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It's here! The moment we've been waiting for and also dreading - The Snyder Cut is out on HBOMax. We try to break it down into what we liked and didn't like about Snyder's mythmaking attempts over th…

This week, 'WandaVision' ends, so we try to break down what this season gave us from this deeper character study, and if Disney/Marvel can ever let their heroes truly be people as well. Then, we disc…

This week, we discuss 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' an incredible movie that makes for difficult watching, and which features two of the best performances in the past year from Daniel Kaluuya (Golde…

This week on Post-Weird, we discuss the new documentary 'Framing Britney Spears' presented by The New York Times. The documentary covers a period of history both of us are very familiar with - and un…

To start, we discuss how recent events feel in 2021 as we continue through this period of pandemic response and social activism, both still being addressed culturally and politically. What's the impa…

Despite the hype, 'The Little Things' is ultimately a disappointing watch that doesn't know what kind of movie it wants to be. So why is the Golden Globes voting body so fixated on Jared Leto's perfo…

The MCU is inevitable! We talk about what worked and what didn't in the first few episodes of Disney's first Marvel TV show, 'WandaVision.' It seems that the film/TV strategy is starting to look a lo…

The return of Post-Weird! It's been a wild month since the end of season 1, but we begin season 2 with a look back not only at the last few weeks, but the last 4 years of arts in culture under the su…

Welcome to the most chaotic 2020 wrap-up podcast! In this episode, we each select 15 pieces of pop culture, released in the past year, that have inspired, comforted, or otherwise improved our lives i…

Big Christmas has arrived! In this episode, we discuss what makes a movie a Christmas movie, the continued importance of classic tales like 'A Christmas Carol,' and then each countdown our 5 favorite…

Happy holidays from Post-Weird! We're back this week to recap chapters 12-14 (S2, E4-6) of 'The Mandalorian.' As we near the end of this season, it's become clear that no show on TV quite understands…

In this episode, we discuss some of our favorite music, movies, and TV shows of this year as a preview for our year-end Best of 2020 lists coming in a few weeks. This has been a difficult year, but t…

Happy Thanksgiving to all! This is the HBO Max special pod from Post-Weird. With the recent news that 'Wonder Woman 1984' will go directly to streaming on Christmas day, the same day it hits movie th…

On this episode of Post-Weird, we're happy to have 'Star Wars' back in our lives! 'The Mandalorian' returns in excellent form to bring some light to the end of 2020. We discuss the first 3 episodes (…

The United States will have a new President on January 20, 2021! The Trump countdown is on. But this election told us something about this country: 70 million people liked (or were okay with) what ha…

Spooky season is upon us! In this episode, we discuss our relationships with the horror genre, what makes a good Halloween movie, and then each countdown our 5 favorite Halloween movies in a wide-ran…

First, we discuss our voting history and how we remember voting being discussed growing up, in high school, by our parents, and by celebrities - all of which we found lacking. Why is it so hard to di…

This show exists because we wanted to speak about the never-ending cycle of despair and content, and how it shapes the way we see the world. With the grand jury verdict announcement that the cops tha…

It was a hell of a week. To start, we briefly discuss the idiocy of a Joe Rogan hosted debate while the U.S. stares into the depths of doom with the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Why is it so …