9to5 Entertainment System (9ES)
Film, TV & Pop Culture
About
Geeks from Montreal get together every 2 weeks to discuss everything in the world of pop cultures. Current events, movies, video games, comic books and more!
Episodes
- 9ES362: False Prophets
The 9to5 Entertainment System episode "False Prophets" covers The Onion's bid for InfoWars and Alex Jones's alleged prophetic nature. It also touches on upcoming horror movies, the Montreal Canadiens' playoff run, the impact of Eurotrip on…
- 9ES361: Slow Creep
In episode 9ES361: Slow Creep, the hosts discuss Sublime’s drummer being a MAGA Trump supporter and Cypress Hill’s withdrawal from a festival. They also cover music topics like Nine Inch Noize, Angine de Poitrine, Diplo, and the future of…
- 9ES360: Furthest
This episode reviews The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, noting its numerous Easter eggs and references, alongside critiques of the voice cast's limited performance. It also covers the Artemis 2 mission, addressing conspiracy theories about heat…
- 9ES359: Guest Stars
This episode of 9to5 Entertainment System focuses on the passing and influential work of Sam Kieth, particularly his creation "The Maxx". It also touches on various other topics including science fiction, celebrity deaths, and TV shows lik…
- 9ES358: Sacred Lawns
The 9to5 Entertainment System episode "Sacred Lawns" covers Nirvanna The Band The Show, its availability, and a related movie. The discussion also includes topics such as CEO eating habits, the impact of AI on jobs, UFC fighter Charles Oli…
- 9ES357: Goonsy
We talked about this a lot last episode: Scott and Keith really like the Winter Olympics. Jono? He didn’t even wake up to watch the Men’s Hockey Gold Medal game against the USA. I guess not only is he not a fan of sports he also hates his…
- 9ES356: Ice Level Angle
Scott and Keith really like the Winter Olympics. Jono? I guess he’s probably meh on them and sports in general. Maybe that’s why Jon has maybe like 5 minutes of talk time in an episode that is almost entirely devoted to the main spo…
- 9ES355: Those Guys
So about halfway through the recording of this podcast you will hear Scott exclaim “Fuck that guy!” and it will be revealed that he is talking about Matt Damon. To peel back the curtain a little about our recording process we usuall…
- 9ES354: The Jig Is Up
We know that we occasionally get a little into politics news on 9ES but we also recognize that can be a huge bummer. So instead we talk about Predator: Badlands. It’s not that we don’t care about what’s going on in the world, we just care…
- 9ES 353: An Audio Portrait of 2025
As we do most years we are taking advantage of the final episode of the year to take a look back at the year that was. 2025 was, as years go, “a bit of a year” for most of us. As we all firmly enter our mid-40’s I am pretty sure full calen…
- 9ES352: Mole Man Really
We missed out on ranking Wake Up Dead Man on this one but I guess that’s fine because it gives Keith another few weeks to watch it and then all three of us can chime in on Rian Johnson’s latest Knives Out mystery. I do love that Ria…
- 9ES350: Small Fries
So the Trump administration has reversed their decision on not releasing the Epstein Files despite the possibility of a photo of… checks notes… “Trump blowing Bubba.” I can’t really be excited by any of this since I’m pretty sure if they’r…
- 9ES 349: Fred Savage & Harvey Keitel
Two out of three of us are dads here on 9ES. When is it ok to show Zach Cregger’s Weapons to your kid? 12? 13 years old? When is it ok to show Thanatomorphose to your kid? Probably never? Weapons was pretty great and I can’t wait for Jono…
- 9ES348: Close To The Vest
Tron is a weird franchise and Tron: Ares just continues the weirdness. From what I’ve read, none of the three movies were considered hits for Disney. But somehow three of them have been made and they made a really expensive roller coaster…
- 9ES347: FIRE MOVIE BURN
Credit where credit is due: We did not cook up the “firewatch challenge” but rather Scott listened to them do it over on the Confused Breakfast podcast and thought it was a good idea. And guess what, it was! I went into the exercise…
- 9ES346: A Big Stand
I guess we’ll never know whether or not Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel just to make some noise and piss people off or something but boy is it a wild time for free speech. You know you’re getting pretty crazy when Joe Rogan looks at w…
- 9ES345: Not Positive In The End
Jon and Keith played the heck out the original Hollow Knight when it came out and even if they haven’t been full blown participants of the Silksong hype they both were excited enough to get Silksong on launch day. It’s great. If you’re bad…
- 9ES 344: Watch With Anticipation
Note : This episode is a little (a lot) late because of some unexpected technical hiccups! Whoops! So Rampage Jackson’s son Raja Jackson jumped into a wrestling ring and slammed Syko Stu into the ground and then delivered 23 unprotected he…
- 9ES 343: Other Realities IN The Reality
The Montreal podcast that deep dives into very particular eras of X-Men comics has returned with your bi-weekly dose of nerdy ass shenanigans. We kicked off with my festival marathon: Osheaga and ÎleSoniq back-to-back, five days of crowds,…
- 9ES342: Demons Everywhere
Well, The Fantastic Four: First Steps movie is out, and it’s the most comic-accurate yet. Reed Richards is scribbling on chalkboards, tackling cosmic problems like it’s Oppenheimer with spandex. Sue’s stubborn, Ben’s mopey, Johnny’s a hoth…
- 9ES341: Best of the Best
One has to wonder if there’s the possibility of a Wu-Tang Clan crossover with the Predator franchise. In Predator: Killer of Killers they explore the idea that if you manage to kill a Yautja they come for you and bring you back to their ho…
- 9ES340: Charles VII
Does it say something about the current political climate that we would much rather devote a good chunk of our time talking about the Hundred Years’ War of the late Middle-Ages than current events? I think it does. Anyways, war has…
- 9ES339: DSFSFD Alumni
After months of teasing the subject we finally have all gotten on the same page and watched Hot Rod. Will this bring an end to the Hot Rod content that has been creeping into almost every episode for what feels like months? Maybe. M…
- 9ES338: TB:EU
First of all let’s get the most important thing out of the way shall we? Listen to Scott as “The Thing” in Fantastic Four: Super Skrull right now on YouTube ! Do it – go on, we’ll still be here when you get back I promise. Le…
- 9ES337: Determined Nondeterminism
It seems that every single year around this time we get to have an episode devoted to the postseason demise of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It also seems like there is always a fun new statistic available to dunk on the Maple Leafs in whole ne…
- 9ES336: Hot Rods Plot
It’s wild to me that after years and years of terrible vampire movies we’ve been treated to two great ones in the last few months. First “Nosferatu” in December and now Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”. Is this the renaissance that vampire aficion…
- 9ES335: Bringing Quaid Back
Who would have thought that electing the party lead by a 60 year old white banker-dude was the result I would be happiest with? How far we have fallen. As predicted the NDP now have less than 10 seats which I only found out today is…
- 9ES 334: There’s Very Little Daredevil in this Daredevil
Montreal’s favorite geek and pop culture podcast 9ES is back to talk about the Chicken Jockey trend, the stupid AI Studio Ghibli trend, the Canadian election, Daredevil: Born Again and so much more. Of course it’s only natural that we star…
- 9ES 333: The Big Sweepy Sweep
We know why you listen to the 9to5 Entertainment System – you want to know what we think about the Oscar Best Picture winner Anora and whether or not you can watch it with your mom. Just kidding, we kick off the show by talking about how P…
- 9ES332: Now Lets See Paul Atreides Card
9ES is back at full strength to talk about comics, movies and video games old and new like Mickey 17, Dune 2, Street Fighter 2: Turbo, Mortal Kombat 2 and of course the appointment of our new Prime Minister Mark Carney. ♪”One of the…
- 9ES 331: He Just Has to Punch Nazis
Once again we manage to mostly avoid talking about the madness going on as Trump flails wildly, lashing out in every direction like an old man losing his marbles and yelling at clouds even as he clutches the nuclear football like a Teddy R…
- 9ES330: The Least You Can Do Is Always Nothing
Well we did it, we pretty much made it through a full episode without getting tempted to talk about whatever the hell Trump is up to this second. And we do it the most Canadian way possible: by talking about hockey! It’s the “4 Nations Fac…
- 9ES 329: A Neanderthal Viking Chant About Marijuana
I hate that once again we find ourselves talking about the same thing as the whole world when we spend a good chunk of time talking about Trump Tariffs but honestly it was all anyone was talking about at the beginning of the week. Now that…
- 9ES328: It’s No She-Hulk
Hey California, wanna join Canada? That’d be fun, right? We could be on fire together. Speaking of irredeemable villains – Jono finished watching The Penguin so we dive into what might make a case for being the best comic book telev…
- 9ES327: Ram Proof
I just realized that after Trudeau resigns there will be a new Prime Minister and said Prime Minister will only be the third Prime Minister governing this country since we started the podcast back in 2011. Since 2005 it has only been Steph…
- 9ES 326: Wait, This Was 2024?
We’ve been doing 9ES for something like 13 years now and when we started we usually did a “best of” episode to close out the year. Kind of like the Much Music Holiday Wrap. We’d go over all the best things we watched, played and experience…
- 9ES325: Deny Depose Delita
If you haven’t been following the saga of Luigi Mangione and the assassination of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson well – I don’t know what to tell you. I guess listen to this episode since I think we do a pretty good job of running through…
- 9ES 324: Hasbro Sucks in a Million Ways
The Montreal podcast that really enjoyed Transformers: One and thinks Hasbro sucks returns to the airwaves for another episode of podcasting goodness. To say that Scott really enjoys Transformers is an understatement. He clarifies in this…
- 9ES 323: There Is So Much Batman
If you’re into horror movies (and if you’re a devout 9ES listening you just might be) I don’t mind telling you that ‘The Substance’ might be my favorite horror movie of 2024. I think the shortlist here includes Longlegs and maybe Cuckoo bu…
- 9ES322: It Stinks!
I think when it comes to movies taking insane swings I am firmly “for”. Sure Francis Ford Coppola might regret spending $120 million of his own money on Megalopolis, a film that I’m told is “ an overstuffed opus that’s equal parts stimulat…
- 9ES321: Look At The Folly Of Man
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was… fine? Good even. I think it ends up feeling like a bit of a letdown because of the 36 year gap between the release of the original. If you waited 36 years to make a sequel and get most of the cast back together…
- 9ES320: Body On The Ice
We’re probably a little late to the whole “Dave Grohl scandal” if somehow a rockstar getting a lady pregnant constitutes a scandal anymore. Grohl is kind of the bridge between the classic and modern rockstar and a lot of times leans a lot…
- 9ES 319: Stan Lee Lied
The Montreal podcast that would never lie to you like Stan Lee has returned to the airwaves of the internet to talk mostly about the Editor in Chiefs of Marvel Comics. Look, there’s no good way to say this – Jono is off taking care of his…
- 9ES318: Giga Banger
If the hosts of 9ES were stranded on the International Space Station because they were Boeing Starliner astronauts hearing strange pinging noises outside of the airlock there would literally be only one person we would want to be stranded…
- 9ES317: Three Towers
When you watch the film “Twisters” you will notice that basically a town gets leveled by one of the titular Twisters just about every single day. I think the movie takes place in the span of about a week but who knows? Anyways, I found it…
- 9ES316: Laughing At Professionals
I guess it’s an election year so politics is going to creep into our podcast more and more until November. This time we talk about the Right Wing getting really mad that France did “The Last Supper” in drag and how “Republicans are Weird”…
- 9ES315: Dysfunctional Insanity
Honestly all of the news surrounding the 2024 election cycle is equal parts exhausting and terrifying. The pop-culture movie nerd in me kind of feels like in the trilogy of Trump running for president, the 2024 election is where the…
- 9ES314: Also Never Reviewed On RT
What can we say about Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars that hasn’t already been said? Apparently a whole lot. Avengers of Justice literally does not have any ratings on Rotten Tomatoes . I am pretty sure that means it doesn’t actuall…
- 9ES313: A Thing
I’m really happy that Godzilla Minus One won an Academy Award. We take the piss out of the Oscars almost every year. There’s something wrong with a system that takes a look at hundreds of movies a year and then goes “these are the best 10”…
- 9ES312: PLAY FIGHT CLUB
It is no surprise that at least one of us saw Furiosa pretty close to it’s release. You need only look at “ The List ” and see Fury Road proudly sitting in the #2 spot to know that at least some of us on this show would happily check out F…