Two potential Oscar movies, looking back at the 1970s and 1980s and how they reflect on today. First, Tim and Will talk about Jason Reitman's "Saturday Night," which looks at the first episode of "Saturday Night Live." Then they dig into the Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong-starring "The Apprentice." In our Reboot segment, we look back at 1995's "La Haine." Timestamps: 19:11 "Saturday Night" 49:22 "The Apprentice" 1:21:01 "La Haine" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonder...
Oct 13, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 418
The Joker sequel--which we're just going to call "Joker 2" if that's OK with you--is out. Leitch liked the first one, but Grierson loved it. We dig into the sequel now. We also discuss the Netflix comedy documentary "Will and Harper." And we close with a Reboot, John Huston's last film, "The Dead" from 1987. Timestamps: 14:35 "Joker: Folie a Deux" 51:11 "Will and Harper" 1:20:01 "The Dead" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Le...
Oct 06, 2024•1 hr 57 min•Season 1Ep. 417
Francis Ford Coppola has been trying to make "Megalopolis" for decades. But we only have half an hour to discuss it. Discuss it we do! We also dig into indie hit "A Different Man," the George Clooney-Brad Pitt-starrer "Wolfs" and the animated hit "The Wild Robot." Timestamps: 22:11 "Megalopolis" 52:22 "A Different Man" 1:11:21 "Wolfs" 1:32:01 "The Wild Robot" 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 @grier...
Sep 30, 2024•2 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 416
The Big Serious Movie season has begun! The big festival movies have arrived! The G&L shows are about to get really long (like this one). First, we get very body-horror-y with the Demi Moore/Margaret Qualley/Dennis Quaid freaky film "The Substance." Then, it's the Netflix hit "His Three Daughters," with Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon and Natasha Lyonne. And we close with the Sundance hit "In the Summers." All three of these are really fun to talk about. Timestamps: 19:22 "The Substance" 49:11 ...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 415
We're back! We missed you! Grierson has returned from Venice and Toronto and has a ton of movies to talk about. Then we dig into Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" and the Netflix action hit "Rebel Ridge." Timestamps: 33:12 "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" 51:11 "Rebel Ridge" 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...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 414
We're taking a little break until after Labor Day because Grierson is heading to the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival. So after we talk about "Alien: Romulus," we choose the films we're most excited about from each festival. And then we will see you after Labor Day. We will miss you. Timestamps: 13:12 "Alien: Romulus" 42:11 Film Festival Previews 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 @...
Aug 18, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 413
Three new movies! And one of dislikes all three of them. Get excited! First, it's the Apple TV Damon-Affleck (the other Affleck) Boston thriller-comedy "The Instigators." Then, at last, the Cate Blanchett-Kevin Hart sci-fi video game adaptation you had been waiting for in "Borderlands." And then it's the artsy horror film "Cuckoo." Timestamps: 9:54 "The Instigators" 39:56 "Borderlands" 57:54 "Cuckoo" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope yo...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 412
M. Night Shyamalan has a new movie out! He's always an interesting cat to talk about. We discuss his new movie "Trap." We also talk about the January 6 scenario documentary "War Game." And in our Reboot segment, we go back to 1981 and talk about the Jeff Bridges-John. Heard drama "Cutter's Way." And no election stuff, promise. Timestamps: 11:11 "Trap" 42:24 "War Game" 1:09:54 "Cutter's Way" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. L...
Aug 04, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 411
Not too much election stuff this week, we promise. Though Will cannot comment on his part in the Veepstakes. We've got a big movie, a huge hit this weekend, as you'd probably expect: It's "Deadpool & Wolverine." Then we have two Reboots: 2011's "Take Shelter" and 1976's "Mikey and Nicky." There is more movie talk than Veepstakes talk, promise. Timestamps: 17:22 "Deadpool & Wolverine" 44:34 "Take Shelter" 1:21:13 "Mikey and Nicky" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which ar...
Jul 29, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 410
After a week off--and two insanely historical weeks, including a Sunday afternoon news bomb--we get back on the movie horse with three new movies. And of course we talk about ELECTION STUFF. Sorry. First, it's the "legacy sequel" about tornadoes, "Twisters." Then we look at the Nicolas Cage horror movie "Longlegs," as well as the Scarlett Johansson/Channing Tatum NASA romantic comedy "Fly Me to the Moon." Timestamps: 24:11 "Twisters" 49:22 "Longlegs" 1:22:01 "Fly Me to the Moon" Thanks to Dylan ...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 409
One of our favorite episodes, a look at each of our six best movies from the first half of 2024. Jot down the names of the ones you haven't seen, you've got six months to catch up before Dorkfest. Also, we discuss the Netflix 30-years-later sequel "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F." Timestamps: 19:11 Best Movies of the First Half of 2024 1:18:22 "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" 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...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 408
We've got a MEGA episode for you this week, with FOUR big movies out, and they're all fascinating to talk about. Also, sorry, we start with the debate. But it doesn't take THAT long. First: The third "Quiet Place" movie. Then, the next Yorgos Lanthimos/Emma Stone project, "Kinds of Kindness." Whoa, then it's Kevin Costner's massive first-part-of-four epic "Horizon: An American Saga -- Chapter One." And we finish with the beloved indie "Janet Planet. Timestamps: 14:22 "A Quiet Place: Day One" 44:...
Jul 01, 2024•2 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 407
Jeff Nichols has a new movie out, that's very exciting, it's "The Bikeriders." We also discuss the Apple TV Lily Gladstone movie "Fancy Dance." We've got a big huge Reboot too, the 1943 classic "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp." Timestamps: 11:11 "The Bikeriders" 41:22 "Fancy Dance" 1:02:59 "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" 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 gri...
Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 406
There's a new Pixar movie! It's the sequel "Inside Out 2," this time with more emotions. (Puberty will do that.) We also look at the Julia Louis-Dreyfus drama "Tuesday." Then, in our Reboot segment, we look at 2013's "Fruitvale Station," Ryan Coogler's first film. Timestamps: 14:59 "Inside Out 2" 43:19 "Tuesday" 1:11:11 "Fruitvale Station" 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...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 405
It's always a red-alert show when there's a new Richard Linklater movie, but that's especially true when it is the Venice hit (now on Netflix) "Hit Man," with Glen Powell. Then we discuss the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence sequel "Bad Boys: Ride or Die." Then, in our reboot, we dig way into the past with Otto Preminger's Jimmy Stewart classic "Anatomy of a Murder." Timestamps: 22:34 "Hit Man" 54:22 "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" 1:21:22 "Anatomy of a Murder" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both o...
Jun 08, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 404
It's a mailbag show! We love talking to you. We talk Tarantino, laundry folding movies, letter grades, Spielberg and all sorts of stuff. We also Reboot by going back to 1989 and discussing James Cameron's "The Abyss." Timestamps: 1:11:19 "The Abyss" 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 movi...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 403
Grierson's back from Cannes! But Leitch is somehow the one that's more exhausted. Before we get into the movies: Send us questions for a mailbag show next week! We want your questions. OK! So first: We dig into George Miller's prequel "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga." Then Grierson gives us all his Cannes Film Festival thoughts ... including on Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis." Timestamps: 15:11: "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" 46:22 Grierson's Report From Cannes Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary,...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 402
This is a solo show, kind of. We didn't want to leave you three weeks without shows, but Grierson is in Cannes, so we split this one up. Leitch solos on John Krasinski's "IF" and the simian sequel "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes." And then Grierson pops in to give us 10 minutes on how Cannes is going. We'll be back over Memorial Day, when Grierson returns, to discuss "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga." Timestamps: 7:11: "IF" 20:11 "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" 30:00 Grierson's Report From Cannes...
May 20, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 401
Hey! It's our 400th show! And we're in person, live from Grierson's place in Los Angeles. And we've got three doozies of movies to talk about. First, it's the big budget stunt film "The Fall Guy," with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt and directed by that OTHER Leitch. Then we dig into the indie hit "I Saw the TV Glow." And we close with Jerry Seinfeld's Netflix movie "Unfrosted." It's our 400th show! Thank you for letting us do 400 shows. Timestamps: 22:43: "The Fall Guy" 51:52 "I Saw the TV Glow" ...
May 06, 2024•2 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 400
We just have two movies this week, but they're fun ones. The first is Luca Guadagnino's Zendaya tennis movie "Challengers," and then the indie "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed. The reason we have just two movies this week? Because we have our special in-person 400th show next week. Live from Los Angeles! Timestamps: 11:03: "Challengers" 47:52 "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, ...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 399
We just have two movies this week, but they're fun ones. The first is Luca Guadagnino's Zendaya tennis movie "Challengers," and then the indie "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed. The reason we have just two movies this week? Because we have our special in-person 400th show next week. Live from Los Angeles! Timestamps: 11:03: "Challengers" 47:52 "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, ...
Apr 28, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 399
Hey, shhh ... she's a vampire! We discuss the horror/heist movie "Abigail," and then dig into yet another Guy Ritchie movie, "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Behavior." We go frmo those two movies to an all-time classic, the Billy Wilder/Marilyn Monroe/Jack Lemmon/Tony Curtis farce "Some Like It Hot." Timestamps: 14:01: "Abigail" 39:22 "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Behavior" 1:03:22 "Some Like It Hot" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope yo...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 398
It's a big art/blockbuster movie! It's A24, so it's art? But it's a big hit so it's a blockbuster? It's so confusing, so we try to get to the bottom of Alex Garland's "Civil War." Then, we discuss a movie with Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough as Bigfeet in "Sasquatch Sunset." And then it's Vera Drew's festival hit "The People's Joker." Timestamps: 14:21: "Civil War" 44:11 "Sasquatch Sunset" 1:17:19 "The People's Joker" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for th...
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 397
Sorry we took another week off, but we're back to our weekly shows. We've got three fun ones this week! First, it's Dev Patel's actioner "Monkey Man." Then it's the French science fiction drama "The Beast," with Lea Seydoux. And we close with the Apple TV documentary "Girls State," a "companion" film to 2020's "Boys State." Fun movies to talk about this week. Also, Will insults Florida a bit. Timestamps: 12:11: "Monkey Man" 40:02 "The Beast" 1:05:19 "Girls State" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Fri...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 396
After a week off, we are back! (And then we have another week off next week. Sorry. Both Leitch's fault.) We've got good ones to discuss, though. Well, meaty ones, anyway. First, it's another Ghostbusters movie, "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire." Then it's the Doug Liman straight-to-video remake "Road House." And we close with the Sydney Sweeney nun movie, "Immaculate." Timestamps: 11:01: "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" 36:52 "Road House" 1:03:11 "Immaculate" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, ...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 395
Hey, we stayed up to talk about the Oscars and posted it right afterwards. Aren't you proud of us? We deserve your praise! Anyway, a big night for "Oppenheimer," and Emma Stone, and "The Zone of Interest," and Cord Jefferson, and John Cena. We talk about two new movies too: It's Rose Glass' "Saint Maud" follow-up with Kristen Stewart, "Love Lies Bleeding." Then it's a Peter Farrelly movie, "Ricky Stanicky." Timestamps: 5:01: 2024 Oscars Recap 31:31 "Love Lies Bleeding" 1:02:01 "Ricky Stanicky" T...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 394
The second Dune movie is out! Remember the first one? This is a big hit, this new one, and we dig into it in all its glory. Then we discuss the Adam Sandler Netflix space drama "Spaceman." Then, hey, the Oscars are one week away. We preview the show and make predictions in the eight major categories. Timestamps: 10:11: "Dune: Part Two" 41:31 "Spaceman" 1:01:11 2024 Oscar Predictions Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us kn...
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 393
It is almost a Coen Brothers movie: It's "Drive-Away Dolls," directed by Ethan Coen and starring some old Coen staples. We dig into it, and then, with the re-release of "Tenet" in theaters, finally do one full look at the film and pass some sort of final judgment. (For now.) Then in our Reboot segment, we go way back, back to 1940, to revel in the classic "His Girl Friday." Timestamps: 20:03: "Drive-Away Dolls" 45:34 "Tenet" 1:22:11 "His Girl Friday" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, bot...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 392
Contrary to popular opinion, "Madame Web" is not the last superhero movie. It just feels that way. We discuss the film and ... may like it better than other people. Though we still don't like it. We also dig into the music biopic "Bob Marley: One Love." Then in our Reboot segment, we go the Sam Peckinpah route with "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid," with James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson and ... Bob Dylan. Timestamps: 15:11: "Madame Web" 43:11 "Bob Marley: One Love" 1:09:42 "Pat Garrett and Billy t...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 391
Hey, it's Super Bowl Sunday! What better time to talk about something that isn't football. This week, we discuss the Sundance hit "Suncoast," available on Hulu, and the Diablo Cody comedy "Lisa Frankenstein," which is in theaters. Then we dig into, in our Reboot section, the Oscar-nominationed George Clooney comedy-drama "Up in the Air." Enjoy the Super Bowl! (And us talking about U2.) Timestamps: 9:22: "Suncoast" 33:03 "Lisa Frankenstein" 55:45 "Up in the Air" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Frien...
Feb 11, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 390
