That Film Stew Podcast

In 2008, the history of comic book movies was forever changed... and Punisher: War Zone was released. Directed by Lexi Alexander, Punisher: War Zone is the action thriller based on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher. Luke and Nathan revisit this third feature adaption of The Punisher and the second reboot - the first of two films produced under the Marvel Knights production banner. The war waged by vigilante Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) on crime and corruption continues as a defaced mob boss known as Billy "Jigsaw" Russotti (Dominic West) returns with an army of villains to seek revenge.

What better way to mark the 200th episode of Sounds Likes Comics than by boldly going where no podcast has gone before (we're pretty sure), by doing not just one, but three reviews - dubbed The Genesis Trilogy. This special episode celebrates the classic trilogy of Star Trek movies, 2 to 4, The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, and The Voyage Home. Directed by Nicholas Meyer (Wrath of Khan) and Leonard Nimoy (The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home), these Star Trek films from 1982, 1984, and 1986, respectively, make up a trilogy that was never planned to be that way. At the core of these three films is the creation and ramifications of the Genesis Project, a device that can create life, and the death and return of Spock.

You are invited to an explosive wedding exclusive to subscribers of Prime Video. Directed by Jason Moore, Shotgun Wedding is the romantic action comedy film written by Mark Hammer and starring Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel. Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) gather their lovable but very opinionated families for the ultimate destination wedding, just as the couple begin to get cold feet. And if that wasn't enough of a threat to the celebration, suddenly everyone's lives are in danger when the entire party is taken hostage. "'Til Death Do Us Part" takes on a whole new meaning as Darcy and Tom must save their loved ones - if they don't kill each other first.

This Netflix original features an ensemble cast that includes Jonah Hill, Lauren London, David Duchovny, Nia Ling, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Eddie Murphy. Directed by Kenya Barris, You People is the romantic comedy film co-written by Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill. A new couple and their families find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing cultures, societal expectations and generational differences.

On January 31st, James Gunn announced the initial outline of what he and Peter Safran intend for DC's movies and television for the next ten years. James Gunn, who became Co-CEO of DC Studios (with Peter Safran), said that their goal moving forward is to keep their DC products connected to one another, and whenever there are products outside of this continuity, these will be clearly labelled as “Elseworld” products. This special episode will take a look at the roadmap of the future of DC Studios. We break it all down and discuss, from the reset of the DC film universe, what “Elseworlds” means, the announcement of new projects – movies, TV shows, animations; as well as what the future holds for some of the already existing projects.

For the first time ever, Star Trek targets younger audiences, and does so for the first time using solely 3D animation. Created by Kevin and Dan Hageman, Star Trek: Prodigy is the animated television series within executive producer Alex Kurtzman's expanded Star Trek Universe. Luke and Jae boldly check out the first season of this Paramount+ / Nickelodeon series - the tenth Star Trek series. In 2383, five years after the USS Voyager returned to to Earth at the end of Star Trek: Voyager, a motley crew of young aliens find an abandoned Starfleet ship, the USS Protostar, in the Tars Lamora prison colony. Taking control of the ship, they must learn to work together as they make their way from the Delta Quandrant to the Alpha Quandrant.

The classic saga begins anew. The next great adventure awaits! Produced by Lucasfilm and Imagine Entertainment, Willow is the high fantasy adventure television series based on and serving as a sequel to the 1988 film of the same name. Luke and Jae return to the enchanted world of Willow in this live action Disney+ series. 20 years after vanquishing the wicked queen Bavmorda, the sorcerer Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis) leads a group of misfits on a dangerous rescue mission into the unknown.

Directed by Mike Binder, Blankman is the superhero comedy parody film written by Damon Wayana and J.F. Lawton. Luke and Jae revisit this 1994 movie which also stars Damon Wayans as the title character. After his grandmother is killed in a Mafia hit, Darryl (Damon Wayans) fashions a bulletproof overcoat to wear over red long johns, becoming Blankman, a superhero without any superpowers. When Blankman's crime-fighting crusade causes a sensation around the city of Metro, Darryl's brother Kevin (David Alan Grier) reluctantly agrees to become Blankman's sidekick, Other Guy, to impress local news anchor Kimberly (Robin Givens), but the mob is fighting back.

Written and directed by Scott Cooper, The Pale Blue Eye is the mystery thriller film adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Louis Bayard. The film stars an ensemble cast led by Christian Bale and Harry Melling. It was released in cinemas in December 2022, before its streaming release on January 6, 2023 by Netflix. West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it's discovered that the young man's heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case - an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the rigors of the military and a penchant for poetry - a young man named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling)

Universal Pictures brings us this Blum House horror about a killer doll (no, not the one you’re thinking about). Directed by Gerard Johnstone, M3GAN is the science fiction horror film written by Akela Cooper from a story by Cooper and James Wan (who also produced the film with Jason Blum). M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a life-like doll programmed to be a child's greatest companion and a parent's greatest ally. Designed by brilliant toy-company roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams), M3GAN can listen and watch and learn as she becomes friend and teacher, playmate and protector, for the child she is bonded to. Under intense pressure at work, Gemma decides to pair her M3GAN prototype with her orphaned 8-year-old niece, Cady (Violet McGraw) - a decision that will have unimaginable consequences.

Before you watch the Disney+ show, LucasFilm gave us the movie where you could journey to the far corners of your imagination, to a land of myth and magic, where dream and reality live side by side ... to a place that never existed, a time that never was. Directed by Ron Howard, Willow is the high fantasy adventure film written by Bob Dolman from a story by George Lucas. Luke and Jae return to 1988 to revisit this unamed fantasy world which stars Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, and Jean Marsh. Willow (Warwick Davis), an aspiring magician, teams up with a disaffected warrior (Val Kilmer) to protect a baby from an evil queen (Jean Marsh).

In this annual special episode, we’ll look back at the year that was 2022 in film and TV, and let you know what our worst and favourite movies of 2022 were. In what felt like a proper return to normalcy, the movie-going experience in the modern world seemed to be back and people were going. The billion dollar movies had made their return. From big blockbusters to independant drama films, from comic book movies to comedies, from horror flicks to murder mysteries - this is the year of 2022 in review.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is the mystery film starring Daniel Craig. It is the sequel to Knives Out (2019), with Craig reprising his role as master detective Benoit Blanc. This fresh adventure finds the intrepid detective Benoit Blanc at a lavish private estate on a Greek island, but how and why he comes to be there is only the first of many puzzles. Blanc soon meets a distinctly disparate group of friends gathering at the invitation of billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) for their yearly reunion. As in all the best murder mysteries, each character harbors their own secrets, lies and motivations. When someone turns up dead, everyone is a suspect.

Directed by Ryan Coogler and produced by Marvel Studios, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is the superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Black Panther. It is the sequel to Black Panther (2018) and the 30th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The sequel to Black Panther comes following the death of the actor of the title character, T'Challa, Chadwick Boseman. It is also the final film in Phase Four of the MCU. Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.

Directed by Juame Collet-Serra, Black Adam is the superhero film starring Dwayne Johnson as the titular DC Comics character. It is the 11th film in the DC Extended Universe and is a spin-off of Shazam! (2019). Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the ancient gods – and imprisoned just as quickly – Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Dante and Randal are back to serve you at the Quick Stop is the ninth feature film set in the View Askewniverse. Written, produced, directed, and edited by Kevin Smith, Clerks III is the comedy-drama film which serves as a standalone sequel to the 1994 and 2006 Clerks films. After suffering a massive heart attack, Randal (Jeff Anderson) enlists friends and fellow clerks Dante (Brian O’Halloran), Elias, Jay, and Silent Bob to help him make a movie about life at the Quick Stop.

As the title indicates, this is the long awaiting sequel to the original Hocus Pocus film from 1993. Directed by Anne Fletcher, Hocus Pocus 2 is the fantasy comedy film starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as they reprise their roles as the Sanderson sisters. It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters, and they are looking for revenge. Now it is up to three high-school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow’s Eve

Directed by David Gordon Green, Halloween Ends is the slasher film which not only is the thirteenth instalment un the Halloween franchise, but it the final film in the trilogy of sequels that started with the 2018 film, which itself directly followed the 1978 film. Three years since Michael Myer’s 2018 killing spree, Corey Cunningham falls in love with Laurie Strode’s granddaughter. After a series of events, including crossing paths with Michael Myers, Corey becomes a murderous outcast.

Directed by James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water is the science fiction film about the blue Na'vi. It is the sequel to Avatar (2009) and thr second installment in the Avatar film series. Luke and Jae take plunge back into the world of Pandora on the biggest screen possible to experience this long time coming sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, and Sigourney Weaver are back, with new cast members including Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, and Jemaine Clement. More than a decade after the events of the first film, the film follows the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids) the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.

Directed by Paul Leyden, R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned is the supernatural action comedy starring Jeffrey Donovan. Luke and Jae check out this direct to video-on-demand sequel to R.I.P.D.: Rest in Peace Department (2013). Gun-slinging Sheriff Roy Pulsipher (Jeffrey Donovan) - the newest officer for the Rest In Peace Department (R.I.P.D.), has his holsters full with havoc and hellfire when he's given a mission to stop a dangerous demon from opening a portal to the underworld. The fate of the living and the dead now depends on Roy and his partner Jeanne (Penelope Mitchell), a mysterious swordswoman, as cowboys clash with creatures and undead insanity unleashes apocalyptic chaos.