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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to eradicate any doubt about the box office mojo of Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. If seeing Tom risk life and limb isn't enough for your entertainment, you can now listen to two shlubs gasbag about the meaning of those stunts and whether this latest installment in the Mission Impossible franchise actually makes any sense. If you're not entertained, you can email us your complaints (or compliments) to onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or send us a self-destructing message on Twitter at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Giddy up because we're back in the saddle with returning guest Jess Tucker who flew in all the way from the city of Angels to help us figure out Boots Riley's directorial debut "Sorry to Bother You" Magical realism, science fiction and absurdist satire all blend together in this office comedy about the way in which corporations can dehumanize our souls in the pursuit of the almighty dollar. Does this wildly irreverent take on capitalism manage to pull together all its multi-faceted narrative strands into a cohesive vision and can we put on our best white voice to either critique or celebrate Riley's vision of corporate America? Bother us via email at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or try to sell us the latest Encyclopedia Brittanica via Twitter at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The time has finally come to clear out our listener requests backlog! First up, The "Jake Gyllenhaal Thriller Double Feature" with Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler (2014) and Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013). If we can get past Jake's dreamy eyes, will we see the darkness he's hiding in both these incredibly tense thrillers that explore the limits of morality, and will we finally forgive him for Prince of Persia? We're not currently taking any more listener requests but if you'd like to complain about how we're not currently taking any more listener requests, you can email us at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or get all up in our business at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you're going to live alone in the woods, make sure you have a fully charged IPod so you can learn how to survive with Matt and Shahir! We're setting up camp with Debra Granik's follow up to Winter's Bone "Leave No Trace" featuring Ben Foster and New Zealander (!) Thomasin McKenzie. Can a film foster empathy or does the conflation of too many good people undermine an emotional response? Sit around the campfire and send us some smoke signals to onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com. Alternatively, you could probably get an actual bird to tweet at us at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod if you trained it for long enough. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Let's cut the small talk. We've got an Ant-Man, a Wasp and a conversation about Marvel, sequels, villain problems and maybe a little side chat about toxic twitter. We're on a one-way ride to the quantum realm where we're going to try not to be eaten by tardigrades and avoid getting stuck in time talking about the same issues that seem to plague Marvel movies. Does Peyton Reed's sequel to 2015's Ant-Man break the tiny mold he created two years ago or is he forever living in the shadow of Edgar Wright? Shrink yourself down to subatomic scale and travel through the internet to explain how we're wrong about everything at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com, or surf the toxic wasteland of twitter to let us know how we ruined your childhood by tweeting us at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod Finally, please keep those iTunes reviews coming as they really help us spread the word! We're going to be clearing out the request list soon, so stay tuned for a lot of special episodes coming soon! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Matt and Shahir are real-life neighbors, so sitting down to have an honest discussion about Mr. Rogers, the current political climate or whether we're both mistakes doesn't take a lot of effort. What does require effort is pondering what Mr. Rogers would have thought of public rhetoric today and whether we're really thinking about the kids. Bring your tissues because we're going to figure out exactly why Morgan Neville's new documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor" is resonating so powerfully with audiences. Even though we live in the land of make believe you can still send us messages via email at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com, or whisper softly in our ears via twitter (www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

To pull off this review, we're gonna need a Charlotte, a Carrie, a Samantha and a really good Miranda! It's time for the crossover event of the century as we're joined by the fantastic Speaking of Carrie hosts Melissa Stokoski and Elyse Brandau to discuss Gary Ross' Oceans 8. Does this lady focussed fourth installment break the glass ceiling or is it just pulling off the same heist we've seen before? If you're hiding some Cartier jewels in an undisclosed location, send the map to onlymovipepodcast@gmail.com. You can also sneak in under our laser sensors by tweeting inconspicuously to www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're going down the TOPAM family history and bringing back MTV News Video Director Steven Roberts (www.twitter.com/stevenwoberts) to dissect the debut feature, Hereditary from writer/director Ari Aster. We discuss Greek mythology, the disconnect between audiences and critics and how a great horror movie can give you more than just a jump scare. If you feel like summoning us, you can write in your tributes to onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or chant our names on Twitter (www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod). Don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you're enjoying the show! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Released on Netflix the same week as another superhero movie made by a little studio called Marvel, Yeon Sang-ho's Psychokinesis has been called one of the finest genre films of the decade. That means it's time for Matt and Shahir to suit up, fly into action and review the first Korean superhero film. What makes a superhero movie a superhero movie? Super strength, flying... or is it the capes? The guys try to figure out how to identify a superhero film even when that film doesn't follow every arbitrary rule they think is important. If you've figured out their secret identities email Matt and Shahir your thinly veiled threats to onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or unmask them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Terrified that in Shahir's absence he might have to go into this podcast as this films namesake implies, Matt enlists writer, game designer and co-creator of the YouTube series Extra Credits James Portnow to help smuggle this show across interstellar boarders. We talk the consequence of having none, humans speaking Wookie-ese, and what course the Star Wars franchise as a whole needs to plot into its own corporate navo-computer in order to not crash and burn during it's jump into release-cycle hyperspeed! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.