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In today's movie news:  Mysterious ‘Close Encounters’ Teaser Trailer Released By Sony: Is It A Sequel, Remake, Or Theatrical Re-Release?  In the Mailbag, Tyler Perkins from Orlando, Florida asks "How do you keep track of older movies you feel you must watch? Also, how do you learn about older movies you should see?" In Our Feature Presentation, Scott Beggs joins us to talk about his Spider-Man: Homecoming Movie Mixtape, a collection of movies inspired by the new Spider-man film. You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (rss). This podcast is published every weekday, bringing you the most interesting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.   We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

5 Juli 201721min

Welcome to /Film Daily for July 4th 2017. On today’s show: Peter talks briefly about seeing Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver. In Our Feature Presentation, the /Film staff shares their most American movies of all time. Included in the round-up is Ethan Anderton, Hoai-Tran Bui, David Chen, Jack Giroux, Jacob Hall, Ben Pearson and Peter Sciretta.  You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (rss). /Film Daily is published every weekday and includes the analysis of the most interesting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

4 Juli 201710min

Welcome to /Film Daily for July 3rd, 2017. I’m Peter Sciretta. Every weekday we bring you the most interesting news from the world of movies and television and wrap it up with a deeper dive into one of the great features from slashfilm.com.  On today’s show, Ethan Anderton joins us to discuss:  Fox Schedules Six Mystery Marvel Movies Through 2021 Marvel Won’t Let Tom Holland Read the Avengers: Infinity War Script Because He Can’t Keep a Secret Spider-Man Homecoming Sequel Begins Minutes After Avengers 4 Ending Valerian’s Opening Scene Will Play Before ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ in Select Theaters Disney is Removing an Iconic Scene From Its Pirates of the Caribbean Rides  In Our Feature Presentation, Ben Pearson talks about his favorite movies of 2017 (so far).  You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and all the popular podcast apps. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

3 Juli 201730min

Welcome to /Film Daily for June 30th, 2017. Every weekday we bring you the most interesting news from the world of movies and television and wrap it up with a deeper dive into one of the great features from slashfilm.com.  On today’s show Ben Pearson joins us to talk about the following news: Ben explains the one thing he didn't like about Spider-Man: Homecoming ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ Trailer: It’s Not All Fun and Games ‘Inhumans’ Trailer: Marvel’s Weirdest Family heads to ABC (and IMAX) Netflix is Bringing ‘Sense8’ Back For a Two-Hour Special In Our Feature Presentation, Jack Giroux chats with us about his favorite Michael Bay audio commentaries. Other features on the site, mentioned at the end of the episode, include: Josh Spiegel reviews Despicable Me 3 Alex Riviello rounds up every Video Game Reference in ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ Kristen Hunt explores the Movie References and Homages in Edgar Wright’s Work Ethan Anderton talks with Edgar Wright about 10 Movies That Influenced ‘Baby Driver’: Part 2 You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Stitcher, and all the popular podcast apps. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, so please feel free to send your feedback to us at orfilms@gmail.com. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

30 Juni 201730min

/Film Daily for June 29, 2017. Peter Sciretta talks about his experience seeing Luc Besson's Valerian and attending the Spider-man: Homecoming premiere. Jacob Hall joins us for the news: Could We Be Getting a James Bond Cinematic Universe? Neil Marshall on Going R-Rated With ‘Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen’ Kevin Feige Still Believes ‘Blade’ Will Return One Day Michelle Rodriguez Threatens to Leave ‘Fast and Furious’ if Female Characters Don’t Get Better Parts   In Our Feature Presentation, Ethan Anderton talks with Edgar Wright About the Movies That Influenced Baby Driver. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

29 Juni 201726min

On our second test episode of /Film Daily, Ben Pearson joins us to talk about the following news stories: How ‘Silicon Valley’ Will Deal with T.J. Miller’s Departure Tremors Sequel TV Series Better Call Saul Season 4 Renewal A Red Son Superman Movie What Does ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’s Box Office Performance Mean for the future of the franchise? And for Our Feature Presentation, Rob Hunter joins us to share some of the Best Animated Kids Movies You’ve Never Seen. Send us feedback at orfilms@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter @slashfilm. As always, find more news and features on slashfilm.com. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

28 Juni 201734min

Ethan Anderton (Bradford Oman) joins me on the first test episode to discuss all the craziness that we're hearing from behind the scenes of the Han Solo movie, a bunch of Spider-Man: Homecoming news which includes Spider-Man's role in Infinity War, his retconned appearance in Iron Man 2 and the MCU/Spiderverse connection, insight into why the new season of Rick and Morty is taking so long, details on a new sequels for The Conjuring and The Accountant. And in our Feature Presentation, Ethan tells us about his experience seeing Edgar Wright's unreleased first film A Fistful Of Fingers. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

27 Juni 201734min