Grierson & Leitch

Edgar Wright is back, with his version of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," called "Last Night in Soho." Also, there's a horror movie with Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons called "Antlers." Huh. Also, remember "The Souvenir?" Well, Joanna Hogg is back with a sequel to it, called, understandably, "The Souvenir Part Two." Grierson has seen it, but Leitch hasn't. Timestamps: 9:34 "Last Night in Soho" 34:31 "Antlers" 56:22 "The Souvenir, Part Two" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, we've got two big, pandemic-delayed releases this week. You've waited a long time for these movies. Now let's dig in. First, it's the big heralded Dune movie ... "Dune." It's Dune! They made it again ... but they may have finally gotten it right this time. Then it's Wes Anderson's return with "The French Dispatch," his love letter to The New Yorker. Then, hey, we have a Reboot! It's Robert Zemeckis' "Contact." Remember "Contact?" We discuss it. Timestamps: 15:22 "Dune" 47:26 "The French Dispatch" 1:12:13 "Contact" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a big star-laden period studio movie, and a horror sequel. Everything is normal now! We discuss Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel" and then the David Gordon Green follow-up "Halloween Kills." Then we discuss Mia Hansen-Love's "Bergman Island." Timestamps: 11:11 "The Last Duel" 42:22 "Halloween Kills" 1:02:41 "Bergman Island" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey! There's a Bond movie! It was delayed for a long time--there was a pandemic--but now the movie is out. It's Daniel Craig's final Bond movie, "No Time to Die." We also discuss the Icelandic folk tale "Lamb" and Franz Kranz's drama "Mass." Timestamps: 8:21 "No Time to Die" 41:11 "Lamb" 58:13 "Mass" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know how you've been rewatching "The Sopranos" lately? The reason is here! We discuss the Sopranos prequel "The Many Saints of Newark," available on HBO Max and in theaters. Also, we dig into the Cannes smash "Titane" and the horror-comedy sequel "Venom: Let There Be Carnage." And we get excited about the Cardinals. Timestamps: 11:11 "The Many Saints of Newark" 35:21 "Titane" 57:13 "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leitch is in Cleveland! The Cardinals can't lose! Will's son William is making cameo appearances on the podcast. It's crazy out there! This week, we discuss the movie adaptation of the Tony-winning musical "Dear Evan Hansen." Then two Netflix movies: "The Starling" with Melissa McCarthy and Kevin Kline, and "The Guilty" with Jake Gyllenhaal. Timestamps: 10:41 "Dear Evan Hansen" 36:11 "The Starling" 49:51 "The Guilty" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clint Eastwood is 91 years old and he's still out there making movies. In the middle of a pandemic! Before there were vaccines! It's sort of crazy! Anyway, his new (last?) movie is "Cry Macho." Leitch asks Grierson about "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," and then they discuss the St. Vincent not-mockumentary "The Nowhere Inn." Timestamps: 7:52 "Cry Macho" 31:45 "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" 48:56 "The Nowhere Inn" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Schrader is here to mess up your souls! His new movie features Oscar Isaac as "The Card Counter." Also, we look at the new James Wan horror film "Malignant," and the coupon heist comedy "Queenpins." Movies! Timestamps: 8:49 "The Card Counter" 33:49 "Malignant" 54:26 "Queenpins" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a Marvel movie out and it's breaking box office records: Nature's healing! We discuss "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." We also did into the Netflix September 11/Michael Keaton movie "Worth." Then, in our Reboot segment, we talk about the 2008 Nicolas Winding Refn/Tom Hardy crazy movie "Bronson." Timestamps: 9:33 "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" 35:45 "Worth" 51:36 "Bronson" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will went back to Central Illinois for the first time since the pandemic began this week. It was a little frightening! But the Illini won. This week, we close out the "summer movie season" with the sequel/reboot of "Candyman." Then we get into TWO Reboots. First, it's Wong Kar-Wai's 1997 bittersweet romance "Happy Together," and then it's the 1991 Terry Gilliam comedy/drama "The Fisher King." Timestamps: 15:18 "Candyman" 37:11 "Happy Together" 59:12 "The Fisher King" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, should Grierson get a cat? He should! Get that dude a cat! Anyway, this week, we discuss the Hugh Jackman drama "Reminiscence," the Rebecca Hall horror movie "The Night House" and then, in our first Reboot in a while, the 2009 star-studded wistful comedy "Adventureland." Also, bear with Grierson's mic for the first few minutes, it has some weird feedback. We cleaned it up best we could, and it goes away by the time we start talking about the movies anyway. Timestamps: 10:11 "Reminiscence" 31:33 "The Night House" 52:29 "Beckett" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We get into some "Field of Dreams" talk in the intro, and then we dig into three new movies. The Ryan Reynolds hit comedy "Free Guy," the Aretha Franklin biopic "Respect" and the Netflix John David Washington movie "Beckett." Timestamps: 14:22 "Free Guy" 33:44 "Respect" 51:22 "Beckett" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now we're getting into it, folks, with big, lauded superhero movies, divisive Cannes debuts and weird movies about little kids throwing their parents in holes. Fun! It's James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad," the Leo Carax/Adam Driver musical "Annette" and then "John and the Hole." Timestamps: 11:11 "The Suicide Squad" 37:21 "Annette" 52:33 "John and the Hole" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grierson spent most of his week getting yelled at by weird David Ayer fans, not that he heard most of it. (Leitch missed the whole thing.) Fortunately, we get down to business with three new movies: David Lowery's "The Green Knight," Matt Damon in "Stillwater" and The Rock and Emily Blunt in Disney's "Jungle Cruise. Timestamps: 17:31 "The Green Knight" 44:18 "Stillwater" 58:42 "Jungle Cruise" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't worry! Timestamps are back! We will not get rid of them again. Even if they are not exact. Anyway, two new movies this week: M. Night Shaymalan's "Old" and the G.I. Joe origin movie "Snake Eyes." There's also a reboot, about time: It's 1993's "Tombstone." Timestamps: 9:45 "Old" 35:33 "Snake Eyes" 52:44 "Tombstone" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OK! Grierson is back from Cannes! We talk about the film festival, but mostly, we get caught up on the movies we missed. Do you all still use the timestamps? Because we think we might get rid of them! But here are the movies: Marvel's "Black Widow" LeBron James in "Space Jam: A New Legacy" Steven Soderbergh's "No Sudden Move" Nicolas Cage in "Pig" And Chris Pratt's alien movie "The Tomorrow War" Is it OK that we didn't do the timestamps? Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey! Grierson's about to go to Cannes for that big film festival that they're having, and he previews the field for us. The field is STACKED, by the way. But the big part of the show is each of our six favorite movies from the first half of the year. There's only one crossover! We're off next week while Grierson is in Cannes, but we'll be back for a megashow to get caught up on everything on July 18. Have a great Fourth! Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's not a blockbuster movie season if there isn't a "Fast and the Furious" film out, so here is "F9." Also, Ilana Glazer co-writes and stars in the "Rosemary's Baby"-inspired "False Positive." Then we close out with the drama "I Carry You With Me." Timestamps: 11:27 "F9" 39:23 "False Positive" 53:31 "I Carry You With Me" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pixar has a movie that's not showing in theaters? Weird! We discuss "Luca." Then we discuss a movie that is in theaters, the action-comedy sequel "The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard." We go back and forth on the other two films, with Grierson telling us about Edgar Wright's "The Sparks Brothers" and Leitch explaining away "Fatherhood," with Kevin Hart. Timestamps: 11:32 "Luca" 31:26 "The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard" 49:41 "The Sparks Brothers" 1:02:22 "Fatherhood" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OK! Big movies are back! First it's the big adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, "In the Heights." Then, uh, Mark Wahlberg on ...Paramount Plus? And it's "Infinite?" Sure. Fun Reboot, though, with the 2004 Alexander Payne wine comedy "Sideways." Timestamps: 7832 "In the Heights" 41:20 "Infinite" 55:37 "Sideways" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sort of a weird, in-between week, with a documentary, a German art film and a reboot about the origins of skateboarding. More big movies coming next week, promise. Timestamps: 7:2 "All Light Everywhere" 24:39 "Undine" 49:51 "Lords of Dogtown" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three big new movies. Movies are back! The first is the sequel to the thriller hit "A Quiet Place," which is called, fittingly, "A Quiet Place, Part II." Then we get the origin story "Cruella," with Emma Stone. Then, the raunchy comedy "Plan B." Timestamps: 8:13 "A Quiet Place, Part II" 28:34 "Cruella" 48:54 "Plan B" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zack Snyder has another movie out? Already? He does! It's "Army of the Dead." Then there's the art film "The Killing of Two Lovers" and the Mexican film "New Order." Timestamps: 10:11 "Army of the Dead" 33:22 "The Killing of Two Lovers" 53:22 "New Order" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're all seeing movies in theaters! With other people! It's amazing! Three new movies this week. We have Angelina Jolie in "Those Who Wish Us Dead." Then the Amy Adams vehicle "The Woman in the Window." And we close with horror sequel, "Spiral: From the Book of Saw." Timestamps: 11:15 "Those Who Wish Me Dead" 36:27 "The Woman in The Window" 57:31 "Spiral: From the Book of Saw" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a Grierson & Leitch/People Still Read Books crossover podcast episode! Back in March, Will talked to Tim Grierson about his book "This Is How You Make a Movie." Today, Grierson returns the favor, interviewing Will about his new book "How Lucky." Send Will your author recommendations to [email protected]. Follow the podcast at @stillreadbooks on Twitter, and email your author recommendations to [email protected]. Let's go on this journey together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, first thing: Buy Will's book, "How Lucky," which is out this week. It's good! Buy Grierson's book, "This Is How You Make A Movie," while you're at it. We also have movies. First, it's the Guy Ritchie heist movie, "Wrath of Man." Then it's Billy Crystal teaming up with Tiffany Haddish for "Here Today." Then we have a Reboot movie, the much-debated 2000 Spike Lee movie "Bamboozled." Timestamps: 11:52 "Wrath of Man" 32:21 "Here Today" 52:33 "Bamboozled" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that the Oscars are over, big movies are coming out again. Well: "Big." First, it's Amazon Prime's "Tom Clancy's Without Remorse," with Michael B. Jordan. Then it's two Netflix movies; "The Mitchells Vs. The Machines" and "Things Heard and Seen." Timestamps: 11:52 "Tom Clancy's Without Remorse" 32:21 "The Mitchells Vs. The Machines" 52:33 "Things Heard and Seen" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pandemic Oscars happened! We discuss the winners, the surprises and everything Steven Soderbergh had up his sleeve. We also look at the two movies of the week: "Mortal Kombat" and Netflix's "Stowaway." Timestamps: 28:31 "Mortal Kombat" 54:27 "Stowaway" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oscars are Sunday! Yep, even though they're so much later this year, it still feels like they have sneaked up on us. We preview the Oscars and make our predictions for the big winners. Then we discuss Ben Wheatley's pandemic horror film "In the Earth." And our Reboot is the classic Bob Dylan documentary "Don't Look Back." Timestamps: 47:23 "In the Earth" 1:01:22 "Don't Look Back" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OK, so Melissa McCarthy made another movie with her husband who can't direct movies, called "Thunder Force," for Netflix. We also discuss "Voyagers." Then we reboot the Anthony Minghella classic "The Talented Mr. Ripley," Timestamps: 12:22 "Thunder Force" 27:17 "Voyagers" 41:31 "The Talented Mr. Ripley" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Godzilla fighting Kong! MOVIES ARE BACK, BABY. Also, we discuss the comedy "Shiva Baby." Then, in our Reboot, we go back to the weekend of our high school graduation and discuss "Hot Shots Part Deux." Timestamps: 13:11 "Godzilla vs. Kong" 36:22 "Shiva Baby" 52:31 "Hot Shots Part Deux" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, "Mr. Show" fans! Bob Odenkirk is an action star now. Crazy! We discuss his John Wick-esque "Nobody." Then it's the Eric Andre prank comedy "Bad Trip." And our Reboot is the Charlie Kaufman debut "Synecdoche, New York." Timestamps: 11:17 "Nobody" 35:46 "Bad Trip" 53:41 "Synecdoche, New York." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last year, Rany Jazayerli and Joe Sheehan, former hosts of the Rany and Joe baseball podcast and Baseball Prospectus legends and co-founders, previewed the baseball season ... right before the pandemic hit. So let's hope that doesn't happen this year. It's a tradition unlike any other: It's Rany and Joe, looking toward baseball in 2021. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, on a day when Illinois basketball lost, it was just a huge bummer all around. But: Will has some vaccine news! More to the point: We have a four-hour Zack Snyder Cut. Goodness. Also, in our Reboot section, we discuss 1981's "Arthur" and the Sylvester Stallone 1986 film "Cobra." For some reason. Timestamps: 15:42 "Zack Snyder's Justice League" 51:26 "Arthur" 1:06:54 "Cobra" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We went a year without, but it is back this year: The tradition continues with our annual NCAA Tournament preview podcast with CBS Sports' great Matt Norlander. We go through the whole bracket. He's the best, always. We'll back with Grierson on Sunday. But now: It's Grierson and Leitch Conversations with Matt Norlander. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's an All-Reboot show! Because there are no good movies out this week, we have three Reboots. First, the Francis Ford Coppola classic "Apocalypse Now." (We did the Final Cut version.) Then we dig into "Bend It Like Beckham." And then we close with a movie that fell through the cracks two years ago, "Portrait of a Lady on Fire." Timestamps: 13:37 "Apocalypse Now" 54:13 "Bend It Like Beckham" 1:09:22 "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a Grierson & Leitch/People Still Read Books crossover podcast episode! Hey, this is a fun one: It's our friend Tim Grierson! He's got a new book out, "This Is How You Make A Movie." We talk to him about it. We're very official. Send Will your author recommendations to [email protected]. Follow the podcast at @stillreadbooks on Twitter, and email your author recommendations to [email protected]. Let's go on this journey together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you can believe it, it's time for the Oscar nominations next week. (This year is so weird.) We make our predictions. But first, we hit the big new movies of the week: Eddie Murphy's long-delayed sequel "Coming 2 America," and then the Doug Liman-Tom Holland-Daisy Ridley also-long-delayed "Chaos Walking." Timestamps: 11:37 "Coming 2 America" 34:13 "Chaos Walking" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, everybody, there are three movies this week ... and they're all bad! The good news is that we think we're pretty entertaining talking about how bad they are. First, from Hulu, the Lee Daniels biopic "The United States Vs. Billie Holliday." Then Joe and Anthony Russo reteam with Tom Holland for "Cherry." Then we close with ... "Tom and Jerry." Freaking Tom and Jerry. Timestamps: 8:22 "The United States Vs. Billie Holliday" 26:53 "The Mauritanian" 51:34 "Lost Highway" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two new movies this week. First, from Netflix, the comic thriller "I Care A Lot," Then the Oscar play that is "The Mauritanian." Then we get weird in our Reboot segment, with the 1997 David Lynch film "Lost Highway." Timestamps: 11:21 "I Care A Lot" 31:22 "The Mauritanian" 55:17 "Lost Highway" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One positive side effect of the pandemic: 2021 has a strong inventory of movies to discuss! Three big ones this week. First, the big Black Panther Oscar play, "Judas and the Black Messiah." Then the Kristen Wiig comedy "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar." And we close with the frontier romantic drama "The World To Come." Timestamps: 7:24 "Judas and the Black Messiah" 29:53 "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar" 49:21 "The World to Come" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We recorded this on Super Bowl Sunday, but we do not know who wins. We assume the Illini. This week, we have two new movies. The John David Washington-Zendaya romantic drama "Malcolm and Marie," and then the Rodney Ascher documentary "A Glitch in the Matrix." Then, a Reboot: Robert Redford's Oscar-winning drama "Ordinary People." It is not "Raging Bull." Timestamps: 17:14 "Malcolm and Marie" 48:23 "A Glitch in the Matrix" 1:07:36 "Ordinary People" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, everybody! This whole podcast is not about Nolan Arenado. But it could be! Instead, it's about movies. Three new ones. First, the Denzel Washington thriller "The Little Things." Then the English horror film "Saint Maud." We close with the sensitive dementia drama "Supernova." Movies! Timestamps: 7:14 "The Little Things" 28:35 "Saint Maud" 47:21 "Supernova" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The unofficial start of the movie season is the Sundance Film Festival, which kicks off this week. But how's it work in a pandemic? Grierson explains, and gives us the movies he's most looking forward to seeing. Also, the Reboots are back! First, it's Michael Mann's 1999 film "The Insider." Then, you don't want no part of this! It's 2007's "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story." Timestamps: 55:15 "The Insider" 1:15:34 "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back! We're back! It has been QUITE THE MONTH since we saw you last. We missed you. And boy we missed a lot! After we talk about democracy's peril, we dig into three new movies. First, the quarantine heist comedy "Locked Down." Then it's Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James in Netflix's "The Dig." And then Nate Parker's "American Skin." Timestamps: 13:25 "Locked Down" 34:36 "The Dig" 51:25 "American Skin" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's here, everyone: The annual tradition unlike any other, Dorkfest. Your hosts, Tim Grierson and Will Leitch, go over their 10 best movies of the year, and try to make sense of the most trying year of everyone's lifetime. It's our favorite show of the year. It's Dorkfest. This will be our last show until January 15: We're on an extended break until then. (Also, no movies are coming out until then.) So have a wonderful holiday, a happy new year and hey: We made it. We made it through this freaking year. Dorkfest! Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every year, Will and his friend and colleague Tommy Craggs wrap up the year trying to figure out the planet. This year was not any easier. Hear them talk their way through it. Have a wonderful holiday. Dorkfest will be posted tomorrow. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our penultimate show: Our lighting round show to fit in all the movies left in 2020, packing them all in before Dorkfest. So strap in: LOTS of movies to get to. No timestamps this week: Just the movies. Here they are: "Wonder Woman 1984" "Soul" "The Father" "News of the World" "Promising Young Woman" "One Night in Miami" "Small Axe: Education" "The Midnight Sky" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Only three shows left, counting this one, until Dorkfest. That's right: You've almost made it to the end. We start with the acclaimed "Minari," and then hit two Meryl Streep movies: Ryan Murphy's "The Prom" and Steven Soderbergh's "Let Them All Talk." And then the fourth "Small Axe" movie from Steve McQueen, "Alex Wheatle." Timestamps (approximate): 15:45 "Minari" 38:20 "The Prom" 1:01:23 "Let Them All Talk" 1:21:27 "Small Axe: Alex Wheatle" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, Episode 250! That's awesome! Though Episode 250 comes the week of Warner Bros' shocking decision to release their entire 2021 catalog on HBO Max, which sure does change the way we talk about movies. Or does it? We break it down. Then, Oscar time! Big Oscar contenders "Nomadland," from Chloe Zhao, and "Mank," from David Fincher, lead the week. Then it's the third Steve McQueen "Small Axe" film, "Red, White and Blue," with John Boyega. Timestamps (approximate): 18:45 "Nomadland" 42:43 "Mank" 52:59 "Small Axe: Red, White and Blue" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices