Disclosure Day

Our summer blockbuster tour is shifting gears, into Steven Spielberg's latest high-budget sci-fi epic: Disclosure Day. The film promises a sprawling, global thriller surrounding humanity's first official contact with alien life, balancing massive spectacle with political intrigue. However, as you'll hear in this episode, the two of us... did not hold back on how much this one let us down. To help us get through our rant, we are shaking up a cocktail by Lemar - KCXE - a cocktail with a flurry of ingredients designed to be strong enough to numb the pain. This week, we break down where the film stumbles despite its stacked cast. We talk through Emily Blunt as a Kansas City TV meteorologist who develops a bizarre psychic connection to extraterrestrial signals, Josh O'Connor as the nervous cybersecurity analyst on the run after leaking government UFO archives, and Colin Firth as the ruthless corporate contractor hunting them down. While we appreciate Janusz Kamiński’s glowing 35mm cinematography and John Williams’ score, we rant about the frustratingly bloated second act, the bizarre theological arguments, and how Spielberg's usually reliable magic completely loses its way under the weight of its own self-importance. If you love a therapeutic, no-holds-barred episode where we tear into a disappointment, this is the discussion for you. This episode VIDEO is live on YouTube AND Spotify! Follow us on Instagram to get ep sneak peaks and find out what's coming up. DM us what you want to hear about next! Interested in what we're watching off the pod? Check out Mackenzie or Lemar's Letterboxd!