Pol, Kirsten, and Bud talk Wicked, AI, all the live-action movies, and Jar Jar Binks even comes up today!

Preamble

04:36 – Wicked marketing followup

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:52 – Daisy the AI scambaiter

Coming Soon

22:44 – Severance S1 recap (but for real) (Apple TV+ series, S2, January 17)

23:53 – Beatles ’64 (Disney+ documentary, November 29)

29:44 – The Studio (Apple TV+ series, March 26)

30:58 – A Minecraft Movie (in theatres April 4)

35:57 – How To Train Your Dragon (in theaters June 13)

related: HTTYD: first look

40:07 – The Amateur (Rami Malek, in theatres April 11)

45:15 – Secret Level (Prime Video anthology series, December 10)

47:34 – Sophie Turner poised to play Lara Croft in Tomb Raider series on Amazon

48:28 – Lady Gaga joins Wednesday season 2

49:15 – Conan O’Brien tapped to host the 2025 Oscars

53:16 – James Bond: next actor will be in his 30s and ‘whiteness is not a given’

Reviews and Recommendayshes

56:10 – The Substance (Pol & Bud)

1:03:00 – Agatha All Along (Kirsten)

1:06:55 – Dune Prophecy (Pol)

1:08:05 – Heretic (Pol) (bonus Jar Jar Hugh Grant)

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