The MCU is struggling, Warner Brothers is in a death spiral...is it Mattel's time to shine? After the success of Barbie, the toy manufacturer has a huge number of projects in development. We dive into what this means for the film industry, and what we might see from films like Hot Wheels, Polly Pocket and more.

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Some actors have a strong start to their careers but fall by the sidelines for a variety of reasons.

While some actors have a later career resurgence.

And there are other actors we want to make comeback but they haven't...yet.

We discuss it all in this week's episode!

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It's the first VIP pick of a brand new interseason and we're covering a topic that comes up pretty often on the main series: namely, when do you release a good sequel? One to three years feels like a lot of studio pressure or support but what's the logic behind leaving it one to three decades? Let's talk motivation, risk, and success with legacy sequels.

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We're kicking off our inter-season with another Sequel We'd Like To See, and this time, it's an elementary choice, as we take a look at 1986's Basil the Great Mouse Detective and imagine what the continuing adventures of London's premier rodent detective might look like.

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It's time to take our masks off and dive through some doves in slow motion because our season finale is Mission: Impossible 2 from 2000.

And yes, we do talk about Tom Cruise's hair and that Limp Bizkit song.

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It's the last VIP pick of the season and oh, we have such sights to show you. Hellraiser may be an iconic and prolific franchise but it's also pretty rotten at its core. So we're going back to the 80s and seeing if we can solve the puzzle that is 'making a good Hellraiser sequel.'

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The first Lego Movie was a delightful breath of fresh air, managing to thread the needle of being a corporate toy commercial with actual heart and humor. The second one was saddled with an overly-complicated plot and a terrible marketing campaign. Can we do any better, or are we about to brick it?

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We're venturing back into the deep waters of Jean-Claude Van Damme sequels as we tackle the sequel to Universal Soldier.

It's the Universal Soldier sequel that's not a TV movie (that's good) but does feature Bill Goldberg (that's bad).

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Sharks! Super intelligent eavesdropping sharks! You're not familiar with them? Well you will be once we're through with our latest episode, as we take a look back 25 years ago to Deep Blue Sea and the bizarre choice to release a sequel nearly two decades later. And you don't have to be a genius killer shark to know it was a terrible idea.

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Remember Crocodile Dundee? With the knife and the water buffalo and the... what are these films actually about? The war on drugs and art theft?

We take a trip back to the 80s to re-examine this Australian icon who definitely doesn't hold up to a 21st century lens. So how do you solve a problem like Mick?

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It's time to venture back into the Montague and Capulet gardens and meet Sherlock Gnomes and Dr Gnome Watson.

Yes, those are their actual names. And yes, we're fixing this film because of one of our VIPs on Patreon.

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