The Ack Attack: with J and Z

Episode 85: Bring Back War Blimps

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z discuss the nominations for the 2023 Oscars (0:00:00). Other topics include episode two of HBO's "The Last of Us" (0:19:02) and episode five of "The Bad Batch" (0:47:35). 

Episode 84: Dolphins on Joe Rogan

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z see how much fun(gi) there is to be had with HBO's latest release "The Last of Us" (0:00:00). Other topics include the trailer for season three of Star Wars' "The Mandalorian" (0:50:51), episode four of "The Bad Batch" (1:24:45) and the first J's Science Corner of 2023 (1:38:13). 

Episode 83: Serving Hands For Free

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z bid a fond farewell to Disney+'s "Willow" (0:00:00). Other topics include a Trailer Trash/Trailer Cash for the second trailer of "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantmania" (0:30:52) and episode three of Star Wars' "The Bad Batch" (0:48:42). 

Episode 82: Long Distance Doesn’t Work

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z start the new year with the latest offering from the Star Wars franchise, season two of "The Bad Batch" (0:00:00). Other topics include episodes six and seven of Disney+'s "Willow" (0:27:51) and "Avatar: The Way of Water" passing "Top Gun: Maverick" at the box office (0:59:32). 

Episode 81: New Year? What’s Wrong With The Old One?

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z kick-off 2023 with a look back at the good, the bad, and everything in between of 2022. These topics include rankings of 2022's; superhero movies (0:00:00), genre movies (0:10:49), science fiction shows (0:34:35), fantasy movies and shows (0:44:35), action movies (0:51:33), drama shows (0:58:33), animated films (1:05:21), comedy shows (1:10:00), superhero shows (1:16:50), science fiction movies (1:24:18), video games (1:36:07), J's science corner topics (1:43:13), crimes (1:46:37), streaming services (1:49:50), professional wrestler turner actor (1:56:36), best binge watch (1:59:00), most nepo-baby (2:01:29). Finishing off with giving a "year of" classification to 2022 (2:13:40), and a look ahead to J and Z's most anticipated properties of 2023 (2:36:59).  

Episode 80: Does This Count As A Christmas Movie?

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z celebrate the Christmas season with the 2003 film "Love Actually" (0:00:00), 1978's "The Star Wars Holiday Special" (0:33:24), and episode 4 of Black Mirror season two "White Christmas" (0:58:50). Other topics include the fifth episodes of Disney+'s "Willow" (1:18:30) and general reactions to "Avatar: The Way of Water" (1:40:31). 

Episode 79: 2 Billion Dollars and 13 Years For This?

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z bear witness to the sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time "Avatar 2: The Way of Water" (0:00:00). Other topics include episode four of Disney+'s "Willow" (1:18:16), season one of Amazon's "The Peripheral (1:31:44), and finally, J's Science Corner makes a return (2:12:45). 

Episode 78: Everything Becomes Crabs Eventually

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z discuss the  Lucasfilm fantasy classic "Willow" along with the first three episodes of the Disney+ series of the same name. Trailer Trash/Trailer Cash makes a return for the second week in a row with season two of Star Wars' "The Bad Batch", HBO's "The Last of Us" and the sequel to the hit Star Wars EA game "Jedi: Survivor". 

Episode 77: Are There Any Good Ones?

Joins us this week as our hosts J and Z kick off the holiday season with Marvel's newest special presentation "The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special". Other topics include a triple feature Trailer Trash/Trailer Cash with showings from "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3", "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiney" and "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" along with the most violent Christmas film to date with "Violent Nights". 

Episode 76: A Thanksgiving Tradition

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z continue their holiday tradition of turkey and a film with the limited theater run of Ryan Johnson's newest "Knives Out" mystery "Glass Onion". Along with the season finale of one of the best Star Wars shows "Andor".