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What’s RUNWAY like in 2026? THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 takes that question pretty seriously. We’ve got film critic (and former 2000s-era abused NYC assistant) Katie Walsh with us to talk about the fashion, the journalism, the nostalgia, and the cerulean of it all.

What’s Good

Alonso - Family Movie Night Menus by Leonard and Jessie Maltin 

Drea - mom volunteering with for movie causes 

Katie - Hudson Williams (and Connor Storrie) at the Met Gala

Kevin - The Traitors UK (and The Celebrity Traitors UK S2 casting)

ITIDIC

The Academy Has Banned AI from Winning Oscars for Acting/Writing

Netflix Sets Greta Gerwig’s Narnia Film for Wide Release, Long Theatrical Window

Staff Picks

Alonso - Into the Woods

Drea - Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come

Katie - Tuner

Kevin - All About Eve

This episode was edited by Gabe Mara.

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Alonso Duralde
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Jaafar Jackson (son of Jermaine) dances his slouch-socked feet off in Antoine Fuqua’s new Michael Jackson biopic. And we have no less a personage than Tre’vell Anderson here to help us figure out how to feel about what was left in and what was left out. Then we’ll talk about some biopics that really work for us.

What’s Good

Alonso - Hitchcockian Thrillers by Stephen Rebello

Drea - costumed bar crawl

Tre’vell - grand opening of Maroon in Las Vegas

Kevin - Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman

ITIDIC

20% of Netflix Watch Hours are Book Adaptations…and the Bump Goes Both Ways

VHS Has Made a Comeback, and LA is the Epicenter

Staff Picks

Drea - All That Jazz

Alonso - Hokum

Tre’vell - Hidden Figures

Kevin - Apollo 13

This episode was edited by Gabe Mara.

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Drea made a guest appearance on John Moe's SLEEPING WITH CELEBRITIES and we're dropping it for you in this feed as a special #MaxFunDrive treat.

Drea Clark, one of the hosts of the popular and important Maximum Film! podcast has a theory: all middle-aged Guys think about the Roman Empire but from there, the Guys separate into Bigfoot Guys and Alien Guys. Sure, there are anomalies but you can mostly separate guys into those groups. Our host, John Moe, Bigfoot Guy, gets Drea’s opinion on where Rock History Guys, Computer Guys, and other Guys sort out into the Bigfoot and Aliens camps. Is it an airtight taxonomic argument? Not really. Is it an intriguing enough argument to let you conk out? Oh yes.

 

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Here's a teaser of our first MAXIMUM SIDEBAR! episode! Drea, Alonso, and Kevin each brought something to discuss in the areas of food, self care, technology. Members get to hear it all, plus so much more BoCo (that's short for bonus content, folks).

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David Lowery’s is back in his ethereal bag (or is it a dress? defo there's a ghost though...right?) with MOTHER MARY, a look at art, soul, collaboration, and self, through the relationship of a mega popstar and her once-and-future fashion queen. Then, we do a movie quiz about pop star cinema!

What’s Good

Alonso - Pop Tarts Super-Stuffed

Drea - MTV Rewind

Kevin - LA Times Festival of Books

ITIDIC
Gen Z Going to the Movies
CinemaCon Recap

Staff Picks

Alonso - The Serpent’s Skin

Drea - Phantom Thread

Kevin - The Five Heartbeats 

Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's MaxFunDrive! Still want to get in on the action? Follow this link to support this show (and get in on our limited-time keychain sale to benefit the Center for Constitutional Rights): https://maximumfun.org/joinmaxfilm

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher