Rewind: Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Josh is a curmudgeon - to no one’s surprise, surely - but he is in rare form as we tackle Wes Anderson’s take on the Roald Dahl classic, Fantastic Mr. Fox. Much like Ralph Wiggum on live TV, you can almost hear Clancy’s heart breaking as Josh carelessly grouses over a fine film featuring beautifully crafted, cleverly directed, and hopefully ethically sourced puppets. All research done with Wikipedia, IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Box Office Mojo, and Disney.Fandom.Com. ----- We’re bringing hexy back! Use code NONPLUSSED10 for 10% off MCU and Nonplussed merch at...
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets
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What happens when you take bottle of Dan Brown, combine it with a splash of Indiana Jones, shake with aged Nic Cage and garnish with a withered olive branch of patriotism? A Book of Secrets, apparently. Your mileage may vary, but your goodly hosts are just about done watching a silly putty puppet with bug eyes and a vague air of racism toddle around after Cage’s hairline. - Voight Where Prohibited - Duh-dun… duh-dun… Sharkfest is Coming! - More Lakota language dubs! - Mudlarking at the Tate - Get to know the Texas Embassy - Walk on the Wild...
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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Yes, that’s right. Sean Connery’s final film. He turned down Gandalf because he didn’t understand the script (that’s right, Sir Ian was a second stringer!) and presumably had the same reasoning for turning down the role of The Architect in The Matrix. And despite the steampunk dumpster fire this turned into, perhaps there is something poetic about his character’s grave being the final shot of the film. But that’s about as deep as this gets. - Extra Ordinary! - - The Acolyte is doing numbers, to the surprise of no one:...
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Inspector Gadget 2
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Another live action cartoon? What is wrong with us? Perhaps we have a glitch or two of our own. Truly, there is no understanding why this film got made. Did someone lose a bet? Were McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts owed promotion? The world may never know. - Wowzers! - - Disney, Plus Hulu, Plus Max - streaming bundle coming soon: - New Who! - Fantastic (Four) casting news! - Family Guy/Iraq Lobster: - Wanda Sykes - Sick and Tired: - Waiting for Guffman: —- Research and references completed using Wikipedia, IMDb,...
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Rewind: Blank Check
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Who just commits check fraud in front of the child they’re berating to get a job? Why is Tone Loc here? Who let this man spend a week with a child? What stores just accept wads of cash from a child? Who let an FBI agent kiss a tween boy? What the hell did we just watch? Butt to Face: - Read about Mr. Macintosh’s house, Pemberton Castle: - A brief history of Zero Haliburton: - The Kid’s Guide to the Internet: - See his vest, see his vest, as a painting I digress: ----- Research and references completed using Wikipedia, IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes,...
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Mr. Magoo
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Animation-to-Live Action adaptations really should have waited until at least 2010. Though I guess we could only assume film technology would advance. I’m not sure what they thought of audiences at the time, much less days… weeks… months… years later. Even Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t want you to watch this. So truly, don’t bother. We gotchu! – - I’ll Waldo Your Magoo - X-Men 97 has a midseason trailer, and New Rockstars breaks it down for you: - Wired’s Top 50 Shows on Disney+ Right Now: - The wish of Wish getting views is getting fulfilled, and it’s...
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Rio
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This ain’t Texas. It’s Rio! Disney+ has officially subsumed Hulu, broadening our horizons and content pool - so take a flight with us down south in this Blue Sky classic. - Ain’t No Hold ‘Em - - Hulu and Disney+ Combined, officially, and Vulture can answer all your questions for you: - Russell T Davies is predicting the death of the BBC: - Coming to the platform in April, since it’s April 1st - —- Research and references completed using Wikipedia, IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, and Box Office Mojo. ----- We are (out and) proud...
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Fantastic Four (2005)
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The Marvelous Month of March continues with 2005’s Fantastic Four! Though there’s a much clearer line from the source material to whatever this is, it still manages to bungle the weirdest parts of the First Family of Marvel’s mythos. - Flame On! - - X-Men ‘97 Showrunner out at Disney: - Eras Tour Takeover: - Marvel starting to pace themselves more with shows: —- Research and references completed using Wikipedia, IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, and Box Office Mojo. ----- We are (out and) proud members of the Mischief Media Network!...
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Morbius
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There’s no cinematic universe safe from the taint of Jared Leto. Yes, we’re aware of how that reads. Is there anything to say about Morbius that hasn’t been said? Probably not. But it’s here, on the platform proper, so we may as well get this out of the way. - It’s Morbin’ Time! - - Taylor Swift Eras tour, with five extra songs: - NYT Lists 50 best things to watch on the platform: - WIRED upped them with 7 more: - More Korean Originals Incoming: —- Research and references completed using Wikipedia, IMDb, Rotten...
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Ernest Saves Christmas
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We’ll keep it sweet and simple: happy holidays, merry Christmas, joyful solstice, and happy new year. All our love! - KnowhatImean? - - Percy Jackson has premiered! - Disney+ and Hulu officially have a lot of content: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/disney-plus-hulu-catalog-most-popular-titles-us-ampere-1235724835/ - New Echo () and What If? Season 2 () Trailers! - What is Malapropism? - Pizza Hut Guest Room: - Lisa from Temecula at a steak house () and at a wedding () - Learn more about Ernest P. Worell: —- Research...
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But that is a different podcast altogether.
- Sugar Bursties-
- The Ringer - what the movie got right/wrong: https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/6/19/18686827/smart-house-disney-artificial-intelligence-katey-sagal
- Streaming, Streamed, Strumed - Wired on the Day Streaming Died: https://www.wired.com/story/hbo-max-netflix-disney-plus-day-streaming-died/
- Ackroyd and Curtain doing weekend update: https://youtu.be/c91XUyg9iWM
- Simpsons House Sweepstakes: https://www.famouscampaigns.com/2021/01/an-exact-replica-of-the-simpsons-family-home-was-built-by-kaufman-broad-for-pepsi-raffle/
- Runaways has runaway from Disney+: https://collider.com/marvel-runaways-removed-from-hulu/
- Full list of removed content: https://gizmodo.com/disney-plus-hulu-removals-full-list-1850482457
- Amanda Seyfried is everything: https://youtu.be/1RHY9-35KwA
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Research and references completed using Wikipedia, IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Box Office Mojo, and Disney.Fandom.Com.
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