For the final time in 2024, Ewan and Lachlan discuss what they watched this week. For Ewan, that was Mufasa: The Lion King, Kraven the Hunter, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Y2K, and Squid Game's second season. Lachlan caught up with We Live In Time, Juror Nr.2 & The Last Stop in Yuma County. After an underwhelming limited run in theaters, The Order is out on VOD and they're sharing their spoiler thoughts on this crime thriller starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult & Tye Sheridan. They review the cat-led animated gem Flow. It's light in movies news this week but Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey with a stacked cast, a new Mummy movie, James Bond is becoming a MCU-like franchise, and Barack Obama's favorite movies of the year give them much to discuss.
205 - Can THE APPRENTICE Make Movies Great Again?
Ewan reports back from the Zurich Film Festival with reviews for A Real Pain, Memoir of a Snail, Conclave, We Live in Time, Blitz, The End, and the award-winning Black Box Diaries. Lachlan finished Stalker and continued his deep dive into Andrei Tarkovsky's filmography with Solaris. They discuss the historic flop of Joker: Folie à Deux, a potential second season of Obi-Wan with Ewan McGregor and Christopher Nolan's next movie. Finally, they review The Apprentice by Ali Abbasi starring Sebastian Stan & Jeremy Strong.
MaXXXine, Kinds of Kindness & Gladiator II Trailer
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.