Water Cooler: A Complete Unknown, The Last Showgirl, The Order, CC40, and More
On the December 11, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to gather around the virtual water cooler and talk about what they’ve been watching.In the Water Cooler:What we’ve been Doing:Brad has been preparing to host a Prancer 35th anniversary event in his hometownWhat we’ve been Reading:What we’ve been Watching:Brad watched The Last Showgirl, A Different Man, The Apprentice, The Order, Juror # 2, and September 5, and has discovered the comedic magic of DropoutBen watched A Complete Unknown, Eastern Condors, No Country For Old Men, and Seconds (CC40).What we’ve been Eating:Brad had Cinnamon Swirl Lindt Chocolate Truffles, Snickerdoodle Flipz Covered Pretzels, Welch’s Grape Ghost Energy Drink, C4 Jolly Rancher Energy Drink, and Frosted Cinnamon Roll Pop-Tarts. (Check out the Brad’s Junk Instagram page!)All the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Make sure to leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a minute to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11 Dec 202449min
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes, Plus An Interview With Bogie and Bacall's Son, Stephen Humphrey Bogart
On the December 10, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson talks about the new documentary Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes, and presents an interview with the son of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Stephen Humphrey Bogart.In Our Feature Presentation: Bogart: Life Comes in FlashesOne Film Never Failed To Bring Humphrey Bogart To TearsStephen Humphrey Bogart interviewRecommendationsAll the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a minute to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10 Dec 202420min
Early 2025 Box Office Preview, Plus Moana 2 Sails to $600 Million
On the December 9, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk a little about this weekend’s box office numbers and then look ahead to some of the movies in the first half of 2025.In The News:Box office recap2025 theatrically released movies (no streaming), January through the end of MayJanuary1/10 - Den of Thieves 2: Pantera1/17 - Presence (Soderbergh)1/17 - Wolf Man1/24 - Flight Risk1/31 - Dog Man (animated)1/31 - Companion (Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher)February2/7 - Love Hurts (action film, Ke Huy (hoo-ee) Quan, Ariana Debose)2/7 - Heart Eyes (Josh Ruben rom-com slasher starring Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding)2/14 - Captain America: Brave New World2/14 - Paddington In Peru2/21 - The Monkey (Oz Perkins)2/21 - The Unbreakable Boy (Zachary Levi)2/28 - Last Breath (real-life deep sea rescue movie starring Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu)2/28 - The Legend of Ochi (A24’s take on ET)March3/7 - Sinners (Ryan Coogler/Michael B. Jordan)3/14 - Black Bag (another Soderbergh, this one a spy thriller starring Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Pierce Brosnan, Naomie Harris)3/14 - Novocaine (Jack Quaid has a disorder where he can’t feel pain, and he has to fight his way through a bunch of people who are robbing a bank and have taken his girlfriend hostage)3/21 - Snow White3/21 - Alto Knights (Barry Levinson directed, De Niro plays two roles as two different mob bosses, co-writer of Goodfellas)3/28 - Levon’s Trade3/28 - The Woman in the Yard (Jaume Collett-Serra, psychological horror film about a woman who shows up on a family’s lawn and gives them a chilling warning)April4/4 - A Minecraft Movie4/11 - The Amateur (Rami Malek is an unconventional spy who wants revenge against the terrorists who killed his wife)4/11 - Drop (thriller from Christopher Landon about a widowed mother who goes on her first date in years, only to receive a bunch of anonymous drops to her phone giving her instructions that she has to complete or else a mysterious person will kill her daughter)4/18 - Mickey 174/25 - The Accountant 24/25 - Until Dawn (based on a video game, director David F. Sandberg’s return to horror)May5/2 - Thunderbolts*5/9 - A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Kogonada’s new movie, starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell)5/9 - Golden (coming of age musical directed by Michel Gondry, biography of Pharrell Williams)5/16 - Flowervale Street (David Robert Mitchell, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, JUST moved to March 2026)5/23 - Lilo & Stitch5/23 - Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning5/30 - Karate Kid: Legends5/30 - The Life of ChuckAll the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a minute to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9 Dec 202435min
Y2K is a Fun Apocalypse Comedy, Plus Interviews with Kyle Mooney, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison & More
On the December 6, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about Kyle Mooney’s latest movie Y2K, and present interviews with the movie’s cast and crew.In Our Feature Presentation: Y2K Review: It's Rachel Zegler Vs The Apocalypse In This 100% Historically Inaccurate Comedy [SXSW 2024]General thoughtsSpoilersJaeden Martell and Julian DennisonKyle Mooney and Evan WinterAll the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a minute to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6 Dec 202453min
Water Cooler: Blitz, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Sing Sing, and More
On the December 5, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Jacob Hall to gather around the virtual water cooler and talk about what they’ve been watching.In the Water Cooler:What we’ve been Reading:Jacob read The Future Was Now by Chris Nashawaty, Shock Value by Jason Zinoman, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, and The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. What we’ve been Watching:Ben rewatched Severance season 1 and Vertigo, and watched Blitz, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, and Nosferatu.Jacob watched Shrinking, Gladiator II, and the Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell miniseries.All the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a minute to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5 Dec 202444min
Water Cooler: Emilia Pérez, September 5, Janet Planet, Confess
On the December 4, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor BJ Colangelo to gather around the virtual water cooler and talk about what they’ve been watching.In the Water Cooler:What we’ve been Doing:BJ hosted a screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show (and is starting a shadowcast) and will be hosting a screening of Sleepaway Camp/book signing this weekend!What we’ve been Reading:Ben read a mysterious book he can’t talk about quite yet.BJ is listening to the audiobook of Confess: The Autobiography of Rob Halford as narrated by Rob HalfordWhat we’ve been Watching:BJ watched Y2K, Lizzie Borden’s Working Girls, Janet Planet, and SweetheartsBen watched Emilia Perez, The People’s Joker, A Different Man, and September 5.What we’ve been Eating:BJ has been making the cocktails made for Dirty Laundry on Dropout. What we’ve been Playing:BJ finally downloaded the Neopets mobile game, it’s just like Candy Crush but I’ve put in … a lot of time already.All the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a minute to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4 Dec 202442min
Skeleton Crew Shows A New Side of Star Wars, Plus Interviews with Jude Law, Jon Watts, and More
On the December 2, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editors Brad Oman, BJ Colangelo, and Star Wars expert Bryan Young to talk about the first two episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, and then we’ll present interviews with the creators and stars of the show.In Our Feature Presentation: Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Review: The Galaxy Far, Far Away Gets An Amblin-Inspired Revamp For KidsGeneral thoughtsLatchkey kidsHas Star Wars ever felt as Earth-like as it did in episode 1 of this show? Suburbia, bus rides, etc.Interviews with Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith & Ryan Kiera ArmstrongJude LawJon Watts & Chris FordAll the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a minute to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3 Dec 202454min
Moana 2 Led A Record-Breaking Thanksgiving at the Box Office
On the December 2, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by no one to talk a little about the weekend’s box office numbers.In The News: Moana 2 Review: A Few Rough Waves Aren't Enough To Sink Disney's Sentimental SequelMoana 2 Smashes Box Office Records And Leads The Biggest Thanksgiving EverAll the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a minute to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2 Dec 20248min
