#465: Improve Your English with MOVIES — Talking About the Best Films of 2026: The Odyssey, Michael Jackson, Toy Story 5, and more

Listen with FREE Interactive Transcript only on the RealLife App.

What makes a blockbuster — and what makes it a flop? In this episode, Ethan and Ksenia chat about some of the movies they’ve watched in cinemas this summer, from The Odyssey and Toy Story 5 to Michael and Project Hail Mary.

Join us as we compare our reactions, share surprising opinions and personal stories, and dig into what makes a movie worth seeing on the big screen. Along the way, you’ll pick up natural English expressions and vocabulary you can use when talking about movies, pop culture, and everyday life.

• Download episode here
• Listen on Your Mobile: iTunes for Apple | Stitcher for Android | Listen on Spotify

Words You’ll Learn in the App

• Box-office hit
• Blockbuster
• Flop
• Hype
• Cross one’s mind
• Coulda, shoulda, woulda
• Blow one’s mind
• Go to great lengths
• Ingenuity
• Dial down

Links

Learn English with MICHAEL JACKSON

Learn English with RYAN GOSLING movie — Project Hail Mary

Learn English with TOY STORY — Meet LilyPad

If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could visit our iTunes page and give us a positive review (this makes it easier to find us)

Help us Spread the Movement

• How to Leave an iTunes Review  (How to Subscribe on iTunes)
• How to Leave a Stitcher Review

This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: [email protected]

How to Leave a Review

This will help our ranking and more people will see the podcast. Aww Yeah!