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Join Tony and the Hack The Movies crew twice a week as they talk about tapes or discuss newer movies and film topics!
Listen on Apple Podcasts@lena is back to talk about all the shows in Anne Rice's Immortal Universe. Watch us dissect Interview With The Vampire, The Mayfair Witches, Talamasca: The Secret Order, and The Vampire Lestat. Which one is the best? https://youtube.com/live/h8MdHp_a9sI https://rumble.com/v7di67q-what-is-the-best-show-in-anne-rices-immortal-universe-hack-the-movies.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_l
Spider-Man is about to have a brand new day so it only felt right to go back and revisit his darkest hour. Gil returns to help me review the disastrous follow up to The Amazing Spider-Man. This time there's more villains, more romance, and more storylines. Some don't even get resolved! Watch and find out how bad it was! https://youtu.be/jtIPu7evsLw https://rumble.com/v7depz0-the-amazing-spider-man-2-is-the-worst-spider-man-movie-hack-the-movies.html
A BUNCH of new movie trailers dropped at SDCC so I got together with Doctor Til to do a live stream where we talk about them. Figured I put the audio here for all of you podcast listeners.
Monica and Dan return to the show to help me RETURN TO SILENT HILL! The original director of the first film returns to make a movie based on the best game of the series. A game that is fresh in everyone's head since they just remade it. Turns out it's not that good. Find out why in this episode! https://youtu.be/zshFCUGvL2U https://rumble.com/v7d7uac-do-not-return-to-silent-hill-hack-the-movies.html
Schmuel Buckman stops by store to talk about Poltergeist II: The Other Side! The movie brings mostly everyone back and promises more ghosts, more scares, and crazier special effects. But is this sequel unnecessary? Watch and find out! https://youtu.be/XJV00WIcN2Y https://rumble.com/v7d4qlm-is-poltergeist-ii-an-unnecessary-sequel-hack-the-movies.html
Here is a review I did with Movie Dumpster for the first Carnosaur movie! https://youtu.be/lz4BVo2SfzU?si=U3xIFP_O8Za6ERsS
We went to VHS Fest X and got to use the Crypt Video Rentals set up to shoot some quick reviews of the movies that screened there! Crystal and I talked movies with friends, fans, and complete strangers! Find out what we thought of Society and the other movies that played there. https://youtu.be/GFYOJx8pc48 https://rumble.com/v7csaeu-society-and-more-at-vhs-fest-x-hack-the-movies.html
The X-Men will return to the big screen this summer. One might even show up in Spider-Man Brand New Day! Because of this I assembled the all-star team of Crystal, Gil, and Ming Chen from Comic Book Men to help me review the last mainline X-Men movie. Find out how Dark Phoenix extinguished the franchise. https://youtu.be/2hsPt4pFshs https://rumble.com/v7cq43i-how-dark-phoenix-extinguished-the-x-men-franchise-hack-the-movies-with-ming.html
A new Spider-Man movie is on the way. I remembered that I never gave the Andrew Garfield movies full reviews so it was about time! @gilexplainsmovies joins me to join this bland reboot that didn't really offer anything new to the franchise. https://youtu.be/4dUJg6RzIiE https://rumble.com/v7cd4o6-the-amazing-spider-man-is-a-bland-reboot-hack-the-movies.html
Join us as we talk about new releases from June 2026! Masters of the Universe Find Your Friends Mr. Reset and the Society of Turnbuckle and Bone I Am Frankelda Disclosure Day Scary Movie (2026) https://youtube.com/live/HSwazopO02A https://rumble.com/v7c6208-scary-movie-masters-of-the-universe-disclosure-day-and-more-june-2026-wrap-.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_a
There have been tons of horror remakes, but Alexandre Aja’s The Hills Have Eyes is still one of the best. Did you know he also directed the insane 2010 remake of Joe Dante’s Piranha? @CaptainBoomies stops by to talk about this busty, bloody, motorboating 3D shark-fest! Packed with Back to the Future legend Christopher Lloyd, wild practical effects, over-the-top kills, and Gianna Michaels! https://youtu.be/mAVoJyEAOp4 https://rumble.com/v7c0z3y-piranha-3d-is-a-bodacious-remake-hack-the-movies.html
Join Frank and I as we talk about the latest addition to the DCU. Supergirl 2026 has become one of the more divisive superhero films in the last few years. Is it as bad as some people are claiming? Is there a lot of good in this movie? Watch as we talked about the mixed bag that is Supergirl. https://youtube.com/live/K65gfuaKnws https://rumble.com/v7bxdhg-supergirl-2026-is-a-mixed-bag-hack-the-movies.html?e9s=src_v1_cbl%2Csrc_v1_ucp_a
I am getting TOGETHER with Cayley from Once Over With Cayley, Andy from All Apologies, and Angela from Angela Does Horror to talk about the 2025 horror movie, Together starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie! https://youtube.com/live/IsHK5CAeuB4 https://rumble.com/v7bu0aq-together-is-terrifying-hack-the-movies.html
Supergirl is getting her first solo adventure on the big screen in decades so we thought it would be fun to go back and watch her FIRST big adventure on the big screen. It turns out it was her WORST adventure. Frank and Lauren join me to figure out what went wrong with this adaptation. https://youtu.be/YeIUtVgd6AA https://rumble.com/v7bonc4-supergirls-first-and-worst-adventure-hack-the-movies.html
People loved Wicked and the new Michael Jackson biopic, but did you know there's already a movie that combines The Wizard of Oz with the King of Pop?Join Manny Muskets and me as we celebrate Black Music Month with a fun review of the iconic 1978 classic The Wiz starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, and Ted Ross! https://youtube.com/live/JQBj1v4IWj8 https://rumble.com/v7bhy9g-is-the-wiz-wonderful-hack-the-movies.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_l
Johanna and Ian S. stop by the store to review Seed of Chucky (2004) - the wildest, weirdest, and most divisive movie in the Child's Play franchise! We discuss whether this horror-comedy is actually underrated, a perfect Pride Month watch thanks to its bold themes, or the movie that started the franchise's downward spiral. https://youtu.be/gKZIbK-YA8I https://rumble.com/v7bdlke-is-seed-of-chucky-where-it-all-went-wrong-for-childs-play-hack-the-movies.html
Here is a compilation of all our Predator movie reviews. https://youtu.be/BZusDv0uayc https://rumble.com/v7b7gg6-predator-movie-reviews-hack-the-movies.html 00:00:00 Predator 01:19:03 Predator 2 01:25:38 AVP: Alien vs. Predator 01:34:47 AVP:R Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 01:47:57 Predators 02:00:07 The Predator 02:18:15 Prey 02:57:54 Predator: Killer of Killers 03:12:12 Predator Badlands
We finally lived long enough to see Nicholas Cage be Spider-Man. After appearing as Spider- Noir in Into The Spider-Verse they finally gave him his own live action spin-off series. You can even watch it in black and white and in color! Doctor Til from Ministry of Dude will join me to break down this series. https://youtube.com/live/cSpf-yIqglw https://rumble.com/v7b3zns-spider-noir-is-the-multiverse-done-right-hack-the-movies.html
It is finally time to review Dark City. You fans have been demanding it for years so I got together with @MovieDumpster to talk about this Alex Proya's Masterpiece! We talk about what is great about it and also the differences between the two cuts. https://youtu.be/0CtOJFzXq6w https://rumble.com/v7b08re-dark-city-is-a-masterpiece-hack-the-movies.html
Join us as we talk about some of the new releases from May 2026! Backrooms Stranger Things Tales from '85 Neighbor Daredevil: Born Again season 2 Punisher: One Last Kill Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu https://youtube.com/live/vE8wd1RpDho https://rumble.com/v7au418-backrooms-punisher-mandalorian-and-grogu-and-more-may-2026-wrap-up-hack-the.html
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