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S16 Ep872: Star Trek (2009, WHM Vault Unlock)

This episode was originally released as an episode of our Star Trek re-cap show, The Nexus on December 29, 2020 “I love how he says ‘Black Hole’ in this movie” - Eric on Elder SpockOn this special WHM Vault Unlock, we’re adding some Star Trek to the 2026 Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza with a lengthy discussion about the better-than-we-remembered 2009 reboot, Star Trek.Were the lens flares really that bad? Are we still cool with the Beasties on the soundtrack? How rad was that Sulu swordplay? And Bones is just throwing around "hobgoblin" in this movie? PLUS: Remember, this was recorded in August 2020, so the months of lockdown madness are in full-effect. It's probably why this episode was three hours long! Star Trek stars Leonard Nimoy, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, and Clifton Collins Jr.; directed by J. J. Abrams.This episode is sponsored by Storyblocks! Head to Storyblocks dot com slash WHM to access the human-made stock media library that's essential to your workflow. For a limited time, they're offering 15% off any annual plan, and that discount is only available through our link. Storyblocks dot com slash WHM for 15% off annual plans! Come hang out in Vegas with us this summer as we do a three-night stand at ST:LV to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek and 10 years of The Nexus! We’ll be at the convention Thursday, Friday and Saturday night doing three Nexus shows on Wrath of Kahn, Generations, and First Contact! Best part is, you don’t need to have a convention pass to attend, each show is ticketed separately. Click through to snag your tix now!Be sure to visit the WHM Merch shop over on Dashery and check out all the latest show-related designs you can slap on t-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, stickers, whatever! Make your friends jealous by flaunting some WHM merch today! Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

S16: On-Screen Live: Reviewing Supergirl, Jackass Best and Last, Toy Story 5, Citizen Vigilante & more!

On this edition of On-Screen Live, we're reviewing the next chapter in James Gunn's DC Universe, Supergirl, the final entry in the Jackass film legacy, Jackass: Best and Last, the fifth outing with our toy friends from the '90s in Toy Story 5, and the dreadful slop that is Citizen Vigilante! PLUS: A quick round-up of three recent-ish true crime titles!Come hang out in Vegas with us this summer as we do a three-night stand at ST:LV to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek and 10 years of The Nexus! We’ll be at the convention Thursday, Friday and Saturday night doing three Nexus shows on Wrath of Kahn, Generations, and First Contact! Best part is, you don’t need to have a convention pass to attend, each show is ticketed separately. Click through to snag your 🎟️  now!Be sure to visit the WHM Merch shop over on Dashery and check out all the latest show-related designs you can slap on t-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, stickers, whatever! Make your friends jealous by flaunting some WHM merch today!  All art by Felipe Sobreiro

S16 Ep871: San Andreas (2015)

“This divorce has less than two hours to live!” - Andrew on the script repairing DJ’s broken homeOn this episode, we’re chatting about the Dwayne Johnson/Paul Giamatti disaster joint, San Andreas!Is this outrageous geological event possible? Should DJ’s character take that helicopter for personal use? Does this film have one of the highest on-screen NPC death counts of any non-alien disaster film? Is this the most sexualized character DJ’s ever played? Is the Daniel Riddick character one of Cinema’s biggest cowards? Did we really need that little, British DSB? And why couldn’t The Rock and Paul Giamatti have had even one scene together? PLUS: The guys pitch a Tremors legacy sequel!San Andreas stars Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Art Parkinson, Will Yun Lee, Kylie Minogue, and Paul Giamatti as Dr. Lawrence Hayes; directed by Brad Peyton.Come hang out in Vegas with us this summer as we do a three-night stand at ST:LV to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek and 10 years of The Nexus! We’ll be at the convention Thursday, Friday and Saturday night doing three Nexus shows on Wrath of Kahn, Generations, and First Contact! Best part is, you don’t need to have a convention pass to attend, each show is ticketed separately. Click through to snag your tix now!Be sure to visit the WHM Merch shop over on Dashery and check out all the latest show-related designs you can slap on t-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, stickers, whatever! Make your friends jealous by flaunting some WHM merch today! Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

S16 Ep870: Minions (2015, with Bob Mackey & Henry Gilbert of Talking Simpsons)

“We’re all Minions!” - ChrisOn this week’s show, we welcome back our buds and Animation Experts, Talking Simpsons’ Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert to help us chat about our little yellow guys’ first solo outing, Minions!How did these little guys come to exist before humanity? What were the Minions up to between 1933 and 1945? Why did we need to hear all these insufferable needle drops? Why couldn’t we have stayed longer on the Minions working for Dracula? Should they have done a Take Two on some of these Big Celebrity Voice Castings? And doesn’t all this work much better without Gru and them kids? PLUS: Were the Minions just God’s perfect mistake? Minions stars the voice talents of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders, Geoffrey Rush, Steve Carell, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Pierre Coffin as The Minions; directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin.Come hang out in Vegas with us this summer as we do a three-night stand at ST:LV to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek and 10 years of The Nexus! We’ll be at the convention Thursday, Friday and Saturday night doing three Nexus shows on Wrath of Kahn, Generations, and First Contact! Best part is, you don’t need to have a convention pass to attend, each show is ticketed separately. Click through to snag your tix now!This episode is sponsored in part by Square! Right now, listeners can get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up atsquare.com/go/whm – that’s S-Q-U-A-R-E dot com slash go slash whm.And by Pestie! Keep the bugs away with Pestie. Go to pestie.com/WHM for an extra 10% off your order.Be sure to visit the WHM Merch shop over on Dashery and check out all the latest show-related designs you can slap on t-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, stickers, whatever! Make your friends jealous by flaunting some WHM merch today! Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

S16: On-Screen Live: Reviews of Disclosure Day, Masters of the Universe (2026), Spider-Noir & more!

On this edition of OSL, we're reviewing the new one from Steven Spielberg, Disclosure Day, the fun toy-factory re-boot no one seemed to care about, Masters of the Universe, and the awesome Nic Cage-starring Spider-Man riff, Spider-Noir!Come hang out in Vegas with us this summer as we do a three-night stand at ST:LV, the world's largest and most bad-ass Star Trek convention, to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek and 10 years of The Nexus! We’ll be at the convention Thursday, Friday and Saturday night doing three Nexus shows on Wrath of Kahn, Generations, and First Contact! Best part is, you don’t need to have a convention pass to attend, each show is ticketed separately. Click through to snag your 🎟️  now! https://creationent.ticketspice.com/w...Be sure to visit the WHM Merch shop over on Dashery and check out all the latest show-related designs you can slap on t-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, stickers, whatever! Make your friends jealous by flaunting some WHM merch today! https://we-hate-movies.dashery.com/ All art by Felipe Sobreiro - http://www.sobreiro.com