The Nextlander Watchcast
The Nextlander crew branches out into media that doesn't require a controller to enjoy! Join Alex, Brad, and Vinny as they watch the movies, shows, and anime they've either missed out on up to this point in their lives, or just want to revisit again.
Episodes
October 20, 2025 • 119 mins
The Watchcast Month-O'-Horror continues apace, and this week we're checking out a movie that's been on Vinny's bucket list for years now, Final Destination! Join us as we confront Vinny's fears of everyday household objects conspiring to murder him, and pick apart this pleasingly goofy teen horror flick.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 154: Final Destination (2000)
(00:00:42) - Int...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 154: Final Destination (2000)
(00:00:42) - Int...
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October 13, 2025 • 127 mins
Our fourth annual Halloween season of the Watchcast has begun! We're kicking off our month of personal horror picks with Alex's choice, the 1978 adaptation of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a deft combo of alien horror and '70s paranoia thriller that features killer mustaches, the youngest Jeff Goldblum you've ever seen, and a very weird dog.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 153: Invas...
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 153: Invas...
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October 6, 2025 • 104 mins
For our second and final Columbo for the immediate future, we're diving into Fade in to Murder, and there we find an especially hammy William Shatner matching wits with our favorite TV detective while playing a famous TV detective himself. Layers!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 152: Columbo: Fade in to Murder
(00:00:17) - Intro.
(00:02:31) - Our second and final Columbo for t...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 152: Columbo: Fade in to Murder
(00:00:17) - Intro.
(00:02:31) - Our second and final Columbo for t...
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September 29, 2025 • 99 mins
The Watchcast is back! And while we've got a shortened slate for September, that slate is going to be entirely populated with one of America (and the world)'s favorite detectives, Columbo! And we're kicking off our duet of Columbos with A Stitch in Crime, an early installment featuring Mr. Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 151: Columbo: A Stitch in Crime
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CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 151: Columbo: A Stitch in Crime
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September 8, 2025 • 122 mins
The finale of Star Trek Summer is upon us, and before we send the crew of the Enterprise on their merry way, we've got a final pair of adventures to get through! First up, yet another old-human-society-on-an-alien-planet-thing in Bread and Circuses, then we meet Assignment: Earth's Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln, two crazy kids in the 1960s who have to stop World War III while Kirk and Spock stand around watching.
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September 1, 2025 • 123 mins
We've had a lot of splits on the Watchcast recently where we end up with a great Star Trek episode and a not-so-great Star Trek episode on the same podcast, but the gulf between great and not-so-great has never been greater than it is this week as we tackle The Omega Glory and The Ultimate Computer!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 149: Star Trek: The Omega Glory and The Ultimate Comput...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 149: Star Trek: The Omega Glory and The Ultimate Comput...
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August 25, 2025 • 128 mins
This week on the Watchcast the Star Trek crew pays a visit to a Nazi planet in Patterns of Force, and teaches some Andromedan aliens how to hold their liquor in By Any Other Name!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 148: Star Trek: Patterns of Force and By Any Other Name
(00:00:17) - Intro.
(00:01:00) - Launching right into our first episode, Patterns of Force!
(00:04:33) - Som...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 148: Star Trek: Patterns of Force and By Any Other Name
(00:00:17) - Intro.
(00:01:00) - Launching right into our first episode, Patterns of Force!
(00:04:33) - Som...
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August 18, 2025 • 116 mins
We're in the home stretch of Star Trek's second season, and on deck we have the extraordinarily blunt Vietnam War parable A Private Little War, and the body swapping saga of Return to Tomorrow!
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 147: Star Trek: A Private Little War and Return to Tomorrow
(00:00:54) - Intro.
(00:06:21) - Kicking things off with A Private Little War and its development history.
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 147: Star Trek: A Private Little War and Return to Tomorrow
(00:00:54) - Intro.
(00:06:21) - Kicking things off with A Private Little War and its development history.
...
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August 11, 2025 • 108 mins
It's gangsters and space amoebas for this week's Star Trek Watchcast, as the crew beams down to Chicago II to meet with President Capone in A Piece of the Action, and the ship falls helplessly into an energy draining void in The Immunity Syndrome!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 146: Star Trek: A Piece of the Action and The Immunity Syndrome
(00:00:17) - Intro.
(00:05:29) - Br...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 146: Star Trek: A Piece of the Action and The Immunity Syndrome
(00:00:17) - Intro.
(00:05:29) - Br...
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August 4, 2025 • 120 mins
On this week's Watchcast we've got an all-timer of a Star Trek episode in the The Trouble with Tribbles, an episode so chock full of quality jokes and adorable creatures that it's impossible not to love. We also have The Gamesters of Triskelion, which we'll charitably describe as not quite as good as the preceding episode.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 145: Star Trek: The Trouble wi...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 145: Star Trek: The Trouble wi...
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July 28, 2025 • 116 mins
The Watchcast is back and the Star Trek watching has officially resumed! And for our first week back at it, we've got a pair of wild and unpredictable episodes in the Moby Dick riff Obsession, and the spooky alien serial murder yarn Wolf in the Fold!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 144: Star Trek: Obsession and Wolf in the Fold
(00:01:12) - Intro.
(00:04:31) - Kicking things o...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 144: Star Trek: Obsession and Wolf in the Fold
(00:01:12) - Intro.
(00:04:31) - Kicking things o...
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July 14, 2025 • 107 mins
We're at the midseason finale point for our Star Trek season 2 Watchcasting, but before we take a one week break from the show we're here to try and make sense of two more episodes in Friday's Child and The Deadly Years!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 143: Star Trek: Friday's Child and The Deadly Years
(00:00:15) - Intro.
(00:01:35) - Just launching right into Friday's Child....
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 143: Star Trek: Friday's Child and The Deadly Years
(00:00:15) - Intro.
(00:01:35) - Just launching right into Friday's Child....
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July 7, 2025 • 127 mins
We've got some wild and occasionally disturbing Star Trek episodes this week, episodes that also introduce us to a couple of very important characters. First up it's the father of the space warp in Metamorphosis, then we spend some quality time with Spock's folks in Journey to Babel!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 142: Star Trek: Metamorphosis and Journey to Babel
(00:00:30) - In...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 142: Star Trek: Metamorphosis and Journey to Babel
(00:00:30) - In...
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June 30, 2025 • 105 mins
On this week's Watchcast Star Trek gets proper goofy as we tackle the distinctly Halloween-flavored episode, Catspaw, as well as the return of swarthy space scumbag Harry Mudd in I, Mudd!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 141: Star Trek: Catspaw and I, Mudd.
(00:00:14) - Intro.
(00:02:13) - Leading things off with the first of our two very silly episodes today, Catspaw!
(00:...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 141: Star Trek: Catspaw and I, Mudd.
(00:00:14) - Intro.
(00:02:13) - Leading things off with the first of our two very silly episodes today, Catspaw!
(00:...
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June 23, 2025 • 112 mins
This Wagon Train to the Stars keeps rolling right along as we continue our way through Star Trek season 2, and this week we've got two episodes on fairly different ends of the quality spectrum in The Apple, and The Doomsday Machine.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 140: Star Trek: The Apple and The Doomsday Machine
(00:00:14) - Intro.
(00:02:37) - Let's kick things off by recko...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 140: Star Trek: The Apple and The Doomsday Machine
(00:00:14) - Intro.
(00:02:37) - Let's kick things off by recko...
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June 16, 2025 • 114 mins
Star Trek Summer is officially under way, and this week we've got a pair of bona fide classics. First up we've got a rogue AI with a distaste for the chaos of organic life in The Changeling, then the crew has to tackle the sexy evil alternate universe of Mirror, Mirror.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 139: Star Trek: The Changeling and Mirror, Mirror
(00:00:34) - Intro.
(00:04...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 139: Star Trek: The Changeling and Mirror, Mirror
(00:00:34) - Intro.
(00:04...
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June 9, 2025 • 114 mins
Star Trek Summer is finally here! That's right folks after literal years of demanding it, we've returned to the bridge of the Enterprise to rejoin Kirk, Spock, and the gang as they swing their way through space. Join us as we spar with ancient gods and get terminally horny in Amok Time, and Who Mourns for Adonais!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 138: Star Trek: Amok Time and Who Mourn...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 138: Star Trek: Amok Time and Who Mourn...
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June 2, 2025 • 115 mins
For our final music movie for the month of May, we visit with our good bud Tom Hanks as he takes us through the whirlwind music industry adventure of The Wonders, and at the end of today's episode, Alex finally unveils his giant ordered list of every movie we've done on the Watchcast so far.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 137: That Thing You Do! (1996)
(00:00:08) - Intro.
(00...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 137: That Thing You Do! (1996)
(00:00:08) - Intro.
(00...
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May 26, 2025 • 109 mins
On this week's Watchcast we dive into the wild and wonderful musical world of Frank, a movie about a peculiar band and the even more peculiar man at the center of it.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 136: Frank (2014)
(00:00:36) - Intro.
(00:03:01) - Our first impressions of this week's movie, Frank!
(00:08:07) - The Frank Sidebottom connection.
(00:15:20) - What this m...
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 136: Frank (2014)
(00:00:36) - Intro.
(00:03:01) - Our first impressions of this week's movie, Frank!
(00:08:07) - The Frank Sidebottom connection.
(00:15:20) - What this m...
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May 19, 2025 • 139 mins
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 135: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
(00:00:13) - Intro.
(00:08:35) - Our histories with Metallica.
(00:19:18) - Is Lars Ulrich a good drummer? The answer may surprise you! But probably not.
(00:21:09) - Where is Metallica at before this whole thing kicks off? (Also, an aside about Guitar Hero stems.)
(00:30:48) - For Whom the Phil Tow...
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 135: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
(00:00:13) - Intro.
(00:08:35) - Our histories with Metallica.
(00:19:18) - Is Lars Ulrich a good drummer? The answer may surprise you! But probably not.
(00:21:09) - Where is Metallica at before this whole thing kicks off? (Also, an aside about Guitar Hero stems.)
(00:30:48) - For Whom the Phil Tow...
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