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Darren Mooney
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As seen/read/heard at: Second Wind | The 250 | Irish Independent | NewsTalk | Q102 | Polygon | The Escapist. He/Him.
Not within a week or two of release, anyway.
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Really disappointed. And I liked (and *like*) “Last Night in Soho!”
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Saturday week.
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The only reason it’s PG-13 is because there’s no humans in it, so no red blood.
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We talk about this on the pod, but the “Predator” movies are easier watches and more enjoyable than the “Alien” franchise, even if I will always be more of an “Alien” guy.
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I think I give it to the original, but “Prey” is handily second for me.
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Oh it is.

But quality is not indicative of box office performance.
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
To put it another way: “Why are Lilo and Stitch and Freakier Friday bigger hits this year for Disney than Snow White was?”

And why does it feel like “Badlands” is working because it’s being sold as a prequel to “Prey” rather than a legacyquel to “Predator?”
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
(And you see that. The majority of the audience for “Dial of Destiny” was fifty-plus. The problem is that not enough fifty-plus people go to the cinema to see movies for “Dial of Destiny” to be successful.)
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM