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The first season of X-Men '97 has concluded and there's a ton to discuss. We review both the penultimate episode and the finale, along with our thoughts on the season. But first we start this episode with some news about Marvel and their upcoming release dates and projects.

Happy belated Star Wars Day! May the 4th was this past weekend and Disney+ released a follow-up to "Tales of the Jedi" with "Tales of the Empire"(17:19). Also Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in "The Fall Guy" (1:28), the action/rom-com film about stunts in Hollywood. Jordan also checked out the new take on "The Talented Mr. Ripley" with "Ripley" (27:07) on Netflix. Also in this episode, we do our 2024 Summer Box Office Predictions (37:33), ordering our top 5 movies that will make the most money this summer and an exercise guessing the over and under of the summer blockbusters.

News of the Week (1:44:36): Trailers (Mufasa, The Boysd), Cobra Kai, Giancarlo in the MCU, Superman

(Song: They Not Like Us x Kendrick Lamar)

"Tolerance is Extinction Part 1" begins a 3-part finale for season 1 of X-Men '97. This episode has a ton of exposition and surprises, so there's a lot to discuss.

"Challengers" (1:36), the new sports drama film starring Zendaya about tennis, love triangles, and power dynamics hit theaters this past weekend. We also discuss a couple of limited series to potentially look out for during award season with the Japanese War Epic, "Shōgun" (19:25), and the dark comedy from Richard Gadd, "Baby Reindeer" (34:12). In this episode, we also conduct our second annual 2024 Summer Movie Draft (46:20), where we each pick movies of the summer that we think will be critically successful on letterboxd.

(Song: euphoria x Kendrick Lamar)

"Bright Eyes" is the name of this week's episode of X-Men '97, and there's a lot to discuss. We also have an announcement at the top of the episode, 2 Black Nerds have been invited to the American Black Film Festival as social critics! So ensure you continue to tune in with us on social media for more from the festival.

"Abigail" (1:18), the latest thriller/horror film about a vampire ballerina hit theaters this past weekend, and the newest movie from Guy Ritchie, "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" (19:12). Also in the anime world "Spy x Family Code: White" (31:57) had its theatrical release this past weekend. And in the TV realm, we have another popular video game adaption, this time from Amazon Prime with "Fallout" (39:57)

News of the Week (53:18) Quentin Tarintino, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Transformers One Trailer

(Song: symptom of life x WILLOW)