Category: Movies

Michael, Louis, and special guest Zachary Byrd discuss Black Adam, the DCEU’s latest superhero blockbuster and a backdoor attempt to launch the Justice Society to mainstream popularity. Did they think this worked in introducing more obscure characters to a wider ...

In the latest Fortress of Ineptitude, Michael and Louis discuss 1995’s Judge Dredd, a much maligned film that’s they find surprisingly watchable. Tune in to hear their thoughts of 2000 A.D., Rob Schneider, and the state of the modern comic ...

How do you kill a man without fear? You make a bad movie about him! After watching flawed comic book love letter Superman Returns, Louis and Michael take a look at 2003’s Daredevil, which eschews superheroic frivolity for a dark ...

Today, The Postrider is very excited to unveil Fortress of Ineptitude, the latest show within The Pony Express feed. Join hosts Louis Ryan and Michael Lovito as they discussed the forgotten and maligned superhero films of not so recent memory ...

As far back as I can remember, one of my favorite films has been Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The VHS copy of the 1988 Disney (by way of Touchstone) film was screened many times in my childhood home. It’s a ...

Let’s just get this right out of the way –-Superman isn’t boring. He’s far from it. But he is a character that benefits from a writer that cares. Elliot S! Maggin is definitely a Superman writer that cares (and yes, ...

Michael, Louis, and Alex discuss Thor: Love and Thunder, the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Taika Waititi’s second crack at the God of Thunder.

Cha Cha Real Smooth, the sophomore feature from the young, hyped up actor-writer-director Cooper Raiff, opens with Andrew, the lead character, at age 13, telling his mother that he’s in love. The problem? The object of his affections isn’t one ...

Michael, Alex, Lars, Louis, discuss the latest MCU entry, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Politics Editor Lars Emerson and Editor-in-Chief Michael Lovito are joined by the hosts of the With A Gay Twist podcast, Mason Dixon and Zachary Pen, to discuss the recent signing of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida. In a ...

In 2019, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was in crisis. The Academy Awards, a television event – that at its peak attracted a 43.40 Nielsen household share – was coming off of a series that had attracted ...

This Sunday, the eyes of the world will be trained on the 94th Academy Awards… at least, the Academy hopes they will be. After negotiations with ABC, the the Academy has agreed to present 8 of its 23 before the ...

Michael, Louis, and Alex discuss The Batman, the latest film entry for the caped crusader and a fascinating new direction for the superhero franchise.

Michael and Louis watched the Foo Fighters’ horror movie so you don’t have to.

Michael, Lars and Louis discuss their favorite movies, TV, music, and more of 2021.

When Oprah Winfrey’s interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aired back in March, I joked with a friend that it represented the lowest point in Anglo-American relations since the War of 1812. Between Harry and Meghan’s withdrawal from the ...

Michael and Louis discuss Eternals, the polarizing new Marvel film from Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao.

Michael, Lars, and Louis discuss two of the most talk about two of the fall’s biggest hits: Dune and Squid Game.

Michael and Louis talk about The Many Saints of Newark before Lars joins them to talk about another top 10 music list.

Michael, Lars, and Louis discuss Shang-Chi, the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and HBO’s Hacks.

In the Watching Mates season finale, Lars and Michael unpack the nascent Biden administration through the films Free Guy and Minari.

The brief and tumultuous Trump administration proves to have one of the most direct impacts on American cinema, as Lars and Michael explore through the films Hell or High Water and BlacKkKlansman.