Entertainment Banter: Recent Episodes

Joel and Matt

Entertainment Talk, Movies, Television, Comics, Cartoons, Anime, Video Games, Books, Media, Musicals, Theatre, Music, Sports, Politics, and anything else that is entertainment related will be bantered on...A new Episode every week.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 176 When Actors Wrestle With Acting Banter

Matt and Joel discuss how wrestlers turn into actors.  Which ones succeed and which don't.  And some who are still trying.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 175 Crossovers Banter

Matt and Joel discuss the success of the MCU and how other productions are trying to recreate the success.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 174 Bob Iger Is Back Plus

Matt and Joel are back again talking about the return of Bob Iger....again.  Well he is back and we have to talk.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 173 Top Gun Maverick Banter

Matt and Joel are back in Volume 5 for our first episode in quite some time.  We touch on the subject of Top Guns Sequel, Maverick.  

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 172 What is Up With Hollywood Banter

Matt and Joel discuss the issues with Hollywood and of course we bring up the Will Smith slapping Chirs Rock incident, but there is more to it.  Hollywood is far removed from what is real.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 171 The Oscars Best Pictures Banter

Matt and Joel discuss their picks from The Oscars list of Best Pictures.  Which is their favorite and among other things.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 170 Doctor Strange 2 and MCU Direction Banter

Matt and Joel take on the new Doctor Strange 2 Trailer and discuss their thoughts on whats next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe in this weeks entertainment banter.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 169 Moving Film Moments Banter

Matt and Joel have seen a lot of movies in their day.  What brings us to the movies?  Lots of factors go into it but there is one clear feeling we enjoy when we watch and listen to our shows.  Its that goosebump moment.  When we are moved by what we are seeing and or hearing.  This is todays topic.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode168 Spoilers Banter

Matt and Joel discuss what's an appropriate amount of time you can talk about the surprises in a movie, when they are spoilers or not.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode167 Halo Infinite Banter

Matt and Joel discuss the process it took to get Halo infinite and the future of game possession.  Will you actually own your video games anymore?

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 166 Ghostbusters Afterlife Banter

Matt and Joel love the Ghostbusters franchise and this latest addition was a nice fitting end....or a restart of it.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 165 Bot You Scalpers Banter

Matt and Joel are sick and tired of shopping bots buying all the "exclusives" and then selling them for 5x the amount or more on eBay and other selling platforms....  IT GRINDS OUR GEARS!

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 164 Tripping on Trailers AKA Spider Man No Way Home

Matt and Joel ask the question, why are we having premiers for trailers now?  And is this the beginning of the end?

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 163 MCU TV Shows on Disney Plus Recap Banter

Matt and Joel talk about all the MCU canon TV shows that are now streaming on Disney Plus, and we banter a little bit about what is to come.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 162 Entertainment Junk Food Banter

Matt and Joel love snacks, we also have our favorites we like to eat while watching movies and video games.  What are some of your favorites?

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 161 Post Credits Banter

Matt and Joel try to stay through all the credits of the movies they see, but sometimes you want to be rewarded for doing this.  Enter the Post Credit Scene.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 160 The Dangers of Entertainment Banter

Matt and Joel discuss the dangers around the entertainment industry after a tragic accident happened on set just hours before.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 159 Godzilla Vs. Kong Banter

Matt finally watched Godzilla Vs. Kong  and Joel couldn't be more delighted to talk about this and the monster franchise.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 158 James Bond No Time To Die Banter

Matt and Joel have not seen the newest 007 movie but we had to banter since we heard a lot of rumors on the subject.  This pod will have spoilers for the new movie allegedly but again we have not seen the movie.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 157 Black Widow Review Banter

Matt and Joel discuss Marvels Black Widow.  What we thought of it and where we think this is all going.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 156 Old Hard Games Banter

Matt and Joel are apart of the older generation that grew up with video games, from Atari to Nintendo.  And WE know what a hard game is when we come across it.  We mention a few here.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode155 The Cloud Wars Have Begun Banter

Matt and Joel chat about the digital age and how its a war being fought in the clouds!

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 154 Fresh Prince of Bel Air Reboot Banter

Matt and Joel discuss a part of their childhood coming back to life.  We grew up with Fresh Prince of Bel Air.  What is this new drama going to the table.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 153 My Hero Academia Banter

Matt and Joel talk about a new anime they both got into recently.  My Hero Academia.  It's about that super hero life!

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode152 Spiderman No Way Home Predictions Banter

Matt and Joel dive into one of Joels favorite comic book stories.  Spiderman No Way Home is in theatre this December and we wanted to talk about our predictions.  And if any of these come true, then you heard it here first!

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 151 Real Time Strategy Video Games Banter

Matt and Joel wanted to talk strategy this week with RTS video games.  Why are they so darn fun and what draws you to them?

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 150 Scarlett Johansson Vs. Disney Banter

Matt and Joel talk about the situation that is engulfing Scarlett and Disney.  How it doesn't matter who you are all Disney wants is money and much more.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 149 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe Revelation Banter

Matt and Joel Dive into the Netflix Original He-Man.  Is it our childhood coming back or is it something entirely different?

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 148 Part 2 of MCU Themes From The Last Ten Years Banter

Matt and Joel continue last weeks conversation with more Marvel Movie Themes!

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 147 MCU Themes From The Last Ten Years Banter

Matt and Joel chat about what the themes are for the last 10 years of Marvel movies.  The glory days if you will.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 146 America The Motion Picture Banter

Matt and Joel tackle this new blockbuster that just came out on Netflix.  Spoiler alert!

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 145 Shock Value Banter

Matt and Joel discuss how Hollywood today is all about shock value and not really caring what people think.  What do you think?

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 144 Bob Iger Part 3 of 3, The Conclusion

Matt and Joel finished their conversation about Bob Iger, in this stunning and anti climatic ending.  Here is part 3 of 3.  Enjoy!

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 143 Bob Iger Talk Part 2 Banter

Matt and Joel continue the conversation about Bob Iger in this 3 part series.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 142 Bob Igie Pooh Part 1 of 3 Banter

Matt and Joel are here to talk about someone who has been in charge of the Walt Disney Company for over a decade, yes that's right its Bob Iger.  Join us for this 3 part series as we dive in to this topic.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 141 Hollywood Brand Flakes

Matt and Joel dive into the subject of Hollywood brands and how we grew up with them and how they have changed to fit new narratives.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 140 Celebs We Missed Out On Banter

Matt and Joel go on a very special date, the guests are celebrities we have always wanted to sit down with and talk to and more!

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 139 Crass Cartoon Comedy Banter

Matt and Joel chat about how adult cartoons(no not those cartoons, get your mind out of the gutter)are doing some graphic scenes to just get a laugh.  Now is it because they can or is there something more to it?

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 138 The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Recap Banter Part Two

Matt and Joel are back again on the subject of one Disney Plus's Marvel TV shows.  There was so much for the first one we have to make a second one.  

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 137 Fast and Furious 9 or Hollywood Crawls Banter

Matt and Joel discuss the newest trailer from Fast and Furious 9 with Vin Diesel talking about going back to the theatre.  Mixed messages from Universal or is this just another marketing ploy?  We discuss...

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 136 Falcon and The Winter Soldier Recap Banter Part 1

Matt and Joel talked so much on the recap of this Disney Plus Series that we had to make it a two parter.  The first parter touches on what Matt didn't really like and Joels rebuttals.  To Be Continued...

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 135 The Best Worst Movies Ever

Matt and Joel discuss a top ten list, I doubt we will get to all 10.  We banter on movies that were trying to be good but ended up being bad but are so bad they are good again.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 134 - Faults in Heros Banter

Matt and Joel discuss hero's and how they all have faults.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 133 Disaster Movies Banter

Matt and Joel discuss disaster movies.  Not ones that bombed at the box office, but actual movies about disasters.  

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 132 Falcon and The Winter Soldier 1 Hour long Special Banter

Matt and Joel went over by quite a bit on this pod.  We dive into Falcon and The Winter Soldier predictions and expectations.

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Entertainment BanterPresents Episode 131 - Dear Cancel Culture Banter

Matt and Joel take a different path in this weeks pod.  We talk about how Cancel Culture is affecting out entertainment today.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 130 - WandaVision Recap Banter

Matt and Joel wrap up the series WandaVision and talk about what they really thought of the show.  

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 129- Black SuperMan Banter

Matt and Joel had a discussion off Pod and decided to do a social experiment.  All that and the discussion of having a Black Super Man.

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Entertainment Banter Presents - Episode 128 Chernobyl Banter

Matt and Joel talk about the HBO mini series Chernobyl.  If you don't know, check it out then read the real history and see how eerily the HBO show matches up.  This is our history.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 127 - Bad Art Banter

Matt and Joel love entertainment.  But have you ever gone to see a show and wanted to leave or you did?  We dive into this subject.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 126 - War of The Worlds Banter

Matt and Joel go down the road of H.G. Wells.  War of The Worlds is on the subject tonight.  From Radio show to movies.  From 1938 to 2005.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode125 - Is Hugh Back Banter

Matt and Joel discuss if Hugh Jackman is back playing Logan in Disneys MCU.  

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 124 Background Actors Banter

Matt and Joel chat about the little guy in the entertainment industry.  

This Episode has been dedicated to my late Father Anthony Kopczynski 1945 - 2021

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 123 - Gaming Fails Banter

Matt and Joel discuss what video game hardware that just may have been ahead of their time.  N-gage comes to mind.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 122 - Mario 35 Banter

Matt and Joel banter about Marios 35th birthday.  If you do not know who the Italian plumber is then I have only one question to ask you.  Have you been living under a rock for the last 35 years?

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 121 - WandaVision Banter

Matt and Joel discuss WandaVision since it just came out and we were promised this for a while now.  What did we think?

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 120 - Joel's Star Wars Binge Banter

Matt and Joel dive into Star Wars...again but this time from Joels perspective.  If you have been an avid listener then you would know that Joel isn't a fan of Star Wars but he decided to watch all 9 movies in a row within a week and this was the outcome.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 119 - Tom Cruise Banter

Matt and Joel discuss Tom Cruise and his antics, ever since someone dropped that audio clip of him yelling at crew on the set of Mission Impossible 7 about C19 protocols.  Interesting....

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 118 -Is The Spiderverse coming to the MCU?

Matt and Joel banter on Spiderman in the MCU.  Will we see 3 Spider Men?  Will we see cross overs?  Will all the spider man movies that have already been released become part of this vast universe?  These questions and more probably won't be answered but we have fun bantering!

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 117 - Disney Plus Without ESPN Banter

Matt and Joel discuss why ESPN is its own streaming service.  Like why isn't it?  Why do we have to bundle all the Disney streaming services when we can just have one?  Well we talk about it.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 116 - Dividing Content Banter

Matt and Joel chat about how some studios are dividing their content among the streaming services.  Why and what you can do about it?  

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 115 - The Simpsons, Sort of Banter

Matt and Joel Banter on the longest running animated sitcom, The Simpsons.  We banter on it and then some.

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Entertainment Banter Presents Episode 14 - Disney Classic Characters Banter

Matt and Joel talk about the Fab 5.  You know them as Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto.  Find who Matt likes and maybe Joel will tell you too!

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Entertainment Banter Episode 113 - Disney + and Mandalorian Season 2 Banter

Matt and Joel discuss Disney+ again.  But this time it's about Mandalorian.  Oh we did that already too?  Well this is about Season 2 but not about season 2.  Come join the conversation.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 112 - Halloween Special Banter

Matt and Joel are having a sugar overload from their night out for Halloween.  So they decided to banter on some good ol' Halloween specials.  Enjoy!

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Matt and Joel discuss War Movies, their significance, how many there are and how real they have gotten.  Pretty interesting stuff.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 110 - Hodge Podge Banter

Matt and Joel wanted to just banter on entertainment.  And that is what they did.  Find out what some of their future pods will be!

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Entertainment Banter Episode 109 - The Actors Ego Banter

Matt and Joel discuss the actor and what we consider their ego and what an ego is to us.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 108 - Greatest Villains Banter

Matt and Joel discuss some great villains in the entertainment world.  We miss some, touch some and then focus on a few.  Its time for Banter!

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Entertainment Banter Episode 107 - Porn I Guess Banter

Matt and Joel talk about ....Porn? We banter on a lot of things and a lot of sexual innuendos in entertainment.  I think we stay on topic.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 106 - Celebrities as Actors Banter

Matt and Joel banter about Celebrities being Actors.  I understand That Actors are Celebrities but not all Celebrities are Actors.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 105 - Black Performers of Our Time Banter

Matt and Joel take a moment of Silence for Chadwick Boseman and talk about all the Black actors that have touched our souls over the years.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 104 - Toys, Collectibles and Banter

Matt and Joel take a look at a different part of the entertainment world.  The collectibles and how they take part in entertaining us.

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Matt and Joel discuss what the future holds for film and television actors.  Has CGI advanced so far that their jobs are now obsolete.  Did robots just take another career away from humankind?  

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Entertainment Banter Episode 102 - Disney Plus Strikes Again

Matt and Joel are talking Disney Plus again.  What are they up to?  Is it bad or is it good?  Well Matt is riled up!

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Entertainment Banter Episode 101 - Cosplay Banter with Summoplex

Matt and Joel welcome Summoplex in on the conversation about cosplaying and their players, since she has a bit more experience on the subject.  If you ever have been curious about cosplay....

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Entertainment Banter Episode 100 - Celebrating 100 Episodes

Welcome back to Entertainment Banters 100th Episode!  Matt and Joel look back at our milestone with banter!

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Matt and Joel touch on the woke society and how its affecting Hollywood.  What is woke and what is too much woke?  We may not have the answers but we sure like to talk on the subject.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 98 - Hamilton on Disney Plus

Matt and Joel chat about Hamilton being available on Disney+.  Why do you think Disney paid for the distribution rights other than the obvious, it's popular?  Tune in to see our discussion.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 97 - 4th of July Movies

Matt and Joel take a look at what movies you could possibly watch on the 4th of July.  

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Entertainment Banter Episode 96 - Reality TV Banter

Matt and Joel banter about reality TV and its broad demographics.  Do you watch the News or a game show?  You probably watch more reality TV than you think.

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Entertainment Banter - Episode 95 - Hollywood's New Gimmick

Matt and Joel chat about Hollywood's gimmick.  Are they just editing movies and releasing them to make more money or could there be another motive?  Are the fans actually making a difference?  We don't know but we sure will talk about it.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 94 - Rivals in Comics

Matt and Joel discuss the rivals in the Comic book world and a little in the Manga world.  We touch on DC, Marvel and Shonen Jump.  Tune in to see what its all about.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 93 - Power Rangers

Matt and Joel go way back into our childhoods and start at the beginning of this weird yet still thriving kids show, The Power Rangers.  Where were you when Ivan Ooze was released? 

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Entertainment Banter Episode 92 - Hidden Censorship in Streaming Services

Matt and Joel discuss what is happening and what has been happening in the streaming services and how they deal with certain movies and TV shows.  Does this affect how we see our history?  Very interesting stuff.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 91 - Which Celeb Would You Want To Quarantine With

Matt and Joel talk about their most deepest darkest secrets.  Well not really but they do talk about which celebs they would want to be stuck with and ones they wouldn't.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 90

Captain Marvel Re-Visited after "we" saw it

Matt and Joel chat about what they saw after seeing Disneys Marvels Captain Marvel.  Thats a tongue twister.  Mind you Joel missed this when uploading back in April....2019 so this is a tad late.  But still a good listen.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 89

Matt and Joel presents a look into how we use to watch media and how it has evolved in this changing time of the 21st Century.

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Entertainment Banter Episode 88 - AMC vs Comcast

Matt and Joel started a simple conversation of "entertainment in quarantine" and it turned into something different and yet still the same.  Tune in what this may or may not mean.

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Matt and Joel head into the controversy of what is going on at Lucas Film.  Tune to see what is up.

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Matt, Joel and Nick are back again to discuss the comings at Disney and why they think Bob came back to help out Bob.

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Matt, Joel and Nick discuss the Bob changeover, over at Disney.  Good, bad or in between.  The three of us will discuss it.

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Matt and Joel invite a special guest onto the show to talk about his entertainment life.  It's Doug The Bass Player For Air Supply.  Find out what that entails and other nonsense.

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Matt and Joel are back once again arguing about shows that should have ended.  Obviously Matt and Joel have different opinions on the subject.  Let us tune in and find out what they are yelling about this week.

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Matt and Joel discuss a few people that work in the cinema realm and down back down to producers and do their own thing at bringing their vision to life.  Should be interesting.

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Matt and Joel take up this iconic character.  His new movie, how it changed and maybe a little history.  I don't know, its banter.  Lets just hope they stay on topic this time but then again...

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Episode 80 - Retro Console Gaming Vs Modern Day Consoles Banter

Matt and Joel move away from the cinema realm and chat about some video games.  Something about retro gaming and what modern gaming has become.  Tune in to find out!

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Matt and Joel look into how the movie industry has advertised to us all.  From movie poster to trailers.  How they have evolved and how they may have touched you.

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Matt and Joel talk about the tragic event that took Kobe Bryants life and what that means to them.

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Matt and Joel banter about that speech Ricky Gervais did for the Golden Globes.  Was it too woke for some viewers?  How much truth did he drop?

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Matt and Joel banter on Sonys version of the Spider-Man Universe and what they are doing.  Is it good, is it bad?  You decide but we have our opinions right here!

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This evening Matt and Joel finally get around to bantering on a dumpster fire that is known as Star Wars Episode 9 Rise of Palpatine!

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Matt and Joel talk about one of Disney +'s first original content.  The Mandalorian and how it has touched our lives!

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Matt and Joel banter on Joker again but this time it's focused on the newest addition to play the role,  Joaquin Phoenix.

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Matt, Joel and Courtney could not come to a finishing point in the last episode so we had to make it a 2 parter.  Listen to the conclusion to what may seem like a never ending conversation.  Marvels Black Panther!

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Matt and Joel invite Courtney in on the conversation as we take another look at Black Panther and how it was up for Best Picture on the Academy Awards last year.  This is a 2 parter that you don't want to miss!

A Black, a Jew and a right wing white male have a conversation.....

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Matt bought the movie and Joel didn't like the movie.  This is the banter that ensued.

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Matt wants to get something off his chest and Joel is going to listen but will not stay quiet.  Hollywood, what are you doing?!?!

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