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Episode #469: Tributary – War Machine (2026)

Happy National give the government all of your money day! Yep that’s right it’s tax day. So now that we brought you down it’s time to pick you back up. For this week’s podcast there wasn’t a whole lot Ma Hinshaw wanted to watch in the theaters. Instead we hit the old streaming services to check out the Netflix Original War Machine starring Alan Ritchson, Esai Morales, and Dennis Quaid. Not Transformers versus G.I. Joe topics include Bigfoot, swearing, and old dogs.

For next week’s sode Mike, Matt, and Ma head back to the theaters to watch yet another ding dang dong horror movie, Lee Cronin’s the Mummy starring Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, and May Calamawy.

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War Machine (2026) War Machine (2026) Movie Poster

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Release Date: March 6, 2026

Storyline from IMDB

Follow the final recruits of a grueling special ops boot camp who encounter a mysterious deadly force.

Watch the War Machine (2026) trailer below.

Episode #467: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come

Welcome one and all to our incredible podcast! This week Ma, Matt, and Mike discuss the new horror comedy sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come starring Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, and Elijah Wood. Not slasher topics include new horror movie giveaway, MGM, and ticket prices going up again.

Next week we hit the theaters for a new kids movie but hey Mike and Matt grew up playing Nintendo as kids so maybe we are just channeling our inner child? Anyways next podcast we review the new animated flick The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Movie Poster

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Stars: , , , and Sarah Michelle Gellar

Release Date: March 20, 2026

Storyline from IMDB

After surviving one deadly game, Grace and her sister Faith must now outrun four rival families competing for a powerful throne – winner takes all.

Watch the Ready or Not 2: Here I Come trailer below.

Episode #466: Project Hail Mary

Happy Wednesday nerderinos! For this week’s discussion Matt, Mike, and Ma review one of the most anticipated films of 2026, Project Hail Mary written by Andy Weir and starring Ryan Gosling. Not space topics include old lady glasses, flashbacks, and hooters.

For our next show we continue our voyage to the theaters with our review of a sequel no one saw coming, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come starring Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, and Elijah Wood.

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Project Hail Mary Project Hail Mary

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Stars: , , , and Milana Vayntrub

Release Date: March 20, 2026

Storyline from IMDB

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up alone on a spaceship light-years from Earth. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing the sun, and save Earth. An unexpected friendship may be the key.

Watch the Project Hail Mary trailer below.

Episode #462: How to Make a Killing

Hello kids and welcome to the last Wednesday of February. For this week Matt, Ma, and Mike chat A24’s latest production How to Make a Killing starring Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, and Ed Harris. Extracurricular topics include Cheba Hut, another amazing giveaway, and McDonald’s McNugget and Caviar Kits.

Well Mike decided to end his month-long reign of terror, I mean picking films, with one last horror flick we are all on pins and needles for, Scream 7 starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May, and Mckenna Grace.

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How to Make a Killing How to Make a Killing Movie Poster

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Release Date: February 20, 2026

Storyline from IMDB

Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

Watch the How to Make a Killing trailer below.

Episode #460: The Strangers: Chapter 3

G’day nerderinos and welcome to the 460th installment of our podcast brought to you by Ma Hinshaw, Mike Talent, and Matt Hinshaw! This week we chat about our second horror movie in a row that’s not in October, The Strangers: Chapter 3 starring Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath, and Richard Brake. Not scary topics include the 2026 Winter Olympics, photojournalism, and traveling for work is a vaca.

For our next podcast we check out a new film from the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Gore Verbinski, and starring Sam Rockwell, Zazie Beetz, and Michael Peña. The film Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.

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The Strangers: Chapter 3 The Strangers: Chapter 3

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Stars: Madelaine Petsch, , , and Richard Brake

Release Date: February 6, 2026

Storyline from IMDB

In the climactic conclusion of the “Strangers” trilogy, the survivors seeking rehabilitation from their past encounters with the masked strangers are thrust back into a fight for survival. Amidst their struggle, they uncover unsettling secrets that threaten to alter their fate, blurring the line between life and death.

Watch The Strangers: Chapter 3 trailer below.