Why Wasn't It Better?

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Mission: Impossible III has a strange legacy. It kept the series going after the ill-received second entry. In some ways it served as a soft reboot. It set things up for the series to dominate in the next decade. Yet it is often overlooked. Why? Should Tom Cruise have done better, or is this now underrated? Guest Tom Paradiso has chosen to accept the mission of discussing it.
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The film that holds the notorious distinction of being the only film in the franchise to fail at the box office, Solo: A Star Wars Story was supposed to work. An origin story about one of cinema's most beloved heroes, directed by the steady hand of Ron Howard? Turns out Disney severely miscalculated. But nearly a decade on, is it really as bad as its box office numbers? Or does it deserve some love? Guest Adam Hecht is back for some Star Wars therapy.
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Episode four of our Stephen King mini-season and also a Patreon request! Edgar Wright's reboot of The Running Man fell completely flat at the box office last year, despite the name of Stephen King and the involvement of Glenn Powell. Why did it fail so badly? Is it destined for cult classic status? Guest Daniel Ake returns to the podcast to help figure it out.
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Episode three of our Stephen King mini-season! Doctor Sleep is an ambitious sequel that tries to thread an impossible needle: honoring Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining while faithfully adapting Stephen King’s very different novel. Director Mike Flanagan delivers moments of genuine emotional power and some solid horror, but the film was largely ignored upon release in 2019. Why wasn't it better?
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