritik steht und ob sich der Trip lohnt. Auf Netflix haben wir uns durch das schleppende Öko-Kammerspiel The Last House mit Greta Lee gekämpft, in dem eine Familie von gigantischen Oktopus-Wesen im Haus eingesperrt wird. Als echtes Highlight entpuppte sich dafür unser Ausflug zur Retro-Horror-Vorstellung des 1979er Kult-Klassikers Phantasm (Das Böse) mit seinem unvergesslichen Tall Man und fliegenden Silberkugeln. Zum Ausklang blicken wir weit in die Zukunft der Galaxis mit der 8-teiligen Anime-Serie Star Wars: Visions – Die neunte Jedi. Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Diese Woche haben wir Verstärkung am Tisch: Vince aka Lukas Hahn aus „Der Blaulicht Report“ ist bei uns zu Gast!

Producer Tom challenges Greg to ‘Tom Holland, Tom Holland or Thomas Holland?'. Plus, Mylo & Rosie join us for a game of Wrong'Uns.

On the 125th episode of Bomb Squad Matinee, Tanner, Austin, Rein, and special guest James the Nerd discuss the latest Marvel film Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Is Tom Holland's latest outing as the friendly neighborhood webslinger his best yet? Is this film's surprise antagonist an interesting choice? What's up with the organic webs? Tune in to find out!

Josh, Trent, and Joseph have swung into action ready to talk about the latest installment in the Spider-Man Saga. They talk everything from why this may be Tom Holland's finest outing yet as Peter Parker, how this film uses its many characters, and how it sets up future MCU entries. Later the guys update their official Spider-Man Rankings to include Brand New Day (58:25).Co-hosts: Josh Gann & Trent Neely & Joseph Snead Music: John BattistonTwitter: https://twitter.com/thestingerpod   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestingerpod/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFSC5LKRJlgq3IEkSE6dwvw   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thestingerpod

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.     2:13 - New Patreon donors and Listener E-mails! 6:45 - Squid Game 3 spoilers! Not that you should care. 10:58 - Linda watched "The Murky Stream" (탁류) starring Shin YeEun and Rowoon.  30:08 - Judy and Linda are waiting for "Maybe Happy Ending" musical to come to Toronto! 36:30 - Judy watched "The King's Warden" starring Park JiHoon and Yoo HaeJin. It's available to stream now, so please check it out! 45:19 - Judy watched a few episodes of "The Legend of the Kitchen Soldier" (취사병 전설이 되다), starring Park JiHoon. It's based on a webtoon, so some goofiness is to be expected, but so much foodgasmic facial expressions.  49:09 - Linda watched "A Hundred Memories", starring Shin YeEun and Kim DaMi. She enjoyed it until the sudden beauty pageant and murder plot? 51:23 - Judy watched almost all of "Agent K Reactivated" (김부장) starring So JiSub, Choi DaeHoon and Yoon KyungHo. 1:00:11 - Linda's new favourite musical is "Operation Mincemeat". 1:02:28 - Judy watched "The East Palace" (동궁) starring Nam JooHyuk, Noh YoonSeo and Cho SeungWoo. 1:06:03 - Linda watched "The Other Bennet Sister", starring Ella Bruccoleri. 1:08:29 - Judy read "A Very Vexing Murder" by Lucy Andrew, which is an alternate take on the events in "Emma" by Jane Austen. A light fun read! 1:11:11 - Judy watched "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God 10th Anniversary" (도깨비 10주년 여행). It was fun to see the main cast hang out and reminisce about filming the drama.  1:13:28 - Linda most emphatically does not want you to watch "Enola Holmes 3". 1:14:42 - Surely, everyone has watched "Project Hail Mary" by now? If not, why not? 1:16:26 - Linda watched "The Gilded Age" and thinks Judy will enjoy the fantastic historical costumes. 1:18:30 - Judy watched "The Odyssey", which truly is a spectacle.  1:23:25 - Linda enjoyed "Spider-Man: Brand New Day", starring Tom Holland and Zendaya. 1:24:46 - Judy watched "Moonfall" and it was a delightful mess.  1:33:38 - Linda was not too impressed with "Hadestown".  1:35:12 - Judy is into medieval history now, thanks to "Gone Medieval" podcast. She also read "Between Two Fires" by Christopher Buehlman, which is a medieval horror fantasy, a genre she had never considered before.  1:38:13 - Linda watched "The Last Kingdom" and "Midway", set in two very different historical periods that she had not really studied before. 1:40:15 - Judy read "She Made Herself a Monster" by Anna Kovatcheva. It revolves a small town in the 19th century, and the women are working together to fight against a brewing witch hunt. 1:42:45 - "Chants of Senaar" is a beautiful indie game, in which you solve puzzles to learn words and help various clans communicate with each other by creating dictionaries. 1:45:32 - Dana Haqjoo, our longtime listener, is now on "The Bombing of Pan Am 103" on Netflix! Congratulations! 1:46:24 - Curtis, our West Coast Correspondent" is the host of the "InfatuAsian Podcast", and Nadira (PewPewPew) is a guest host. There are so many cool guests on the podcast. Great job! 1:47:48 - David, another listener and Judy's friend, is the host of the "Watch Fanatics" podcast. He's also a certified life coach.     You can continue to send any questions, comments or suggestions via Instagram (@kdramamyeyesout) or e-mail us (kdramamyeyesout(at)gmail.com).       Download this and other episodes and while you're there, write us a review:   Apple Podcasts   Google Podcasts   Spotify   Libsyn RSS   The KDMEO theme music is 'Relaxing Ballad', by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this week's episode, I take a look back at the movies and streaming shows I watched in Summer 2026 and rate them. This coupon code will get you 25% off the ebooks in the Ghost Armor series at my Payhip store: FALLARMOR The coupon code is valid through September 21, 2026. So if you need a new ebook this fall, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 319 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is September the 4th, 2026, and today I'm looking back at the movies and streaming shows I watched over Summer 2026. We will also have Coupon of the Week and an update on my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. So let's start off with Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 25% off the ebooks in the Ghost Armor series at my Payhip store. That coupon code is FALLARMOR. As always, you can get the coupon code and the links to my Payhip store available in the show notes for this episode. This coupon code will be valid through September 21st, 2026, so if you need a new ebook for this fall, we have got you covered. Now an update on my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. I'm pleased to report that the rough draft of Blade of Visions is done. It came to 99,000 words. It'd be kind of cool if it came to 100,000, but as I've learned in the 15 years I've been doing this, it's not a good idea to pad things for length. Editing is underway. I'm about 15% through the first pass of edits. I'm working on the cover design, so I'm on good track to have the book out before the end of the month. I also wrote a tie-in short story called Winter Crown and don't forget that [newsletter] subscribers will get a free ebook copy of that short story when Blade of Visions comes out later this month. So this makes a very excellent time to subscribe to my new release newsletter. I am also 12,000 words into Elven-Warlock, which will be the seventh book in the Half-Elven Thief series. Hopefully that will be out in October, if all goes well. In audiobook news, I think Blade of Thieves (as narrated by Brad Wills) and Cloak of Worlds (as narrated by Hollis McCarthy) are now finally available at all the usual audiobook stores, which includes Audible, Apple, Amazon, Kobo, Google Play, Chirp, and all the others. So if you want to listen to those if you are going on a Labor Day road trip, you can check those out. A reminder that Stealth and Spells Online: The Complete LitRPG trilogy (narrated by C.J. McAllister) is also available on Audible, so check that out. That's 32 hours long and that would also cover all your Labor Day travels. So that is where I'm at with my current writing, publishing and audiobook projects. 00:02:22 Main Topic of the Week: Summer 2026 Movie Roundup So let's move on to our main topic this week. Our main topic this week is the Summer 2026 Movie Roundup and I always enjoy doing those. These episodes are a little less serious than some of the other episodes and it's fun to talk about things I enjoyed and that you might enjoy as well. And I did see a lot of new movies this summer. In fact, I went to the actual theater four times for Masters of the Universe, The Odyssey, Spider-Man, and Coyote vs. Acme, which is probably more than I've gone in a single season since before COVID times. So as usual, here are the movies I saw this summer (rated from least favorite to most favorite). The grades are totally subjective and based on nothing but my own thoughts and opinions. First up is The Breadwinner, which came out in 2026. This is basically standup comedian Nate Bargatze's act come to life as a movie. If you've seen Bargatze's standup, his usual routine is to portray himself as the dumb husband and bumbling Girl Dad, which is actually quite clever from a comedic standpoint since you're unlikely to have outraged mobs calling for your head if all you're doing is making fun of yourself. Anyway, Bargatze portrays Nate Wilcox, the best Toyota salesman in Nashville. (Don't worry, this is the first of only many product placement moments.) He lets his wife Kate manage the household and do the bulk of the work with their three daughters. When Kate's invention takes off on Shark Tank, she has to go to South Korea for two weeks to oversee manufacturing, leaving Nate in charge of the kids. Comedic chaos ensues. On the positive side of this movie, I did approve how this movie showed a married couple trying to work through a rough patch and do what's right for their kids and each other in a semi-productive way rather than blowing up their lives over nonsensical trivialities in the style of Eat, Pray, Love. On the downside, there was a lot of product placement, to the point where it at times felt like an extended commercial with bits of plot jammed in between product endorsement. No doubt most of the production budget came from product placement money. Will Forte was funny as an eccentric roofing contractor and Martin Herlihy as a shifty DoorDash employee. Kumail Nanjiani was funny as Nate's rival salesman at the car dealership. So overall, I would say this was blandly amusing and inoffensive with some funny slapstick moments. Overall grade: C- Next up is Supergirl, which came out in 2026. This movie really was sort of a strange combination of John Wick and the human trafficking subplot from 2020's Black Widow. The end result wasn't quite as good as Superman from 2025, alas. I did like this movie's interpretation of Supergirl. Kara Zor-El's departure from Krypton was way more traumatic than Superman's, so she's dealing with her unresolved emotional issues by traveling from planet to planet with red suns and getting hammered since the same yellow sun that gives Kryptonians their superpowers on Earth also keeps them from getting drunk because their bodies process alcohol too efficiently. However, Kara comes to a planet where a girl named Ruthye lives. Ruthye's family has been slaughtered by ruthless brigands yet led by Krem of the Yellow Hills and she's going on a quest for revenge. When Ruthye tries to recruit Kara for the quest, she's not interested, but then Krem steals Kara's spaceship and poisons her dog Krypto. Krem carries the antidote on his person, so now Kara and Ruthye team up to get vengeance on Krem and to heal Krypto. Krem is a nasty piece of work and he and his space gang travel from planet to planet abducting women to be their wives. I think the problem was that Krem was kind of a boring but nasty villain, but he was still boring. He was basically a space thug with too many piercings. Lex Luthor from 2025 Superman, by contrast, was a really interesting villain, this malignant narcissist who knows that his obsession with Superman is over the top, but he's going to act on it anyway. Additionally, I don't think this version of Supergirl is quite capable of being a lead character on her own. She'd make a superb secondary character, but I don't think she could quite carry a movie on her own. And Jason Momoa was pretty good as Lobo. Overall grade: C- Next up is Troy, which came out in 2004. I wanted to see this either before or after I watched The Odyssey this summer and ended up watching it the day before I went to see The Odyssey. I would say this movie was slow and ponderous, but I did enjoy watching it. This is an adaption of The Iliad and has the sort of slow stateliness of epic films from the '60s. It had good performances and good battle scenes. Brian Cox was enjoyable as a scenery chewing Agamemnon and Brad Pitt worked as Achilles. Interestingly, his version of Achilles reminded me of the interpretation of Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen from Dune 2 as sort of a violent psychopath with his own twisted sense of honor. Oddly, despite the fact that this was rather a long movie, the ending seems a bit rushed, like we needed to hurry up and get to the Trojan Horse. It was amusing how Achilles' relationship with Patroclus was changed to "cousin" for the modern audience, but Greek views on sexuality would definitely be unpalatable with both right-wing and left-wing versions of the modern mind, which is a good thing because while the Greeks contributed a great deal to the development of civilization, they were into a lot of unsavory stuff. So overall, I would say this was a fun, epic movie, but I think this walked so the 2026 version of The Odyssey could run. Amusing fact: Christopher Nolan was apparently supposed to direct this, but the deal fell through and he got Batman Begins as a consolation prize instead. Overall grade: B- Next up is The Dink, which came out in 2026. This is an Apple TV comedy movie about pickleball of all things. I feel like this was made because some Apple executive got made fun of by some tennis players for playing pickleball and then decided to take revenge through media. Jake Johnson plays Dustin Boyd, a washed up former child tennis star who now works at his father's tennis club. The club has difficulties because of a growing influx of pickleball players who the hardcore tennis players hate. Dustin's father decides to use the club's bylaws to force a duel match to decide the issue, in the grand tradition of wacky comedy stakes. Dustin really wants to play the duel match, but his wrist is injured in an accident. To get his wrist mobility back, the doctor suggested he play some pickleball and Dustin views this as beneath him, but he really wants to play again, so he signs up for pickleball. This ends up being a wacky sports company/buddy movie as Dustin gradually befriends an eccentric older pickleball player. Ed Harris should really do more comedic roles. He was great as Dustin's stern, yet unscrupulous father. I do admire Apple TV's dedication to making random stuff. Overall grade: B- Next up is Green and Gold, which came out in 2025, and this is a melodrama about a farmer and his granddaughter dealing with the grim economic realities of farming. This is set in 1992/1993 era Wisconsin. Buck refuses to modernize his dairy farm in Door County, Wisconsin. His granddaughter Jenny is a talented musician and also a skilled farmer, and Buck wants her to take over the farm one day, but Jenny's ambitions are looking elsewhere. Events come to a head when Jenny realizes that Buck is deeply in debt to the bank, which is about to foreclose on the farm. However, Buck and the chief banker have a personal animosity, so they settle on a bet. If the Green Bay Packers win a Super Bowl title in 1993, the banker will give Buck one more year to turn things around on the farm. Meanwhile, Jenny begins to wonder if her music ambitions might generate the money to save the farm. Of course, if you are familiar with the history of the Packers, you know that they won a Super Bowl in 1996, not 1993. The movie has carried on the back of the very strong performances of its actors. It also has an ambiguously happy ending, as is true with so many things in farming. I like this movie because I've spent a lot of my life in the American Midwest, [and] I did appreciate how it shows the difficulties of the farming life. Also, this is important: a fall from a ladder is a plot point. Ladder safety is important, people! If you are going up a ladder, for heaven's sake don't climb the ladder in high heels like the character in question does. Wear sensible, well-fitting shoes with good soles. A very long time ago, I used to work with a guy who would climb extension ladders in cowboy boots. It is nothing short of the mercy of God that he didn't fall off and shatter half the bones in his body. Overall grade: B Next up is Grumpy Old Men, which came out in 1993. Apparently this is set in Wabasha, Minnesota, which is amusing because filming actually took place in several areas in the Twin Cities in Eastern Minnesota, but not actually in Wabasha. I found that personally amusing because I'm quite familiar with the area and so I recognize several filming locations. Anyway, the movie is about two retirees, Max and John, who are enemies and have been enemies for years, but Max is lonely and wants to get married again, and John is about to lose his house to the IRS due to tax problems. Things come to a head when an attractive literature professor moves across the street and both Max and John take an interest in her and start competing for her affections. However, it turns out that Max and John are actually best friends whose love language happens to be hatred and practical jokes, kind of like Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, but more on them below. This was a good character comedy/drama. It was interesting that the professor was an early version of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope, albeit several decades before someone came up with the term. This is worth watching both as a character and comedy drama and a time capsule of the 1990s. Sometimes a movie ages a bit badly (Airplane and the Thomas Crown Affair from the Spring Movie Roundup come to mind), but this didn't. The sequel Grumpier Old Men from 1995 is basically the same movie, but with the characters acting about 20% dumber so a sitcom style plot can happen. Still entertaining, but not as good as the first one, so Grumpier Old Men only gets a B-, but Grumpy Old Men gets a B+. Next up is Masters of the Universe, which came out in 2026. It was amusing to read reviews of this movie because people thought way too hard about a movie that is essentially about battling action figures. Anyway, this was pretty good. It was nice to see a movie about a science fiction property that doesn't actually hate the source material. Basically it's a live action version of the cartoons from the '80s, albeit with somewhat more thoughtful moments. I heard someone suggest that it was close in tone to Thor: Ragnarok, and that seems accurate. The plot is that Skeletor conquers Eternia and 10-year-old Prince Adam is sent with the Sword of Power through a magical portal to Earth to keep him and the sword out of Skeletor's reach. However, Adam loses the sword while passing through the gate and 15 years later is working in human resources. He's still seeking for the sword despite his therapist trying to convince him that it was a trauma-induced fantasy. However, his persistence pays off and he does find the sword. Teela, who is one of the resistance leaders against Skeletor's rule, comes to Earth to find him and bring him back, but Skeletor's minions arrive to claim the sword as well. Adam and Teela escape back to Eternia and it's up to Adam to find a way to use the Sword of Power to become the hero that Eternia needs. Dolph Lundgren's cameo was great. Overall, I would say this is a fun movie to watch, especially if you're a Millennial or Gen Xer who saw the cartoons or the live action movie back in the '80s. Jared Leto has something of an increasingly questionable reputation these days, but he did a good job as Skeletor, played him halfway between the solemn gravitas of the 1987 version and the malevolent comedic cornball of the cartoons. Of course, in my opinion, the Frank Langella version from 1987 is the best version of Skeletor since he placed it with all the seriousness of a Shakespearean villain monologue at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In hindsight, it wasn't terribly surprising that this underperformed at the box office. It felt like it was made for guys my age, not for kids. I would've been comfortable bringing an eight-year-old to see The Mandalorian and Grogu or Super Mario Galaxy, but I would've been less certain bringing a kid that age to see Masters of the Universe. Additionally, it seemed very Marvel in tone, and I think the overall mood of the US these days is less "Marvel Cinematic Universe quips and banter" and more sort of the grimness of The Odyssey, which we'll talk about shortly. Overall grade: B+ Next up is Young Washington, which came out in 2026, a biopic of the early life of George Washington, covering how he more or less accidentally started the French and Indian War and how he recovered his reputation at the Battle of Braddock's Field. To be fair, the international situation at the time meant that someone was going to start the French and Indian War. It just happened to be Washington, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Overall, I liked this. It was reasonably historically accurate, though some of the emotional and family dialogue at times was a bit clunky. Additionally, Washington was portrayed as having revolutionary leanings much earlier in life than he actually did, since when he was a young man, he had no thoughts of being anything but a British subject and officer. That said, some of the most implausible stuff in the movie actually happened in real life. Like if I were to write in a novel that the future president of the United States personally rallied the army's rear guard to save as many men as possible from an ambush, and in the process had two horses shot out from under him and ended up with bullet holes in his hat and coat (all while fighting continuously), you would probably find that a bit implausible, but it actually happened that way. Washington's daring actions during that battle were one of the reasons he was appointed commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, that and there weren't many other colonials with as much experience of military command as Washington. In that vein, the battle scenes were the best part of the movie. They captured the brutality and messiness of 18th Century warfare without being especially graphic. Anyway, I'm glad this is getting a sequel. Maybe we'll end up with a Young Washington Cinematic Universe. Overall grade: B+ Next up is Meet the Parents, which came out in 2000, and this is probably one of the apex forms of cringe comedy. Ben Stiller plays Greg Focker, a nurse who's in love with schoolteacher Pam Burns. Greg wants to marry Pam, but overhears a phone call with her sister where she says her fiancé asked permission of her traditional father first. Greg decides that he's going to ask Pam's father's permission first to get off on the right foot, and so accompanies Pam to her sister's wedding and her parents' house to, as the title says, Meet the Parents. However, Pam's father is the former CIA counterintelligence officer Jack, and he and Greg immediately get on each other's nerves. To make things worse, the airline has lost Greg's luggage. From these two starting premises follow a cascading series of hilarious disasters that accumulate in a septic tank fire on the lawn. I'm not sure, but I think I saw this one in the theaters when it came out in 2000, and I thought it was funny then. With 26 years of additional life experience under the belt, I still think it's pretty funny, though you could still tell that this movie was filmed before 9/11 because if Greg had his airport meltdown seen today, the consequences would've been much worse. Overall grade: B+ Next up is O Brother Where Art Thou, which came out in 2000. This is a very, very, very specific adaptation of The Odyssey directed by the Coen brothers. George Clooney plays Everett, a convict who escapes from a chain gang in Mississippi during the Great Depression. He wants to find a treasure and he recruits fellow convicts Delmar and Peter to assist him. Along the way, Everett and his team encountered 1930s era versions of the Sirens, the cyclops, the blind prophet Tiresias, and other characters and foes from the original Odyssey myth. Everett and his friends end up running a scam where they pretend to be a Christian music group, but as it turns out, they're actually pretty good at singing, so this leads to unexpected hilarity and opportunities. This was also a very funny movie. Imagine The Odyssey is a comedy with a lot of singing set in the Deep South during the Depression, and you're there. If you're a fan of bluegrass music, this is worth watching. If you've seen Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, it's worth watching this just to ponder how the same source material can produce such wildly divergent interpretations. If you don't care about The Odyssey, then this is still a fun movie to watch. Proof: I mentioned to someone that I had seen this and she responded that she both loved the movie and was surprised to learn that he had in fact been inspired by The Odyssey. Overall grade: A- Next up is Hoppers, which came out in 2026. Like most Pixar movies, this was very high concept. Unlike many recent Pixar movies, it wasn't too depressing and didn't disappear up its own tailpipe. In the city of Beaverton, hot tempered girl Mabel bonds with her grandmother in their favorite place, a woodland grove favored by beavers. Years later, Mabel is a biology student under Dr. Fairfax, but is neglecting her studies to face off against her nemesis, the popular yet sketchy Mayor Jerry of Beaverton. Mayor Jerry wants to build an expressway that will wipe out the woodland grove, and he's perfectly within his rights to do it since no animals have been found living there. Since Mabel's grandmother has died, she's unwilling to give up the grove. However, Dr. Fairfax's research might give her a way. Dr. Fairfax has worked out a way to temporarily transfer human consciousness to a robotic beaver capable of speaking to real beavers, much like the plot of Avatar. In a funny scene, Fairfax angrily denies that it's just like Avatar. Mabel gets the idea to use this to convince real beavers to settle in the grove, thereby thwarting Mayor Jerry's plans. This touches off both a wacky yet poignant adventure. The plot was very well structured and it followed the proper rules of story structure, which I've talked about before. Mabel definitely is a protagonist who takes action, but experiences setbacks and problems of her own creation. It was pretty good. I say it was a return to form for Pixar after some of their weaker movies in the 2020s. Overall grade: A Now it's time for my three favorite movies of summer 2026, all of which I actually saw in the theater. First up is Coyote versus Acme, which came out in 2026. This movie had an extra surge of popularity from the fact that Warner Brothers canceled it as a tax write-off, but distributor Ketchup Entertainment revived it. That makes it a plucky underdog since Warner Brothers senior executives are kind of like the apex version of soulless corporate bug men. Like if I wrote characters in my books who acted like Warner Brothers senior executives, people would think I was being didactic and heavy-handed. Anyway, after decades of failures in efforts to capture the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote decides to sue Acme Corporation for its numerous defective products. Coyote teams up with a lazy strip mall lawyer named Kevin Avery, who specializes in getting small settlements from Acme. However, Avery and Coyote end up filing a massive lawsuit against Acme, which means they'll face the full wrath of Acme Corporation, including its ace lawyer Buddy Crane and its ruthless CEO, Foghorn Leghorn. What follows is a comedic courtroom battle as Coyote and Avery try to defeat Acme Corporation, defeat its sinister plans, and Coyote starts to realize that Road Runner might actually be his best friend. Both quite amusing and touching, and I'm glad this was rescued from the tax write-off vault. Overall grade: A Next up is The Odyssey, which came out in 2026. This wasn't quite as good as Oppenheimer in 2023 in my opinion, but it was still very good and very much worth seeing. It was weird that The Odyssey was briefly a football in the never-ending US culture war scrum because the movie isn't really political and doesn't really have a message beyond "war is destructive and bad", which every sensible person would agree with, and a lesser message of "violating the law of morality has unforeseen cascading bad consequences, including the destruction of civilization", which is also quite true and was one of the themes of Oppenheimer. Nolan himself dismissed the controversies as "irrelevant" and "part of the territory" since no one had actually seen the movie yet, and given that The Odyssey has made a billion and a half dollars as of this recording, I think that may have proved his point. I imagine the scrutiny from Batman fans back in the 2010s was way more intense since in the modern era, many people care more deeply about the accuracy of Batman than The Odyssey. I do think the debate over the historical accuracy in The Odyssey is pointless because the Odyssey is myth, not history. The Iliad and The Odyssey are a lot like Arthurian myth in terms of their actual historicity. Even when Arthurian legend was massively popular with English kings and nobles in the late medieval and early modern period (for example, Henry VIII's older brother was named Arthur in imitation of King Arthur), the version of Arthurian myth they celebrated and wished to emulate had virtually no connection to the reality of Britain in the 500s AD and was instead a sort of fantasy version of their own time in the 14th and 15th centuries. By the time The Odyssey was written down, no doubt a similar process was underway. Both The Iliad and The Odyssey and the Arthurian cycle probably have a kernel of historical truth buried underneath the tales of magic swords, sirens, cyclopses, and vengeful witches with magic islands. There likely was a Romano-British warlord who might have been named Arthur (or possibly Ambrosius Aurelianus) who held off the Saxons for a while before he was overwhelmed and killed. Likewise, Heinrich Schliemann was a highly eccentric and very sketchy crazy rich guy, but he did prove that there really was some version of the city of Troy that was destroyed at the end of the Bronze Age. But everything beyond those basic details came from thousands of years of embellishments and flourishes from later poets and writers. So arguing about the historical accuracy of The Odyssey is a bit like arguing if Star Wars portrays faster than light travel in an accurate way. That kind of argument is just missing the point entirely. It's also interesting to see how modern standards clashed with the ancient mindset. You know how I always say that everywhere in the United States is exactly the same right until it really, really isn't? I think ancient people are just like us until they really, really weren't. Like ancient people would have been superstitious to an extent that even the most credulous crystal and aura influencer on TikTok would find horrifying and frequently violent in a way that the most strident self-defense advocate would find shocking. The Odyssey's version of Odysseus feels guilt and remorse over his actions in a way an actual ancient Greek probably wouldn't have, but so what? This is The Odyssey viewed through the lens of the 21st century, just as those English nobles viewed the myth of King Arthur and his knights through the lens of their time. As I mentioned with Troy above, the ancient Greeks were often quite brutal and would celebrate sacking an enemy city. One side note before we get to the movie, I probably found it funnier than I should have how Nolan favorably cited classicist Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey as a source, and Wilson then had an extended and unintentionally comedic multi-article crashout about how much she hated the movie and of course how much she hated the commemorative Trojan Horse popcorn bucket. Apparently Wilson hated the movie so much she's going to do a new translation of The Odyssey, much to her publisher's baffled dismay. No one does offended huffy petulance quite like an academic. Anyway, back to the movie. It follows the familiar story of Odysseus through Christopher Nolan's preference for non-linear storytelling and practical effects. I did think it was interesting how in this interpretation, Odysseus explicitly connected the ruse of the Trojan Horse with the collapse of the Bronze Age and the rise of the Sea Peoples. It's also probably the most supernatural film Nolan has ever done with actual fantasy and supernatural elements as opposed to science fiction like Inception, Tenant, and Interstellar. Odysseus talks to Athena throughout the movie and it's left up to the viewer's interpretation whether or not he's actually talking to Athena or his own guilt-ridden hallucinations. That said, Odysseus encounters a witch with actual magic powers and travels to the underworld to speak with the shades of the dead, so it's entirely possible he's talking to the actual Athena. In this version, as I mentioned, Odysseus is guilt-ridden over the ruse of the Trojan Horse, which is shown as a violation of the sacred hospitality of Zeus's law and as great a crime as the creation of the atomic bomb in Oppenheimer, which of course is similar to Oppenheimer, where Oppenheimer's creation of the atomic bomb is treated similarly. There are also some genuinely scary sequences in the movie. The bit with the underworld is very spooky, the cyclops is actually quite frightening, and the character of Circe reaches the level of scary previously attained by Heath Ledger's version of The Joker in The Dark Knight. If Nolan ever decides he wants to do a horror movie, it will probably be one of the scariest ones ever made. To sum up, The Odyssey has great performances, great spectacle, great cinematography, and great action sequences. As an interesting interpretation of the original myth, definitely worth seeing. I think you can tell it was a great movie because of all the arguments on the Internet about "what does it really mean?" Great art often has that effect. Overall grade: A The final of my three favorite movies of [Summer] 2026 is Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which came out in 2026. There's a rumor, and I don't know if it's true or not, that Tom Holland found the experience of working with Christopher Nolan on The Odyssey so eye-opening that he insisted that if they made another Spider-Man movie, it had to have a reason for existing other than "make a lot of money". If this story is true, it clearly worked. Previously, I though the two best Spider-Man movies were Spider-Man 2 from 2004 and Spider-Man: No Way Home from 2021. I must now amend that opinion to say that there are three best Spider-Man movies and Spider-Man: Brand New Day is one of the three. It is pretty good. I would've trimmed it here and there, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and is an excellent Spider-Man story that totally captures the essence of the character within a good story. It takes place four years after the events of No Way Home erased everyone's memory that Peter Parker was Spider-Man. Peter has now been crime fighting full time, but it is taking a severe toll on his emotions and personal life that he's deliberately ignoring. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has become the beloved crime fighter of New York, trusted by both the NYPD and the Federal Department of Damage Control, which is a reoccurring frenemy for superheroes from other movies. When someone launches an attack on the headquarters of Damage Control, the director recruits Peter to fight their new enemy, a mysterious figure who uses telepathy to possess people from a distance. Peter is the only one who can sense it thanks to his spider sense, and he's also the only one able to resist the telepath's possession abilities. But despite his resistance to possession, fighting a telepath is a dangerous proposition for someone with as many emotional issues as Peter, and things start to spiral out of control when the telepath starts digging into his life. But there's another lesson Peter has to learn. People (and especially superheroes) who take the federal government at its word tend to regret it. For that matter, ignoring his emotional issues is causing Peter's spider powers to start acting in strange ways. But of course, at the end of the day, Spider-Man always follows his conscience, no matter how high the cost to him personally. Definitely an enjoyable movie. All the scenes with Spider-Man and Punisher were great, and the two of them had a great dynamic together. A few other Marvel Cinematic Universe people show up, but this is probably one of the most standalone movies the MCU has done in a while. Of course, the risk of MCU Continuity Lockout is always there (which is one of the reasons I started writing Half-Eleven Thief in 2023). Overall grade: A So I would say it was a pretty good summer for movies. It's also valuable lessons in not taking the Internet too seriously, which too many people do nowadays. There are all these dedicated analyses on X, Threads, and Reddit in June and May explaining why The Odyssey was going to fail for whatever reason, and instead it made $1.5 billion. So I think that's a good lesson in not taking everything you read on the internet a little too seriously. So that's it for this week. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show enjoyable. 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 and stay healthy, and we'll see you all next week.  

On today's podcast, Brian and Mandy discuss Spider-Man: Brand New Day surpassing $2 billion at the box office, nearing Avatar, breaking opening records, and boosting Tom Holland's earnings, while arguing its success creates problems for others. They contrast it with Warner Bros.' struggles after the Supergirl box office disappointment amid merger-related legal turmoil, DCU uncertainty, cancellations, and rumors around Wonder Woman and Batman, plus note Coyote vs. Acme is now making money after being sold to Ketchup. They also argue Marvel may be pressured heading into December's Avengers: Doomsday after pivoting away from Kang due to Jonathan Majors, relying on returning stars, and reconsidering its TV strategy despite praising WandaVision, Agatha All Along, and Vision Quest. Brian credits Spider-Man's “lightning in a bottle” to a street-level, comic-like, intimate story and perfect timing. 00:00 Good News Bad News 00:51 Record Breaking Box Office 02:02 Supergirl Fallout 02:43 Warner Bros Turmoil 04:32 DCU Strategy Debate 07:13 Coyote Versus Acme Twist 07:47 Marvel Faces New Bar 10:10 Marvel TV Bright Spots 12:02 Why Spider Man Worked 14:41 Lightning In A Bottle 16:26 Closing And Sign Off

In this episode, we do a live review on YouTube of the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Tom Holland led Spider-Man franchise, starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jon Bernthal, and Sadie Sink, titled Spider-Man: Brand New Day. We discuss whether the Marvel Cinematic Universe is using Tom Holland's Spider-Man in the right way, and we debate whether Peter Parker was trying to steal MJ away from her boyfriend throughout the film.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DP Brett Pawlak on grounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day in natural light, practical suit design, and 17 years collaborating with Destin Cretton. Podcast highlights include: -How Pawlak and Cretton's input about the suit design kept Peter Parker feeling human. The mask allowed Tom Holland's jaw to move, and his real eyes were visible through the mesh so the audience never forgets there's a human under the mask. -Pawlak's approach to lighting a tentpole movie. Using as much natural light as possible. -Solving the Jean Grey telekinesis sequence with a simple method. Capturing a choreographed "wave" through the cast with both whip pans and lock-offs. -How fundamentals of story and composition don't change when scaling up from TV's Wonder Man to a Spider-Man tentpole. Find Brett Pawlak: https://www.brettpawlak.com/ Instagram: @brettsbo Spider-Man: Brand New Day is still playing in theaters and conquering the box office. SHOW RUNDOWN: 01:50 Close Focus 13:07-01:14:46 Brett Pawlak Interview 01:15:25 Short Ends 01:26:10 Credits The Cinematography Podcast website: www.camnoir.com YouTube: @TheCinematographyPodcast Facebook: @cinepod Instagram: @thecinepod Blue Sky: @thecinepod.bsky.social

On this episode of off day tomorrow, Kevin27wrld is breaking down one of the craziest weeks in pop culture and cinema history.​From massive MCU teasers to unexpected streaming drops and historic box office runs, we're diving straight into everything you need to know:​Avengers: Doomsday Teaser Breakdown: Marvel Studios has officially started cranking up the hype train. We're dissecting every single frame of the new Avengers: Doomsday teaser, what Doctor Doom's arrival means for the multiverse, and all the hidden details you missed. ​Harry Potter HBO Series Trailer Reaction: We finally got a real look at the upcoming Harry Potter reboot series. Is it hitting the nostalgia sweet spot, or does it feel unnecessary? Giving my raw, unfiltered first impressions.​Spider-Man: Brand New Day Hits Top 3 All-Time: Spidey officially passed Avatar: The Way of Water and Titanic to become the 3rd highest-grossing movie in box office history. We're discussing Tom Holland's massive milestone, why this movie connected so heavily, and where the MCU goes from here. ​Press play, kick back, and let's get into it—because we've got an off day tomorrow!​Follow & Connect:​Host: Kevin27wrld​Category: TV & Film Reviews​Listen on: Spotify / Apple Podcasts

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Jim Hill and Dan Graney sort through another packed week of Marvel news, from increasingly wild Avengers: Doomsday theories to the surprising changes coming with Avengers: Endgame Encore. They dig into rumors surrounding Spider-Man's symbiote suit, Doctor Doom, Wanda, Hawkeye, and Thanos before looking at Marvel's new Doomsday watch list and the debate over Endgame's revamped color grading. The conversation also turns to the troubling story behind Wonder Man's cancellation and an encouraging first look at Vision Quest, where Ultron, artificial intelligence, and questions of identity take center stage. HIGHLIGHTS • Avengers: Doomsday rumors include a possible symbiote suit for Tom Holland's Spider-Man and speculation over multiple versions of Doctor Doom. • A new Marvel Comics definition of "incursion" could change how fans interpret the Avengers' time heist in Endgame. • Avengers: Endgame Encore arrives September 25 with additional footage, Doomsday sneak peeks, and a noticeably more saturated color grade. • Marvel has released a 15-title Disney+ watch list designed to prepare viewers for Avengers: Doomsday. • New reporting sheds light on Wonder Man's cancellation and renews questions about Marvel's handling of several recent characters and projects. • Vision Quest showrunner Terry Matalas describes the series as a story about humanity's responsibility for the artificial intelligence it creates. • James Spader returns as Ultron, whose consciousness has apparently been trapped inside Vision's mind since Avengers: Age of Ultron. • Paul Bettany and the creative team explore Vision's identity, parenthood, and outsider status alongside Tommy Shepherd's own search for who he really is. HOSTS • Jim Hill - X/Twitter: @JimHillMedia - Instagram: @JimHillMedia - jimhillmedia.com • Dan Graney - YouTube: @TheHubbubbery - Facebook: /thehubbubbery - thehubbubbery.com FOLLOW • Facebook: @JimHillMediaNews • YouTube: @jimhillmedia • TikTok: @jimhillmedia • Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jimhillmedia/ SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at https://www.patreon.com/jimhillmedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave Grey Produced by Eric Hersey - https://strongmindedagency.com SPONSOR Planning a Disney or Universal vacation can get complicated fast. The team at Be Our Guest Vacations can help with hotels, theme park tickets, dining reservations, and the many details that go into planning a Central Florida vacation, all at no additional cost to you. If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. https://www.jimhillmedia.com/sponsor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“HULK SMASH!” - JACKIE & PAIGE MEET THE GREEN GOLIATH FOR THE FIRST TIME! Jackie Bonsignore & Paige Kimsey continue their first-time MCU reaction journey with The Incredible Hulk (2008) as they build toward Tom Holland's Spider-Man movies and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Edward Norton stars as Bruce Banner, a scientist hiding in Brazil while desperately searching for a cure to the gamma radiation that transforms him into the Hulk. From the bottling-factory chase and General Ross' sonic-cannon attack to Hulk versus Abomination in Harlem, the “Hulk Smash!” moment, Martin Starr's appearance years before playing Peter Parker's teacher, and Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark ending cameo, Jackie & Paige experience the MCU's often-overlooked second movie! The Incredible Hulk (2008) Full Movie Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   Directed by Louis Leterrier (The Transporter, Now You See Me), The Incredible Hulk stars Edward Norton as Bruce Banner / Hulk (Fight Club, Primal Fear), Liv Tyler as Betty Ross (The Lord of the Rings, Armageddon), Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky / Abomination (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs), William Hurt as General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Broadcast News, A History of Violence), Tim Blake Nelson as Dr. Samuel Sterns (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Watchmen), and Ty Burrell as Dr. Leonard Samson (Modern Family, Dawn of the Dead). Martin Starr (Silicon Valley, Freaks and Geeks) appears as a computer lab student before later joining the Spider-Man films as Mr. Harrington. Jackie & Paige discuss Edward Norton's version of Bruce Banner, Hulk and Betty's relationship, Tim Roth's transformation into Abomination, General Ross' obsession with capturing Banner, the university campus battle, the Harlem showdown, the Samuel Sterns tease, Tony Stark connecting the movie to Iron Man and The Avengers, and how these characters continue throughout the larger MCU. Follow Jackie Bonsignore: https://www.instagram.com/jackiebonsignore/ Follow Paige Kimsey https://www.instagram.com/paige.popcorn?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Holland is now the #3 box office star when accounting for the money his movies have brought in. The top two on the list are WOMEN, however, which kind of punches a hole into the whole "women are kept down in Hollywood" narrative. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consumer's point of view. We talk about Gaming, Comics, Anime, TV, Movies, Animation and more. Hosted by Kneon and Geeky Sparkles. Get more news, views and reviews on Clownfish TV News - https://more.clownfishtv.com/ On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ClownfishTV On Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Tu83D1NcCmh7K1zHIedvg On Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clownfish-tv-audio-edition/id1726838629 MORE CLOWNFISH TV - Official Merch Store: http://ClownfishMinus.com Facebook - https://facebook.com/ClownfishTV X - https://x.com/ClownfishTVcom Clownfish TV subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClownfishTVOfficial/ Disclaimer: This series is produced by Clownfish Studios and WebReef Media, and is part of ClownfishTV.com. Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of our guests, affiliates, sponsors, or advertisers. ClownfishTV.com is an unofficial news source and has no connection to any company that we may cover. This channel and website and the content made available through this site are for educational, entertainment and informational purposes only. These so-called “fair uses” are permitted even if the use of the work would otherwise be infringing. #Podcast #Commentary #News #Reaction #Gaming #Comedy #Entertainment #Hollywood #PopCulture #Tech #Anime #FYP Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week on Born to Watch, we sink our teeth into a Fright Night 1985 Review, revisiting one of the most recognisable vampire movies of the VHS era. For Whitey, this one comes loaded with childhood nostalgia, a movie discovered through an unforgettable video shop cover and watched countless times growing up. For Gow and Damo, however, this is essentially fresh blood. So, after more than 40 years, does Fright Night still deliver the perfect combination of horror, comedy and '80s vampire cool, or should some childhood favourites remain safely buried in the past?Directed by Tom Holland, Fright Night stars William Ragsdale as Charlie Brewster, a teenager who discovers that his charming new neighbour, Jerry Dandrige, is actually a vampire. Naturally, nobody believes him. Not his mum, not his girlfriend Amy, not the police, and certainly not washed-up television horror host Peter Vincent. Unfortunately for Charlie, Jerry knows that Charlie knows, and things are about to get considerably more complicated.The boys start with the nostalgia factor, and this might be one of the biggest tests yet of whether childhood memories can survive a modern rewatch. Whitey remembers Fright Night as the ideal gateway horror movie, scary enough for a young teenager but funny and accessible enough to keep bringing him back. Gow and Damo don't have that emotional safety net, so they judge the film in the cold, unforgiving light of 2026.That difference produces exactly the sort of Born to Watch discussion you'd expect.Chris Sarandon's Jerry Dandrige gets plenty of attention. Smooth, ridiculously confident and rocking some magnificent '80s wardrobe choices, Jerry might be the strongest thing the movie has going for it. The nightclub sequence gets examined, the seductive vampire powers are discussed, and Whitey can't help noticing some serious Michael Douglas vibes years before Basic Instinct arrived.Then there's Roddy McDowall as Peter Vincent, the former movie vampire killer who discovers that dealing with the real thing is considerably different from acting in front of a camera. The boys look back at McDowall's incredible career, from Planet of the Apes to his decades of film and television work, while deciding just how much Peter Vincent adds to Fright Night.But we need to talk about Evil Ed.Oh dear.Stephen Geoffreys' performance becomes one of the episode's biggest talking points, and not necessarily for the reasons the filmmakers hoped. Is Evil Ed deliberately annoying? Is he supposed to be funny? Is he operating in a completely different movie from everybody else? And most importantly, just how high can the Born to Watch annoyance scale actually go?The boys also dive into Amanda Bearse as Amy, William Ragsdale's Charlie, Charlie's questionable decision-making, Jerry's supernatural seduction abilities and the wonderfully bizarre logic that comes with trying to convince the police that the bloke next door is a vampire.There is plenty to admire visually. The practical effects still provide some of Fright Night's strongest moments, particularly as the film heads towards its creature-heavy finale. Melting faces, transformations, wolves, vampires, mist-covered houses, and gloriously physical '80s effects all remind us why this era of horror still has such a passionate following.Naturally, being Born to Watch, the conversation doesn't remain focused on vampires for very long.The boys wander through the movies of 1985, revisit the glory days of video shops, discuss horror films as a childhood rite of passage, remember a time when Australian television had only a handful of channels, somehow find their way into Married... with Children, debate vampire rules and take several conversational detours that absolutely nobody planned.There's also the usual critical analysis, questionable observations, movie trivia, overs and unders, the trailer breakdown, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and enough inappropriate vampire discussion to ensure Bram Stoker is spinning violently in his grave.The biggest question, though, remains simple.Can nostalgia save Fright Night?For one member of the Born to Watch crew, this was once a genuine childhood favourite. Decades later, surrounded by two first-time viewers and forced to examine every strange performance, plot decision and ageing effect, those memories are about to face their toughest test yet.Grab the garlic, check the mirrors, lock the bedroom window and whatever you do, don't invite the new neighbour inside.It's time for Fright Night on Born to Watch.Born to Watch, the movie review podcast where we don't take the movies, or ourselves, too seriously.#FrightNight #FrightNight1985 #FrightNightReview #BornToWatch #MovieReviewPodcast #80sMovies #80sHorror #VampireMovies #HorrorMovies #CultMovies

Mystery, Magic & Nolan!Amber speaks candidly with Jeff about Christopher Nolan and his recent success at the box office with 2026's The Odyssey; from it's Oscar chances to impressive performances, the question to ask is whether we've seen Nolan's masterpiece or if the best is yet to come!This episode is available AD-FREE on our Patreon right now! Get started with a FREE 7-day trial. We've got plenty of exclusive content and episodes that you'll only find there! You can also sign up as a free member!Check out our NEW YouTube Channel and subscribe now! Our new series Previously On... is exclusively available over on YouTube to cover your favorite TV shows, and ours!Connect with us on social media and our website!

They may not share Ohbliv's "Faith In Fruition", or the belief that Tom Holland is the definitive Spider-Man, but Moulz & Mel are in agreement about baby names and the "mixtape before the album" gimmick in hip-hop.Full episode: https://www.patreon.com/raprankings/posts/rap-rankings-s18-167612574

On our first Comic Book Bears livestream for August 2026, the CBB boys (Steve, Caleb and Billy Z) spoke about Spider-Man: Brand New Day soon after it was released to cinemas. Here we are at the end of the month and it is still dominating the global box office, and now that livestream is here in audio form! The movie is the 38th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the fourth film in the MCU Spider-Man film series. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Spider-Man: Brand New Day stars Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man alongside Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Florence Pugh, Marisa Tomei, and Mark Ruffalo with Sadie Sink as a major Marvel Comics character making her MCU debut. In the film, Peter Parker is on his own and dedicated to protecting New York City as Spider-Man, just as personal struggles and an evolutionary development to his superpowers complicate matters while contending with a new threat. As is the tradition when we have a film-based episode, we offer up what we thought of the movie (be forewarned, in a very spoileriffic manner) and then we each make a suggestion regarding a collected edition featuring characters from the film. After that we even get in a little bit of roundtable time to talk about some recent comics - in this case, Terminal #1 by Robert Kirkman, Joe Casey and Adam Kubert (Image Comics), the final installment of Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (Graphix) and the latest installments of Silence (#5: Dream and #6: Nightmare), the queer themed wordless project from Łukasz Majcher's Moom Comics! So hit play for all this and more! 

Episodio donde hablamos sobre el re-cast de Kratos para la serie de God of War, la Bradley Gang en la siguiente temporada de la serie de IT, reseña de la serie The Crowded Room con Tom Holland como protagonista, después de anunciar secuela (pero en libro) ahora anuncian película de Heat 2 y su casting, analizamos la pregunta sobre si Henry Cavill sería un buen Wolverine, y terminamos con nuestra reseña CON spoilers sobre la 3ra temporada de House of the Dragon! Escúchanos: Spotify / Apple Podcasts / YouTube Apóyanos: patreon.com/holamsupernova Síguenos: Instagram/ Twitter/ TikTok @holamsupernova Merch: holamsupernova.myshopify.com

0:00 - It's college football Week 0. Football is officially back in our lives. Do you have any spare change floating around your house? Moser will tell you exactly what to do with it...LAY IT DOWN!Also, last season we found out that Sam Ehlinger received offers from other teams. But he chose to stay in Denver as a backup. Why? Why didn't he take a chance elsewhere?18:02 - Connor Hellebuyck is done with Winnipeg, and has publicly requested a trade. Should the Avs go get him? Can they afford him? Is Hellebuyck an upgrade over their current goalie duo?35:01 - It's our favorite part of the week DRUNK TAKES! We take clips from throughout the week, slow em down to half speed and it makes us sound like we're hammered. Today's edition includes: Tom Holland and Zendayayaya, Shirtless Kyle Keefe, spear a large hog, and Scott Hastings' post-shower routine.

Can you guess which Disney character teamed up with the 49ers? Katey Sagal celebrates 40 years of sobriety. Let's eat some headlines! Spider-Man to sink Titanic out of the top 5 biggest movies ever. How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days is getting a sequel. Will Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson be returning? 49er owner Jed York didn't have a sad lady sitting at home, but he is a bad tipper. If Alien life were confirmed tomorrow, would you take the bear? Another day, another list of dating turn-offs.

Finally, a dong! The second episode of Lanterns has naked aliens, a suspicious town hall meeting, a freeway foot chase, a strange bird and a ton of lore getting dropped on the heads of unknowing normies. We talk about how this show is doing a great job of being something non-superhero folks want to watch while also getting in more nerdy background stuff than almost any other show or movie.Before that: Tom Holland is rich! Is Batman being blocked by Paramount? Could The Odyssey be making even more money if it left out one F bomb? All this and more! If you don't care about any of that skip right to 52:56.Want your questions answered on the show? Send an email to ask.cinema.sangha@gmail.com and ask away, and ask about pretty much anything at all. Make sure your subject line contains the name of the show on which you want your question answered. One question per email, please, but feel free to send in multiple emails!Spread the word! Tell your friends about us! And go to our YouTube channel and subscribe to our video feed!

The Kristian Harloff Show is back with a Lanterns Episode 2 spoiler review as "Trust Fall" delivers some major developments for the new DCU! We break down the episode, the biggest reveals, the arrival of a major DC character, and what the episode's shocking villain reveal could mean for the future of Lanterns and James Gunn's larger DC Universe. ⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: The Lanterns Episode 2 discussion contains full spoilers for "Trust Fall." Plus, Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues its incredible box office run, beating Insidious and holding strong in theaters. How much further can Tom Holland's latest Spider-Man movie climb, and what does its continued success mean for Marvel Studios and the future of the MCU? Marvel is also bringing Avengers: Endgame back to theaters with an extended Encore re-release. We discuss when tickets go on sale, what's being added, and whether Marvel fans will head back to theaters before Avengers: Doomsday. Finally, we cover the latest developments involving Paramount after early settlement talks were reportedly canceled. Today's show puts a major focus on Lanterns Episode 2 and everything "Trust Fall" just revealed about the future of the series and the DCU. We discuss the characters, story, biggest surprises, and theories about where Lanterns goes from here. We also dive into the continued box office dominance of Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Marvel's decision to bring Avengers: Endgame back to theaters ahead of the next massive chapter of the MCU. If you're a fan of Lanterns, Green Lantern, DC Studios, James Gunn, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Tom Holland, Marvel Studios, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Doomsday, or the latest movie news, this episode is for you! #Lanterns #LanternsEpisode2 #GreenLantern #DCU #DCStudios #JamesGunn #SpiderManBrandNewDay #SpiderMan #TomHolland #Marvel #MarvelStudios #MCU #AvengersEndgame #AvengersDoomsday #MovieNews #KristianHarloffShow COME JOIN HARLOFF, ELLIS AND STERGER FOR A NIGHT OF COMEDY - THURSDAY, 10/8 @ 7:30PM SHOW HOSTED BY:  KYLE LEWIS  https://brokerage.govs.com/shows/376674 SPONSOR:  HIMS: Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://www.hims.com/kristian to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you.  

Two-thirds of young adults (18–29) have walked away from church… but we're also seeing an all‑time high in Bible sales driven by young adults, plus millions returning to a personal commitment to Jesus. In this episode of youngadults.today, Josiah and Micah sit down with Daniel Young (Young Adults & Student Pastor at Eagle Brook Church) to talk about: His prodigal story and how Jesus recaptured his heart as a young adult Why the young adult years are the most spiritually dangerous years Real stats on deconstruction, disaffiliation, and the surprising comeback How Eagle Brook reaches young adults across 14 campuses Third spaces, after-parties, and creating transformational relationships How to disciple young adults so they don't just love youth group… they love the Church Daniel's top advice for young communicators: love the Bible, guard your private devotion, and love people well Whether you're a young adult, a pastor, or a ministry leader, this conversation will give you vision, language, and practical ideas for reaching the next generation.

Movie Mike ranks all 11 theatrical Spider-Man movies from Tobey Maguire's original trilogy and Andrew Garfield's two films to Tom Holland's MCU movies and the animated Spider-Verse films. Plus the messy Spider-man rights, controversy of who actually created the character, and how did Jake Gyllenhaal almost play Spider-Man before becoming Mysterio?! In the Movie Review, Mike talks about The End of Oak Street starring Anne Hathaway. It’s about a mysterious cosmic event that rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports a family’s neighborhood to someplace unknown. Mike talks about why it’s no Jurassic Park but that’s a good thing, Anne Hathaway’s great physical performance and why it caught him by surprise. In the Trailer Park, Mike talks about Primetime starring Robert Pattinson as former "To Catch a Predator" host Chris Hansen during the height of the show's success. Mike talks about the amazing run Robert Pattinson is having and wonders how some actors feel about being cast as the ‘predators’? New Episodes Every Monday! Watch on YouTube: @MikeDeestro Follow Mike on TikTok: @mikedeestro Follow Mike on Instagram: @mikedeestro Follow Mike on Threads: @mikedeestro Follow Mike on X: @mikedeestro Follow Mike on Letterboxd: @mikedeestro Email: MovieMikeD@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We just returned from Montreal, the scene of what some are calling the latest cringe social media post from lovebirds Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau. The two are dancing in a Montreal Hardware store to Justin’s son’s song playing on the radio, but plenty of people have been taking some mean shots at them, one tv presenter calling them the most annoying couple in the world. On the other side of the spectrum, we talk about one of the most adorable couples in the word: Zendaya and Tom Holland, who have taken quite the opposite approach to managing their relationship in the spotlight. Do we even have confirmation that they’re actually married?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We just returned from Montreal, the scene of what some are calling the latest cringe social media post from lovebirds Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau. The two are dancing in a Montreal Hardware store to Justin’s son’s song playing on the radio, but plenty of people have been taking some mean shots at them, one tv presenter calling them the most annoying couple in the world. On the other side of the spectrum, we talk about one of the most adorable couples in the word: Zendaya and Tom Holland, who have taken quite the opposite approach to managing their relationship in the spotlight. Do we even have confirmation that they’re actually married?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Housewives to Tom Holland, Rob Shuter has us covered.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We just returned from Montreal, the scene of what some are calling the latest cringe social media post from lovebirds Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau. The two are dancing in a Montreal Hardware store to Justin’s son’s song playing on the radio, but plenty of people have been taking some mean shots at them, one tv presenter calling them the most annoying couple in the world. On the other side of the spectrum, we talk about one of the most adorable couples in the word: Zendaya and Tom Holland, who have taken quite the opposite approach to managing their relationship in the spotlight. Do we even have confirmation that they’re actually married?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why is it that some celebrity romances feel genuine and others feel like fake news? Sanjana and Tyler dig into the authenticity of it all before UTA literary agent Ariele Fredman joins to chat about what romance publishers want right now and what may be coming next. Then, Sanj and Tyler crown their Q3 Internet Boyfriends. Celebrity romances mentioned: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, Matty Healy and Gabbriette, Dua Lipa and Callum Turner, and Tom Holland and Zendaya. Ariele Fredman on what’s trending in romance publishing, with a shout-out to I. V. Marie’s YA romantasy hit Ruinous Ends. Q3 Internet Boyfriend nominees: Dónal Finn (Young Sherlock, The Other Bennet Sister) and Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani, with special acknowledgements for Irish accents and public officials willing to solve your dating problems. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

*Timestamps are approximate* TIME TOPIC 0:00 Podcast intro with Dave & Chuck "The Freak"0:01 - - - AD MARKER - - -0:01 National Potato Day/Top potato dishes0:04 Average farts of men vs women0:11 EMAIL: Dad and stepmom live in separate houses0:13 EMAIL: Pooped in a customer's master bedroom, the toilet wasn't working0:16 The 10 best and worst states for swingers0:39 NEWS0:39 UNSOLVED MYSTERY0:39 A new twist in the story about a woman who dropped a human skull off at goodwill0:45 Update on the frat house cocaine bust0:48 Mechanic was tracking a woman with a GPS device0:52 Guy was using spy glasses to spy into a woman's bedroom1:00 - - - AD MARKER - - -1:00 CELEBRITY DIRT1:00 Fan brawl at White Sox/Cubs game1:05 Hardly anyone watched the MLB Field of Dreams game1:08 An NFL franchise outside of the US is coming1:11 A 12-year-old who sunk 2 hole-in-ones during the Same round1:14 A 12-year-old boxer ranked #3 in the country1:18 ZZ Top's Frank Beard has passed away1:20 Update on the death of Hayden Panettiere1:25 VMA nominations1:26 How much Tom Holland is making off of the latest Spider-Man movie1:32 Chris Evans teams with an animal rescue1:36 - - - AD MARKER - - -1:36 FAST FOOD FREAKOUT1:36 Teen threatened to bomb an Applebee's on social media1:48 Teen rescued after getting stuck in the sand at a beach1:52 Horses gets spooked while people were riding them1:55 Blindness being linked to boner pills2:29 - - - AD MARKER - - -2:29 BADASS OF THE DAY2:29 A dad dragged a burning AC unit away from the house moments before it blew up2:34 Woman was impaled by a seat pole during a concert2:39 Missing woman spotted by the NYPD from the skies2:41 College roommates discover a stranger living with them2:45 The best and worst drivers by vehicle brand2:53 - - - AD MARKER - - -2:53 NEWS2:53 DARK SIDED2:53 Young tourist was hiking up an active volcano was struck by lightning2:56 Passenger of vehicle that crashed into a bank has died3:00 Jet skier got separated from group, had to be rescued 2.5 miles away from shore3:05 - - - AD MARKER - - -3:05 Swarms of jelly fish spotted near beaches3:09 Couple would steal books from libraries to sell to book stores3:12 Dog that helps anxious students learn how to surf3:15 - - - AD MARKER - - -3:15 IT SUCKS TO BE OLD3:15 What a well meaning senior citizen brough into a police station END OF SHOWSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The guys dive into the bizarre world of Vikings memorabilia and trading cards, Zach asks AI to create KFAN trading cards with spectacularly inaccurate results, Sauce's outfit becomes an ongoing target and Headlines covers Tool, Tom Holland, Cheese Whiz and a Penn State fraternity drug ring.

The guys dive into the bizarre world of Vikings memorabilia and trading cards, Zach asks AI to create KFAN trading cards with spectacularly inaccurate results, Sauce's outfit becomes an ongoing target and Headlines covers Tool, Tom Holland, Cheese Whiz and a Penn State fraternity drug ring.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hayden Panettiere's mother is speaking out about her boyfriend. Neutrogena is under fire for supposedly firing Hayden Panettiere after she entered a program for post-partem depression. Is SeaWorld still a thing? Tom Holland is rivaling Robert Downey Jr with this paycheck. California real estate always gets the last laugh. Beauty influencers and hair tutorials are shaping the sales of personal care products - for teens! What ingredients are in all this junk?

Hour 1: MTV VMA nominations are out, and it's going to be the Madonna show this year. Sounds like the 80s! For the first time since 1989, there is no rock category this year at the VMAs. Duane “Keefe D” Davis is being charged with Tupac's murder after writing about the event in his autobiography. Data centers are thirsty, and Jason Kelce has a new solution! Are ukuleles cool? What about carnivorous butterflies? Matty reveals a crazy fear. Cheese Whiz rules, even if it's not cheese, and a man is mad about kids on his lawn. Hour 2: Hayden Panettiere's mother is speaking out about her boyfriend. Neutrogena is under fire for supposedly firing Hayden Panettiere after she entered a program for post-partem depression. Is SeaWorld still a thing? Tom Holland is rivaling Robert Downey Jr with this paycheck. California real estate always gets the last laugh. Beauty influencers and hair tutorials are shaping the sales of personal care products - for teens! What ingredients are in all this junk? Hour 3: The battle of the generations is BACK! Olivia dominated for the Zillennials last week. Will she take down David from GenX just as easily? Let's play some trivia. Speaking of Chuck E. Cheese, Sarah thinks Matty should give up on one of his birthday dreams. Las Vegas is more beautiful than San Francisco? Get a grip. Then, Sarah tells Vinnie to take his kids to Japan before recounting the worst trip ever. Hour 4: Rest in peace to Frank Beard, the longtime drummer for the legendary rock band ZZ Top. Is “tush” the best word for a bum? No rock category at the VMAs this year, and clearly no God rock either. Although, Sarah did go through a Stryper phase. Philadelphia is leaning into their bad boy reputation with a new museum. That jerk you know? She's from Philly. Plus, When Did That Happen?

Tom Holland made a little bit of money from Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and Olivia Rodrigo helped pay for one student's college tuition.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Bobby and Eddie debate whether parents should send their kids off to college with condoms, and Eddie explains why he wants no part of making that purchase for his son. Plus, Kickoff Kevin has an issue with Tom Holland after watching The Odyssey. The guy's debate some of the most famous athletes in the world, and Bobby explains why he’s cutting back to one fantasy football league. Then, they close it out with a wild sports edition of Would You Rather featuring LeBron vs. MJ, Brady vs. Tiger, the Super Bowl vs. the Masters and plenty more. Follow the Show: @25WhistlesSports Follow the Crew: @MrBobbyBones @ProducerEddie @KickoffKevin @MikeDeestro @BrandonRayMusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brandi has a wild conspiracy about the LaGuardia airport after spending all day there watching flights get grounded under clear blue skies. The only explanation? Aliens. Meanwhile, Wells checks in from a 70mm IMAX screening of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Hot take alert... Tom Holland the weak link. From there it's a full favorite-things run: a Netflix documentary that goes somewhere nobody saw coming, a Hulu thriller you can't look away from, a children's cartoon about a neurodivergent raccoon, and Wells' new life plan to become Ian Fleming and retire to a taco stand on an island with Matt. How wholesome.FAVORITE THINGS:The OdysseyHouse of the Dragon Season Finale (HBO Max)Furious (Hulu)A Toxic Love Story (Netflix)The Idaho Murders (Netflix)Obsession (rental, Apple TV)Carl the Collector (PBS Kids)Onyx Storm (The Fourth Wing Series) by Rebecca YarrosThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersThe NotebookThanks for tuning in, YFTers. Love ya, Fam!Thank you to our incredible sponsors: BetterHelp: See the reviews, see what stands out, and see if BetterHelp is right for you. Visit betterhelp.com/yft.Hungryroot: For a limited time get 40% off your first order PLUS get a free item in every box for life. Go to Hungryroot.com/yft and use code YFT.Quince: Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com/yft. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.Schedule35: Get 15% off all orders with code YFT at Schedule35.co.Tumble: Machine Washable Rugs, Made Better. For a limited time only, our listeners get 10% off + free shipping at tumbleliving.com/YFTSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I have…. thoughts on the latest installation of Marvel's Spiderman starring Tom Holland. Here's what I enjoyed, what I didn't, plus my take on the storyline and the box office reception. Warning: spoilers ahead. - - - Today's Sponsor: ExpressVPN - Go to https://expressvpn.com/benshapiroshow and find out how you can get up to 4 extra months thanks to our sponsor, ExpressVPN! - - - DailyWire+ Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe