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Digger has been one of the most divisive films of the year, so Robbie waited until he'd seen it twice, once on a CineXL screen and once in IMAX, before weighing in. The first half is spoiler-free: why Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Tom Cruise make one of the most ambitious pairings ever put on screen, why Riz Ahmed anchors both the drama and the comedy, and why the "all noise, nothing to say" complaint misses the point.

Then Robbie counts down into spoiler territory, so if you haven't seen it yet, that's your cue to hit pause. The verdict is ambitious, audacious, chaotic and frustrating by design. It's Cruise's best work since Magnolia, and the window to see it in theaters is closing fast.

Plus: a first look at Award Ceremony Tracker, Robbie's new app for ranking your Letterboxd films by awards category. awardsceremonytracker.com

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Letterboxd Review: boxd.it/gH4c4d
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Robbie's back with his full take on Zach Cregger's Resident Evil after catching it at a packed early screening in Phoenix — and letting it sit for a week. Spoiler: it stuck with him. He digs into why Austin Abrams' Bryan is the perfect lovable-loser vessel for a video game movie, the practical-effects-meets-CG trick behind the monster designs, and why sitting in a room full of primed, ready-to-go fans turned a very good movie into an electric one.

Also covered: the Paul Walter Hauser cameo that got the biggest laugh in the theater, a Blank Check-worthy mumbling-and-muttering performance, and why this one made $60 million opening weekend but still isn't a unanimous win with the hardcore game crowd.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Letterboxd Review: boxd.it/glKRLt
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Destin Daniel Cretton's Spider-Man: Brand New Day picks up years after the spell that made everyone forget Peter Parker — and Tom Holland spends most of it alone, until he meets someone even more powerful than him who's just discovering what she can do. Robbie digs into that mentee-to-mentor flip, Jon Bernthal's gruffer, more R-coded take on the Punisher, Sadie Sink's escalating Jean Grey, and why Mark Ruffalo's Savage Hulk feels like a lot of convenient continuity.

Amy saw this one also and her take was: ⭐⭐⭐½, a good continuation of the story. Robbie lands in the same place — three and a half stars with a heart. A genuinely fun popcorn movie that's probably going to out-earn everything else this year, even if it stops short of great.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½
Letterboxd Review: https://boxd.it/fFSK6r
Full show notes & video: https://geekonfilm.com/podcasts/spider-man-brand-new-day

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And on YouTube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MHJoYVd83fI

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