The Ack Attack: with J and Z

Episode 179: Fourteen Year Old Atheists

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z address the edgy 14-year-old inside all of us with "Heretic" (0:00:00). The fellas also cover the upcoming Disney releases (0:22:54), the teaser for "Mission: Impossible -The Final Reckoning" (0:41:25), the newest Tom Hank's film "Here" (0:59:46), the season one finale of HBO's "The Penguin" (1:29:27), and episode six of "The Franchise" (2:10:55). 

Episode 178: Maintaining Global Hegemony

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z slowly lose enthusiasm as more Star Wars are announced with no progress being made on the ones already on the docket (0:00:00). Still, they regain their joy with the trailer for "Captain America: Brave New World" (0:26:14). The guys continue their coverage of HBO original with the penultimate episode of "The Penguin" (0:34:23) and the fifth episode of "The Franchise" (1:08:28) along with Anna Kendrick's directorial debut "Woman of the Hour" (0:55:28).  

Episode 177: Secret Lost Popes

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z learn more about faith and the papacy with "Conclave" (0:00:00). The fellas also cover episode six of HBO's "The Penguin" (0:37:31), DreamWorks' latest animated film "The Wild Robot" (0:51:08), the two episode finale of "Agatha All Along" (1:03:04), Sony's "Venom: The Last Dance" (1:23:57), episode four of HBO's "The Franchise" (1:57:05), and finishing off with "Piece by Piece" (2:08:31). 

Episode 176: Working For Prison Rates

Join us this week for our spookiest episode yet, featuring the most successful horror film of the year, Longlegs (0:00:00). Our hosts also cover three other ghoulish features with "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" (0:38:38), the newest adaption of "Salem's Lot" (1:02:57), and "Rumours" (1:37:13). Despite the plethora of films covered this episode the guys still talk about television with the newest HBO comedy "The Franchise" (0:24:52), episode five of HBO's "The Penguin" (0:48:11), and episode seven of Marvel's "Agatha All Along" (1:23:52).

Episode 175: Hydrogen Baby vs Coughing Bomb

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z try to act surprised with the reveals in episode six of Marvel's "Agatha All Along" (0:00:00). The fellas also continue to cover HBO's "The Penguin" with the midseason premiere of episode 4 (0:30:42). They finish up with a trailer trash/trailer cash of "Dune: Prophecy" and "Creature Commandoes" (1:01:42). 

Episode 174: We Were Right the Whole Time

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z prove correct again with "Joker: Folie à Deux" (0:00:00). The guys also continue their television coverage with episode three of HBO's "The Penguin" (0:59:43) and episode five of Marvel's "Agatha All Along" (1:31:34). 

Episode 173: As Close as the Lawyers Will Allow

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z fear the ever-marching passage of time with "My Old Ass" (0:00:00). The fellas cover their usual batch of television shows with; the finale of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" season two (0:13:58), episode four of Marvel's "Agatha All Along" (0:51:27), and finishing up with episode two of "The Penguin" (1:00:13). 

Episode 172: It's a New Jersey Thing

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z wonder why the flames aren't as high with the dumpster fire that is Francis Ford Coppola's newest film "Megalopolis" (0:00:00). The guys also cover; the penultimate episode of season two of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" (0:42:22), episode three of "Agatha All Along" (1:05:29), and finally a stop in Trailer Trash/Trailer Cash with the long-awaited "Ballerina" trailer among others (1:18:42). 

Episode 171: Not All Witches

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z have double television premiere week with a dive back into the newest darker and gritter take on Batman with the HBO show "The Penguin" (0:00:00) and stroll down the witches road with the MCU's "Agatha All Along" (0:34:07). The guys continue their coverage of Amazon's "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" with episode six (1:10:05). 

Episode 170: Dead Content Canaries

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z run into each other in real life when seeing "The Killers Game" (0:00:00). Other topics for this week include; episode five of Amazon's "Rings of Power" (0:29:42), the finale Ray Leotta film "1992" (0:52:02), the four-part miniseries "Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy" (1:04:25), and the Tim Burton classic "Beetlejuice" (1:29:51).