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@HitFactoryPod
America's first & only movie podcast. Hosted by @notoriouslghtng and @deepimpactcryer






NEW PREMIUM HIT FACTORY // DENZEMBER 2 continues with the return of @BilgeEbiri to discuss RICOCHET, a batshit crescendo of a thriller that takes its lean premise to shocking, lurid places at every turn. Link below.

Netflix executives "laughed" over the claim they demand movies and TV shows to restate plot points over and over for viewers. "We actually all laughed when we watched that bit at the Oscars, but there's no such principle," Netflix film boss Dan Lin said. "I mean, if you watch our movies or TV shows, we don't repeat our plot. So I don't know where that comment came from. Certainly, we are focused on making great movies." variety.com/2026/tv/news/n…

If you see Project Hail Mary this weekend, I hope you'll remember how I told you over 3 years ago that stuff like this was going to explode in pop culture. -From ironic cynicism to post-ironic sincerity. -Embracing the "cringe" & the celebration of the earnest "try-hard." -From deconstructing the past, to a nostalgia for some positive "vibe" we lost in the deconstruction. -The rejection of Fight Club-era nihilism. -The ability to stare at the apocalypse in front of you and be hopeful instead of a "doomer."






Tucker Carlson: “Was Iran on the verge of getting a nuclear weapon?” Joe Kent: “No... the Iranians have had a religious ruling, a fatwa, against actually developing a nuclear weapon since 2004. we had no intelligence to indicate that that fatwa was being disobeyed”


I’m running out of great shows. How good is THE SHIELD?