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Pantheon Plus – Creature Features: Tremors

Brian has seen this movie probably 50 times. Jerome has not. Did Jerome miss out on an underrated cult classic from 1990 or is Brian completely out to lunch and loves a movie that is total trash?

At the time Kevin Bacon regretted taking the role despite the fun he had making it, however the cult status of the film has led him to change his view and now sees it as his favorite movie that he’s made. Will Brian and Jerome agree? This may make or break Creature Feature month.

Ranking the Jordan Peele Films

Jordan Peele is one of the last people out there making original movies that are designed to entertain large audiences. As I am writing this in the summer of 2022, I am genuinely struggling to think of anyone else who is not somehow caught up in the IP Slop trap but who is also crafting mass appeal pictures. It is quite depressing, but he’s great at least.

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More (And Less!) Than Meets The Eye – Episode 13: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

TRUK NOT MONKEE! The movie part of our journey is finally at an end as we discuss the awkward fit of the Maximals into what is clearly a soft Transformers reboot… or should that be the awkward fit of the Transformers into what is clearly a Beast Wars movie?

Plus mileage on Pete Davidson as Mirage, some sad Peter Cullen truths, the return of blah human protagonists, and the future of a Hasbro Cinematic Universe.

Pantheon Plus – Creature Features: Alligator

Brian has been trying to get Jerome to watch Creature Feature movies for years now. He almost got a whole month dedicated to Godzilla but they both settled on Creature Feature month instead. However, Brian has picked some movies that somewhat go beyond the B-Movie tone and are a little something more than the usual “monster movie”.

First up is Alligator from 1980 which stars Robert Forster of all people. It plays more like a cop drama and that’s probably why it stands out all these years later. You’ll soon find out why Quintin Tarantino cast Forster in Jackie Brown because of this movie.

The Superhero Pantheon- Giant Sized Summer Annual: Spider-Man: No Way Home

Jerome and Brian have decided to bring back here at the end of August to discuss a personal favorite, 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.

They go through the usual categories and what this movie meant for the actors, the MCU, and society at-large given the box office in a COVID world. Find out whether they finally take advantage of their power and take some responsibility to put a live action Spider-Man movie into the Superhero Pantheon.

More (And Less!) Than Meets The Eye – Episode 11: Bumblebee

For ten weeks we have suffered, but at long last it’s time for an Actually Good movie! We could tell you about our discussion of Travis Knight’s rap career, the much-lauded opening, the best human character in the series, our mildly heated 80s nostalgia debate and how much they get out of no-name villains…

But really, The Thing Is… He’s Just A Lil Guy.

Pantheon Plus – Franchise Rankings: Mission Impossible

In the month of August, Jerome and Brian are going to be ranking some of their favorite franchises. This week, Jerome and Brian have accepted their mission to rank the Mission Impossible movies.

Pantheon Plus – Franchise Rankings: Star Trek (Movies)

In the month of August, Jerome and Brian are going to be ranking some of their favorite franchises. This week, it’s time to engage and make it so with Star Trek, the movies!

More (And Less!) Than Meets The Eye – Episode 9: Transformers: The Last Knight

It took 9 weeks, but Ben & Matt finally disagree about the quality of a movie. For Matt, The Last Knight is one of the worst things he has ever seen in his entire life and potentially permanently altered his brain chemistry. Ben contends that while it’s bad, it’s not only not the worst Transformers movie, but not even the second worst!

They discuss Cogman, ‘Hot Rod’ (it ain’t right what they done to our boy), sozzled Merlin, poor Gemma Chan, awkwardly smushing two ideas together (again!) and generally become delirious.

Pantheon Plus – Franchise Rankings: Die Hard

In the month of August, Jerome and Brian are going to be ranking movies in some of their favorite franchises. This week, it’s Die Hard!