2025 Movie Preview

Join us as we dive into the genre films that are coming to a theatre near you in 2025. We are going month by month to tell you what to keep an eye open for. This is not an exhaustive list. The hours would crawl by as we tried to tell you everything that will be in a cinema over the next 12 months. Instead, we are looking at specific types of movies. Our main focus is on those films that should be seen on the big screen. These include such genres as science fiction, horror, fantasy, action and the ever-present comic book based films.

The way this episode is set up is very specific. Co-host Shawn tells co-host Leah what movie is coming out. Each month offers a film in the above mentioned categories. Leah has not looked ahead, and she must rely on Shawn's decription on each particular film. Shawn has seen many of the trailers, but his descriptions are not always completely on point. If you, our listener is interested in a particular movie, we suggest you watch the trailers for a greater understanding than what we provide here. As such, this is the 2025 movie preview -- not a complete summary of all movies.

Some of the films we are excited for include: Captain America: Brave New World, A Minecraft Movie, ThunderBolts, Ballerina, 28 Years Later, Megan 2.0, Superman, Fantastic 4: First Steps, and 5 Nights at Freddy's 2.

There are many other films which we discuss on this episode. Several trailers are also heard during the course of this production.

This week's podcast promo: Modern Musicology

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New year, new me? Not this time folks! Our first episode of the new year, and our 16th episode overall, is a guideline for the future. The turning of the calendar brings with it a certain kind of perspective. Looking at what has come before, and what we wish to come next. 2025 is here. We are ready for whatever it may bring. And yet, along with that uncertainly, we are creating a framework or roadmap to help us along.

As your hosts, we find it important that you (the listener) know what to expect from the Have Coffee Will Travel podcast. We want HCWT to be entertaining, informative, thought-provoking, and consistent. Consistency is key in any type of relationship. You can expect us to be consistent in our opening and closing statements. And you can expect us to be here for you every 2 weeks. However, don't be surprised by the occasional bonus episode.

This episode is called 2025 Plans and Resolutions. To know where we are going, we must see where we have been. That's why we start off with a recap and highlight reel of the past year. We got married in 2024. And we bought our first home together. Shawn went on his first cruise. Leah finally got to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra and go to a Disney after hours party. We both went to Las Vegas for the first time, and we each lost loved ones.

Where are we going? What do we have planned? We are going to focus on the future, by paying off the past. Paying down our debt is our major resolution for 2025. By sweeping away what is owing, we can breathe easier knowing future travel is possible. We had our first real budget meeting this week. This means we sat down and looked at all of our bills, what we owe, and what we make. Now we know what we can afford. We also want to write our wills and figure out our power of attorney situation. Several mini road trips are planned for the year, and the only major expense is a cruise for the end of the year.

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On our 15th episode, we chat about the recent strike/lockout at Canada Post. Shawn is a Letter Carrier, so this issue is immediate and personal. Leah and Shawn talk about the strike itself, as well as Shawn's own experience working for the post office. You will also learn a few surprises along the way.

More than 55,000 postal workers went on strike on Nov. 15. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers was seeking wage increases, better pensions and improved health benefits. The Union insists that wage increases must be kept in line with inflation, with cost-of-living adjustment payments rolled into the basic wage rate. Weekend delivery was one of the main sticking points during negotiations. Canada Post has pitched seven-day-a-week delivery as a way to boost revenue and "secure the future of the company" as it struggles to compete with other delivery companies.

The Crown corporation says it would staff weekend delivery shifts with a mix of new permanent part-time positions and some full-time, which would "create flexibility while not adding significant long-term fixed costs." But the union characterizes Canada Post's proposals as "attacks on full-time work," accusing the Crown corporation of wanting to increase the part-time mix to more than 50 per cent of the workforce. It says it is concerned some part-timers could be scheduled for as few as eight hours per week and wouldn’t be eligible for benefits until they reach 1,000 hours.

Essentially, the Union and the Corporation do not see eye to eye on a number of factors. The Canada Post strike has been hard on workers, customers and the economy. The goodish news is that we are back to work and the government has set a few things in motion to try to help. Only time will tell what that means for the workers.

This week's podcast promo: EnterpriseSplaining

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