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🎬 Top 3 Movies of 2021 (Concl): A Look at Spider-Man & The Matrix

🍿 In the finale of our countdown of their three favorite movies of 2021, the Ricks share the December releases they're looking forward to most, from Spider-Man No Way Home to Matrix Resurrection and beyond. Plus: Loaded Questions and a whole lot more. From Dec. 5, 2021. 

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IN THIS EPISODE:

💥 Rick W's most anticipated December movie is … (at 1 min, 4 sec)

📺 Rick M's surprise pick—and the little known alternative name for this podcast (at 3:10)

🕷 Forget "No Way Home"—let's talk "Across the Spider-verse" (at 3:40)

🐰 Dr. Strange is looking … strange (at 4:02)

💊 Let's discuss "A Glitch in the Matrix"–the doc on the simulation theory (at 6:21)

💋 The end-credits mistake in "James Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me" (at 8:36)

📆 The mistake showing the time in which the events of "The Matrix" take place (at 11:02)

🚙 Nick Fury's license place in "Spider-Man Far From Home" is … (at 12:21)

Approx. 14 min, 10 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🎞 Top 3 Movies Of 2021 (Part 3)-Our #1 Picks

🍿 In part three of our countdown, the Ricks reveal their #1 favorite movies of 2021—but not without a surprise that could put an end to their friendship forever. From Dec. 5.

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IN THIS EPISODE

🎬 A match-free movie countdown? It may be a first! (at :39 seconds)

🚀 Rick W's 2021 favorite is spacey… (at 55 sec)

💥 Rick M pulls a fast one (5 min 25 sec)

🔫 Rick M's favorite comes with a gun barrel salute (ay 6:04)

Approx. 8 minutes, 10 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🍿 Review: 'Matrix Resurrections'

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🎬 A look at all the gunfights, force fields, metaversal meta-commentary, synthients, and more—in a spoileriffic review of one of the most anticipated movies of the past year. From Jan 2.

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IN THIS EPISODE

😷 Rick W's (thankfully vaxxed) Omicron holidays (at 1 min, 10-sec)

🕷 The 800-pound arachnid in the room (at 2:40)

💣 Why was Resurrections a box-office bomb? (at 3:20)

🎶 Did we really need a Matrix threequel—even if it features John Wick? (at 4:28)

🤦🏻‍♂️ For the love of a dude named Chad (at 6:54)

🔖 The self-referential plot quickens (at 7:10)

🕵🏼‍♂️ The private lives of evil agents (at 10:28)

🎭 Neo, Trinity, Morpheus and more—a look at the cast and their characters (at 11:19)

🐈‍⬛ Déjà vu: Callbacks, themes, Easter eggs and Kung Fu (at 15:32)

👁‍🗨 A movie most meta (at 17:51)

‼️ The binary codex and hitting the spin cycle (at 19:37)

🏅 Our final grades (at 24:32)

Approx. 26 minutes, 32 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🎬 Top 3 Movies Of 2021 (Part 2)

🎥 The countdown continues as the Ricks share the movies that rank #2 on their list of favorites for 2021. Spoiler alert: They both star the same actor. From Dec. 5, 2021. 

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IN THIS EPISODE

♟ Bishop plays pawn, with a little help from The Rock (at :37 seconds)

🎮 Guy discovers he's an NPC, all hell breaks breaks loose (at 3:41)

🌟 Hollywood's small (but growing) talent pool of bankable stars (at 4:48)

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🍿 Top 3 Movies of 2021 (Part 1)

🎥 The Ricks count down their list of top three favorite movies of 2021 plus the one December release they're looking forward to seeing most. From Nov. 26, 2021. 

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IN THIS EPISODE

🏍 The Cyber Quad is here…but two years later, wither Cyber Truck? (at 1 min, 17 sec)
⭐️ The movie where the villain is a giant butthole … er, starfish (at 3:33)
🕷 The movie with the chick from "Midsommar" as a superhero (at 7:50)

Approx. 11 min, 30 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🎁 5 Hottest But Hardest To Get Tech Gifts of Holiday 2021

🎅🏼 In this Rick & Quick episode of Rick and Rick, we present our annual list of the 5 hottest, but hardest to get tech gifts for the holiday season. Here's hoping you won't be able to find even one of these this year. From November 26, 2021.

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😱 'Scream' Goes AirBNB, Gartner's Top Tech Trends for 2022

Facebook wants to turn the page—will going Meta make a difference? Superman has some news. AirBNB wants to make you "Scream." Plus: Gartner's top tech trends for 2022, the Ricks debate whether SEM delivers results, you spent a lot of money on Halloween, and a whole lot more. From October 28, 2021.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

☔️ In never rains in California, but when it pours … (at :54-sec)

🕺🏻 Rick W. gets in touch with his rebel yell (and Rolaids) with Billy Idol (at 2:05)

💥 DC FanDome: "Black Adam" rises while Twilight dude vamps as Batman (at 4:15)

🦸🏻‍♂️ Truth, Justice & LGBTQ+: Much ado about Superman pays off big for DC (at 6:09)

🥽 Zuck Enters the (Meta)verse: Facebook rebrands, heavy on the "Snow Crash" (at 12:18)

🕵🏽‍♂️ Does SEM Really Deliver Results? The Ricks Beg to Differ With Each Other (at 14:40)

😱 Knives Out: AirBNB promotion puts the Scream house within your reach (at 18:18)

🤹🏻‍♀️ Gartner's Top Tech Trends for 2022: Are CX, EX, UX, and MX ready for TX? (at 20:00)

🍜 Gartner's alphabet soup of tech trends: You're gonna need a bigger bowl (at 21:30)

👠 Barbie's Dream Cast: Margo Robbie and what's his name (at 22:33)

👻 Trick or really, really big treat? Halloween consumer spend data from NRF (at 23:22)

Approx. 24 minutes, 52 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🖖🏼 Star Trek VR Gets Real, Tech Brands Get Ranked & Heroic Radio Adventures Get A Reboot

Play a quick round of Loaded Questions spanning Star Trek virtual technology that's edging closer to reality, the rise of superhero podcast adventures, and the top 5 most trusted technology brands. From October 27, 2021.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

🎧 The hero who has everything, including a new, all-star audio adventure series (at :39 seconds)

💬 Which big tech brand is trusted most (Spoiler alert: It doesn't rhyme with "Mace Hook") (at 2:33)

👩🏽‍🚀 What Star Trek virtual world is about to become a reality thanks to aeropathic technology? (at 4:36)

Approx. 6 minutes, 50 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🤯 America's Most Hated—and Most Trusted—Brands, Amazon Ring Drones & The Weiner Mobile Rides Again

The Ricks dive into conflicting studies on America's Most Trusted and Most Hated Brands and discuss what Pixar's "Inside Out" can tell us about CX. Amazon Ring Drones are pretty fly, but Tesla Bots may be gunning for them. And Lyft wants you to "fasten your 'meat belts'" and jump aboard the Weiner Mobile for your next rideshare. From Oct. 7, 2021.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

🤖 Amazon's Ring Drones make the rounds—but what can "The Jetsons" tell us about what's next? (At :28-secs)

🌭 Fasten your "meat belts": The Weiner Mobiles are ready to roll—but will it pass mustard? (at 4:08)

🏆 Newsweek's (surprising) list of America's Most Trusted Brands for 2022 … (at 7:03)

🤬 … and what Pixar's "Inside Out" tells us about Twitter's (surprising) list of Most Hated Brands (at 9:32)

Approx. 13 minutes, 32 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🍗 Col. Sanders Takes on Ronald McD in Tekken and Our Look at 'Matrix Resurrection'

What we know, or think we know, about "Matrix Resurrection." Is "No Time to Die" really James Bond's swan song? The fast food wars take to Tekken. And if lab grown brain matter wasn't gross enough, now it's sprouting eyes. From Oct. 7, 2021.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

⌚️ Receiving texts by smartwatch is handy. But responding to them? Not so much (at 1 min, 13-sec)

🏖 October in California can be Spring all over again (at 2:13)

🍿 "No Time to Die" finally hits the box office—but is Bond really gone for good? (at 2:47)

🎬 The first trailer for "Matrix Resurrection" drops; but what's John Wick doing here? (at 6:18)

🕹 The fast food wars take to Tekken as Col. Sanders and Ronald McDonald throw down (at 10:13)

👀 Brain matter grown in the lab starts sprouting eyes, and we won't sleep tonight (at 11:47)

Approx. 13 minutes, 45 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.