Hoopercast

0:00 - Are you morally obligated to return food that was not supposed to be delivered to you? 14:10 - RETRO REVIEW - “Mean Girls” (2004) Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational or personal

0:00 - Dustin’s voice be all cattywampus and I have a new Simpsons fan in my house. 2:22 - Check out Dustin’s movie room on Instagram, @insidethemovieroom. 5:11 - REVIEW - “Psycho” (1960), I’ve never seen Psycho before! Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyri

0:00 - What’s Up? 2:00 - REVIEW - “Justified: City Primeval” (2023) 10:50 - REVIEW - “No One Will Save You” (2023) 21:24 - SPOILERS, We discuss the third act and the ending. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing

0:00 - We had to record from a car this week, that’s how much we care. 1:40 - Conner’s Dream Broadcast RV. 6:00 - How to watch kid movies without pulling your hair out. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non

-We’re going to spoil everything Gilliverse, so SPOILERS for “Breaking Bad”, “El Camino”, and “Better Call Saul”. But PLEASE go watch them all, in that order! Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educ

0:00 - Where our kids have and have not pooped. 8:25 - REVIEW - “Belle” (2021) 28:00 - SPOILERS 34:20 - A Letterboxd review leads to hilarious observations about this virtual reality world and the fact that it selects certain people to be horribly average within a fantasy universe. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, s

0:00 - Anime noises 8:08 - Amazon Wish List items, and how they’re desired, but never urgent. Also, it seems like when you’re an adult, every single purchase you make is somehow connected to a larger, more bureaucratic chain of events (can’t get books or movies until we have bookshelves, but we can’t get bookshelves before we fix the door or replace the A/C unit). Capital improvements make you feel guilty as an adult who’s trying to be responsible with limited funds. 17:00 - We missed a couple of weeks of recording because Dustin was busy and I had a kid in the emergency room. 24:00 - My kids have friends now, and a chance at a childhood that I thought had died with mine in the 1990s. The joy of unstructured play. 41:40 - We just want to spread the Good Word of Denis Villeneuve. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempse

0:00 - Just a lot of talking about food. Topics discussed: Grunting with satisfaction, Golden Corral, Ryan’s, Jason’s Deli, Meat Boss, Specialty Cookie Shops, and Way Too Much Fat in a Boston Butt. 12:00 - REVIEW - “Blue Beetle” (2023) - Just Kidding! We’re going to talk about the very sexual Buzz Lightyear commercial from “Toy Story” for far too long. 16:30 - REVIEW - “Blue Beetle” (2023) for real this time.  50:50 - Brief aside into DragonBall Z 56:50 - Back to Blue Beetle 1:00:00 - Why better DC films will result in better Marvel films. Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use"

0:00 - Why am I alone?  1:40 - REVIEW - “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” (2017) 13:00 - REVIEW - “Kill Bill: Volume 1” (2003) 29:18 - REVIEW - “Phone Booth” (2003) Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. 

0:00 - HooperCast fatigue? The Content Blitz will stop in September for now. 1:30 - REVIEW - “Jack Ryan” (Full Series)(Amazon Prime), no spoilers. 13:00 - REVIEW - “Secret Invasion”(2023)(Disney+) beginning without spoilers. 20:12 - Final recommendation, and then we begin spoilers. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching,

0:00 - I promise I’m not cynically advocating for women’s art in order to signal progressive values in order to gain an audience or false heroic sympathy. Allow me to consume art as I see fit. 2:20 -  REVIEW - “Women Talking” (2022) 12:30 - REVIEW - “Little Women” (2019) Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship,

0:00 - Just saying hi and catching up a little bit  1:00 - Talking about eye exams 11:30 - There’s a few things going on in mid-August 2023. The WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike is still happening, Disney is raising its streaming prices, and the box office is full of franchises. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and

0:00 - Remember the “Wazzup?” Budweiser commercials? Good stuff. 2:30 - REVIEW - “The Whale” (2022) no Spoilers. 13:50 - REVIEW - “A Good Person” (2022) no spoilers. 26:00 - I found some early HORRIBLE writing of mine. And Dustin had some too! -- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use i

0:00 - Catching up, it’s the end of the summer and life’s been busy. 3:00 - REVIEW - “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (2023) 36:30 - The Paramount Turtles universe, and other corporate capitalization of successful storytelling, until it’s been used, abused, and diluted by giant studios. We also talk about the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and their effect on the upcoming Sonic 3 film, maybe it will force them to make it without any human characters, thereby making a fan favorite movie by accident. 42:43 - What it must be like to try to talk brass tacks business with extremely abstract people like Jim Carrey, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr., or Marlon Brando. 48:38 - Are we, at 34, aging out of the demographic of movies in general? Also, Daniel Radcliffe should be the new Wolverine, come on. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Prod

0:00 - DISCUSSION - The “John Wick” film franchise, revisiting when it’s time to end a series, and how studios can ruin your favorite movies by waiting until it’s too late to call it quits. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise

0:00 - Why complaining is pointless. Hey, head to https://jconnor.substack.com/ for thought-provoking essays and not-film recommendations! 7:24 - Dustin discovers my big secret. 9:42 - REVIEW - “Barbie”(2023), no spoilers. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copy

0:00 - I’m here to make the case that authors, at least some authors, ought to be given priority, or they themselves should insist on involvement, when their works are adapted to other mediums.  1:30 - REVIEW - “Gone Girl” (2014) Film and Novel (2012)  10:48 - REVIEW - “Sharp Objects: (2018) Series and Novel (2006)  15:00 - REVIEW - “Dark Places” (2015) Film and Novel (2009)  26:15 - Should Novelists be given first crack at adapting their own material? What are the average results of work that is adapted from another artist? What if that artist is still alive? What if they do it themselves? Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FO

1:30 - REVIEW - “Finch” (2021) 17:12 - REVIEW - “Ambulance” (2022) and separating Michael Bay the Filmmaker from his finished products. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational or personal u

0:00 - Andrew Dice Clay 1:15 - “Goodnight, Hackers” will be available by book and ebook soon, everyone! 3:00 - REVIEW - “Mass” (2021) Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational or personal u

0:00 - I had to stop eating apples.  6:00 - A brief aside while I complain about the audio being out of sync in my theater.  13:45 - REVIEW - “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One” (2023). General recommendations.  25:00 - BEGIN SPOILERS - Plot details and nitty gritty discussion here, stay away unless you’ve seen the film!  53:00 - We address the SAG-AFTRA (and WGA) strike and its impact on the production of many films, including Part Two of this film. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/  ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by Conner Dempsey Powered by Zoom, Skype, QuickTime, Adobe Audition, & Adobe Premiere Pro Special Thanks to Anchor FM FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. This is critique, protected under Fair Use. I DO NOT OWN THIS CONTENT. CONTENT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN