Welcome back to Vaguely Nerdy Podcast— your weekly dive into all things movies! This week, we’re locked, loaded, and ready to break down the latest in movie news, fresh trailers, and Hollywood buzz. But the main event? Our spoiler-free (and then spoiler-filled) review of Ballerina, the newest action thriller from the World of John Wick.

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0:00 - Start

0:31 - Movie Trivia

7:17 - Viola Davis is Ally Clark

10:24 - Mass Effect Game Series Update

15:25 - ‘Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man’ teaser

17:01 - ‘M3GAN 2.0’ trailer

18:52 - ‘The Man in My Basement’ Trailer

21:31 - ‘Alien: Earth’ trailer

27:01 - ‘Wicked: For Good’ Trailer

28:34 - Buncha Crunch (Blumhouse gets ‘SAW’ and goes back to ‘MA’, Mia Goth joins Star Wars, Samuel L Jackson is a NOLA King, ‘Alien: Romulus’ and ‘One of Them Days’ sequel news)

42:45 - MOVIE REVIEW: Ballerina (spoilers @ 57:20)

1:34:43 - What’s Up Next

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Disney’s latest live-action remake, Lilo & Stitch, is finally here! Does it capture the same feelings as the original or miss the mark? We give our thoughts on the casting, the story changes, and the now infamous ending.

Before our review we chat about new trailers, casting announcements, and behind-the-scenes buzz.

0:00 - Start

0:24 - Movie Trivia

5:30 - Marvel skips Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con

11:29 - ‘GOOD FORTUNE’ trailer

15:03 - BUNCHA-CRUNCH: ‘ELDEN RING’ casting, Jocasta in ‘VISION QUEST’ series, Laura Linney in ‘LANTERNS’ series for DC Studios & Ariana Grande set to ‘MEET THE FOCKERS’

23:52 - MOVIE REVIEW: Lilo & Stitch (spoilers @ 35:51)

1:09:55 - What’s Up Next

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Ethan Hunt is asking us to trust him one last time with one last movie. Does it stick the landing? Before we get into that we discuss the Michael Jackson biopic, another video game adaption, the new Jurassic World Rebirth trailer, and Avengers moving to the Christmas movie season for 2026 AND 2027.

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0:00 - Start

0:24 - Movie Trivia + Mission Impossible Random Facts

7:39 - Michael Jackson biopic becoming 2 movies

16:42 - Elden Ring is getting a live-action movie adaption

21:48 - ‘Amazing World of Gumball’ series Trailer
26:52 - ‘Caught Stealing’ Trailer

29:39 - ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Trailer

35:18 - Buncha Crunch (‘Street Fighter’ and more Hunger Games casting news, Devil Wears Prada gets a release date, Avengers Doomsday and Secret Wars pushed back)

52:15 - MOVIE REVIEW: Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (spoilers @ 1:20:03)

2:14:59 - What’s Up Next

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