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Masters of the Universe Flexes for the Cinephile Hissy Fit

(L-R): Camila Mendes and Nicholas Galitzine in MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE. Image: Amazon MGM Studios

Bending the old Rick James quote from Chappelle’s Show, popular wrestling and entertainment podcaster Chris Van Vliet of Insight with Chris Van Vliet often loves to say, “nostalgia is a hell of a drug.” He’s not wrong. When the right memories are triggered, the right entertainment vessels using that nostalgia are irresistible. For a certain miniature generation of kids who grew up in the early 1980s, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe burned white-hot for its two seasons of TV existence and toy shelf dominance before being lapped by bigger intellectual properties. Those that remember hold it dear, making this year’s long-gestating Masters of the Universe film adaptation the drug they’ve been waiting for.

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For their 243rd episode, two beefy film critics, two skeletal dads, and two school teachers who have the power, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, welcome back frequent guest, Cati Glidewell of The Blonde in Front, for the bonkers fun and nostalgia glowing out of every pore of the 2026 version of Masters of the Universe, now playing on Amazon Prime after a surprisingly soft theatrical run. The three of them grew up on He-Man in the 1980s and were primed to celebrate it again with its summer blockbuster return. Come learn more and stay for the mutual love and respect that fun movies encapsulate. Enjoy our podcast!

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ABOUT OUR GUEST

A woman poses behind long pearls, as the Masters of the Universe guest of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast.
Image courtesy of Cati Glidewell.

 

Cati Glidewell is a Chicago-based freelance film journalist, reviewer, trivia expert, and prize-winning Oscar enthusiast. She is a lifelong cinephile who is trying everything and telling you all about it. Find her work across YouTube and social media at The Blonde in Front. Thank you so much for your captive audience and social media participation! Enjoy our new podcast episodes!

Written by Don Shanahan

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Hollywood Creative Alliance, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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