On this episode of The Spin Cycle Podcast, host Kiara McKinney goes full “enough already” on Hollywood’s obsession with sequels, remakes,and franchise cash grabs dominating the 2025 film slate. She laments the creative bankruptcy of the industry, contrasting it with the innovation still thriving in music and Broadway. Kiara skewers streaming algorithms, relentless brand integrations, and soulless press tours, urging listeners to stop feeding the IP recycling machine. Her advice? Skip the nostalgia reboots and support original indie films or new musicals—because art shouldn’t just be content engineered for quarterly profits.

Introduction & Hollywood’s Situationship Problem (00:00:32) Kiara kicks things off by dragging Hollywood for its obsessive ex-calling habit — aka endless sequels — and wonders if originality h ...