In this special Oscars preview episode of The Never Seen It Podcast, we sit down with Castle Rock Film Festival director and filmmaker Hunter Burns to break down the biggest contenders heading into the 2026 Academy Awards. From the major categories to the overlooked technical achievements, we dive deep into what films might dominate the night and which ones…
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This is now the fourth iteration of the Fantastic Four franchise. The first one was a low-budget, made-for-TV movie that was only produced for copyright reasons. The second was the one I grew up with, starring Jessica Alba and Chris Evans, who would later go on to play Captain America. I always enjoyed this version,…
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In this episode of The Never Seen It Podcast, we discuss Marty Supreme, the 2025 period sports drama directed by Josh Safdie and set in the early 1950s. Marketed as an Oscar contender, the film follows Marty Mauser, a young man obsessed with becoming the world’s greatest ping pong champion. But beneath the sports movie…
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In this episode of The Never Seen It Podcast, we dive deep into Fantastic Four: First Steps, the latest reboot of Marvel’s First Family, and ask the big question: Did Marvel finally get it right? We explore how this new take stacks up against the previous Fantastic Four films—including the early 2000s version starring Jessica…
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In this episode of The Never Seen It Podcast, we dive into Guillermo del Toro’s highly anticipated 2025 adaptation of Frankenstein. We’re joined by Arnie, Amber, Alex (aka Filipino Grigio), Chris (MilkmanAmerica), and Donnie for a wild, funny, and surprisingly deep discussion about one of literature and cinema’s most iconic monsters. We kick things off…
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In this episode of The Never Seen It Podcast, we dive headfirst into Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” one of the most talked-about films of the 2025–2026 awards season. With a stacked cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infinity, Regina Hall, Wood Harris, Tony Goldwyn, and Benicio Del Toro, this…
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In this episode, we take on Good Boy (2025)—a haunting, emotionally strange horror film told largely through the eyes of a dog. The movie follows Indy, a loyal pup who moves with his owner Todd to a rural family home that may—or may not—be cursed. What begins as an eerie atmosphere slowly unfolds into something…
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In this episode of The Never Seen It Podcast, we take a deep, thoughtful, and often hilarious look at Train Dreams (2025), the Clint Bentley–directed period drama starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, and a scene-stealing William H. Macy . Chosen by special returning guest Chris (MilkmanAmerica), Train Dreams is described as “a thinking movie and…
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In this episode of Never Seen It, we unpack Bugonia (2025), the latest mind-bending film from director Yorgos Lanthimos, and one of his most deceptively accessible movies to date. We went in blind—and quickly found ourselves spiraling into questions about conspiracy culture, corporate power, alienation (literal and metaphorical), and how trauma reshapes reality. We break…
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In our latest episode of Never Seen It, we finally take on Zack Snyder’s 2011 cult favorite (and critical punching bag), Sucker Punch. What starts as a discussion about flashy visuals and over-the-top action quickly evolves into a deeper conversation about interpretation, symbolism, and whether the film has been unfairly dismissed over the years. We…
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