Ewan and Lachlan each share 5 films from 2024 that you should watch right now! Let us know what your favorites are so far.
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Spoiler Review of Hit Man clipped from Episode 188
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In a news-heavy episode, Ewan and Lachlan discuss the trailers for Venom 3, MaXXXine, Alien: Romulus, and Pharrell's Lego biopic Piece By Piece. They also cover the new Star Wars series The Acolyte, Godzilla Minus One, Poolman, The Watchers, and The Last Stop in Yuma County. Bridging the gap between movies and games, they highlight the key moments from Summer Game Fest and review the week's casting news. Finally, they discuss Ewan's favorite film of the year, Richard Linklater's Hit Man, starring Glen 'Movie Star' Powell.
Ewan and Lachlan dive into the latest casting news for Knives Out 3, also known as Wake Up Dead Man, and debate who is the bigger Guy Ritchie fan. They discuss the teaser for Moana 2 and the trailer for Wolfs, starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Ewan shares his thoughts on Atlas and IF, and wraps up his views on the seasons for X-Men '97 and Abbott Elementary Season 2. Finally, they catch up on four films not yet discussed on the podcast: Boy Kills World, Sasquatch Sunset, Anyone But You, and Evil Does Not Exist.
Ewan and Lachlan review the first season of Fallout and Alex Garland's Civil War produced by A24. Ewan watched Ripley, The Sympathizer and Rebel Moon Part 2. Lachlan is back from his holiday in Bali and has thoughts on Tarantino quitting his 10th film The Movie Critic.
IT'S LACHLAN'S BIRTHDAY! This week we discuss the Nominations for the 96th Academy Awards. What were the Snubs and Surprises? One of the films that unfortunately did not make the Final 5 for the Internation Feature Category is Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves, which is the film we are going to review in detail. The Sundance Film Festival has wrapped and Ewan caught some films virtually that he'll tell you about and Lachlan started True Detective: Night Country.
Ewan, Lachlan, and Kevin go over the release date calendar for 2024 and tell you what they are looking forward to the most. From Dune Part II, Mickey 17, and Nosferatu to a fourth Despicable Me movie I guess... there are a ton of sequels, prequels, and spin-offs as expected but also a bunch of exciting filmmakers premiering their work this year.
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.