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MOVIE MIKE: Mike’s Diabolical Movie Take & Kelsey Traumatized by a Film + Movie Review: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie + Trailer Park: Dune: Part Three
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Kelsey
This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.
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Mike
Hello and welcome back to Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. It took a while to set up the studio today.
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Kelsey
Yeah, this is. This is not a. It's not a legit operation over here. Lest anyone think it is, I scooted the chair too hard, which didn't make me feel great about myself because it, like, shook the whole desk and then the microphone went down and then the camera went down. So.
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Mike
Well, I got some comments on YouTube saying that Kelsey's face is always blocked. And I'm like, no, we can't block.
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Kelsey
Not a bad thing.
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Mike
The only reason people watch these is because you are on them. Like the project Hail Mary review. Great views. Everything else with just me bad. Nobody cares. So I'm like, we got to stop blocking your face. So we have a different mic stand. That's. We'll see if it falls down by the end of the episode.
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Kelsey
It might. I might be hand holding this thing like I'm doing karaoke.
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Mike
But we are here to do our best and worst of March.
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Kelsey
A long month.
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Mike
Long.
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Kelsey
A really long month.
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Mike
A lot of movies started out. We got stronger towards the end. We're going to talk about one movie that traumatized both of us, led me to having nightmares. Two really weird days.
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Kelsey
You were down bad for those couple days. The vibes were off in this house.
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Mike
Distraught after watching this one movie. In the movie review, I'll be talking about Super Mario Galaxy, which I'm dragging you to see.
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Kelsey
You're not dragging me. I willingly said I would go. I like to go to movies on a Saturday.
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Mike
And in the trailer park, I'll be talking about Dune part three.
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Kelsey
Oh, God.
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Mike
Yeah, I know. Another one. Another. Almost three hours of sand and people fighting over the sand.
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Kelsey
Okay, I can. I can do it.
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Mike
The space potato.
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Kelsey
Space potato. That is what that movie is about.
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Mike
So thank you for being here. Thank you for being subscribed. Shout out to the Monday morning movie Crew. And now let's get this started. Let's talk movies from the Nashville Podcast Network. This is Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. All right, getting into our best and worst of the month. Kick us off. Best movie you saw.
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Kelsey
Is it a question?
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Mike
Yeah, I think we have the same one.
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Kelsey
Is it even a question? Do we say it on the count of three?
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Mike
One, two, three.
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Kelsey
Project Hail Mary. Duh.
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Mike
There was nothing that compared to this movie. A movie that I gave a five out of five, which I haven't done in two and a half years.
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Kelsey
There's nothing that's compared to this movie. In the past few years, like, phenomenal.
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Mike
And one that I feel holds up to the hype. I think it's one of those movies that unless you just hate movies or want to hate it for the reason of being so contrary to everybody else loving it. The only thing I really saw were people not happy with some of the things they left out of the book.
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Kelsey
And again, that's a. Anytime you do an adaptation of something, there's gonna be creative liberties taken to make the story flow better or just things that they have to do to make it work as a movie. A movie and a book are two very different things.
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Mike
Yeah, some people were just saying that it was a little bit dumbed down. And I'm like, you can't keep in all of the little details that heighten the book and still make an entertaining movie. You got to water it down a little bit. Like some of the stuff inside of his head, some of the severity of some injuries. The overall, I feel like maybe the action wasn't as intense as it was in the book, but I think it ended up working really well.
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Kelsey
But I also think that makes it a little more family friendly. You can enjoy it with everyone. And like, I think the timing of that coming out and then this week NASA doing the Artemis 2 launch around the moon, like, you're going to get kids that are really interested in space and like, how cool is that? And here's a movie that there's nothing to. There's nothing gratuitous about it. There's nothing too graphic, really. They did tame down some of the injuries. Like I think you can explain to kids about space. And I think it's a great movie that people of all ages can enjoy together.
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Mike
Which I think is what Ryan Gosling has said that he is kind of seeking out right now, is doing family friendly movies because, yeah, he has two kids and he wants to be able to make things that they can enjoy. And I'm good with that. Sometimes when I'm like, we're not going to get an R rated Ryan Gosling movie anymore. But with the movies he's put out recently, I am okay with that. I think I like Father Figure Ryan Gosling even more than him in the 2010s.
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Kelsey
Now I'm just imagining a montage of Ryan Gosling set to Father Figure by Taylor Swift. I don't think that's what you meant. I would also like to say I think that a movie like this, like, really brings people together. There was a comment that you got when you posted our review And I apologize that I don't remember the person's Instagram handle, but they said they were going to see it with their family and that their father in law had recently passed away, but that they and their father, father in law had really enjoyed the book together. And I just think there's something so special about things like that that people have a common interest or a shared interest. Like, my book club was really excited about this movie. We read and talked about it. And I think that's the cool thing about art and media and like, big releases like this is that it's a something for people to do together and you can talk about it and people that read the book and like, then you can compare and like, how cool to then be able to be like, oh, they didn't do it this way. But, like, take such an interest in something that you want to have these in depth conversations. So I thought that was really cool. And I just, I hope that that listener, if you're listening to this, enjoyed the film.
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Mike
I had to put that as my best of the month, but I will offer a second pick as my second best of the month because I didn't even get to fully talk about it on the podcast. But Hoppers so good poppers made me feel like a kid again in the best way.
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Kelsey
Where Lizard, lizard, potato.
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Mike
Where I think I was the one laughing the most in our theater, more so than the kids.
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Kelsey
We went to see this movie after doing our taxes.
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Mike
We had quite a tax day where it was. We sat down like the adults that
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Kelsey
we are, but we made a plan.
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Mike
Yes, we said, because last year, hate doing our taxes.
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Kelsey
Everybody doing our taxes.
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Mike
You haven't done them by now, you're cutting it close.
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Kelsey
You're cutting it close. Get them done. Last year we did them. We, like, didn't have anything else planned. And it was one of those where after you do your taxes and then you're like, I never want to spend money again. But this year we were just kind of like, let's do our taxes. Let's go out to eat at our favorite place, avo. Let's see Hoppers. Like, let's have something fun planned so that after we do the taxes, they don't take that long. It's just the act of doing them. And then just like seeing all your money go away and just being like that was depressing. So we saw hoppers after 10 out of 10 recommend doing that.
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Mike
It's like, as an adult, you don't get spring break anymore. You just get tax time.
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Kelsey
Yeah, you get tax season.
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Mike
But I was excited for this one. I feel like Pixar is back. The animals were so cute in this movie. So cute where they had this animation that it made them feel like I just wanted to reach into the screen and like touch them because they look so soft and cuddly.
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Kelsey
They did look so.
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Mike
And I loved how they made the difference between when the animals would talk to each other and they could understand each other, that they had like the normal Pixar cartoonish eyes. And then whenever the human saw them, they went to like the little black eyes, like a funko pop would ask. And I just thought that contrast was so fun.
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Kelsey
I didn't even know that I noticed that. I think I probably did, but I don't know that I clocked it because
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Mike
whenever there scenes with like they're speaking and they're like trying to communicate with the humans and then the human is freaking out because you had this beaver just like mumbling at them and they said anything.
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Kelsey
Yes.
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Mike
I thought that was hilarious. And there were other moments that I was not expecting in a family friendly film. And not that it like teetered on like innuendo or anything that was a little bit more adult, but even at the very beginning of the movie, they address the circle of life in nature of like, if you're hungry, you got to eat. Certain animals die. Which you don't really get that in Pixar or Disney movies where the animals don't really do animal things like eat other animals or die unless like the Lion King or something. But they were very upfront about death and the way that do what you
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Kelsey
got to do to survive.
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Mike
And I just thought that was kind of refreshing that you have this movie about animals acting like animals, not really like these mythical fairy creatures. I felt like that was probably great for kids who are maybe used to seeing just dumb animal movies. I feel like this is a little bit more sophisticated. And me, I was loving it. I was laughing the entire time. I thought the movie also had a lot of emotion. Within the first 10 to 15 minutes of this, I felt more than I do in like some dramas that are like two hours long and Oscar worthy. And I think that is what I was missing from a good Pixar movie. It reminded me of up, that opening scene in up that wrecks you emotionally from the very beginning of that movie.
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Kelsey
God, I love that movie.
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Mike
We kind of got that feeling again of creating this character, giving you their backstory, which she is so like in love with animals, tries to take them from her School and rescue them, and you get to know about her as a person. And it builds out so much of that story in that opening scene that you feel like you know her through the rest of the movie, and then you're completely invested in the story.
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Kelsey
And if anyone has a kid who ever tried to take an animal or rescue them from a school, I'm curious. I have the opposite. I have. I told the story about how I accidentally killed the class guinea pig in the third grade.
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Mike
Tell us more.
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Kelsey
Okay, so I don't. I don't do rodents. Honestly. The only animal I like is a dog. I just. I don't do it. I don't like rodents. I never wanted a gerbil, a guinea pig. So I moved to this new school in, like, the middle of third grade. And we had this class guinea pig named Persephone or 70. And it was my week, but you had to, like, feed it and, like, touch it. And I don't think that kids who, like, don't want to do that should be forced to do it in the class rotation. Like, give me another chore in the class.
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Mike
Like, don't force me to opt out of the.
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Kelsey
And so I switched with someone. I guess they forgot to fiend Persephone. Or maybe it was Persephone's time to go. But it did happen on my watch, so rip Persephone.
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Mike
I don't mind rodents.
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Kelsey
I just didn't want to be voluntold to do it. Like, let me, like, clap the erasers after school or something.
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Mike
I don't mind rodents. I don't mind snakes. I've held a snake before. I was a little drunk when I did that, so maybe that kind of changed how my approach to it.
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Kelsey
I have questions.
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Mike
I was hanging out with my cousin at these apartments in Waxahachie, and somebody just had a snake for some reason.
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Kelsey
Say less.
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Mike
We'd been drinking and we went over there and, like, want to hold a snake? Yeah, sure, I'll hold a snake. And I think there's a picture somewhere of me with the pretty big snake.
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Kelsey
Did you, like, Britney Spears it? Like, around the neck?
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Mike
No, no, it wasn't that big. I think I just held it around my arm.
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Kelsey
Okay.
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Mike
But I probably would not have done that sober. But that also made me less afraid of snakes. So I would hold another snake. And I don't have to be drunk to do that.
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Kelsey
Okay.
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Mike
And then the only animal that still freaks me out to this day. Chickens. Chickens freak me. I just can't do chickens. Birds in general are a little Weird.
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Kelsey
Do you ever tell the story about when the. Is it a hawker?
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Mike
An owl? I got attacked by an owl, which. The other day I was running and I saw a bald eagle. And I almost had flashbacks of that owl attacking me. I've just had bad encounters with birds.
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Kelsey
They're scary.
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Mike
As a kid going to Mexico every year, the chickens. You have to use the bathroom outside. There's no running water. So we would have to go at night and walk what they call the huerta. I don't know what that translates to. It's just where all the cactus are.
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Kelsey
No, I'm out.
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Mike
And that's where you go to the bathroom. And I would have to walk underneath this giant tree at my grandma's house. And that's where all the chickens would go at night to sleep. They would just climb up the tree and they'd all sleep there. So you'd have to walk underneath the tree and you just hear these chickens and you're walking through, they're pooping on you. That would always terrify me because I'd have to walk underneath them. Sometimes one would be, like, hanging out and then run up the tree. That always freaked me out. And they would chase you in Mexico. They freaked me out. And then one time. That's probably like three or four years ago. I was on a run in Waxahachie. I did go early. I had a white hat. And maybe the owl thought I was, like, some kind of rodent thing on my head. Or it was at its nest and maybe it was protecting.
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Kelsey
Remember when we saw the owl take the.
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Mike
Oh.
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Kelsey
On our walk that time?
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Mike
That's what made me think of that
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Kelsey
was Circle of Life.
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Mike
So maybe they saw the white of my hat, thought it was a rodent or they were trying to protect their nest and it came down, swoop down, grab, like, the back of my head.
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Kelsey
You have a little mark on a
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Mike
mark on my hat. And then it came back down again and I just booked it. I was like, stop chasing me, bro.
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Kelsey
All right. Now that we're done with your trauma
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Mike
of chickens but it goes back to me loving Hoppers. I love almost every animal, except I just. I just can't do birds. They just freak me out a little bit. All right, our worst of the month. What do you got?
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Kelsey
Oh, I'm gonna talk about the movie that traumatized us more. Trauma. Oh, I feel stressed. Okay, so we saw it advertised in theaters last year. I saw, like, one trailer. It's called the Anniversary.
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Mike
Anniversary.
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Kelsey
Anniversary. It has Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Phoebe Denver. I don't know how to say her last name. Oh, my gosh.
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Mike
Dylan O'. Brien.
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Kelsey
Thank you. McKenna. Grace.
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Mike
She's in everything.
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Kelsey
Zoe Deutsch.
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Mike
Love her.
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Kelsey
So it's about this family and I. We knew that, like, Dylan o' Brien's new girlfriend, like, causes drama in the family. That's the premise. Kind of told. We don't know how though. And. But it is just like the most traumatizing thing because it's so dark in a way that's like. That doesn't feel that far off from what could happen in society with drones
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Mike
and just how much we are being spied on all the time.
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Kelsey
Yes. And just like the influence and, like, how it spread really freaked me out. It was dark. It was really dark.
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Mike
I feel like this movie didn't do well because it's incredibly hard to market. Oh.
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Kelsey
They even said they were like, it's very, like, incendiary because it's. It's political, dystopian.
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Mike
There is no real redeeming quality of the story. I will say without spoiling anything else,
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Kelsey
it was like, it wasn't a Sunday night movie.
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Mike
No. Which I.
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Kelsey
We didn't know because the description is very vague.
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Mike
And the movie title is also kind of Big Anniversary. You're like, is this going to be about two people celebrating a certain amount of years of marriage? But I think it's one that you finish and your jaw is kind of just open. And the only thing I took away from it was feeling bummed out where I went to sleep that night. I had a nightmare. And then I woke up the next day still thinking about the story and just had this funk over my head.
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Kelsey
You were. You were a real bummer. Monday, Tuesday, Monday.
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Mike
It took me two days to get out of the funk where overall, all these characters, which it is just a bunch of people arguing basically the entire movie. Moments that get really tense and characters that have no redeeming qualities. Nobody, nobody in the movie. Everybody is awful to each other. It made me not want to be rich, which I think we've been watching some things recently that I realize that just because you have money doesn't mean you don't have problems. And I almost don't like rich people problems more than I like normal people problems. Because rich people are vicious. There is some kind of thing that comes out of like a. Well, not even rich, but like people who are wealthy who have been wealthy for a long time. There are these cutting conversations they have in this movie that I feel like that's something I probably won't experience because I won't ever deal with these type of people. But it was hard to find any redeeming quality out of any character, out of any plot point. And it just made you feel bummed out. So I can't imagine if we went to go see this movie in theaters.
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Kelsey
I'd have left.
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Mike
How much would have wrecked us even more.
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Kelsey
It was dark dystopian in a way that, like, the Hunger Games isn't dystopian because you're a little. Like, that's never going to happen because it's. But this was dark dystopian in a. Like, I could imagine this happening in a very dark reality in the future far off. Like, maybe I'm not alive for that, but I could see it happening.
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Mike
Yeah. So that is one we. We do not.
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Kelsey
I don't. I don't recommend. Again, loved the cast. Although I read a whole cast.
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Mike
It's one that affected me emotionally so much that it made me not like the movie. Even though the movie itself. I don't feel as bad. Like, it's not a poorly directed movie. The cast isn't bad. There's nothing about the actual performance or quality of the movie that is bad.
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Kelsey
It's the underlying message and what it makes you feel about society.
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Mike
It's the content of it. So we wouldn't really recommend it because of how it's going to make you feel. But not that it's a bad movie. So it is interesting to have it as your worst. Not so much that it. Because it was like, oh, that was terrible. Kyle Chandler was awful. He can't act anymore.
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Kelsey
No. They were all phenomenal.
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Mike
It's just so intense that you have to be in a place to watch it mentally. Which I don't know what place you have to be in to reach it. Be so objective. And I think with everything going on in the world now, where I think we'll talk about more when we talk about our TV shows that I'm actively seeking out movies and TV shows that aren't as dark. Which is why I was so excited for the Super Mario Brothers movie this weekend.
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Kelsey
Yeah.
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Mike
Because I just can't deal with everything being so.
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Kelsey
Why do you think I love reality tv.
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Mike
Yeah.
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Kelsey
Although Bravo lovers. I could do a whole separate podcast on that Dark week for the Bravo sphere.
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Mike
But I now see a little bit more why people do seek out those types of things. And I'm somebody who really doesn't let those things affect me because I feel like any emotion that a TV show or a movie can give you is currency to me. Like, that's what I want to feel. I want a movie that can give me that type of reaction. And this time, I just wasn't looking for that type of reaction. So that is a strong worst for you. Yeah, for me, my worst was Scream 7, and I kind of got. I always, like, convince myself that I'm more excited for a legacy horror movie like this when I go see it in theaters, because I always go see these, usually by myself, because you don't want to see these. So I find it's kind of like a little comfort thing. If I go, I take my coffee, which we're drinking our high brews right now. Not a sponsor, but hit us up
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Kelsey
if you want to be.
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Mike
I go, I have my high brew, I have my snack, and I sit right. I like to sit a little bit closer when you don't go. And in the middle. And that's just like my little comfort spot. Watching a horror movie.
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Kelsey
I'm an end cap girl because I probably have to go pee at some point. I don't want to walk over people.
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Mike
Yeah. I like it a lot better when we're together, but if it's just me, I don't mind it. And then you want other people, like
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Kelsey
strangers around you smuggling you.
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Mike
No, normally nobody else is around me because I get that. I like to be close. I don't think the front row of a movie theater is the worst row anymore. I think with the.
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Kelsey
That's a hot take.
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Mike
Yeah. The front row of the movie theater is actually a pretty good spot right now with. If you are in a theater that has recliners, though.
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Kelsey
No, you made us Star wars years ago. That was not a comfortable viewing experience.
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Mike
I love being engulfed in the screen. And if you sit in that front row and lean it all the way back.
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Kelsey
Second row, maybe, front row.
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Mike
Now, front row is. I think it's great because you lean all the way back and you look up and you just have screen to the left. You have screen to the right, and it feels like you are in the movie. I think front row is legit.
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Kelsey
All right. Front row Joe.
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Mike
Yeah, that was the guy from Cinemart. Did you know that?
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Kelsey
Yeah.
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Mike
Yeah, I love front row Joe.
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Kelsey
Well, actually, I knew it was from something, and I was hoping you would know because I just. I was like, this is a reference in the back of my brain.
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Mike
I don't think they use front row Joe anymore. But we don't have Cinemark. I used to love Cinemark.
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Kelsey
We love going to Cinemark when we go home to Texas.
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Mike
Cinemark is good, but I did not enjoy Scream 7 whatsoever.
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Kelsey
I think if it Whatsoever, it's a strong.
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Mike
I think if it weren't for the fact of me having this podcast, I would probably dip out of the Scream franchise at this point. But it's kind of one of those things, like some people have vicious exes, they just keep going back to. That is Scream for me. I'm just like, they burned me in that last one, but I'm going to go back. I'm gonna go be hurt again. But I gave that one a two out of five. My lowest of the month. Going back now through all the movies we saw in March. I started it off trying to catch up on some Oscar movies, and I watched. It was just an Accident. It is about a guy who runs into his former torturer. Really intense. And it's him and these group of people who were all tortured by the same person. It was the movie I wanted to win for best picture very. At the very end because it was so good. And maybe it's just like if you watch something really close to the Oscars and you're like, oh, that's so good.
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Kelsey
Also, the Oscars were just last month. March was so long.
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Mike
It was so long. But if you are open to watching international films where you don't understand the language, I really think if you went into it was just an accident with an open mind, you would enjoy it. I think it's just a completely different style of filmmaking in a story that feels a little bit unconventional, but it works so well. I also went to go see the Bride, which I thought was going to be good.
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Kelsey
Yeah, you were excited for that.
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Mike
Jesse Buckley, Christian Bale. That one kind of let me down. So we started out March, kind of on a low note, but then we saw Hoppers. It got good. Project Hail Mary got good. I saw a horror movie called Undertone, which was about this podcaster who gets a bunch of mysterious files sent to her show, and then they listen to them and uncover, like, this crazy mystery just by listening to random voice memos. And it was a movie that wasn't that great visually. It was a movie made more for your ears, which was weird in the very beginning.
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Kelsey
I remember seeing the trailer for this Now.
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Mike
Yeah, it's a girl basically just doing like, we are now, sitting at the desk at night and they're listening to all these crazy files, and then a bunch of crazy things start actually happening to her. She has a sick mom, which there's always a sick Parent in a horror movie. And by the end of it, I was truly scared. I rarely get scared during horror movies, but I think it was the fact that they utilized the sound so well that there was a moment that I felt like there was something in the theater with me because it was so dark and the way they would pan voices and sounds from the left to the right and it got so loud that it was genuinely freaky.
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Kelsey
I don't like this. I'm getting.
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Mike
So I'm curious how that would translate at home though, because it's not in theaters anymore unless I'm not watching it.
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Kelsey
So don't test it out on me.
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Mike
But I imagine if you watched it at home and put on headphones, I feel like that would be terrifying. Watch it at night all alone. So if you miss that one in theaters, I do recommend it. It is kind of low, but it's an 824 movie. But like I said, don't watch it expecting to see the best thing. But if you let your mind go to the places that they are playing throughout, I think it's interesting.
- [22:06]
Kelsey
Like, okay, onto something else.
- [22:08]
Mike
One, they could just put that movie out as an audio file because there are like horror podcasts.
- [22:12]
Kelsey
Okay.
- [22:12]
Mike
It would be terrifying in itself. All right.
- [22:14]
Kelsey
Really freaking me out.
- [22:15]
Mike
I watched also in Oscar prep, the Secret Agent. I couldn't get into it. I felt like that was the weakest of all the best picture nominees.
- [22:25]
Kelsey
I wanted to see it. And then I saw that it was like 245 runtime and I was like.
- [22:29]
Mike
It was. It was very long. The first, I would say 45 minutes were great. That I was all in. And then it got into a lot of politics in Brazil and a lot of like deep dive, which is really interesting. It was interesting.
- [22:42]
Kelsey
We saw a movie, the movie in 2024 that ended up winning foreign film Oscars. 2025 or Fernanda 1.
- [22:51]
Mike
Oh, I was here. I was almost.
- [22:54]
Kelsey
I'm still here.
- [22:54]
Mike
I'm still here.
- [22:55]
Kelsey
Yes. That was phenomenal. That's also about Brazil.
- [22:58]
Mike
That was great. This one wasn't as action packed as that movie. Didn't really have like the family connection that I felt in that. It was. I would say the coolest thing about it is that it takes place in the 70s and it looked like it was filmed in the 70s where every single person looked like they belonged in that time period. And I felt like I was transported into Brazil in the 70s. March was a big year for horror. I also watched Ready or Not 2 and another movie called they Will Kill youl, which I think was interesting because those movies came out within a week of each other and they are very similar. It almost felt like a twin film situation where you have, like, Volcano and Dante's Peak, A Bug's Life and Ants.
- [23:37]
Kelsey
Oh, Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Justin Timber,
- [23:41]
Mike
no Strings Attached to and Friends With Benefits.
- [23:44]
Kelsey
Thank you.
- [23:45]
Mike
Yeah, I'm an encyclopedia. Twin film.
- [23:47]
Kelsey
Love those movies, but those are very twin film.
- [23:50]
Mike
So it kind of felt like that. Where I liked both of them. I gave them both a four out of five, but they kind of felt like the same movie. And neither of them performed too well at the box office. And then on Hulu, I watched Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice, which was the new. Yeah. And James Morrison movie.
- [24:09]
Kelsey
Okay.
- [24:10]
Mike
I don't think you would have liked it. It was kind of a generic action movie with a time machine thrown in.
- [24:15]
Kelsey
All right.
- [24:16]
Mike
Or, you know, sometimes they're like, what would make this story better?
- [24:19]
Kelsey
Hot tub. Time machine.
- [24:20]
Mike
Yeah, let's just throw in a time machine. I feel like seeing Vince Vaughn in a movie now is kind of weird. Where he was so famous in the 2000s and now I feel like he's just kind of trying to get that streaming money. He kind of feels like a Mark Wahlberg to me, who's just like, ooh, exciting words. Who's like, I'm famous. I can use star power to get these roles, but I'm not going to bring that much to the table. I also feel like Vince Vaughn approaches movies very cavalier. Where I've heard him and Reese Witherspoon when they were making four each other. Because what is charming about his approach to acting is you feel like he is very Vince Vaughn in every role because he has kind of a freer approach to learning his lines. He likes to improvise. He likes to put a lot of himself into his character. And he had to play two different people in this movie, which really helps me there. Michael B. Jordan did so well in Sinners. That's a thing that's going to be taking a lot more out of actors to do.
- [25:21]
Kelsey
Now, listen, people that could do well. Michael B. Jordan, Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff. That's the list. That's the end.
- [25:27]
Mike
I was. Why did I go to Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen? I forgot they're twins.
- [25:32]
Kelsey
There are two of them.
- [25:33]
Mike
Yeah, there are two of them. They have.
- [25:34]
Kelsey
There were two of them playing one person on Full House. I think you flip flop.
- [25:37]
Mike
Your head is close. But that was the list of all the movies we saw. In March. TV shows. What do you want to talk about?
- [25:46]
Kelsey
We are years behind on starting this shrinking.
- [25:50]
Mike
Yeah. Why did nobody tell us about this show?
- [25:52]
Kelsey
I'm kind of glad because now we have a lot to watch. It is bringing me so much joy in my life.
- [25:58]
Mike
I love it. It is from the creator of Scrubs and a lot of other TV shows.
- [26:03]
Kelsey
The writing, phenomenal. It is both emotional and funny and there's joy and it's just witty and everything about it.
- [26:13]
Mike
I think because I knew it was about Jason Siegel's wife dying that I thought it was going to be a sad TV show. And while there are sad moments, there are so many happy moments.
- [26:25]
Kelsey
I want the episodes to be longer and it's not long enough.
- [26:27]
Mike
I kind of love the 30 minutes.
- [26:29]
Kelsey
No, but I just mean, like, we go through them quicker.
- [26:31]
Mike
Oh, yeah. But we already finished all of season one.
- [26:35]
Kelsey
I like we're going through it too fast.
- [26:37]
Mike
I think because we watch so many movies, I appreciate a 30 minute show that feels a little bit less intimidating. Because I would be more open to sitting down watching two 30 minute episodes of shrinking than watching one 45 minute episode of another. I've learned and I feel like so many. I think why I love this show so much right now is because I feel like everything we've been watching is so heavy and dark and murder based. And they have like that Netflix formula where that first episode, opening scene, dead body, you got to figure out how that body died. And they do all these back steps on like, who killed them. And I feel like every show has had that formula because it works, because you watched that first episode and then you had to figure it out. So you watch the entire series. It just feels like there have been so many shows like that just this year already that I needed a palate cleanser. And shrinking, is that where I feel like I could be friends with this entire cast. It makes me a bigger fan of Harrison Ford, which, I mean, I didn't need another reason to be a fan of Harrison Ford. But I love his character so much. He's my favorite character in the show.
- [27:40]
Kelsey
I want one of Liz's rocks. I want to be trusted with one of Liz's rocks.
- [27:44]
Mike
It's those things that this is how you write a TV show where all these characters, you know their personality and you know how they would react in certain situations because they're so well rounded, where they have these quirks that identify them, that it is almost like, you know, they say like a great character you can define by their silhouette. I Feel like a great character. You can also define by, like, the things that they would do in any situation. Like, oh, you're being a Ross right now. You don't really get that a whole lot anymore because it's all like, murder drama shows.
- [28:14]
Kelsey
Did you just call me a Ross?
- [28:16]
Mike
I was just saying, in general, I
- [28:17]
Kelsey
don't identify as a Ross.
- [28:19]
Mike
Who are you?
- [28:20]
Kelsey
Monica Wing. Chandler. OCD Monica. Little neurotic Chandler. Like, I think I'm funny with my sarcasm, but it doesn't always hit.
- [28:27]
Mike
Yeah, I feel more like a Chandler Wing. Joey with the food.
- [28:33]
Kelsey
Yes. Joey doesn't share food.
- [28:36]
Mike
But I think that is why this show feels so good and a show that I really needed in my life and also kind of forgot how good Jason Siegel is in a role like this. Like, it reminded me of, like, early Freaks and Geeks, man. He's kind of underrated.
- [28:50]
Kelsey
Yeah. Also, we haven't watched it yet, but there's a new season of Love on the Spectrum.
- [28:53]
Mike
We got that to dive into.
- [28:54]
Kelsey
Very excited about that.
- [28:56]
Mike
And then on Netflix, I finally finished the first season of One Piece because season two came out in March and I was like, I never finished the first season. So I finished that. Season one is good. Like, I like One Piece, but starting season two now, I'm like three episodes in. It's so much better. So I'm not finished with that. But I think it's because the first season was successful that they ramped up the budget. I'd probably give season one like a 3.5, but I'm already teetering on the four for season two.
- [29:24]
Kelsey
I love a bigger budget.
- [29:25]
Mike
And then your book.
- [29:26]
Kelsey
I read a lot in march. Read like 11 books. I needlepointed a lot less. But do one or the other. I'm going to go with. It was actually the second to last book that I finished for the month. It's called so Old, so Young by Grant Gender. And it is about a group of friends from college and their lives over the next 20 years. It's set at about six parties over their lives, like the New Year's Eve party where they all become friends, a wedding, a birthday party, that sort of thing. And it's just. It's kind of like a slice of life book. But the writing's really good and the characters are all flawed, but you find yourself, like, rooting for them. And yeah, I loved it.
- [30:03]
Mike
The only thing I read this month was I got the Superman Spider man comic crossover.
- [30:09]
Kelsey
There you go.
- [30:09]
Mike
And it was good.
- [30:10]
Kelsey
You were looking forward to it.
- [30:11]
Mike
I know.
- [30:12]
Kelsey
I was glad you found it.
- [30:13]
Mike
And that is our best and worst of March. I'll come back.
- [30:17]
Kelsey
Oh I would just like to plug my book Instagram again. It is at KelseyRodreads. That's K E L S E Y R O D R E A D S. I'm really appreciating everyone following and I'm enjoying interacting and talking about books with everyone. I've had some great suggestions from people and it's just fun to get to chat books. So if you're interested in knowing what I'm reading, what I'm recommending, I also follow a lot of accounts that talk about what movies or what books are being made into movies or TV shows. And then I'll post about like when new books are like there's a new like American Girl Doll book for adults coming out this year. I think the Gossip Girl writer is writing a new one. There's going to be like a new like Nancy Drew as an adult. So I'm trying to like hunt down cool book information and share it with everyone. So if you're interested in that, we'll
- [31:02]
Mike
also put that in the episode notes. I'll come back and give my spoiler free review of Super Mario Galaxy.
- [31:09]
Kelsey
We're lost.
- [31:10]
Leigh Ann
It feels like we're going round in circles. I'm gonna ask that man for directions. Hi there. We're trying to get to the state fairgrounds.
- [31:19]
T-Mobile Rep
Well, you're going to take a left at the old oak tree at this here road.
- [31:23]
Kelsey
Nah, I'm just kidding.
- [31:24]
T-Mobile Rep
Let me get my phone out.
- [31:25]
Leigh Ann
How is there signal out here?
- [31:27]
T-Mobile Rep
T Mobile and US Cellular are coming together so the network out here is huge. We get the same great signal as as the city, saving a boatload with benefits. And there's a five year price guarantee too. Okay, here's the turn.
- [31:39]
Leigh Ann
Actually, can you pull up the way to a T Mobile store?
- [31:43]
T-Mobile Rep
America's best network just got bigger. Switch to T Mobile today and get built in benefits the other guys leave out. Plus our five year price guarantee. And now T Mobile is available at U S Cellular stores in Hermiston. Best Mobile Network Based on analysis by Oklo Speed test intelligence data second half of 2025 bigger network the combination of T Mobile's and US Cellular's network footprints will enhance the T Mobile network's coverage price guarantee on talk text and data exclusions like taxes and fees apply. See t mobile.com for details.
- [32:09]
Mike
With VRBoCare, help is always ready before, during and after your stay. We've planned for the plot twists so support is Always available because a great trip starts with peace of mind.
- [32:24]
Podcast Host Iris Palmer
Hey, earners, what's up? Look, money is something we all deal with, but financial literacy is what helps turn income into real. On each episode of the podcast, earn your leisure, we break down the conversations you need to understand money investing and entrepreneurship. From stocks and real estate to credit business and generational wealth, we translate complex financial topics into real conversations everyone can understand. Because the truth is, most people were never taught how money really works. But once you understand the system, you can start to build within it. That means ownership, smarter investing, and creating opportunities not just for yourself, but but for the next generation. If you want to learn how to build wealth, understand the markets, and think like an owner, Earn your Leisure is the podcast for you. Listen to earn your leisure on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
- [33:16]
Kelsey
Will Ferrell's Big Money players and iHeart podcast presents soccer moms.
- [33:21]
Leigh Ann
So, I'm Leanne.
- [33:21]
Kelsey
Yeah.
- [33:22]
Leigh Ann
This is my best friend, Janet. And we have been joined at the hip since high school.
- [33:25]
Kelsey
Absolutely.
- [33:26]
Leigh Ann
Now, a redacted amount of years later, we're still joined at the hip, just
- [33:30]
Kelsey
a little bit bigger, hips wider.
- [33:32]
Leigh Ann
This is a podcast. We're recording it as we tailgate our youth soccer games in the back of
- [33:36]
Kelsey
my Honda Odyssey with all the snacks and drinks.
- [33:40]
Leigh Ann
Sidebar. Why did you get hard seltzer instead of beer?
- [33:43]
Kelsey
Well, they had a bogo.
- [33:43]
Leigh Ann
Well, then you gotta.
- [33:44]
Kelsey
Do you want a white claw or something?
- [33:46]
Leigh Ann
Here, just hang it.
- [33:47]
Mike
What are y' all doing? Microphones? Are you making a rap album?
- [33:50]
Leigh Ann
I wish
- [33:53]
Mike
I would buy.
- [33:53]
Podcast Host Iris Palmer
It Cuts through the defense like a
- [33:55]
Mike
hot knife through sponge cake.
- [33:58]
Leigh Ann
That sounds delicious.
- [34:00]
Mike
Oh, you're lucky I'm not a drug addict. You're lucky I'm not an alcoholic. You are lucky I'm not a killer. I love this team, and I'm really
- [34:07]
T-Mobile Rep
trying to be a figure in their
- [34:09]
Mike
lives that they can rely on.
- [34:10]
Leigh Ann
Oh, listen to soccer moms on the
- [34:16]
Kelsey
iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Yahoo.
- [34:27]
Mike
Let's get into it now. A spoiler free movie review of the Super Mario Galaxy movie. The one thing I wanted when going to see this movie was a Yoshi popcorn bucket. And I'm happy to say, let me pull it out right now. Actually, this is where I would put it if I had one. I didn't get one. They were completely sold out. I knew I was running the risk of not going to see it opening night, and I really wanted to get one because I started seeing people on TikTok do all these creative things with them. They were getting these lights and putting it inside the egg, which I do have my stitch in the studio, which I love. My favorite thing out of any item in here, the problem with the stitch popcorn bucket is the popcorn goes in the back. You really can't do anything else with it. But since with the Yoshi popcorn bucket, the egg is in the front and. And you open it up from the front, I saw people go into Lowe's or Home Depot getting these little lights and putting it inside, and suddenly, bam, you have a Yoshi lamp. But I guess I did save myself almost $50 by not getting it, so that is okay. But I believe the addition of Yoshi in this movie made me love it even more than the original. Also voiced by one of my favorite actors, rappers, comedians, Donald Glover. And seeing him on this press tour, absolutely crush it and carry the entire thing. Which is wild because Yoshi, in the entire movie, really only says his name and a handful of other words. It is very much a Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy situation, where he only says, I am Groot, but yet is able to give all these emotions. And Vin Diesel makes a lot of money doing that. Donald Glover the exact same way, except I feel his presence and his energy inside of the cast brought so much life to this movie. It was, I believe, better than the first one, because I thought all the elements that they incorporated from all the video games, not just the Super Mario Galaxy games specifically, which I do enjoy, but from the games that I grew up playing, from Super Mario World and Land, all the video games. I thought the actual incorporation of all those side characters, all the villains and all the action was much better in this movie. What this movie is about, you find Bowser shrunken down. He is reformed. He is kind of like a Loki situation, where in the first Avengers, he was the bad guy, but now he's kind of still a bad guy trying to be a good guy, but he still has that rage in him. And then you have his son, Bowser Jr. Who wants to rescue his dad, and he also wants to take over the entire galaxy, and. And he does so by capturing Princess Rosalina, who is the most powerful princess in all of the cosmic. Right at the start of this movie, you get to meet Yoshi, and I think that was important. This movie really wastes no time. It's 90 minutes, and it gives you exactly what you want. Because unlike a Disney movie, I feel like illumination says, you know what? Let's throw out all those rules and just have fun. We're not really trying to teach a lesson here. Not really trying to build up an emotional story, which I do think there is just a little bit here, because you find Mario at a bit of a crossroads. He kind of has a crush on Princess Peach, which I really hoped that they wouldn't incorporate. I like the fact that Princess Peach is the boss. She runs all of the Mushroom Kingdom. She doesn't need Mario. She's the smarter one. She's the more powerful one. I feel like that dynamic is a little bit weird, but if you look at the history of the video games, that's always been a thing. But I like having this powerful female character in a movie aimed towards kids to show you that the princess doesn't always need rescuing and she is the most dominant one out of the entire film. So I kind of wish they didn't incorporate that, but I thought it was fine. You have Luigi still being classic Luigi, trying not to be scared of everything. Toad is the cute comic relief. But then it all goes back to Yoshi, but you have them trying to rescue Princess Rosalina and stop Bowser Jr. From his evil plan. I think the animation is fantastic. I don't think Illumination gets enough credit for bringing this franchise to life how it was intended to. You think back on that original movie from the 90s with John Leguizamo, where I loved it as a kid because I loved the video game so much, but it is so obscure and weird. Yoshi in that movie is an actual dinosaur, which may be the inclusion of an actual dinosaur in this movie was kind of like, okay, this is something that we're going to break back from the original movie. Although I kind of wish they would just give John Leguizamo a cameo. But nothing from that movie from the 90s resembled anything from the video game. The Goombas were weird. The mushrooms were weird. But I think the fact that that movie makes no sense whatsoever is why I enjoy it so much. But still, if I would have been given this franchise as a kid, would have completely changed my life. I know a lot of people love the Mario Kart in the first movie, love the Super Mario Smash Brothers incorporation, but I thought the actual action from the first person perspective, they incorporated even the old school, very first Super Mario Brothers in this movie, complete with them fighting Bowser in that same style. All those old great villains that I grew up just so frustrated with. When I could not beat them, I had to get my older brother to come help me. Those were all a part of this movie. So I saw some people criticizing it, saying it was just a service to the fans, of course. What do you want these movies to be? This is what we want in the same way that we want to go see a Marvel movie and see a bunch of random cameos. We've been conditioned to do this. They give us these things because we pay money to see the things we grew up playing. So of course it's going to be a service to the fans. And you're going to have Goombas and you're going to have the flying missiles. All those things that we grew up fighting and playing in the games. The thing I love the most is the score. The score in these movies instantly takes me back to being a kid. Because Super Mario has the best music in all of video games. Not only the iconic one that everybody knows, but Super Mario World has one of my favorite. Super Mario 64 is also fantastic. And it does it in a way that's very subtle. Also very classical and elegant. You have these strings that are very sophisticated sounding, but it's in that, like, it's very tasteful and I love it. Paired with the bright animation that is super vibrant and alive. With them going into outer space, I now see why they skipped over Super Mario Land because this definitely opens it up to a much bigger world. The inclusion of Glenn Powell as Star Fox was amazing. And now I want a Star Fox movie because whenever his character was introduced and they gave his backstory in that 80s animation style, kind of like the old Transformers show, I want that movie now. That made me feel so nostalgic for a time I didn't even grow up in. But I think that character shows you that they are building towards something. This almost felt like an Iron man type situation where they start introducing all these other characters and they're definitely building towards maybe a super smash Brothers movie. Star Fox tells me that they have much bigger plans in the Nintendo universe. You'll see, like Pikmin, all those characters that they're kind of soft launching into this. We are definitely building up towards something bigger and better. I would love a Mario Kart movie, even though they kind of already did that in the first movie. But I have to imagine we got to get a Super Smash Brothers movie eventually. I know they're doing the live action Zelda, but if we could get a Link appearance, could you imagine theaters going crazy for link appearing in the Super Mario Brothers movie? So I do think we are going to get there eventually and I am here for it. I think the Fact that we kind of skipped over their origin story. We got away from them being plumbers, and now they are just living in the mushroom kingdom. You get all the different combinations of suits. From the fire suits. We got frog Luigi, my favorite version of Luigi in the frog suit. I think that was the best suit out of all them. Which, by the way, Charlie Day, his voice was built for animation. I really think the entire voice cast is super solid. Anya Taylor Joy as Peach. I know a lot of people give Chris Pratt a lot of heat for his Super Mario, but I actually think it works here. But best character, best voice actor for sure goes to Donald Glover as Yoshi. That scene of Yoshi being introduced in his backstory of him walking with his butt towards the camera across New York City, getting into trouble. Give me that Yoshi movie immediately and give Donald Glover some more lines than just Yoshi. And I felt like a kid again leaving the theater so much that we stopped by Target on the way home. And I'm like, man, do I need another Super Mario video game. But I do have my list of my top five most played Super Mario games. At number five, I have Mario Kart, Wii. Whenever they introduce that actual steering wheel that you could put the Wii controller in, I think that is the last time my family really bonded over a video game. Which I think is why we all have a close connection to these video games. Because whether you were a kid, whether you were an adult, you could play the games because they're simple enough. But we got one back in like 2008. Maybe 2000. Yeah. Had to be 2008 when we got one, because they came out in like 2006, but it was a couple years before we got one. Played that game until my Wii stopped working. At number four, I have Super Mario Land, which I played so much on my Game Boy Pocket. I had a red Game Boy Pocket that I got from a garage sale for really cheap. Every Christmas, my family would spend 16 hours in a car driving from Texas to Mexico, and I would play that thing nonstop. Whenever it got dark at night, I would try to find, like some traffic lights in the corner of the truck that we were going in and try to find enough light to play. This was before the Game Boys were backlit. If you were more of a well off kid, you would get the light that would come with them and then you could play in the dark. I did not have that. But I love this video game. I do think it is an underrated one in the Mario franchise. And number three, I have Super Mario 3, the introduction of Super Mario and the raccoon suit. Gotta love that. At number two, I have Mario 64. When we got a Nintendo 64 in the 90s, I thought video games are never going to get better than this. And that was the flagship game. Everything from the interactive screen, whenever you first kick it on, you can mess with Mario's face. Had a bunch of great music. And then watching Super Mario Galaxy reminded me how dirty we all did that penguin. We all know what we did to that penguin in Super Mario 64. We threw that thing off the cliff and we had to live with that. And then it would come back and we'd be like, I'm sorry penguin. But that penguin did make a cameo in this movie. And at number one, Super Mario World on snes. I played this game so much. Yoshi being my favorite character in the franchise. All the times I had to sacrifice him to make a big jump, that always hurt me a little bit. I'm sorry, Yoshi. Watching this movie also reminded me how dirty I did you at times. But had the best music in my opinion. Had the best version of Bowser. All those levels that get more and more intense. Having that best controller, the SNES controller. At number one. My most played Super Mario game, Super Mario World. Also love Super Mario Galaxy. That would probably make it in my top 10. Played that one a lot. But this movie got out of it exactly what I wanted. Great voice acting, great visuals, great fan service for Super Mario Galaxy. I give it four out of five mushrooms.
- [46:18]
Kelsey
Yahoo. We're lost.
- [46:23]
Leigh Ann
It feels like we're going round in circles. I'm gonna ask that man for directions. Hi there. We're trying to get to the state fairgrounds.
- [46:31]
T-Mobile Rep
Well, you're going to take a left at the old oak tree at this here road.
- [46:36]
Mike
Nah, I'm just kidding.
- [46:37]
T-Mobile Rep
Let me get my phone out.
- [46:38]
Leigh Ann
How is their signal out here?
- [46:40]
T-Mobile Rep
T Mobile and US Cellular are coming together. So the network out here is huge. We get the same great signal as the city, saving a boatload with benefits. And there's a five year price guarantee too. Okay, here's the turn.
- [46:52]
Leigh Ann
Actually, can you pull up the way to a T Mobile store?
- [46:55]
T-Mobile Rep
America's best network just got bigger. Switch to T Mobile today and get built in benefits the other guys leave out. Plus our five year price guarantee. And now T Mobile is available at US Cellular stores in hermiston. Best Mobile network Based on analysis by Ooklo Speed test intelligence data second half of 2025 bigger network. The combination of T Mobile's and US Cellular's network footprints will enhance the T Mobile network's coverage price guarantee on talk text and data exclusions like taxes and fees apply. See t mobile.com for details.
- [47:21]
Podcast Host Iris Palmer
Hey earners, what's up? Look, money is something we all deal with, but financial literacy is what helps the turn income into real wealth. On each episode of the podcast, earn your Leisure, we break down the conversations you need to understand money investing and entrepreneurship. From stocks and real estate to credit business and generational wealth, we translate complex financial topics into real conversations everyone can understand. Because the truth is, most people were never taught how money really works. But once you understand the system, you can start to build within it. That means ownership, smarter investing, and creating opportunities not just for yourself, but for the next generation. If you want to learn how to build wealth, understand the markets, and think like an owner, earn your Leisure is the podcast for you. Listen to Earn your leisure on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
- [48:14]
Kelsey
Will Ferrell's Big Money Players and iheart Podcast presents Soccer Moms.
- [48:18]
Leigh Ann
So I'm Leigh Ann, this is my best friend Janet, and we have been joined at the hip since high school.
- [48:23]
Kelsey
Absolutely.
- [48:23]
Leigh Ann
Now, a redacted amount of years later, we're still joined at the hip, just
- [48:28]
Kelsey
a little bit bigger, hips wider.
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Leigh Ann
This is a podcast. We're recording it as we tailgate our youth soccer games in the back of
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Kelsey
my Honda Odyssey with all the snacks and drinks.
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Leigh Ann
Sidebar. Why did you get hard seltzer instead of beer?
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Kelsey
Oh, they had a bogo.
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Leigh Ann
Well, then you got it.
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Kelsey
Do you want a white collar stuff?
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Leigh Ann
Here, just hang it.
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Mike
What are y' all doing? Microphones. Are you making a rap album?
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Leigh Ann
No, I would.
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Mike
I would buy.
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Podcast Host Iris Palmer
It cuts through the defense like a
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Mike
hot knife through sponge cake.
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Leigh Ann
That sounds delicious.
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Mike
Oh, you're lucky I'm not a drug addict. You're lucky I'm not an alcoholic. You're lucky I'm not a killer. I love this team and I'm really
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T-Mobile Rep
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Mike
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Kelsey
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Mike
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Kelsey
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Leigh Ann
I'm Iris Palmer and my new podcast is called against all Odds. And that's exactly what the show is about. Doing whatever it takes to beat the odds. Get ready to hear from some of your favorite entrepreneurs and entertainers as they share stories about defying expectations, overcoming barriers, and breaking generational patterns. I'm talking to people like award winning actress, producer, and Director Eva Longoria. I think I had like $200 in my savings account. And my mom goes, what are you gonna do? And I was like, I'll figure it out. We had a one bedroom apartment for like $400 a month and we all could not afford. Like, I was like, how am I gonna make a hundred dollars a month? I'm opening up like I've never before. For those of you who think you know me from what you've seen on social media, get ready to see a whole new side of me. Listen to Against All Odds with Iris Palmer as part of the My Podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.
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Mike
It's time to head down to Movie Mike's Trailer Park. There are some movie franchises that I just cannot get into, and Dune just happens to be one of those franchises. To me, it feels like taking my vitamins, it feels like eating my vegetables. And as much as I love director denevo Newbury, who has done some amazing movies, beautifully cinematic movies that leave my jaw on the floor, I just cannot get into the Dune movies despite them looking visually off the charts, despite it having an incredible cast from Timothy Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Mamoa, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Anya Taylor Joy, who had a small little cameo in the last movie and is going to have a bigger role in Dune Part 3. Robert Pattinson, Javier Bardem, all of these elements that would make a fantastic dish that I would feast on. I watched these movies and to put it simply, I am bored. I find them to be a very, very tedious franchise where director Denis Villeneuve has described these movies as having three completely different identities. The first part was the contemplation, and boy, let me tell you, there was so much contemplation in that first movie. The second part he describes as a war movie, which initially, when that movie came out right before everybody was saying, that is where all the action is. It's gonna get so good. Timothy Chalamet is gonna ride a sandworm. And I was buying into it. It was okay. But at any given point in those movies, I am just so confused. And I'll be straight up with you. I feel lost. And it's probably my dumb brain who wants big, dumb action and connection with characters. And I just find it really hard to sink my teeth into an epic story where there are so many characters. It feels like Game of Thrones out in the desert, that maybe I just need it simplified. I feel like when I watch them, I need to be Taking notes. And a lot of people online make me feel bad for feeling that way, but that is my honest opinion. I feel that dune in the 2020s is the same way I felt about Lord of the rings in the 2000s, where those movies had high critical acclaim, won a bunch of awards, made a lot of money, but I just could not connect with the Lord of the Rings movies despite my best efforts. So here we go. We have Dune Part 3, which Denis Vilnuvis saying, this is going to be the thriller that. Now here I am again, thinking, here's where all the action is going to come. But this movie is taking place 12 years after where Dune Part 2 left off. Zendaya and Timothy Chalamet are about to have a baby, which we'll hear them talk about a little bit here in the trailer. So before I go, full on meltdown, but before we do, here's just a little bit of the Dune Part 3 trailer. If we have a girl, what will we name her? Her name should be Gneema. What if it's a boy? I would name him Leto so he would have the wisdom of his grandfather.
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T-Mobile Rep
How did father do it?
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Kelsey
Your father never started a war, Neel.
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Mike
Not afraid to die. But I must not die yet. So here it is, the epic conclusion. We hear Timothy Shalam allude to quite possibly dying in this movie, which if this is the last one, somebody has to die. A lot of people are probably going to die. My assumptions would be, I didn't read the book. This movie is based on the second book. The first two movies were based on the first book that was split into two movies. But I have to imagine to close out this big, epic space sand adventure, you have to kill somebody. So I assume it would either be him or Zendaya. Maybe she dies while giving birth to the baby. I don't really know. But somebody is going to die. This movie is going to deal with the Messiah's burden, which is what Timothee Chalamet is taking place. Twelve years after he became emperor, he's still dealing with a lot of tragedy. There has been an organization that has killed billions, because that is essentially what the Dune franchise is about. You have the nice family where Paul is the prince, his dad is the duke, and they are trying to manage this desert planet where they have this super special sand that everybody wants. It's called spice, which I think that was the thing that was hard for me to take seriously. And again, I'm into dumb things and I'm into nerdy things, but when they were going on and on about the spices. And I do like the color of it and how all their eyes are blue. But I was like, really? We're doing this massive fights and people killing each other over spices. I really like the levitating stuff, though, when they just kind of glide across the screen when Dune Part 2 started, and they're like repelling from the mountains and coming down all cool. Like, I love that part of it, but something about the spices just kind of annoys me. But you have the nice family who is trying to manage the desert planet, and then you have the bad guys from the mean family who are these really tough dudes trying to steal the spices back. They fight over it a lot in part one. In the second one, they make friends with some of the sand people. That's where you see Timothy Chalamet riding the giant worm. He becomes the leader. But now you have the people who do not want him to be in that position try to take him down. There's going to be tragedy, there's going to be babies. There's going to be people fighting again over spices. So to me, the spices in Dune are like the trees in Lord of the Rings. Another thing I just could not buy into everything was just walking and talking in that movie. And here everybody is just arguing about spices. Even though I don't love the story itself, I do love the visual aspect of these movies because the Neville New has put out some bangers. Because when I watch one of his movies, whether it's a rival Blade Runner, even Sicario of Prisoners that were earlier in his career, I feel like I am transported wherever those characters are. Blade Runner 2049 is my favorite of his because of that also has Ryan Gosling in it. But I truly feel like he creates these worlds unlike any other director right now. So even though I don't fully get all the lore of Dune, why people love it so much, I do understand why these movies warrant the big screen. Which is another reason there's a big battle over December 18th, which this movie is scheduled to come out, because Avengers Doomsday is also supposed to come out that same day. Two massive movies, quite arguably the two biggest movies of the year. And you wonder, why does this even matter? Well, if you start to look at the most successful movies now in 2026, it is movies that have something more to offer you than just the story itself. It has to offer you an experience. And we were just given a great example of this with Project Hail Mary because premium large formats like IMAX made up for 56% of the opening weekend's gross for that movie. That means people are craving an experience and they're willing to pay for it. Which that is a constant argument with movies right now. It's so expensive to go, which it is. With things getting more and more expensive every single day in this country, the gas prices that's going to lead to, to grocery prices going up, everything is getting more expensive. So I totally get that. If you're just trying to feed yourself, have money for lunch and have money for groceries to feed your family, the last thing you're thinking about is watching the new movie that may or may not be worth your money. But when it comes to what people are willing to pay their hard earned money for, it is movies that is going to give them something to remember, something to experience in theaters and that you can't get anywhere else. Because if you're already paying for a subscription to a streaming service, you're starting to find that people could be a little bit more patient to wait to get it at home. But I think people want something a little bit more. That's why Project Hail Mary was so successful. Because the campaign around seeing that on the biggest screen possible and it actually delivering, I think created that word of mouth going into its second weekend where we saw it did not drop that much in sales, which is really rare. So for a Dune Part 3 and Avengers Endgame to be coming out on the same weekend at the time of recording this podcast, unless they decide to change it, which there have been some shifts, Jumanji just switched off of a December 11th date and moving to Christmas Day. So the rumor is word around the campfire is Avengers might move back into that December 11th slot. To me, that movie doesn't scream I have to see that on the biggest screen possible to fully take it in just seeing that movie alone. But for Dune, that does take a little bit more pride in the cinematography. It is why they have this contract with IMAX to be in a certain amount of screens for a certain amount of weeks. But there is that battle there. But I think that is going to be a big change and shift we start to see in these movies you have to offer something a little bit more because if it feels the exact same watching it at home and you don't get that bigger sound, you don't get that bigger picture and use of the entire screen when you go see it in theaters and it doesn't really enhance your experience, people are going to be waiting more and more. So I find this exciting because that means that we are going to get more 200 to $250 million budget movies that actually use that budget to create a unique experience that makes it more IMAX friendly. So that is why there is this battle right now, even though people have dubbed it Dunes Day, for them both coming out on the same day, kind of like Barbenheimer. But the thing that's different about those two is Barbie and Oppenheimer were two completely different audiences. I feel it tapped into two vastly different demographics, and they kind of came together. I feel like a lot of people still ended up going to watch both of those movies, myself included. But when it comes to dunesday, I feel like that's kind of the same audience. A lot of people who look like me. The thicker the glasses, the closer they want to be to that screen. So sometimes that doesn't matter because if you put out two movies that are massive, people are gonna find a way to watch them. You'd have people going to see them both in one sitting. You go to one and you go to the other right after that could be something fun for that weekend. So I think when you have two movies that are so massive, sometimes it doesn't matter. But for Now, Dune Part 3 is scheduled to come out in theaters on December 18th. I'm gonna give this movie one more try. Hopefully, after watching this one, I will finally call myself a fan. And that was this week's edition of
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Podcast Host Iris Palmer
Movie Mike's Trailer Park.
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Mike
And that is gonna do it for another episode here of the podcast. But before I go, I gotta give my listener shout out of the week. This week I'm going over to YouTube and speaking about IMAX, I got a comment on my project Hail Mary review from Ken Starks. And Ken wrote, I was fortunate enough to see this movie, but not an imax. Unfortunately. My racquetball partner is an entertainment editor for a major newspaper in Texas and he got me in as his plus one. I am not a critic, nor am I a fan of hard sci fi, but this movie sucked me in from the first frame. I didn't expect it to have so much range of emotions. I mean, it's just the movie, right? The movie will contend for some real hardware, if not for effects alone. Great review, guys. Glad I found you. Thank you, Ken. I am glad you found us too. That was Kelsey and I doing that review. First of all, your life kind of feels like a sitcom. You have a racquetball partner who is an entertainment editor for a major newspaper in Texas. That kind of feels like the plot line to maybe like a Seinfeld episode. Like, Jerry's playing some racquetball and he's like, you want to go watch Project Hail Mary? Then there's this whole thing that just kind of feels like a sitcom life to me. So already, Ken, you sound very interesting. I'm glad you got to go see this movie and I'm really glad you discovered us on YouTube because you, like me, probably seek out and just go into YouTube wormholes and discover different channels and felt so compelled to leave a really nice comment. One of the most thought out comments I read over on YouTube and man, does YouTube get dirty sometimes. Vicious. I have told Kelsey, whatever you do, don't go read YouTube comments because very rarely are they as nice and thought out as yours can. So I appreciate you for finding us. Thank you for being subscribed, maybe telling your friend, maybe telling your racket ball partner about us so he can check out the podcast as well. So appreciate everybody who has gone over to the YouTube channel and subscribed YouTube.com mikedistros individual movie reviews. You can also see the full episode whenever we do recaps of the month. So you can go see what we did today over there on the YouTube channel, but individual movie reviews and some shorts as well. So thank you for being here, thank you for being subscribed and until next time, go out and watch good movies and I will talk to you later.
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Kelsey
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