Previously on the Special Topics in Media Pod-a-Thon!: franchise fatigue, IP gone awry, brand dominance in colossal collapse. Garret Castleberry cracks the rhetorical whip with Summer Movie scholar Kyle Hammonds as they tackle the close-out films that helped make June 2023 one of the most commercially promising, yet financially flailing months in recent history. The dark room duo initiate discourse with a split appreciation for Wes Anderson's promising Americana revery, Asteroid City. Then, Garret and Kyle tackle one of summer's most expensive movies and bankable characters in film history, Harrison Ford's final portray of Henry Jones Jr. in Disney's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Our film scholars back both features but seemingly vary from popular consensus. What gives in this mismatched equation? Perhaps the July slate will hold resolutions to the burning questions posed in this month of June capper to the 2023 Summer Movie Season. 

Hosts: Garret Castleberry, Kyle Hammonds

Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engineer), Alli Garner (Cover Art), Austin Foster (Music)

Recommended Screenings (Garret/Kyle):
Wes Anderson. (Director). Asteroid City [Film]. Chinchon, Madrid, Spain: Focus Features/Indian Paintbrush/American Empirical Pictures, 2023.

James Mangold. (Director). Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny [Film]. Yorkshire, England; Glascow, Scottland, UK: Walt Disney Pictures/Lucasfilm/Paramount Pictures. 

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