Alex Long and Zach Cavanagh
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Alex and Zach pair fresh reactions with franchise knowledge, adaptation comparisons, and candid debate over the choices behind major releases.
A+Z Movie Review Podcast turns a trip to the theater into an animated conversation between Alex and Zach. Their new-release reviews move through plot, performances, adaptation choices, and immediate reactions, with disagreements allowed to develop instead of being hurried toward…
Superman lore gets a hearing; your popcorn bucket obsession gets company.
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A belated Oscar catch-up that turns multiverse chaos into an easy, funny hang.
Alex and Zach use their Oscar detour to work through Everything Everywhere All at Once, a Best Picture winner that ties family collapse to a struggling business and full-bore multiverse chaos.
A loose MCU check-in that likes Quantumania more than it questions it.
The episode treats Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania as a bigger, weirder swing than the smaller, heistier Ant-Man films that came before it. Alex and Zach say they liked it, even if the middle gets a little clunky, and the discussion gives enough time to Janet, Scott, Cassie,…
A blunt, conversational take on All Quiet on the Western Front with close attention to the film's visuals.
The episode offers a blunt, immediate take on All Quiet on the Western Front, moving from the opening nature shots to the body pile imagery and the production choices that make the battlefield feel stark and real.
A quick MCU check-in that makes its strongest case for Harrison Ford.
A Plus Z Movie Review Podcast offers a steady look at Captain America: Brave New World, treating Sam Wilson's full turn as Captain America as both franchise machinery and a meaningful character step.
A craft-focused take that keeps the spotlight on setting, production design, and clear affection.
A+Z step outside their usual Marvel-or-Disney lane to talk about Sinners, and the choice gives the discussion a fresh charge. The setup stays easy to track: 1930s Mississippi, the Jim Crow backdrop, and Michael B. Jordan as twins Smoke and Stack.
A breezy Mario verdict that keeps the praise measured and the Bowser gripe in view.
Alex and Zach keep the Super Mario Bros. Movie segment easy to follow: they say they had a lot of fun, but they do not pretend it is more than a straightforward Illumination movie.
A Marvel-weekend check-in with franchise memory, character talk, and a few honest wobbles.
The episode treats Fantastic Four: First Steps as both a Marvel-weekend check-in and a franchise comparison piece, helped by Alex and Zach doing the homework of watching all three earlier Fantastic Four films.
A loose, funny Oscars recap that follows the winners, the misses, and the hosts' running tally.
Alex and Zach turn an Oscars-night check-in into a loose, funny running tally of what they got right, what they missed, and how the race actually shook out.
Mike Muncer and a different guest dissect two horror films per episode, by subgenre.
Alex and Zach walk out of Superman still buzzing from the night at the movies.
A+Z Movie Review Podcast covers Celine Song’s Materialists, a film they say was marketed as a rom-com but played more like a “rom-drom.” Alex and Zach focus on Dakota Johnson’s Lucy, a New York matchmaker, plus Chris Evans as her struggling ex and Pedro Pascal as the wealthy “unicorn” client with a $12 million apartment.
A+Z Movie Review Podcast's Episode 29 - 2023 Oscars centers on a fast Oscar-prediction round and a post-ceremony reaction after the 95th Academy Awards.
Alex and Zach open Oscar season by reacting to the 2024 nominations and note that they have seen only four of the ten Best Picture nominees.
Alex and Zach review Sean Baker’s Anora, framing it as a Best Picture nominee, a Palme d'Or winner at Cannes, and a film with six Academy Award nominations.
Alex and Zach of the A Plus Z Movie Review Podcast review Wicked, the 2024 film adaptation of the stage musical and a 2025 Best Picture nominee, after seeing the Broadway production in New York City.
Alex and Zach review Netflix's K-pop Demon Hunters, calling it a Sony Animation movie that turned into a TikTok, Instagram Reels, and Spotify charts presence.
Alex and Zach review Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as the MCU’s first 2023 release, and both say the film shifts the Ant-Man series away from the smaller heist feel of the first two movies.
A Plus Z Movie Review Podcast closes its 10-film Best Picture slate with Nickel Boys, a Best Picture and adapted screenplay nominee based on a novel about Florida’s Dozier School for Boys.
Alex and Zach review The Super Mario Bros.
A Plus Z Movie Review Podcast covers Conclave, the 2025 Best Picture nominee about a papal election after the pope dies, and they say it is available on Peacock through Focus Features and Comcast.
Alex and Zach review Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front as one of their Best Picture nominee watches ahead of the Academy Awards on March 12th.
Alex and Zach open by joking that this one is not another Marvel or Disney movie.
Alex and Zach review Everything Everywhere All at Once after realizing it was missing from their Oscar-watch series, and they point out that the film had 11 Oscar nominations.
A Plus Z Movie Review Podcast covers The Substance as a “very bold swing,” with Alex saying it is good but only a sideways-thumb recommendation because of the body horror and “5,500 gallons of fake blood.” The hosts lay out the premise around Demi Moore’s Elizabeth Sparkle, Margaret Qualley’s Sue, and the seven-day body-switch rule that drives the film.
Alex and Zach cover *Triangle of Sadness* as another Best Picture nominee they are working through.
Alex and Zach tackle The Banshees of Inishere.
Alex and Zach open with their usual banter and land on Tár, which is streaming on Peacock.
Alex and Zach open with their Marvel-weekend banter and a quick warm-up.
Four plus hours for a movie experience - is it worth it?
Hosts Alex and Zach review Marvel's Thunderbolts asterisk, the 36th MCU film concluding Phase 5.
Film reviewers Alex and Zach discuss the 2025 Academy Awards hosted by Conan O'Brien.
Alex and Zach open the show sounding a little nasally, still getting over a seasonal stuffed-up nose thing.
Alex and Zach review the F1 movie, praising its immersive racing scenes and ties to real Formula One, while critiquing its thin plot and female representation.
Alex and Zach sit down with Wicked: For Good.
And it is also among the most controversial And we'll probably save that stuff for the end We'll focus on the movie itself up front And we'll get into the controversies of the film and then of the film's promotion afterwards But first, we'll get into the nitty gritty of the film The nuts and bolts Emilia Perez is a French-made, Spanish-language, mostly, musical about a transgender drug lord that tries to get their family back, misses her family after transitioning, and.
Alex and Zach review Dune Part Two as part of their Best Picture nominee journey.
Movie review podcast discussing Shazam!