Thirty Minute Reviews

Adam discusses this week's top stories including:

• Should industry victims be reliant on rival studios to tell their stories?
• Should Amazon move all their shows to the weekly release model as they renew Fallout?
• Does Zack Snyder have anything original to say?
• Why are people not complaining about needing to watch a Disney+ show for Deadpool and Wolverine like they did for The Marvels?
• Will Tarantino ever make a 10th and final movie?

And more!

CinemaCon is at an end so join Adam as he ranks the showings by the major studios at this year's event.

Adam discusses this week's biggest news stories including:

• What are the implications of Disney fending off Nelson Peltz's attempt to join the board?
• Will Marvel keep their 2024 release slate intact?
• Why is casting Julia Gardner in Fantastic Four is a great choice?
• Did The Matrix Resurrections actually bomb?
• Who should direct Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow?

And more!

It's a big week for trailers so join Adam for a discussion of the newly released trailers for The Acolyte, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, Alien: Romulus, Doctor Who Season 14, and The Penguin.

Join Adam for a discussion of this week's biggest news stories including:

• Is Hollywood learning the right lessons from the success of Dune: Part Two?
• When will the bubble burst on the Dune franchise?
• The new season of Doctor Who has a release date.
• Why is Salem's Lot moving to streaming?
• Should we be surprised about the delay of The Batman Part II?

Join Adam for a discussion of the big winners from the 96th Academy Awards.

Join Adam as he discusses this week's biggest news including:

• With more layoffs hitting the video game industry, is the current model of AAA games inherently unsustainable?
• Will Tron: Ares be good?
• Should we be optimistic about 2025's theatrical slate?
• Why do we still listen to alleged leakers?

Adam discusses the biggest news from the last week including:

• Jurassic World 4 has a new director.
• Ballerina has been delayed by a full year.
• Warner Brothers passed on an animated Batman Beyond movie.
• Netflix passed on The Kane Chronicles.
• How does Lily Gladstone's win at the SAG awards impact the Oscar race?

For predictions about the upcoming Pokemon Presents presentation and coverage of the announcements on Tuesday after the presentation, check out The Backlog Files.

It's been a pretty big news week so join Adam as he breaks down some of the biggest stories including:

• How good is the casting for The Fantastic Four from Marvel Studios?
• Will X-Men '97 be good based on the first trailer?
• Will the new dates for 2025's releases from Marvel Studios hold?
• Will Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire be the best movie of 2024?
• Why is Respawn making a Mandalorian video game?

PLUS:

• How well does The Marvels hold up now that it's on home media?

Join Adam for an extra-long episode about some of last week's biggest stories including:

• What are the potential implications of Xbox's rumored move to bring their first-party titles to other consoles?
• Is adding a category for "Best Casting" the best move for the Academy Awards?
• Is a $1.5 Billion investment in Epic Games the right move for Disney?
• Is Disney ever going to create original IP again?
• Did Matt Shakman accidentally confirm the casting of Reed Richards?

Plus

• How does Dune Part 2 compare to the original based on the new footage shown during the IMAX reissue of 2021's Dune?
• Adam reacts to the new trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine.

Join Adam as he discusses some of the biggest news from the last two weeks including:

• Another Jurassic World movie is in development.
• The new Nintendo Switch will allegedly have an 8-inch LCD screen.
• Was Barbie snubbed at the Oscars?
• New details about Sonic the Hedgehog 3 have been revealed.
• Do the people behind Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender understand the source material?

Join Adam as he predicts the winners in all 23 categories at the 96th Academy Awards.

This week Adam discusses five of the biggest news stories including:

• Is a Wan Cut of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom coming?
• Are Sony and Microsoft moving out of the way of a potential Switch 2?
• How badly did Paramount harm their own 2023 at the box office?
• Why is Madame Web's existence such a mess for Sony?
• Disney finally dropping Magazine Dreams

Adam discusses the big news from the week including:

A new Star Wars movie has been announced

Kaitlyn Dever has been cast as Abby in The Last of Us

The Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad may be dead at Warner Brothers

A new Star Trek movie has been announced

and Milly Alcock, Emilia Jones, and Meg Donnelly are on the short list to play Supergirl in the new DC Universe.

Join Adam and Peter for a discussion of the best in film, television, and gaming from 2023 including:

Game of the Year

Series of the Year

Top Ten Movies of 2023

And their picks for the 2024 Movie Draft!

Join Adam for a discussion of who he thinks is going to win at The Game Awards this week and his reaction to the GTA 6 trailer.

Join Adam as he discusses some of the cool new things coming to Beware of Spoilers, Thirty Minute Reviews, and Exploring Hyperspace Lanes in 2024!

Join Adam for the annual discussion of this years big deals in movies and video games on Black Friday.

Adam discusses the possibility that the acquisition of Fox and the launch of Disney+ may have caused Marvel Studios a good amount of their current headaches.

Adam discusses some news including the possible release dates of The Acolyte, Ironheart, Agatha, Daredevil: Born Again, and Skeleton Crew, the vote for a new mob in Minecraft, the development of Ahsoka season 2, the relocation of DC Studios to England, the cancelation of iCarly and more!

Want to hear Adam's thoughts on new releases? Check out bewareofspoilers.com for episode discussions, movie reviews, and impressions on new-release video games.

Adam discusses the new deal the WGA has reached with the AMPTP, the rumors of Nolan directing new James Bond movies, and Gunn's new rules of canon for the new DC Universe.

Adam discusses the cancellation of The Spiderwick Chronicles on Disney+, the reported new release dates for Marvel's upcoming new Disney+ shows, why Viacom should break with the AMPTP to negotiate a deal with the WGA and SAG independently, and a look back at 1994's Leon the Professional.

Adam discusses Zack Snyder and his upcoming movie Rebel Moon, the reported runtime for The Marvels, and Adventure Time: Distant Lands on Max.

Adam discusses two indie games: Snakeybus and Retrowave.

Adam discusses the new rules for SAG interim agreements and the new counteroffer allegedly given to the WGA on August 11th.

Adam and Peter discuss their top ten movies of all time.

Adam discusses where Kingdom Hearts could go and when Kingdom Hearts 4 will be showcased, the new trailer for season 2 of Loki on Disney+, and the full list of release date shifts from Sony.

With news that Disney has started delaying its 2023 release slate due to its inability to negotiate in good faith with SAG and the WGA (and reports that Warner Brothers intends to do the same), Adam discusses the possible scenarios in which movies like Last Goal Wins, The Marvels, Wish, Magazine Dreams, Dune Part 2, The Color Purple, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom could be delayed including one in which Warner Brothers tries to create an artificial "Barbenheimer" moment with Dune Part 2 and Wonka this December.

New announcements regarding the casting of Guy Gardner, Hawkgirl, and Mr. Terrific for Superman: Legacy have been announced and the question is why? Adam speculates and discusses the preservation of media in this new episode.

Adam discusses Marvel Studios' plan to skip San Diego Comic-Con this year, Warner Brothers taking extraordinary steps towards ending Turner Classic Movies, Sony's continued insistence that it is a good idea to make movies about iconic Spider-Man villains that only tangentially relate to the comics they're based on, and the June 21st Nintendo Direct that won the summer game announcement cycle for Nintendo.

Adam discusses the lift of the review embargo for The Flash, Apple's $3500 VR headset, and the first images from Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon on Netflix.

In advance of the release of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, Adam goes back and rewatches Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and discusses the potential impact it could have on animation going forward.