Ewan and Lachlan discuss the release date cancellation of Horizon: An American Saga Part 1, Redbox's death, and the IATSE negotiations. Trailers for F1, Agatha All Along, We Live in Time & Gladiator II dropped and Ewan inhales a burst from an air duster. They both catch up with Twister & the brand new Twisters and the latest episode of The Acolyte. Lachlan finished Metal Gear Solid 3, Ewan watched Fly Me To the Moon, The Imaginary & finished Jeff Nichols' filmography with Mud, Midnight Special, and Loving. Finally, they close the show with spoiler reviews on Ti West's MaXXXine and Yorgos Lanthimos' Kinds of Kindness.
Why HIT MAN Shouldn't Be On Netflix.
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.
Oscar Nominations, Sundance & Fallen Leaves
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.