Summer Movie Preview 2026

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.5 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Paul and Amy kick off the 2026 summer movie season with a whirlwind preview of the films they’re most excited (and nervous) to see, from Supergirl, Tom Holland’s grounded new Spider-Man, and Spielberg’s mysterious Disclosure Day to Jackass: Best & Last, A24’s Backrooms, Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, and Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters. Along the way, they debate sequel overload (Toy Story 5, Scary Movie 6), spotlight oddball indies and comedies like Coyote vs. Acme and Fuck Toys, and share thoughts on everything from live-action Moana to Nolan’s The Odyssey. You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The year is 2026, and this is our summer movie preview.
0:12.5	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Unspool.
0:23.5	Yes, welcome to Unspool, a podcast about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, mustsies, and in case you missed them.
0:29.6	We have covered the AFI top 100, and now we are checking off movies from three major lists.
0:34.5	The Letterbox top 250 films with the most fans, the IMDB top 250, and then
0:39.5	Newhart Times 1,000 essential films, except today, we're not doing any of that. We're doing
0:44.3	films that maybe you might make on it someday. We're just talking about what we're excited to
0:47.4	see this summer. That's right, Amy. This is our summer movie preview where we just, I don't know,
0:53.3	embrace the anticipation of the summer to come.
0:57.8	I'm Paul Shear. I'm an actor, writer, director, and a person who would sit down with a
1:02.9	premier magazine and look at their summer movie preview and get this feeling. I guess similarly
1:10.1	to when you might find like a naked magazine when you were a kid.
1:14.2	Like that's how I felt when the summer movie preview came out because I wanted to know.
1:18.8	I wanted to look at the stills.
1:19.9	I wanted to, I wanted so much.
1:22.2	I wanted so much from these movies.
1:24.2	And I love that now we can do it professionally.
1:27.3	Just break down these movies before we know
1:29.1	that much about them. See all their potential. It's true. Hello, hi. I'm Amy Nicholson. I'm the
1:35.3	film critic for the Los Angeles Times. And yeah, this is like mapping out the rest of my ear.
1:40.4	What am I going to be talking about? What am I going to be seeing? What's going to be
1:43.6	occupying my entire brain? What's going to make me do yet another jackass rewatch of
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