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524.2 – The Long Walk, Katey’s Covered TIFF, Is Paramount Buying Warner Bros?
| 12. September, 2025

This week, Katey is still in Toronto, but the boys get together to talk about The Long Walk, this year’s third Stephen King movie, and discuss the breaking news that Paramount/Skydance is considering putting in a bid on Warner Bros. While the boys worry, Katey calls in with (her new fancy Tik Tok microphone that she went into the Criterion Closet with) a report from TIFF and how, yes, Hamnet rips out your soul (apparently).

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Bad Future Teens

01:31 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.2 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! E-Mail!

14:44 – Tidbit – The Long Walk

31:46 – Mini-Segment – Katey’s Toronto International Film Festival Check-In

38:23 – Segment 3 – Is Paramount Buying Warner Bros?

57:21 – Outro

524.1 – David Went To Telluride, Sophisticate Mini, Summer Movie Review
| 3. September, 2025

This week, Da7e has to go see a dumb demon movie to round out the summer, so Katey and David of FITWR’s Prestige coverage meet Matt Patches, he of random prompts. First, David reports from this year’s Telluride Film Festival. Then, Patches has some general questions for his co-podcasters before all three move into a review of Summer 2025’s movies and they…weren’t all Weapons.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: FITWR-POP DEMON HUNTERS

01:32 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.1 of one of the best podcasts of all time!!

14:05 – Tidbit – David Went To Telluride

30:40 – Mini-Segment – A Sophisticate Mini

40:02 – Segment 3 – Summer Movies in Review

1:00:01 – Outro

524 – The Future of Star Trek, The Roses, Relay
| 29. August, 2025

This week, David has begun his festival run for the season so it’s up to Katey, Patches, and Da7e to hold down the podcast. First, the boys talk the future of Star Trek, a major priority for the new Paramount. Then, Da7e tells Katey and Patches how much he would have liked The Roses if someone else directed it. Then, Katey and Da7e talk Relay the Riz Ahmed/Lily James thriller that is currently in some theaters, if movies for discerning adults is your bag.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Shark Tale

01:32 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Email!

12:41 – Tidbit – Star Trek And Paramount’s Plans

29:14 – Mini-Segment – The Roses

43:44 – Segment 3 – Relay

57:04 – Outro

523 – Ne Zha II, K-Pop Demon Hunters in a theater, Highest 2 Lowest
| 22. August, 2025

This week, David is so busy he only wanted to be on the Spike Lee/Denzel segment, but before David joins us for a review of Highest 2 Lowest, it’s an animation-palooza! First, Da7e and Katey both took in the highest grossing movie of the year Ne Zha II and we’re cooked! Then, Patches took his family to a K-Pop Demon Hunters singalong screening in a real theater and we debate how Netflix kinda screwed the pooch on this one.

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One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Animated Dragon

01:11 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 523 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Email!

15:59 – Tidbit – Ne Zha II

31:15 – Mini-Segment – K-Pop Demon Hunters in a theater!

44:00 – Segment 3 – Highest 2 Lowest

1:02:28 – Outro

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