Kenneth Branagh Can’t Rescue Apple TV’s Mayday | SVU
· 1 h 12 min
Episode Kenneth Branagh Can’t Rescue Apple TV’s Mayday | SVU
From the writer/directors of Game Night and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Apple TV’s Cold War comedy Mayday was a promising title on the 2026 streaming movie calendar. Unfortunately, Matt and Jordan agree that the film isn’t the equal to those earlier films (no thanks to a phoned-in performance from Ryan Reynolds), despite a clever premise and the presence of Kenneth Branagh, who is having the time of his life. Matt digs into Branagh’s strange career in the Rec Seg, suggesting an early Branagh effort (as both director and star) as an alternative, and Jordan answers with a film that finds Christian Bale as a fighter pilot caught behind enemy lines. Plus, Bran-agh Flakes!, a Jordan-hosted game.
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Intro (00:00:00–00:05:43)
Mayday (00:05:44–00:26:32)
Rec Seg! (00:26:33–00:44:40)
Game: Bran-agh Flakes (00:44:41–01:02:24)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:02:25–01:11:29)
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