Hoopercast

0:00 - I have Netflix back for the next 2 months. 1:35 - Dustin and I launch into a discussion about streaming vs physical media of our favorite movies and television shows. Why own something on disc? Is the quality better on Blu-Ray or does 4K streaming reign supreme? What’s more expensive? How many times will you want something you bought and own on disc? 22:20 - REVIEW - “Extraction 2” (2023)  ----- 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

0:00 - Reminder of this series concept and a spoiler warning, in case you didn’t realize that talking about late-stage franchise movies would entail revealing plot details. Get out of here if you haven’t seen these movies and go watch them, they’re fun! 3:16 -  “Scream” (2022)  12:16 -  “Scream 6” (2023)  31:50 - “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” (2015)  46:00 -  “Mission Impossible: Fallout” (2018)  Here’s that series of videos about Mission Impossible that I once mentioned about how they’re a reflection of Tom Cruise and of filmmaking, if you want to check them out. https://youtu.be/ZInpREMzPOY https://youtu.be/mje6E0g7x-w https://youtu.be/6QsWXeCXLHE -- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. ----- 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 F

0:00 - I’m sorry, we’ll get to the movies,  but I do not like the Fourth of July at all.  12:00 - REVIEW - “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (2023)  45:00 - SPOILERS - For “Indy 5”, “Logan”, “Creed 1, 2 and 3”, “Avengers: Endgame”, “No Time to Die”, “Thor: Love and Thunder”, The “Jurassic World” franchise, “Top Gun: Maverick”, “Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens”, “A Quiet Place”,   51:00 - MAIN DISCUSSION - Why are movies featuring fatherhood less and less as a character element? Also, when should a franchise cease to continue and why do so many of them struggle to conclude?  1:36:40 - DESSERT - Thoughts about Hugh Jackman’s return for one final time as Wolverine in “Deadpool 3”.  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

3:40 - REVIEW - “The Flash” (2023)  16:50 - SPOILERS for “The Flash” - Discussion includes the myriad cameos in the film and how fucked DC is.  Stick around for nipple blood! 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

1:00 - REVIEW - “Open Range” (2003)  21:09 - REVIEW - “Bone Tomahawk” (2015)  35:20 - SPOILERS for “Bone Tomahawk” 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 use tips the balance in fav

0:00 - Where is Gary Oldman?  3:16 - Conner stopped drinking coffee.  6:30 - REVIEW - “To Leslie” (2022)  24:36 - REVIEW - “Molly’s Game” (2017). I talk about true events, some of which might spoil plot elements, though this is a true story, and therefore, I consider it fair game to talk about true events we all have free access to as I see fit.  ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. ----- 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, schola

Knick Knacks is a monthly newsletter where I recommend things to my audience that are outside the bounds of movies and television shows. Recommendations typically include videos, music, social media accounts, podcasts, YouTube channels, and books. You can subscribe to ⁠this Substack⁠ to get it delivered to your inbox.

I decided to use my remaining Paramount Plus subscription to compare 2 franchises, both of which currently have 6 films and both of which launched in 1996: Scream and Mission Impossible!  While we were away, Dustin watched all the Scream movies, so now he can participate!  2:00 - “Scream 3” (2000)  12:00 - “Scream 4” (2011)  22:11 - “Mission Impossible 3” (2006) 32:50 - “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” (2011)  - Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. ----- 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 pur

1:34 - REVIEW - “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (2017-2023) 13:20 - REVIEW - “Judy Blume Forever” (2023), followed by my anti-censorship soapbox. 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 use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

0:00 - Dustin’s cupholders 2:40 - Conner’s Crockpot Mishap 5:30  - NON-SPOILER REVIEW - “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (2023) 24:42 - BEGIN SPOILERS Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. ----- 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 use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

I decided to use my remaining Paramount Plus subscription to compare 2 franchises, both of which currently have 6 films and both of which launched in 1996: Scream and Mission Impossible! 0:00 - What is “ScreaMission”? 3:22 - “Mission Impossible 1”  6:00 - “Mission Impossible 2”  9:00 - “Scream “  13:27 - “Scream 2”  ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. ----- 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

Knick Knacks is a monthly newsletter where I recommend things to my audience that are outside the bounds of movies and television shows. Recommendations typically include videos, music, social media accounts, podcasts, YouTube channels, and books. You can listen to this newsletter as a podcast here and subscribe to this Substack to get it delivered to your inbox. On the Nature of Daylight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVN1B-tUpgs Easy Now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoZ3leKz9x4 Long Way - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHqd5Q7pYo0 Ponysmasher - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP-Vaqq91dA Patrick H. Willems - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZStkUxC4iL4 Jenny Nicholson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9OhTB5eBqQ

0:00 - Why the Western used to be everywhere, and then nowhere, and now in some places again. 5:30 - REVIEW - “Nebraska” (2013), and a fair amount on the subjectivity of film, and therefore, the lack of importance of high-falutin film criticism. 23:40 - REVIEW - “Godless” (2017) on Netflix. Stick around after the credits for stinky vapors and fart music. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. ----- 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 - REVIEW - “Air” (2023) 17:45 - REVIEW - “Fall” (2022) 28:00 - SPOILERS for “Fall” 35:12 - Writer’s Strike Hers's the podcast episode we're referencing: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QQaJaGJ7HzITgvAge0xkQ?si=VE-i-LPbSqiP23p9rXod9w ​​⁠https://mashable.com/article/how-to-support-wga-writer-strike⁠  ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. ----- 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 u

 0:00 - Dustin and I catch up for a bit. We discuss vacations, the kinds of podcast episodes that result from Dustin’s absence, both of us rudely eating all of our friends’ snacks, our sons being big eaters.  13:30 - We’ve passed another arbitrary goal!  15:44 - Obscure movie quotes.  18:10 - REVIEW - “The Last of Us” Season 1(HBO/Max)  ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. ----- 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

1:30 - It’s Episode 400! 6:35 - NON-SPOILER REVIEW - “Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3” (2023) 35:48 - SPOILER DISCUSSION - The film, the future of the MCU, our future as moviegoers. This section is more a reflection on the MCU as it is currently, not the film yet. 50:40 - OK NOW SPOILER DISCUSSION - Of the film and its plot details and future. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. ----- 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, scholars

REVIEW - “Kevin Can F*** Himself” on Roku Channel and AMC+  ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. ----- 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 use tips the balance in favor of fair use. ---

 0:00 - RECOMMENDATION - Extended Edition of “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003), which Dustin recently saw again IN THEATERS!  15:40 - REVIEW - “John Wick: Chapter 4” (2023)  39:04 - REVIEW - “Renfield” (2023)  50:00 - REVIEW ‘ “Cocaine Bear” (2023) on Peacock   ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. ----- 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 sta

0:00 - Getting existential and talking about how a film and a TV show prompted deep thoughts about faith and skepticism, the actions we choose to take, and the way we choose to live our lives.  **Disclaimer: I am not a spiritual or religious authority. I don't pretend to have a perfect understanding of any religious doctrine, I just was raised Catholic. My experience is my own, but also, anecdotally, a lot of people’s experience as well.** The Outsider and The Book of Eli Both about faith. Interesting pairing of stories. Holly at one point says she often needs skeptics more than she needs believers. It gets me thinking about the importance of open-mindedness on both ends. Believers and skeptics need to accept each other. They make each other stronger. But they have to come to their beliefs at their own pace. This show, and book, almost seems to be explicitly about faith. As far as Eli goes, I really thought the story was so effective and I love that the villain acknowledges the history of abuse of

 0:00 - What the hell this show even is  3:15 - Brockmire https://www.hulu.com/series/brockmire-8fccfdbc-f77c-4647-9132-59f24606bb7f  7:18 - Justified https://www.hulu.com/series/justified-2faf68df-e153-4e47-b117-a048427b250f  10:34 - American Scandal and Business Wars (Wondery)  American Scandal: Edward Snowden  American Scandal: Big Tobacco  American Scandal: The Cuban Missile Crisis https://wondery.com/shows/american-scandal/  Business Wars: Disney-Pixar vs Dreamworks What these pods all do, as they should, is they recommend books for further reading into these subjects.  https://wondery.com/shows/business-wars/ 14:26 - Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum (Zach Levi episode)  https://youtu.be/2L3rDj2CJas 17:20 - Cinema Therapy  https://www.youtube.com/c/cinematherapysolutions  19:24 - Savage Son, by Jack Carr  https://www.officialjackcarr.com/savage-son/  21:37 - The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Andy Serkis  https://www.amazon.com/The-Hobbit/dp/B08C8XFQMN