Avatar: Fire and Ash & Marty Supreme

Episode 42 of the At The Movies podcast, hosted by Dragon Podcasts, titled "Avatar: Fire and Ash & Marty Supreme" was published on January 13, 2026 and runs 29 minutes.

January 13, 2026 ·29m · At The Movies

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Summary

In this podcast episode, HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano go on at length about the lengthy ”Avatar: Fire and Ash.” They have mixed feelings about this latest installment in James Cameron’s blue-hued franchise, because they think the immersive 3-D filmmaking results in wonderful action sequences and yet they also think that the dramatic scenes suffer from ponderous dialogue. Marie and Mike also discuss ”Marty Supreme,” which is anchored by the reliably terrific Timothee Chalamet as a table tennis player in the early 1950s. Although the supremely flawed title character is entertaining to watch as he mistreats everybody around him, too many scenes simply reinforce that point and there are subplots that seem arbitrary.

Episode Description

In this podcast episode, HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano go on at length about the lengthy "Avatar: Fire and Ash." They have mixed feelings about this latest installment in James Cameron's blue-hued franchise, because they think the immersive 3-D filmmaking yields wonderful action sequences, yet the dramatic scenes suffer from ponderous dialogue. Marie and Mike also discuss "Marty Supreme," which is anchored by the reliably terrific Timothee Chalamet as a table tennis player in the early 1950s. Although the supremely flawed title character is entertaining to watch as he mistreats everyone around him, too many scenes simply reinforce that point, and the subplots seem arbitrary.