This week on a bonus episode of The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about 'The Irishman'. After spending our last episode talking about the filmography of Martin Scorsese, we talk about why 'The Irishman' is one of his best movies, why it should be watched in one sitting, the difficulty of getting this kind of movie made today, its themes about mortality and regret, and much more. We then finish up with a shared Recently Watched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 29, 2019•39 min
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about the films of Martin Scorsese. We go through Scorsese's entire feature-film filmography (so no documentaries or shorts otherwise the episode would be five hours long) and talk about why Scorsese is such a unique talent, the themes he revisits in his movies, the strengths and weaknesses of his various efforts, our favorite Scorsese movie, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Nov 26, 2019•1 hr 15 min
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his 18th episode, he weighs in on the news that there's a Michael Jackson biopic in the works from the producer of Bohemian Rhapsody, plus Noah Hawley's Star Trek movie and David Fincher's Chinatown prequel on Netflix.Elsewhere, Jeff examines the disputed Joker 2 scoop, as well as rumors that Kathleen Kennedy isn't long for the Star Wars universe. He also talks abou...
Nov 22, 2019•1 hr 1 min
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about 'Ford v Ferrari' and we've got a mailbag. We kick things off talking about why 'Ford v Ferrari' is such a successful film, why studios don't make films like this anymore, how it's a testament to the strength of the direction and performances, and more. Then we move on to a mailbag where we talk about actors who improve movies, the way forward for the 'James Bond' franchise, and much more. We then finish up with Recently Watched and Reade...
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his 17th episode, he weighs in on this week's news that Netflix has going all-in on the Eddie Murphy business, having picked up the rights to Beverly Hills Cop 4 from Paramount, which is developing a remake of the Richard Gere-Andy Garcia movie Internal Affairs. Meanwhile, Mark Wahlberg returns to the Uncharted movie to serve as a mentor to Tom Holland's Nathan Drak...
Nov 15, 2019•1 hr 6 min
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about 'The Mandalorian', the launch of Disney+, and why 'Doctor Sleep' flopped at the box office. For 'The Mandalorian', we discuss the shortcomings of the pilot, who the show is for, where it fits into the 'Star Wars' franchise, and more. We then move on to discuss whether or not Disney+ is worth it and how it can edge out Netflix. We then finish up with a discussion of how over-reliance on IP may have sunk 'Doctor Sleep' at the box office be...
Nov 12, 2019•53 min
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his 16th episode, he weighs in on this week's Batman news that Colin Farrell will play the Penguin and Andy Serkis will play Alfred Pennyworth. Jeff also talks about Netflix's auto-play problem and the news that a new Scream movie is in development.Elsewhere, Jeff discusses various AFM projects, HBO's 2020 slate, his favorite performances of the decade, a new John B...
Nov 08, 2019•57 min
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about 'Terminator: Dark Fate'. We kick things off with a spoiler-free discussion of the latest 'Terminator' movie, the film's strengths and weaknesses, and then we turn our attention to the 'Terminator' franchise, why it keeps getting rebooted, why it struggles as a franchise, and more. We then move into a spoiler discussion of 'Dark Fate' before finishing up with Recently Watched and Reader Hot Takes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...
Nov 06, 2019•54 min
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his 15th episode, he weighs in on this week's Star Wars shocker that Game of Thrones gurus David Benioff and DB Weiss have abandoned their planned trilogy in order to service their Netflix deal. Is Kathleen Kennedy to blame, or is toxic fandom the real culprit? Jeff also talks about the botched launch of Apple TV+ and the big HBO Max presentation that left critics a...
Nov 01, 2019•1 hr 5 min
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about the recent stories of acclaimed directors sharing negative opinions about Marvel movies. We talk about why the discussion is important, why these views matter, where these directors are coming from, the current landscape of movies, how the debate has taken shape, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 29, 2019•44 min
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his 14th episode, he weighs in on the news that Hocus Pocus 2 is moving forward at Disney Plus, as well as Disney's vault strategy regarding its newly-acquired Fox titles that will no longer be licensed to repertory theaters. It's a sad, scary story, but one that Jeff thinks will have a happy ending in time.Jeff also offers his take on Little Women's Oscar chances, ...
Oct 25, 2019•1 hr 2 min
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about 'Zombieland: Double Tap' and the series premiere of 'Watchmen'. For 'Zombieland', we talk about the difficulty of comedy sequels, how Double Tap maneuvers around those problems, why its strongest aspect are the new characters, why Zoey Deutch hasn't broken out big yet, and more. We then move over to 'Watchmen' where we discuss Zack Snyder's previous adaptation, the benefits of Damon Lindelof's take, using the Tulsa Race Massacre as a lau...
Oct 22, 2019•52 min
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his 13th episode, he weighs in on the news that Paul Dano and Zoe Kravitz are joining The Batman, as well as the new Doctor Strange writer and why Melissa McCarthy's Superintelligence may have moved to HBO Max.Jeff also offers his take on Robert Eggers' new movie The Lighthouse and his next project The Northman, plus the news that Tony Gilroy is coming in to rescue ...
Oct 18, 2019•1 hr 2 min
This week on a bonus episode of The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about David Fincher's 'Fight Club' since the movie turned 20 this week. We discuss how we initially received the film, the film's legacy, how it comments on toxic masculinity, how Fincher may have done his job too well, and more. We then finish up with Reader Hot Takes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 18, 2019•36 min
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about 'El Camino'. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the movie, why 'Breaking Bad' was unique in the TV landscape, if 'Breaking Bad' is worth rewatching when you know how the story ends, and much more. We then finish up with Recently Watched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 15, 2019•41 min
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his 12th episode, he weighs in on the new Breaking Bad movie El Camino starring Aaron Paul, as well as the Training Day prequel and the Poop Lawsuit that has Hollywood clenching its cheeks.Jeff also talks about casting news on The Matrix 4, Apple's latest industry moves, and Sony's exploratory talks with Netflix about selling several projects to the streaming servic...
Oct 11, 2019•1 hr 4 min
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about 'Joker'. We discuss the film's influences, its inspirations, the film's trouble finding a theme, Joaquin Phoenix's performance, what the studio and the audience wants from this movie, and much more. We then finish up with Recently Watched.Also, as a brief programming note, we had to remove episode 225 due to audio issues. Those issues have now been resolved starting with this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
Oct 08, 2019•50 min
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his 11th episode, he weighs in on Todd Phillips' gritty DC movie Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix, and Bong Joon-ho's Korean thriller Parasite, which have more in common than you might think. Jeff also offers his take on the reported shortlist for Catwoman in Matt Reeves' The Batman, and rants about the dozen different budget figures he has seen reported for Martin Sc...
Oct 04, 2019•1 hr
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his tenth episode, he weighs in on Spider-Man's return to the MCU amid reports that Sony has cut a new deal with Disney, which will receive more favorable terms this time around. He also talks about Kevin Feige's Star Wars movie, Travis Knight's hiring on the Uncharted movie starring Tom Holland, and the Madame Web movie Sony is developing with the Morbius writers.M...
Sep 27, 2019•1 hr 4 min
This week on a bonus episode of The Collider.com Podcast, we're discussion our Essential 100 list. We discuss why we made the list, why the list is intended to work as a starting point rather than a summation, the lack of avenues to build your film knowledge despite the overwhelming number of streaming services, how the list was constructed, the titles that narrowly missed making the cut, and more. We then finish up with Recently Watched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...
Sep 26, 2019•50 min
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about 'Ad Astra'. In our spoiler-free discussion, we talk about how the film differs from what was marketed, why it works so well, the themes, James Gray's direction, the increasing rarity of this kind of movie, and Brad Pitt's performance. We then segue to a discussion of Pitt's acting and producing career and how he's changed over the years. We then finish up with Reader Hot Takes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...
Sep 24, 2019•50 min
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his ninth episode, he weighs in on Brad Pitt's anti-Oscar campaign and whether it will help or hurt the star of Ad Astra and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He also offers his take on Netflix's Unbelievable, as well as the Amazon movies Honey Boy and The Report, plus this week's trailers for Clemency and Dark Waters.Meanwhile, Jeff takes a look at New Line, which is ...
Sep 20, 2019•1 hr 1 min
This week on a bonus episode of The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about 'It Chapter Two'. Since the film has been out for a couple weeks and was a hit, we're digging into spoilers for the horror sequel. We discuss how it compares to the first film, the movie's structural problems, how the film could have been stronger, our interest in Pennywise sequels, and much more. We then finish up with Recently Watched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. Se...
Sep 19, 2019•39 min
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about the film we saw at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. We discuss Joker, Jojo Rabbit, Marriage Story, Knives Out, Ford v Ferrari, Hustlers, Parasite, Uncut Gems, Sound of Metal, The Lighthouse, and we also discuss the state of the Oscar race now that a bunch of major contenders have debuted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 19, 2019•56 min
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his eighth episode, he examines J.J. Abrams' mega-deal with WarnerMedia and whether it will lead to him directing a new Superman movie. He also talks about the Face/Off reboot, Paul Feig's Dark Army and Margot Robbie's Tank Girl remake, as well as Hailee Steinfeld's casting as Kate Bishop in Marvel's Hawkeye series.Jeff also weighs in The Goldfinch, The Aeronauts, L...
Sep 13, 2019•1 hr 3 min
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're doing a mailbag episode. We're currently at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, so last week we asked for you, our loyal listeners, to shoot us some questions we could answer on a mailbag episode. Thanks to you (questions are always appreciated!), we talked about biggest WTF movies, frivolous purchases, least-favorite movie take, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
Sep 10, 2019•49 min
The Sneider Cut Episode 7: Crazy Rich Pay Dispute, Interview with Haunt DirectorsEach week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his seventh episode, he examines both sides of the Crazy Rich Asians pay dispute, which saw co-writer Adele Lim turn down a $110,000 offer to return for the sequel. He also weighs in on Ben Wheatley directing the Tomb Raider sequel, the Bad Boys for Life trailer and Richard Kelly's Rod ...
Sep 06, 2019•1 hr
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). We talk about why the festival is important, how it differs from other major film festivals, our experiences with TIFF in the past, what we're looking forward to this year, and more. We then move on to Recently Watched before finishing up with Reader Hot Takes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 04, 2019•54 min
This week on a bonus episode of The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about Season 2 of 'Mindhunter'. We talk about how the season feels like a soft reboot, the way it differs from Season 1, putting a greater focus on the lead characters rather than the serial killers, what the show says about human behavior, the way the season is structured, and then we move into spoilers to talk about the final four episodes in more detail. We then finish up with Recently Watched. Learn more about your ad ch...
Aug 30, 2019•54 min
Each week on THE SNEIDER CUT, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider pulls back the curtain on the business of Hollywood. For his sixth episode, he breaks down all the news that came out of D23, including news about Marvel and Star Wars. He also talks about Blumhouse's big week, from Anthony Michael Hall's casting in Halloween Kills and a new Vince Vaughn slasher movie to the news that Richard Linklater will direct a Sondheim musical that will be shot over the course of 20 years.Jeff also ...
Aug 29, 2019•59 min
