WE BOUGHT A MIC

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A Pop Culture Podcast hosted by Ernest Calderon, Hunter Mobley, and Drew Dietzen, three friends who have had conversations about all things film, TV, music, etc. for over a decade. All they needed was to buy a mic. So they did.

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Tom Cruise swings for the fences in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s DIGGER. We dig into its mostly negative first wave of reviews and a…

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DIGGER – WE BOUGHT A MIC

Tom Cruise swings for the fences in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s DIGGER. We dig into its mostly negative first wave of reviews and a rough box office start. We argue about whether a movie gets excused for being dumb on purpose, whether this is Cruise's best acting or just his most self-aware, and how it stacks up against Birdman, Bardo, and Babylon. We also get into the ending, our Oscar predictions, and where it lands on our year-end lists. SPOILER WARNING: spoiler-light until 18:10. Full spoilers start there, so skip ahead or come back after you've seen it
  1. DIGGER
  2. CRIMSON TIDE (with Nick Iarriccio)
  3. PRIMETIME (Quick Review)
  4. THE PELICAN BRIEF (with Harry Sayer)
  5. MALCOLM X (with Kyle Flynn)
  6. The End of Oak Street – Quick Review
  7. THE ODYSSEY, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, and TONY
  8. The 2026 Mid-Year Draft (Part 2)
  9. The 2026 Mid-Year Draft (Part 1)
  10. The Steven Spielberg Movie Ranking (with Adam Sirdoreus)

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