(4:00) Warner Bros/Discovery gets poached by Paramount

(14:00) Oscars Predictions

(24:40) News

(42:40) Trailers

TV Reviews

(57:50) The Pitt Season 2 (in-season) [HBO Max]

(01:04:00) His & Hers [Netflix]

(01:05:50) Wonder Man [Disney+]

(01:11:30) A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms [HBO Max]

Movies

(01:19:00) The Housemaid

(01:21:30) People We Meet on Vacation

(01:23:00) The Rip

(01:24:40) The Wrecking Crew

(01:26:00) The Bluff

(01:28:00) Primate

(01:30:30) 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Talking Pictures and POA annual colaboration of the years best movies

Worst Movies

03:00 - Bob

06:24 - Evan

08:40 - Dave

14:30 - Dexter

Top TV

18:45 - Bob

20:24 - Bob's take on Stranger Things season 5

41:00 - Evan

41:45 - Dexter

Top Movies of 2025

55:40 - First Round - 10, 9, 8

01:13:00 - Second Round - 7, 6, 5

01:37:20 - Third Round - 4, 3, 2

02:06:00 - Final Round- #1

02:24:30 - Bob's Most Anticipated

02:35:50 - Hollywood Reporter's most anticipated movies of 2026

Credits:

Opening music - Chris Dowling

• 01:30 - Warner Bros/Discovery bids

TV Reviews

• 10:10 - Blood of My Blood "Outland Prequel"
• 14:30 - Welcome to Derry (HBO Max)
• 20:30 - Alien: Earth (Hulu)
• 22:00 - Peacemaker S2 (HBO Max)
• 25:00 - The Paper (Peacock)
• 28:50 - Adolescence (Netflix)
• 32:00 - The Pitt (HBO Max)
• 35:00 - Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)
• 40:00 - Gen V S2 (Prime)
• 43:00 - Andor S2 (Disney+)
• 47:00 - The Studio (Apple TV)
• 52:30 - In Memoriam
• 55:00 - Box Office Status Update

Movie Reviews

• 01:05:00 - Sinners
• 01:18:00 - Superman
• 01:28:00 - Fantastic 4
• 01:32:15 - Thunderbolts*
• 01:36:20 - Dangerous Animals
• 01:38:26 - Karate Kid Legends
• 01:41:00 - Presence
• 01:42:10 - F1 The Movie
• 01:46:10 - Until Dawn
• 01:49:00 - Happy Gilmore 2
• 01:56:40 - The Black Phone 2
• 02:01:20 - The Life of Chuck
• 02:05:20 - The Long Walk
• 02:11:38 - Jurassic World: Rebirth
• 02:15:30 - The Materialists
• 02:18:30 - One Battle After Another
• 02:21:30 - The Lost Bus
• 02:23:00 - The Conjuring: The Last Rites
• 02:26:20 - Together
• 02:35:00 - Final Destination: Bloodlines
• 02:36:30 - The Woman in Cabin 10
• 02:37:40 - Splitsville
• 02:40:10 - K-Pop Demon Hunters
• 02:41:30 - Predator: Killer of Killers
• 02:42:30 - How to Train Your Dragon
• 02:42:22 - Caught Stealing
• 02:44:25 - The Naked Gun
• 02:46:22 - Mickey 17
• 02:47:50 - Frankenstein
• 02:52:40 - Bring Her Back
• 02:53:50 - 28 Years Later
• 02:57:40 - Weapons
• 03:02:30 - Predator: Badlands

Check out the Talking Pictures Podcast here

Top TV Shows of 2024(05:10)

Bob's Honorable Mentions

• Fallout [Amazon Prime]
• From Season 3 [MGM+]
• Agatha All Along [Disney+]
• English Teacher [Hulu]
• Landman [Paramount+]
• Bad Monkey [Apple TV+]

Bob's Top TV Shows(13:00)

• X-Men 97[Disney+]
• Shogun[Hulu]
• Nobody Wants this [Netflix]
• Squid Game Season 2 [Netflix]
• Shrinking Season 2 [Apple TV+]

Dex's Top TV Shows (29:00)

• Baby Reindeer [Netflix]
• No Good Deeds [Netflix]

Worst Films of 2024(36:20)

Top Films of 2024

• #10, 9, 8 (56:00)
• #7, 6, 5 (01:27:30)
• #4, 3, 2 (01:51:50)
• #1 (02:36:00)

Most Anticipated of 2024 (03:09:30)

Music Credit: Chris Dowling

News

• Superman Teaser
• Harry Potter TV casting controversy
• The White Lotus Season 3
• Clayface movie announced
• Wicked sequel title announced
• American Psycho Remake
• Magazine Dreams release date
• Death of a Unicorn
• 28 Years Later
• Scream 7
• Lilo and Stitch
• Tangled live action film announced
• Snow White Live action announced
• Chris Evans rumored to reprise Captain America

TV Show Reviews

• From Season 3 (44:50)
• The Perfect Couple (49:00)
• La Palma (51:40)
• The Madness in-progress (54:30)
• Cross (56:00)
• Shrinking (59:00)
• Skeleton Crew(01:02:05)

Movie Reviews

• Gladiator II(01:06:25)
• Afraid(01:16:15)
• Subservience(01:21:25)
• Dear Santa (01:25:20
• Red One (01:28:15)
• Caddo Lake (01:36:00)
• Megalopolis (01:37:00)
• Emilia Pérez (01:38:00)
• Smile 2 (01:41:20)
• Kraven (01:49:00)
• Juror #2 (01:54:00)
• Joy (02:03:00)
• Carry-On (02:08:40)
• Conclave (02:11:40)
• Wicked (02:18:25)
• Anora (02:29:15)
• Heretic (02:36:25)

News (02:20)

TV

• From Season 3 (16:30)
• The Penguin (18:40)
• Agatha All Along (23:00)
• Nobody Wants This (31:40)
• Shogun (38:00)
• Love is Blind (42:20)
• Emily in Paris (45:20)

Movies

• Twisters (49:00)
• Alien Romulus (52:50)
• A Violent Nature (01:03:40)
• Trap (01:07:10)
• Speak No Evil (01:10:00)
• Apartment 7A (01:13:30)
• Cuckoo (01:15:40)
• Salem's Lot (01:17:40)
• Strange Darling (01:21:30)
• Beezel (01:25:40)
• Hellboy: The Crooked Man (01:26:50)
• Mr. Crocket (01:27:50)
• Carved (01:28:30)
• Oddity (01:29:35)
• Terrifier 3 (01:32:00)
• Blink Twice (01:37:50)
• Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice (01:43:00)
• Slingshot (01:49:50)
• Wolfs (01:50:40)
• Fly Me to the Moon (01:52:00)
• Rebel Ridge (01:56:05)
• Venom The Last Dance (01:59:20)
• The Wild Robot (02:02:00)
• The Deliverance (02:06:00)
• It Ends With Us (02:09:05)
• Woman of the Hour (02:16:00)
• Amber Alert (02:19:00)
• Don't Move(02:22:00)
• Joker Folie A Deux (02:25:00)
• Saturday Night (02:32:45)
• The Substance (02:41:00)

RDJ set to portray Dr.Doom - (2:45)

Multiverse/Jonathan Majors causes Marvel to pivot (09:30)

D23 Announcements

• Daredevil Born Again (18:00)
• Ironheart (19:40)
• Fantastic Four First Steps (21:00)
• Avatar: Fire and Ash (23:36)
• Stitch (25:010)
• Freakier Friday (25:20)
• Disney pivots to familiar IPs (25:40)
• Skeleton Crew
• Star Wars problem (28:00)
• Skeleton Crew (30:30)
• The Mandalorian & Grogu (30:50)

Trailers

• Moana 2 (34:00)
• Gladiator II (36:25)
• Captain America: Brave New World (39:30)
• Here (44:00)
• Strange Darling (45:15)
• Monster Summer (45:40)
• Mufasa (47:00)
• Snow White (50:55)
• Venom: The Last Dance (59:30)

News

• Creature of the Black Lagoon(01:01:40)
• Tomb Raider reboot/ Mortal Kombat 2 (01:03:00)
• Happy Gilmore 2(01:03:40)
• Jurassic Park/ 300 TV Show (01:04:30)
• Spaceballs 2 (01:06:25)
• F1 Movie (01:08:30)
• Horizon Part 2 pulled (01:09:40)
• Saturday Night Live film (01:10:00)

TV Reviews

• The Bear Season 3 (01:12:30)
• The Boys Season 4 (01:15:00)
• Tracker (01:16:35)
• House of Dragon Season 2 (01:17:40)
• Star Wars: The Acolyte (01:24:10)

Movie Reviews

• The First Omen (01:35:45)
• The Strangers: Chapter 1 (01:38:30)
• Abigail (01:41:45)
• Under Paris (01:44:30)
• Tarot (01:46:10)
• I Saw the TV Glow (01:50:00)
• Stop-Motion (01:53:40)
• Longlegs (01:55:55)
• MaXXXine (02:03:46)
• Watchers (02:09:00)
• A Quiet Place: Day One (02:10:00)
• Horizon Chapter 1 (02:15:25)
• Beverly Hills Cop Axel F(02:17:50)
• Kingdom of the Plant of the Apes (02:19:30)
• The Bikeriders (02:24:30)
• Bad Boys Ride or Die (02:25:15)
• IF (02:27:40)
• Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (02:28:10)
• Inside Out 2 (02:30:00)
• Deadpool & Wolverine (02:33:00)

Oscars (01:50)

News (08:22)

Trailers

• Deadpool and Wolverine (28:30)
• Joker Folie A deux (38:45)
• Trap - (44:10)
• Hit Man (47:05)
• Dead Boy Detectives (48:40)
• The Crow (51:00)
• Alien: Romulus (59:20)
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (01:02:50)
• Star Wars: The Acolyte (01:04:20)
• MaXXXine (01:10:30)
• Speak No Evil (01:13:45)
• Transformers One (01:15:45)
• Blink Twice (01:17:45)

TV Reviews

• Bad Batch Season 3 (1:20:30)
• Halo Season 2 (01:21:45)
• Quiet on Set (01:22:30)
• X-Men 97' [in-progress] (01:26:00)
• Fallout (01:31:00)
• Master of Air [in-progress] (01:35:30)
• Shogun [in-progress] (01:36:40)

Movie Reviews

• Dune Part Two (01:40:24)
• Ordinary Angels (01:48: 30)
• The First Omen (01:53:10)
• French Girl (02:01:40)
• No Way Up (02:05:40)
• Argylle (02:07:45)
• Stormy (02:12:00)
• Upgraded (02:15:30)
• Mea Culpa (02:18:20)
• Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (02:23:00)
• Ricky Stanicky (02:29:00)
• Driveaway Dolls (02:30:10)
• The Beekeeper (02:31:00)
• Ghostbusters Frozen Empire (02:32:00)
• Lisa Frankenstein (02:34:20)
• Late Night with the Devil (02:36:10)
• Snack Shack (02:38:25)
• Wicked Little Letters (02:40:20)
• Immaculate (02:42:45)
• The American Society of Magical Negroes (02:50:40)
• Suncoast (02:54:44)
• Roadhouse (03:05:00)

Super Bowl Trailers

Deadpool and Wolverine (04:00)

Twisters (12:30)

Wicker (16:15)

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (21:20)

News(23:30)

Road House trailer (36:00)

One Piece (45:00)

Monkey Man (53:00)

Superman update (01:03:00)

Disney sequels (01:09:30)

TV Reviews

Reacher Season 2(01:28:10)

Percy Jackson (01:30:00)

Zorro (01:31:01)

True Detective: Nigh Country - In Progress (01:32:45)

Mr. And Mrs. Smith - In Progress (01:34:30)

Movie reviews

Mean Girls - (1:39:47)

Night Swim - (1:42:20)

The Underdoggs (01:43:30)

Bitconned (01:48:52)

American Fiction (01:52:20)

Oscar Predictions (02:02:01)

POA hosts, Dexter and Bob, link up with the newly minted Talking Pictures podcast hosts, Evan and Dave, for their favorite annual tradition.

Top Shows of 2023(02:50)

Worst Movies of 2023 (25:20)

Current state of film industry (51:30)

Top 10 Movies

#10, 9, 8 (1:03:30)

#7, 6, 5 (01:37:00)

#4, 3, 2 (02:26:00)

Honorable Mentions (03:07:45)

#1 (03:24:00)

Most Anticipated of 2024 (03:50:30)

Music Credit: Chris Dowling

Talking Pictures Podcast Promo (01:19)

Hollywood Strikes (02:54)

The Flash bombs (14:30)

Are superhero movies dead? (22:20)

Superman casting news (25:30)

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (34:30)

TV Reviews

Secret Invasion Review (37:00)

Daisy Jones & the Six (42:20)

Black Mirror Season 6 (46:40)

Shrinking (49:30)

Ted Lasso Season 3 (53:35)

Beef (01:04:00)

Love & Death (01:07:30)

The Bear Season 2 SPOILER REVIEW (01:11:00)

From (01:26:30)

Film Reviews

Super Mario Brothers (01:29:00)

Spider-Man: Across the Universe (01:33:30)

Air (01:37:00)

Still (01:41:45)

Reality (01:42:45)

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (01:46:20)

The Little Mermaid (01:50:30)

Feature Reviews

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (01:59:30)

Barbie (02:05:45)

Oppenheimer (02:17:00)

Rest of Year Most Anticipated (02:37:00)