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Finishing our conversation on NFL Divisional Weekend; Breaking Down our top 5 Games of the Weekend! Blake Toppmeyer with Early Thoughts on CFP National Championship Game, Indiana's Dominance, College Football Calendar, & More! Tell Your Story, Jedd Fisch.

Finishing up our breakdown of the Grizzlies' Game from Berlin & Bane's Comments; The List: Downtown, The NCAA; NFL Divisional Weekend upcoming! Picking 1 Team to Win it All!

Will We Be Talking About Ja Morant on a New Team on Tuesday? Breaking Down Desmond Bane's Pregame Comments & The Loss to Orlando in Berlin.

Finishing up Buy/Sell/Short/Go to Reddit; Jason Munz on potential progression for the Tigers through conference play, Takeaways from the FAU Loss, and Previewing Temple Tonight; Dante Moore Announces his Return to Oregon, a look ahead to the NFL Draft, Mike Tomlin Job Search; Tell Your Story, Dan Hurley.

Finishing up with YOUR calls on the Ja Morant Situation with the Memphis Grizzlies; The List: The Memphis Grizzlies, Jaren Jackson Jr.; Buy/Sell/Short/Go to Reddit: It is Acceptable to Stretch Your Finances to go See Your Team on a Historic Run.

Talking All Things Ja Morant after his presser & More from Germany; Taking YOUR Calls on the current state of the Ja Morant/Grizzlies Situation.

Breaking Down the Current State of the NFL Head Coaching Carousel; Eric Hasseltine on the Packers' Head Coaching Situation, Ja Morant Trade Rumor, Rehabbing the Relationship, & Calling Games Abroad.

Finishing the conversation with Eric Hasseltine; The List: Mike Tomlin, Indiana Football; Breaking Down the Rosters of the College Football Playoff: Get Old & Stay Old? The Indiana Blueprint? & More!

Finishing the conversation on CFP Roster Building; Takeaways from NFL Super Wild Card Weekend; NFL Coaching Carousel Continues to Spin! Greg Roman & Kevin Patullo FIRED; Tell Your Story, Dabo Swinney.

Finishing up our overreactions to Indiana's Win over Oregon; Taking YOUR Calls on the Ja Morant Situation with the Memphis Grizzlies; TV Timeout: NFL SuperWildCard Weekend; Tell Your Story, Wes Miller.

Overreacting to the Massive Ja Morant News from the Weekend! CJ Hurt on Taking Trade Calls for Ja, How did We Get Here? Importance of Winning, NBA Roster Building & More!

Finishing up the conversation with CJ Hurt; The List: Tiger Basketball, Brooks Koepka; Chris Herrington on Ja's Future with the Grizzlies: Games yet to be played, Trade Rumors, Contract, & More; Overreactions from the CFP and Indiana's Win over Oregon.

Finishing up the Conversation with Blake Toppmeyer; The List: Ja Morant; Top Games of the Weekend!; Tell Your Story, Giants Twitter.

Breaking Down the News of the Day... Ja Morant Reportedly on the Trade Market; Blake Toppmeyer on the Ole Miss Loss to Miami in the CFP Semis, Miami's National Championship Chances, Oregon vs Indiana, And More!

Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universesAs has become par for the course these last few weeks, Marvel Studios released the third Avengers: Doomsday trailer, which focuses on the X-Men, Tuesday morning after an exclusive week run attached to theatrical showings of Avatar Fire and Ash. Sebastian Stan is in talks to join The Batman Part II opposite Robert Pattinson and Scarlett Johansson, making him the second Marvel Cinematic Universe alum to jump to Matt Reeves' Gotham. The Oscar-nominated Apprentice star, best known for playing Bucky Barnes aka the Winter Soldier in multiple Marvel films, would join returning cast members Colin Farrell, Jeffrey Wright and Andy Serkis ahead of spring production for an October 2027 release.Avatar: Fire and Ash crossed the 1 billion dollar mark at the global box office after 18 days in theaters, led by 40 million dollars domestically in its third weekend for a total of 306 million dollars and 777.1 million dollars internationally, making it Disney's third billion-dollar release of 2025. Meanwhile, Netflix's Stranger Things series finale generated between 25 to 28 million dollars from a limited two-day theatrical run across 600 theaters on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, with exhibitors selling concession vouchers rather than traditional tickets and keeping all revenue themselves as an olive branch between the streamer and theaters. Simu Liu has publicly endorsed his Copenhagen Test co-star Melissa Barrera to play Wonder Woman in James Gunn's DC Universe, praising her stunt training as Wonder Woman-esque and calling her a total badass who puts in the work. DC Studios boss James Gunn confirmed in July that Wonder Woman has not been cast yet and won't be discussed until the script is finished, with Supergirl screenwriter Ana Nogueira tapped to write the new Wonder Woman film.Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another dominated the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday night, winning Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, while Timothée Chalamet won Best Actor for Marty Supreme and Jessie Buckley took Best Actress for Hamnet. Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein tied for the most wins with four awards each, with Jacob Elordi scoring a surprise Best Supporting Actor victory for his performance as the Creature in Frankenstein. On the television side, The Pitt won Best Drama while The Studio took Best Comedy, with Adolescence earning four awards including Best Limited Series.Horror director James Wan has expressed interest in directing Avatar 4 if James Cameron decides to step back from the franchise, telling Screen Rant he would love to take a crack at the billion-dollar series. Cameron has indicated he may scale back his hands-on involvement with future Avatar films to pursue other projects, potentially delegating more directorial duties to second unit directors or another filmmaker while remaining as producer.Paramount+ has renewed Mayor of Kingstown for a fifth and final season consisting of eight episodes, down from the usual ten episodes per season. The Taylor Sheridan crime drama starring Jeremy Renner and Edie Falco will conclude after its upcoming season, which follows the bloody Season 4 finale that aired in December 2025.Amazon Prime Video has announced the cast for its Tomb Raider series starring Sophie Turner as Lara Croft, with Sigourney Weaver joining as Evelyn Wallis, a mysterious woman seeking to exploit Lara's talents, and Jason Isaacs as Atlas DeMornay, Lara's uncle. The series, created and co-showrun by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, will also feature several characters from the video game franchise including Bill Paterson as butler Winston and Martin Bobb-Semple as tech support Zip.

Breaking Down the Grizzlies' Loss to the Phoenix Suns Last Night & Ja Morant; Eric Hasseltine on the Grizzlies' Continues Injury Woes, Last Night's Loss, Ja Morant's Relationship with the Grizzlies, Rehashing the Dillon Brooks Breakup, Geoff Calkins and More!

Finishing up the conversation with Eric Hasseltine; The List: The Fiesta Bowl/CFP; Jason Smith on the CFP, Memphis's New QB, Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears Playoff Game; Tell Your Story, Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Buy/Sell/Short/Go to Reddit: Wemby's Minutes Restriction was a Bad Look for the NBA, The 49ers Showed They Weren't Serious Playing for the 1 Seed with their Uniforms; Jason Munz on the Tigers' Struggles in Early Conference Wins, Penny's Rotations, Looking Ahead to FAU This Weekend.

The List: Ruben Bain, Conference Realignment & Memphis Sports; Awful Announcing's Top 10 Super Bowl Matchups; Tell Your Story, Joe Judge.

Analyzing the Four Teams Remaining in the College Football Playoff; CFP Quarterfinals Awards: Team of the Week, Heisman Winner, Dumpster Fire, CFB Moment, What We Got Right & Wrong, and More!

Finishing up the CFP Quarterfinal Awards; The List: The Golden State Warriors, The Las Vegas Raiders; Breaking Down the Betting Lines for the CFP Semifinals; Tell Your Story, Jimmy Haslam.

Finishing up our TV Timeout; The List: Buccee's, NFL Black Monday; CJ Hurt on Lessons from the Grizzlies' Weekend in LA, Injuries just keep piling up; Tell Your Story, Russell Wilson.

Overreacting to the College Football Playoff Quarterfinals! TV Timeout: NFL Super Wildcard Weekend Schedule, Marshawn Lynch on the ManningCast, & Bowl Game TV Ratings.

Ryan and Dylan return to the mysterious adventures of gentleman sleuth Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man.

Coach Norton Hurd IV joins the program to talk college football playoffs, Miami, Tigers, and More; Top Games of the Extended Holiday Weekend; Tell Your Story, Steve Sarkisian.

Buy/sell/Short/Go to Reddit: Tuomas Iisalo's Rotations Blew the Game for the Grizzlies, The SEC Dominance is OVER, NBC's NBA Coverage; Jason Munz Joins the Show to talk all things Memphis Tigers' Hoops Ahead of their First Conference Game.

On this weeks episode, the Final Episode of the Season Will, Ian & Nora (absent) return to the Knives Out Crime scene to yet again solve the mystery of "Is this a good movie"! After their last foray into this mystery world, with Glass Onion, will they again tumble into fighting, or will they be more agreeable, as the discuss-WAKE UP DEAD MAN PG-13 144 minutesDirected by: Rian Johnson. Starring: Daniel Craig, James O'Connor, Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, Andrew Scott, Thomas Hayden Church, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, Jeffrey Wright and Many Other Talented People!02:30- Season 5 Fun Facts07:30- First Thoughts11:00- WAKE UP DEAD MAN13:00- Tasty Morsels15:30- Rating/Review44:00- Totals45:30- That's Season 5! Thank You everyone! See You In a Couple of Weeks for SEASON 6Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/THELastActionCritics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: @TheLastActionCriticsemail:   Thelastactioncritics@gmail.comNext SEASON! in a few weeks

Finishing Our Fill in the Blank Game; The List: The National Football League, Bo Nix; John Calipari on the Influx of older/pro players in college basketball & Betting Lines for the Weekend; Tell Your Story, LA Chargers.

Preparing for the 2nd Round of the College Football Playoffs; Fill in the Blanks: Game to Watch, Most Confusing Game, Game That Could Change Our Mind, Team With Most to Gain & Lose, Game That'll Create the most unfounded Narrative, & More!

Finishing up our TV Timeout; The List: The Memphis Grizzlies, Walmart, Jerry Lawler; CJ Hurt on the Grizzlies' Attempts to reach .500m Gambling in the NBA, Kyle Whittingham to Michigan; Tell Your Story, Christian Pulisic.

Overreacting to the Year Past in Memphis Sports; TV Timeout: Tom Brady GloveGate, Broadcast Booth Cameos, Bowl Game Themes.

Rian Johnson is back on Netflix with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and this starts off as a bit of a mystery in comparison to the prior iterations of this franchise. This star-studded cast includes Jeffrey Wright, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Thomas Haden Church, and of course Daniel Craig, to name a few. This mystery centers around a Catholic Church in a small town, where a young, but troubled, upstart priest gets sent there to pay recompense and mature as a man of the cloth. Mystery ensues and our favorite guy Benoit shows up to figure out the killer in this surprisingly introspective whodunnit. Please! Subscribe where we are, especially here on YouTube

Finishing the conversation on the rising cost of sports in the US; The List: Santi Claus, James Nnaji; Christmas NFL Slate; Tell Your Story, Mike Preston

Coach Norton Hurd IV Joins the Program to talk Miami's Win over Texas A&M; Breaking Down the Story on the Rising Costs of Sports and Tickets in the US.

Breaking Down the Tigers' Performance Last Night (& On the Whole Season)! Recapping the Opening Round of the College Football Playoff.

Finishing up our recap of the first round of the College Football Playoff; The List: Jeff Brohm/U of Michigan; Handing out Christmas Gifts to our local Sports Figures; Tell Your Story, DK Metcalf Fan.

Overreacting to the First Round of the College Football Playoffs Last Weekend! TV Timeout: Main Street Sports/DAZN Merging? Or Not...

Finishing our TV Timeout; The List: Bobby Petrino, Bill Simmons, Notre Dame/USC; CJ Hurt on Brandon Clarke (and the Grizzlies') Injury Woes, Grizz Fall to Wizards, Michigan Coaching Search; Tell Your Story, Rick Pitino.

Finishing the conversation with Blake Toppmeyer; The List: Thursday Night Football; Top 5 Games of the Weekend! Tell Your Story LeBron James.

Will We be Talking about a .500 Grizzlies Team on Monday? Blake Toppmeyer: Are we watching any real contenders this weekend? Are OU & Ole Miss the Same, but opposite?, Group of Six complaints, Playoff Expansion, & More!

Finishing the conversation with Eric Hasseltine; The List: Tiger Basketball; Jason Smith on the Tigers' New Offensive Coordinator, Takeaways from the Tigers' Loss to Vanderbilt; Tell Your Story, Kevin Durant.

Reacting to the Differing Results in Memphis Hoops from Last Night; Eric Hasseltine on the Grizzlies' Win in Minnesota Last Night, Team Success via Depth, Grizzlies' MVP Thus far & MORE!

Buy/Sell/Short/Go to Reddit: Vanderbilt Hasn't Played Anyone; Jason Munz on why the Louisville Game Could be a one off, Tigers' Path to victory, At Large Opportunities.

Finishing the conversation with Jason Munz; The List: Confidential Coaches; NBA Cup Notes: Knicks Win the Cup & Won't Raise a Banner; Tell Your Story, Puka Nacua.

Finishing Up Our Reactions to the Regular Season College Football Awards; The List: FanDuel Sports Network, Notre Dame; College Football Playoff Opening Round Betting Lines; Tell Your Story, Joel Klatt.

Why does it feel like we don't have college football Playoff games this coming weekend?... Reactions to the End of Season College Football Awards: Heisman for Fernando, QB Draft Stock.

Finishing up our TV Timeout; The List: Jon Sumrall; CJ Hurt on Michigan's Coaching Saga, Sumrall's Donation & Putting Silverfield to the Fire, John Cena's Tap Out; Tell Your Story, Connor Stalions.

Overreacting to a tough weekend of Memphis Hoops! TV Timeout: John Cena's Final Match

Welcome back to Not A Bomb! —the podcast where we resurrect cinema's most infamous box office disasters and ask the burning question: was it really that bad? We're celebrating five years of cinematic redemption.Not A Bomb! continues with the bombs of 2025, this time examining the black comedy film - The Phoenician Scheme. Troy and Brad use this opportunity to reflect on the cinematic career of Wes Anderson. Everyone knows Wes has a unique visual, but has he grown as a filmmaker? Is he just doing the Wes Anderson thing? The hosts find themselves battling with their initial thoughts and The Phoenician Scheme provided plenty for them to chew on. But hey, most importantly the guys are able to talk about Richard Ayoade AKA Dean Learner from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace so maybe The Phoenician Scheme is the greatest film ever made for that simply fact.The Phoenician Scheme is directed by Wes Anderson and stars Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Rix Ahmed, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amairic, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Rupert FriendAdditionally, Troy and Brad discuss Kill Bill: The Whole Affair as a bonus.Want to help support the show? Head over to the Not A Bomb Tee Public store and check our merchandise. Special thanks to Ted Blair for the amazing designs!We're committed to hearing your feedback and suggestions. If there's a cinematic flop you'd like us to delve into, please reach out to us at NotABombPod@gmail.com or through our contact page. Your reviews and feedback are what drive us. If you enjoy our content, consider leaving a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify.Cast: Brad, Troy

"Highest 2 Lowest" is an American crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee from a screenplay by Alan Fox. It is an English-language remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 Japanese film "High and Low," itself based on Ed McBain's 1959 novel "King's Ransom." The film stars Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, ASAP Rocky, John Douglas Thompson, Dean Winters, LaChanze, Princess Nokia, and Ice Spice (in her film debut). The film had its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival out of competition, where it received positive reviews for its performances, music, and direction from Lee. Composer Howard Drossin and songwriter/performer Aiyana-Lee, who collaborated on the film's title track, were both kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their work and experiences working on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on Apple TV+. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices