Adam Sandler has evolved from cinema’s preeminent manchild to unaffected cool guy to surprising thespian over the course of his storied movie career. He’s been making audiences laugh since before his first appearance on SNL in 1990, but across decades of comedies, what movie rises to the top? Amanda, Arturo & Zach look at the best Adam Sandler movies to determine the winner of the latest Intercut Movie Bracket.
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TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
11:09 - Movies not on our bracket
18:43 - Uncut Gems vs. Eight Crazy Nights
21:32 - You Are So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah vs. The Wedding Singer
23:35 - Murder Mystery vs. Leo
25:16 - Anger Management vs. Hustle
26:47 - Click vs. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
29:57 - The Waterboy vs. Big Daddy
31:49 - Billy Madison vs. Blended
33:05 - Grown Ups vs. Funny People
34:33 - 50 First Dates vs. Airheads
35:33 - That’s My Boy vs. The Meyerowitz Stories
36:42 - Pixels vs. The Longest Yard
37:50 - Little Nicky vs. Hotel Transylvania
39:25 - Mr. Deeds vs. Just Go With It
41:03 - Jack and Jill vs. Happy Gilmore
41:20 - Hubie Halloween vs. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
43:21 - Punch-Drunk Love vs. Spanglish
44:39 - Round 2
54:57 - Round 3
1:03:50 - Round 4
1:08:37 - Final Round
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Top 10 Movies of the Year so far looking back on the first 6 months of 2025. Amanda, Zach, & Art select their favorite blockbusters and indie gems to highlight from this year in film.
TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
06:21 - Secret Mall Apartment
08:27 - The Phoenician Scheme
12:54 - Thunderbolts
15:53 - Mickey 17
18:04 - A Normal Family
19:45 - F1
23:41 - 28 Years Later
35:42 - Pavements
41:15 - Materialists
46:54 - Misericordia
49:50 - Warfare / 28 Years Later
57:14 - Presence / Black Bag
1:02:11 - Honorable Mentions
1:12:11 - On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
1:14:50 - Friendship
1:20:13 - Eephus
1:22:20 - The Ballad of Wallis Island
1:25:58 - Sorry, Baby
1:30:42 - Sinners
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Top 10 TV Shows of the Year countdown to look back on the first 6 months of television shows from 2025. Amanda, Art, & Zach highlight what we loved, what we liked, and what we wished we had the time to finish so far this year.
TIMECODES...
00:00 - Is there a dominant TV show on right now?
03:55 - Are binge-style releases out of fashion?
05:24 - Shows We Didn’t See
11:17 - Adults
13:55 - Shrinking
15:26 - Poker Face
18:42 - 100 Years of Solitude
19:55 - The Rehearsal
20:58 - Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney
23:10 - The White Lotus
25:36 - Hacks
28:45 - The Righteous Gemstones
30:29 - American Primeval
31:47 - Adolescence
35:05 - The Pitt
36:58 - Severance
40:25 - The Pitt
41:48 - Andor
46:16 - Honorable Mentions
50:47 - The Bear
58:19 - Department Q
1:00:40 - The Rehearsal
1:06:57 - The Bear
1:10:55 - Common Side Effects
1:13:38 - The Studio
1:19:00 - The White Lotus
1:22:50 - The Pitt
1:29:23 - The Last of Us
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Talking Materialists, 28 Years Later, The Bear, The Rehearsal, and more!
TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
09:11 - 28 Years Later
29:09 - Materialists
51:14 - The Rehearsal
1:04:47 - The Bear
1:18:27 - June Rapid-Fire (Final Destination Bloodlines, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Lilo & Stitch, Bring Her Back, The Phoenician Scheme, How to Train Your Dragon, Elio, The Old Guard 2, M3GAN 2.0, Jurassic World Rebirth)
1:35:37 - Amazon's Bond series names a director
1:39:13 - Aaron Sorkin directing The Social Network 2
1:42:38 - Current Fincher projects
1:47:48 - New York Times 100 Greatest Films
1:51:46 - Coming Attractions (Superman, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Smurfs, Eddington, Cloud, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Happy Gilmore 2, Oh, Hi!, Folktales)
2:02:34 - Picks for the Month
Amanda’s Pick - Together
Zach’s Picks - 1670, Videoheaven, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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If all you knew about a movie was the person starring in it, who would be at the top of your list? These are our 2025 Actor Power Rankings, not a list of our all-time favorite silver screen stars, but instead, who has the title belt right now and who is at the peak of their powers.
TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
06:04 - Josh O’Connor
08:26 - Tim Robinson
09:20 - Jason Schwartzman
10:48 - Florence Pugh
12:31 - Margaret Qualley
13:46 - Joaquin Phoenix
15:10 - Sebastian Stan
17:01 - Jennifer Lawrence
18:33 - Adam Driver
20:11 - Oscar Isaac
23:34 - Emma Stone
26:05 - Timothee Chalamet
28:58 - Ryan Gosling
34:02 - Bradley Cooper
39:15 - Denzel Washington
41:10 - Robert Pattinson
43:28 - Willem Dafoe
46:25 - Margot Robbie
49:24 - Kristen Stewart
53:07 - Jake Gyllenhaal
57:49 - Honorable Mentions
1:04:48 - Colin Farrell
1:06:40 - Florence Pugh
1:07:29 - Daniel Kaluuya
1:10:22 - Rachel Sennott
1:15:20 - Leonardo Dicaprio
1:24:45 - Anya Taylor-Joy
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Nic Cage has evolved from dark and mysterious bad boy to action movie hero to straight-to-DVD headliner to hardworking thespian, all while staying true to his Kabuki theater-style theatrics on screen. With a career full of iconic performances and even more iconic freakouts, we're flipping the Declaration of Cagependence to figure out the best Nicolas Cage movie.
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TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
10:55 - Round 1 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse vs. The Weather Man
12:55 - Ghost Rider vs. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
13:35 - Renfield vs. Leaving Las Vegas
14:11 - Mandy vs. Vampire’s Kiss
14:44 - The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent vs. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
16:10 - Bringing out the Dead vs. National Treasure
17:16 - Moonstruck vs. Lord of War
18:42 - The Wicker Man vs. Dream Scenario
19:17 - Kick-Ass vs. The Surfer
21:05 - Con Air vs. Face/Off
22:43 - The Rock vs. Wild At Heart
24:11 - Matchstick Men vs. Adaptation
25:52 - Pig vs. Gone in 60 Seconds
26:25 - Raising Arizona vs. Willy’s Wonderland
27:13 - The Croods vs. Color out of Space
28:18 - Longlegs vs. Next
29:22 - Round 2
37:24 - Round 3
42:26 - Round 4
44:48 - Final Round
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A decade removed from an incredible movie year, we’re looking back to our lives a decade ago and counting down our Top 10 Favorite Films of 2015 to celebrate their 10-year anniversaries.
TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
08:38 - Sicario
11:28 - It Follows
16:10 - Straight Outta Compton
18:47 - The Duke of Burgundy
21:03 - Brooklyn
22:27 - Son of Saul
24:59 - The Stanford Prison Experiment
26:23 - What We Do in the Shadows
29:05 - Ex Machina
35:07 - Anomalisa
38:21 - Mad Max: Fury Road
42:58 - Tangerine
45:27 - Phoenix
48:11 - The Lobster
49:45 - Honorable Mentions
1:08:34 - Creed
1:12:43 - The Big Short
1:15:16 - Steve Jobs
1:20:55 - Reminiscing about 2015
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Tom Cruise has been synonymous with the movies for 5 decades. In the 2020s, he’s one of the last movie stars standing. Now, Art & Zach sort through a filmography full of iconic films to pick Cruise’s career best.
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TIMECODES...
00:00 - Who is Tom Cruise
10:26 - What got cut
13:33 - Top Gun: Maverick vs. Days of Thunder
14:59 - Mission: Impossible 2 vs. Mission: Impossible 3
17:20 - Tropic Thunder vs. Oblivion
19:13 - Mission: Impossible vs. Jack Reacher
21:13 - Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning vs. The Mummy
22:30 - A Few Good Men vs. Rain Man
26:02 - Collateral vs. War of the Worlds
31:37 - Knight and Day vs. Magnolia
32:54 - Top Gun vs. The Firm
35:10 - Vanilla Sky vs. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
37:49 - Minority Report vs. Jerry Maguire
41:40 - Risky Business vs. Edge of Tomorrow
43:50 - Mission: Impossible - Fallout vs. The Color of Money
48:29 - The Last Samurai vs. Interview with the Vampire
50:43 - Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol vs. The Outsiders
55:23 - Born on the Fourth of July vs. Eyes Wide Shut
57:42 - Round 2
1:10:41 - Round 3
1:18:53 - Final Four
1:24:46 - Final Matchup
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Talking Thunderbolts, Chicago Critics Fest & more!
TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
03:17 - Thunderbolts*
38:16 - May Rapid-Fire (Sharp Corner, Vulcanizadora, The Ugly Stepsister, Summer of 69)
48:01 - Chicago Critics Fest (The Baltimorons, It Ends)
1:00:50 - Coming Attractions (Stick, Ginny & Georgia Season 3, Tires Season 2, From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, Dangerous Animals, The Ritual, The Life of Chuck, I Don’t Understand You, The Tony Awards, How to Train Your Dragon, The Materialists, Echo Valley, 28 Years Later, Elio, Ironheart, The Bear Season 4, Ponyboi, F1, M3gan 2.0, Smoke, Squid Game: The Final Season)
1:18:57 - Picks for the Month
Art’s Picks - Bring Her Back, Hard Truths, Vulcanizadora
Zach’s Picks - DOGMA: Resurrected! A 25th Anniversary Celebration, Tribeca Festival, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
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On Part 2 of our April Monthly Must-Watch, we look ahead to the most exciting movies playing the Cannes Film Festival, and preview upcoming releases for the month of May before selecting our Picks for the Month.
TIMECODES...
00:00 - Cannes Film Festival Lineup Preview (The Phoenician Scheme, Eddington, Die My Love, The Mastermind, Sentimental Value, History of Sound, Eleanor the Great, Urchin, The Chronology of Water, Highest 2 Lowest, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Mirrors No. 3, Sorry Baby)
22:26 - Coming Attractions (Another Simple Favor, The Four Seasons, Thunderbolts*, Pavements, The Surfer, Vulcanizadora, Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted, The Righteous Gemstones Series Finale, Poker Face Season 2, Friendship, Fight or Flight, Clown in a Cornfield, Duster, Love Death & Robots, Overcompensation, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Hurry Up Tomorrow, The Brutalist, Sirens, Mission: Impossible - The Dead Reckoning, Lilo & Stitch, Fountain of Youth, Fear Street: Prom Queen, The Better Sister, And Just Like That…, Karate Kid: Legends, Bring Her Back, The Phoenician Scheme, Mountainhead)
48:18 - Picks for the Month
Art’s Picks - Pavements, Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted, Friendship
Amanda’s Picks - Bring Her Back, The Phoenician Scheme, Friendship
Zach’s Picks - The Righteous Gemstones Finale, The Four Seasons, Vulcanizadora
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On the April edition of Monthly Must-Watch, we sink our teeth into Sinners, get entrenched in Warfare, and react to The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 2 before wrapping up the rest of the month.
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TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
10:23 - Sinners
49:16 - Warfare
1:11:04 - The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 2
1:27:40 - April Roundup Rapid Fire (A Minecraft Movie, A Nice Indian Boy, The Amateur, The Accountant 2, Drop, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Until Dawn, You Season 5, Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney, The Rehearsal)
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If all you knew about a movie was the person directing it, who would be at the top of your list? These are our 2025 Director Power Rankings, not a list of our all-time favorite filmmakers, but instead, who has the title belt right now and who is at the peak of their powers.
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TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
03:26 - Matt Johnson
07:04 - Céline Sciamma
08:30 - Wes Anderson
10:04 - Ryan Coogler
12:03 - Bong Joon Ho
13:15 - Damien Chazelle
15:41 - Spike Jonze
18:35 - Hirokazu Koreeda
20:02 - David Fincher
23:06 - Ari Aster
25:47 - Coen Brothers
27:43 - Jordan Peele
30:10 - Christopher Nolan
33:33 - Denis Villeneuve
35:56 - Honorable Mentions
46:15 - Paul Thomas Anderson
51:14 - Martin Scorsese
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WHAT WE'VE BEEN WATCHING:
*Best We Missed!
YAY OR NAY:
*New Sundance Location
TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
12:24 - Mickey 17
23:02 - Black Bag
33:04 - Snow White
47:31 - Death of a Unicorn
50:05 - The Ballad of Wallis Island
52:25 - Captain America: Brave New World
59:16 - The Monkey
1:09:04 - Opus
1:11:52 - Holland
1:15:17 - Magazine Dreams
1:20:57 - Eephus
1:21:48 - On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
1:24:01 - Presence
1:24:27 - My Dead Friend Zoe
1:26:10 - Misericordia
1:31:54 - Adolescence
1:39:20 - The Studio
1:43:04 - Running Point
1:46:09 - The Residence
1:48:50 - Deli Boys
1:50:40 - Long Bright River
1:52:27 - Dope Thief
1:53:45 - Invincible
1:55:46 - The Pitt
2:01:53 - The White Lotus
2:16:04 - Severance
2:28:10 - Sundance moves to Colorado in 2027
2:34:17 - Coyote vs. Acme sold to Ketchup Entertainment
2:36:43 - Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie acquired by Neon
2:38:42 - Conan O'Brien hosting the 2026 Oscars
2:41:26 - Academy apology for No Other Land exclusion
2:45:02 - One Battle After Another Trailer Reaction
2:49:31 - Coming Attractions (Screamboat, A Minecraft Movie, The Friend, Freaky Tales, Hell of a Summer, The Luckiest Man in America, A Nice Indian Boy, The Amateur, Drop, Warfare, The King of Kings, Sinners, Sneaks, The Wedding Banquet, The Shrouds, The Ugly Stepsister, The Accountant 2, The Legend of Ochi, Havoc, April, On Swift Horses, Magic Farm, Dying for Sex, Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints, The Handmaids Tale, Spy High, G20, Black Mirror, Pop the Balloon, Your Friends and Neighbors, The Last of Us, Hacks, Government Cheese, The Rehearsal, Andor, You)
3:13:23 - Picks for the Week
Art’s Picks - Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music, SLY LIVES! (Aka The Burden of Black Genius, The Ballad of Wallis Island, The Studio
Zach’s Picks - Secret Mall Apartment, Bob Trevino Likes It, The Righteous Gemstones
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Hidden gems from the SXSW 2025 Film & TV Festival, movies that you might not have heard of that we can’t stop thinking about.
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TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
06:19 - Genre - Redux Redux
08:31 - It Ends
12:16 - One More Shot
14:29 - Sweetness
18:50 - The Surrender
20:42 - Fucktoys
22:40 - Comedy - Idiotka
24:04 - For Worse
26:25 - She’s The He
27:30 - $POSITIONS
29:06 - Drama - My Uncle Jens
30:28 - Previous Mentions
31:52 - Bunny
33:24 - The Dutchman
36:57 - Trash Baby
37:45 - American Sweatshop
41:30 - Docs - Are We Good?
43:44 - The Secret of Me
45:45 - Shuffle
47:48 - The Tallest Dwarf
50:16 - ASCO: Without Permission
51:07 - Creede U.S.A.
51:41 - We Are Storror
53:39 - Short Films
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Friendship stars Tim Robinson as a man trying to befriend his new neighbor, a weatherman played by Paul Rudd. Amanda the Jedi & Zach saw the movie last year but Arturo finally had the chance to catch up with the comedy so funny people are literally going crazy.
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Summer of 69 was the Closing Night film at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival. Fresh off its World Premiere, Amanda the Jedi, Art & Zach discuss the Hulu-bound comedy, its funny ensemble cast, as well as how Jillian Bell handles the director’s chair.
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The Threesome with Zoey Deutch, Ruby Cruz, and Jonah Hauer-King, had its world premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival. Amanda the Jedi, Art & Zach discuss how the film made them laugh, whether or not it would have been improved by its original cast, and if Chad Hartigan’s film is a future classic rom-com.
TIMECODES...
00:00 - Intro
02:48 - Original cast
03:22 - The cast (Zoey Deutch, Ruby Cruz & Jonah Hauer-King)
03:43 - Director Chad Hartigan
07:41 - Great modern romantic comedies
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The Rivals of Amziah King returns Matthew McConaughey to the big screen for the first time in 6 years. Amanda the Jedi, Art & Zach strum ukuleles to break down this World Premiere from SXSW and discuss all the movie’s subgenres, the big step up The Vast of Night director Andrew Patterson has taken and try to identify what makes the film feel so special.
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Death of a Unicorn from filmmaker Alex Scharfman and A24 is a comedy creature feature with a starry ensemble cast. Following its World Premiere at SXSW 2025, Amanda the Jedi & Zach review the movie, discuss which actor stole scenes, and debate if the film is good or just good enough.
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Another Simple Favor is the sequel to 2018’s A Simple Favor, reuniting Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick with director Paul Feig. After its premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival, Amanda the Jedi, Arturo & Zach debate if the film should have gone to theaters, whether the filmmakers chose the right tone, and how the internet will react to the movie.
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