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The Mandalorian – Season 3
Season 3 of The Mandalorian first aired on Disney+ from March through April of 2023. The 8 episodes followed our main character Din Djarin and his little pal Grogu, but also veered off into other characters, factions, and storylines that felt somewhat out of place. This week, Evan and Brian have a brief discussion about the show.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the 2023 animated film that serves as a sequel to Sony Animation Studio's wildly successful 2018 film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Once again, we follow the adventures of Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy, as they leap between dimensions to try and stop the latest super-villian, The Spot. Along the way they meet friends both new and old, explore their growing relationship, and carefully navigate the relationships they each have with their families.
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony's animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse debuted to critical acclaim in 2018. The movie follows the life of Miles Morales, a teen-ager of African-American and Puerto Rican descent, who is bitten by a radioactive spider and if thrust into a battle with Kingpin to stop a world-ending trans-dimensional super-collider from being activated. Assisting him in his pursuit are several Spider-people from alternate dimensions, who are trying to help save the world but also return to their respective homes. Filled with heart, humor, and ground-breaking visuals, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse wowed audiences and won the award for Best Animated Feature at the Golden Globes.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
This week we discuss the unique universe inhabited Marvel's group of super-hero misfits, the Guardians of the Galaxy. The ensemble cast includes series veterans Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, and Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, and the movie was written and directed by James Gunn.
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Interview with Charlie McCarron – Part 2
This week we're pleased to present part 2 of our interview with game designer Charlie McCarron, creator of the board game Four Humours. In part 2, we talk about the art for the game, some of the other games Charlie has worked on, and whether a person can work as a game designer for a living. Charlie even joins us for our weekly fortune cookie reading! You can find our more about Charlie at charliemccarron.com, and can find his game Four Humours at Adam's Apple Games.
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Interview with Charlie McCarron – Part 1
This week we interview game designer Charlie McCarron, the creator of a unique game titled Four Humours. In Four Humours, you are a medieval doctor who travels the kingdom and uses potions to win over the citizenry. In part one of our interview, we talk with Charlie about how he first got interested in game design, how long it took to develop Four Humours, the process of play-testing the game, what the publishing process was like, how the Kickstarter campaign worked, and more. You can find out more about Charlie at his website charliemccarron.com.
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Big Hero 6
Big Hero 6 is a 2014 animated Disney movie loosely based on a Marvel comic of the same name. In the movie, 14 year old Hiro Hamada tries to solve the mystery surrounding the untimely death of his older brother Tadashi. Hiro is joined on his mission by Baymax, a huggable health-care robot build by his brother, along with a group of Tadashi's college friends. As their adventure unfolds, they become super-heroes who save the city from a mysterious villian out to destroy his enemies.
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Shrek the Musical
This past weekend our very own Evan performed in Shrek the Musical Jr. as Donkey. We talk a bit about the show, the music, and the characters in the show.
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is a 2022 retelling of the classic tale of a wooden puppet come to life. Set in fascist Italy during World War II, the stop-motion animated movie is at once a story of one child lost and another found, how life and death are both interconnected and inevitable, and the lengths one would go to to save a loved one.
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The Owl House – Season 3
The Owl House series recently wrapped up the 3rd and final season with a 3 episode send-off. The previous 2 seasons had around 20 episodes each to tell the story of Luz, Eda, and King, and their adventures on the Boiling Isles. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled by Disney Execs, and the storytellers were left with only 3 extended episodes to bring the show to a conclusion. On this week's show we discuss whether they arrived at a satisfying ending.