Up Your Alley with Jake & Taylor

#SteamMachine #007FirstLight #YookaReplaylee #Whalefall #Kevin #ZachGalifianakis #GamingPodcast #moviepodcast This week on Up Your Alley, we’re talking about the eye-watering price of the new Steam Machine and trying to figure out exactly what’s driving the cost. Is this the future of PC gaming in the living room, or just an expensive curiosity?We also discuss the upcoming film Whalefall, Jake wraps up 007 First Light, and Taylor has been spending time with Yooka-Replaylee, the remastered return of everyone’s favorite legally-distinct platforming duo.This week’s recs:🐱 Kevin — Amazon’s animated series about a cat trying to make it in the big city.🌱 This Is A Gardening Show with Zach Galifianakis — Netflix’s delightfully strange agrarian documentary series that somehow delivers exactly what the title promises.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

#SummerGamesFest #NintendoDirect #BlippoPlus #JimRash #MissYouLoveYou #IndieGames #GamingPodcast #MoviePodcastThis week on Up Your Alley, we’re breaking down the biggest announcements from Summer Games Fest and the latest Nintendo Direct. What got us excited? What got us worried? And what will definitely be delayed?Then it’s time for this week’s recommendations:📺 Blippo+ — a bizarre indie experience masquerading as an alien television, complete with strange broadcasts, hidden stories, and Confetti Cowboys🎬 Miss You, Love You — the new film written and directed by Jim Rash, blending comedy, heartbreak, and awkward human behavior in a way only Jim Rash can.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

This week on Up Your Alley, we get our first look at 007 First Light and Spider-Noir, two projects that have us cautiously optimistic for very different reasons.Jake follows up last week’s Primitive War discussion with a spite-rec: Dog Soldiers (2002), the cult horror-action film that answers the question, “What if a military squad fought monsters, but good?”Taylor’s rec is the YouTube channel Big Ole Words, which does deep dives into obscure, forgotten, and genuinely strange NES games. If you’ve ever wondered who was out there making videos about games nobody rented in 1989, this is your channel.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com#007FirstLight #SpiderNoir #DogSoldiers #BigOleWords #NES #RetroGaming #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast

This week we talk about Primitive War, the Vietnam War dinosaur movie that somehow got made, and Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the indie puzzle game that feels like solving a crossword inside a nightmare.Jake saw The Mandalorian and Grogu and reports back, while Taylor has been spending time with LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight because apparently there can never be enough Batman media.Email: [email protected] music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com#PrimitiveWar #LoreleiAndTheLaserEyes #Mandalorian #StarWars #LegoBatman #IndieGames #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast

This week on Up Your Alley:🇯🇵 Jake reports back from watching a sumo tournament in Japan — the atmosphere, the rituals, and why it ruled🎸 Taylor listened to the new Primus EP Handful of Nuggs and tries to explain whatever Primus has going on📺 Then we get into Bandersketch, the chaotic choose-your-own-adventure special from Australian comedy legends Aunty Donna, streaming on GrouseHouse.tv📦 This week’s recs:🔧 Freakin Reviews — YouTube reviewer James White and his deeply earnest gadget breakdowns🎮 Mixtape — the divisive coming-of-age indie game packed with needle drops, nostalgia, and feelings📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com#AuntyDonna #MixtapeGame #Primus #Sumo #JapanTravel #FreakinReviews #IndieGames #GamingPodcast

This week on Up Your Alley:🦊 Nintendo finally announced a Star Fox remake for Switch 2 and we’ve got thoughts⚖️ We break down the bizarre lawsuit surrounding Ben Affleck and The Rip🎬 This week’s recs:• Dust Bunny (2025) — creepy, strange, and surprisingly emotional• 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple — the infection saga somehow gets even bleaker🥋 And to close things out, we went straight from the theater to the microphones for our immediate reactions to Mortal Kombat II📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com#MortalKombat2 #StarFox #Switch2 #BenAffleck #TheRip #28YearsLater #DustBunny #GamingPodcast

We made it — the finale of All Affleck April.This week we close things out with Hypnotic (2023), the Robert Rodriguez thriller starring Ben Affleck that asks: what if reality… wasn’t? And more importantly: does any of this actually work?🎬 Hypnotic — Affleck vs. mind control 🎮 Jake’s rec: Ball x Pit — Chaotic indie rogue-like🏴‍☠️ Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynched — new announcement and what it could mean🎮 Plus: rumors that PlayStation may require an online connection to access downloaded games📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com#BenAffleck #AllAffleckApril #Hypnotic #AssassinsCreed #BlackFlag #PlayStation #GamingNews #MoviePodcast

All Affleck April rolls into Week 3.This time we’re watching Going All the Way (1997), an early Ben Affleck performance before he became… Ben Affleck. Does it hold up, or is this one best left in the ‘90s?📚 We also talk Strange Weather in Tokyo, the quietly beautiful Japanese novel by Hiromi Kawakami🎮 Plus: Exit 8, the indie horror game built around endless looping hallways — and the upcoming movie adaptation🎥 And a rundown of the biggest news coming out of CinemaCon📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com#BenAffleck #AllAffleckApril #GoingAllTheWay #CinemaCon #Exit8 #IndieHorror #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast

All Affleck April rolls into Week 2 with The Tender Bar, the Amazon Original directed by George Clooney and based on the memoir by J.R. Moehringer — a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who found guidance growing up in the bar run by his uncle. Ben Affleck earned a Golden Globe nomination for the role, but does the movie actually hold up?Then it’s onto Jake’s rec:🎥 Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie — the Canadian cult comedy duo’s chaotic, documentary-style leap to filmPlus:📝 A surprisingly great new pencil🕳️ Jake dug a hole. Literally.🚗 And some disappointing shakeups on the set of Twisted Metal Season 3📬 Email us: [email protected]🎵 Theme by Brother Bill — https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com#BenAffleck #AllAffleckApril #TheTenderBar #NirvannaTheBand #TwistedMetal #AmazonPrimeVideo #MoviePodcast #ComedyPodcast

It’s Week 1 of All Affleck April, and we’re starting strong (or… not?) with Netflix’s The Last Thing He Wanted, based on the Joan Didion novel and starring Ben Affleck.🎬 Is it underrated? Misunderstood? Or just straight-up confusing? We break it down.⚡ And something completely different: Technology Connections and his latest deep dive on renewable energy — one of the best channels on YouTube doing it right.Affleck. Energy grids. April vibes. We’re back.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com#BenAffleck #AllAffleckApril #TheLastThingHeWanted #NetflixMovies #JoanDidion #TechnologyConnections #RenewableEnergy #MoviePodcast

This week Jake finally pulled the trigger on a Switch 2 and has been putting time into Pokopia — so naturally we have to ask: was it worth it?Then it’s onto our recs for the week:🛡️ Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — the next step in the Game of Thrones universe🚀 Mars — the animated film from The Whitest Kids U’ Know, weird, funny, and exactly what you’d expectNew console decisions, fantasy hype, and cult comedy — we’re back in it.📬 Email us: [email protected]🎵 Theme by Brother Bill — https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

We’re back after a long break and jumping straight into it.📺 We talk HBO’s Heated Rivalry and the Oscar-nominated Brazilian film The Secret Agent🎮 Then we ask the real question: is Pokopia worth buying a Switch 2 for?⚔️ Plus: Crimson Desert hype — are we buying in or getting burned?🎺 And a Mighty Mighty lyrics debateA little movies, a little games, a little ska — we’re so back.📬 Email us: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

We’re back from the big Virginia snowstorm and cold snap with stories of survival (indoors), digital rabbit holes, and the games that kept us sane while the world outside froze solid.Then we get into a strange and wild ride through a dead man’s emails that are now public — and what they reveal is… something. From gaming to digital voyeurism, we cover it all.This Week’s Recs:🌍 Greenland (2020) – Now streaming with a sequel🧟 28 Years Later (2025) – The franchise lives again📬 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill – https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com#SnowedIn #GreenlandMovie #28YearsLater #DisasterMovies #GamingPodcast #MoviePodcast #EmailLeaks #UpYourAlleyPodcast

We’re venturing beyond All Affleck April with Ben’s latest team-up with Matt Damon in The Rip — a gritty Netflix crime thriller that you should be constantly streaming at you home.Then we dive back into Finnish mayhem with Sisu: Road to Revenge, the brutal, blood-soaked sequel to the film we loved a while back. It’s bigger, weirder, and somehow even more unkillable.This Week’s Recs:🔫 Sisu: Road to Revenge🎥 The Rip (Netflix) – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are at it again📬 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill – https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com#BenAffleck #TheRipNetflix #MattDamon #Sisu2 #RoadToRevenge #MoviePodcast #NetflixRecs #AllAffleckAlways #UpYourAlleyPodcast

In this week’s episode of Up Your Alley:🐶 We celebrate the dog that won an acting award and wonder what that actually means for Hollywood.🎭 Then we unpack the age‑old question: What makes a movie a comedy vs. a drama?🎮 Jake dives into reload‑sim shooters and explains why he’s hooked.📺 And in our weekly recommendations:• Counting the Trees in Skyrim — a thoughtful, whimsical deep dive video from Any Austin on YouTube• Sorry, Baby (2025) — Eva Victor’s comedy‑drama debut film about a professor finding humor and humanity in trauma and healing  👇 Let us know what movie genre mix confused you the most this year!📩 Email us: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

2026 PreviewIt’s the one time a year we pretend to be organized. Jake and Taylor look ahead at all the TV shows, movies, and video games (allegedly) releasing in 2026. Here’s what we’re excited about, what’s getting delayed, and what’s going to flop spectacularly.📬 Email us: [email protected]🎵 Theme by Brother Bill — https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

This week, Jake has a surprise reviewMarty Supreme and Taylor dives deep into a newly discovered mystery hidden within Red Dead Redemption 2. Then it’s on to our recommendations for the week:🪰 Bugonia – an artful horror short buzzing with dread💎 Reflection of in a Dead Diamond – a hypnotic, film that breaks down the vintage spy genre📬 Email us: [email protected]🎵 Theme by Brother Bill – https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

This week on Up Your Alley, we unpack Jay Kelly — Noah Baumbach’s 2025 Netflix drama about a famous movie star (George Clooney) confronting his career choices and personal regrets on a European journey, with Adam Sandler as his loyal manager and a star‑studded cast along for the ride. We also recap The Game Awards, reactions, surprises, and big moments, and highlight the thoughtful gaming documentary Pixels to Pages: The Story of Electronic Gaming Monthly — a deep look at the rise and fall of a gaming institution. Then we talk Skate Story, the surreal indie game where you ride around as a skateboarding demon made of glass and haunt your own tricks.👇 Weekly Recs:🕹️ Skate Story — indie game weirdness you won’t forget📚 Pixels to Pages — EGM doc worth your time🎥 Jay Kelly — Netflix drama about fame, choices, and life’s costs🏆 The 2025 Game Awards — our recap and takeaways📩 Email us: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill: https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com#JayKelly #NoahBaumbach #NetflixMovies #GameAwards2025 #PixelsToPages #EGM #SkateStory #IndieGames #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast #GamingDocumentary #NetflixFilm

This week on Up Your Alley, we unpack Quentin Tarantino’s list of the best movies of the 21st century—and whether it’s brilliant, baffling, or both. We also dive into rumors of Warner Bros being sold (again) and the newly released Diddy documentary that’s raising eyebrows.Then it’s time for weekly recs:🎥 The Age of Disclosure — a sharp new documentary from Dan Farah that blends paranoia and insight.🎶 WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story — if you missed this hilarious and oddly touching music biopic, you’re in for a treat.📩 Questions? Thoughts? Hit us up at [email protected]🎸 Theme song by Brother Bill – check them out: ⁠https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

This week, Taylor’s played two of this year’s Game of the Year nominees and has thoughts. Then we torch Variety’s list of the “100 Greatest Comedies” for its baffling takes. After that, it’s onto the big monsters and gooey practical effects: we break down the hype around Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein coming to Netflix, and celebrate the glorious return of The Toxic Avenger in all its Troma-trashy brilliance.This week’s recs:Movie: The Toxic Avenger (2023)Upcoming film: Frankenstein by Guillermo del ToroComedy roast target: Variety’s listGames: Two GoTY noms (no spoilers here!)Email us: [email protected] song by Brother Bill – check them out: brotherbill.bandcamp.com

This week we dive into the nominees for The Game Awards and call out a few snubs that had us raising our eyebrows. Then we dig through IGN’s newly released list of the 100 Greatest Nintendo Games of All Time and question some of their rankings. Finally, it’s recommendation time: Jake brings us a YouTube video from Mile Rossi’s Miniminuteman channel about the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and we head back to Gotham City with Absolute Batman and Absolute Batman Annual #1 for a comic book arc that hits hard.Email us: [email protected] song by Brother Bill – check out their music: brotherbill.bandcamp.com

This week, we dive into:🕹️ The latest delay for GTA 6 and what that means for fans🤖 The AI controversy shaking up Arc Raiders📺 Dropout hitting a million subscribers and why it mattersThen we hit you with our weekly recs:🎬 Sisu — blood, gold, and brutal revenge in a no-nonsense package💥 House of Dynamite — a Netflix original that’s just as explosive as it sounds💌 Got thoughts? Suggestions? Hit us up: [email protected]🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

We got our first look at the Halo remake, and it might officially mark the end of the console wars (RIP to arguments from 2003). Then we dive into our weekly recommendations:🎥 Ready or Not (2019) – a horror-comedy full of blood, laughs, and rich-people comeuppance🎤 Kneecap (2024) – the anarchic, fourth-wall-breaking biopic of the Irish rap trio you didn’t know you neededNew episodes every week!Have a recommendation or hot take? Email us: [email protected] music by Brother Bill – check them out at brotherbill.bandcamp.com

We talk about trying to get kids into video games, the robbery at the Louvre (we’re on the robbers’ side). This week’s recs: the horror-comedy Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project and the YouTube doc The Piss Saga by Derek Milton.📬 Email us: [email protected]🎵 Theme song by Brother BillDerek Milton "The Piss Saga" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5_uaLKpoRQ

Jake pitches a neon-soaked, action film based on Hotline Miami that, we dive back into The Ghost of Yotei, which continues to unfold like a gorgeous, bloody puzzle box.Recs of the week:🎤 Thief of Joy — Gianmarco Soresi’s latest stand-up special is sharp, fast, and full of millennial dread (now streaming free on his YouTube channel).🎬 Friendship — Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd star in one of the strangest buddy comedies in recent memory. Available now on HBO Max.📬 Email us: [email protected]🎵 Theme song by Brother Bill

This week on Up Your Alley:We kick things off with The Ghost of Yotei, a game we’re already calling one of the best of the year. Then we talk about our current front-runner for Best Picture: One Battle After Another — an emotional war epic that’s got everything.Then it’s onto our official recs of the week:🎶 Satis Factory by Mattiel🎥 Fantastic Four: First Steps 📬 Email us: [email protected]🎵 Theme song by Brother Bill

This week on Up Your Alley:We kick things off with our first impressions of the early access launch of Skate before diving into the 10-year anniversary announcements from Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions (hint: he’s still the 🐐). Then we talk Drive-Away Dolls, the new solo film from Ethan Coen (yes, without Joel), and the Amazon Original Deep Cover.🎮🎥🎬 As always, we spiral into tangents, conspiracy theories, and dumb jokes. It’s what we do.Theme music by Brother Bill📬 Email us at: [email protected]

This week we’re asking the same thing everyone else is: what the hell is going on at Nintendo?Then it’s onto our weekly recommendations — including the Australian game show So You Wanna Win a Pen15 Pump? (yes, really) from the Grouse House YouTube Channel and it's round three of Podro Castal when we talk about Gladiator II🎮 Nintendo Direct reactions🇦🇺 Wild Aussie game shows🏺 Pedro Pascal vs. The Colosseum🔗 Subscribe for more weekly episodes on movies, games, and the internet.Theme music by Brother Bill🎸 https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com📧 Email us: [email protected]

This week on Up Your Alley, we’re sneaking through pop culture with:🎮 A look at the Metal Gear Solid Delta remake — does Snake still hold up in 2025?🤑 The trend of liberal content creators “getting the bag” — is the pivot to brand deals just selling out, or smart survival?🇺🇸 Wild rumors that the President died over the weekend — we’re not saying it’s true, we’re just saying people are talking.🎧 Then for our weekly recs:— The posthumous 2011 album Spiritual State by Nujabes, the legendary producer often called the godfather of lo-fi hip-hop— The new Ari Aster film Eddington, a surreal pandemic-set drama about fear, and faith in lockdown New Mexico—📝 Email us: [email protected]🎵 Theme by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com

In Episode 132 of Up Your Alley, we’re diving into entertainment across every medium — from sci-fi theology to sword-swinging samurai and the collapse of console exclusivity.🎥 We talk Materialists, a surreal new film that blends capitalism, identity, and sci-fi in bizarre but compelling ways🚗 Then it’s Twisted Metal Season 2 on Peacock — does it keep the momentum going? Is it still good dumb fun or just dumb?🍿 Jake hit up Alamo Drafthouse’s Ghost of Yotei’s Samurai Cinema Festival and watched Lone Wolf and Cub, one of the most influential and stylish samurai films of all time🎮 Finally, we talk about the gaming bombshell: Helldivers 2 and Gears of War are crossing platforms, effectively ending the console wars as we know them.Are we in the post-war era of gaming? Can you just… play what you want, where you want? (Kinda.)📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#Materialists #TwistedMetalSeason2 #SamuraiCinema #LoneWolfAndCub #GhostOfYotei #AlamoDrafthouse #Helldivers2 #GearsofWar #CrossPlatformGaming #ConsoleWars #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast

🎬 First up: War of the Worlds (2025) starring Ice Cube — a bold take that’s getting absolutely scorched by critics⚔️ Then we rewind to 13 Assassins (2010), the Takashi Miike samurai epic that still holds up as one of the best of its kind🎮 Quick reviews of:The Battlefield 6 open beta — smoother? glitchier? better?Weapons (2025), the new horror film from Zach Cregger (Barbarian)The Naked Gun reboot — is it actually funny or just trying really hard?🎤 And finally, Taylor Swift announced her new album — and every insane fan theory and easter egg finally came true. The Swifties were right all along. We break it down.From swords to shooters to Swift-level sleuthing — it’s another Up Your Alley classic.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#WarOfTheWorlds2025 #IceCube #13Assassins #TakashiMiike #Battlefield6 #WeaponsMovie #ZachCregger #NakedGunReboot #TaylorSwiftAlbum #SwiftieTheories #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast #TaylorSwiftEasterEggs

This week: dangerous animals (the movie), cult YouTube cinema, beaver-themed tourism, and the state of Vegas.🎬 First up, we review Dangerous Animals (2025), a tightly wound thriller that doesn’t pull punches📺 Then we dig into You’re Point Girl, a strange, sharp, and very online YouTube film that might be one of the most interesting things we’ve watched all year⛽ Taylor went to Buc-ee’s for the first time and returns changed🦸‍♂️ Also: quick thoughts on Fantastic Four (2025) and whether it’s worth the hype🎰 And Jake returns from Las Vegas to confirm or deny whether the Strip is as dead as the clickbait makes it soundRoad snacks, DIY cinema, and existential gambling — it’s all here on Up Your Alley.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#DangerousAnimals #YourePointGirl #FantasticFour2025 #Bucees #LasVegasStrip #MoviePodcast #YouTubeFilm #GamingPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast #GasStationCulture #ThrillerMovies

In Episode 129 of Up Your Alley, we’re talking prestige drama, British absurdist music comedy, and one Switch 2 game that’s splitting bananas.🎬 First: we dig into Sinners (2025), a heavy new film full of biblical themes, existential dread, and some truly stacked performances🎺 Then we get weird with The Horne Section, a BBC musical comedy series from Taskmaster’s Alex Horne that’s equal parts awkward and brilliant🍌 And we round it out with a quick dive into the reception to Donkey Kong Bonanza on the Switch 2, followed by a look at other titles IGN has given a 10/10 — what’s justified, what’s not, and what even is a 10?Drama, horns, and digital bananas — classic Up Your Alley energy.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#Sinners2025 #TheHorneSection #AlexHorne #Taskmaster #BBCComedy #DonkeyKongBonanza #Switch2 #IGN10 #GamingPodcast #MoviePodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast #NintendoSwitch2

This week, we’re going from awards season takes to animated sword fights to ambient cassette vibes — a full sweep of the culture spectrum.🏆 First up: we react to the 2025 Emmy nominations — what got snubbed, what got overhyped, and which categories are actually worth watching🦇 Then we get into Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, a new animated movie that goes full chaos mode with samurai Batman and anime Joker energy📼 And we close things out with Watering a Flower by Haruomi Hosono, a lo-fi cassette reissue from the ‘80s that’s as dreamy as it is weirdly soothingTV, anime, ambient loops — it’s all happening on Up Your Alley.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Music by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#Emmys2025 #BatmanNinja #YakuzaLeague #HaruomiHosono #WateringAFlower #MoviePodcast #MusicPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast #AmbientMusic #EmmyNominations #CassetteCulture #AnimatedBatman

This week, we’re comparing streaming platforms, unpacking action comedies, and ending the episode with a parking lot review of Superman — because we’re nothing if not efficient.🎧 First up: we test out Deezer, the streaming app gunning for Spotify’s spot — how does it compare in real use?🎬 Then we break down Heads of State, the new Amazon Original film starring Idris Elba and John Cena — a political action-comedy with globe-trotting chaos🛑 We also dive into the Stop Killing Games controversy, digital game preservation, and what developers owe players🦸‍♂️ And to close things out, a fresh-from-the-parking-lot review of Superman (2025) — no notes, no filters, just vibes and popcorn crumbsApp debates, buddy comedies, online outrage, and cape stuff — classic Up Your Alley energy.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Theme by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#Deezer #SpotifyVsDeezer #HeadsOfState #AmazonOriginals #Superman2025 #StopKillingGames #GamePreservation #IdrisElba #JohnCena #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast

This week: cowboys, dinosaurs, romance, and… a cruise you definitely don’t want to be on.🎮 First up: we review the new Red Dead Redemption 2 DLC — is it worth saddling up again, or just a dusty side quest?🦖 Then Taylor saw Jurassic World: Rebirth and has thoughts 🎬 Our weekly recommendations:Past Lives (2023), the critically-acclaimed slow-burn that hits way too hardTrain Wreck: Poop Cruise, a documentary about a Carnival cruise disaster that lives up to its nicknameFrom high art to actual biohazards — it’s all happening on Up Your Alley.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Music by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#RedDeadRedemption2 #JurassicWorldRebirth #PastLives #PoopCruise #TrainWreckDoc #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast #RDR2DLC #DocumentaryPodcast

This week, we’re going full genre whiplash — crooners, covert ops, co-op shooters, and ska puns. You’ve been warned.🎙️ First up: we break down Seth MacFarlane’s appearance on Switched on Pop, and talk about his surprisingly earnest new big band album Lush Life🎮 Jake brings the heat with FBC: Firebreak, a brand-new multiplayer game that’s tactical, weird, and kind of great🎬 Also: Denis Villeneuve istaking over James Bond, and we’ve got feelings🎷 And yes, we talk about ska music and make way too many puns about itSuits, shootouts, and skanking — it’s all happening on Up Your Alley.📧 Email the show: [email protected]🎵 Music by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#SethMacFarlane #LushLife #SwitchedOnPop #FBCFirebreak #DenisVilleneuve #JamesBond #007 #SkaPuns #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast #MultiplayerGames #BigBandMusic

This week’s episode is a little sci-fi, a little documentary, and a lot of whatever the hell is going on with Alvin and the Chipmunks.🎬 First up: we watched War of the Worlds: The Next Century (1981), a surreal Polish sci-fi film that’s part alien invasion, part Orwellian fever dream📺 Then we break down Pee-wee Himself, the new documentary about Paul Reubens, his legacy, and why Pee-wee Herman still matters🎞️ Plus: reactions to a wave of new trailers, Taylor gets fixated on slow lorises, and we try to figure out what the deal is with the Chipmunks cinematic timelineYou already know what this is. Let’s go.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Music by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#WarOfTheWorldsNextCentury #PeeWeeHimself #PaulReubens #SlowLoris #AlvinAndTheChipmunks #SciFiPodcast #MoviePodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast #DocumentaryPodcast #CultMovies

This week, we’re diving into the latest gaming announcements, cinematic experiences, and standout comedy specials.🎮 First up: we break down the recent Sony State of Play, discussing the most exciting PS5 game reveals and what they mean for the future of gaming.🎬 Then we explore Mountainhead, the new HBO original film that’s generating buzz for its unique storytelling and compelling visuals.🎤 We also delve into Public Relations, the innovative stand-up special from Brent Weinbach, available on his YouTube channel, offering a fresh take on comedy.🩸 Plus, Jake shares his thoughts on Bloodspawn, a locally-shot indie horror film that pays homage to classic ’80s creature features with practical effects and a retro aesthetic.📧 Email: [email protected]🎵 Music by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#StateOfPlay #PS5 #Mountainhead #HBOOriginal #BrentWeinbach #PublicRelations #Bloodspawn #IndieHorror #GamingPodcast #MoviePodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast

This week, we’re diving into big concepts and bigger laughs.📖 We’re reading The Power Fantasy, a new comic series loaded with Cold War allegory, weird superpowers, and some deeply questionable moral compasses📺 Then we get into Game Changer, the Dropout game show where the rules change every episode — and ask the real question:Is this the American Taskmaster we’ve been waiting for?Comics, chaos, and competitive bits — it’s all here on Up Your Alley.📧 Email the show: [email protected]🎶 Theme by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#ThePowerFantasy #GameChanger #DropoutTV #Taskmaster #ComicPodcast #TVPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast #NewComics #GameShows

This week, we’re covering documentaries, upcoming films, and the usual blend of chaos and complaints.🎥 First up: we watched Project Grizzly, the incredible ‘90s doc about Troy Hurtubise, the man, the myth, the guy who built a mech suit to fight bears🐒 Then we talk The Monkey (2025), the new horror film based on Stephen King’s short story🛸 Star Wars: Battlefront is back online, and people are losing it🎮 Jake’s playing Monster Train 2 and getting very into deckbuilding hell🎬 And we still can’t find a single showing of Friendship in theaters around us. Why is this so hard?📧 Email: [email protected]🎶 Music by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#ProjectGrizzly #TroyHurtubise #TheMonkey #StephenKing #StarWarsBattlefront #FriendshipMovie #MonsterTrain2 #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast #DeckbuilderGames

This week, we’re coming in a little looser, a little weirder, and fully ready to derail.🎮 We’re playing StarVaders, the chaotic indie deckbuilder that’s melting our brains in the best way🎬 We watched Black Bag, a tense new thriller that’s got us asking a lot of questions — and not all of them are about the plot📺 Plus: catching up on the TV shows and games we’ve been into lately🐊 And yes… we talk about the recent passing of Hollywood’s favorite working alligatorPop culture, chaos, and creature tributes — it’s a classic Up Your Alley kind of week.📧 Email the show: [email protected]🎶 Music by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#StarVaders #BlackBag #IndieGames #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast #HollywoodAlligator #UpYourAlleyPodcast #DeckbuilderGames #ThrillerMovies

This week, we’re all over the pop culture map — in the best way.We’re talking about ThorHighHeels, the YouTuber who might be the chillest voice in gaming content. Then we dive into Companion (2025), a wild, funny, and surprisingly emotional new sci-fi comedy.Plus:🦖 Jurassic World leaks — what are they doing now?⚡️ Thunderbolts* casting news and why it’s raising eyebrows🎮 GTA VI delayed — again — and what it means for the industryYou already know: chaos, jokes, actual insight (sometimes), and a lot of yelling about the future of games and movies.📧 Email: [email protected]🎶 Music by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#ThorHighHeels #Companion2025 #Thunderbolts #JurassicWorld #GTA6 #GamingPodcast #MoviePodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast

We’re all over the place this week — in the best way.First up: Saturday Night (2024), a meta behind-the-scenes look at sketch comedy that hits harder than expected. Then we revisit Feist’s The Reminder — an indie album that still holds emotional weight way beyond “1234.”Also in the mix:🎮 More reactions to Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered🥊 The trailer for The Smashing Machine🍬 A chaotic mini-rant about mislabeling dark brown sugar (you know who you are)Eclectic? Absolutely. On brand? Always.📧 Email the show: [email protected]🎶 Music by Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.com👍 Like, share, and tell a friend — they’ll thank you later.#Feist #TheReminder #SaturdayNight2024 #OblivionRemastered #ElderScrolls #TheSmashingMachine #MoviePodcast #MusicPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast #BrownSugarGate

It’s the finale of All Affleck April, and we’re going out with a bang. The Accountant 2 is in theaters today, so we’re breaking down the long-awaited sequel and revisiting the original as well as revisiting the original film. Is this the peak of Ben Affleck’s action era? We’re also diving into KASSO, the wild new Japanese skateboard competition show that feels like Ninja Warrior on four wheels available on YouTubePlus: Jake shares his first impressions of the just-released Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake — does it capture the magic of the original? Is all the good jank still there?Thanks for joining us all month long for All Affleck April. We’ve had a blast, and we hope you’ve rewatched some Affleck classics (Classlecks) along the way.Like and subscribe! Email us: [email protected] to our friends Brother Bill, check them out at: brotherbill.bandcamp.com#AllAffleckApril #BenAffleck #TheAccountant2 #MoviePodcast #KASSO #SkateboardShow #OblivionRemake #ElderScrolls #GamingPodcast #UpYourAlleyPodcast

It’s week three of All Affleck April, and we’re diving into Ben Affleck’s 2002 thriller Changing Lanes, where he goes head-to-head with Samuel L. Jackson in one of his most underrated roles.Then we flip the vibe and explore the gothic chaos of early Game of the Year contender Blue Prince, the new indie hit that’s got us wandering mansion halls and questioning reality.Like and subscribe! Leave a comment or email the show at [email protected] out our friends Brother Bill: brotherbill.bandcamp.comTell your friends — especially if they love Ben Affleck movies or weird little indie games.#BenAffleck #ChangingLanes #MoviePodcast #GameReview #IndieGame #BluePrince #AllAffleckApril #UpYourAlleyPodcast

We recorded this right after getting back from the theaters when we took in the newest in the line of "Jason Statham used to be special forces for whatever and now he's killing people" films: A Working Man! We talk about that that for probably too long before we dive into week two of All Affleck April with the Netflix original Triple Frontier starring Ben, Oscar Isaac and Pedro Pascal and then we finish up with Bobcat Goldthwait's dark comedy Shakes the Clown!check out our buddies Brother Bill:brotherbill.bandcamp.comGet in touch with us:[email protected] your friends!

Happy All Affleck April everybody!This week, we're breaking down the finer points of Nintendo's big announcements about the Switch 2 and then getting into this week's recommendations: The Beginner's Guide, the meta-narrative game from creator Davey Wreden and for the first week of All Affleck April we watched the Ben directed, co-written, and starring film The Town!

This week we ramble fro a bit about the casting for Avenger's: Doomsday and the cost/benefit of the motor vehicle policies of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Then for this week's recs we talk about YouTuber Benn Jordan and specifically his new video "You Are Witnessing the Death of American Capitalism" and the 1990 John Waters cult-classic Cry-Baby!Like, subscribe and tell your friends!Check out our buddies Brother Bill (who gave us our theme song) at brotherbill.bandcamp.com

This week we're learning how to mod games on a mac, the secret behind themed cocktails, and reviewing this week's recommendations: the animated Lord of the Rings anime War of the Rohirrim now available to stream on Max and the album "Eat. Skate. Die" from Seattle punk rockers Lemon Boy!Subscribe on Spotify and YouTubeFollow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypodSend your recommendations to [email protected] your friends!#podcast #upyouralley #moviereview #musicreview #lotr #waroftherohirrim #punkrock #lemonboy #eatskatedie