Looking Back at 2025 / Looking Forward to 2026

It's 2026 and as is tradition Nando DJ and Diggins revisit last year's predictions with help from Mostly Nitpicking Supreme Court Justice Roger. Then, after giving 2025 one last look, they make predictions about 2026.   Recommendations: DJ - Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts (comedy special), Fire Engine Rescue (board game) Diggins - Merrily We Roll Along (proshot) Nando - Heathers: The Musical (proshot), All Her Fault (miniseries) Roger - The Pitt (series), Hacks (series), Taskmaster (series), 2001: A Space Odyssey (movie), TRON: Legacy (soundtrack), Blue Prince (video game), Hades II (video game)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman  

or the Seed Bearer if you're nasty. This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins take what very well might be one last trip to everyone's favorite moon of Pandora to watch the bluest movie of 2025, Avatar: Fire and Ash. They nitpick the troops, the trees, and of course the drugs. DJ - Hollow Knight: Silksong (video game), Kirby Air Riders (video game), Kingdom Come: Deliverance (video game) Diggins - Sorry, Baby (movie), Marty Supreme (movie), Poirot novels (books) Nando - Stranger Things (series), Anaconda (movie), The Deviant (comic), Ultimate Endgame (comic), Todd in the Shadows - The Worst Hit Songs of 2025 (video)  

It's Hutchmas in December! This week Nando and Diggins ventured into Minnesota and inexplicably found another opportunity to watch the movie that makes Willy's Wonderland look better every day, Five Nights at Freddy's 2. They nitpick the toys, the teachers, and of course the eugenics.   Recommendations: Diggins - When Harry Met Sally... (movie) Nando - Stranger Things (series), Fallout (series), The Running Man (movie), Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (movie), Ella McCay (movie)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

Bark bark meow ribbit This week Nando and Diggins hop down to the city that never sheeps and watch the movie that launched a thousand shippers, Zootopia 2. They nitpick the snakes, the pigs, and of course the horse.   Recommendations: Diggins - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (movie) Nando - The Most Hated Children's Book (video)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

We don't know if we've been changed for the better. This week Nando and Diggins tornado down to the Land of Oz to watch the sequel that will remind you that the good songs are almost all in the first one, Wicked: For Good. They nitpick the witches, the lions, and of course the Boq.   Recommendations: Diggins - The Running Man (movie), Hamnet (movie), Zootopia 2 (movie), Ragtime (musical) Nando - Stranger Things (series), South Park (series), I Love LA (series)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

Now with 100% more people and 50% less magic. This week Nando and Diggins jump into a helicopter but actually no it isn't a helicopter. It's a picture of a helicopter and they're in a boat behind the picture on their way to watch a movie about magicians sort of, Now You See Me: Now You Don't. They nitpick the halls, the cops, and of course the Merritt McKinney.   Recommendations: Diggins -  The Odyssey (Emily Wilson translation) (book) Nando - It: Welcome to Derry (series), Goes Wrong - Summer Once Again (tv episode), Patti Harrison (comedian)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

If it nits, we can pick it. This week Nando and Diggins fall down to the podcasting planet to watch the deadliest movie in the galaxy, Predator: Badlands. They nitpick the trees, the guns, and of course the legs.   Recommendations Diggins - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (movie), The Mastermind (movie), Pluribus (series) Nando - Pluribus (series), Dispatch (video game), All's Fair (series), I Love LA (series)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

2 Woody 2 Harrelson This week Nando DJ and Diggins jump down a tube and end up somewhere unexpected to watch the magical sequel that somehow makes less sense than the first, Now You See Me 2. They nitpick the wigs, the teeth, and of course the Eye.   Recommendations: DJ - The Outer Worlds 2 (game) Diggins - Frankenstein (movie), Bugonia (movie), I Love LA (series) Nando - ChatGPT made me delusional (video)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

The more you think, the less sense it makes. This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins magically appear in a bank vault to steal the movie that answered the question, what if everybody in the Ocean's movies had Scott Caan's vibe, Now You See Me. They nitpick the tricks, the traps, and of course the bubbles.   Recommendations: DJ - Radlands (board game), Dispatch (video game) Diggins - It Was Just an Accident (movie), Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (movie) Nando - Dispatch (video game), Once Upon A KATAMARI (video game), Box Peek (series), A House of Dynamite (movie)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman

The few. The proud. The Hutch. This week Nando DJ and Diggins parachute into Anytown USA and force the capitalist pigs to enjoy a very affordable sandwich and watch the movie that didn't have anything to say about China, 2012's Red Dawn. They nitpick the guns, the guys, and of course the football.   Recommendations: DJ - The Chair Company (series) Diggins - Topkapi (movie) Nando - Sisu (movie)   Plugs Mostly Nitpicking on Bluesky The Nando v Movies Discord Roses and Rejections Diggins' Substack - A Little Perspective All of Nando's Links   Mostly Nitpicking theme by Nick Porcaro Logo by Michelle Chapman