Take 174: Predator: Killer of Killers, The Surfer, The Accountant 2, & The Summer of Comedy.

🎙️ Mostly Film – New Trailers, Killer Surfers, and Star Wars Surprises

In this episode of Mostly Film, we're back with a packed lineup of hot takes, streaming recaps, and industry news fresh off the wire. Here's what's on the reel:

🎞️ LIST IT or NIX IT
We break down the latest batch of trailers and decide what’s hitting our Letterboxd watchlists — and what’s getting the hard pass. This week’s trailer gauntlet includes:

• The Pickup

• The Lost Bus

• Animal Farm

• The Man in My Basement

• Wicked for Good

• Kiss of the Spider-Woman

• A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
  (List or nix? We’re saying it up top and defending the call.)

👀 What We've Been Watching
From high-concept sci-fi to sweaty summer comedies, we cover the films and shows that stuck with us this week:

• Predator: Killer of Killers — does it earn that subtitle?

• The Surfer — sand, sweat, and existential dread

• The Accountant 2 — Ben’s back to balance more than books

• Minecraft: The Movie — yes, it’s real, and yes, we watched it

• Captain America: Brave New World — early impressions
  Plus: our Summer of Comedy rewatch rolls on with Tropic Thunder and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

📺 TV Corner
Quick hits on Dept. Q and other small-screen standouts we’ve been diving into (or avoiding).

📰 The News
Movie news gets spicy this week:

• Texas Chainsaw Massacre sparks a studio bidding war

• Warner Bros. Discovery breakup talk — what it means

• Mass Effect goes live-action

• Mia Goth joins Ryan Gosling in a Star Wars mystery project

• Samuel L. Jackson speaks on awards, legacy, and doing it his way

• Oh yeah… Draco Malfoy has thoughts on J.K. Rowling 👀

All this, plus some irreverent takes and friendly fights. Hit play and let’s roll.