Ewan and Lachlan discuss Hayao Miyazaki's Potentially Final Movie The Boy and the Heron and discuss Studio Ghibli's future without their iconic filmmakers. They watched the trailer for Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire and Lachlan caught Godzilla Minus One in theaters. He also got to see Poor Things at a preview screening and watched three of Ridley Scott's best movies. Ewan watched Leave the World Behind, Silent Night, and Manodrome.
MAY DECEMBER is Deliciously Awkward
It's that time of the year when the films that premiered at Cannes finally release for all audiences worldwide and among them is this week's movie May December. Ewan shares his love for Todd Haynes filmmaking while Lachlan loved the movie more for its technical achievements rather than narrative ones. Ewan also caught some Christmas-themed movies like The Holdovers and «It's a Wonderful Knife» and they both sat through the horrible Family Switch, why? - they still don't know. Lachlan (re)watched a couple more Ridley Scott movies including Thelma & Louise and Gladiator and is very excited for the live-action Fallout series that just premiered its first trailer. Finally, Furiosa, The Boys Season 4, and House of the Dragon Season 2 all premiered their first trailers this week.
BALLAD OF SONGBIRD AND SNAKES Left Us Famished
Ewan and Lachlan discuss the abysmal trailer for Madame Web the casting news about Pedro Pascal potentially joining the MCU as Reed Richards. In preparation for an upcoming Ridley Scott Bracket, they both watch a bunch of his films and rewatch the Hunger Games movies for this week's main review of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Ewan watched the animated Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Squid Game The Challenge, and Taika Waititi's latest misstep Next Goal Wins.
The SAG-AFTRA Strike is over & How We'd Save the MCU
Ewan and Lachlan discuss a ton of news, the end of the Actor's Strike and how the MCU could be fixed.
FINGERNAILS is a Weird Sci-Fi Love Story
Ewan and Lachlan discuss how they would continue the podcast if one of them died. Ewan tricks Lachlan into watching Fingernails, a Sci-Fi Romance film where love can be measured from your fingernails. He also started rewatching the Hunger Games movies with his girlfriend and shares what makes him queasy in movies. Ewan lets you know if Invincible and Gen V are worth checking out and talks about the success of Five Nights At Freddy's.
We Watched 80 Movies at Film Fest Gent
We sent Kevin and Ines to the 50th edition of the Gent Film Festival and they watched 80+ movies.
SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN Interview with Director Monia Chokri - (The Nature of Love)
We got to chat with Monia Chokri, the writer/director of Simple Comme Sylvain or The Nature of Love.
We watched The Killer and Five Nights at Freddy's
Ewan and Lachlan did it... They watched Five Nights At Freddy's. Can they consider themselves fans of the franchise or will they hate it as much as Ewan hated Slotherhouse? David Fincher's The Killer is also out (only in select theatres and soon on Netflix). They discuss the role of Hitmen in movies and go over the latest delays of Elio, Snow White, and more.
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY Interview with Director Elene Naveriani
Our interview with Georgian writer/director Elene Naveriani is online now. The film is out in (Swiss) theatres. Check your local cinemas for showtimes.
Hit or Flop? - KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon is finally out and Ewan and Lachlan can finally share their spoiler thoughts on the film that they caught earlier this year in Cannes. They also discuss what Scorsese's Best Film is and if Cinema is Indeed Dying. Lachlan rewatched both Scream 4 and Blade Runner 2049 and they both watched Totally Killer. Ewan watched Bill Burr's directorial debut Old Dads and Reptile on Netflix and binged through the latest season of Big Mouth. He's also got some thoughts on the rather disappointing second season of Loki and praises The Boys spin-off Gen V
Is THE CREATOR the Best Sci-Fi Movie of the decade?
The WGA Strike has come to a close and Ewan presents everything you need to know about the deal. Lachlan watched No One Will Save You, Ewan spills his thoughts on the first five movies he watched at the Zurich Film Festival and the two discuss the current state of Sci-Fi Movies. Finally, they share their spoiler thoughts on Gareth Edward's The Creator.
Reviving the Comedy Movie Genre with Bottoms & Theater Camp
Ewan and Lachlan break down the current state of Comedy in Movies and share their spoiler thoughts on Bottoms and Theater Camp. Ewan is finally caught up with Ahsoka and shares Lachlan's love for the series. He also caught the final season of Sex Education as well as Flora and Son, Love At First Sight and the surprise Horror hit No One Will Save You.
The Best Animated Movie of the Year?
Ewan and Lachlan are back after a three-week break to chat about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Equalizer 3, and the Star Wars show Ahsoka. Ewan is back from the Venice Film Festival and shares his highlights, Lachlan is making his way through the new Bethesda game Starfield and both of them have some thoughts to share on the current state of Animation.
We Watched 60 Movies at the Venice Film Festival.
Ewan and guest host Kevin talk about the 60 movies they watched at the 80th Biennale, the Venice Film Festival which premiered movies like Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things, Richard Linklater's Hit Man, Sofia Coppola's Priscilla and David Fincher's The Killer.
PAST LIVES is a Modern Romance Masterpiece.
Ewan and Lachlan talk about the much anticipated A24 film Past Lives and why the new Star Wars show Ahsoka has a lot of potential. Lachlan binged through the first season of The Bear on a flight and Ewan caught Blue Beetle, Vacation Friends 2, and the Adam Sandler Family production on Netflix called You Are So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah. Finally, Ewan gives Lachlan an in-depth update on the latest news from the picket lines of the Writer's Strike.
Why Fast X is the WORST in the Fast Saga
Ewan and Lachlan get the family back together for another lackluster outing in the Fast and Furious franchise and discuss if IP has become more important than movie stars in Hollywood. Ewan caught the first two episodes of the Ahsoka show and The Lost Voyage of the Demeter.
Why the BlackBerry Movie Is Flying Under Your Radar
Ewan and Lachlan have an in-depth discussion about movie rating sites like Letterboxd, IMDb, Metacritic & Rotten Tomatoes and discuss how they affect or even potentially harm the online film community. Lachlan rewatched last year's Best Picture Winner Everything Everywhere All At Once and Ewan returned from a Trade Show in Locarno to share his thoughts on some of the films he missed in Cannes & the upcoming Disney film Theatre Camp. Finally, the two review BlackBerry and how it stands out uniquely in the wave of IP and product movies.
TALK TO ME is Actually Scary.
Ewan and Lachlan talk about the Australian Horror Movie Talk To Me by Michael & Danny Philippou from Racka Racka and discuss why A24 is so good with Horror. It's GAMING week and Ewan talk about the games he's been playing and watched Disney's Haunted Mansion and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Lachlan is catching up with The Witcher Season 3 and making his way through Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
We Watched EVERY Christopher Nolan Movie.
What's the best Christopher Nolan film? Is it one of his early films like Insomnia or Memento? Or maybe a film from the Dark Knight trilogy? Could it be the cinema magic of The Prestige or Inception? Or the time-twisting war of Tenet or the stand-off at Dunkirk? Do we dare to go to space with Interstellar?
BARBENHEIMER IS HERE! - Who won?
Barbie and Oppenheimer. BARBENHEIMER is here and Lachlan and Ewan share their spoiler thoughts on both films. Mattel already has over 40 more projects based on their toys in the works and they discuss if this is a good or bad thing. We rewatched every film from Christopher Nolan for an upcoming bracket and Ewan shares his thoughts on the new season of Good Omens, Heat, and Cobweb.
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Nolan Ranked Ewan - Lachlan
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