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Actor and comedian Michael Hartney [https://www.instagram.com/hartneymichael/]-- a Superman guy to his core - joins us to discuss James Gunn's much-anticipated, highly-speculated upon take on the world's most famous superhero. Then, in honor of Krypto (the Superdog, of course) we nominated best (goodest?) movie dogs to the Hall of Excellence. What’s Good Alonso - Dark Chocolate Oreos Drea - gift article links on Bluesky Michael - Superman discourse Kevin - finding his Tracy Bonham album (Sky Too Wide) ITIDIC Final Sundance in Park City Will Honor Its History in Utah and Founder Redford [https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/sundance-film-festival-2026-robert-redford-park-city-1235138371/] Alamo Founder Launches Private Movie Experience in New York City [https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/alamo-drafthouse-tim-league-metro-private-cinema-new-york-1235138318/] The Devil Wears Prada Sequel Set for Next Spring  [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2025-07-09/devil-wears-prada-2-cast-release-date-whos-back] HoE Nominees Alonso - Asta (The Thin Man) Drea - Dug (Up) Michael - Old Yeller  Kevin - E. Buzz (Poltergeist) Staff Picks Drea - Life After [https://www.sundance.org/blogs/life-after-examines-the-implications-of-a-growing-right-to-die-movement] Alonso - The Damned [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-damned-2024] (2024) Michael - Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/popstar-never-stop-never-stopping] Kevin - Hero at Large [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/hero-at-large] Michael's Characters Welcome Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/characters_welcome] Follow us on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social], Facebook [http://facebook.com/groups/maximum_film], Instagram [http://instagram.com/maximumfilmpodcast], or Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/maximumfilm/] With Kevin Avery [https://www.instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy] Drea Clark [http://twitter.com/thedreaclark] Alonso Duralde [https://bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social] Produced by Marissa Flaxbart [http://instagram.com/flaxbart] Sr. Producer Laura Swisher [http://twitter.com/swish]

It’s week two of our inadvertent two-week celebration of the post-apocalypse on film. This time around, Danielle Deadwyler and Michael Greyeyes head up a family fighting to protect their land and their lives from murderously hungry intruders in 40 ACRES. NPR Pop-Culture Happy Hour’s co-host Aisha Harris joins us to discuss this feature debut from RT Thorne. What’s Good? Alonso - Making pignoli cookies Drea - Wedge Live Cat Tour [https://wedgelive.com/cat-tour/] Aisha - Finally falling for Love Island USA Kevin - Tinder Box [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250624017/tinderbox/] by James Andrew Miller ITIDIC 1. John M. Chu to direct Mattel’s Hot Wheels movie [https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/7/7/jon-m-chu-to-direct-live-action-hot-wheels-movie-for-warner-bros-mattel] 2. Behind-the-scenes creative meddling on Pixar’s Elio [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/elio-pixar-america-ferrera-director-queer-2-1236301860/] List of “Down on the Farm” Movie Quiz Movies [https://letterboxd.com/maximumfilm/list/down-on-the-farm/] Staff Picks Drea - Sovereign [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/sovereign-2025] Alonso - Before We Forget [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/duino] Aisha - The Annihilation of Fish [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-annihilation-of-fish] Kevin - The Girl with All the Gifts [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts] All of Aisha’s links can be found at AishaHarris.com  [http://aishaharris.com] Follow us on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social], Facebook [http://facebook.com/groups/maximum_film], Instagram [http://instagram.com/maximumfilmpodcast], or Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/maximumfilm/] With Kevin Avery [https://www.instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy] Drea Clark [http://twitter.com/thedreaclark] Alonso Duralde [https://bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social] Produced by Marissa Flaxbart [http://instagram.com/flaxbart] Sr. Producer Laura Swisher [http://twitter.com/swish]

23 years later, director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland bring the rage virus back to life with their sequel to 28 Days Later, 28 Years Later. Actor and director Graham Skipper guests this week to talk about the trilogy, Alpha prosthetics, and coming of age in a zombie UK. Then, we discuss the dream 23-years-later sequels we want to see. What’s Good Alonso - Chef Alison Roman [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP2dODeygZWBJe2xoby-XzQ] Drea -"Hi Andrea!" and Drea's Close Personal Friend Lucy Liu Kevin - Trader Joe's Brazil Nut Body Scrub [https://www.traderjoes.com/home/products/pdp/brazil-nut-body-scrub-074814] ITIDIC * Denis Villeneuve to Direct Next Bond [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/denis-villeneuve-direct-next-james-bond-film-1236300002/] * New York Times Names ‘Parasite’ the Best Film of 21 Century (So Far) [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/best-movies-21st-century.html#movie-20] Staff Picks Alonso - M3GAN 2.0 [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/m3gan-2-0] Drea- Ponyboi [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/ponyboi-2025] Kevin - Rammbock: Berlin Undead [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/rammbock-berlin-undead] Follow Graham Skipper [https://www.instagram.com/skipstagraham/?hl=en] on Instagram @skipstagraham [https://www.instagram.com/skipstagraham/?hl=en]   Follow us on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social], Facebook [http://facebook.com/groups/maximum_film], Instagram [http://instagram.com/maximumfilmpodcast], or Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/maximumfilm/] With Kevin Avery [https://www.instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy] Drea Clark [http://twitter.com/thedreaclark] Alonso Duralde [https://bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social] Produced by Marissa Flaxbart [http://instagram.com/flaxbart] Sr. Producer Laura Swisher [http://twitter.com/swish]

Film critic Katie Walsh joins us to take a close look at the various desirable qualities of MATERIALISTS, the sophomore feature from director Celine Song. Then, we talk about movies that didn’t quite match what their trailers were selling. What’s Good Alonso - Sick and Dirty by Michael Koresky [https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/sick-and-dirty-9781639732548/] Katie - Love Island “I’m a mommy [https://www.glamour.com/story/im-a-mommy-meme-love-island-usa-season-7]” meme Kevin - full-on astrology chart ITIDIC * 48 Films Awarded Tax Credits To Shoot in California [https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/california-awards-film-tax-credits-one-of-them-days-sequel-1235134418/] * Megalopolis is Going on a Roadshow [https://deadline.com/2025/06/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-tour-1236436800/] * Robert Eggers Developing ‘A Christmas Carol’ Adaptation at WB [https://deadline.com/2025/06/robert-eggers-a-christmas-carol-warner-bros-willem-dafoe-1236431360/] Staff Picks Alonso - Sorry, Baby [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/sorry-baby] Katie - Christiane F [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/christiane-f] Kevin - The Hunt for Red October [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-hunt-for-red-october] Details for Alonso's screening of Ma Vie en Rose on June 28 [https://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/ma-vie-en-rose-6-28-25/] Follow us on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social], Facebook [http://facebook.com/groups/maximum_film], Instagram [http://instagram.com/maximumfilmpodcast], or Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/maximumfilm/] With Kevin Avery [https://www.instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy] Drea Clark [http://twitter.com/thedreaclark] Alonso Duralde [https://bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social] Produced by Marissa Flaxbart [http://instagram.com/flaxbart] Sr. Producer Laura Swisher [http://twitter.com/swish]

In honor of Pride Month, we’re taking a look back at an important title from queer cinema history. Our guest, Caden Mark Gardner [https://www.instagram.com/corpsesfoolsandmonster], is the co-author (with Willow Maclay) of Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725695/corpses-fools-and-monsters-by-willow-maclay/] – he picked this Vincente Minnelli classic for us to watch! Then, we choose which flawed movies we’d edit (and how we’d amend them) to make them work for us. You can stream Tea and Sympathy [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tea-and-sympathy] across lots of platforms, or check your local library.  What’s Good Alonso - Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 (sort of) Drea - Katya in the Criterion Closet [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCKxAojIGeg] Caden - dog ownership (and traveling to LA for event) Kevin - first hot dog in a while, best ever ITIDIC * Summer of 1956 will be a big movie season [https://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/564395?imagelist=1] (Erskine Johnson) * “Robert Rich” (secret alias of a blacklisted Dalton Trumbo) is Nominated for Best Screenwriter for The Brave One [https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/oscars-past-1957-the-year-hollywoods-anti-communist-blacklist-began-to-crumble] Staff Picks Alonso - The Cobweb [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-cobweb] Drea - The Power of the Dog [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-power-of-the-dog] Caden - Vulcanizador [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/vulcanizadora] Kevin - Blazing Saddles [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/blazing-saddles] LA Folks, Check out Alonso and Caden’s series “Taking Pride” with American Cinematheque! [https://www.americancinematheque.com/series/taking-pride/] See and learn about some great films, and get your books signed.     Follow us on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social], Facebook [http://facebook.com/groups/maximum_film], Instagram [http://instagram.com/maximumfilmpodcast], or Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/maximumfilm/] With Kevin Avery [https://www.instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy] Drea Clark [http://twitter.com/thedreaclark] Alonso Duralde [https://bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social] Produced by Marissa Flaxbart [http://instagram.com/flaxbart] Sr. Producer Laura Swisher [http://twitter.com/swish]