Flickering Myth

Allen, Gerald, and EJ discuss the possibility of a Joker sequel, the script leak of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and their favorite television shows of the past decade. Also, EJ gives a mini-review of Frozen 2, and more suggestions for streaming content to watch.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen, Gerald, and EJ celebrate a year of hosting the podcast. This week sees a new segment unveiled with suggestions from the bigger streaming services. Then your regularly scheduled entertainment news, including Elizabeth Banks and the Charlie's Angels bomb, the overly expensive and useless Sonic the Hedgehog redesign, the new buzz around Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League, then Allen and EJ give their thoughts on the new Disney+ streaming service, along with its flagship launch show, The Mandalorian.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen, Tori, and EJ discuss the movies they're seen recently, including Terminator: Dark Fate, The King, and Honey Boy, the current box office defeat of Doctor Sleep at the hands of Midway, Joker becoming the most profitable comic book film of all time, and of course, Finding Jack, the new James Dean film coming in 2020 via the miracle of CGI.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

EJ, Allen, Gerald, and Tori get together to discuss favorite horror films and some news tidbits. EJ takes the reins while Allen can't talk too good and presents this spooktacular episode! Also discussed, Jared Harris and Lee Pace being cast in Apple's Foundation series, and the most recent Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen, Gerald, and EJ discuss the most recent casting for The Batman, Jared Leto's displeasure with Joker, folks getting tricked into seeing Terminator: Dark Fate instead of Terminator 2, Francis Ford Coppola speaking out against superhero films, and AMC theaters hosting blistering 27-hour Star Wars marathons leading to the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen, Tori, and EJ discuss the trailers for Disney's Jungle Cruise, starring Dwayne Johnson, and Universal's Dolittle, starring Robert Downey, Jr. Tori discusses more from the London Film Festival, including Le Mans '66 (Ford v Ferrari), Knives Out, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and The Irishman. Afterwards, Allen and EJ discuss Martin Scorcese not considering superhero films to be cinema  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen, Gerald, Tori, and EJ discuss the trailers for Birds of Prey, and The Gentlemen, some of Tori's highlights from the London Film Festival, including The King, The Lighthouse, and Jojo Rabbit, and EJ discusses the Judy Garland biopic, Judy. When Tori exits to continue her LFF reviews, the guys discuss the first week of the AEW Dynamite television show before settling in for a lengthy conversation on one of the most bafflingly controversial movies of the year, Todd Phillips's Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix in the titular role. (Spoilers are not avoided. Be warned that this is a fairly lengthy dissection of the film with few stones left unturned. As these spoilers were key to the conversation, there is unfortunately no spoiler-free edit of this episode.)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen, Gerald, and EJ discuss the big new out of Disney, with Spider-Man returning to the MCU and Kevin Feige producing a Star Wars film, and their go-to Halloween films.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen, Gerald, and EJ welcome James Stuart of the For Your Reconsideration podcast to fill the Brit quota in Tori's absence. Join us as we discuss Rob Zombie's 3 From Hell, Todd Haynes's upcoming Dark Waters, and NBC's new streaming service, Peakcock. Discussion are also had on films we'd like the world to reconsider, the disparity between audience reviews and critic reviews, and whether or not Clint Eastwood convincing us he's capable of two threesomes in the same movie is an Oscar-worthy turn.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You can't get a suntan on the moon, but you and Brad Pitt can build your own sampler plates and wash them down with $1 dollar-itas until you're blackout drunk at the local lunar Applebee's. Allen, Tori, and EJ discuss Ad Astra, Hustlers, the possible Robert Downey, Jr. cameo in Black Widow, and James Gunn's casting announcement for The Suicide Squad. All of this topped with discussions about what's happening at the Toronto International Film Festival and the upcoming London Film Festival.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen, Gerald, and EJ talk IT: Chapter 2 (spoiler free), the Bad Boys For Life trailer, Joker's big win at the Venice Film Festival, the likelihood of an RDJ Oscar nom for Avengers: Endgame, and the upshot of Brad Pitt walking away with Oscar gold from either Ad Astra or Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Join us as one man's mispronounced name becomes the rallying cry for a new generation. Or a just podcast gone a bit off the rails.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen and EJ dread the discour esurrounding the Joaquin Phoenix Joker film, find themselves in complete disbelief that they're talking about Terminator: Dark Fate again. The rumored New Mutants overhaul at the hands of Disney and the AEW All Out PPV event are discussed. Then, for fun, the guys fantasy book other prestige solo films with unlikely DC characters, and try to find a fitting comic book property for some of their favorite directors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen, Gerald, Tori, and EJ discuss the biggest news of the past week in entertainment, including The Matrix 4, the contentious Marvel/Sony split over Spider-Man, Bond 25's official title, No Time To Die, and attempt to distill all of Disney's D23 conference into an hour of conversation, touching on everything from The Mandalorian and WandaVision to Lizzie McGuire and Lady and the Tramp.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen and Gerald are joined by Lacey Day to discuss the paltry film and television news from last week and discuss more summer movies, with Gerald finally getting to vent his feelings on Quentin Taratino's latest film.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The whole gang is back! Allen, Gerald, Tori, and EJ all bring their most anticipated cinematic releases for the latter part of 2019 and discuss each. Also in this episode, Tori and EJ discuss their takes on Blinded by the Light, and the controversy surrounding Universal's The Hunt.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen, Tori, and look back at all the summer release window had to offer: the positives, the disappointments, and the underwhelming. Allen discusses his feelings on Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (no spoilers), and EJ grumbles about Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen and EJ discuss the Jojo Rabbit trailer, Vin Diesel and the completed script from Riddick 4: Furya, then settle in for a lengthy (but spoiler-free) conversation on Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and proceed to give their personal rankings for Quentin Tarantino's entire body of work.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this incredibly overstuffed episode, Allen, Gerald, Tori, and EJ discuss all of their likes and dislikes from the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con! Top Gun: Maverick is hilarious, Lion King is reviewed, we join the internet dog pile on that Cats trailer, Jay & Silent Bob Reboot looks like a good time, Edward Furlong's return for Terminator: Dark Fate will trick Allen into seeing another Terminator movie, the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4 shebang is addressed in-depth, and much, much more!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen and EJ discuss Spider-Man: Far From Home in-depth, spoiling everything. Also in this episode, the trailer for Knives Out, the new film from Rian Johnson, EJ's thoughts on the alligator horror film Crawl, Lashana Lynch picking up the 007 mantle in Bond 25, San Diego Comic-Con predictions, and an unplanned digression into Terminator: Dark Fate and the franchise as a whole.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allen, Gerald, Tori, and EJ return to talk about more live-action Disney adaptations, including the somewhat controversial Little Mermaid casting and the Mulan trailer. Spider-Man: Far From Home reactions (largely spoiler-free), Stranger Things 3, the final season of Jessica Jones, and Midsommar are all discussed here as well.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.