Shelby and Matt come together to share their thoughts on Men. Not generally, just the new folk horror from A24. With a limited cast and a prolific director, this ode/allegory to toxic masculinity doesn’t leave a lot of room for nuance. Is it adding to the conversation or is it just mansplaining masquerading as something new to say?
Shelby and Matt are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed talking about themselves and their great taste before challenging each other to a round of “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” (14:30) as they gab about Ariana Grande’s sudden engagement, an unfortunate dip in Johnny Depp’s finances, and the Tanacon disaster that rocked Youtube. Then it’s on to the feature presentation (30:50) with a deep dive into *Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom*. They talk about the *Jurassic Park* franchise and then head into spoiler territory as they talk about all the things that went wrong in this movie and one of the things that went right (51:00). Later they share their “Love it Or Hate It” (1:27:50) as Shelby talks *Queer Eye* and Matt mentions Michelle McNamara’s *I’ll Be Gone in the Dark*. ...
Shelby and Matt both made it back to the movie theaters to check out *The New Mutants*, an X-Men movie four years in the making. Was it worth the risk? Did it live up to its negative hype? Is there a reason Disney led with this instead of anything else? We answer all your questions and more as we break down this *Breakfast Club* horror wannabe. ...
Matt got Gaga tickets but that’s not even close to the important news. Because Love is Blind had a reunion (6:25), Disney doesn’t want to talk about how they’re meddling in politics (14:27), and TikTok dancers might be in a cult (23:20)? For Love It or Hate It (31:20) Shelby finally watched The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window and Matt tried listening to LÉON. ...