The Big Thing
A Pop-Culture show hosted by comedian Kristian Harloff with movie and streaming reviews, pop-culture talk, and a special blend of comedy.
Episodes
The Comedy Show for Kristian’s farewell happened last week and Roxy was able to get a ticket. Iliza Sheslinger performed as did Rick Ingrhaam, Mark Ellis and others. We talk about the show and why Brett wasn’t there! We loop back around to the NY conversation and what the reason for the one is. We talk TV Dark Matter, Acolyte, Milf Mannor and more. We dive into Bad Boys Ride Or Die and more about life. Enjoy us on the ride and if y...
The Avengers 5 formerly knows as The Kang Dynasty has had many rumored directors. The latest is Shawn Levy, director of Deadpool and Wolverine. Apparently Levy coul;d direct the new one. Not only that, it is rumored that there will be over 60 characters that could return to the film. Smart move? Too much? Superman has new casting in Beck Bennett, Green Lantern series has some updates. The Boys Season 4 is right around the corner an...
The Acolyte is out and episodes 1 and 2 have sarted the Star Wars conversation all over again. How did it pan out? Was it good? Bad? Was in right in the middle? the High Republic murder mystery is a new era explored by Disney Plus. Amandala Stenberg stars in the Leslie Hedlund created show. Kristian Harloff and Steph Sabraw give their SPOILER thoughts.
The Acolyte is the latest Star Wars series. Unlike the other series this one takes place outside of the Skywalker era. This is 100 years before Episode 1. It is close to the end of the High Republic. The Jedi are plenty and a tragedy occurs and a murder mystery begins. Does it hold up? kristian Harloff gives his NON SPOILER review of episodes 1-4.
The Acolyte comes out this week. There have been reactions of the first 4 episodes so far. How is the show doing with the critics that saw it already? the budget of the show has been rumored at almost 200M, will it be money well spent? Venom 3 trailer releases. Paramount and Skydance merge. One Piece will shoot seasons 2 and 3 together? Netflix hates physical media. The Box Office woes continue as Furiosa struggles once again. This...
Kristian and Brett returned from NY and we discuss the start of the set up of the NY studio Roxy was interviewing Kristian in a past interview about the move to NY and it never made its way to the air because of tech difficulty. Well she tries it again this time. We discuss NY, stand up comedy and more. Is there a new live show looming? Roxy picks some TV and we talk Dark Matter and more on today's episode of The Big Thing
Deadpool and Wolverine will have amazing marketing. Well they have already been at it. We all know about the infamous Dune 2 popcorn bucket. Well, today there is a filthy Wolverine Popcorn bucket. Is this one of the genius marketing ploys. Will it worjk? Can marketing really help the box office? Antony Starr discusses why Homelander would beat up Superman and also addresses the DC Booster Gold rumors. Scarlett With movie? Gincarlo ...
Special live episode today of the Big Thing. The 2024 season of movies has been rough. There have been a lot of disappointments this year. The summer has been off to an atrocious start. Falll Guy didn't fare well, Apes did ok, Garfield was average and Furiosa did poorly. Can the summer season boune back. Will Deadpool and Wolverine make enogh to put a bandage on the bleeding? Speaking of Deadpool and Wolverine, Hugh Jackman talks a...
What's going on with the movie theater going experience? May has been a very sub mar start to the 2024 summer movie season. Furiosa, the prequel to Mad Max Fury Road underperformed at the box office and is battling it out with Garfield for the top spot. What does this say about the movie theater experience? Is it what is in the theaters or the desire of the sudience to attend? George Lucas comments on Star Wars, Comic Book movies a...
Spiderman 4 and XMen are two higly anticipated movies for the MCU. New rumors have a potential director for Spiderman4 at least another name on the list. X-Men has seemed to find its writer. What is the overall future of the MCU moving forward especially if Deadpool and Wolverine deliver? Glen Powell might not be a fit for X-Men after all if the reports are true that he is not intersted in Marvel fare.
Deadpool and wolverine is one of the most anticipated movies of the year and one of the most anticipated MCU movies maybe of all time. The ticket sales have been incredible and have broken many records. What does this mean for the film and for the MCU? First images of Dwayne Johnson as, the smashing machine for 824 and UFC is Matt Serra to the poster and tells a story about Mark Kerr.  Ee talked about the state of  marvel movies...
LIVE show from NY. The MCU continues on with Deadpool and Wolverine and tickets are on sale now! How will the movie fare? On this live show with Kristian and John Rocha we discuss the latest news from the big wigs over at Sony and Universal who believe that movie ticket prices are too high and are calling for a decrease. Good idea? The box office for Apes continues to go up globally. How will Furiosa fair next week? Fast and Furiou...
X-Men 97 was a hit for Disney Plus and Marvel. Wehave had the conversation before but now that it has concluded. Is it the best season of Marvel television to date? Rumors have Ryan Gosling playing Ghost Rider? What do we think? Spiderman 4 rumors. We talk Daredevil and why the change in tone was one of the smartest things Marvel has done thus far. Join us on Big Thing Capes And Cowls with Kristian, Winston and Coy
THE FIRST show from the NY studio! The reviews to Furiosa are in! Is this the epic adventure we were waiting for? Is it one of the best in the Mad Max saga? Kristian Harloff and Brett Sheridan saw it and give their opinions. Is Wesley Snipes returning as Blade in the MCU? Happy Gilmosre is returning and so is So I Know What You Did Last Summer! Big Thing is back!
What a week of news we got! The Kingdom of The Panet of the Apes takes the number one spot and has one of the biggest openings in the franchises history. Does it have legs? Can it keep going? News broke over the weekend that screen legend Sigourney Weaver is in talks to join The Mandalorian and Grogu. Star Wars fans hopes of her joining the galaxy seems to be more realistic. Fantastic Four in fear of being delayed? Shogun Season 2 ...
X-Men97 is one of the most popular shows Marvel has done in quite a while. The continuation to the popular series from the 90's has been a must watch every week. Did episode 9 deliver? What comes next? Staying with the X-Men Black Panther director Ryan Coogler has been rumored to have not only signed on to direct Black Panther 3 but he has apparently been offered to bring...
Lord of The rings is one of the most popular movie franchises of all time. Peter Jackson and andy Serkis return for a new Golllum movie. Good move? Bad move? First reactions to Furiosa are out and what did Kristian think of Kingdom Of The Palent of The apes. Roxy gives TV picks on this episode of Big Thing!
Katee Sackhoff is Bo Katan on The Mandalorian. Has she spoken to Filoni and Favreau yet? What is happening with her podcast? She has some great guests lined up. We discuss the show, Mik e Tyson, streaming and more.
Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been going at it as far back as 2012. Well it blew up over the last few weeks and you can't trun anywhere without hearing it. The debate has raged on as to who is winning this battle? What say you? Taylor Swift, Tupac, Prince, Michael Jackson, Snoop have all been brought into this thing. We have a discussion as to who we think won. Switching to box office, Fall Guy underperforms, why? The Acolyte has a...
Deadpool and Wolverine is one of the most anticipated movies of the summer and one of the most anticipated MCU movies. Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman team up in this multiverse saga film. There have been many reports of the cameos from past X-Men films. There is a new report that there are reshoots happening now? Reshoots are normal, does this mean more cameos? Is this a good thing? Bad thing? Speaking of the MCU, Thor actor Chris ...
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