Grierson & Leitch

We are back from our week off! We have one movie from this week, the third Harry Potter spinoff, "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore." Then we have two movies from the week before, and they are polar opposites: Michael Bay's "Ambulance" and Andrea Arnold's "Cow." 12:54 "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore." 37:51 "Ambulance"" 1:07:13 "Cow" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary,...

There was no Oscar slapping this week. We are relieved. Instead, just three news movies! The Marvel/Sony villain Jared Leto movie "Morbius," and then two Netflix movies: Richard Linklater's "Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood" and Judd Apatow's "The Bubble." 10:11 "Morbius: 34:33 "Apollo 10 1/2" 57:21 "The Bubble" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the mus...

Holy shit. Holy shit! The craziest Oscars ever--the craziest Oscars imaginable--just ended, and boy are we glad we stayed up to talk about them. What can you even say? Will Smith slapped Chris Rock! In the face! On the night he won Best Actor? Listen to our brains fry, in real time. Fortunately, we taped our reviews of the Sandra Bullock-Channing Tatum comedy "The Lost City" and the Daniels' wild...

It's Oscar Week! See if you can stay up late enough! But first, hear our predictions. Also: We discuss the "erotic thriller" on Hulu, "Deep Water," as well, as the Netflix Hitchcock homage "Windfall." Timestamps: 15:33 "Deep Water" 44:23 "Windfall" 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...

So Pixar movies just go straight to streaming now? Apparently! The week, we take a look at Pixar's "Turning Red." Then we discuss the Ryan Reynolds action "comedy" "The Adam Project." Then it's a Reboot! It's 1990's "Joe Vs. the Volcano." Timestamps: 12:22 "Turning Red" 39:33 "The Adam Project" 57:52 "Joe Vs. the Volcano" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for t...

Hey, the big spring/summer movie season is here, with "The Batman," the big three-hour battlecade of Batman business with Robert Pattinson and directed by Matt Reeves. Batman! Then we have two smaller movies, the indie "After Yang," on Showtime and in theaters, and the horror comedy "Fresh," a hit at Sundance. Timestamps: 11:11 "The Batman" 46:21 "After Yang" 1:08:22 "Fresh" Thanks to Dylan Mayer...

It's the week before "The Batman" heralds a "return to movies," and we look at two classic movies from the '70s: Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" -- which is playing in some theaters now -- and Robert Altman's "Brewster McCloud." And then we discuss the world of the movies, two years into the pandemic. Timestamps: 14:22 "The Godfather" 49:22 "Brewster McCloud" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Fr...

OK, we're not in person this time, but it's still a fun show. Three new movies: The Tom Holland/Mark Wahlberg joint "Uncharted," the horror reboot/sequel "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and the impressionistic movie about the Unabomber, "Ted K." Timestamps: 7:41 "Uncharted" 28:32 "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" 49:11 "Ted K" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music....

For the first time since September 2017, Grierson and Leitch are ... live, together, in person! It's pretty awesome! They discuss the new Steven Soderbergh film, "Kimi," with Zoe Kravitz. Then Grierson talks about "Death on the Nile" and "Marry Me." But the big discussion revolves around the devastating 1983 nuclear war film, "Testament." We're together! In person! It's awesome! Also: This is Will...

Hey, we took a week off, but we're back! And we've got two new movies to discuss. First, it's another Roland Emmerich disaster movie, "Moonfall." Then it's the fourth Jackass movie, "Jackass Forever." Then we predict the Oscar nominations, which come out Tuesday. And next week's show is the first in-person show since 2017. Grierson and Leitch, together, in person! Timestamps: 11:17 "Moonfall" 34:2...

Mailbag show! We get to some of your best questions and have a ton of fun as always. And then, we have a Reboot! It's the 2019 Penny Lane documentary "Hail Satan?" Also, we are off next week but back on February 6. We will miss you! Timestamps: 1:22:23 "Hail Satan?" 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 @...

Hey, we heard you missed us, we're back! It's our first show of 2022. We missed you! We discuss the first real movie of 2022, the reboot of "Scream," and then we talk about the movies we're looking forward to most in 2022. Yay, more shows! Timestamps: 12:25 "Scream" 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 @...

It's Dorkfest! Dorkfest 2021 is here! This is our annual countdown of our favorite ten movies of 2021. It was a great movie year. We can't wait to talk to you about it. Have a great holiday, everyone. We'll see you in 2022. 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 griersonleitc...

It is our penultimate episode of the year, the one where we try to fit in every movie we can before the year ends and Dorkfest is upon us. So here come some big ones! We'll just list them. You'll know what they are. Timestamps: 7:55 "Licorice Pizza" 29:33 "Spider-Man: No Way Home" 41:22 "Nightmare Alley" 50:11 "Cyrano" 1:02:11 "Being the Ricardos" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of...

Episode 300! We made it! Wow! We have three big big movies this week, to celebrate such a nice round number. First, it's Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story." Then we dig into the absurdly star-studded end-of-the-world satire "Don't Look Up." And we finish with Sean Baker and ... Simon Rex? in "Red Rocket." Timestamps: 7:33 "West Side Story" 35:29 "Don't Look Up" 58:23 "Red Rocket" Thanks to Dylan...

We are getting very late in the year, and we're getting big movies, from big directors. This week brings Jane Campion's "The Power of the Dog," Joakim Trier's "The Worst Person in the World" and Paul Verhoeven's "Benedetta." And next week is our 300th show, goodness gracious. Timestamps: 11:21 "The Power of the Dog" 42:42 "The Worst Person in the World" 1:03:21 "Benedetta" Thanks to Dylan Mayer an...

Two big theater-only movies this week, one for kids and one ... not for kids. The first is Ridley Scott's big rich-people drama "House of Gucci." The second is Disney's -- but not Pixar's -- "Encanto." Then we dig into the play-turned-movie "The Humans." Timestamps: 8:25 "House of Gucci" 38:41 "Encanto" 59:21 "The Humans" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for t...

Every year for, jeez, about a decade now, on a variety of different podcasts, author and podcaster Jeb Lund has joined Will to talk about the state of the world, and stuffing, on Thanksgiving. This is this year's conversation. This show was produced by Jeb, which is why it sounds good. His show notes are below. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which...

We're getting close to the end of the year, all. Prepare yourself! We've got two big releases this week: "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," and the Williams sisters origin story film "King Richard." We also each have a solo: Grierson on Mike Mills' "C'Mon C'Mon" and Leitch on Lin-Manuel Miranda's "tick, tick ... Boom!" Timestamps: 13:21 "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" 33:32 "King Richard" 58:51 "C'Mon C'Mon" 1:...

Two big Netflix movies this week that couldn't possibly be more different. The first is Rebecca Hall's "Passing." Then, uh, a movie with The Rock, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot called "Red Notice." As we said: Very different. Then Grierson solos on Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast." Timestamps: 12:2 "Passing" 38:22 "Red Notice" 1:02:58 "Belfast" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are...

Hey, a new Marvel movie! It is maybe the most divisive one of them all, Chloe Zhao's "Eternals." We dig into it! Also, Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana? Yeah, that's probably worth talking about: That's "Spencer." Then it's Tom Hanks, a dog and a robot, in Apple TV's "Finch." Timestamps: 11:12 "Eternals" 37:52 "Spencer" 59:23 "Finch" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are won...

Edgar Wright is back, with his version of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," called "Last Night in Soho." Also, there's a horror movie with Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons called "Antlers." Huh. Also, remember "The Souvenir?" Well, Joanna Hogg is back with a sequel to it, called, understandably, "The Souvenir Part Two." Grierson has seen it, but Leitch hasn't. Timestamps: 9:34 "Last Night in Soho" 34...

Hey, we've got two big, pandemic-delayed releases this week. You've waited a long time for these movies. Now let's dig in. First, it's the big heralded Dune movie ... "Dune." It's Dune! They made it again ... but they may have finally gotten it right this time. Then it's Wes Anderson's return with "The French Dispatch," his love letter to The New Yorker. Then, hey, we have a Reboot! It's Robert Ze...

There's a big star-laden period studio movie, and a horror sequel. Everything is normal now! We discuss Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel" and then the David Gordon Green follow-up "Halloween Kills." Then we discuss Mia Hansen-Love's "Bergman Island." Timestamps: 11:11 "The Last Duel" 42:22 "Halloween Kills" 1:02:41 "Bergman Island" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful...

Hey! There's a Bond movie! It was delayed for a long time--there was a pandemic--but now the movie is out. It's Daniel Craig's final Bond movie, "No Time to Die." We also discuss the Icelandic folk tale "Lamb" and Franz Kranz's drama "Mass." Timestamps: 8:21 "No Time to Die" 41:11 "Lamb" 58:13 "Mass" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you...