Adrian and Simon review director Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and writer/director James Gunn's Peacemaker Season 2. Additionally, they examine the somewhat ridiculous production costs for Star wars Rise of Skywalker; while they compare the production costs and quality of the Star Wars Andor TV series. Plus, Apple doesn't like "plus" anymore as they vibrantly rebrand their streaming service to simply, "Apple TV". They also get hyped for Marvel's upcoming VisionQuest & Wonder Man TV shows, they discuss the future of Game of Thrones with the upcoming A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms HBO TV series, and they gear up for spooky season with discussions about The Evil Dead (2013) & Alan Wake. The two brothers also discuss Tim Robinson's HBO comedy series The Chair Company, a house under siege from a wasp colony, and the benefits of all-you-can-eat vacations. This episode was recorded in Canada on October 18th 2025. Episodes air every two weeks on Tuesdays! Catch us on November 4th for Episode 122.

Adrian & Simon review director Francis Lawrence's film, A Long Walk. As a core topic of the show this week, they discuss the incoming influence of AI on the film & TV industry; and the controversial introduction of AI actor, Tilly Norwood. In addition, the two pals talk about the twists and turns in James Gunn's Peacemaker Season 2, get excited about Stranger Things Season 5, and begin worrying about a world in which Warner Brothers merges with Paramount. They also applaud the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel Live to network ABC, speculate on who could be playing Batman in Batman Brave & the Bold, and ponder the importance of engagement photos. This episode was recorded in Canada on October 5th 2025. Episodes air every two weeks on Tuesdays! Catch us on October 21st for Episode 121.

Adrian & Simon dive into the highlights, wins, and losses at the 77th Emmy Awards! Additionally, they examine the implications of the Jimmy Kimmel Live suspension over at ABC; while showing their support for free speech in America and a fair amount of disdain for Disney's lack of courage. Plus, they discuss the hit limited series Adolescence, the upcoming Lex Luthor & Superman team-up in Superman Man of Tomorrow, and showrunner Noah Hawley's successes adapting Alien & Fargo for TV. The two pals also get hyped for Tim Robinson's The Chair Company and director Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another; all while Adrian has a bad case of the sniffles (possibly caused by toxic airplane cabin fumes?) and Simon suffers from "1st-world-problem-itis" (his headphones were buzzing and he complained like a wittle b*tch). This episode was recorded in Canada on September 20th 2025. Episodes air every two weeks on Tuesdays! Catch us on October 7th for Episode 120.

Adrian and Simon struggle with dates and names for over 3 hours. The two pals rave about the style and tone of Peacemaker Season 2. They also discuss Bojack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg's Long Story Short and the Duffer Brother's Stranger Things Season 2. Additionally, they converse about about the films shown-off at the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival; including A House of Dynamite, The Smashing Machine, No Other Choice, Frankenstein, and Bugonia. Plus, the two buddies take a closer look at the trailers of the week; such as Marvel Zombies, the Will Arnett starring dramedy film Is this Thing On, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and Ryan Murphy's Monster: The Ed Gein Story. This episode was recorded in Canada on September 6th 2025. Episodes air every two weeks on Tuesdays! Catch us on September 23rd for Episode 119. Credit where credit is due: Cat, Screaming, A.wav by InspectorJ -- https://freesound.org/s/415209/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 (clearly, no cats were harmed in the making of this podcast)

Adrian & Simon review director Zach Cregger's horror film, Weapons; and James Gunn's Season 2 Episode 1 of Peacemaker. Plus, they take a look at the various film & TV trailers released this week; including trailers for the Daniel Day Lewis starring Anemone, the Jason Bateman directed Black Rabbit on Netflix, Fallout Season 2, and horror film following a dog's perspective, Good Boy. Additionally, they consider the possibility of YouTube controlling the distribution rights to the Oscars in 2029, they gush about how much they love the FX series, The Bear; and they re-examine the brilliance of the first season of Stranger Things. They also take a look at the box office history for Superman films over the last 12 years, they bond over their love of Nestea, and they ponder the alternate universe where Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars. This episode was recorded in Canada on August 23rd 2025. Episodes air every two weeks on Tuesdays! Catch us on September 9th for Episode 118.

Adrian & Simon review director Ari Aster's Eddington and director Matt Shakman's Fantastic 4: First Steps. They also gush about how much they love the Star Wars Andor TV series and Cassian Andor's bitter sweet ending in Rogue One. Additionally, the pals discuss the new Avatar Fire & Ash trailer and Spider-Man Brand New Day's focus on practical effects. Simon also goes on a bit of a tangent in a quest to define the 'theme park film'; while specifying a lack of stakes associated with undefined character strengths and weaknesses in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They also examine the final season of Netflix's You and connect it to Peacock's serial killer podcast comedy, Based on a True Story. Plus, the boys talk yardwork hijinx, ice cream for dinner, and enigmatic neighbours. This episode was recorded in Canada on August 8th 2025. Episodes air every two weeks on Tuesdays! Catch us on August 26th for Episode 117.

The Emmy nominees have been announced! Adrian and Simon examine the Emmy nominations and snubs for the 77th Emmy Awards. Why were there no actors from Andor nominated in any of the major acting categories? Will Apple's The Studio and Severance sweep the awards show? They discuss all of this and more! Plus, they analyze Marvel President Kevin Feige's recent pre-Comic Con presentation about the state of MCU; and they take a look at the critical and commercial success of James Gunn's Superman. Additionally, the boys discuss Vince Gilligan's next teased project, the recently announced June Nielsen Ratings ranking for media distributors, the strange focus on AI across our society, hyperbolic online hate for genres of movies, and they dive a little bit too deep into politics while discussing the controversy behind the cancelation of the Late Show on CBS. This episode was recorded in Canada on July 23rd 2025. Episodes air every two weeks on Tuesdays! Catch us on August 12th for Episode 116.

Holy moly, it's a pretty rock'n time for blockbuster movies this summer; and we're love'n it! Simon & Adrian review director James Gunn's Superman and director Gareth Edwards Jurassic World Rebirth. They also analyze the potential consequences of The Last of Us creator Neil Druckman's departure from The Last of Us HBO series. On a somewhat gaming related-note, they also get hyped-up about Netflix's upcoming second season of Cyberpunk Edgerunners. Additionally, the 2 pals discuss the film trailers that premiered over the last two weeks, including director Christopher Nolan's first trailer for The Odyssey. Plus, they converse about Netflix series You, the DCU's Creature Commandos animated series, the fourth season of The Bear, Netflix's Squid Game season 4, the unfortunate cancellation of the Josh Holloway starring Duster HBO series, and the overpowering taste of cooked bell peppers.  This episode was recorded in Canada on July 10th 2025. Episodes air every two weeks on Tuesdays! Catch us on July 29th for Episode 115.

Adrian & Simon review & discuss director James Gunn's first DC Universe film, Superman. This deep dive review is initially spoiler-free and becomes spoiler-heavy at a very clearly defined moment during the discussion at the 14:23 minute marker. For a live-action video version of this podcast, please visit this link [https://youtu.be/wx57V0Iv5Fk] for a video on the Just Another Review Youtube channel. This bonus episode was recorded in Canada on July 10th 2025. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:14 Spoiler-Free Review Discussion 14:23 SPOILER HEAVY Review Discussion 55:46 Closing Remarks & Final Review Score (spoiler-FREE)

Simon & Adrian review director Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later and director Len Wiseman's Ballerina. They discuss the hiring of Dune director Denis Villeneuve's as Amazon's first James Bond film director, Superman director James Gunn's recent candid responses about his fledgling DC Universe, and the box office struggles (despite earning 550 million dollars) of Tom Cruise's latest Mission Impossible film. Plus, the boys converse about Andor, Last One Laughing, Vanderpump Rules, You, The Studio, and 28 Weeks Later. This episode was recorded in Canada on June 28th 2025. Episodes air every two weeks on Tuesdays! Catch us on July 15th for Episode 114.

Adrian & Simon review director Christopher McQuarrie's Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning. They also examine the history of the Mission Impossible franchise and rank the movies in the most haphazard way possible. Additionally, Adrian reviews horror film Bring Her Back and Final Destination Bloodlines; while Simon talks Andor Season 2. They also converse about the upcoming Warner Brothers Discovery uncoupling, Star Trek Beyond writer Doug Jung's Mass Effect series at Amazon, childhood refrigerators with sentience, and the numerous announcements at Netflix's 2025 Tudum event. Stranger Things, Frankenstein, and Squid Game; OH MY!

Long time buds (some might say, pals), Adrian and Simon, review the Andrew DeYoung directed Tim Robinson comedy film, Friendship! They also review the final episode of HBO's The Last of Us Season 2 and Adrian raves about how much he adores the second season of the Star Wars series Andor. In addition, the pals discuss the pushed release dates for the upcoming Avengers films, the Thunderbolts* Marvel movie struggling to break even at the box office, and Warfare director Alex Garland's upcoming Elden Ring film. The two buddies also converse about the Mission Impossible franchise's box office success, the Memorial Day Weekend box office results for both Lilo and Stitch & Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, and the dangers of committing to connecting flights when flying with American Airlines.   This episode was recorded on May 30th 2025. Episodes air every two weeks on Tuesdays! Catch us on June 17th for Episode 112.

Adrian & Simon review & discuss Season 2 • Episode 7 of HBO's The Last of Us ("Convergence"). This deep dive review is initially spoiler-free and becomes spoiler heavy at a very clearly defined moment during the discussion at about the 5:33 minute mark. Please check out this YouTube Link for a video/live-action version of this very same review discussion. This bonus episode was recorded in Canada on May 26th 2025. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:14 Spoiler-Free Review Discussion 5:33 SPOILER HEAVY Review Discussion 41:20 Closing Remarks & Final Review Score (spoiler-FREE)

Adrian & Simon review & discuss Season 2 • Episode 6 of HBO's The Last of Us ("The Price"). This deep dive review is initially spoiler-free and becomes spoiler heavy at a very clearly defined moment during the discussion at about the 5:39 minute mark. Please check out this YouTube Link [https://youtu.be/8xMv_O-63Ao] for a video/live-action version of this very same review discussion. This bonus episode was recorded in Canada on May 18th 2025. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:14 Spoiler-Free Review Discussion 5:39 SPOILER HEAVY Review Discussion 30:41 Closing Remarks & Final Review Score (spoiler-FREE)

Adrian & Simon review PlayStation Studios' recent horror film, Until Dawn, and episodes 5 & 6 of season 2 of The Last of Us on HBO! They also discuss Tom Cruise's upcoming Mission Impossible film, the potential for new tariffs on the film industry, Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier's potential X-Men movie, and Max's re-rebrand to HBO Max. Additionally, the two pals analyze the trailers for James Gunn's Superman, Marvel's Ironheart, the Bob Odenkirk action flick Nobody 2, and the Allison Brie starring horror film, Together. To top it all off, they deliberate on which streaming service has the best/worst user interface, discuss the concerns with modern technical support; and as always, Adrian proves fascinated by the culinary experience of it all. Catch us June 3rd for Episode 111. This episode was largely recorded in Canada on May 18th 2025.

Adrian & Simon review & discuss Season 2 • Episode 5 of HBO's The Last of Us ("Feel Her Love"). This deep dive review is initially spoiler-free and becomes spoiler heavy at a very clearly defined moment during the discussion at about the 5:06 minute mark. Please check out this YouTube Link [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL0SKPzbZ8w] for a video/live-action version of this very same review discussion. This bonus episode was recorded in Canada on May 11th 2025. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:14 Spoiler-Free Review Discussion 5:06 SPOILER HEAVY Review Discussion 27:49 Closing Remarks & Final Review Score (spoiler-FREE)

Adrian & Simon review & discuss director Jake Schreier's Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Thunderbolts*.  This deep dive review is initially spoiler-free and becomes spoiler-heavy at a very clearly defined moment during the discussion at the 12:45 minute mark.  Please check out this YouTube Link [https://youtu.be/mBCqIxkOa3g] for a video/live-action version of this very same review discussion. This bonus episode was recorded in Canada on May 2nd 2025. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:14 Spoiler-Free Review Discussion 12:45 SPOILER HEAVY Review Discussion 46:32 Closing Remarks & Final Review Score (spoiler-FREE)

Adrian & Simon review & discuss Season 2 • Episode 4 of HBO's The Last of Us ("Day One").  This deep dive review is initially spoiler-free and becomes spoiler heavy at a very clearly defined moment during the discussion at about the 5:32 minute mark.  Please check out this link [https://youtu.be/zk7VlmgTKxk] for a video/live-action version of this very same review discussion. This bonus episode was recorded in Canada on May 2nd 2025. Chapters  0:00 Intro   0:14 Spoiler-Free Review Discussion  5:32 SPOILER HEAVY Review Discussion  30:33 Closing Remarks & Final Review Score (spoiler-FREE)

Adrian and Simon review the hit Jake Schreier directed Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Thunderbolts* and HBO's The Last of Us Season 2, episodes 3 & 4. Additionally, they discuss Netflix CEO Ted Serandos' thoughts on the theatrical experience; and they examine the box office success of director Ryan Coogler's film Sinners. Plus, they rave about the trailers for both director Zach Cregger's Weapon film and director Benny Safdies's The Smashing Machine. The boys also discover that there is no time like the present to converse on the recent delay of video game Grand Theft Auto VI, the wonky superhero power metrics of the MCU, and Adrian's recent water filter incident. This episode was recorded in Canada on May 2nd 2025.

Adrian & Simon review & discuss Season 2 • Episode 3 of HBO's The Last of Us ("The Path"). This deep dive review is initially spoiler-free and becomes spoiler heavy at a very clearly defined moment during the discussion at about the 5:08 minute mark. A video version of this A Closer Look episode exists on the Just Another Review YouTube Channel. If you'd like to watch this live-action video on YouTube, click here. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N093kwbdvvA] This bonus episode was recorded in Canada on April 27th 2025.