198 - Alien: Romulus is Flawed But Great & D23 News

Our most anticipated movie of the year has arrived: Alien Romulus. The discussion gets heated as Ewan and Lachlan disagree about the latest entry in the Alien franchise. They discuss the plethora of news coming out of Disney's D23, Indiewire's Top 100 Films from the 2000s, and the first trailer for The Monkey from Longlegs director Osgood Perkins based on Stephan King's short story. Ewan binged through many new films from Kneecap, Cuckoo, It Ends With Us, The Union, Jackpot!, Daughters, and even more while Lachlan rewatched Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.

GODZILLA x KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE & MONKEY MAN

Ewan and Lachlan pair up Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire & Monkey Man as a double feature spoiler review and rank all the American Godzilla and King Kong movies. They also caught Love Lies Bleeding and finished 3 Body Problem. Lachlan watched the Planet of the Apes movies and Ewan rewatched La La Land and has thoughts on Girl State and the Wages of Fear remake. Lastly, they share their thoughts on Matrix 5, Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer, and Alex Garland's supposed retirement from directing.

Ranked Godzilla/King Kong Lists
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2024 Most Anticipated

Ewan, Lachlan, and Kevin go over the release date calendar for 2024 and tell you what they are looking forward to the most. From Dune Part II, Mickey 17, and Nosferatu to a fourth Despicable Me movie I guess... there are a ton of sequels, prequels, and spin-offs as expected but also a bunch of exciting filmmakers premiering their work this year.