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Avatar: Fire and Ash is directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. Distributed by 20th Century Studios, it is the sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and the third installment in the Avatar franchise that has grossed over $4 billion at the global box office. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, and many others reprise th...

We discuss the recent acquisition of Warner Bros. by Netflix after an open auction saw bids from the likes of Warner Bros., Paramount, and Comcast. The conversation covers the implications for the future of theatrical releases and the film industry as a whole in the aftermath of this deal, as well as breaks down the Netflix vs. Paramount battle that has been staged over the last week since Warner...

To hear more bonus pre-episode conversations like this, subscribe to our Patreon for as little as $1/month for early access and video episodes. Ahead of our Wake Up Dead Man review we discuss: Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day Billboard Supergirl Trailer  Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Lette...

*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a 30-minute segment from our RETRO//RANKED season on James Cameron. To watch the full conversation on video, subscribe to our Patreon. With past seasons traversing the "Jurassic" Franchise, the "28" Franchise, Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography, and Edgar Wright's filmography, season 5 of our Patreon exclusive season is set to be...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced shortlists in 12 categories for the 98th Academy Awards: Animated Short Film, Casting, Cinematography, Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Live Action Short Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Sound, and Visual Effects. We break down each of the 9 fea...

We take a brief pause on our category-by-category prediction series to assess the current state of the race as a checkpoint after a major first-wave of precursors. We discuss at large the impacts of AFI, NBR, LAFCA, NYFCC, Golden Globes, and Critics Choice Association to assess trends we are seeing from Train Dreams chugging along to whether James Cameron’s best picture hopes are in a pile of fire...

*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring the first 30 minutes of our bonus review for Jay Kelly. To watch the full review on video and get an extra segment on Golden Globes nomination reactions, subscribe to our Patreon. Jay Kelly is directed by Noah Baumbach and written by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, and Billy C...

Wake Up Dead Man is written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is a standalone sequel to Glass Onion (2022) and the third installment overall in the Knives Out film series. It stars Daniel Craig, who reprises his role as master detective Benoit Blanc. Wake Up Dead Man had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025, and was released in select theaters on Novemb...

Watch our live commentary on video by subscribing to our Patreon! It's a strange case from the start. A case with a hole in the center. A doughnut. Watch along with us to Rian Johnson's Knives Out (2019) for the Netflix release of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story . To celebrate the third murder mystery in Rian Johnson's Benoit Blanc-led whodunnits, we watch along with the origin...

*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a 30-minute segment from our RETRO//RANKED season on James Cameron. To watch the full conversation on video, subscribe to our Patreon. With past seasons traversing the "Jurassic" Franchise, the "28" Franchise, Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography, and Edgar Wright's filmography, season 5 of our Patreon exclusive season is set to be...

After multiple drafts of above the line predictions we are now officially in the phase of rolling out our specialized prediction episodes that feature 3-4 categories at a time until we’ve covered all categories ahead of nomination morning. Today we are dipping our toes below the line discussing Best Cinematography, Editing, and VFX. All the while, our team’s predictions will be available in real t...

We react live to the 82nd Golden Globes Nominations for the 2025 ceremony with some brief thoughts debriefing and recapping our takeaways for the nominations for the rest of the awards season. Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Letterboxd , Instagram , Bluesky , X , TikTok , and Linktree Red Broadwel...

Zootopia 2, the sequel to Zootopia (2016), is directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard and written by Bush. Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira, Idris Elba, Alan Tudyk, Nate Torrence, Don Lake, Bonnie Hunt, and Jenny Slate reprise their roles from the first film, with Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Patrick Warburton, Quinta Brunson, and Danny Trejo joining the c...

The Critics Choice Awards (CCA) have released their 2025-26 nominations as a key precursor for the award season circuit. We debrief their selections and update various Oscar prospects for films and performances in above and below the line categories as the season continues to evolve. The 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, January 4, 2026. Subscribe: The Rolling T...

The Awards Season Draft returns for round 3! In this recurring series where we competitively draft winners across one year's full awards circuit, we have covered 2015 and 2022, but our third stop is the 2012-13 season featuring Argo as the Best Picture winner. Our draft options include Oscar winners, Precursor winners (Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG, CCA), festival winners (TIFF, Venice, Cannes, Su...

Óliver Laxe’s Sirât, which made its World Premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and took home the prestigious Jury Prize, features an immersive sonic landscape that blurs the line between the physical and metaphysical, echoing the film’s themes of transcendence and inner pilgrimage. Laxe worked closely with Supervising Sound Editor Laia Casanovas ( Nowhere , Parallel Mothers ) to develop the t...

We are in the thick of award season with the Gotham winners announced earlier this week, and CCA nominations coming on December 5. Another big ceremony on the horizon is the Golden Globes, and today we discuss our nomination predictions for all categories of the 83rd edition of the ceremony. The Golden Globe nominations will be announced on Monday, Dec. 8, with the ceremony scheduled to air live o...

After multiple drafts of above the line predictions we are now officially in the phase of rolling out our specialized prediction episodes that feature 3-4 categories at a time until we’ve covered all categories ahead of nomination morning. Today we round out the primary above-the-line categories focusing on performances with Best Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress....

The Gotham Film & Media Institute held their ceremony for the 35th edition of The Gothams. We recap the winners across all categories including Best Feature for One Battle After Another after the film led the way, receiving six nominations.  It Was Just an Accident,  however, was the big winner of the night taking home three awards.  Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify App...

This is a preview podcast. To listen to the full show, watch on video, and see the rest of the Stranger Things recap mini-series, subscribe to our Patreon. The first four episodes of Stranger Things Season 5 have arrived! One last adventure battling Vecna with the party is here and our team is stationed at the Squawk to discuss. This mini-series has run the gauntlet through recapping all four prev...

Hamnet is written and directed by Chloé Zhao, with the screenplay co-written by Maggie O'Farrell, based on her 2020 novel of the same name. The film is described as a powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, "Hamlet". Hamnet had its premiere at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival back in August and received a limited theatri...

After multiple drafts of above the line predictions between April and October we are now officially in the phase of rolling out our specialized prediction episodes that feature 3 categories at a time until we’ve covered all categories ahead of nomination morning. This episode features our updated predictions for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Adapted Screenplay. All the while, o...

This is a preview podcast. To listen to the full show, watch on video, and see the rest of the Stranger Things recap mini-series, subscribe to our Patreon. Happy Stranger Things week!!! Tomorrow we'll receive Part One (the first four episodes) of the fifth and final season, and to celebrate, here's our full recap and discussion on Season 4! Grab your eggos and travel with us to the upsid...

Wicked: For Good is the second part of the Wicked film adaptation directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked (2024), it adapts the second act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a reimagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 fil...

To hear more bonus pre-episode conversations like this, subscribe to our Patreon for as little as $1/month for early access and video episodes. Ahead of our The Running Man review we discuss: Marty Supreme Marketing "Wuthering Heights" Trailer  'Zootopia' Coming Soon  Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Letterboxd ,...