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Ep1252: Buddy (2026) - Live Movie Review (opens the original)
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This week's livestream is brought to you by the letter "D", for "Derivative"! Yes, there's another indie horror movie in theaters with audience buzz, killer marketing, and very little else to recommend it beyond some truly remarkable aesthetics. Casper Kelly's Buddy centers on a titular late-90s children's program modeled off of Barney the Dinosaur . In this case, our chuckling, anthropomorphic host is an orange unicorn who may also be a demon. In the real world, an overworked mom named Grace (C
Ep1251: Coyote vs. Acme (2026) - Live Movie Review (opens the original)
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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
Ep1250: Castle Freaks: Homicidal (1961) - Movie Review (opens the original)
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Ian and Jeff go positively psycho for William Castle's 1961 fast-follow thriller, Homicidal ! It's easy to write this movie off as a copy/paste cash-in of Alfred Hitchcock's horror classic, Psycho (troubled blonde with a bagful of cash; mysterious references to shocking family events; terrible things happening on a very prominent staircase, etc.). But Castle and screenwriter Robb White present a twisty, twisted thriller that makes up in plot what it lacks in aesthetic originality. In today's spo
Ep1249: The Sun Never Sets (2026) - Movie Review and Red Carpet Interview (opens the original)
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Joe Swanberg's new dramedy, The Sun Never Sets , was the closing night event of 2026's Chicago Critics Film Festival. Following the May premiere, Ian and David sat down for a spoilerific look at one of the year's best movies. Now that the film is in limited release, the guys are ecstatic to share their thoughts with you! Swanberg introduces and dissects an Alaskan love triangle in an effort to disprove the age-old cliché, "If You love someone, let them go". Jake Johnson stars as Jack, a wealth m
Ep1248: Mutiny and Tony (2026) - Live Movie Review (opens the original)
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Why do June and July get all the fun movie mash-ups? Nothing says "August" like a new Jason Staham movie and an early-Awards Season contender from A24. So, what do you get when you cross Mutiny with Tony ? Mutony , of course! This week, Ian and Jeff look at two very different films with identical goals: To be the best possible representation of their respective sub-genres! Mutiny is the definition of popcorn-shoveling fun; it's " Under Siege on a Die Hard ". But unlike most knock-offs of those a
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