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This is a special episode, we got to sit down for a 1-on-1 interview with the director of "CIVIL WAR", Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men). Alex discusses how personal his approach to filmmaking is, how he balances life and directing and reacts to the misleading headlines saying he "fell out of love with filmmaking". We also give our review of the Civil War. Enjoy the show.

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00:59 Intro

01:06 “CIVIL WAR” (2024) Review

31:44 Interview with CIVIL WAR director, Alex Garland

39:34 Watch Recommendations for the Week

We are literally on the Road to WrestleMania, catch us talking about WrestleMania ahead of our trip to Philadelphia to witness Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns in the main event.

This week we discuss two completely different movies. Late night never felt so spooky in "Late Night With The Devil" and the latest in the Kaiju genre, "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire". Enjoy the show!

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01:09 Intro

01:19 WrestleMania talk

09:58 Movie and TV news (Spielberg welcomes Denis to the fraternity + more)

14:35 “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” (2024) Review

20:15 “Late Night with the Devil” (2024) Review

41:21 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we're discussing the acting debut of Conor McGregor in the remake of the 80's classic, "ROAD HOUSE". We also got a mini-review of the latest Ghostbusters film, "GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE". As always we breakdown all the news from this week as well. Enjoy the show!

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00:36 Intro

00:46 Movie and TV news (+ more)

11:27 “GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE” (2024) Review

18:56 “ROAD HOUSE” starring Jake Gyllenhaal (2024) Review

36:01 Conor McGregor's acting debut

54:39 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week is all about horror movies and it's all because of Sydney Sweeney's latest horror project, "Immaculate". We talk about the movie, why horror works (and doesn't) and a lot of other things Sydney Sweeney. We also break down all the biggest movie and TV news (including Aaron Taylor-Johnson as James Bond and more). Enjoy the show!

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00:44 Intro

00:50 Movie and TV news (James Bond updates + more)

11:23 “Immaculate” (2024) Review

47:26 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we kick off the show talking about all the success and fallout of "DUNE: PART TWO". We get into a pretty in-depth conversation about franchise/comic-book movie fatigue and all the other movie and TV news for the week. The movie review for this week is Ethan Coen's "DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS" starring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan and Matt Damon. Enjoy the show!

This week we're reviewing arguably the most anticipated movie of 2024, "DUNE: PART TWO" starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya. We have so many thoughts about the film and we also discuss all the movie and TV news from this week including Martin Scorsese's comments about cinema's transformation, Denis Villeneuve on young people wanting longer films and so much more. Enjoy the show!

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00:48 Intro

00:55 Movie and TV news (+ more)

29:05 “Dune: Part Two” (2024) Review

59:16 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we discuss (for good or bad) one of the most talked about superhero movies of the year, Sony's "MADAME WEB" starring Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney. We also discuss all the biggest movie and TV news stories of the year including Fantastic Four casting, Spider-Man plans, Christopher Nolan's horror movie and more. Enjoy the show!

Timestamps:

00:36 Intro

00:43 Movie and TV news (Fantastic Four casting, Spider-Man plans, Christopher Nolan's horror movie + more)

19:32 “Madame Web” (2024) Review

01:01:28 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we're talking about a throwback, 1983's "SCARFACE" starring Al Pacino. We break down one of the most iconic films of all time. We also discuss all the movie and TV news of the week including a discussion sparked by Robert Downey Jr's latest comments about playing Iron Man for as long as he did and how comic book movies affect careers differently, Tom Cruise in a Tarantino movie, and so much more. Enjoy the show!

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01:00 Intro

01:07 Movie and TV news (Marvel updates, DCU, Star Wars, Tarantino + more)

24:59 “Scarface” (1983) Review

44:34 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we kick off the show reflecting on the life and career of the legendary Carl Weathers. We get into all the biggest movie and TV news of the week including Brad Pitt being cast in Quentin Tarantino's final film, James Cameron's legacy, the greatest director of our times and so much more. Our review for this week is Mads Mikkelsen's latest film, "THE PROMISED LAND". Enjoy the show!

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00:43 Intro

00:49 We reflect on Carl Weathers' amazing career

05:39 Movie and TV news (Brad Pitt/Tarantino, Nolan/Denis + more)

26:46 “THE PROMISED LAND” (2023) Review

42:01 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we're talking about one of the best movies of the year, Cord Jefferson's, "American Fiction". We had the pleasure of watching this movie at TIFF 2023 and it's already gotten a lot of Oscar nomination love. We also discuss all the biggest movie and TV news this week, including Matthew Vaughn saying Deadpool 3 will save the MCU, Christopher Nolan on his responsibility as a filmmaker, and so much more. Enjoy the show!

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00:43 Intro

00:51 Movie and TV news (Can Deapool save the MCU, Jordan Peele/Monkey Man, Christopher Nolan on large scale movies + more)

17:21 “American Fiction” (2023) Review

39:08 Watch Recommendations for the Week

'Tis the season and the season is 'tis. It's not just award season anymore, it's Oscars season and we just got all the nominees for the 2024 Academy Awards. We discuss all the nom's, the snubs and everything in between. We also have our review/conversation about the now Best Picture nominated, "The Zone of Interest". Enjoy the show!

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00:50 Intro

00:57 2024 Oscars nominees discussion

15:32 Movie and TV news (SNL biopic, Michael B. Jordan & Ryan Coogler's vampire movie + more)

21:52 “THE ZONE OF INTEREST” (2023) Review

35:22 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we got a couple reviews on deck. We kick things off discussing all things movie and TV news. Top Gun is getting ANOTHER sequel, Scorsese calls Leonardo DiCaprio "one of the greatest actors in the history of movies" and discuss so much more. We break down Michael Mann's "Ferrari" and also Jeymes Samuel's "The Book of Clarence". Enjoy the show!

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00:37 Intro

00:46 Movie and TV news (+ more)

16:11 “Ferrari” (2023) Review

31:49 “The Book of Clarence” (2024) Review

44:39 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we have a fun episode! We kick things off with our reaction to this past weekend's Golden Globes and the big wins for Poor Things and Oppenheimer. We also discuss all the film and TV news for this week including Martin Scorsese's upcoming film about, Margot Robbie's comments on movie trailers and more. We also threw in a mini-review of Night Swim. We finish things strong with our review of Bradley Cooper's masterful performance and directorial effort in "MAESTRO". Enjoy the show!

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00:36 Intro

00:46 Reaction to 2024 Golden Globes

09:29 Movie and TV news

18:05 "Night Swim" (2024) Review

22:36 “Maestro” (2023) Review

47:58 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we break down our Top 10 movies of 2023. We talk honourable mentions, we talk our best movie of the year and reflect on an awesome year of films. We also talk about arguably the greatest pro-wrestling movie of all time and one of the best movies of 2023, "The Iron Claw" starring Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White.

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00:57 Intro

02:12 Top 10 Movies of 2023 Intro

04:05 Honourable Mentions

08:07 10-4 Movies of 2023

23:27 Top 3 Movies of 2023

46:29 “THE IRON CLAW” (2023) Review

01:10:49 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we are looking into the future as we list our top five most anticipated movies of 2024. We also drop our final film review of 2023, which is "WONKA" starring Timothée Chalamet. Enjoy the show!

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00:40 Intro

05:09 Our top five MOST anticipated movies of 2024

24:35 “Napoleon” (2023) Review

51:22 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we start off talking about the fallout between Marvel and Jonathan Majors following his recent trial. We discuss all the biggest movie and TV news stories of the week including The Rock making a film with A24, George Clooney/Batman, Ryan Coogler's X-Files and so much more. Our review for the week is "POOR THINGS" starring Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo. Enjoy!

Timestamps:

00:43 Intro

00:48 Movie and TV news (Marvel/Jonathan Majors, Rock/A24, Super Mario sequel + more)

22:52 “POOR THINGS” (2023) Review

47:14 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week is an double feature with the two biggest powerhouses in the animation; Studio Ghibli and Disney. We start the show discussing the nominations for the Golden Globes, we also talk about the biggest movie and TV news of the week and then we move onto our reviews for the week. We start with Hayao Miyazaki's "THE BOY AND THE HERON" and we finish with our review of Disney's "WISH". Enjoy the show!

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00:31 Intro

00:39 Golden Globe Nomination talk

08:41 Movie and TV news (Dune 2 build-up, Avatar sequels + more)

13:42 “THE BOY AND THE HERON” (2023) Review

33:38 “WISH” (2023) Review

47:24 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week, it's one hell of a double feature! We review one of the best blockbusters of the year, "GODZILLA MINUS ONE" and Nicolas Cage's latest film with A24, "DREAM SCENARIO". We also discuss all the biggest movie and TV news stories of the week. Enjoy!

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01:06 Intro

01:12 Movie and TV news (including Will Smith in "I Am Legend 2", Barbie sequel talks, Award Season + more)

18:41 “GODZILLA MINUS ONE” (2023) Review

42:08 “DREAM SCENARIO” (2023) Review

01:04:22 Watch Recommendations for the Week

This week we start with the news; we talk superhero fatigue, Marvel's latest, Thor 5, Denis Villeneuve's next film, Margot Robbie/Greta Gerwig's chemistry and so much more. Our review for the week is Ridley Scott's latest film, "NAPOLEON" starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby. Enjoy and let us know what you think!

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00:36 Intro

00:44 Movie and TV news (Superhero fatigue, Marvel's latest, Thor 5, Denis Villeneuve's next film, Margot Robbie/Greta Gerwig's chemistry+ more)

18:12 “Napoleon” (2023) Review

43:50 Watch Recommendations for the Week

It's another STACKED episode of reviews. We start off talking about all the biggest movie and TV news of the week, including LucasFilm's new head of creative, Dave Filoni, Steven Spielberg's comments of Martin Scorsese and so much more. Sandhu kicks things off with a mini review of "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes". We move on to Taika Waititi's latest film, "Next Goal Wins". Lastly, we finish off STRONG with a review of "May December" starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:03 Movie and TV news (LucasFilm's new head of creative, Dave Filoni, Steven Spielberg's comments of Martin Scorsese, Marvel/DC casting rumors + more)

14:06 “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” (2023) Review

22:47 “Next Goal Wins” (2023) Review

38:28 “May December” (2023) Review

57:45 Let’s Get Rec’d (Watch Recommendations for the Week)

It's an absolutely stacked episode. This week we start off talking about all the biggest movie and TV news stories of the week. We transition to all the Marvel talk, including our (spoiler-filled) review of Loki season two and The Marvels. We finish off strong with one of the best movies of the year, "The Holdovers".

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00:00 Intro

00:58 Movie and TV news (A24's Elon Musk biopic, Coyote vs. Acme drama + more)

07:11 “Loki Season 2” (2023) Review

24:09 “The Marvels” (2023) Review

50:18 “The Holdovers” (2023) Review

01:11:14 Let’s Get Rec’d (Watch Recommendations for the Week)

This week is kind of a double review, we discuss David Fincher's "The Killer" and Sandhu gives his review of A24's "Priscilla".

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00:00 Intro

01:09 Movie and TV news (+ more)

10:12 “THE KILLER” (2023) Review

32:51 “PRISCILLA” (2023) Mini-Review

38:42 Let’s Get Rec’d (Watch Recommendations for the Week)

This week we're breaking down Apple TV+'s "Fingernails" starring Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed and Jeremy Allen White. We also discuss all the chaos that's happening at Marvel (bringing back OG Avengers, possibly pivoting away from Kang stories and so much more) and all the other movie and TV news for the week.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:03 Movie and TV news (Everything Marvel, Joker 2, It Follows sequel and more)

15:20 Fingernails (2023) breakdown

34:10 Let’s Get Rec’d (Watch Recommendations for the Week)

This week we got our review of Martin Scorsese's latest epic, "Killers of the Flower Moon" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro. We also discuss all the biggest news stories of the week (including Marvel updates, Marvel vs. Scorsese continues and Nolan's latest comments on filmmaking).

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00:00 Intro

01:18 Movie and TV news (Marvel updates, Marvel vs. Scorsese continues, Nolan's latest comments on filmmaking + more)

10:30 “Killers of the Flower Moon” (2023) Review

34:05 Let’s Get Rec’d (Watch Recommendations for the Week)

This week we start off by talking about all the biggest movie and TV news for this week, including A24 expanding their strategy from "arthouse gems" to more commercial films, the latest on Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon", The Aquaman 2 controversy and so much more. We also discuss attending a press event for IMAX with Laser at Landmark Cinemas.

It's a busy week for reviews this week, we got two mini-reviews for "SAW X" and "Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person" and a FULL review of the 2023 Palme D'Or Winner, "Anatomy of a Fall"

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00:00 Intro

01:14 Movie and TV news (A24 expanding their strategy to more commercial films, Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon", The Aquaman 2 controversy, Marvel fires Daredevil staff and so much more)

27:42 “IMAX with Laser” Press Event 

30:54 “SAW X” (2023) Review

36:07 “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person” (2023) Review

39:09 “Anatomy of a Fall” (2023) Review (Palme D’or Winner at Cannes Film Festival)

01:01:49:09 Let’s Get Rec’d (Watch Recommendations for the Week)

This week we got a hankerin' for some double mint gum and a double feature! We review "Dumb Money," a story of the recent events that took place during the pandemic on Reddit's WallStreetBets with GameStop stock. Does it live up to the expectations? (Kind of...). The second review is about Gareth Edwards' sci-fi epic, "The Creator". We discuss all things artificial intelligence. We also breakdown some of the biggest news story in the world of TV and movie news (The latest on Marvel ahead of Loki season two, Martin Scorsese's comments on indie films and so much more.)

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:48 Movie and TV news (The latest on Marvel ahead of Loki season two, Martin Scorsese's comments on "indie films" and more.)

15:13 "DUMB MONEY" (2023) Review

30:17 "THE CREATOR" (2023) Review

58:19 Movie recommendations for the week (Brah & Sandhu's picks)

We went to the Toronto International Film Festival and this week we drop our post-TIFF coverage. We open the show with a discussion of everything TIFF, including our TOP 5 films from the festival. We also discuss all the biggest news stories of the week and drop our review for one of the most ridiculous movies of 2023, "Dicks: The Musical"'

Timestamps:

00:00 TIFF Talk

12:40 Best Acting Performance 

15:42 TOP 5 Films from TIFF 2023

31:48 News 

39:18 "DICKS: THE MUSICAL" Review

51:04 Weekend Recommendations

This week we headed over to the Toronto International Film Festival and saw some of the best films of the year. On this episode, we recap our first week at TIFF and give our spoiler-free reviews of the films that we saw this week and give our recommendations of the films you should check out over the next couple of months.

This week's PACKED episode is the beginning of our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival. We drop a preview of the festival including the films we're excited about. We also review of one of the funniest movies of the year, "Bottoms" starring Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edibiri. Sandhu drops a mini-review of "The Equalizer 3" starring Denzel Washington. Lastly, and as always, we discuss all the biggest news stories of the week, including Barbie becoming the highest grossing movie of the year (and so much more).

This week we reviewed "The Meg 2: The Trench"...I'm not sure why but we did! We break down the genre and why it's already such a global box-office success. We also break down some of the biggest TV and movie news of the week including "Dune 2", Zack Snyder's "Rebel Moon" and so much more

This week we review the adorable and hilarious dog-comedy, Strays starring Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx. Sandhu gives his thoughts on Blue Beetle and we discuss all the biggest news stories of the week (including DC, Thor 5 with Taika Waititi and much more).

This week we are reviewing "THE WOLF OF WALL STREET" as it hits its 10 year anniversary. We break down Martin Scorsese's funniest film, DiCaprio's most iconic role and the star making performances of Jonah Hill and Margot Robbie. We also breakdown all the biggest news stories of the week and the topic that threads that altogether is "comic book movie fatigue". We discuss everything as this major shift in the film industry continues.

This week is a double feature, we're reviewing the latest instalment of "The Turtles" in "TMNT: Mutant Mayhem" and the word-of-mouth horror movie of the summer, "Talk To Me". Along with the double review, we're talking Barbie's success, the latest of AI and how it's related to Black Mirror (and so much more movie and TV news).

This week we review the movie event of the year, Greta Gerwig's "BARBIE" starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. In this podcast two men discuss what they thought about the Barbie movie in significant detail. Enjoy! (Also, we discuss what movies we're looking forward to for the rest of the year before the review, enjoy that too)

The most anticipated movie of the year is finally hear...but you'll have to wait for our "BARBIE" review next week, this week we're talking about Christopher Nolan's latest masterpiece, "OPPENHEIMER". We also address the hype post-Barbenheimer and discuss all the biggest news stories from this week (Nolan's Bond movie, Aquaman/DC updates and so much more).

This week we preview the hype for Barbenheimer ahead of the release of Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer", discuss the strikes in Hollywood and Disney's new strategy for Marvel and Star Wars (plus so much more). We also break down our thoughts on Tom Cruise's latest Summer blockbuster, "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE DEAD RECKONING PT. 1".

This week is a packed episode, at the half-way point of the year, we break down our top 5 lists for the best movies of 2023. We also break down all the biggest movie and TV news stories of the week (including Deadpool 3 updates, Johnny Depp returning to the Pirates franchise and so much more). Our review for this week is the latest instalment into the INSIDIOUS franchise, "INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR".

This week we break down all the summer's hottest releases (Barbie, Oppenheimer, etc.) and how hype we are, plus all the biggest news stories of the week (including Superman: Legacy, Tarantino's final film and so much more).

In our review for the week, we talk everything Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford and more specifically, the fifth entry into the franchise, "INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY".

This week we talk everything Back to the Future. We talk about why it's one of the most iconic films of all time, how it's aged and why it's still the standard bearer for time-travel movies.

This week we break down one of the most important comic book movies of the modern era, "The Flash". The last movie of the Snyder DC era and the final entry before the James Gunn DC era begins. We talk about if the movie lived up to the hype, the future of the franchise and so much more. We also break down all the biggest news stories from the world of TV and news, including Star Wars, Marvel and GDT (Guillermo del Toro) news.

This week we talk about the latest Netflix/Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary. "Arnold". As huge Arnold fans, we discuss his bodybuilding career and the how its affected us, his amazing film career and his controversial third act. There's even a mini-preview/"you should check out" segment about Lil Dicky's FX show, "Dave". As always, we also get into the biggest news stories this week including the rumoured "Legend of Zelda" film, Jake Paul's film career and so much more.

This week we got our review of the latest animated masterpiece; "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse". We discuss if this is Spider-Woman's movie, the Indian Spider-Man representation and everything in between. We also discuss Tom Holland's comments on Spider-Man going forward, and Gurveer's got a take on Holland's place in Hollywood alongside his counterpart, Timothée Chalamet and so much more.

This week we discuss all things Succession. We binged the entire series just in time for the finale. We discuss the entire series, the family drama of it all and that unbelievable ending. We also discuss everything in the world of movie and TV news including Martin Scorsese meeting with the Pope to discuss a movie he's working on about Jesus Christ, Tarantino discussing his final film and so much more.

This week we break down one of the most anticipated events of the summer, "FAST X". We discuss everything about this absurd franchise and why people love it. We also break down all the biggest news this week (including Martin Scorsese/Leonardo DiCaprio news, the stars of tomorrow, Marvel updates and more).

This week we break down some of the biggest news of the week including all the latest casting speculation of James Gunn's "SUPERMAN: LEGACY", Martin Scorsese discussing retirement and everything "FAST X" ahead of it's release. We also break down the most Canadian movie of all time, "BLACKBERRY" starring Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton.

This week we talk about James Gunn's last hurrah in the MCU before making his way to DC, "GUARDIANS GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3". We review the emotional conclusion to this franchise, the future of the MCU and where this story goes next. We also discuss all the biggest news stories of the week, including updates for the future of Star Wars and the massive anticipation for Christopher Nolan's next film, "OPPENHEIMER".