The Ack Attack: with J and Z

Episode 195: Everyone Loves Hand Stuff

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z witness Hell's Kitchen's defender rise from the ashes with the two-episode premiere of "Daredevil: Born Again" (0:00:00). Other topics include our reactions to the 97th Oscars (1:00:56), the penultimate episode of "Invincible" season three (1:31:04), and finishing with a return to the Cosmere with "Mistborn" (2:16:48). 

Episode 194: Daredevil Shaming

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z breakdown the trailer for season two of "Andor" (0:00:00). They continue their coverage of Amazon's "Invincible" with episode six (0:38:27), discuss J's progress on watching "Daredevil" before the new series (1:08:58), and finishing with leaked concept art for "Avengers: Doomsday" (1:34:42). 

Episode 193: Disney's Copyright Monopoly

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z take on Osgood Perkin's newest horror film "The Monkey" (0:00:00). The guys also tackle the fifth episode and the problems therein of Amazon's "Invincible" (0:29:40), reactions to "Captian America: Brave New World" (0:54:30), and finishing with some recent news with the James Bond franchise (1:08:49). 

Episode 192: The British and Their Hypocrisy

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z get their first taste of the 2025 MCU with "Captian America: Brave New World" (0:00:00), and look beyond with the "Thunderbolts*" trailer from the Super Bowl (1:02:27). The episode finishes up with episodes three and four of Amazon's "Invincible" (1:18:37). 

Episode 191: Nuking the Electric Grid

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z swoop in the season three premiere of Amazon's "Invincible" (0:00:00). The guys also cover the teaser trailers for "Jurassic World: Rebirth" and "Fantastic Four: First Steps" (0:35:36), as well as the first two episodes of Disney+'s "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman" (1:15:56). 

Episode 190: The Stromlight One

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z finish off the first arc of the Stromlight Archive with days nine and ten of "Wind and Truth" (0:00:00). The guys discuss the implications of this on the wider cosmere and how this one compares to the other four books in the Archive. 

Episode 189: Who Got Snubbed?

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z look at which films secured nominations for the upcoming 97th Oscars (0:00:00) and a perspective Star Wars film that had previously escaped the show's preview (0:33:36). The bulk of the episode once again goes to days seven and eight of "Wind and Truth" (0:42:43). 

Episode 188: Deus ex Mafia

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z watch the long-awaited (?) sequel "Den of Thieves 2: Pantera" (0:00:00). Trailer Trash/Trailer Cash makes a reappearance with season three of Amazon's "The Wheel of Time", "Daredevil: Born Again", and "The Monkey" (0:31:12). The final two topics of this week are the eighth and final episode of Star Wars' "Skeleton Crew" (1:07:47) and days five and six of "Wind and Truth" (1:33:02). 

Episode 187: Maybe Things Can Be Different

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z go bananas for the newest musical biopic "Better Man" (0:00:00). The guys also cover episodes six and seven of DC's "Creature Commandos" (0:32:49) and Star Wars' "Skeleton Crew" (1:24:20), the 2018 film "Den of Thieves" (1:05:42), and finally days three and four of "Wind and Truth" (1:53:57). 

Episode 186: Out with the Old in with the New

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z bid farewell to 2024 and all it had to offer. The guys go over 2024's; superhero movies (0:00:00), comedy movies (0:05:09), drama movies (0:11:49), action movies (0:29:09), horror movies (0:36:32), science fiction shows (0:44:11), drama shows (0:52:28), animated movies (0:57:53), fantasy properties (1:07:15), superhero shows (1:12:34), books (1:27:10), science fiction movies (1:32:16), comedy shows (1:41:52), sports movies (1:50:12), most nepo baby (1:57:13), best video game (2:10:22), theater theatrics (2:25:26), best streaming service (2:27:26), the superlative for 2024 (2:33:26), and finally the things they anticipate the most in 2025 (2:51:05).