Adam Sandler has evolved from cinema’s preeminent manchild to unaffected cool guy to surprising thespian over the course of his storied movie career. He’s been making audiences laugh since before his first appearance on SNL in 1990, but across decades of comedies, what movie rises to the top? Amanda, Arturo & Zach look at the best Adam Sandler movies to determine the winner of the latest Intercut Movie Bracket.

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TIMECODES...

00:00 - Intro

11:09 - Movies not on our bracket

18:43 - Uncut Gems vs. Eight Crazy Nights

21:32 - You Are So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah vs. The Wedding Singer

23:35 - Murder Mystery vs. Leo

25:16 - Anger Management vs. Hustle

26:47 - Click vs. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

29:57 - The Waterboy vs. Big Daddy

31:49 - Billy Madison vs. Blended

33:05 - Grown Ups vs. Funny People

34:33 - 50 First Dates vs. Airheads

35:33 - That’s My Boy vs. The Meyerowitz Stories

36:42 - Pixels vs. The Longest Yard

37:50 - Little Nicky vs. Hotel Transylvania

39:25 - Mr. Deeds vs. Just Go With It

41:03 - Jack and Jill vs. Happy Gilmore

41:20 - Hubie Halloween vs. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan

43:21 - Punch-Drunk Love vs. Spanglish

44:39 - Round 2

54:57 - Round 3

1:03:50 - Round 4

1:08:37 - Final Round

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Top 10 Movies of the Year so far looking back on the first 6 months of 2025. Amanda, Zach, & Art select their favorite blockbusters and indie gems to highlight from this year in film.

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00:00 - Intro

06:21 - Secret Mall Apartment

08:27 - The Phoenician Scheme

12:54 - Thunderbolts

15:53 - Mickey 17

18:04 - A Normal Family

19:45 - F1

23:41 - 28 Years Later

35:42 - Pavements

41:15 - Materialists

46:54 - Misericordia

49:50 - Warfare / 28 Years Later

57:14 - Presence / Black Bag

1:02:11 - Honorable Mentions

1:12:11 - On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

1:14:50 - Friendship

1:20:13 - Eephus

1:22:20 - The Ballad of Wallis Island

1:25:58 - Sorry, Baby

1:30:42 - Sinners

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Top 10 TV Shows of the Year countdown to look back on the first 6 months of television shows from 2025. Amanda, Art, & Zach highlight what we loved, what we liked, and what we wished we had the time to finish so far this year.

TIMECODES...

00:00 - Is there a dominant TV show on right now?

03:55 - Are binge-style releases out of fashion?

05:24 - Shows We Didn’t See

11:17 - Adults

13:55 - Shrinking

15:26 - Poker Face

18:42 - 100 Years of Solitude

19:55 - The Rehearsal

20:58 - Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney

23:10 - The White Lotus

25:36 - Hacks

28:45 - The Righteous Gemstones

30:29 - American Primeval

31:47 - Adolescence

35:05 - The Pitt

36:58 - Severance

40:25 - The Pitt

41:48 - Andor

46:16 - Honorable Mentions

50:47 - The Bear

58:19 - Department Q

1:00:40 - The Rehearsal

1:06:57 - The Bear

1:10:55 - Common Side Effects

1:13:38 - The Studio

1:19:00 - The White Lotus

1:22:50 - The Pitt

1:29:23 - The Last of Us

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If all you knew about a movie was the person starring in it, who would be at the top of your list? These are our 2025 Actor Power Rankings, not a list of our all-time favorite silver screen stars, but instead, who has the title belt right now and who is at the peak of their powers.

TIMECODES...

00:00 - Intro

06:04 - Josh O’Connor

08:26 - Tim Robinson

09:20 - Jason Schwartzman

10:48 - Florence Pugh

12:31 - Margaret Qualley

13:46 - Joaquin Phoenix

15:10 - Sebastian Stan

17:01 - Jennifer Lawrence

18:33 - Adam Driver

20:11 - Oscar Isaac

23:34 - Emma Stone

26:05 - Timothee Chalamet

28:58 - Ryan Gosling

34:02 - Bradley Cooper

39:15 - Denzel Washington

41:10 - Robert Pattinson

43:28 - Willem Dafoe

46:25 - Margot Robbie

49:24 - Kristen Stewart

53:07 - Jake Gyllenhaal

57:49 - Honorable Mentions

1:04:48 - Colin Farrell

1:06:40 - Florence Pugh

1:07:29 - Daniel Kaluuya

1:10:22 - Rachel Sennott

1:15:20 - Leonardo Dicaprio

1:24:45 - Anya Taylor-Joy

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Nic Cage has evolved from dark and mysterious bad boy to action movie hero to straight-to-DVD headliner to hardworking thespian, all while staying true to his Kabuki theater-style theatrics on screen. With a career full of iconic performances and even more iconic freakouts, we're flipping the Declaration of Cagependence to figure out the best Nicolas Cage movie.

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TIMECODES...

00:00 - Intro

10:55 - Round 1 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse vs. The Weather Man

12:55 - Ghost Rider vs. Fast Times at Ridgemont High

13:35 - Renfield vs. Leaving Las Vegas

14:11 - Mandy vs. Vampire’s Kiss

14:44 - The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent vs. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

16:10 - Bringing out the Dead vs. National Treasure

17:16 - Moonstruck vs. Lord of War

18:42 - The Wicker Man vs. Dream Scenario

19:17 - Kick-Ass vs. The Surfer

21:05 - Con Air vs. Face/Off

22:43 - The Rock vs. Wild At Heart

24:11 - Matchstick Men vs. Adaptation

25:52 - Pig vs. Gone in 60 Seconds

26:25 - Raising Arizona vs. Willy’s Wonderland

27:13 - The Croods vs. Color out of Space

28:18 - Longlegs vs. Next

29:22 - Round 2

37:24 - Round 3

42:26 - Round 4

44:48 - Final Round

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A decade removed from an incredible movie year, we’re looking back to our lives a decade ago and counting down our Top 10 Favorite Films of 2015 to celebrate their 10-year anniversaries.

TIMECODES...

00:00 - Intro

08:38 - Sicario

11:28 - It Follows

16:10 - Straight Outta Compton

18:47 - The Duke of Burgundy

21:03 - Brooklyn

22:27 - Son of Saul

24:59 - The Stanford Prison Experiment

26:23 - What We Do in the Shadows

29:05 - Ex Machina

35:07 - Anomalisa

38:21 - Mad Max: Fury Road

42:58 - Tangerine

45:27 - Phoenix

48:11 - The Lobster

49:45 - Honorable Mentions

1:08:34 - Creed

1:12:43 - The Big Short

1:15:16 - Steve Jobs

1:20:55 - Reminiscing about 2015

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