Episode 107: Wicked Is this musical adaptation pure magic that you should watch or do the beings behind the curtain just pull off an offensive imitation? In this episode of Watch Skip Plus, we dive into a lively discussion about the latest movie adaptation of the beloved musical Wicked. They explore various topics, including Kendrick Lamar's surprise album GNX, natural deodorants, and the background of director John M. Chu. The conversation transitions into a detailed review of Wicked,...

Watch Skip Plus Episode 106: GLADIATOR 2 HAPPY HOLIDAYS…ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!!?!?!!!! Turkey-Alex and a thankful Cupcake take on a sequel 24 years in the making - Gladiator 2! The Watch/Skip-er’s are recording back to back episodes so this week and next week’s “wicked” episode are a bit truncated…but we still dive below the line to discuss legendary director Ridley Scott and the screenwriters of this sequel to 2000’s original starring Russell Crow, and above the line with the gorgeous...

Watch Skip Plus Episode 105: Conclave YOUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED!!!! After a week off due to sickness, the WS+ boys have been resurrected to bring you a new episode. This week, Emcee and Cupcake take on "Conclave" from the director of Netflix's "All Quiet on the Western Front". The latter garned praise and (BAFTA/Academy/Critical) awards. Will this dramatization of the succession/election process for the world's next Pope - starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella...

Episode 104: Anora Emcee and Cupcake open a CANNES of filmic whoop ass and review the always-intriguing, indie filmmaker Sean Baker’s Anora, winner of this year’s Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. What ostensibly starts as a kind of young love “Pretty Woman”, this romantic comedy drama ends up being quite the wild ride with deep empathetic storytelling and a brilliant star-making turn from Mikey Madison. Emcee loves him some indie fare outside the mainstream, and so will you as the...

Watch Skip Plus Episode 103: Venom: The Last Dance In this episode, hosts Cupcake and Emcee dive into a lively discussion about their movie review podcast, focusing on 'Venom 3: The Last Dance.' They explore various themes, including their personal lives, lifestyle products, and the film industry. The conversation flows from light-hearted banter about alien relationships to a detailed review of the movie, touching on the cast, crew, and their thoughts on the film's impact. The hosts also...

Watch Skip Plus Episode 102: Smile 2 Emcee returns as he and Cupcake tackle the sophomore debut by Parker Finn in his follow-up to the successful Smile film from 2022. They discuss what makes the original Smile so unique, how timing is everything, and how Smile 2 performs as a sequel and on it's own volition. Is Smile 2 a worthy sequel to the hit 2022 film that makes the audience smile or does it feel like a copy and paste of the original with some different flare? Tune in to find...

Watch Skip Plus Episode 101: Terrifier 3 The Cinemasochist returns as he and Cupcake take on the box office horror sensation Terrifier 3, and yet again: They get downright philosophical and explore the nature of horror films and icons, "the horror film fan" vs "the Marvel film fan", and along the way, name drop iconic horror directors. No Emcee this week, but he will return next with with a big SMILE (hint hint). The two explore what makes the third installment in the Terrifier franchise...

Watch Skip Plus Episode 100: Deep Dive into Joker Folie à Deux Join hosts Jose (aka Cupcake) and Alex (aka Emcee) as they celebrate their 100th episode with an in-depth analysis of Joker: Folie à Deux. In this milestone episode of Watch Skip Plus, they debate the film's artistic narrative style, its psychological depth, and character development, as well as its impact as a comic book sequel. The hosts engage in humorous exchanges, providing contrasting opinions and discussing the film's...

Episode 99: Megalopolis Movie Review - Watch or Skip? In this episode, hosts Emcee and Cupcake dive into the intricate history and contentious reception of Francis Ford Coppola’s 'Megalopolis.' They discuss the film's problematic production, including cast and crew issues and legal hurdles, alongside the novel but flawed volumetric capture technology used. Alex expresses his intense disappointment, influenced by his viewing experience with Alexus (a FIRST in the history of Watch Skip...

Episode 98: The Not A Bomb / Watch Skip Plus crossover is here and it’s a TWO AND A HALF HOUR JOURNEY!  PODCASTERS ASSEMBLE! Not a Bomb and Watch Skip Plus do their first ever epic crossover episode and it’s a doozy: All four hosts were hanging out together live and in person for a whole week so they all just had to share the fun times with all the listeners!  First up, NAB’s special segment on Baltimore Comic Con and the treasures Troy and Brad found while Cupcake talks popping his...

Episode 97….shhhhhhhhh…don’t speak. Just listen. In this episode, hosts Cupcake (Jose) and Emcee (Alex) dive into “Speak No Evil”, the new Blumhouse written and directed by James Watkins (heads up: It’s a remake of a 2022 Danish thriller of the same name!). They discuss the performances, especially James McAvoy’s bonkers, drolling, hulking performance and evaluate the film’s effectiveness in creating tension and delivering a thrilling experience. With robust audience participation and some...

Episode 96 appears from the Afterlife, complete with a waiting room ticket!!!  Emcee and Cupcake are joined by the host of the Backlook Cinema Podcast, Zo to review “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”, the direct sequel to the 1988 classic. The film summons the original director (Tim Burton) and stars (Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara) for more bio-exorcist shenanigans. Just don’t say his name three times….the recording and editing took a (after)lifetime because Cupcake’s PC kept...

Episode 95 just for you the Strange Darling review Cupcake and Alex recorded The Boyz are back with another episode! This time they are joined by the incredible John from the “And Now For Something A Little Bit Different” YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@johnhorgan1713), and the three take a break from big studio fare to review the current buzzy-super hot indie “Strange Darling”. With an incredible pedigree - one of the producers wrote the book “1001 Films You Need to See Before...

Episode 94 Blink Twice - JUST IN TIME FOR YOUR LABOR DAY COOKOUT!!!!  Emcee and Cupcake blink twice to signal their review of….wait for it…..Blink Twice, the directorial debut of actor extraordinaire Zoe Kravitz. Starring Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie, the film features a knockout cast of veteran and new actors (Simon Rex! Adria Arjona! Christian Slater!) and starts with an unprecedented trigger warning for the audience. Is this likely-to-be-polarizing, psychologically violent allegory...

Episode 93 chest-bursting out and ready to stalk your ears!  Listen and celebrate the SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF WATCH SKIP PLUS with a special episode featuring Cupcake, new 2024 co-host Emcee, and the OG WS+ Co-host/co-founder Justin the Red! With debut Episode 0: Introductions and Episode 1: Bullet Train streaming on August 22, 2022, nearly two years and a day later, the BOYZ grab their Reebok stompers and pulse rifles and review Fede Alvarez’s re-boot/re-quel/interquel “Alien: Romulus”....

Kicking Episode 92 out of the nest….just for you!  Emcee and Alex record off schedule and apparently they drank several Red Bulls before recording so you get to thrill as they energetically go cuckoo for “Cuckoo” the eagerly anticipated horror thriller from new (wave?) German director Tilman Singer. Amidst the giallo-esque shadows and John Carpenter nods, a gorgeous cast including Hunter Schaefer, Jessica Henwick, and Dan Stevens spreads its wings to peck away at the central mystery of...

Grab your Lady in the Water! Episode 91 is Happening!!!!! The Boys are Wide Awake taking on the brand new thriller from the Unbreakable director M. Night Shyamalan - Trap starring Josh Harnett.  Many are Split on Shyamalan - known throughout the Village for his early thrillers with a twist which were all hits, Shymalan then had a string of disasters. Are all the Signs there for a cinematic blockbuster that will make us all Servant to the next M. Night thriller or is the writing on the...

Episode 90 this week on Watch Skip Plus, we're diving headfirst into the R-rated chaos of Deadpool & Wolverine, the latest balls-to-the-wall addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Directed by Shawn Levy, this film sees Ryan Reynolds back as the foul-mouthed, wisecracking Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as the gruff, adamantium-clawed Wolverine. Prepare for an uncensored breakdown of the film’s raunchy humor, brutal action, and the electric chemistry between our two antiheroes. Is...

Episode 89 of Watch Skip Plus answers whether a 28 year old film necessitated a sequel! 28 years after the original and wildly entertaining Twister was released (Special Effects! TV actors! Written by Michael Crichton! EP’d by Spielberg! Natural Disaster writ large!), Hollywood brain trusts got the idea for the ultimate oxymoron - “A standalone sequel”...with that GLEN POWELL guy! And so it goes: Twisters hits screens in a very “Top Gun: Maverick” style re-quel (listen to hear common...

Beware the creeping dread of Episode 88 of Watch Skip Plus! 2024 has been full of bombs, but it’s been a bountiful basket of HORROR(!) Hollywood royalty director Oz Perkins gives us "Longlegs", a uniquely styled thriller with genius marketing touting yet another legendary, singular performance by Nicholas Cage. The second coming of horror or artsy-fartsy celluloid pretension? Cupcake and special guest/GOAT/Pod-Father Sam U. Rai from the Gentleman’s Guide to Midnite Cinema put the lotion in...

Plastic Rain Coats May Be Needed for Episode 87 of Watch Skip Plus! Is Horror finally back with the release of Ti West’s third film in the “X” - “Pearl” trilogy? Or does “MaXXXine” land with all the power of a wet fart albeit one that is bloody and pretty? Listen as the Watch Skip Plus Boys deliver a controversial take on the film like a knife to the throat.  In This Episode:  Cupcake opens with a star studded poop. Emcee talks fantasy involving burly men with shoulder pads. ...

Prepare for massive WTF’ing for Episode 86 of Watch Skip Plus! The Poor Things over at Watch Skip Plus review “Kinds of Kindness”, the new film by Yorgos Lanthimos, a Favourite of many from Greece to the Alps to the Academy! Bleat all you want, but the film is a return to form for Lanthimos’ singular, visceral filmmaking. Is this triptych with a cast of regular Lanthimos players (Emma Stone, Willem DaFoe, Margret Qualley) the whole Lobster entree and dessert or is it a painful experience...

HOP ON YOUR HARLEY AND REV UP A BRAND NEW EPISODE! The Watch/Skip’ers time travel on a Harley back to the 60’s when they review indie darling Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders” based on the eponymous photo-book by Danny Lyon of the notorious Outlaw Motorcycle Club. Featuring a full throttle cast of newcomers and veteran character actors and Nichols’ chrome pedigree, pic is chopped for potential award-season mileage. But is this “Goodfellas” meets “Sons of Anarchy” worthy of its leather-studded...

QUIT THRASHING ABOUT IN THE WATER AND LIFE-PRESERVER OUR NEW EPISODE! The Boys dive into the streaming waters again and take on the French shark thriller Under Paris. Directed by new wave French horror director Xavier Gens - who counts as his new wave compadres Alexandre Aja (“High Tension”), Bustillo and Maury (“Inside”), and Pascal Laugier (“Martyrs”) - Sous La Seine (it’s original French title) chums viewer expectations with the ultimate B movie Jaws-ripoff scenario: a shark in the...