/Film Weekly

On the January 13, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to discuss Chris’s Top 10 movies of 2021.   Opening Banter:    In Our Feature Presentation:  Chris Evangelista's Top 10 Movies Of 2021   Also mentioned:      All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on toda...

On the January 12, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman and Star Wars expert Bryan Young to have a spoiler-filled discussion about The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 3 “The Streets of Mos Espa”. In The Spoiler Room: The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 3 “The Streets of Mos Espa” Feedback Matthew F wrote in: Last episode the question was aske...

On the January 11, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film news writer BJ Colangelo to discuss the latest film and TV news, including Pixar’s “Turning Red” release strategy, “Final Destination 6,” “The White Lotus” season 2 casting, Wes Anderson’s next movie, and “The Raid” remake coming to Netflix.   Opening Banter:    In The News:  BJ: Pixar's Turning Red Wil...

On the January 10, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the 10 year anniversary of Darth Plagueis. In Our Feature Presentation: Star Wars And James Luceno's Tragedy Of Darth Plagueis The Wise, 10 Years Later Star Wars For Dummies: Who was Darth Plagueis in Revenge of the Sith Meme What did Plagueis mean to Rya...

On the January 7, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, and Scream. [embed=​​] Opening Banter: The state of the world feels like mid-March 2020. In The News: Peter (og Jenna): New Battlestar Galactica Movie Will Share A Universe With The Upcomi...

On the January 6, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by editor Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler.    Opening Banter: News is still relatively light.   At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: Hoai-Tran caught Covid, but she’s getting better. What we’ve been Reading: HT finished After Hours by Haruki Murakami. What we’ve...

On the January 5, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by editor Brad Oman and Star Wars expert Bryan Young to have a spoiler discussion about The Book of Boba Fett Episode 2 “The Tribes of Tatooine”. In The Spoiler Room: The Book of Boba Fett Episode 2 “The Tribes of Tatooine” Feedback The robot dogs . Sam Witwer voiced the Rodian prisoner . Jabbas palace...

On the January 4, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve been up to in the virtual water cooler.   Opening Banter:  At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing:   What we’ve been Reading: Chris read Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill and...

On the January 3, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to talk about Spider-Man: No Way Home, including how the film is destroying box office records and some spoiler reveals from the screenwriters. Opening Banter: Happy New Year! In The News: Ryan: Spider-Man: No Way Home Swings Past Black Panther At The Box Office Top 10 m...

On the December 31, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson presents an interview episode with writer/director Benjamin Cleary and actress Naomie Harris from the AppleTV+ sci-fi drama “Swan Song.”   Opening Banter:  In Our Feature Presentation: Swan Song Director Benjamin Cleary On Envisioning The Future In His Sci-Fi Drama [Interview] Swan Song Writer/Director Benjamin Cleary Talks...

On the December 30, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler.   Opening Banter:  At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing:   What we’ve been Reading:   What we’ve been Watching: Brad watched Nightmare Alley, Being the Ricardos, The Matrix Resurrections, The Night House, 8-Bit Christ...

On the December 29, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman and Star Wars nerd Bryan Young to have a spoiler discussion about The Book of Boba Fett Episode 1 “Stranger in a Strange Land”. Opening Banter: Bryan is back! In The Spoiler Room: The Book of Boba Fett Episode 1 “Stranger in a Strange Land” Feedback   Brief reactions Bryan Y...

On the December 28, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Jacob Hall to discuss what we’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler.    Opening Banter:  At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing:   What we’ve been Reading: Jacob read All About Me by Mel Brooks. What we’ve been Watching: Ben and Jacob watched West Side Story. Ben watched Cyrano, Nightmare Al...

On the December 27, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film and tv news, including weekend box office, Colin Trevorrow’s Atlantis movie, and The Book of Boba Fett. Opening Banter: Holiday check in. In The News: Ryan: Spider-Man: No Way Home Crosses $1 Billion At The Box Office In Just 12 Days Omicron...

On the December 22, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler discussion about Hawkeye Episode 6 “So This Is Christmas?”. [embed=​​] Opening Banter: Brad has returned! In The Spoiler Room: Hawkeye Episode 6 “So This Is Christmas?” Feedback Mac and cheese Rob C writes in “Anna would not have known about Natasha when Yo...

On the Tuesday, December 21, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by chief film critic Chris Evangelista and /Film editors Jacob Hall, Hoai-Tran Bui, Brad Oman, and Ben Pearson to narrow down our most anticipated movies of 2022.   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, an...

On the December 20, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the reason behind Spider-Man: No Way Home’s record-breaking box office. Opening Banter: Lots of people liked Ryan on last week’s episode so he’s back! In The News: Ryan: Spider-Man: No Way Home Box Office Saves Theaters, Smothers The Competition Ryan: Spider...

On the December 17, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler discussion about Spider-Man: No Way Home.   Opening Banter:  In The News: Ryan: Spider-Man: No Way Home Swings In With Heroic $50 Million Thursday Preview Box Office In The Spoiler Room:: Brief reactions Thoughts on the last two movies Thoughts on this film...

On the December 16, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by staff writer Danielle Ryan to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Shang-Chi 2, a Kick-Ass reboot, and James Cameron’s idea for releasing a movie and a streaming project at the same time.   Opening Banter: Welcome to the podcast, Danielle! In The News: Shang-Chi Director Wants Jackie Chan In The Seq...

On the December 15, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Ben Pearson to have a spoiler filled discussion about Hawkeye episode 5 “Ronin.” [embed=​​] Opening Banter: Brad was away last week and is still not caught up. In The Spoiler Room: Hawkeye Episode 5 “Ronin” Feedback Joe B from Forest of Dean, UK writes in “Love the podcast! Loving Haw...

On the December 14, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by editor Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about two of this month’s biggest movie releases. [embed=​​] Opening Banter:  In The News: The King's Man Review: The Kingsman Prequel Maketh For A Brutal And Bizarre War Movie Spider-Man: No Way Home Review: A Web Of Genuine Character Drama And Fan Service   Also mentioned:     ...

On the December 13, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news desk writer Ryan Scott to discuss the this weekend’s box office, and more specifically the failure of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. Opening Banter: Ryan introduces himself. In The News: Ryan: West Side Story Box Office Is Not Music To The Film Industry's Ears Ryan runs down we...

On the December 10, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Ben Pearson to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Spider-Man’s contract and what 2021 box office might mean for the future of theatrical movies. In The News: Peter (og Ryan): 2021 Had Even Fewer Movies Than 2020 — Here's What That Means 455 movies were released domesti...

On the December 9, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to discuss some of our favorite alternative Christmas movies.   Opening Banter:  In Our Feature Presentation: 29 Alternative Christmas Movies That Aren't Die Hard   Chris’s Top 5 EYES WIDE SHUT, CAROL, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, BLACK CHRISTMAS, KISS KISS BANG B...

On the December 8, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Ben Pearson to have a spoiler discussion about Hawkeye Episode 4 "Partners, Am I Right?" Opening Banter:  In The Spoiler Room: Hawkeye Episode 4 “Partners, Am I Right?” Feedback Brief reactions Breakdown   Speculation    Also mentioned:      All the other stuff you need to know...