That Film Stew Podcast

Time for another round of Vacation Friends on Disney+! Written and directed by Clay Tarver, Vacation Friends 2 is the buddy comedy film starring Lil Rel Howery, John Cena, Yvonne Orji, and Meredith Hagner. It is the sequel to Vacation Friends (2021). Newly married couple Marcus (Lil Rel Howery) and Emily (Yvonne Orji) invite their uninhibited besties Ron (John Cena) and Kyla (Meredith Hagner), who are also newly married and have a baby, to join them for a vacation when Marcus lands an all-expenses-paid trip to a Caribbean resort. But when Kyla's incarcerated father Reese (Steve Buscemi) is released from San Quentin and shows up at the resort unannounced at the worst possible moment, things get out of control, upending Marcus' best laid plans and turning the vacation friends' perfect trip into total chaos.

More big sharks, a giant octopus, and little prehistoric land bastards... Directed by Ben Wheatley, Meg 2: The Trench is the science fiction action film based on the 1999 novel The Trench by Steve Alten. It serves as the sequel to The Meg (2018) and sees the return of Jason Statham in the lead role. Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) and Jiuming Zhang (Wu Jing) lead a daring research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. Their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Pitted against colossal Megs and relentless environmental plunderers, our heroes must outrun, outsmart, and outswim their merciless predators in a pulse-pounding race against time.

Warner Bros. and Disney have a bunch of new release dates for us, Adam Sandler is getting animated again, and aliens invade in the first trailer for No One Will Save You. Jurassic Park is getting a new adaption, Smallville might be making a comeback, and we come to terms with the fact that we will never find out how Hillary Duff met your father!

Directed by Jeff Rowe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is the computer-animated superhero film based on the characters of the same name created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. It is the seventh theatrical Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and a reboot of the TMNT series. After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers. Their new friend, April O'Neil, helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

Directed by Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is the animated romantic superhero film featuring the DC Comics character batman. Luke and Nathan return to 1993 for this film based on Batman: The Animated Series (1992 - 1995) that was the first original theatrical film by Warner Bros. Animation. The troubled yet heroic Batman (Kevin Conroy) is pitted against a mysterious figure who is rubbing out Gotham City's most dangerous criminals, and who many believe is the caped crusader himself. Batman's alter ego, millionaire Bruce Wayne, is about to get married to the lovely Andrea Beaumont (Dana Delany), who helps him recover from his need to avenge his parents' murder -- meaning that his crime-fighting days may be numbered.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the science fiction television series which is a part of the expanded Star Trek Universe. Luke and Jae boldly explore the second season of the eleventh Star Trek series which follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship Enterprise in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds and carry out missions throughout the galaxy during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series.

Written and directed by Tom Holland, Fright Night is the supernatural horror film which has become a cult classic. Luke and Jae revisit this 1985 film whoch provided some very good reasons for being afraid of the dark. Teenage Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) is a horror-film junkie, so it's no surprise that, when a reclusive new neighbor named Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon) moves next-door, Brewster becomes convinced he is a vampire. It's also no surprise when nobody believes him. However, after strange events begin to occur, Charlie has no choice but to turn to the only person who could possibly help: washed-up television vampire killer Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall).

It's time to check out the latest Netflix original movie! Directed by Tom Harper, Heart of Stone is the spy action thriller starring Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okonedo, and Matthias Schweighöfer. Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot) is an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful global peacekeeping organization and the loss of its most valuable - and dangerous - asset.

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Man's best friends are taking back the street, and they'll come and bite your d**k off! Directed by Josh Greenbaum, Strays is the comedy film featuring a group of foul-mouthed dogs doing filthy things. Abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug (Will Forte), a naive but lovable dog named Reggie (Will Ferrell) falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston Terrier (Jamie Foxx) and his gang of strays (Isla Fisher, Randall Park). Determined to seek revenge, Reggie and his new canine pals embark on an epic adventure to get him home and make Doug pay for his dirty deed.

Produced, written, and direct by Rob Zombie, The Munsters is the horror comedy film based in the 1960s family sitcom of the same title. Luke and Nathan take the plunge into zany madness to review this 2022 origin story of the spooky characters. Lily (Sheri Moon Zombie) is a typical 150-year-old lovelorn vampire who's looking for the man of her nightmares - until she lays her eyes on Herman (Jeff Daniel Phillips), a 7-foot-tall green experiment with a heart of gold. It's love at first shock as these two ghouls fall fangs over feet for each other in a Transylvanian romance. Unfortunately, it's not all smooth sailing in the cemetery as Lily's father has other plans for his beloved daughter's future, and they don't involve her new bumbling beau.

Directed by Brian De Palma, Mission: Impossible is the action spy film starring Tom Cruise. Luke and Jae accept the mission to revisit the 1996 first installment in the Mission: Impossible film series which serves as a continuation of the 1966 television series of the same name and its 1988 sequel series. When U.S. government operative Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his mentor, Jim Phelps (Jon Voight), go on a covert assignment that takes a disastrous turn, Jim is killed, and Ethan becomes the prime murder suspect. Now a fugitive, Hunt recruits brilliant hacker Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) and maverick pilot Franz Krieger (Jean Reno) to help him sneak into a heavily guarded CIA building to retrieve a confidential computer file that will prove his innocence.

Produced by Berlanti Production and Warner Bros. Television, Superman & Lois is the superhero series based on the DC Comics characters Superman and Lois Lane, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Luke and Jae swoop into the third season of this CW series that continues to outlive all other live-action DC shows. Superman (Tyler Hoechlin) must contend with the plots of Intergang as Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch) suffers from Stage 3 inflammatory breast cancer.

Created by Kyle Bradstreet, Secret Invasion is the television miniseries based on the Marvel Comics storyline of the same name. Luke and Jason uncover the conspiracy that is this ninth Disney+ series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe produced by Marvel Studios. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) learns of a secret invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls; Fury joins his allies, and together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity.

Scooby-Doo and Krypto team up, the Spy Kids are back, a bunch of Sony movies have been delayed, we've got our first look at Saw X, and is Gal Gadot still Wonder Woman? Loki was set to be the first Disney+ MCU show with a second season, but we might have been mistaken. Nickelodeon gets some TMNT rights, and the Biker Mice are coming back from Mars!

Directed by Jeff Wamester, Justice League: Warworld is the animated superhero action film based on the DC characters that make up the Justice League. It is the twelfth animated Justice League movie and is the seventh installment in the Tomorrowverse universe. After being kidnapped and transported to a strange world, Batman (Jensen Ackles), Superman (Darren Criss), and Wonder Woman (Stana Katic) unite to form a resistance and lead the planet to freedom.

Directed by by Steven Caple Jr., Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is the science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line, and primarily influenced by its Beast Wars sub-franchise. Lule and Jae give their review on this seventh installment in the Transformers live-action film series which serves as both a standalone sequel to Bumblebee (2018) and a prequel to Transformers (2007). Set in 1994, ex-military electronics expert Noah Diaz (Anthony Ramos) and artifact researcher Elena Wallace (Dominique Fishback) help the Autobots and the Maximals protect an artifact known as the Transwarp Key from the villainous Terrorcons who intend to use it to bring their master Unicron to Earth.

Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination. Co-produced and directed by Nelson Shin, The Transformers: The Movie is the animated science fiction action film based in the Transformers television series. Luke and Nathan transform and roll out back to 1986 to the movie that might exist for the sole purpose of selling a new line of toys. Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) and the Autobots are hunted across the galaxy by Unicron (Orson Welles), a planet-sized Transformer intending to consume Cybertron and who transfigures Megatron (Frank Welker) to become the enslaved Galvatron (Leonard Nemoy).

Directed by Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is the action-adventure film featuring iconic character Indiana Jones. Luke and Nathan journey back to 1984 to revisit the second installment in the Indiana Jones film series and prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) needs to retrieve a precious gem and several kidnapped young boys on behalf of a remote East Indian village. This time he teams up with a night club singer (Kate Capshaw) and a 12-year old boy (Ke Huy Quan).

Written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey was inspired by Clarke’s 1951 short story “The Sentinel” among others. Jason and Rob rewind to 1968 for this mind-mending trek through time and space in this epic science fiction film which is now widely regarded as being one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future. When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship’s computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behaviour.