After two years of waiting, HOUSE OF THE DRAGON is back with season 3! Was it worth the wait?

More to the point, was there a battle on the water? In a sense, but more on that in the episode.

This week, we return to Westeros, dragons galore. Before we battle it out with that season premiere, however, we catch up on the latest updates to our Summer Movie Wager! Has Toy Story 5 met our expectations?

Plus, we get into something perhaps a little out of character for us… we talk sports! Specifically the FIFA WORLD CUP ‘26!

Yes, we’re here for the football (that’s right, we said football), and we discuss the tournament so far as we near the end of the group stage - and boy what a group stage!

All that and more, so sit back, relax and listen (or watch) our latest ep. Don’t forget to follow, like and subscribe wherever you find your pods, on youtube, and on social media! Don’t forget to leave a comment. Stay Tuned!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:53 - Summer Box Office Update

00:04:45 - Fifa World Cup

00:24:39 - House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 1 Review

The Summer Blockbuster Seasons is sadly over and so it is time we reveal who won in predicting the biggest movies of the summer. Inspired by Slash Film cast’s Summer Movie Wager, we predicted which summer box office movies would be in the top 10 and where EXACTLY they would be placed on the list. We made our bets earlier this year and now its time to find out the winner.

(SEE BELOW FOR THE DETAILS)

We also reviewed the House of the Dragon Episode 2 on HBO, and talked about the news of the week like Ben Kingsley’s character Trevor Slattery (Marvel Studios Iron Man 3 and Shang Chi) will be making an appearance in Wonder Man, House of the Dragon Co-Showrunner Miguel Sapocnik is leaving the show, the 79th Venice Film Festival opens, a new Lego Motorized Lighthouse, Harley Quinn Season 4 Renewed, House of the Dragon Renewed for Season 2, Blockbuster Tv Show on Netflix. Plus trailers on Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, Love and Death (HBO Max), Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Roku), White Noise, Tar, and The Son.

We also chat about what we’re into, like Mad Men Season 4, Welcome to Wrexham, This Fool, Mo, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and 3000 Years of longing.

Here are the results of the Top 10 Summer Movies

Summer Season (for our Podcast) - Memorial Day - Labor Day Weekend

*at the time of our recording*

1. Top Gun: Maverick - $691m.
2. Jurassic World: Dominion - $374m.
3. Minions: Rise of Gru - $354m.
4. Thor: Love and Thunder - $336m.
5. Elvis - $147m.
6. Lightyear - $118m.
7. Nope - $117m.
8. Black Phone - $89m.
9. Where the Crawdads Sing - $81m.
10. Bullet Train - $78m.

POINT SCALE

13 Points - 1 or 10 Dead On

10 Points: 2-9 Dead On

7 Points: Pick was one rank away

5 Points: Pick was two ranks away

3 Points: If it was anywhere in the top 10

1 Point: For a “Dark Horse” Pick that made it in the top 10

This week the bambinos have a POWERFUL discussion and review on the progress of The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power thus far (Amazon Prime Video). Plus they give their initial thoughts on the latest from a galaxy far, far away - ANDOR, the latest Star Wars show on Disney Plus. Couple that with HUGH(ge) Wolverine news for The new Marvel Deadpool movie with Ryan Reynolds and The Last of Us trailer (HBO / Pedro Pascal) breakdown and you have yourself a packed episode!