Bookwild - Recapping the 33 Movies We Saw in Theaters in 2024 Part Two

Episode Date: January 17, 2025

Tyler and I finish up our recap of the movies we saw in theaters in 2024!Movies We Talked AboutOddityIt Ends With Us Strange DarlingBlink TwiceSaturday NightAfrAIdVenom: The Last DanceAnoraHereticConclaveGladiator IIInterstellarBabygirl Get Bookwild MerchCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackCheck Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and GregFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrian 

Well, we're back for part two of all the movies that we saw in theater. We saw other movies, but all the movies we saw at AMC this year. Yep. Last year. Last year, actually. Have we seen any movies this year? You know what? Technically, we saw a baby girl in January because we were sick at the end of December.

So technically, we've seen. a movie ish well we'll get to that that one here in a minute yeah we need to go see a complete unknown before it's out of theaters

that's the next one we need to see but last week we left off with Deadpool and Wolverine and this week we're starting with the movie that got my first interview with a director which is Audity the director Ian writer is Damian McCarthy

and yeah I was so excited when he responded to my DM but when we were on the way to this movie I was telling you how because we had seen long legs recently and there was all kinds of discourse about long legs that was like

this is the scariest movie I've seen in a decade and I liked it but I wasn't terror And so then when we were on our way to this movie, one of the TikTokers that Kit Laser that I follow, who's a film bro, was the one who first talked about this movie. And he was like, this one terrified me and long legs did not. Which was intriguing to me because then it got me stuck on my, the fun soapbox I got on about what makes things scary and how subjective it is, almost. was more subjective than like humor, I think. Because it just is. It's just super subjective. So on the way there, I was like, okay, so this guy said he was even more scared. And I was like, I wonder what that means. And like, how will I know?

Like, will I ever get so scared that I'm like, oh my gosh, like, I can't separate the movie from reality or something like that? And then we went to it. And there is a moment in this movie where you turn to me and you're like, I'm fucking terrified. They did have a good job of like Yeah like dragging it out In a way that wasn't like Bad, but it's just like

Yeah, you're like something's going on with that bell I don't know what But like just various other elements That were just like This this is creepy I think creepy to me is like What scary is

Like I don't like the body or like I don't like the sounds of gore. I don't like any of that. And it doesn't scare me. It's just gross. But it is like. So I realized this year too. The eerie slash creepy stuff where it's like,

that'd be kind of creepy. Like people just. Yeah. The gist of this one is a woman who is blind. and kind of clairvoyant, not clairvoyant, what is the right word? She can, when she touches items, she can, like, experience the things that the oddities experience. That's where we get the name. And so she has a shop of oddities, but she's a twin and her sister is brutally murdered.

And she basically wants to figure out who did it and get her. revenge. And so that's the gist of it. What was cool about it to me is it like Blin's paranormal, but it's not like only paranormal. It also is a lot. It's definitely a mystery because she's trying to figure out what happened. It's a thriller because you have moments in the present too where you're like, oh my God, what's going to happen? It's like it's a murder mystery. What was the other thing that it reminded me of. I can't remember. But it had lots of different genre.

Oh, it's horror as well. So it had, it just had so many genre elements. And it is terrifying. I rewatched it the morning before I interviewed him. So, like, I knew everything that was going to happen. And it was still so fucking scary. That was one way to start your day off. That's for sure.

Yeah, I wasn't, I was busy that week. So I woke up at 5 a.m. Because my interview is at like 7, I think. Or no, that wouldn't be right. The interview is at like 9 or something. Yeah, it was early. It was an early one because he's in Ireland. Cool fact.

You can listen to the whole interview if this piques your interest. But the house that he shot it in was like one of his friends' places. And it was like one of the few places he could shoot. And so he kind of constructed his first movie and this one around the resource he had available, which I thought was cool. I was just pulling up some images of it. And it was just like the wood, the guy, like the wood machine, like, I don't know what you would call that monster. Oh, folklore, the wooden man. So folklore is another genre item.

yeah and that it's like you you were expecting it to do like a it wasn't very jump scary I guess maybe that I got another thing just annoys me about scary movies it are just jump scares where it's like especially when you're watching in theaters where it's like so loud and I yeah normally like in the last episode I just geeked out about a sound because I think it enhances a movie so much but it also just like when it's like just shrieking sounds and stuff like that where it's like your body regardless of what's on the screen is just going to jump and I just like I dread the like jump scare sound more than I do like any of the visuals it's right it's like I don't feel like they did that with that I just kind of like they left so much to like your imagination which I think

is what made it so creepy where you're like is this about that and so you start thinking about all the things that could be happening or could happen. And you're brazing for all of this stuff. But at the same time, you're like, nothing's happening. So it's just like constant tension building. Mm-hmm.

Wild. You and Hallie said basically the same thing. Because when I did the episode with her about, like, what is scary? She and I both talked about, like, the building tension is like the most engaging type of scary. And she said the same thing where it's like almost, what you don't see that is freaking you out too yeah yeah it's fascinating otherwise yeah it was like

such a and the ending was really good it was like it all like the story of itself was really good too it was just kind of like yeah yeah this is all just creepy and yeah it was fun like it made me want to go take items to somebody like that and be like so can you tell me yes I know we need to find someone. Then I'll be creeped out again probably for a month. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, it was good. That image did stick with me.

We can't go into details because if you haven't watched it, you don't want to know. But I hadn't had like a movie image stick with me like overnight or like where it comes to my mind when it's dark. And a couple times when you've traveled a couple times. it hasn't happened a while now, I would like imagine that. And I'm like, oh, my God. So that's what's really scary for me is when like even thinking about it in the middle of the night scares you. That's, yeah. It was good though.

I enjoyed it. It's a really good scary movie. Yeah. It was great. And he was very cool to talk to. Yeah. And you were very excited about that interview. I was like, that was like one of your big.

gets for the big yeah highlights you were you were surprised you were like I feel like every movie you're you leave you're like oh it'd be so cool it was just like how you started the entire podcast it was like you'd finish a book you're like oh I just want to talk to the author about this I just want to like yep and so it was like you're like you're dipping your toe into the world of like oh I just saw a movie now I just want to go talk to the author about it and so it was really cool to like literally it was like watching you years ago like we when you started between the lines. And then you reached out to people and they were like, yeah, I'll talk to you.

And you're like, you will. So it was. Yeah. So, which is what had you waking up at five to watch a scary movie to like prep for the interview. So it was. Yes. So that was cool. Yeah.

Because with his two, there was a delay. So I DMed him right after I saw it. And then he was so busy with like his release schedule. like that it was like three and a half weeks later he d-med me and was like, I'll do it. And I was like, oh my God. So it just like came back up one day randomly. And I was like, well, it's happening. That was cool.

So cool. I'm going to, I'm going to get at least two directors in 2025, if not more. Very different genre genre whiplash here. The next one we saw was it ends with us, which like. I went into that one. blind. I'm not even going to talk about all the recent stuff. I was going to say we don't like because I I was thoroughly impressed by that whole movie. Like I, I enjoyed the like all the way down to like the unrealistic lovey-dovey scenes of like,

oh, she's in a flower shop. That's cute or like like, like even a scene like where they're like flirting back and forth on the roof in the very beginning. It was just like, they just did everything so well where it's like it made you believe that they were like. kind of tangoing back and forth and it was just like it was fun just because it was like oh you like does she like him does he like her just like has she like you just kind of felt the back and forth but then like then they tie in the way that they like would bounce back to like their childhood and like when you'd see like who the other like the guy was that she referenced it on that roof and it was just like um

And then like all the subtle things that they would place in throughout the movie like with the oak tree or something like just little things like that like you don't think they matter until they make them matter. And I just thought that that kind of like visual storytelling. I thought was so fun just because it was like everything meant something like it. And I think there's a pretty, you see that in a lot of really good films I feel like. But like right. Yeah, it was just like subtle things though like that like the name of the guys. restaurant was after like it was yeah all of that little stuff you're like and then you like get those moments of like oh yeah like that stuff was still fun to like see unfold but then like I went into

the movie blind as well like I didn't know what it was about you didn't know much at all and I go to a lot of art movies blind now I think about it's true I'm just like hey we need to do this yeah you're like hey I heard this is doing really well or is really good um and as like part of the fun for me is just like seeing what it's about to be about and so but seeing but within with it ends with us like even like the scene after she has a kid and is like I was like damn that's powerful and it was just like everything like just great performances great like visual storytelling with the narratives going back and forth and and like timelines and I like timeline hopping sometimes can be a little bit tricky for me to follow. They, I follow along. And then like, this is like, seren role time. And I was like,

oh, it's just so good. Everything's just good. Everything's just good. Rickish. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, it was just a, it was like a powerful movie. And I was, I really enjoyed it. And it's unfortunate that everything happened from it. But it was like, I know. Still, I just feel like it's a really cool message of like how she like took all of her power and like back yeah took it back and it was like no I'm this is the way it's going to be it ends with us yeah yeah I love that I was I was I was crying at the end of that movie I was a couple times more than I thought I would yeah I wasn't expecting to cry I didn't know what I know what took that I was like I yeah I really I really liked the movie and yeah it was even when it came out

there was already drama happening around it. So it was like not that hard to talk about the movie, but it's like there was just so much drama around it. But I'm like, but it was good. Like it really was good. And it's like some people, it was so weird. And I won't get into all the discourse. But a big part of it was like there were these people that were angry that were like,

it had flowers on the cover. So I thought it was a rom-com. And I'm like, guys, watch a trailer. Check your book by the cover. Read a synopsis. Like if you're taking it. Some people would be like, I brought my 12 year old daughter. And I'm like, well, if you're taking your daughter, do a little bit of research.

Like, don't go in blind in this case. If you're bringing your kids. So it had all kinds of weird whatever about it. But I think it's a super powerful message for a lot of people. And I don't think this is spoilers. And I also think all of us know that it's about domestic violence at this point. they did something really cool where when you were talking about visually they did something really cool visually where when the abuse did start happening like she kind of wasn't seeing all of it or would even see it a different way and so then the way they showed her shifting and like deciding that she wanted something different then you see the rest of the scenes and what like you see the rest of the scenes and what like actually happened. And that was that was really cool too because I know that's like the hardest

part is sometimes you just you can't see it when it's like up close. And then when you get some perspective, you're like, oh. Yeah, this. This was bad. That's, oh, this actually is what happened. Yeah. I was. I will say though, I'm not getting into the actual drama that's now happening because that's its whole other own can of worms. But it oddly is a testament to how good of actors both of them technically are, if they hated each other this much. Yeah. Because they had chemistry.

The acting was. Like, that's what my big takeaway is. I'm like, Jesus Christ, they made that movie while, like, hating each other. You couldn't tell. So, I mean, both of them, props to their acting. Yeah. that was that was really good and then you went to a couple of movies you went to strange darling that's the next one oh was it oh i was looked down at the next one i need to pull up what strange darling was okay so

strange darling is there it is it's so hard to talk about this one without swirler so i always end up just reading it nothing is what it seems when a twisted one night's stand spirals into a serial killer's vicious murder spree. I always have to look up the synopsis for that one because I don't want to give anything away. So that's the synopsis. We have like a woman kind of going on a date with a guy for the first time as part of it. And then there's a serial killer happening in that area. This one was another one visually.

So pretty. I think it was only shot on 35 millimeter, 35 millimeter. I think, I think they said that at the beginning of the movie. Yeah. Yeah, it was on a Kodak 35 millimeter. Okay. The colors were like very vibrant. That was also something that people talked about a lot at the time that it came out.

Because we've actually kind of leaned into thrillers where like it's all the like blue teal or like dark and almost gray. And this is like very vibrant. and the use of like red and blue this is and the lighting there's another one where people talked about just the lighting in the hotel room like this doesn't give anything away in the truck like they just were really creative with that but the other fun part is this is not told linearly and so I think it's six chapters and I think at the beginning it literally says chapter six yeah it bounces around I'm like and then it bounces around and each chapter changes your perception of the previous chapters.

It is stunning. I think, I think if I had to pick one of my favorites of the year, like an actual favorite, this might be it. Because I, it was just so fucking good. Yeah.

It was, it was, like, yeah, I'm trying to, I don't even know how much, like, what's considered a spoiler.

I know. It's hard to talk about this one. But like, it is just like, the way that everything does. does flip on itself and you're like wait it's not this way if they were making it seem that way is like such a whole like testimony to life in general but it's like what you see is one thing might not be the thing and then also you're like what so but but even like going back to like what

you just said about it ends with us is like it is like when they expanded upon the scenes of the abuse yes you didn't see the full picture but then you've got to the full picture and you're like, oh, that changes literally everything. And they just did that like the whole time. Every, yeah, the whole time. It was, you didn't know what was going to happen next. Like, you didn't have a clue. Like, you couldn't even predict because it was so like, like, but like, even describing it, it sounds like when you're like hearing yourself talk about it out loud. You're like, what is this movie about? You're like, somehow they strung together things and not order and to make sense in such a perfect way.

Yeah. What I talked to Hallie about too is what blew my mind is that even with it out of order, it like fits the Save the Cat, writes a novel or just the Save the Cat framework. And so that's the even cooler part is that like the realizations you're having, even though it's told out of order, he uses the out of order to like have a crazy midpoint. And to have an even crazier climax, even if. it's I think the first chapter or the second chapter that I can't yeah it just functions on both levels in and out of order and I'm I'm obsessed with not linear storytelling so it was just great

I still want to talk to J.T. Malner who is the writer and director have not made contact with him if anyone can connect me with him and you think you'd be good for the podcast please connect us because I want to talk about this movie. Yeah, it was good though. I highly recommended if you're in the mood for a thriller. That was kind of what I said when I made content about it too. I'm like, I can pretty much say if you enjoy thrillers of any kind, you will 100% enjoy this.

It's like one of those that like you just know will work for almost anyone who likes the genre in general. Yep. So good. Yeah. Yeah, that's good for that. Man, we had so many good ones in a row because the next one is Blink Twice, which is written and directed by Zoe Kravitz. Oh, I forgot. Yeah.

Oh, my God. This is actually, this is the other one that would be tied for probably my favorite of the year. Like, I loved both of these equally. Blink twice is another one that does. The gist of it is a cocktail waitress named Frida. meets this like kind of dushy tech bro billionaire slater who's channing tatum um and he like invites her to come with some of his friends to like party on an island that he owns so she goes there and everything is like amazing until it's not per yush um and then it just gets extremely dark by the

end of it it's another one though that uses red green and i think yellow not blue. I think it's red green and yellow. Used colors so specifically. I'm not going to get into it because I will spoil some things, but each color coincides with something. And she is just, for this to be her directorial debut, it was a beautiful thriller as well. And sinister as fuck by the end.

Yeah. It took a dark term. But it was like, yeah, they had you get. guessing though the whole time where you're just like what's about to happen and you kind of figure it out with the character which I enjoy those I enjoy that like or it's kind of like you're seeing their perspective but then it's revealing more perspectives kind of throughout yes then you're getting more background on the other people that are involved and you're just like oh so like every little bit of information that you find out like solves part of a puzzle but then like opens up another one mm-hmm yeah I that one was fantastic. That was fun. Yeah, that was a fun one. It was so creepy. It was very creepy towards the end.

Very creepy. And then, I mean, I think we know this where you generally know where this is headed, like not good things. And there's one of my, one of my favorite good for her scenes ever happens in that movie. So anyone who loves that.

Yeah. There's that. No, they're just really good thriller. movie. Yeah. It really was. Then we saw my old ass with Aubrey Plaza and I want to get her name right because she was so good. Masey Stella.

Yeah, you should just read the... Yes. So an 18th birthday mushroom trip brings Elliot face to face with her wisecracking 39 year old self. when the older Elliot starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn't do, she realizes she has to rethink everything about family love and what's becoming a transformative summer. I thought this one was going to be super funny, and it did have some very funny moments. But it is also like a really emotionally wrenching coming of age, actually, is what it really is really is. it's just so good i cried a lot in that one especially at the end my time was looking through

some of the photos right now i'm just trying to jog my memory like i remember to it it like raises like the big question of like if you go back and like give yourself advice like would you actually take it or would you still want to live that life so you could have that experience and it was like so it gets you thinking on a pretty deep level. But like, they, they do, like, soften some of it with some, like, good, like, they'll end a scene with kind of a chuckle where it's like you're not, like, they're like, really build the tension up and, like, relieve some of it with, like, a one liner. Yes.

Or something. And then kind of like, okay, all right, let's. Right. We'll move on. But it was like, yeah, I remember you were. It's really powerful. powerful and without giving it away, like, truly what the ending is. It's, it, it's as much a reminder of like, oh, you do get wiser. You come of age. You learn things. But it's like also this really pretty ode, especially at the end, to connecting with your inner child and like making some of your decisions from that place, which is always a really powerful message. Yeah.

Yeah, everybody pause was amazing. Yeah, she did. Yeah, everybody's so fun in that movie too. Like, she was funny, but then, like, would kind of flip to, like, she's, like, you find out, like, you always think, like, the older person, older version of he's going to have it figured out. But then you're like, no, I'm like, oh, I'm learning stuff from my younger version of myself. And it's so, like, it was cool to see that kind of back and forth happening. But, yep. And I thought it was, like, just cool.

the way that they communicated. It was like, I know, kind of a fun concept of like, oh, I can just call you or text. I don't know if they texted, but like, I just feel like it was very casual the way that they were able to communicate with themselves. And I was like, that's just, that's just kind of like a fun plot to like run with. For anyone who is interested in or knows anything about internal family systems, which is like the internal system of, you know, your personality that protects you, motivates you, like all the different facets of it.

I saw a few different therapists doing stuff about how that this movie is a really functional way of like seeing that, like interacting with your different selves that way. So that part is cool too. If you get into IFS at all, it's kind of a, it's just a good version of that.

It's fantastic. I also, Megan Park wrote and directed it. want to have her on the pod too. I'm going to keep saying everyone until I get everyone. And then we saw the movie that should have been our first walkout, but it wasn't. I think. So we saw a movie called Afraid.

AI is capital. Love where it could have gone. Yes. And I think this was Bloom House, right? Or was it? I feel like it was Blum. Yeah, Columbia and Bloom House. Okay. Yeah. I thought it was. And so I definitely expected it to be better.

I just kind of kept expecting it to like, oh, and now midpoint, like, oh, the turning point. And it was just like. Yeah. The gist of it is like a man who works at like a tech company think a la Google. They have some new, they have like a new AI personal assistant, which also. So like this is a common plot line. So if you're going to do it, you need to have a unique take and they did not. But it's like an AI assistant lives with them and like makes the family's life easier. But like the scenes where they're showing how it made people's lives better were so cringe. Like it would be like mom and dad like, huh.

So this is what it's like to not have to parent. like it's so bad and like all the jokes were that it was a movie written by chat gpt and it deserved those jokes like what the fuck it was so bad yeah it's like i i love the concept of what yeah like i just said it could have been something where it's like oh it's what it could be but it was like such a it didn't like expand on thing and it was just kind of like and here's this and it just felt like trope after trope with good acting in between like it was just kind of like here's this AI thing here's this AI thing here's this could happen this could happen this could happen yep and it was just kind of like okay but like they they wouldn't like dive into any of it and so it was just kind of like yeah it was just

disappointing it would have been our first walk out if we felt like yes if we'd really thought of the fact that we could. But I think, I think the movie that we did walk out on, though, is also because it was later in the day. And we were just like also tired. And so I feel like we went and it was probably like a 4 p.m.

thing. Yeah. I don't think it was later. I think it was pre-dinner. So we were, oh, let's go eat on the way home or something. Right.

But like when we did walk out, it was like, we're good. He was just so boring. But yeah, this one, I wish it, I think there will be a,

good version of like an AI film like oh yeah like I just it's there's some room to grow yeah there was lots of room to grow um I went to see the next one by myself I saw smile too I loved it I think I enjoyed this one more than the first one but I really loved the first one too um this one we're following about to embark on a world tour global global pop sensation, Sky Riley, begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Sky is forced to face her past, not pace her fast. It was visually so beautiful. Also, like, the pop scenes that we did, like, or that they did, that we did, like, I was a part of it. seeing it in theater was like,

like you felt like you're at a really fucking good pop concert. Like they, they made some singles that like legit slapped and they're even like all over TikTok for a while. But like Sky Riley, I like need Sky Riley to be real. But also. How were the music scenes compared to Taylor's?

I was going to say it was almost that same feeling. Obviously I have more context. and like emotional capital built up with Taylor, but like it was that same feeling. Like I was also having the feeling of like, can we please have more concerts and movie theaters? Like just rotate them through. I don't care if they're like recent.

Like it would just be so cool to see more concerts that way. That reminds me of Bohemian Rhapsody. Yeah. Yeah. It was like that's obviously another, a differently emotional story too. but this i just i loved this one it like also kind of looks at addiction and loneliness within fame and like why those are so easy easily like found when you're super famous um

it was just so good the ending is divisive there are some people who hated it and i'm like that's how that's the direction these movies are always going to go like I thought it was because I often say that for me, endings that feel inevitable are ones that feel like they stuck the landing, even if I don't love all of the outcomes. This ending feels entirely inevitable for the franchise. So I stand by the ending. I forgot how many TikToks I consumed about Smile 2.

Or when did you see? When did this come out? You were in Charleston. I think it was Charleston. It was one of your longer trips. So it must have been October. Might have been October

because I think I had just started It's when it came out. Yeah. Yeah, this is one that I was joking Like came out for my birthday. Yeah. Yeah. I remember seeing the fucking teasers for it.

Like for yeah. I feel like I saw like a trailer every time we'd go see any of the movies we just talked about. I feel like I was seeing Smile 2 trailers for like a year. And I was. I was just glad to not see them anymore. I was, because they always,

yeah, they do the jump scare thing that I know. You did, I knew you didn't even really want to see the movie. So that's why I was like, I'll just go when you're gone. Yeah. I was one.

I was like, not excited to go see the second one where I was just like, I was never like, oh yeah. I just like, I knew I was going to be freaked out by the sounds and like the creepy ass smiles. But like,

yes. It was good. Like the first one was good still. I thought. Yeah. I loved it. But it was just kind of like, well, what I've also learned in 2024, like, I am such a fan of psychological horror.

And that's actually what this one has jump scares too. But it's also very psychological because it's like is what I'm seeing real. Do you mean physiological? What? Not physiological. Oh my gosh. Yeah, psychological. So it kind of fits.

I became a little bit. bit more of a horror girlie in 2024. So now we know, but I loved that movie. I really, really loved it. I'm kind of chasing the high of that one, too.

Not going to lie. And Parker J. Finn, writer and director, I DMs him about Smile 1. Didn't hear anything, but I DMs him again about Smile 2. So one day, maybe Smile 3, when I DM him, he's going to see all these DMs I've sent. And then I get to be like,

Look guys, look who's here. So one thing that there will be a lot of, there'll be a lot of, eventually I feel like there's going to be a lot of directors and authors that are going to see a lot of DMs from you. Like there will be a day. I feel like they're going to, like, I hope there's a day that like, they're like, oh, okay, I should check her out. And then all of a sudden they realize they have like a spam of DMs from you. like dating back to 2021. Just because like you.

Because you've always taken the approach of like it never hurts to ask. And so you've always, you always just shoot your shot because then eventually you do get, you know, like McCarthy from oddity. Damien. Yeah. And so I was like, you know, you just never know. So I am excited for a lot of the authors to,

uh, and directors and right everybody to check their DMs one day. and then we'll pull this clip and then yes we've been we've been trying to get a hold of you yes that's my author's Lisa jewel and um wow the name just left alice feney are two of those were like i think i've been DMing them for three years so we'll see when those authors come through also marcus cliwer we all know how much i want we used to live here guy on here so I'm going to make that happen eventually. So then we saw Venom the last dance.

Yep. I just, the way I love the snarky, anti-hero, superhero, anti-superhero, anti-hero character. Like Deadpool, I feel like Deadpool, I feel like Deadpool humor is very similar to Venom humor. It's just Deadpool, It's our rating.

So that's like a big part of the difference. But like I forgot how much I love Tom Hardy and Venom or I guess I should say whatever. They're so fun together. Yeah. Their banter is amazing. Yeah, the back and forth. I think I had such high expectations going into that one because I like the first two more than the third one. I understand what the third one was the third one.

And like it just made sense. So it wasn't like shocked. And actually did decent of the box office too. It did really well. It did like $10 million. I thought. No, that was I still had.

Smile 2 had 138 million in the box office. Yeah. That one. Everyone was surprised by how much better it did than the first one. Oh, but Venom did 478 million in the box office. I remember being shocked. And they probably had like a $100 million budget because like that I've always said about the Venom movies is like the special effects and the graphics and all of that. I mean, that's what I would like to watch a I want to.

That's it. If I were to go book wild, I would I'd want to talk to some of those animators because like the way that the details happen with all of the things basically liquefying and then coming together and then turning into something. and changing. I'm just like, I can't even wrap my head around some of that. And so it's like to see that, I remember that was like, I remember leaving the first one, especially like when they had Eminem some doing the song. Yes. Venno.

You were just so hyped up. I feel like, yeah, I feel like I left the first two like super hyped up. But like, yes. Third one I didn't leave is hyped up because I felt like they like closed the book. Mm-hmm. Right. I do want to see Venom somehow involved in some of the other superhero movies. I know.

Because he's such a fun character, like the whole idea of Venom. And so it's like I'd love to see him like at least make it like kind of like what Ryan Reynolds has said about Deadpool might not have like a full feature, but will be a part of the universe in some way, shape, or form in other movies. And that's like how I would like to see Venom still played, whether it's, Tom Hardy or anybody else, but I just kind of, I feel like Venom is like such a badass. Like I always look, I just, when I was searching in Google, my search results came up from back when I searched it and it's like Venom statues.

I remember when I, where I go to like Venom movies, I'm always like, I need a statue of venom. Oh, yeah. I think it's so cool looking and wild and. Yeah. I also want Deadpool statues. I just like superhero statues in general. Yeah.

But Venom, though. Venom was, it was good movie. It's the least good of the trilogy, but it was like still. It was entertaining still. Yeah, it was entertaining.

I had fun watching it. Same. So yeah, then you went on a spree, it looks like. I went on a solo spree. So, what was this?

Probably November. Yes, this was November. So, Anora was the first one I saw by myself. I heard so much hype about this movie. I drove, because it was such a limited release, I drove like 45 minutes instead of like 17 so that I could see this movie. Had every expectation that I would surely love it from the synopsis

because it's about a young escort from Brooklyn who meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled. So, like, I thought it had some thrilling vibes to it. Like, oh, I accidentally married someone whose dad is, like, dangerous and whatever. And I just figured this would be up my alley. And I was so bored, I think, the entire time. It was pretty much the entire time. You were texting me how bored you were during it. Yeah, I got that bad. It was not for me. A lot of people, I think this is one where people aren't in between. You

typically did love it or hate it. And the people that love it, like, I just wanted to be someone who would love it. Like, I'm like, oh, a modern retelling of Cinderella that's like with a sex worker. Okay, cool. Sounds intriguing. I can't believe how un intrigued I was. And I feel like nothing happened in a lot of ways. And the end scene that people really, really love. I completely understand the message. But like, that message alone does not hold my attention. for a plot.

Like, I didn't need the 90 minutes to get to that. And there wasn't enough else going on. So those are my thoughts. And I almost feel not feminist talking about not liking that book. You were disappointed that you didn't like it because you wanted to be an ally, but you're not. I'm not an ally, guys. Not when you're boring.

Entertain me. I do remember you texting me throughout just being like but the next movie though you were texting me in between how obsessed I was yeah you were so Hairtick made it all worth it because I bounced back so fast from the tragedy that was anora for me oh my God you saw these like back to back right like you went like I went like three times in like 10 days

yeah because I was I think I was gone for almost a week around this Yeah. And you were like, Yeah, there was a time period where you were. Mm-hmm. Yep. Heretic, though.

Oh, my gosh. I have so many notes. This is one I still need to make content about because I just should. Yeah, you need to have a whole like episode. I have enough notes on this one that it's worth it. And I kind of wanted to, but we just had some other things happen here at the end of the year. I'm obsessed.

So two girls who are like, I bet early 20s I think is what it's supposed to be. They are Mormon evangelists. Like they're going door to door to invite people to church slash try to convert them. So they end up at this house of a character played by Hugh Grant because we all know, even though I'm obsessed with the movies, I don't always remember character names the way Gere does. Mr. Reed. So that's all we know by. He answers the door and is like, I'd love to hear more like, come on in. And they're like, we can't actually come in unless there's a woman there. And he's

like, my wife's here. And so they're like, okay. So they go in there, they sit down. And he starts asking them questions. And it's not a giveaway to say that like the longer time goes on, the more they discover they are trapped in this house and are trying to figure out how are we going to get out of here alive is the gist of it um so i was already intrigued by that premise in general but this is one of those movies where like if thought experiments are interesting to you which is a new thing that i keep talking about with both books and movies this year um i've always liked thought experiments but thought experiments philosophy in general arguing things from different points of view, really getting into religious rhetoric and how it can go wrong and,

surprisingly, how it can go right. They do the ending, um, Hallie and I talked about it off air, because we didn't do a spoiler's part, but the ending actually ends, you're seeing both sides. You're seeing where religion goes really well and where it goes really poorly. So, um, Yeah, like philosophical, psychological, religious horror, essentially. It was fantastic. And like one of the things that I saw a lot of people talking about and I agree so much, he really could a Hugh Grant

really could have overplayed this character. And he really kept it grounded as like mostly affable seeming man, but like also clearly very creepy some times. So like he's just killed it in this role. He killed it so hard. Scott back in Brian Woods, writers and directors of it. I've DMed them. They have not seen it. Anyone could connect me with them, connects me with them. And then I had another miss. This is one, this is one where that's funny because we're like three away from when we finally did walk out. This one I saw alone and I

seriously was considering at about 40 minutes, I was like, I don't care at all. A lot of people do. So I came, I know, they won the main actor won, uh, Golden Globe. Um, I had, I had seen reviews that kind of said it was thrilling and that I'd seen reviews of people saying they didn't normally like historical dramas, but this, but this one was so thrilling and fast-paced and that the twist at the end made it worth it. So if I hadn't heard anyone saying the twists would make it worth it, I also really probably would have gotten up, but I was like, oh, it must all be worth it in the end.

It's not. It is not a twist at the end. If you love historical dramas, you'll love it. It is for you. If someone told you as thrilling, it's not for you. If you're there for a twist at the end, it's not for you. There is a reveal. And this movie is what inspired Halley in my episode about what a reveal versus a twist is.

And how like a twist means tons of information that you knew beforehand is now like flipped upside down. And you realize like certain assumptions you were making that led you that direction. A reveal is just like, oh, we didn't know that until now. That's what the ending was. So I've said this on the podcast already. if you love historical dramas you'll love it i don't i don't love historical dramas so it just wasn't for me that's all i say i don't like historical dramas our next one is gladiator too historical drama yep that one it was entertaining it was good it didn't need to be as long as it was

and i don't know it just you didn't pack as much But you predicted the like reveal. Mm-hmm. I did. Like within the first like glance. Like you looked at them and you were like, that's his mom. Yeah, I did. Like it was immediate.

And I was like, oh, yeah, that would make sense. So I don't know how long it would have taken me to get there. But yeah. But yeah, it was I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the like, I enjoyed Denzel. Denzel. like every character was unique in the sense of like they brought something like a Denzel like they did some work in this movie yeah so it was like and so it was cool I always like seeing

historical fiction in the sense of like oh this is what it would have been like like seeing like oh they filled the call the seam up like whenever I go home and start googling things like was this real and then yes like that's like I enjoy the sharks yes so it's like learning that kind of of stuff is always fun i like i feel like that's kind of like what we watch at home too is i always lean towards more like nonfiction like we watched a spy show and i was like let's watch a spy documentary like i always want to see right how real is this and so so for me it's like i like i like seeing how it can like like how much of it is hollywood versus not but yeah being able to see like being able to see how it like it kept me entertained that's probably the best way like I was

entertained I wasn't like are you not entertained yeah exactly I didn't like the the villains right away like they made stuff like that very clear like oh that's the bad guy and so so that was cool and then it was a a little bit drawn out like some of that position like they was kind of like Okay. Let's. Yeah. And I even told you that on our way there. I was like, I'm just kind of like dreading the like.

You did say that. The like the drawn out like, all right, we're going to be traveling to this area now or like just kind of getting from place to pace. But like once we were in the scene, I was very enjoyed. But I was enjoying it a lot. But like the whole getting to the next scene was kind of like, okay. I agree. Fight scenes were great though.

Like I always enjoy good combat scenes. scenes. That was fine. I mean, Pedro Pascal and Palm Muscle together, that's the other part. If you're there for the men, it's 100%. It's wonderful. You have a whole show right there.

Yeah. You got everything there. For me, it somehow was too long while also having moments where like characters completely change their mind on something way too quickly. So then somehow it's too long, but there were also times where I was like, wait, he was just really, really against that and he just like changed overnight.

Like we don't have an inciting incident for why he changed so quickly. So yeah, that was, it was just some of the plot wasn't extremely strong, but still like visually fun to watch for sure. Yeah. It was good. It was good. It was good. It could have been 30 minutes shorter.

Yep. I agree because I think it was two and a half hours. I was like, this one could have been too. Yeah. It would have been okay. We went and saw. We were looking forward to this one for, I was driving back from Charleston again.

And I was listening to Matthew McConaughey on a podcast. And it was like, oh, they just mentioned that he's, interstellar is coming out. So I like texted you and it was like, tickets, IMAX. Yes. And so we went. and saw Interstellar and IMAX. Yeah.

I think it was the 10 year anniversary. I think it was for the 10th. Yeah, the 10th anniversary. And they released it in IMAX. We obviously would have loved to have seen it in 70 something. I think, yeah. I think, yeah, that's like. Whatever.

Yeah, and there's a true. We have one near us. But what I didn't realize is there are only like seven in the country. So by the time you had texted me like six nights. of a theater was completely booked at Keystone here in Indiana. And then when I was like looking in forums, because I was like, how is it that there's not a single seat? Everyone's like, there are people from all of the surrounding states that were like driving

in to see it there. So we didn't get to see that, but we did still get to see it in an IMAX theater, which is worth it. Like being in space on something that big was wide. I even knew what was going to happen and all of the emotional beats are so powerful in this movie. And it's like I did what I didn't do as much 10 years ago when I would watch a movie and was like reading forums, like reading all kinds of stuff about it. And someone put it really well and I'm not, this is not verbatim. but someone says something about like the

the biggest thing this movie pulls off is stakes that are the epic scale of like humanity so it grapples with like almost like eternity even but like just like humankind in general and what the value of like sacrificing for humankind is it balances that with how much

the one-on-one relationship with people can feel like your whole universe. So like it does it does the really macro and then it is the really micro relationship between I can't think of her name, the father-daughter at the core of this story. And like it rips my heart out every single fucking time. It is just beautiful. It is a beautiful movie. the uh the composition uh from hans zimmer just like dude i just read a fun fact about that beyond like just because we already i think we saw something else with hans zimmer earlier

dune i just read like in a subreddit that that was hans zimmer lost he didn't win an oscar for that soundtrack because Grand Budapest Hotel won that year. I never saw that movie, but I know it like did really well. It did do well. Man, I got really important. How do you not win for that one?

But yeah, I was like I don't hear, I don't feel like I hear like Instagram real sounds or TikTok sounds with anything from a grand Budapest hotel. But I always hear something from interstellar. I feel like every time I guess, I'm just always like. Like all the remakes of it and all that.

Everything about that movie is fantastically done. Yeah. It said it did 17 million in IMAX for the re-release. Just from a re-release. That's impressive. And we were, yeah.

Because it was a limited re-release too. Yeah. That was, it was fun. I was exactly what I expected. And I do remember turning you midway through. maybe like 40%. And I was like, I don't even know what this is about. I thought I did.

Yeah, you were like, I don't even remember. I don't remember anything about this movie. And so I, like, I thought I did. But what I realized is I just remember scenes and like the fun facts about the movie. Like they planted a whole bunch of corn to drive through the fields. Like I remember like hearing all of the fun facts about the film, but never any of the actual like, oh, this is the story. Yeah. Yeah. Murph is his daughter. I just saw the name. I was like, I knew it was something very specific.

And Timmy Chalamette was on it. I know. And I totally forgot that he was in it. I was like, I totally forgot. Well, and what is kind of nice, because as we discussed, we actually saw Baby Girl in January. So Intercellar was technically our last movie of the years. That was a powerful way to go out on. Yeah. I would say, yeah. So with Baby Girl, though, We started the year off on a on a now and like we wanted to like it. Yes. Like we were both like, oh,

this seems like it'll be kind of cool. And it was just like the same scene over and over again. It felt like you just kind of. There was nothing. And no, you definitely went to like a seven 30 or eight o'clock showing. And I know that we were like it was later for us. And we had and we couldn't go because we'd been sick.

So it was also like we were like, we were like okay we're we're not testing positive like we can go and so it was like i even still felt kind of rough because i like and like so basically we went kind of like all right let's just let's go see it this i mean Nicole kidman is great actress like everything she's in is seems to be pretty good we watched like an actors on actors um i think it's from vanity fair with her and uh i think that's who it is yeah we saw like it was like fun hearing her talk about the movie and we were like okay like she really wanted this role and it was just kind of like i don't know i just i everything was predictable nothing was like and it was like

just assumed that things just i don't know i there's a part where like like it happens so quickly that you still are like why how did this intern just know that the CEO wanted to be walked like a dog like how did he just know that quickly yeah was a little bit difficult for me to jump through yeah I couldn't and maybe just we weren't the target audience for it but like I just yeah there was right it and we finally decided so we were like 35 minutes in because if you call from the first episode or first episode we did, I always time, start my timer so we can kind of keep track of like, is the pacing good? Like, if we're like doing references later on, like right now, it were 35 minutes then. And I was like, I don't know. That was when I think

you said, I don't know what this is about. Yeah, I'm like, because it just felt like watching people live in, in their like sneaky ways. And I was just like, okay. I like, right. And it was like, Like I was like it felt like it felt like it should have just like that whole plot should have been like a B plot to something. Yes. And then I feel like like that would have been that would have probably kept things like maybe if. Yeah. I don't know. But it's well and it's it was pure erotica is the truth of it with like what you're talking about is something called slice of life too.

But then the seasons in between it are so boring and don't seem to be going anywhere that you're just like. What am I watching right now? Is how it felt for us. I know there are people who did love it. But we left at the point where it was like he was, he was dancing. And it was like an 80s sounding back. Father figure. And I was just like.

Which I didn't know how creepy. I just, I just knew that like, once I knew I was going to have to like sit through that. After she had just been like. standing in a corner and like like just kind of like do this and it was just kind of like yeah but she's like uncomfortable and like feeling insecure i was like it's just like it was an uncomfortable scene because she yes did acted really well she did but then it was like the power dynamic shifted and i was like okay cool i love a good powerful woman right and then all sudden this dude's dancing and i was

like okay we don't do singing in movies we don't really enjoy dancing montages yeah it's like okay let's get to the next scene and it just yeah it I think yeah it was I'm like ours for us unfortunately yeah it was our first walkout ever I think if I think it it gave us permission to walk out on other movies that's how I kind of looks at it I think I think for people that enjoy that realm with like erotica and the slice of life. Like I do think like for what it was, I do think like the actors did their job. I think visually it was like everybody did their job, but it was just plot wise.

I don't know if it did did its job for me. Yeah. And like you were saying it because they called it an erotic thriller. And then you were like, so was the thrilling part just that like she could lose everything? Like is that the reason they tacked on? because like doesn't feel like enough to pull a plot forward. And it just seems like such a like, oh,

he's going to dangle this carrot. Like I could ruin everything for you. I'm like that's just it once again. It's like the like B plot to me. She had something like if she was like really doing something else and then she started this like side piece. Then I would be like, okay.

What if what's going on with that situation? Like let's get back to the main one. And then it's like, But it just felt it was just a it was our first walkout. And I was just like it felt weird though walking out of a movie for the first time. I know. I was like, how do we do this? Like I know.

I was like, well, I'm not going to have to explain myself to anybody here. No. There weren't even that many people there either. We saw it pretty late into its release. But yeah, it was like I think it'd be hard walking out of a movie if we like weren't near the aisle. And we had to walk by people and walk. I don't know. It was pretty bad where I would have probably still walked.

I'm like, because think about like Deadpool, like walking like dead like a full pack theater. Yeah. Like I'm one of the few people in here that just. Yeah. But yeah, there was only a handful of people there with us. Yeah. I think if you're alone, it just looks like you're going to the bathroom is the funny part.

It was the fact that we both got up at the same time. But like, otherwise people get up all the time and you're like not, you don't think about them. Like, and then sometimes they pop back on me like, oh, yeah, they went to the bathroom. Yeah. And I was like at first, I was like playing through. It was like also when I realized like when this dancing, I was like, okay. So do I just like say I'm going to the bathroom and then she follows me out later? I'm like, no, we can just leave.

I don't know. I was being such a codependent about it. I know. Like I probably make sure that like we're sneaky about it. I'm like. I know. I felt like a codependent because. some people loved it.

And so I was like, I don't even want to say that I didn't like it. And I'm like, it's okay. Like I don't, well, and it doesn't matter if someone else gets offended, but like I don't get offended if someone doesn't like thrillers, for example. Like I have plenty of friends who are never going to read anything similar to what I read. So like, it's just preference. Everyone's allowed to have preference. And I had even said on the podcast before I'd seen it, I was like, I was like, I'm intrigued by this.

I'm excited for it. But then I even said if it's a no plot and all vibes, like, it won't do it for me. So I knew. And then that's pretty much what happened. So. That was it. That's a good way to put it. You just can't help what clicks with you and what doesn't.

Do you want to take a guess on which movie did the most in the box office last year? It wasn't Deadpool and Wolverine. It was inside out too. You want to take a guess? how much? Was it $200 billion? Significantly less. Less.

Why did I think it was billions? It was. It was $1.7 billion. Okay. See, and I couldn't remember if it was like $2 billion or almost $200 billion. Yeah. That's a lot of money. And then Deadpool Wolverine did 1.3.

It got close. And then... Especially for an R-rated movie versus a G-rated movie. movie. And then Moana, too. About one bill. I think you're a lot of people go see that, even adults. Despigable Me, four, did 969. No shit they keep making those. Wow.

Yeah. I mean, it was three. So, and then Dune part two, it's seven. They had a bunch of sequels. Yeah, you're right. It was all sequels in the top five. Yeah. Interesting. Yeah, and three of them were animated. So very family friendly. Yep, because you get the global and family.

Twisters did 268 million. I believe it. It's very accessible. Like, it's going to work for a lot of people. Yeah. And you can, for parents who are like not freaking out about PG-13 ratings, like it definitely appeals even to like 10-ish-year-olds, I would assume, too. Challengers did 96 million.

Wow. So is it better than... Did well. I thought it would based on like no one else in Indiana seeing it that I talked to. Bad Boys is one that I'm curious what that did. It did 400 million. That's... Sequel.

Again, this is what some people get mad and are like, why does Hollywood not do anything new? They do. but when this many people keep going to sequels that's why like we skipped Saturday night oh we did skip Saturday night why did we skip um because it was not memorable it wasn't bad and it wasn't good like that it was in the middle for me and I think if you lived that experience of the first Saturday night I think you would because even as like a general fan of comment comedy. I still don't have like the breadth of knowing all of those characters or not characters,

real people. Yeah. Um, in general. So I think that would probably make it better. But it, it wasn't as, I don't know, like it wasn't as fun as I thought it would be. I like the concept of like how they filmed it all within like that timeframe. Yeah. I'm reading out to it. I wasn't expecting that. I thought that was yeah um but it was just kind of like okay there's not much I knew that like I couldn't appreciate it as much as like the person that would have grown up with it or does love the history of it and so it's like I do feel like it was almost like a movie probably that the industry loved as well like in the industry like thinking about how many people are like in the web of connections connected to that series and that show and the network and

right so it's it's why it did almost 10 million oh that's good um fall guy did 181 million i think that was mostly its budget i know it wasn't super profitable and i don't understand why I thought it was fantastic. And even like Jamie and Cody watched it with their kids. So like it even like worked on multiple age levels. But it did I remember people saying like they thought it was going to be bigger than that. I was seeing what their budget was somewhere. Estimated budget was 125 million.

So they still made millions. They made millions. Yeah. Yeah. Civil war did 126. million. I bet it. And that was a smaller budget.

That was a much smaller budget. The estimated budget was 50 million according to Google. Yeah, that's still smaller. Seems like quite a bit. I still think I wonder. It's on the high side of a low budget. Yeah. Here's what I wanted.

I think I mentioned it in the first episode, but Monkey Man. Oh, yes. It says budget 10 million. I want to see. It deserves so much more attention than I got this year. So if anyone knows Deb Patel, I would definitely interview him too. Or Jordan Peel. Jordan Peel would be a really fun one.

Oh, it would be so cool. Let me see. Oh, it says it's available in IMDB Pro. Dang. Oh, interesting. Okay, well, it says Wikipedia says, it did 35 million worldwide against a $10 million budget. But yeah,

10 million though for like what they pulled off in that movie. Yes. I would say so we could probably put a bow on this. But like my top movies this year, if I were to like, I would say Dune to, I'm not, this isn't in order yet.

Right. Dune to Deadpool, the fall and twisters. That was a fun. one. I'm going to say, I'm going to say Dune 2. It was probably my favorite.

Like, I think part of that was the experience of leading up to it. Yeah. Because we saw Dune in theaters like a couple weeks prior. And then we like watched everything that we could find on Dune 2. And then like when it like that when we saw the scenes when the music just hit and everything. I was just like this.

This is it. I was a Dune 2 is probably my favorite. And then I would say, I wanted to say anyone but you would be up there. It's like in my top five because it was just a fun movie. It was really good. But I would say Deadpool would be like a close number. Deadpool might be first just because like it was so good.

Like I love anything meta and they just. It's so much. Yeah, I would say Deadpool, Deadpool, Dune. Deadpool, Dune. It ends with us has also got to be my top five, I feel like. I was nice. I just thought it was such a good, like. It was really good story.

It was just a well done. It gave you like the highs of highs and lows of lows. And I was like, and anytime like a story can do that. And then like visually it was just really good too. But like just like all of the like back and forth. stuff like and I and when I can keep up with it. Yeah. That's a recipe for a good movie.

Right. When I can keep up with the back and forth. Mine are like because I put stars by I went through and put like stars by the ones that I would basically consider for my top five and there are so many that it's still hard for me to tell. But like the ones that stood out the most like Dune as a collective experience. I agree. but monkey man challengers

strange darling and blink twice are just they all stand out a lot for me if I was going to do a top that's a top four so if I was going to do a top five I'd probably include an heretic would be in the five but I equal it's just hard it's because there's such different genres

I know because it's like Deadpole or thing I thoroughly love. Yeah. But like some of these that stand out to me are the ones that were like more unique stories like in that sense. So it's hard. I would almost have to do it by genre. Because Argyle was also just fun until it wasn't. Yeah. But like all the way all the way through though, like I'd say both of our top fours. Yeah. The fifth one is a little bit tricky to.

Yeah. But because Challenger's is up there as well like because they did the back and forth as well. So memorable. I'd probably like contemporary fiction like challengers would probably be what I would pick. Yeah. Because it's not really a thriller. It's just it was unique. I loved it so much.

Yeah. It was a pretty solid year except for it really was. The fact that I have like 10 that I think we're all really good is pretty exciting. That's a pretty solid. Like, yeah, I do feel like there was only like a few that we were like. Mm-hmm. Like truly we're like, why did, no, this is not for us. Yeah.

Yeah. Like the trailer was better than the movie kind of thing. Yeah. The, yeah, overall, though. And then we, so then coming up then movie-wise, we've got the Bob Dylan movie. Yeah, I was looking because I hadn't looked in a little bit. I think there was one that one just came out. interested at Den of Thieves.

It looks like it's kind of a action thriller with Gerard Beller and O'Shea Jackson Jr. So that one we might like. The Brutalist, everyone is obsessed with and it's just not coming to a theater near us. So that's cool. That one did really well.

But a complete unknown. Oh, there is one. I haven't seen much about it, but there's one coming out. Oh, it's out now. now in Indiana too the last showgirl with Pamela Anderson I need to like see what people were thinking

but that's kind of cool that she's in a movie again um but yeah when you see a complete unknown 28 years later follow up that's an F1

movie with Brad Pitt that'll be fine in theaters Oh, yeah. Jurassic World Rebirth. Scarlet Johansom. Those are, I was surprised by how much I liked the Chris Pratt. Yeah, those are always just kind of fun. Yeah.

Yeah. You don't have to expect much from them. Oh, my gosh. Yes. One of them days. Oh, it's out? Which one? Oh, no, this is for January 16th.

One of them days is Kiki Palmer and Siza in it, but it's produced. even when we saw the trailer for it, I was like this feels like Issa Ray and she does produce it. Yeah, you said that before. Yeah, I was like this has to be Issa and it was. Michael Jackson movie. So I bet that'll be kind of like that.

We might be seeing more musical. Yeah. Another mission possible. Always just entertaining, I feel like. Yeah, they're always, they're still really good. I am interested to see this new Superman movie. Yes, that one looks good. Just to see what they do with that.

Yeah. There's one coming out called The Companion that is about like having a robot AI girlfriend. So the premise is there. We'll see if it delivers. Oh, wow. So there are a lot coming out in this last two weeks of January that we'll want to see finally.

Yeah. Movies. Movies. I'll have to do one on TV shows sometime. Yeah, we've had really good luck with... Yeah, we're on a pretty solid street. Briefly, slow horses, black doves. The penguin, apparently.

The penguin, but severance. You watched the first season of severance for the first time. I watched it for the second time. I didn't even remember everything. There were some very clear things that I remembered. And it was actually a really good rewatch. And I rarely rewatch, as people have heard. But this one also came out two and a half years ago.

And it's really cerebral, heady, psychological sci-fi, essentially. So there's so much to remember. And it came out two and a half years ago. And then the writer's strike happened. I am so excited for season two. It starts in three days. So my people who have been enjoying Phyllis horror in regards to books recently or psychological horror.

I will tell you that if you like slightly sci-fi stuff, this is also the show for you. Like, it has a lot of that going on. There's like a bunch to theorize about there are a bunch of numbers. There are a bunch of symbols and like, what do they all mean? I am so excited for this new season to start airing and to theorize with everyone on the internet. Is that on Thursday? Mm-hmm. Nice.

Friday. That will be probably watching. Yeah, the day that this airs is when the season two premiere is. Nice. And I think I am, I mean, as long as I can find time between now and the weekend, I'm going to do a season one recap slash reactions video. So look for that. I wish you best of luck.

I know your work schedule. Yeah, I don't know when it's going to happen. I'm good. I really need to make I need to at least even if I didn't do a full full reactions just I need to just try to do the like 10 minute a 10 minute recap. Yeah like because you definitely I mean you were taking notes very hardcore during that. I have so many fucking notes like I know that I could do a two hour reaction one that might do well because those have been doing well but I don't know when it's going to happen. I also have books to read. Yeah I was going to say you should have book booking to do. Yeah.

I do. So speaking of, I'm going to go do some more of those things.