Ant-Man and the Wasp Review

Conor, Sam and Eric review Ant-man and the Wasp, rank their top five movies of the year so far and struggle through a round of Ant-Man based trivia.

Movie Grades for Ant-Man and the Wasp:
Conor – B
Eric – B +
Sam – B

Top Five Movies of 2018 (so far)

Eric:
1. Infinity War
2. Game Night
3. A Quiet Place
4. Ant-Man and the Wasp
5. Hereditary
Honorable Mentions: Annihilation, Black Panther, Deadpool 2

Conor:
1. Infinity War
2. Isle of Dogs
3. Black Panther
4. Annihilation
5. Paddington 2/Won’t You Be My Neighbor
Honorable Mentions: Cargo, A Quiet Place, Game Night, The Champion

Sam:
– Isle of Dogs
– I Tonya
– Infinity War
– The Domestics
– Annihilation

Top Five Movies of the Year (so far): [34:30] mark
Movie Trivia: [44:30] mark

Music By: Andrew David Vilaythong (andrewdavidv.com/)

Solo: A Star Wars Story Review


Conor and Eric review Solo, the Star Wars spinoff that no one wanted (or saw apparently), catch up on what we’ve been watching and stumble through a round of Star Wars based trivia.

Movie Grades for Solo:
Conor – B
Eric – B

Solo Review: [15:00] mark
Movie Trivia: [52:30] mark

Music By: Andrew David Vilaythong (andrewdavidv.com/)

‘Deadpool 2’ Review

The podcast reviews Deadpool 2 while still dealing with the fallout of Infinity War.

Movie Grades for Deadpool 2:
Sam – C
Conor – B –
Eric – B

Movie Trivia: [24:30] mark

Music By: Andrew David Vilaythong (andrewdavidv.com/)

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Review

The podcast reviews Marvel’s latest extravaganza, casts their predictions for part 2 and powers through a round of Infinity War trivia.

Movie Grades for Infinity War:
Sam – A+
Conor – A
Eric – A-

Movie Trivia: [1:04:40] mark

Music By: Andrew David Vilaythong (andrewdavidv.com/)

Ranking the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The podcast ranks the MCU movies in anticipation of the release of Infinity War this week.

Conor
1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. Iron Man
3. The Avengers
4. Captain America: The First Avenger
5. Spider-Man Homecoming
6. Winter Soldier
7. Black Panther
8. Thor Ragnarok
9. Thor
10. Civil War
11. Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2
12. Ant-Man
13. Iron Man 3
14. Doctor Strange
15. Age of Ultron
16. Thor 2
17. The Incredible Hulk
18. Iron Man 2

Eric
1. Captain America: Civil War
2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
3. The Avengers
4. Thor Ragnarok
5. Spider-man Homecoming
6. Black Panther
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. Captain America: The First Avenger
9. Guardians Vol 2
10. Ant-Man
11. Iron Man 3
12. Avengers: Age of Ultron
13. Iron Man
14. Doctor Strange
15. Thor
16.Thor: The Dark World
17. Iron Man 2
18. The Incredible Hulk

Sam
1. Spider-man Homecoming
2. Guardians Vol 2
3. Thor Ragnarok
4. Black Panther
5. Avengers: Age of Ultron
6. Marvel’s The Avengers
7. Iron Man
8. Guardians of the Galaxy
9. Captain America: The Winter Solider
10. Captain America: Civil War
11. Iron Man 3
12. Captain America: The First Avenger
13. Doctor Strange
14. Thor
15. Ant-Man
16. The Incredible Hulk
17. Iron Man 2
18. Thor: The Dark World

Averaged Rankings
1. Spider-Man Homecoming
2. Marvel’s The Avengers
3. Thor: Ragnarok
4. Guardians of the Galaxy
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
6. Black Panther
7. Captain America: Civil War
8. Iron Man
9. Guardians Vol 2
10. Captain America: The First Avenger
11. Avengers: Age of Ultron
12. Iron Man 3
13. Ant-Man
14. Thor
15. Doctor Strange
16. Thor: The Dark World
17. The Incredible Hulk
18. Iron Man 2

A Quiet Place Review

For episode 8, the podcast reviews the new horror thriller ‘A Quiet Place’ and debates how long Eric would last in the movie.

Movie Grades for A Quiet Place:
Eric – A-
Conor – B+

A Quiet Place Review: [8:20] mark
Movie Trivia: [31:45] mark

Music By: Andrew David Vilaythong (andrewdavidv.com/)

Isle of Dogs Review


For episode 7, the podcast (special guest Chris Thomas filling in for Sam and Eric) reviews Wes Anderson’s new stop motion film about a pack of dogs banished to a trash island.

Movie Grades for Isle of Dogs:
Conor – A
Chris – A

Movie Trivia: [35:00] mark

Music By: Andrew David Vilaythong (andrewdavidv.com/)

Mandatory Reshoots Episode 6: Robocop Review

For episode 6 the podcast reviews what could be Sam’s favorite movie of all time, Robocop. Eric talks about just now seeing it for the first time, Sam tries to make Eric feel bad for not seeing it earlier, and trivia finally goes Sam’s way.

Movie Grades for Robocop:
Sam – A+
Conor – A-
Eric – B

Robocop Review: [13:30] mark

Movie Trivia Round: [51:40] mark

Music By: Andrew David Vilaythong (andrewdavidv.com/)

Mandatory Reshoots Episode 5: Tremors Review


For the podcast’s first retro review Conor and special guest jerk Charlie Blowers review the cult classic ‘Tremors’ and try to predict how long Charlie would last as a character in Tremors.

Movie Grades for Tremors:
Conor – A+
Charlie – A-

Tremors Review: [4:45] mark

Movie Trivia Round: [24:30] mark

Music By: Andrew David Vilaythong (andrewdavidv.com/)

Mandatory Reshoots Episode 4: Most Anticipated Movies of 2018

Conor and Eric detail their most anticipated movies of 2018.

Apostle – (Dir. Gareth Evans, Star. Dan Stevens, Michael Sheen and Lucy Boynton (Sing Street) – A man attempts to rescue his sister after she’s been kidnapped by a religious cult.

Release: 2018

Hold the Dark – (Dir. Jeremy Saulnier, Star. Alexander Skarsgård, Jeffrey Wright, Riley Keough) – After three children are killed by wolves, a writer is hired by the parents of a missing six-year-old boy to track down and locate their son in the Alaskan wilderness.

Release: June 1 on Netflix

Parasite – (Dir. Joon-ho Bong, Star. Kang-ho Song) A man is infected with a parasite that changes his world in unforeseen ways.

Pros: Joon-ho Bong and Kang-ho Song reunite for the first time since Snowpiercer

Release: 2018 (If I’m being honest, I highly doubt it will be out this year)

The Predator – (Dir. Shane Black, has one of the strangest casts: Tom Jane, Keegan Michael Key, the little kid from the room (Jacob Tremblay) (Trevante Rhodes (grown up Chiron in Moonlight) Alfie Allen (aka Theon Greyjoy) Yvonne Stahovski, Edward James Olmos and Jake Busey) – A sequel of the 1987 sci-fi film “Predator”
Pros: Tom Jane.
Cons: There might be some non Tom Jane scenes.

Release: September 14

The Meg (Dir. Jon Turtletaub (famed director of National Treasure), Star. Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, going hard after the Chinese market with BingBing Li, Ruby Rose and Cliff Curtis) – After escaping an attack by what he claims was by a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.

Pros: Everything.

Cons: None. I can’t foresee a single thing that could be wrong with a giant shark movie directed by the director of National Treasure starring Jason Statham and Dwight from the Office.

Release: Aug 10

Farenheit 451 – (Dir. Ramin Baharani, Star. Michael b. Jordan, Michael Shannon) HBO’s adaption of Ray Bradbury’s famous novel about fireman who burn books in the future. My favorite book. The cast is great, but nothing about the

Pros: Great source material

Cons: Hard to translate to screen.

Release: May 2018

Creed II – (Dir. Steven Caple Jr., Star. Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson) – Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, newly crowned light-heavyweight champion Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago.

Pros: Great momentum from the first film

Cons: No Ryan Coogler (Caple is supposed to be a Coogler protégé though)

Release: Nov 21

Under the Silver Lake (Dir. David Robert Mitchell (It Follows) Stars Andrew Garfield) – A man becomes obsessed with a kidnapped girl and must rush to save her before it’s too late.

Pros: David Robert Mitchell’s first movie since It Follows

Cons: Looks like one of those movies that could unravel effortlessly

Release: June 22

Solo: A Star Wars Story (5/25) – They haven’t made a bad star wars film, so this could be good, but I don’t have high hopes. Still, it’s a Star Wars movie so I’ll see it.

Avengers: Infinity War (April 27)- Gonna be a huge film with a lot of surprises

Incredibles 2 (June 15) – Sequel to one of Eric’s favorite Pixar films

A Quiet Place (Apr 6) – Well reviewed horror, reminiscent of M. Night’s ‘Signs’.

MI-6 (7/27)- The sixth movie of that Tom Cruise franchise where he runs a lot.

The Death of Stalin (releasing now)- From the creator of Veep.