On this week’s episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew is rejoined by Reagan for their longest podcast yet, a nearly 5-hour examination of Andor Season 1. The pair watched the first season together back when it first released and loved it, but returned to it with fresh eyes again in 2025 prior to watching Season 2…
On this week’s episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew and Reagan return to cap off their discussion and analysis of The Last of Us Season 2. Andrew played through the first half of Part II in the lead up to firm up comparisons to the show, further solidifying some major issues he has with the changes…
On this week’s episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew and Reagan return to their Game of Thrones series to dissect Season 5 and break down its highs and lows. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and…
On this week’s episode of the podcast, Andrew and Reagan discuss the first two episodes of The Last of Us Season 2 on which they have some divided opinions and certainly more mixed emotions when compared to the first season. The episode is a full-on spoilerfest including a discussion of all of The Last of…
On this week’s episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his wife Reagan to rank and analyze both Season 2 of Game of Thrones and the second book in the series, A Clash of Kings. The podcast includes a breakdown and comparison of the plot points of the book vs. the show as well…
In the most shocking episode of what is becoming an excellent season of Survivor, one of my top picks to win the game, Michaela Bradshaw was blindsided by Jay Starrett in a move that has many across the nation weeping and spewing on Twitter. Whether you agree with the decision, there is no doubt that…
I’ve been reflecting a lot lately about how lucky I was to grow up at the time that I did. Born in 1994, I was raised at a time when Disney was hitting its greatest streak and Pixar was changing the course of animated film forever (with a bit of healthy competition from DreamWorks). I…
***1/2 Though it starts as a typical (yet hilariously sharp) anti-corporate political comedy, Sorry to Bother You morphs into one of the most surprising and fascinating movies I’ve seen in years. Curated by ’90s “gangsta rapper” Boots Riley (of The Coup fame) in his directorial debut, Sorry to Bother You never loses sight of its…
**1/2 We hold these truths to be self-evident: all men are created equal, war never changes, and Ant-Man is the runt of the Marvel universe. Armed with a script more bogged down in sci-fi nonsense than The Phantom Menace and its midi-chlorians, Ant-Man and the Wasp is the worst Marvel movie I’ve seen. Is it…
I absolutely love Survivor. As is the case with many of the show’s millions of weekly viewers, I have watched just about every episode from each of the show’s 34 seasons going back to the turn of the century. The show has built up quite the resume of startling developments, shocking backstabs, and big, game-changing…
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