In the 124th episode of the Extra Buttery Podcast, Jason and Robert welcome back Matt Whalen and dedicate the entire episode to Denis Villenueve's sci-fi epic drama DUNE: PART 2! We talk David Lynch's DUNE, Chani, Zendaya and Chalamet's chemistry, Villeneuve's world of Dune and rank his filmography at the end of the episode.

Original theme music, intro, and outro composed and performed by Michael Spicer

In the 123rd episode of the Extra Buttery Podcast, Jason and Robert open the episode with some discussion on upcoming video game adaptations BORDERLANDS, which had been toiling in production hell, and touch on other game adaptations FALLOUT and HALO. We kick off with MADAME WEB (5:47) and Jason and Robert’s diverging opinions before moving on to DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS (25:04) from Ethan Coen. The episode finishes with Jason and Robert’s top 10s of 2023 (that they’ve seen so far) (33:52).

Original theme music, intro, and outro composed and performed by Michael Spicer

In the 122nd episode of The Extra Buttery Podcast, Jason and Robert gush over GODZILLA MINUS ONE (6:28), a movie that delivered on an exciting trailer with a new chubby Godzilla; find reasons to enjoy the final chapter of the old DCEU with AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM (20:24); the complete and utter mess that was REBEL MOON (32:50); and discuss why POOR THINGS (58:22) is a potential awards darling.

Original theme music, intro, and outro composed and performed by Michael Spicer

In the 121st episode of The Extra Buttery Episode, Jason and Robert discuss the new MAD MAX: FURIOSA trailer in the cold open before heading to Osage County with Martin Scorsese's KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (7:57). In a jam-packed episode, Jason thinks Ridley Scott's lost the plot with NAPOLEON (25:11) and THE MARVELS (42:13) is flat-out not good while Robert believes Alexander Payne is back in form with THE HOLDOVERS (33:24) and finds some amusement with David Fincher's THE KILLER (55:03).

Original theme music, intro, and outro composed and performed by Michael Spicer

In the 120th episode of The Extra Buttery Podcast, Jason and Robert rattle off movies they’re looking forward to over the winter months and into the holiday season before taking a deep dive into THE CREATOR (10:44), discussing the incredible production value despite a modest budget, the battle between humans vs. AI, Asian representation, and the Vietnam War imagery. We continue with more sci-fi with AHSOKA (32:32) and why it falters because it tries to be both a show for adults and kids. Then we finish with DUMB MONEY (57:38) and the impact of the meme stock craze.

Original theme music, intro, and outro composed and performed by Michael Spicer

In the 119th episode of the Extra Buttery Podcast, Robert quizzes Jason with a lightning round of “real movie or not?” (And, sorry, the Mattel toy is Mighty Max, not Mad Max). We start with the instant classic OPPENHEIMER (9:31) and move on to BARBIE (37:07), and discuss how Barbenheimer has hurt MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (49:10) and its many faults. We finish with INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (1:07:40) and ASTEROID CITY (1:23:22).

Original theme music, intro, and outro composed and performed by Michael Spicer

In the 118th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert’s attempt at the cold open begins with the writers’ strike and somehow ends up reminiscing about their youth. Anyway, they open with SUCCESSION (4:05) and why Tom Wambsgams was tabbed to win from the very beginning, and kick off the movies segment with BLACKBERRY (16:38), a Canadian hit about a Canadian has-been. It’s a lot better than FAST X (26:54), which has forced Jason to abandon his fandom for the “family.” Fortunately, things look up with SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (43:19) and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 (50:51). 

Original theme music, intro, and outro composed and performed by Michael Spicer

In the 117th episode of the Extra Buttery Podcast, Jason and Robert open with a discussion about the upcoming writers’ strike and the impact of AI-produced scripts, but harken to The Architect’s warning about how computer errors are inevitably made by humans. We start the episode with CREED III (5:02), Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut and possibly Jonathan Majors’ last big feature role, and segue to Keanu Reeves’ (final?) appearance in the action-packed (and unintentionally hilarious?) JOHN WICK 4 (14:07). Our jam-packed episode continues with DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES (27:20), THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (36:36), THE MANDALORIAN (44:20), get sidetracked with Star Wars talk, then finish with HBO’S SUCCESSION (53:00).

Original theme music, intro, and outro composed and performed by Michael Spicer