A J takes on Digger, Alejandro Iñárritu’s bizarre, ambitious and deeply uncomfortable satire starring Tom Cruise as an obscenely powerful energy tycoon.

What begins as a dark comedy about corporate greed and environmental catastrophe quickly becomes something much stranger — and considerably harder to explain without ruining the experience.

A J talks Tom Cruise disappearing beneath Digger Rockwell, the extraordinary Sandra Hüller and Riz Ahmed, a cat that may or may not represent the entire fucking planet, and a movie that keeps changing the rules while you’re watching it.

It’s absurd, cerebral, occasionally bewildering and definitely not going to work for everyone. But underneath all the weirdness is a furious examination of power, responsibility and our remarkable ability to keep ignoring consequences we can already see coming.

And A J hasn’t stopped thinking about it since.

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A J talks about Verity, the psychological thriller starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, based on Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel.

Going in without having read the book, A J considers whether the movie succeeds on its own, why psychological thrillers can be particularly difficult to translate from page to screen, and how Verity plays with what we see, what we’re told and what we choose to believe.

She also talks about Annie Hathaway’s performance, her mixed feelings about how Dakota Johnson is used on screen, the movie’s stunning cinematography, and why the story had her questioning whether there really is a perfect victim or a perfect villain.

And one final warning before you see Verity: if you’ve managed to avoid the trailer, keep it that way.

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Movies don’t get stars — they get forks.

Hosted by AJ Jones, this podcast cuts through hype, marketing, and awards buzz to answer one simple question:

Is this movie actually worth your time?

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Keke Palmer. Demi Moore. Fabulous clothes. Bright colours. A group of women stealing high-end fashion from people who can afford to lose it. I Love Boosters looks like it has all the ingredients for a wildly entertaining heist movie.

And then Boots Riley takes a very hard left turn.

In this episode of Movies I Give a Fork About, AJ looks at Riley’s colourful, ambitious and increasingly surreal blend of heist comedy, science fiction, political satire and outright absurdism. What begins as a seemingly straightforward story about the Velvet Gang soon becomes something much stranger — and raises an interesting question about how much expectations shape the way audiences experience a movie.

AJ digs into the film’s ideas about capitalism, exploitation, ownership and who actually profits from the things people create, while celebrating its extraordinary costumes, saturated visual style and a Keke Palmer performance that provides a much-needed human centre as everything around her becomes increasingly bizarre.

But ambition and originality don’t automatically create cohesion. With tonal shifts, conceptual leaps and enough ideas for several different movies, I Love Boosters becomes a fascinating example of what can happen when a filmmaker swings for the fences — and perhaps tries to hit every ball at once.

Is it a heist movie? A political satire? Science fiction? Absurdist comedy?

Yes.

And somehow that still doesn’t fully explain what the f#$k AJ just watched.

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Movies don’t get stars — they get forks.

Hosted by AJ Jones, this podcast cuts through hype, marketing, and awards buzz to answer one simple question:

Is this movie actually worth your time?

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Ridley Scott knows how to make a movie. The Dog Stars is visually stunning, beautifully shot and filled with talented performers including Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce and Allison Janney. But is exceptional filmmaking enough when the story never quite makes you care?

In this episode of Movies I Give a Fork About, AJ looks at Scott’s post-apocalyptic adaptation of Peter Heller’s novel and the frustrating gap between appreciating a movie’s craftsmanship and actually connecting with it.

There are compelling ideas here about grief, isolation, survival and the human need for connection after almost everything meaningful has disappeared. There are also spectacular landscapes, visceral violence and moments of genuine tension. But AJ questions whether the film spends enough time exploring its most interesting idea: when the world as you knew it is gone, is simply staying alive enough?

She also looks at Jacob Elordi’s performance, wonders about the very different film Paul Mescal might have made in the role, and takes issue with one filmmaking choice involving Margaret Qualley that feels disappointingly dated.

A beautifully made movie from one of cinema’s legendary directors — but does The Dog Stars give audiences enough reason to give a fork?

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Hosted by AJ Jones, this podcast cuts through hype, marketing, and awards buzz to answer one simple question:

Is this movie actually worth your time?

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Almost thirty years after Practical Magic, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return as Sally and Gillian Owens — older, wiser, and carrying the weight of everything their family has passed down.

In this episode of Movies I Give a Fork About, AJ looks at why Practical Magic 2 works as more than a nostalgic return to the Owens women. Beneath the witches, curses, spells and fabulous coats is a story about grief, motherhood, female power, and the emotional inheritance passed from one generation to the next.

AJ explores the film’s distinctly female lens, the enduring chemistry between Bullock and Kidman, and the idea of magic as a metaphor for the parts of ourselves we are taught to fear or suppress. She also considers where the screenplay loses some of its subtlety — and why the emotional story of the Owens women ultimately proves far more compelling than the film’s more conventional supernatural conflict.

Because sometimes the hardest spell to break is the one a family has been casting for generations without even knowing it.

🍴 Movies I Give a Fork About

Movies don’t get stars — they get forks.

Hosted by AJ Jones, this podcast cuts through hype, marketing, and awards buzz to answer one simple question:

Is this movie actually worth your time?

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📸 Follow on Instagram: @moviesigiveaforkabout

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AJ reviews Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the latest chapter in Tom Holland’s Spider-Man story.

The action is huge, the visual effects are spectacular, and the familiar Marvel machinery is firing on all cylinders — but it’s what’s happening underneath all that spectacle that catches AJ by surprise.

Is this simply another big summer superhero movie, or does Brand New Day have something more interesting to say?

And as always, AJ reveals her fork rating at the end.

🍴 Movies I Give a Fork About

Movies don’t get stars — they get forks.

Hosted by AJ Jones, this podcast cuts through hype, marketing, and awards buzz to answer one simple question:

Is this movie actually worth your time?

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📸 Follow on Instagram: @moviesigiveaforkabout

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AJ reviews The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026), as one of Star Wars’ most popular duos makes the leap from Disney+ to the big screen.

As someone who grew up with Star Wars and remembers when seeing one of these movies was an event, AJ brings a little history — and a lot of expectation — to this one.

So, how does the latest trip to a galaxy far, far away measure up?

🍴 Movies I Give a Fork About

Movies don’t get stars — they get forks.

Hosted by AJ Jones, this podcast cuts through hype, marketing, and awards buzz to answer one simple question:

Is this movie actually worth your time?

🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

📸 Follow on Instagram: @moviesigiveaforkabout

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New episodes drop when a movie earns a fork.

AJ reviews Disclosure Day (2026), Steven Spielberg’s return to a subject that has fascinated him for decades: extraterrestrial life and humanity’s place in the universe.

With Emily Blunt leading an impressive cast and Spielberg once again asking us to look toward the sky, the movie begins with a fascinating question:

What happens when wondering whether we’re alone becomes knowing we’re not?

For a filmmaker who gave us E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the possibilities are enormous.

But where does Spielberg take that question — and does Disclosure Day deliver on its extraordinary premise?

🍴 Movies I Give a Fork About

Movies don’t get stars — they get forks.

Hosted by AJ Jones, this podcast cuts through hype, marketing, and awards buzz to answer one simple question:

Is this movie actually worth your time?

🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

📸 Follow on Instagram: @moviesigiveaforkabout

🌐 Podcast site: giveaforkmovies.com

New episodes drop when a movie earns a fork.