Movies & Shows mentioned: Inside Out 2 / Tuesday / Firebrand / Presumed Innocent / The Boys S4 / House of the Dragon S2 / I Saw the TV Glow / Monkey Man / Ultraman: Rising / Ama Gloria / The Exorcism
Why HIT MAN Shouldn't Be On Netflix.
In a news-heavy episode, Ewan and Lachlan discuss the trailers for Venom 3, MaXXXine, Alien: Romulus, and Pharrell's Lego biopic Piece By Piece. They also cover the new Star Wars series The Acolyte, Godzilla Minus One, Poolman, The Watchers, and The Last Stop in Yuma County. Bridging the gap between movies and games, they highlight the key moments from Summer Game Fest and review the week's casting news. Finally, they discuss Ewan's favorite film of the year, Richard Linklater's Hit Man, starring Glen 'Movie Star' Powell.
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.
What THE IRON CLAW Does Better Than Other Sports Movies
Ewan and Lachlan discuss the trailers that dropped during the Superbowl, Casting News for Fantastic Four and Ewan shares his thoughts on Madame Web, Lisa Frankenstein, and Megamind. Later on, they review Sean Durkin's The Iron Claw. Watch THE IRON CLAW here: https://amzn.to/48hGB3K
Oscar Nominations, Sundance & Fallen Leaves
IT'S LACHLAN'S BIRTHDAY! This week we discuss the Nominations for the 96th Academy Awards. What were the Snubs and Surprises? One of the films that unfortunately did not make the Final 5 for the Internation Feature Category is Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves, which is the film we are going to review in detail. The Sundance Film Festival has wrapped and Ewan caught some films virtually that he'll tell you about and Lachlan started True Detective: Night Country.