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On the April 3, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss all the footage and trailers they saw during the Walt Disney Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2019. Footage screened includes Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4, Aladdin, The Lion King, and more. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: Ben and Peter are still at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week. In Our Feature Presentation: Walt Disney Pictures presented footage from their slate of films running through 2019, and we recap what we saw and give our reactions and impressions to the footage. Films include:   Dark Phoenix Stuber Ford v. Ferrari Aladdin The Lion King Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Avengers: Endgame Toy Story 4   Other Articles Mentioned: 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 television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

4 Apr 201939min

On the April 3, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss all the footage and trailers they saw during the Universal Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2019. Footage screened includes Hobbs & Shaw, Cats, The Secret Life of Pets 2, Yesterday and more. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: Ben and Peter are still at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week. Check out the latest video blog:  Watch: The Best Food, Tech, and Innovations of CinemaCon 2019 In Our Feature Presentation: Universal Pictures presented footage from their slate of films running through 2020, and we recap what we saw and give our reactions and impressions to the footage. Films include:     The Secret Life of Pets 2 A Dog’s Journey Ma Little Yesterday Good Boys Abominable Downton Abbey Last Christmas Queen and Slim Hobbs and Shaw Cats     Other Articles Mentioned: Watch: The Best Food, Tech, and Innovations of CinemaCon 2019 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 television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

3 Apr 201932min

On the April 2, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss all the footage and trailers they saw during the Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon 2019. Footage screened includes It Chapter 2, Joker, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Detective Pikachu, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman 1984, and more. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it).   Opening Banter: Ben and Peter are still at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week. PARTY!   In Our Feature Presentation: Warner Bros. presented footage from their slate of films running through 2020, and we recap what we saw and give our reactions and impressions to the footage. Films include:     Birds of Prey Wonder Woman 1984 Joker The Sun is Also a Star The Good Liar Detective Pikachu Super Intelligence Blinded by the Light Godzilla: King of the Monsters Doctor Sleep Warner Animation: Scoob!, Tom and Jerry, The Kitchen The Curse of La Llorona and Annabelle Comes Home It Chapter 2     Other Articles Mentioned: Video Blog: Let’s Explore CinemaCon 2019’s Labyrinth of Movie Posters and Standees 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 television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

3 Apr 201928min

On the April 2, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson live from Las Vegas at CinemaCon 2019 to discuss all the footage and trailers they saw during the STX Films presentation at CinemaCon 2019. Footage screened include Poms, 21 Bridges, My Spy, Brahms: The Boy II, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, The Secret Garden, and UglyDolls. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: Ben and Peter are at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week. In Our Feature Presentation: STX Films presented footage from their slate of films running through 2020, and we recap what we saw and give our reactions and impressions to the footage. Films include Poms, 21 Bridges, My Spy, Brahms: The Boy II, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, The Secret Garden, and UglyDolls.   Other Articles Mentioned: 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 television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

2 Apr 201930min

On the March 29, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to have our final discussion about Jordan Peele’s Us spoilers, including getting to all your emails in the Mail Bag.   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it).   Opening Banter: Reminder that Ben and Peter will be at CinemaCon in Las Vegas next week.   Listen to the previous discussions: Jordan Peele's 'Us' Spoiler Discussion Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Spoiler Discussion Part 2   In Our Feature Presentation: We continue with our third and final installment of our Jordan Peele Us spoiler discussion.   HT gives her spoiler-filled interpretation of Us. What Chris learned from Jordan Peele’s Empire interview."This movie is sort of a Dark Easter; it is a rising of a messiah after a metaphorical death of sorts." Jordan Peele also says the official underworld/underground name is "the underpass" he also stresses that the big explanation red gives about where the tethered came from might not actually be true, but just something she believes, which is something i said on the other show, so now i feel smart Ben gives any new observations. Mentions Jen Yamato’s LA Times piece on Peele:Peele says “Us” was inspired by the division and xenophobia he observed in post-election America and the notion that “the feeling that we all feel we are the good guy in our own story prevents us from facing our demons.” “As far as the location where they come from, which is called the Underpass, I don’t tell you how large and how expansive it is — and in my mind it is quite large and expansive,” “I won’t give the borders, but there are … means down there.” “The realization that our villains in this are a cult, are fanatics, and violent fanatics who are on a day to day level engaged in sort of unimaginably crazy-seeming behavior was about the realization that you could say the same about the other world — about us,” said Peele. “That we as Americans, as the United States, we are fanatics as well, and we are violent.”   In The Mailbag: Brian T writes in “Something I noticed on a Reddit thread that I felt was a brilliant observation (but didn’t hear come up in the podcast) was the symbolism of the extended video for “Thriller.” The “Thriller” music video plot kicks off with the dead rising from underground and attacking MJ and his date. In the end, MJ and her date think they’re safe but we get a look right at the camera with a creepy smile from MJ revealing he’s secretly one of the monsters – much like what we get from Adelaide. You mentioned the single glove piece, but not the overall plot synchronization with the “Thriller” video, which I believe is an added layer of symbolism above and beyond just the MJ costume matching. The doppelgängers bore the scars from the actions of the people up above them. This refers to the way we pass down our problems from the upper-class to lower-classes, such as with climate changing mostly impacting poorer communities while richer people can afford to avoid the climate impacts of it – even though it’s something they are causing to get worse., the burns on the little boy doppelgänger, are because of him mirroring the “our world” version of him playing with that lighter toy on his finger. Because the doppelgängers have shoddy imitations of what the above-world has, he was playing with matches up close to his face. The lighter didn’t work but the matches did, sonhis face got burned and he couldn’t help it. Elisabeth Moss’s doppelgänger character had a similar effect where she had cuts on her face as a shoddy version of the plastic surgery that “above” Elisabeth Moss bragged about to Adelaide. Amazing, right? I wish I could remember how I found the thread so I could give them credit.” Casey N from Utah writes in “Hi, I'm a HUGE fan of the pod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

29 Mars 201932min

On the March 28, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including The Eternals, Avengers: Endgame, The Craft, The Mandalorian, Toxic Avenger, and Jordan Peele’s Us.   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: Busy couple weeks coming up for the site with CinemaCon and Star Wars Celebration. In The News: Chris: ‘The Eternals’ Hopes to Draft Angelina Jolie Into the MCU Ben: How ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Differs From ‘Infinity War’, According to Joe Russo Ben: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ 3D Trailer Reveals Villains Removed From Key Sequence Chris: ‘The Craft’ Reboot Being Conjured Up by Blumhouse and Director Zoe Lister-Jones Ben: ‘The Mandalorian’ Will Feature Werner Herzog as a Villain Ben: Taika Waititi to Voice Classic ‘Star Wars’ Character in ‘The Mandalorian’ Chris: ‘Toxic Avenger’ Reboot Lands in the Hands of ‘I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore’ Director Macon Blair Spoiler Warning Ben: Jordan Peele is Interested in Returning to His ‘Us’ Movie Universe 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 television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

28 Mars 201932min

On the March 27, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: Peter went to Disneyland and did some vlogging on Instagram Stories. Jacob has doubled down on the whole “not being dead before 50” thing. What we’ve been Reading: Chris read Kill or Be Killed Volume 1. Ben is reading The Art and Making of The Handmaid’s Tale Peter subscribed to AppleNews+. Brad read Marvel Team-Up Featuring Spider-Man and the Not Ready for Prime-Time Players     What we’ve been Watching: Peter watched Alex Gibney’s documentary The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley on HBO, binge watched The OA Part 2 on Netflix, rewatched Us, and watched the pilot episode of the new Fox game show Mental Samurai. Chris re-watched Aquaman. Jacob saw Us again, finished Bodyguard and has been watching HBO’s Succession. Brad watched Us and re-watched Captain Marvel. Worked through the second season of Queer Eye. Ben watched 42nd Street, To Be Or Not To Be, Little Women, The Asphalt Jungle, Shazam!, and rewatched Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Game of Thrones. Hoai-Tran watched Us, One Cut of the Dead, A Separation, Like Water for Chocolate, season 3 of Queer Eye, and rewatched Kung Fu Hustle, and The Lives of Others. What we’ve been Eating: Peter learned to cook steak from Kiefer Sutherland, and discovered Dang Lightly Salted Toasted Coconut Chips. Brad tried Peeps Cereal, Pancakes & Syrup and Root Beer Float flavored Peeps, and Lays Beer Cheese Potato Chips. What we’ve been Playing: Ben played Pickleball for the first time Jacob played The Estates and HMS Dolores.   Other Articles Mentioned: The Limitations of the Marvel Cinematic Universe PART 1 and Part 2 Road to Endgame series Gordon Ramsay's Scrambled Eggs 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 television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

27 Mars 20191h 29min

On the March 26, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss some brief film news involving Zack Snyder. We will also talk Us spoilers and answer some of your reader emails. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: Water Cooler will return tomorrow, we promise this time. HT is out sick today so it was pushed back.   In The News: Chris: Zack Snyder to People Who Wonder Why His Batman Murders People: ‘Wake the F**k Up’ Chris: Zack Snyder Defends the Infamous ‘Batman v Superman’ Martha Scene; Reveals One Wild, Unused Twist Us spoiler discussion part 2: Chris gives his thoughts on the film and his interpretation. Peter saw the movie for the second time and here are his notes:Lupita's dad is playing Whack-A-Mole, a game about hitting underground creatures and keeping them down. Strangely he is seen to only be hitting the same hole, what does that mean? The daughters Zora’s green hoodie says “thỏ” which means rabbit in VietnameseIs the candy apple maybe a reference to the garden of Eden story? Why are there desks and chalkboard rooms in the underground? The big storm knocked the power out while she was in the fun house, allowing the escalator to stop and the tethered to escape. Not only is 11:11 the time in which it happens and the sign but the baseball game is tied 11-11 and the ambulance in the last shot of the movie is numbered 1111. The prize in the beginning was 11. “I have the highest kill count in the family” is such an American thing to argue. When they are in their friends house and Adelaide is arguing they leave to Mexico, the husband insists that where they are is the safest place on the planet or something. United States allegory? The opening text on the screen about the underground tunnels ends with something like “Many have no known purpose.” And the rest of the text disappears leaving just that line. Red is the only one of the tethered that can talk, probably the best clue to the twist. Also Adelaide tells Elisabeth Moss’ character on the beach, “I’m not good at... talking.” The dad mentions on the Santa Cruz boardwalk that a movie was being filmed nearby. This scene took place in 1986, around the time The Lost Boys was being filmed. All of the tethered wears gloves on their right hand like Michael Jackson. Adelaide’s smile at the end: did she know she was the tethered the whole time?   In The Mail Bag: Kevin writes in “The frisbee represents tethered Adelaide taking original Adelaide place and living with originals hence red frisbee (tethered adelaide) covering blue circle (original adelaide) and being surrounded other blue circles with her pretending to fit in. Her removing the frisbee is her deny who she is and that she should belong above.” Steven K writes in “Ben, you need context to understand the Jeremiah verse... We've abandoned progress and reverted back to the sins of our forefathers... Capitalism is becoming feudalism and justice is swinging back towards the early 20th century. My take: Trump is a symptom, not the subject.” Other Articles Mentioned: Jordan Peele Breaks Down "Get Out" Fan Theories from Reddit | Vanity Fair 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 television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-m Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

26 Mars 201938min