We watched Voicemails for Voicemails For Isabelle on Netflix, and it ruined us 😭 We’re loving the rom-coms coming out and are pleasantly thrilled that these straight-to-streaming movies rule (Anyone watch Office Romance? Banger).
Halfway through 2026, we're thinking about the best movies so far. Keep an ear out for a possible new pod drop speaking on this 👂🎙️👀
Here’s what we have for you this week:
Concession Stand Scorecard: Supergirl
New Pod Drop: Patrick is back on to spoil the latest Spielberg flick w/ Josh
This week’s movie - Supergirl
Letterboxd Description:
TRUTH. JUSTICE. WHATEVER.
When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.
Best Watched With
John Wick fans
End Credit Thoughts
Umm, so this was interesting. The majority of our crew does NOT consider us to be a pretentious group. Some (Kelly) call others (Josh, Eric) pretentious, and some (Sarah) may or may not exist anymore (inside joke, sorry. Okay, moving on). But we like to be honest. We don’t like to lie to you, our beloved readers. This superhero flick suffers from so many ailments. It’s poorly lit, has a pretty brutal script, and the pacing is reaaaallly off throughout the entire thing. Some (Kelly, and many of you) might call those pretentious critiques. But they were felt so deeply when we watched, we had to share.
Craig Gillespie really didn’t know what to do with this movie. It suffers from an identity crisis.
When Supergirl was soft-launched at the end of Superman (2025), she felt SO SO promising. Her charisma, on-screen presence - however short - was fantastic. We wanted more. And Craig delivers us a pretty bland, uninspired dive into Supergirl’s world. DISCLAIMER: Milly is innocent of these crimes. She does a really good job, and many fans will still love her as Supergirl. She does the best she can do with the script, story, direction, etc. that she is handed.
The movie fluctuates between a tone of hard party rockin Zor-el, who is always hungover (we lost track of how many times she took off/put on her sunglasses), and a Star Wars vibe with the silly alien jazz clubs. The Kremlin of the Yellow Hills was not a convincing group of villains. Kind of dull.
AND, the emotional moments didn’t work for us. Yeah, yeah, Krypto is cute. But that isn’t enough. Jason Momoa’s Lobo isn’t really all that fun. It’s forced. But he had potential! That is what we mean when we say Gillespie didn’t know how to handle the source material. It’s just BLAND. Milly was almost muted. We needed a little more. Eve Ridley, who plays Ruthye Knoll, did an ok job. She had a sort of monotone, one-trick expression of sadness throughout the entire movie.
We can’t quite put our finger on it. It was almost there.... and look, we know superhero movies are tough to make. We’re a TOUGH CROWD, annoyingly critical, and we love to complain. But this is truly... sort of a mess. We think the professional critics were definitely a little harsh, but our final call is to save this for streaming — even though we love the theater. It just might not be worth the price of admission.
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Disclosure Day: Spoilers w/ Guest Patrick D’Silva, PhD #73
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In this episode, Josh sits down with Patrick to spoil Steven Spielberg’s latest sci-fi blockbuster, Disclosure Day. Before breaking down the alien-human discourse, they catch up on Patrick’s latest public education ventures, explore how Gen Z is reshaping theater spaces, and critique the script’s use of classic cinematic tropes.
Spoilers throughout!
Timestamps
01:13 – Catching Up
09:25 – Disclosure Day conversation begins
11:18 – Our Personal Spielberg Nostalgia
18:29 – The Theater Experience
21:16 – Enchantment vs. Analysis
30:31 – Deconstructing the Tropes
42:19 – Theological Nuance
1:08:13 – The Progtagonists
1:11:12 – Final Verdicts
Patrick’s Links
The Religion Department: religiondepartment.com — Access to accessible religious studies courses for the general public, featuring Patrick’s upcoming course on Rumi’s Masnavi.
Substack Platform: Worlds Beyond Worlds — Patrick’s hub for his podcast episodes looking at autonomy in the college classroom and his upcoming essay series, Terraforming the Earth.
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