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Episode 208: Weekly World News by Michael Colton and John Aboud Dead Pilots Society celebrates 10 years with Weekly World News, a comedy pilot from Michael Colton and John Aboud based on the popular newspaper tabloid, Weekly World News is about the reporters who bring us the amazing but true stories of ghosts, aliens, and mutant freaks.Colton and Aboud created and ran ABC's Home Economics for three seasons, were showrunners on HBO Max's animated series Close Enough, and have written for Acapulco, Leverage, and Children's Hospital. They also wrote and produced the Netflix feature A Futile and Stupid Gesture, directed by David Wain and starring Will Forte, and wrote Penguins of Madagascar for DreamWorks Animation. Before moving into television and film, the duo worked as journalists, launched the online comedy magazine Modern Humorist, and became familiar faces as VH1 talking heads on shows including Best Week Ever and I Love the '80s.Andrew was especially excited to bring this one to Dead Pilots Society, having been a fan of Weekly World News as a kid.The pilot features an incredible cast, Rich Sommer (Mad Men), Fred Melamed (Barry, Gail Doughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass), Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This), Courtney Pauroso (Ruthie Joins a Death Cult, Jackass Forever), Jessica Lowe (Minx), Alex Moffat (SNL, Bad monkey), Zac Oyama (Dimension 20), James Adomian (Comedian), and Stage direction by Andrew Reich. MaxFun members can watch the full table read, along with all of the Dead Pilots Society video and bonus content from the past decade, for as little as $5 a month at maximumfun.org/join. Dead Pilots Society Comes to Brooklyn!Tickets are now on sale for the first-ever Dead Pilots Society live show in New York City! The show takes place Sunday, October 25th at The Bell House in Brooklyn, featuring two brand new dead pilots from two incredible writers: Allison Silverman (Russian Doll, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Colbert Report, Portlandia) and Chris Kelly (Saturday Night Live, The Other Two).A star-studded cast will be announced soon. Andrew Reich and Ben Blacker will both be there, so New Yorkers and fans throughout the tri-state area can finally experience Dead Pilots Society live. Follow Dead Pilots Society on social media for cast announcements. Click this link for tickets! https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000651E456BB0C6 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joindeadpilots
Coyote vs. ACME had NO RIGHT to be this good.Taking Wile E. Coyote—the perpetually unsuccessful predator who has spent decades ordering catastrophically unreliable products from ACME—and building an entire feature-length movie around him sounds like a recipe for disaster.Instead, Coyote vs. ACME somehow delivers a genuinely clever story, terrific performances, fantastic live-action/animation integration, plenty of Looney Tunes insanity...and actual emotional weight?!HOW?!In this spoiler-lite review, Jim breaks down why Coyote vs. ACME works so incredibly well, from its surprisingly strong writing and brilliant use of a completely silent Wile E. Coyote to an excellent cast led by Will Forte, Lana Condor, and an absolutely hilarious John Cena.We'll talk about:• Why the simple premise of Wile E. Coyote suing ACME actually supports a full movie• Why keeping Coyote silent was exactly the right decision• The terrific cast and performances• Why John Cena continues to be comedy gold• The impressive blend of animation and live action• The countless treats waiting for longtime Looney Tunes fans• And how in the WORLD this movie managed to make Jim emotionally invested in Wile E. Coyote!Whether you grew up watching Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote or have barely seen a Looney Tunes cartoon in your life, Coyote vs. ACME proves that nostalgia works best when it's supporting a genuinely good story—not replacing one.Have you seen Coyote vs. ACME? Did it surprise you as much as it surprised Jim? And after decades of defective rockets, catapults, explosives, giant magnets and assorted instruments of cartoon destruction, exactly HOW MUCH does ACME owe Wile E. Coyote?Let us know in the comments!And while you're here, LIKE the video, SUBSCRIBE to Fantasy for the Ages, and ring that notification bell so you don't miss our latest conversations about fantasy, science fiction, horror, books, movies, television, and everything else wonderfully nerdy.A huge THANK YOU to our Patreon supporters for helping make Fantasy for the Ages possible!: https://www.patreon.com/FantasyForTheAges⸻#CoyoteVsACME #LooneyTunes #WileECoyote #MovieReview #JohnCena #FantasyForTheAgesWays to connect with us:Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FantasyForTheAges Follow Jim/Father on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13848336-jim-scriven Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jMWyVJ6qKk Follow us on "X": @Fantasy4theAges Follow us on Blue Sky: @fantasy4theages.bsky.socialFollow us on Instagram: fantasy_for_the_ages Follow us on Mastodon: @FantasyForTheAges@nerdculture.de Email us: FantasyForTheAges@gmail.com Check out our merch: https://www.newcreationsbyjen.com/collections/fantasyfortheagesJim's Microphone: Blue Yeti https://tinyurl.com/3shpvhb4 Jim's Camera: Razer Kito Pro https://tinyurl.com/c873tc2n 0:00 - Opening2:29 - Show Details5:52 - Why Jim Watched This7:34 - Spoiler-Lite Summary8:58 - Six Reasons You May Enjoy This14:19 - Reasons to Pass15:16 - Jim's Final Thoughts17:17 - Conclusion & Wrap-up————————————————————————————Music and video elements licensed under Envato Elements:https://elements.envato.com/
Trey catches Kelsi up on four major recent releases: Ridley Scott's ‘The Dog Stars' starring Jacob Elordi, ‘Coyote vs. Acme' with Will Forte and John Cena, Adam Wingard's ‘Onslaught' starring Adria Arjona and Drew Starkey, and Na Hong-jin's massive Korean sci-fi epic ‘Hope.' We get into why ‘The Dog Stars' disappointed despite our love for Ridley Scott, whether ‘Coyote vs. Acme' lives up to the story surrounding its release, the tonal chaos of ‘Onslaught,' and why ‘Hope' might be the strangest and most ambitious of the bunch. Plus, a quick September update and a preview of our ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender' Patreon deep dive!Become a member of The Extra Credits+ on Patreon hereTikTok: The Extra CreditsLetterboxd: The Extra CreditsInstagram: @theextracreditsSend requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
Ken Marino is back on The A Game Podcast in this special throwback episode celebrating the release of Gail Daughtry & the Celebrity Sex Pass, the new comedy written by Ken Marino and David Wain and starring Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Ken Marino, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Ben Wang, Joe Lo Truglio and Sabrina Impacciatore. The movie is now available digitally. Ken is one of the original members of MTV's The State and has built one of the most recognizable careers in comedy through projects including Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, Wanderlust, Party Down, Children's Hospital, Burning Love, and many more. In this episode, Ken talks about what it really takes to build a career that lasts for decades, why grit matters more than most people realize, and why surrounding yourself with the right people can completely change your trajectory. We also get into: How Ken discovered acting at a young age and why he never had a Plan B The origin of The State and how 11 very different personalities learned to work together The hilarious story behind the legendary Louie sketch Why rejection never stopped him from continuing to pursue acting The work ethic he learned from his father growing up on Long Island Why successful people still feel like they have to earn it all over again The difference between loving the work and chasing the reward Why having friends and peers who are pursuing similar goals can dramatically accelerate your success Working with legends including Henry Winkler, Alan Alda, Tony Shalhoub and Don Cheadle The unexpected life lesson Steven Tyler taught him about flossing Why Ken believes grit is one of the biggest predictors of long-term success His advice for anyone trying to build a lasting career in a competitive industry Ken also talks about the importance of surrounding yourself with people who are passionate, driven and creative — something he credits heavily for the success and longevity of The State. And now Ken and David Wain are back together again with Gail Daughtry & the Celebrity Sex Pass, along with their live music project, Middle Aged Dad Jam Band, which combines classic rock, comedy and a rotating lineup of incredible guests. WATCH GAIL DAUGHTRY & THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS Official Movie Website: https://gaildaughtry.com/ Sony Pictures Classics: https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/gaildaughtryandthecelebritysexpass/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaildaughtrymovie/ Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEbaLieo_Kw The film was written by Ken Marino & David Wain and directed by David Wain. FOLLOW KEN MARINO Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenmarino/ MIDDLE AGED DAD JAM BAND Official Website / Tour Dates: https://davidwain.com/madjb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madjamband/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6pXFIK27lab41RSzdaRMX2 Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/middle-aged-dad-jam-band/6778919898 Middle Aged Dad Jam Band features Ken Marino, David Wain and friends playing classic songs from the '60s, '70s and '80s with comedy mixed in between. The rotating list of guests has included names like Weird Al Yankovic, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, James Marsden, Will Forte and Joe Lo Truglio. CONNECT WITH NICK LAMAGNA Want to buy, sell or partner on a real estate investment? Send Nick the words "REAL ESTATE" on social media or email: podcast@nicknicknick.com All links: https://www.nicknicknick.com/links Subscribe to The A-Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing for Entrepreneurs on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and everywhere you listen to podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, review and share it — and go support Ken Marino, David Wain, Gail Daughtry & the Celebrity Sex Pass and Middle Aged Dad Jam Band. Connect with Nick Lamagna: Podcast@NickNickNick.com www.NickNickNick.com Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes on Platforms by Clicking Here To Subscribe Find all social media connections at Social media Links for Facebook, IG, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Rate and Review The A Game Podcast on Apple Click Here to Review
This week: Tarantula, Wasp Pheromones, Real Life Mystikal Crimes, T.I. Hymen Stuff, No Limit Album Covers, Silkk the Something, What Kind of Dog is Snoop?, Unmarried Chance, That Chill in the Air, Dog Shoes, Coyote Vs. Acme Rules, The Day the Earth Blew Up, Will Forte, Grown Up Comedy, A Mystikal School House Rock, Barking Rappers, Nathan Tries to Get Justin Cancelled Some More, Fantasy Rap League. A Moment of Silence for Dolly. Get on the Patreon Train: https://patreon.com/Sushijackknife?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkBandcamp Store: https://sushijackknife.bandcamp.com/Email: sushijackknife@gmail.com
Welcome to PTBN Pop's Movie Review of The Day! Every weekday we will be reviewing a movie whether it be currently in theaters, featured on streaming or just a film that we hold near and dear to us. On today's episode, Andy Atherton is reviewing “Coyote vs. Acme” from 2026 starring Will Forte, Lana Condor, Tone Bell, Luis Guzman & John Cena.
I discuss and review the CGI - live action hybrid starring Will Forte and the Looney Tunes that was rescued from the vault. 4/5 177. Coyote vs. Acme (2026) The Let Me Bend Your Ear Podcast Download
MEGA STUFFED EPISODE CATCHING UP ON SUMMER 2K26 BECAUSE JURGE HAD A BABY JUNE Backrooms (technically May) dir: Kane Parsons; Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass Scary MoVIe dir: Michael Tiddes; Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris,Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor Disclosure Day dir: Steven Spielberg; Emily Blunt, Josh O'Conner, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo Leviticus dir: Adrian Chiarella; Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska CAMP dir: Avalon Fast; Zola Grimmer,Alice Wordsworth,Cherry Moore,Lea Rose Sebastianis, Ella Reece Supergirl dir: Craig Gillespie ; Milly Alcock,Mattias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, Jason Momoa, Krypto the Superdog JULY Evil Dead Burn dir: Sébastien Vaniček; Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan,Luciane Buchanan, Erroll Shand, Maude Davey The Invite dir: Olivia Wilde; Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton The Odyssey dir: Christopher Nolan; Matt Damon, Little Tommy Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya, Charlize Theron Her Private Hell dir: Nicolas Winding Refn's Penis; Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu Masters of the Universe dir: Travis Knight; Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Alison Brie, James Purefoy, Morena Baccarin, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Kristen Wiig, Jared Leto ,Idris Elba Avatar Aaang: The Last Airbender dir: Lauren Montgomery Spider- Man: Brand New Day dir: Destin Daniel Cretton; Little Tommy Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Florence Pugh. Tramell Tillman, Marisa Tomei, Mark Ruffalo AUGUST Soulm8te (from the world of M3gan) dir: Kate Dolan; Lily Sullivan, David Rysdahl, Claudia Doumit The End of Oak Street dir: David Robert Mitchell; Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Christian Convery Insidious: Out of the Further dir: Jacob Chase; Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Lin Shaye Tony dir: Matt Johnson; Dominic Sessa, Emilia Jones, Dagmara Domińczyk, Rich Sommer, Stavros Halkias, Leo Woodall, Antonio Banderas Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma dir: Jane Schoenbrun; Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, Jack Haven The Last House dir: Louis Leterrier; Greta Lee, Wagner Moura The Whisper Man dir: James Ashcroft; Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan, Adam Scott, Michael Keaton Coyote vs. Acme dir: Dave Green; Wile E. Coyote, Will Forte, Lana Condor, John Cena Buddy dir: Casper Kelly; Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Patton Oswalt, Michael Shannon, Topher Grace, Keegan-Michael Key September? Fall 2: Deadpoint By Any Means Onslaught (from TGCU: The Guest Cinematic Universe) Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass Practical Magic 2 Resident Evil Forgotten Island Primetime Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother Unabomber Home --------------------------------------------------- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/movies-are-reel/id1082173626 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2VE15E5fS0ZWtESo9bUWhn?si=e983275eb550499c&nd=1 Jurge - twitter: twitter.com/jcruzalvarez26 Letterboxed: letterboxd.com/jcruzalvarez26/ Ryan- twitter: twitter.com/MrPibbOfficial Letterboxed: letterboxd.com/filmpiece/ Karrie - twitter: twitter.com/kar_elyles Letterboxed: letterboxd.com/karrie/
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.
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Shelved after completion in 2023, COYOTE VS. ACME has finally detonated onto big screens everywhere. We have director David Kittredge (whose doc BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL is finally making it to theaters as well!) with us to follow this courtroom-drama-by-way-of-Merrie-Melodies. Then we'll talk about the fictional lawsuits that the characters of other films might have on their hands.What's GoodAlonso - But Have You Read the Book? Romance Edition by Kristen LopezDrea - Daisy Chain Fields Festival (link is to non-profit beneficiaries if you want to donate!)David - Boorman and the Devil on the big screen, and people going back to the cinemasKevin - French press coffeeITIDICNew AMC Theaters Venture Aims to Put Smaller Films on Big ScreenRemembering Dolly Parton and Tim Curry, Movie StarsStaff PicksAlonso: Common Threads: Stories from the QuiltDrea: Hadestown: the MusicalDavid: Buffet Infinity and BuddyKevin: The End of Oak Street Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinmaxfilm Follow us on BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, or LetterboxdWithKevin AveryDrea ClarkAlonso DuraldeProduced by Marissa FlaxbartSr. Producer Laura Swisher
Phil and David are joined by their brilliantly talented friend Will Forte for an animated conversation about the remarkable fall and rise of "Coyote Vs. Acme," how Phil shared a desk with Chuck Jones, how Will loved working with Bruce Dern in "Nebraska" and how Will and David had a far more stormy experience working with P. Diddy. Go see "Coyote Vs. Acme" -- for more info on where it's playing near you, go to https://www.coyotevsacme.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We'e been taking a little time off at the end of summer, but we'd never abandon you entirely. Here's what we've reviewed lately on Breakfast All Day. COYOTE VS. ACME. Warner Bros. shelved this movie for the tax write-off in July 2023. Now it's in theaters thanks to Ketchup Entertainment, and the fact that it's great is the best revenge. Will Forte, Lana Condor, John Cena and all your favorite Looney Tunes characters star in this hilarious live action/animation hybrid. BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL. If you love movies about making movies -- especially movies that are notorious flops -- you'll enjoy this documentary about John Boorman's "Exorcist II: The Heretic." Alonso has to recuse himself because he's friends with writer-director-editor David Kittredge, but we both agree that this is an impressive and entertaining deep-dive into 1970s Hollywood. In theaters. FAME (1980): WAS IT GREAT OR WERE YOU 8? It's our favorite game to play, where we look back at the movies we loved from childhood to see whether they still hold up today. This time, Christy picked "Fame," the musical sensation about students at New York's performing arts high school striving for stardom. It won two Oscars and spawned a hit album and TV series. But is it still great? We'll find out. Thanks for hanging out with us during this in-between period. All the big fall festival movies are coming, so we hope you'll stick around! Subscribe to Christy's Saturday Matinee newsletter: https://christylemire.beehiiv.com/
Another fun-filled episode of Nerds Talking is here, and this time the boys are bringing you entertainment news, laughs, nostalgia, and one very unexpected language lesson!We kick things off with the latest entertainment news, before diving into our review of Coyote vs. Acme, the long-awaited Looney Tunes live-action/animation comedy starring Will Forte, John Cena, Lana Condor, Tone Bell, P.J. Byrne, Martha Kelly, and Luis Guzmán, with legendary Looney Tunes voices including Eric Bauza.But here's the big question: Is Coyote vs. Acme REALLY as good as Rotten Tomatoes says it is, or is everyone just trolling Warner Bros. for shelving the movie before it eventually found a new home?With Rotten Tomatoes currently giving the movie a 96% Tomatometer score and a 95% audience score, the stakes are high! The Nerds have watched it, we've got opinions, and we're ready to tell you whether this Wile E. Coyote comeback is worth your time—or whether ACME should have left this one in the warehouse!And then things take a hilarious and VERY unexpected turn when Carlos discovers something about the students at his middle school. He always thought they were simply saying hello to him in their native tongue… but what if they weren't saying hello at all?!
This is the SPOILER'D breakdown of David Green's Coyote vs. Acme, the movie thatwas rescued from a history-erasing, tax write-off. Spoilers ahead....even in the description. Did you know there was a such a thing as "Cartoon Injury Law" or "Anvil Law"? How about "Chase by Predator" legitimate employment? No? Well, join Cupcake and WillDaBeast as they discuss spoilers and plot points for David Green's Coyote vs. Acme. They go everywhere: the movie's underdog vs corporate overloads commentary, all the cameos, and the performances by Will Forte, Lana Condor, and John Cena in a surprisingly good comedic turn. They also talk through why the Looney Tunes "problematic characters" reevaluation does or doesn't hold up in 2026, the movie's monopoly/anti-corporate throughline, and whether this is one to bring the whole family to.BOOM goes the Acme dynamite! HIT play on Watch Skip Plus!- - - - - - - - - -WE ARE WATCH SKIP PLUS!***Original Theme music: Linus Fitness-Center (music link in our Linktr.ee)FOLLOW/LIKE/SUBSCRIBE/REVIEW/LOVEEmail us: WatchSkipPlus@gmail.comBe kind. Be open. Be vulnerable. That's where the art is.
Giustizia per il Coyote. Coyote vs Acme, regia di Dave Green, con Will Forte, Lana Condor e John Cena, prodotto da Warner Bros. Pictures e Warner Animation Group, distribuito da Lucky Red.
After nearly becoming a Hollywood tax write-off, Coyote vs. Acme finally escaped the Warner Bros. vault—and Rob "Rubber Duck" Grabowski joins Matt and Bob to decide whether the movie was actually worth saving. The guys break down the bizarre journey that nearly kept the film from ever being released, why a courtroom drama starring Wile E. Coyote works better than it has any right to, and how the movie manages to find genuine heart inside decades of ACME explosions, falling anvils, and failed Road Runner schemes. They debate whether the movie should have leaned even harder into Will Forte's brand of absurd comedy, how it stacks up against Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Space Jam, which Looney Tunes cameos actually work, and the surprisingly emotional relationship between Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. Plus: Is it “Meep Meep” or “Beep Beep”? Does Rob actually hate Dune? Why didn't Bob Odenkirk show up in an Albuquerque courtroom? And which cartoon character is everyone most attracted to? Somehow, a movie about a cartoon coyote suing ACME turns into a conversation about corporate Hollywood, failure, friendship, persistence, and why sometimes you should just release the damn movie.
It doesn't get more meta than Coyote vs. Acme!The live-action/animation hybrid was shelved by Warner Bros in 2023, before being picked up by Ketchup Entertainment and released in theaters.Fittingly, the film centers on a scrappy, small-time attorney (Will Forte) and his aggrieved client, Wile E. Coyote, taking on a mega corporation engaged in shady deeds. Now that it's out, several questions come to mind: Will the target audience show up for it in numbers significant enough to prove that the old WB cartoons are still viable? Who is the target audience for Coyote vs. Acme?And is the film any good?This week, Jeff will make a robust case for this being one of the year's best films. Ian, in his official capacity as Conveyor of Wet Blankets, will poke more holes in the defense than a cartoon cactus!Ultimately, you will deliver the verdict! Join us as we take on this calamitous courtroom cartoon--and take your questions and comments in the chat!Support Kicking the Seat on Patreon, subscribe to us on YouTube, and follow us at:XLetterboxdInstagramFacebookShow LinksWatch the Coyote vs. Acme (2026) trailer.Keep up with Jeff York's criticism and caricatures at The Establishing Shot and Pipeline Artists.Note: The opinions and views expressed in this podcast are those of the individual hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Kicking the Seat or any organization, employer, or company. Ep1251: Coyote vs. Acme (2026) - Live Movie Review Kicking the Seat
The movie Warner Bros. never wanted you to see has hit cinemas, and boy is there a lot to talk about with this one. Let's semi-throw-it-back and talk some Looney Tunes nostalgia, the great Will Forte, and the wild journey of COYOTE VS. ACME. Support us on Patreon & become a MAM VIP! madaboutmoviespodcast.com/vip Follow: X: @madaboutmovies IG: @madaboutmoviespodcast Kent Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/kentgarrison/ Brian Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/briangill/ Richard Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/richardbardon/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In the film “Coyote vs. Acme,” which was released this week, the ingenious but unlucky Wile E. Coyote sues the Acme Corporation for damages caused by its malfunctioning merchandise. That is also the premise of the New Yorker staff writer Ian Frazier's original piece, which inspired the film. The screenwriter Samy Burch reimagined Frazier's premise as a satire of legal thrillers. “What if Wile E. was actually like a Dustin Hoffman character?” Burch wondered. “This guy out in the desert, working on something obsessively, addicted. . . . If this were humans, would the plot make any sense?” The film features actors such as Will Forte alongside Coyote, Foghorn Leghorn, and other “Looney Tunes” characters. Frazier talks with Burch, who was nominated for an Academy Award for “May December,” a drama starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. Further reading: “Coyote V. Acme,” by Ian Frazier “Toons Have Seldom Been Loonier Than in ‘Coyote vs. Acme,' ” by Justin Chang New episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop every Tuesday and Friday. Join host David Remnick as he discusses the latest in politics, news, and current events in conversation with political leaders, newsmakers, innovators, New Yorker staff writers, authors, actors, and musicians. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Tonight on Damn You Hollywood we are reviewing, Coyote vs Acme. After years of delays, controversy, and a near-permanent shelving by Warner Bros. Discovery, the long-awaited Looney Tunes feature has finally made it to audiences. Directed by Dave Green and starring Will Forte, John Cena, Lana Condor, and the iconic cast of Looney Tunes characters, the film follows Wile E. Coyote as he finally decides to take legal action against the company responsible for decades of defective rockets, explosives, traps, and assorted catastrophic failures. What begins as a ridiculous courtroom premise quickly expands into a surprisingly affectionate celebration of Looney Tunes history, mixing live-action comedy, animation, corporate satire, and classic cartoon chaos. We'll discuss whether the movie was worth saving, how well it understands Wile E. Coyote, why John Cena makes such an effective corporate villain, and whether Warner Bros. nearly buried one of its better modern attempts to keep these characters alive.Disclaimer: The following may contain offensive language, adult humor, and/or content that some viewers may find offensive – The views and opinions expressed by any one speaker does not explicitly or necessarily reflect or represent those of Mark Radulich or W2M Network.Mark Radulich and his wacky podcast on all the things:https://linktr.ee/markkind76alsohttps://www.teepublic.com/user/radulich-in-broadcasting-networkFB Messenger: Mark Radulich LCSWTiktok: @markradulichtwitter: @MarkRadulichInstagram: markkind76RIBN Album Playlist: https://suno.com/playlist/91d704c9-d1ea-45a0-9ffe-5069497bad59
Depois de uma longa e conturbada trajetória, Coyote vs. Acme finalmente está entre nós. Dirigido por Dave Green e estrelado por Will Forte, John Cena e Lana Condor, o híbrido de animação e live-action resgata personagens dos Looney Tunes em uma aventura que mistura comédia, ação e uma curiosa história de bastidores. O longa chegou a ser completamente concluído e, em 2023, foi engavetado pela Warner Bros., que pretendia utilizá-lo como abatimento fiscal. A decisão provocou forte reação de artistas e fãs e transformou o projeto em um dos casos mais comentados da indústria nos últimos anos. Na trama, depois de mais uma série de fracassos provocados pelos produtos da Acme, Wile E. Coyote decide processar a empresa responsável pelas engenhocas que sempre dão errado. Ao lado de seu advogado, vivido por Will, ele enfrenta um poderoso executivo interpretado por Cena, enquanto a batalha judicial acaba dando origem a uma improvável amizade. Neste episódio do Podcast Papo de Cinema, os editores do site Robledo Milani e Victor Hugo Furtado falam sobre Coyote vs. Acme e toda a história por trás de um filme que, por pouco, não ficou preso nos cofres de Hollywood.
Fan reaction from Ed Sheeran's Toronto takeover, Maurie chats with Blue Jays ace Dylan Cease at the AGO, and we hear from Will Forte about the long-awaited Coyote vs. Acme. Plus, the gang debates self-hype, tries a wildly questionable Doritos-banana-cheese combo, and hears from a listener whose mom thinks Roz and Maurie are secretly a couple Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
WB tried to bury this movie for a tax write-off. Fans and the director raised their voices and now Coyote vs. Acme has been unleashed! Was the rescue worth it? This week the Boyz tackle the almost never-released Coyote vs. Acme in an early release spoiler-free episode. Filmed in 2022, pic tested through the roof but then David Zaslav's newly-merged Warner Bros. Discovery shelved it as a tax write-off in 2023, the same fate that had already erased Batgirl (terms? Never to be shown in any way shape or form after the write off). This time, fans revolted loud enough that WB shopped the finished film instead of destroying it, and Ketchup Entertainment picked it up for theatrical release. Cupcake and WillDaBeast give you the verdict: was the fight and the fan rescue worth it? Wile E. Coyote hires personal injury lawyer Will Forte to sue the Acme Corporation for a lifetime of exploding products, and what follows is part courtroom satire, part love letter to Looney Tunes, stacked with cameos for longtime fans. With a cast including Lana Condor, John Cena, Martha Kelly, Louis Guzmán, and PJ Byrne, is this live-action/animation hybrid , in the spirit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, the perfect end of summer screwball comedy with biting legal satire and toothy commentary about corporate overlords? Or is it a nostalgia grab. Does it work for kids who've never seen a Looney Tunes short? Check out the Boyz as they tell you WHY you need to get your butt in a seat this week to help this movie have legs and strike back at those who would tried to erase this movie from history.- - - - - - - - - -WE ARE WATCH SKIP PLUS!***Original Theme music: Linus Fitness-Center https://tr.ee/j7RkZlFOLLOW/LIKE/SUBSCRIBE/REVIEW/LOVEEmail us: WatchSkipPlus@gmail.comBe kind. Be open. Be vulnerable. That's where the art is.───────────────────────────────SOCIAL MEDIA: FB: https://www.facebook.com/watchskippluspodIG: https://www.instagram.com/watchskipplus/X: https://twitter.com/watchskipplusCHECK OUT THESE PODCASTS!
Episode 232 is here, and the Movie Pals are taking on Coyote vs. Acme! After a long and unusual journey to theaters, Wile E. Coyote is finally fighting back against the company responsible for decades of defective products, explosions, crashes, and catastrophes. We break down Coyote vs. Acme (2026), starring Will Forte, John Cena, and Lana Condor. Did it capture the classic Looney Tunes spirit? How well did the animation and live action blend together? We get into the comedy, characters, effects, cameos, favorite moments, spoilers, and whether the movie was ultimately worth the wait. Then the doors open to…
We had a lot of ground to cover -- four new movies this week -- so we decided to review them all in one episode! They run the gamut: a cartoon/live action mash-up, a serial killer thriller, a gay rom-com, and a deranged kids' show mascot.
The movie Coyote vs. Acme comes with some buzzy lore: it was famously shelved, and almost didn't see the light of day. But it's here now, and it's good and looney! It follows Wile E. Coyote when he decides to sue the Acme Corporation for manufacturing crappy, ineffective products. The cast includes Will Forte, John Cena and Lana Condor. We also talk about our favorite Dolly Parton musical performances. If you want more animated capers, check out these episodes: 'Minions & Monsters' is, oddly enough, a love letter to Old HollywoodIn 'Toy Story 5,' playtime's over and screentime's inConnect with Pop Culture Happy Hour:Letterboxd / FacebookOur weekly newsletterSupport public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show's perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
Hour 1: The 60th anniversary of Star Trek calls for a brand new Guinness World Record. Tom Brady opened a card store and it was already robbed. Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime and Eeyore, has passed away. Nicole Kidman went on a date! Blake Lively is getting some change from Justin Baldoni. Pokemon is in town. Sarah isn't over what happened to Pluto. Will nachos ease her mind? Americans hit their energy wall at 2:48pm. It's been 60 years since The Beatles played live. Hour 2: It's time for Bad Advice! First, a listener wrote in with some strong words for last week's submitter. Then, to cut or not to cut - if you're the grandma do you even need an opinion? Finally, a listener is truly in a pickle thanks to her ex-husband's eggplant. She's pregnant, by accident, and she's not the only one! Be extra careful regarding fires this weekend. Every state's least favorite state. California haters be damned! How about some good news? An Ohio principal took in a homeless student so he could finish school, and a flight to Vegas turned into a wedding! Hour 3: Coyote Vs. Acme is finally being released, starring Will Forte. Jacob Elordi and Margaret Qualley star in The Dog Stars. Robert De Niro stars in a new Netflix movie out today. The Dolly tributes continue. Paris Hilton is on Time magazine's list of most influential people. Rupert Grint is reprising his role in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on BROADWAY! Toy Story 5 comes to Disney+ on September 25th. A random story out of nowhere! Today it's the best teen dramas of all time, rock music's tallest musicians, and vacation spots that blew up thanks to tv and movies. A Six Flags roller coaster has been closed for brain hemorrhage injuries. Apple Maps has launched ads on iPhone. Canada surpasses California as the largest cannabis market. PSA: Don't eat white food. Hour 4: Tonight, 5 Seconds of Summer takes on Shoreline. Train's new album, inspired by San Francisco, is out today. Olivia Rodrigo is partnering with Baja Blast - delicious! Her Daisy Chain music festival is this weekend! Dolly Parton was willing to try experimental cancer treatment drugs. Prince has a new album - yes, you read that right. Alex Warren's second album is here, and tons more! These hot takes might get you cancelled! A Delta pilot had to make an emergency landing because HE was sick. Plus, How Old Is That Guy?!
Coyote Vs. Acme is finally being released, starring Will Forte. Jacob Elordi and Margaret Qualley star in The Dog Stars. Robert De Niro stars in a new Netflix movie out today. The Dolly tributes continue. Paris Hilton is on Time magazine's list of most influential people. Rupert Grint is reprising his role in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on BROADWAY! Toy Story 5 comes to Disney+ on September 25th. A random story out of nowhere! Today it's the best teen dramas of all time, rock music's tallest musicians, and vacation spots that blew up thanks to tv and movies. A Six Flags roller coaster has been closed for brain hemorrhage injuries. Apple Maps has launched ads on iPhone. Canada surpasses California as the largest cannabis market. PSA: Don't eat white food.
Have you ever wondered what happens when a beloved cartoon character takes on a corporate giant in a courtroom battle? Join host Kevin Reid in this riveting episode of The K. B. Radio Network as he delves into the live-action/animated film "Coyote vs. Acme," directed by David Green and featuring the comedic talents of Will Forte and Lana Condor. This film isn't just a nostalgic trip down memory lane; it's a fresh take on Wile E. Coyote's relentless pursuit of the Acme Corporation for selling him faulty products, a storyline that resonates with anyone who has ever felt wronged by a big company. Reid takes listeners on a journey through the film's tumultuous path to release, highlighting its initial shelving by Warner Bros. and eventual acquisition by another studio. He reflects on the impact of Looney Tunes on his childhood, reminiscing about the laughter and lessons these iconic characters imparted. As he unpacks the emotional depth of Wile E. Coyote's character arc—masterfully conveyed without a single word—Reid captures the essence of what made these cartoons timeless. With a keen eye for detail, Reid also points out the film's comedic highlights, particularly the standout moments featuring John Cena, who brings an extra layer of humor to the story. However, he notes that the live-action actors serve primarily as a backdrop to the animated antics, allowing the beloved characters to shine in their own right. This episode is a delightful blend of nostalgia and critique, as Reid offers a balanced perspective on the film, ultimately giving it a grade of C+. While he acknowledges the film's enjoyable aspects, he suggests that it may find a more suitable home on streaming platforms rather than in theaters. Listeners are encouraged to engage with the K. B. Radio Network, sharing their thoughts on "Coyote vs. Acme" and the film's unique approach to storytelling. Whether you're a die-hard Looney Tunes fan or just curious about the latest in animated cinema, this episode promises to entertain and provoke thought. Tune in to discover how this film captures the spirit of the original cartoons while navigating the complexities of modern storytelling. Don't miss out on this captivating discussion—join the conversation today! Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
If you've watched TV or gone to the movies at any point over the last 25 years, you've probably seen Will Forte. The actor and comedian is known for his work on Saturday Night Live, MacGruber, The Last Man on Earth and The Four Seasons. Now, he stars in Coyote vs. Acme, a new Looney Tunes film that follows Wile E. Coyote as he attempts to sue the Acme Corporation for selling him faulty products. Will joins guest host Garvia Bailey in the Q studio to talk about the film's unlikely journey to the screen, from being shelved indefinitely to being rescued after a passionate fan campaign. Plus, he looks back on some of the most delightfully weird highlights of his career.
In the Fourth and Final hour of New Day with SSJ we are joined by actor and friend of the show Will Forte to talk about his new movie Coyote Vs. Acme, which premieres this weekend. Next we are joined by regular guest Tim Grunhard, SSJ and Tim talk Chiwefs ahead of preseason game 3, and the regular season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For this "Quick Screen" episode, Michael checked out the brand new theatrical film "Coyote vs Acme". What are some of his thoughts of this fantasy adventure film based on the 1990 New Yorker article of the same name starring Will Forte, Lana Condor, Tone Bell, Luis Guzmán, Martha Kelly, P.J. Byrne, Kenneth Choi, and John Cena? Check it out and see!Be a part of the conversation!E-mail the show at screennerdspodcast@gmail.comFollow the show on Twitter @screennerdspodLike the show on Facebook (Search for Screen Nerds Podcast and find the page there)Follow the show on Instagram and Threads just search screennerdspodcastCheck out the show on Bluesky just search screennerdspodcastBe sure to check out the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Goodpods, Overcast, Amazon Music or your podcast catcher of choice! (and please share rate and review!)Want to share your thoughts on the podcast? Send me an e-mail!Thanks to Frankie Creel for the artwork
Amy King hosts your Friday Wake Up Call. The show opens with ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan talking about NASA’s next big thing preparing for launch. The host of ‘Home’ on KFI, the House Whisperer, Dean Sharp joins the show to talk about all-in-one washer and dryer combo units. We ‘Get in Your Business’ with Bloomberg’s Dan Schwartzman who speaks on what the markets are looking like as the week comes to a close. The show closes with Amy talking with ABC News entertainment reporter Will Ganss about a Dolly documentary to watch in honor of the passing of Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and the Muppets, and Will Forte in the next Looney Tunes movie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day and more. Mark is joined by film critic Paul Hall, owner of Common Guy's Film Reviews, to discuss the latest movie releases, streaming titles, and entertainment news. Paul reviews Coyote vs ACME, a hybrid live-action and animated film starring Will Forte and John Cena, praising its late-summer appeal for classic Looney Tunes fans. They discuss other theater entries including Idiots and the Christian rock documentary Beyond Belief, as well as new Netflix offerings like the thriller The Whisper Man and the three-part true-crime series Death of the Pastor's Wife. Additionally, they reflect on the recent passing of country icon Dolly Parton, highlighting her classic film 9 to 5 becoming available to stream on Prime Video. Mark is later joined by Scott Warmann, Cardinals TV host, to discuss the recent struggles of the St. Louis Cardinals as they enter the dog days of late August. Scott and the team break down the team's ongoing injury woes, including Blaze Jordan's recent trip to the IL, the return of Thomas Saggese, and the severe strain put on the bullpen due to short starts from the rotation. They examine how manager Oliver Marmol and the front office are managing young players and navigating pitch-count limits for starters like Kyle Leahy. Additionally, Scott weighs in on the intense National League Rookie of the Year race between Cardinals second baseman JJ Wetherholt and Cincinnati Reds infielder Sal Stewart, highlighting Wetherholt's standout defensive metrics.
In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark is joined by Sean Flower, Mayor of Eureka, and Jeff Rainford, Principal at Rainford & Associates and former Chief of Staff to Mayor Slay, for the Reardon Roundtable. The panel opens with a weather forecast update from Dave Murray, highlighting an upcoming heat wave before diving into pressing regional issues. They discuss the ongoing conflict and lawsuit over St. Louis City police pay and funding, debating state control versus local control and the challenges of city budget sustainability. The conversation shifts to police surveillance technology, where Mayor Flower defends the effectiveness of Flock cameras in solving local crimes while Jeff Rainford addresses broader public skepticism toward big tech. Finally, the group touches on federal political exhaustion, foreign policy concerns, upcoming midterm election dynamics, the rebranding of Six Flags to Mid America Adventure, and the St. Louis Cardinals' current struggles. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day and more. Mark is joined by film critic Paul Hall, owner of Common Guy's Film Reviews, to discuss the latest movie releases, streaming titles, and entertainment news. Paul reviews Coyote vs ACME, a hybrid live-action and animated film starring Will Forte and John Cena, praising its late-summer appeal for classic Looney Tunes fans. They discuss other theater entries including Idiots and the Christian rock documentary Beyond Belief, as well as new Netflix offerings like the thriller The Whisper Man and the three-part true-crime series Death of the Pastor's Wife. Additionally, they reflect on the recent passing of country icon Dolly Parton, highlighting her classic film 9 to 5 becoming available to stream on Prime Video. Mark is later joined by Scott Warmann, Cardinals TV host, to discuss the recent struggles of the St. Louis Cardinals as they enter the dog days of late August. Scott and the team break down the team's ongoing injury woes, including Blaze Jordan's recent trip to the IL, the return of Thomas Saggese, and the severe strain put on the bullpen due to short starts from the rotation. They examine how manager Oliver Marmol and the front office are managing young players and navigating pitch-count limits for starters like Kyle Leahy. Additionally, Scott weighs in on the intense National League Rookie of the Year race between Cardinals second baseman JJ Wetherholt and Cincinnati Reds infielder Sal Stewart, highlighting Wetherholt's standout defensive metrics. In hour 3, Mark is joined by Chris Smith, author of My Fatal First Date: A True Life Story of Survival, Tragedy, Inspiration, Triumph, and Faith, to discuss his remarkable journey of recovery after surviving a gunshot wound to the head five years ago. Chris recounts the tragic events of that night, his 0% predicted chance of recovery, and the spiritual experience that sustained him through an induced coma. He details his ongoing physical progress, his return to playing music with his band No Exit Wound, and his advocacy work for innovative medical technologies like WashU's IpsiHand and mesenchymal stem cell therapies. Additionally, Chris shares updates on upcoming documentary and feature film projects about his life and offers words of faith and resilience. Mark is later joined by Tim Sommer, music journalist, former record executive, and contributor to Rock and Roll Globe, to discuss the legacies of iconic entertainment figures and share anecdotes from his career. Tim reflects on the universal affection for Dolly Parton following her passing, highlighting her unmatched songwriting talent, sharp business acumen, and cross-cultural appeal. They also examine Tim Curry's impact in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, noting how his performance offered a sense of community and self-expression for outcast youth before the age of the internet. Finally, Tim discusses his new boo ...
Mark is joined by film critic Paul Hall, owner of Common Guy's Film Reviews, to discuss the latest movie releases, streaming titles, and entertainment news. Paul reviews Coyote vs ACME, a hybrid live-action and animated film starring Will Forte and John Cena, praising its late-summer appeal for classic Looney Tunes fans. They discuss other theater entries including Idiots and the Christian rock documentary Beyond Belief, as well as new Netflix offerings like the thriller The Whisper Man and the three-part true-crime series Death of the Pastor's Wife. Additionally, they reflect on the recent passing of country icon Dolly Parton, highlighting her classic film 9 to 5 becoming available to stream on Prime Video.
Every great filmmaker gets one Mulligan. Ridley Scott's futuristic thriller "The Dog Stars" is his. Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin star in a poorly paced and overly familiar post-apocalyptic nightmare about survivalists who face grisly dangers after a flu pandemic. There are impressive individual sequences, but “The Dog Stars” plays like scenes cobbled together instead of a cohesive whole. The hybrid cartoon and live action farce "Coyote vs. Acme" wants to be "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" but is a bit closer to "Space Jam." Wile E. Coyote and his lawyer Will Forte sue Acme Corporation for defective products used in Coyote's endless pursuit of the Road Runner. While there are more laughs in a typical 7-minute Looney Tunes short, "Coyote vs. Acme" is a likable low-key poke at corporate America. If you're one of the people who thought Barney the Dinosaur was a little creepy, the horror flick "Buddy" should send a shudder up your spine. In this tongue-in-cheek creep fest, a malevolent unicorn character lures children into its TV realm to absorb their souls. While satirical, “Buddy” goes full-blooded horror and provides just enough chills for the midnight movie crowd. The gloomy Netflix thriller "The Whisper Man," based on a novel by Alex North, wants to be "Silence of the Lambs," but can't quite emulate that classic's impact. Robert De Niro plays a former cop who tries to help his son Adam Scott recover his son who is kidnapped by a serial killer. Michael Keaton is an imprisoned murderer who is manipulating everything from behind bars. The cast is fine, but “The Whisper Man's” overall impact is lessened by some head scratching lapses in logic.
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Will Forte returns to the podcast to talk about his relationship with his writing partner John Solomon, making “The Four Seasons” on Netflix, why his legendary character Hamilton will never be on TV, how his upcoming movie “Coyote vs. Acme” was nearly shelved, and more. "Coyote vs. Acme” premieres in theaters everywhere on August 28, 2026. Like watching your podcasts? Visit https://youtube.com/teamcoco to see full episodes. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by returning friend of the show Will Forte and Lana Condor to discuss the eagerly anticipated COYOTE VS. ACME. Following their conversation, Academy Award-winning composer Steven Price joins us to discuss his score for the film, including how a last-minute inspiration led him to the London Voices choir to record a new rendition of the 1812 Overture at Abbey Road, complete with Road Runner-inspired “meep meeps”! After decades of being blown to bits by bombs, demolished by dynamite, mangled by magnets, battered by boulders, trampled by trains, tricked by tunnels, sprung by springs, steamrolled by steamrollers, maligned by misfires, bedeviled by bungees, rattled by rockets, backstabbed by bat suits, rocked by rocket skates, upended by unicycles, quaked by quake pills, rubberized by rogue bands, and hurled headlong off every cliff in the Southwest, Wile E. Coyote (Genius) finally fights back. Teaming up with billboard accident lawyer Kevin Avery (Will Forte), he takes on slick corporate counsel Buddy Crane (John Cena) and ACME, Inc., the profit-obsessed conglomerate behind every one of the Coyote's chaotic catastrophes. Coyote vs. Acme finally releases into theatres August 28, 2026. Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast platforms, YouTube, and TheMoviePodcast.ca. Check out our new The Movie Podcast Clips Channel! Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca FOLLOW US Daniel on X, Instagram, Letterboxd Shahbaz on X, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on X, Instagram, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on X, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and Rotten Tomatoes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special Behind The Geeks episode, Justin sits down with Coyote vs. Acme stars Will Forte and Lana Condor to discuss the long-awaited film and its remarkable journey to the screen. They talk about whether the movie's real-life history changed how they see its corporate satire, the surprises of acting opposite animated characters, and what audiences might see differently in Wile E. Coyote after finally hearing his side of the story. Will and Lana also reveal what they would ask ACME to build specifically for them—and whether they would trust it enough to use it. Coyote vs. Acme crashes into theatres August 28, 2026—get your tickets and see it on the big screen! Check out Geekcentric onYouTube | Instagram | Twitter | TikTokJoin the Geekcentric Discord HEREFollow Eatcentric - Same geeks. New Eats
Coyote vs. Acme is finally here after one of the most turbulent production processes in Hollywood history. Stars of the film Lana Condor and Will Forte join Ryan Cortero of Agents of Fandom to discuss Director Dave Green and the incredible team behind the film, and why the surprisingly emotional story will resonate with fans.Check out https://www.agentsoffandom.com for the latest TV and Movie reviews!
This is our spoiler-free review for Coyote vs. Acme. Nate, Justin, and Darcy discuss the film's live-action and animated style, the performances from Will Forte, Lana Condor, and John Cena, and the surprising emotional depth given to Wile E. Coyote. We also explore how the movie's troubled journey to the screen adds another layer to its story about perseverance, corporate greed, and an underdog refusing to stay down. Coyote vs. Acme is in theatres August 28, 2026 Check out Geekcentric onYouTube | Instagram | Twitter | TikTokJoin the Geekcentric Discord HEREFollow Eatcentric - Same geeks. New Eats
The Boys are joined by WILL FORTE as he tries to convince them that his upcoming movie is definitely real and not fake. Catch Coyote vs. Acme in theaters August 28th! Get a Hat Pack Hat here! Check out Sean and Hayes’s bonus shows at Patreon.com/HollywoodHandbook Listen and watch on the iHeartRadio App!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A look at a new report by Common Sense Media on how children are adapting to AI use in the classroom. Also, sitting down with Chase Stokes ahead of the series finale of the popular Netflix show “Outer Banks”. Plus, an edition of Today Bestsellers, with finds that will get you refreshed and ready for fall. And, actor and comedian Will Forte stops by discuss his newest movie “Coyote VS. Acme”. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Reality star Ariana Madix sits down ahead of the highly anticipated “Love Island USA” reunion to discuss her time hosting the show. Also, stars of Netflix's smash hit “Outer Banks” Chase Stokes, Drew Starkey, and Jonathan Davis join to discuss the fifth and final season of the show. Plus, Will Forte and Lana Condor on their roles as the legal defense team for Wile E. Coyote in the new comedy “Coyote VS. Acme”. And, the August Edit box is here in this edition of Shop Today's Curated Box! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Robert De Niro turns 83, so we're celebrating one of the greatest and most versatile actors of his generation! From gangsters and boxers to comedians and intimidating fathers-in-law, De Niro has given us an incredible collection of unforgettable characters on Enjoy Stuff. Long before the Disney Renaissance, the Mouse House was taking some surprisingly bold chances with family entertainment. Join Jay and Shua as they revisit forgotten classics, share behind-the-scenes trivia, play a brand-new game, and discover why these quirky adventures deserve another look. News Indiana Jones returns in 2026 with "Indiana Jones and the Sword of Pandemonium" - Marvel Comics is bringing Indy back for a five-issue adventure written by Jason Aaron and illustrated by Aaron Kuder. BingeBuster turns streaming into a virtual video store - The website lets you browse your streaming services with the nostalgic feel of walking through a classic Blockbuster. A giant 11-foot Star Trek: The Original Series Enterprise print is coming - The massive 60th Anniversary cutaway print measures 132 inches long and recreates the scale of the original Smithsonian model. Seth MacFarlane is singing The Muppets - His new album features 14 classic songs from The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Sesame Street, and The Muppet Show. Coyote vs. ACME is finally coming to theaters - After its long and winding road to release, the Will Forte, John Cena, and Lana Condor comedy is scheduled for a theatrical release on August 28. Check out our TeePublic store for some enjoyable swag and all the latest fashion trends What we're Enjoying Shua has been enjoying this eight-episode Amazon Prime series Ride or Die, starring Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer. It mixes espionage and action with strong characters and some thought-provoking storytelling, proving it's more than just another collection of silly spy scenarios. While traveling through Bar Harbor, Maine, Jay stopped at the beautifully restored 1923 Criterion Cinema movie house to see the legendary vampire movie The Lost Boys. The historic theater combines classic Hollywood screenings with live performances and multimedia events, making the experience even more memorable. MCU Location Scout MCULocationScout.com is Jay's ongoing project documenting and exploring real-world filming locations used throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe and related Marvel television productions. Through detailed research, photos, and travel guides, fans can discover where their favorite Marvel moments were filmed. Lately, Jay has been adding locations from Luke Cage Season 1, while also keeping an eye on locations already appearing on the map from the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Luke Cage follows Marvel's super-powered Harlem hero as he attempts to protect his neighborhood while confronting criminals from his past. And don't forget to check out all of Jay's Sci-Fi Saturdays on RetroZap. You can also tune in to SHIELD: Case Files where Jay and Shua breakdown Marvel properties and Superhero Suite for news on comics, movies, TV and more. Enjoy Movies Robert De Niro turns 83, and we're celebrating the incredible career of an actor who has somehow managed to be terrifying, hilarious, dramatic, intense, and occasionally completely ridiculous. We look back at the roles that made him a legend, from his early dramatic performances and collaborations with Martin Scorsese to his transformation into one of Hollywood's most recognizable comedy stars. We'll debate our favorite De Niro performances and imagine him playing some famous roles he never actually played. So grab a cannoli, keep your mouth shut, and get ready for a whole lotta De Niro! What do you think is De Niro's best performance? Which classic character would you like to see De Niro play? Let us know! First person that emails me with the subject line, "Are you talkin' to me?" will get a special mention on the show. Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to EnjoyStuff@RetroZap.com
Featuring Dave Green, Eric Bauza, John Cena, Lana Condor & Will Forte Audio courtesy of Warner Bros. Tony brings you the creative team and cast of Coyote vs. Acme, exploring how they brought one of animation's most iconic characters — Wile E. Coyote — into a new era of storytelling. Director Dave Green and stars Eric Bauza, John Cena, Lana Condor, and Will Forte dive into character interpretation, comedic philosophy, emotional beats, and the timeless cultural impact of the Looney Tunes universe. This episode blends nostalgia, craft, and the surprising heart behind a film built on cartoon chaos. You'll Hear From: Dave Green — Director Eric Bauza — Wile E. Coyote John Cena — Buddy Crane C Lana Condor — Paige Avery Will Forte — Kevin Avery Sci‑Fi Talk Plus takes you inside the world of genre— with interviews, behind‑the‑scenes stories, and red‑carpet coverage from around the globe. Watch and listen to premium, commercial‑free podcasts and videos for just $1.99 a month. Click the link and go Plus today!”
This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome back Will Forte (who's currently vacationing with Seth's family...without Seth). Will shares stories from his extensive travels, including annual Forte family reunions in Colorado, a close encounter with a bear, a teenage trip to the Grand Canyon, and work trips around the world. He also opens up about being diagnosed with OCD, recounts a dramatic horseback riding mishap, tells the unlikely story of how a 1996 road trip sparked a decades-long friendship with Tony Orlando, and wraps up with a speed round of travel favorites. Watch this episode on the Family Trips YouTube or Spotify, or listen wherever you get your podcasts! QuinceUpgrade your everyday. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to https://quince.com/trips Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too. IQ BarText TRIPS to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Mint MobileTo get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://MINTMOBILE.com/trips. That's it there's no catch.Upfront payment of: $45 for 3-months, $90 for 6-months, or $180 for 12-months, plan required, $15 per month equivalent. Taxes & fees extra. Initial plan term only. Greater than 50GB may slow when network is busy. Includes up to 20GB hotspot. Capable device required. Availability, speed & coverage varies. See https://MintMobile.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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