Ep. 822 - Thunderbolts*

The Filmcast

Tv & Film, Entertainment News, News

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

David, Devindra, and Jeff investigate the political conspiracy of Zero Day, speak their minds on the post-apocalyptic film Azrael, and tap into natural wonder with The Americas. Then they assess the latest Marvel film as it explores the world of anti-heroes with Thunderbolts*.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: Matt Goldberg’s THE LAST OF US recaps
Devindra - Ask Engadget: Is it a good time to move from Windows to Mac?
Jeff - runjeffrun.com

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:12:42)
David - Azrael, Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing
Devindra - Zero Day, Daredevil: Born Again
Jeff - The Americas, Wrestlemania IX: Becoming a Spectacle

Featured Review (~01:02:52)
Thunderbolts*
SPOILERS (~01:18:56)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the filmcast, a podcast about movies.
0:23.2	I'm David Chen and I'm like the Winter Soldier.
0:25.8	I'm also here to review boring legislative packages and pound the ground with my bionic arm.
0:31.4	And I'm all out of boring legislative packages.
0:36.7	Joining me is Devendra Hardwar.
0:39.2	Thunderbolts assemble for therapy.
0:43.2	And Jeff Kanata.
0:44.9	If Florence Pugh married famed Looney Tunes skunk Pepe Lepew, she'd florence la poohue this is what was ringing through
0:56.8	your mind the entire movie wasn't it jeff florence lapupew pupe what what makes you think uh she you
1:04.2	would obviously hyphenate come on well i'm i agree with you about the hyphenate but why put
1:09.4	pepe le pew's last name first?
1:12.1	That's very gender bias of you, Jeff.
1:14.8	Florence Poolepew.
1:16.5	Poolepew.
1:17.7	I think Pue Lepew is a better option there.
1:20.6	And also, Florence Pugh could star in a live action Pepe Lepew Cartoons still own it because she's...
1:25.5	Yeah, she's very good.
1:26.6	She would own it.
1:31.1	Well, those are, of course, all vague and oblique references the fact that today on the podcast,
1:37.2	we're going to be reviewing a Thunderbolts asterisk, the newest film in the MCU.
1:39.4	Love an asterisk, by the way.
1:40.7	You love it?
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