The Ack Attack: with J and Z

Episode 145: Basically Space Florida

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z are finally free from Paramount's "Halo" with its season two finale (0:00:00). The fellas continue their TV coverage with episode five of Hulu's "Shogun" (0:24:14), episode seven of Amazon's "Invincible" (1:10:03), and finally episode eight of Star Wars' "The Bad Batch" (1:28:19). 

Episode 144: Everyone's A Mancer

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z lose a little bit of their excitement with the return of season two of Amazon's "Invincible" (0:00:00). The fellas also continue their TV coverage with episodes six and seven of Paramount's "Halo"  (0:32:52), episode four of Hulu's "Shogun" (1:16:16), and episodes six and seven of "The Bad Batch" (1:43:07). Finishing off with some opinions of "Dune: Part 2" (1:58:11). 

Episode 143: Oppenheimer Sweep

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z discuss the final two Best Picture nominees with "Maestro" (0:00:00) and "The Zone of Interest" (0:23:48), followed by the results of 96th Oscars (0:44:46). On the television side of things the guys cover episode three of Hulu's "Shogun" (1:13:48) and episode five of "The Bad Batch" (1:46:30), finishing up with some Brandon Sanderson Backerkit news (1:56:54). 

Episode 142: Negative Media Literacy

Join us this and our hosts J and Z try to convey Frank Herbert's feelings on organized religion with "Dune: Part 2" (0:00:00), followed by their discussion of the two-episode premiere of FX's newest series "Shogun" (1:07:15). Returning topics include episode four of Star Wars' "The Bad Batch" (1:39:32) and episode six of Paramount+'s "Halo" (1:54:13). 

Episode 141: It's Secretly For Adults

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z review the show's third premier of Star Wars' "The Bad Batch" (0:00:00). The guys also break out "Trailer Trash/Trailer Cash" for the trailer of the "Borderlands" movie and the DLC for Fromsoftware's "Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree" (0:53:34), talk a bit about Netflix's live-action adaptation of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (1:10:39), and finishing with the fourth episode of Paramount+'s "Halo" (1:36:38). 

Episode 140: Why Do They Keep Making These?

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z are baffled by Sony's newest Spider-Man spin-off film "Madame Web" (0:00:00). The boys do a lightning round of "Trailer Trash/ Trailer Cash" with soon-to-be-released films (0:43:31) and ending with the third episode of season two of Paramount+'s  "Halo" (1:42:40). 

Episode 139: Trial By Frogs

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z wade through the meta-confusion of Matthew Vaughn's newest film "Argylle" (0:00:00). Our intrepid hosts also reopen old wounds with the premiere of season two of Paramount+'s "Halo" (0:44:24), and finish off with their continued coverage of the 2024 Best Picture nominees with "Anatomy of a Fall" (1:28:29). 

Episode 138: Unclear Intentions

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z are baffled by the first release of 2024 "The BeeKeeper" (0:00:00). Other topics include the finale to season one of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" (0:26:50), a continuation of the 2024 Best Picture nominees with "Past Lives" (0:44:24), and finishing with the first two books and first novella of Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy series "The Stormlight Archive" (1:16:08). 

Episode 137: The Ying To Barbie's Yang

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z predict the "Oppenheimer" sweep with the nominations for the 96th annual Oscars (0:00:00). The fellas cover two of the best picture nominees with "American Fiction" (0:38:13) and "Poor Things" (1:22:54). Other topics include the penultimate episode of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" (1:02:54) and the trailer for the third and final season of Star Wars' "The Bad Batch" (1:43:52). 

Episode 136: At Least There Was Only One Plane

Join us this week as our hosts J and Z evaluate Jake Johnson's directorial debut "Self-Reliance" (0:00:00). Other topics include episode six of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" (0:24:04), another Trailer Trash/Trailer Cash for season two of "Halo" (0:50:33), and ending with the harrowing true story of "Society of the Snow" (0:58:32).