The Ack Attack: with J and Z

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". 

Episode 75: Eat The Rich

This week the guys expand their palates with the arthouse horror film "The Menu" and cover the 11th episode of "Star Wars: Andor".

Episode 74: Another Film, Another Fire

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z close out Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". The tenth episode of Star Wars' "Andor" is also discussed. 

Episode 73: Girl Yoda?

J and Z confront the horrors of war this week in Netflix's "All Quiet on the Western Front". For some lighter fare (that still deals with oppressive authoritarian states)  they also take on episode 9 of "Andor" and the complete first season of "Tales of the Jedi".