Screen Love Affair Podcast

Godzilla Minus Zero has some of the best Godzilla action in the franchise’s 72-year history, and some of the most frustrating human drama, so this is the toughest verdict we’ve ever had to give in a spoiler-free review. Takashi Yamazaki returns to write, direct, and handle the VFX for this sequel to 2023’s Godzilla Minus One. It picks up two years later with the same characters facing a fresh cata...

Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine is one of the funniest and most moving movies of 2026, and we’re breaking down what worked in this spoiler-free review. John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell star as two CIA agents sightseeing on Easter Island, and Malkovich might deliver the performance everyone is talking about this year. Rockwell is just as good, with his best work since Three Billboards. Add Parker...

Ion, a possible human ad for European cinema, joins Shea to talk Fjord, the Palme d’Or winner about a Romanian family who move to Norway and end up in a fight with the child protection system. This is a spoiler episode, with a short spoiler-free take at the top. We talk about whether the movie is as balanced as it claims to be, Sebastian Stan’s performance, the cold vs. warm look of the film, the...

Brandon and Shea go full spoilers on You Can See Everything, the Nathan Fielder documentary about Elizabeth Holmes’ final days before prison. If you haven’t seen it, go see it in a theater first and come back! The boys talk about Lance Oppenheim and David Bolin’s cinematography, the Oscar chances, all of the big moments in the film, and how a three hour documentary is packing theaters. Spoiler-fre...

The latest DC film is a body horror Batman spin off for CLAY FACE. Some have compared it to MORBIUS and I'm here to ask, is it really that bad? #clayfacemovie #dcuniverse #dceu #jamesgunn #morbius #moviereview #bodyhorror #cgi #vfx #dc #dcmovies #warnerbros #boxoffice

In this episode we talk to Russell Auckbaraullee, the second unit on set key props person who worked on the latest Netflix streaming show, BELOW. Stories of working the Josh Hartnett and behind the scenes insights while filming on location in rural Newfoundland. Check out this mysterious costal Canadian thriller today!#netflix #newfoundland #below #behindthescenes #nowstreaming #joshhartnett #movi...

Here’s some of my spoiler free thoughts on the most transcendent documentary film of the year! YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHINGNathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim’s film focusing on Elizabeth Holmes and her controversy is incredible. The most honest and shocking movie I’ve seen in cinemas 🤯 #moviereview #pod #newmovie #elizabethholmes #nathanfielder #youcanseeeverything #documentary #peakcinema #comedy #h...

Full spoilers ahead. If you haven't seen Hope yet, watch our spoiler-free review first to see if it's worth your time. Brandon forced Shea to see Hope just so this conversation could happen! Na Hong-jin, the director of The Wailing, made a nearly three-hour Korean alien monster movie. Neon opened it on 1,500 screens in North America, and it somehow feels both four times too long and half a...

The latest Mattel movie adaptation of a toy line is out now on Apple TV! Discussing my spoiler free opinions on Matchbox The Movie.#newmovie #appletv #johncena #mattel #moviereview #matchbox #actionmovies #fastandfurious #carstunts #spoilerfree

Some spoiler free thoughts on the latest Blumhouse horror movie, OTHER MOMMY. Surprisingly shocking pacing and great performances from Jesica Chastain & Jay Duplass plus some neat cinematography elevated this film more than expected!

Brandon vs. Shea on Digger: one of us loved it, the other is more mixed, and we're talking about it all. FULL SPOILERS ahead. Haven't seen it? Go in blind and catch Shea's spoiler-free review right here on Spotify . We get into the 20 minute pivot, the tuna scene, Tom Cruise's monologue, the missing musical (#HorseGate), and whether this movie is cynical or secretly hopeful. Follow...

Alejandro González Iñárritu's Digger has Tom Cruise swinging for the fences, and we're breaking down what worked and what didn't in this spoiler-free review. Cruise stars as Rockwell Digger, a man on a frantic mission to prove he's humanity's savior before the disaster he unleashed destroys everything. He's backed by a stacked supporting cast including John Goodman, Jesse P...

Colleen Hoover's latest book to film adaptation is Verity. Here's some spoiler free thoughts in today's review! #verity #booktok #filmtok #annehathaway #dakotajohnson #joshhartnett #psychologicalthriller #thehousemaidmovie #colleenhoover

Spoiler warning: this one's spoiler-heavy front to back. Check out Brandon's spoiler-free review first if you haven't seen the movie yet. Robert Pattinson plays To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen in Primetime, and the three of us do not agree on it. Adriana is back this week with Shea and Brandon to break it down, and this one gets into it: is the movie too thin on what actually dri...

Brad Pitt and a very good boy are stranded 58 miles from the nearest road in Heart of the Beast. Is this Alaskan survival movie worth watching? Shea from Screen Love Affair reviews it, with Gremlin the dog on hand for moral support. Heart of the Beast stars Brad Pitt, was written by Cameron Alexander, and was directed by David Ayer (Fury, The Beekeeper, The Working Man). J.K. Simmons and Anna Lamb...

My spoiler free thoughts on the latest A24 Robert Pattinson film, PRIMETIME. Director Lance Oppenheim & cinematographer David Bolen really blew me away! Check out the film in cinemas now! #primetime #robertpattinson #a24 #moviereview #spoilerfree #cinematography #chrishansen #tocatchapredator

I got to see "I PLAY ROCKY" at the Toronto International Film Festival and had to talk about it! Some spoiler free thoughts on a fantastic film coming out November 20th this year.

SPOILER WARNING: This episode goes deep into the ending of Zach Cregger's Resident Evil (2026), so see the movie first if you haven't yet! Looking for a spoiler-free review? We've got you covered . Brandon and Shea are joined by SLA's Senior Video Game Correspondent Ty to break down everything the spoiler-free review couldn't touch: that ending, every Resident Evil Easter egg w...

Zach Cregger just made the only good Resident Evil movie and we're breaking down what worked and what didn't in this spoiler-free review. Austin Abrams stars as Bryan, a medical courier who gets pulled into the outbreak in Raccoon City, and it might be the best performance to come out of Cregger's growing horror resume (sorry Aunt Gladys). This is a lean, perfectly paced horror-comedy...

This week Shea and Brandon tackle a double feature of action movies: Adam Wingard's Onslaught and Paul Greengrass's Uprising. Onslaught gets Dan Stevens going full mad-scientist camp and delivers one genuinely great sequence, but the back half trades badass super soldiers for a trailer park standoff that undercuts everything the first act built.  Uprising takes a medieval uprising-against-...

Shea and Brandon sit down for a full spoiler-filled breakdown of Coyote vs. Acme, which you can watch RIGHT NOW in theatres! They get into the Zaslav controversy and the Ketchup Entertainment rescue deal, then dig into everything that makes the movie work: Will Forte's two-bit lawyer channeling Better Call Saul energy, John Cena's performance (and accent?), Martha Kelly's deadpan line...

Shea and Brandon sit down for the sixth entry in the Insidious franchise and try to figure out how they got here. Is this the best of the sequels, or just the least bad? Tune in to find out! Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ • Follow us on ⁠Tik Tok⁠ • Follow us on ⁠Facebook • Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X(Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ • Follow ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shea⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠ ⁠⁠Brandon⁠⁠⁠ on Letterboxd. • Read our ⁠ ⁠revi...

Spoiler free review for the 6th film of the Insidious franchise! #InsidiousOutOfTheFurther #OutOfTheFurther #insidious6 #TheFurther #insidious #horror #blumhouse #moviereview #spoilerfree #newmovie

COYOTE VS. ACME (2026) spoiler-free review. A live-action/animated comedy directed by Dave Green from a script by Samy Burch, COYOTE VS. ACME turns the classic Looney Tunes rivalry into a corporate lawsuit for the ages. The film stars Will Forte and John Cena, alongside a stacked supporting cast you'll want to discover for yourself, including Lana Condor, Martha Kelly, P.J. Byrne, and Kenneth...

Tony, the Anthony Bourdain biopic directed by Matt Johnson, is in theaters now! We sat down with its editors, Curt Lobb and Bobby Upchurch, longtime Zapruder Films collaborators with credits including Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Blackberry, and Operation Avalanche. In this conversation, they break down what actually separates good editing from bad, how test screenings reshaped key scenes...