Listen: Disclosure Day is a Terrible Movie

Mike and Jim discuss and debate (but mostly rant about) the 2026 science fiction film Disclosure Day. Despite being directed by Steven Spielberg and highlighted by the laudably fully committed acting of Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, and Eve Hewson, this was one of the most disappointing movies they have seen in a long time. 
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Masters of the Universe

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Masters of the Universe, the second live-action film adaptation of a Mattel toy line and animated television series from the 1980s, including their struggles with understanding who the intended audience is, its many shifting tones (serious, sentimental, silly, cartoon-ish, parody), and its occasionally too-adult humor, while also acknowledging its positives (visual effects, fight choreography) and the subtle changes that could have made the movie better. (Bonus feature: Mike performs the He-Man "I have the power!" shout, twice). 
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Mortal Kombat 2

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Mortal Kombat 2, including a very brief overview of its video game and cinematic history, how it is an enjoyable improvement over the previous movie, some other successes but mostly failures of movie adaptations of video games, and how such adaptations should balance their movie and video game aspects.   
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Movie Previews Suck

Mike and Jim discuss and debate how much movie previews, in an understandable effort to peak your interest, often include too much detail, provide the entire narrative framework, speak many of its best lines, show many of its best scenes, and basically spoil it so much that it is not worth seeing the movie, which is fine if you were not planning to, but really annoying if you were looking forward to it.  
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Project Hail Mary

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Project Hail Mary, including how Mike almost fell asleep multiple times during it, Jim unnecessarily saw it in IMAX, Mike was disappointed by the limited actual science, Jim thought Grace should have died early and often, Mike was doing okay until Rocky showed up, Jim found the story to be formulaic and unsurprising, Mike believes all the hype is because people watched it emotionally instead of thoughtfully, and Jim explains (without having read it) the book was better than this solidly okay movie.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2023 animated superhero film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. 
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Precise Oaths (Book)

Jim is joined by special guest and author Paige E. Ewing to discuss her recently published book Precise Oaths. 
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Guardians of the Galaxy (Volume 3)

Mike, Jim, and returning guest host Rhys discuss and debate the 2023 Marvel live-action superhero movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. 
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Eternals

Mike and Jim briefly discuss the 2021 Marvel movie Eternals. 
 
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The Matrix Resurrections

Mike and Jim briefly discuss the 2021 movie The Matrix Resurrections. 
 
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For Nostalgia’s Sake

Mike and Jim briefly discuss and debate how nostalgia drives so many movies and television shows, and whether the good ones are only good because of the nostalgia. 
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Was Endgame the End of the MCU?

Mike and Jim briefly discuss and debate whether the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) passed its peak with the movie Avengers: Endgame.  
 
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What If...? (Marvel)

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Marvel animated anthology television series What If...? 
 
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The Suicide of the Galaxy Squad

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2021 DC live-action "superhero" movie The Suicide Squad. 
 
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Star Trek

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Star Trek franchise. But since Mike is not a fan and has not seen much of it, this episode was based on watching two television episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation followed by watching the movie Star Trek: First Contact. 
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