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2026 Carrie Mini-Series vs 1976 Carrie Movie: Did We Need Mike Flanagan’s Modern Take? Oct 15, 2026

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Jason and Rachel break down Mike Flanagan’s Carrie, the new modern reimagining of Stephen King’s classic horror story. Somehow we do eight hours of Carrie in under an hour.

We get into how the series updates Carrie White for 2026, the role of social media and smartphones in modern bullying, why the expanded runtime makes the characters much more complicated, and how Summer’s performance stacks up against Sissy Spacek’s iconic version.

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Dune 3 Hype, Avengers: Doomsday Dread & Widow’s Bay Obsession | Patreon Only Oct 10, 2026

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How can the funniest people we know NOT love Widow’s Bay?!

We need answers.

Our Patreon-only Thumb War episode is here, and we’re laying down our thumbs to shoot the shit:

Dune 3 hype vs. Avengers: Doomsday dread The movies and TV shows we can’t wait for—and the ones we’re already complaining about ️ Our entirely reasonable Matthew Rhys obsession Nathan Fielder, Elizabeth Holmes and celebrity felon roommates A mystery in our bed that probably should’ve stayed off the podcast

Plus Billie Jean King, Rachel’s new pickleball job, and the usual loving disrespect.

What movie or show are YOU hyped for—or absolutely dreading?

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Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother: The Most Badass Dad Movie of the Year Oct 06, 2026

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️ Full spoilers throughout.

Jason and Rachel review Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother, Bassam Tariq’s wildly original action drama starring Mahershala Ali as a devout Muslim hitman struggling to protect his family after the death of his wife.

Yes, this is an action movie involving assassins, swords, gangsters and gunfights.

It is also very seriously about breast milk.

We get into Mahershala Ali’s incredible performance, the movie’s depiction of Muslim faith and community, Ramadan, grief, fatherhood, John Cho’s frighteningly sincere religious extremist, Giancarlo Esposito, the fantastic child performances, and why the action feels much more dangerous than your average superhero movie.

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Digger Review: Is Tom Cruise’s Box Office Bomb Actually Worth Watching? Oct 05, 2026

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️ MASSIVE SPOILERS throughout.

Jason and Rachel review Digger, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s bizarre, expensive and extremely polarizing new film starring Tom Cruise, Jesse Plemons, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman and a ridiculously stacked cast.

And this is one you REALLY don’t want spoiled before seeing.

We get into the movie’s massive twist, Tom Cruise disappearing under layers of makeup, the strange fake cat, the surreal Terry Gilliam/Wes Anderson-style production design, the climate apocalypse storyline, Jesse Plemons playing another billionaire, Riz Ahmed as the only sane person in the room, and why the movie eventually reveals itself to be something completely different from what the trailers suggest.

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Primetime: The Most Uncomfortable Movie of the Year Sep 27, 2026

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Jason and Rachel review Primetime, Lance Oppenheim’s deeply uncomfortable fictionalized take on the world of To Catch a Predator, starring Robert Pattinson and Merritt Weaver.

Rachel says she’d rather watch Saw than sit through this again — and somehow still gives the movie a thumbs up.

We get into Robert Pattinson’s Chris Hansen-inspired character, the strange morality of predator-sting television, whether public humiliation actually solves anything, the gray areas the show refuses to acknowledge, and why the movie makes almost everyone involved feel compromised.

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Resident Evil: Zach Cregger Made the Game I Remember Sep 22, 2026

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Jason and Rachel are joined by Hollywood Insider/Master of Macabre DanDanThePieMan to review Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil — a video game movie about what happens when a completely normal guy with no survival skills suddenly finds himself trapped inside a survival-horror nightmare.

Jason talks about discovering the original Resident Evil on PlayStation in the ’90s and staying up until sunrise watching friends play, while the gang gets into why this movie works by capturing the feeling of playing a video game instead of simply recreating the game’s story.

Plus: why Jason thinks this is a smarter way to adapt video games, why some Resident Evil fans are furious, the surprisingly dark ending, and our official ranking of Cregger’s three movies: Barbarian, Weapons, and Resident Evil.

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The Uprising Review: Paul Greengrass Shook the Camera Until the Peasants Revolted Sep 16, 2026

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Jason and Rachel review The Uprising, Paul Greengrass’ Andrew Garfield historical rebellion movie that somehow becomes a Robin Hood origin story — a twist the marketing apparently decided to spoil before anyone got there.

We get into the rough opening weekend, the confusing Robin Hood pivot, the lack of bows and arrows, Andrew Garfield as the Plowman, Jamie Bell as John Ball, the historically messy Peasants’ Revolt, Richard II going from simpering teen king to strategic despot overnight, and whether the movie’s modern political parallels are too blunt to ignore.

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Hope Review: Na Hong-jin Delivers Monster Movie Mayhem Sep 16, 2026

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Jason and Rachel review Hope, the bonkers Korean monster movie set near the DMZ that somehow combines horror, comedy, action, alien empathy, anime energy, and a whole lot of running.

We get into why the movie is very long but rarely boring, the incredible production design, the cowardly/incompetent police chief who somehow becomes hilarious, the rookie cop stealing the show, the gross-but-funny alien dissection scene, the baby alien reveal, the creepy hunter garage, and Michael Fassbender’s digital alien.

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Patreon Preview: Small-Town Pop-Ins, Naked Men & Gutter Sluts Sep 10, 2026

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Full Patreon-only chaos is up now.

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Rachel is back from Nova Scotia, and she brought stories, thrift-store intel, small-town pop-in trauma, and a new insult Jason immediately regrets hearing.

This week’s Patreon episode has throat burps, lake-house dreams, naked-door-answering strategies, Wharf Rat Rally leather-daddy discourse, Frenchy’s chaos, Rachel discovering “gutter sluts,” Jason refusing to wear chaps and Crocs, Hazel learning the vacuum is the real enemy, Nathan Fielder’s secret Elizabeth Holmes doc, Dolly Parton mourning, and Metro-box drama.

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Onslaught Review: Super Soldiers, Bad Makeup & Kinky Villains Sep 08, 2026

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Jason and Rachel review Onslaught, a bloody throwback super-soldier B-movie that somehow includes weird kinks, terrible old-man makeup, exploding jack-o’-lanterns, bad barbecue, poison gas, practical squibs, and Dan Stevens looking like Cousin Matthew got trapped in a student film.

Jason wanted to like it. Rachel maybe kinda did. Mostly, it made us want to watch The Guest and Overlord instead.

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