Up Your Alley with Jake & Taylor Podcast
1) #139 - Ready or Not and Kneecap
We got our first look at the Halo remake, and it might officially mark the end of the console wars (RIP to arguments from 2003). Then we dive into our weekly recommendations:🎥 Ready or Not (2019) – a...Show More
2) #138 - Found Footage and Derek Milton's "The Piss Saga"
We talk about trying to get kids into video games, the robbery at the Louvre (we’re on the robbers’ side). This week’s recs: the horror-comedy Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project and th...Show More
3) #137 - Gianmarco Soresi "Thief of Joy" and Friendship
Jake pitches a neon-soaked, action film based on Hotline Miami that, we dive back into The Ghost of Yotei, which continues to unfold like a gorgeous, bloody puzzle box.Recs of the week:🎤 Thief of Joy...Show More
4) #136 - Fantastic Four: First Steps and Mattiel's "Satis Factory"
This week on Up Your Alley:We kick things off with The Ghost of Yotei, a game we’re already calling one of the best of the year. Then we talk about our current front-runner for Best Picture: One Battl...Show More
5) #135 - Deep Cover and Drive-Away Dolls
This week on Up Your Alley:We kick things off with our first impressions of the early access launch of Skate before diving into the 10-year anniversary announcements from Hideo Kojima and Kojima Produ...Show More
6) #134 - So You Wanna Win a Pen*s Pump? and Gladiator II (Podro Castal vol. 3)
This week we’re asking the same thing everyone else is: what the hell is going on at Nintendo?Then it’s onto our weekly recommendations — including the Australian game show So You Wanna Win a Pen15 Pu...Show More
7) #133 - Nujabes' "Spiritual State" and Eddington
This week on Up Your Alley, we’re sneaking through pop culture with:🎮 A look at the Metal Gear Solid Delta remake — does Snake still hold up in 2025?🤑 The trend of liberal content creators “getting ...Show More
8) #132 - Twisted Metal and Materialists
In Episode 132 of Up Your Alley, we’re diving into entertainment across every medium — from sci-fi theology to sword-swinging samurai and the collapse of console exclusivity.🎥 We talk Materialists, a...Show More
9) #131 - War of the Worlds and 13 Assassins
🎬 First up: War of the Worlds (2025) starring Ice Cube — a bold take that’s getting absolutely scorched by critics⚔️ Then we rewind to 13 Assassins (2010), the Takashi Miike samurai epic that still h...Show More
10) #130 - You're Point Girl and Dangerous Animals
This week: dangerous animals (the movie), cult YouTube cinema, beaver-themed tourism, and the state of Vegas.🎬 First up, we review Dangerous Animals (2025), a tightly wound thriller that doesn’t pull...Show More