Every so often, the universe does your podcast scheduling for you. Just as we’re getting ready to begin our next main-feed series, We Come in Peace ! A journey through the history of friendly aliens in sci-fi cinema, Steven Spielberg has only gone and released a brand new alien film. Thanks, Steven. Very thoughtful. HEAR THE FULL EPISODE HERE Disclosure Day sees Spielberg returning to the skies, and for us that makes it a fascinating little bridge into the next stage of the

After a slightly delayed recording session thanks to an unfortunate bout of what I'm calling *space flu*, we finally sat down to discuss *The Mandalorian & Grogu*, the first Star Wars film to spin directly out of a Disney+ series. It's been seven years since Star Wars last graced cinema screens, and with Din Djarin and Grogu now carrying the franchise's banner, expectations were high. But does *The Mandalorian & Grogu* feel like a genuine movie event, or simply an expensive e

BRAVE NEW MOVIE REVIEW — SPOILERS Hail Mary full of Grace… and Rocky. In this episode, we dive into Project Hail Mary , where Ryan Gosling teams up with one of the most unexpected sci-fi companions in recent memory — a strange, lumpy, genuinely lovable alien — to try and save the stars themselves. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, this is big, idea-driven science fiction with a surprisingly emotional core. Because underneath the scale and spectacle, this is a stor

After nearly a decade of Demogorgons, synth scores, and bikes disappearing into the Upside Down, Stranger Things has officially come to an end. A defining cultural phenomenon of the streaming era — and a flagship title for Netflix — Stranger Things didn’t just launch careers and revive 80s nostalgia. It helped reshape prestige genre television and fuel the modern streaming wars. In this full-series retrospective, we’re discussing: The emotional journey from Season 1 to the 20