Grierson & Leitch

It's not a blockbuster movie season if there isn't a "Fast and the Furious" film out, so here is "F9." Also, Ilana Glazer co-writes and stars in the "Rosemary's Baby"-inspired "False Positive." Then we close out with the drama "I Carry You With Me." Timestamps: 11:27 "F9" 39:23 "False Positive" 53:31 "I Carry You With Me" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for t...

Pixar has a movie that's not showing in theaters? Weird! We discuss "Luca." Then we discuss a movie that is in theaters, the action-comedy sequel "The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard." We go back and forth on the other two films, with Grierson telling us about Edgar Wright's "The Sparks Brothers" and Leitch explaining away "Fatherhood," with Kevin Hart. Timestamps: 11:32 "Luca" 31:26 "The Hitman's Wife'...

OK! Big movies are back! First it's the big adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, "In the Heights." Then, uh, Mark Wahlberg on ...Paramount Plus? And it's "Infinite?" Sure. Fun Reboot, though, with the 2004 Alexander Payne wine comedy "Sideways." Timestamps: 7832 "In the Heights" 41:20 "Infinite" 55:37 "Sideways" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for th...

Sort of a weird, in-between week, with a documentary, a German art film and a reboot about the origins of skateboarding. More big movies coming next week, promise. Timestamps: 7:2 "All Light Everywhere" 24:39 "Undine" 49:51 "Lords of Dogtown" 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 Twitte...

Three big new movies. Movies are back! The first is the sequel to the thriller hit "A Quiet Place," which is called, fittingly, "A Quiet Place, Part II." Then we get the origin story "Cruella," with Emma Stone. Then, the raunchy comedy "Plan B." Timestamps: 8:13 "A Quiet Place, Part II" 28:34 "Cruella" 48:54 "Plan B" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the mu...

Zack Snyder has another movie out? Already? He does! It's "Army of the Dead." Then there's the art film "The Killing of Two Lovers" and the Mexican film "New Order." Timestamps: 10:11 "Army of the Dead" 33:22 "The Killing of Two Lovers" 53:22 "New Order" 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 @griersonleit...

We're all seeing movies in theaters! With other people! It's amazing! Three new movies this week. We have Angelina Jolie in "Those Who Wish Us Dead." Then the Amy Adams vehicle "The Woman in the Window." And we close with horror sequel, "Spiral: From the Book of Saw." Timestamps: 11:15 "Those Who Wish Me Dead" 36:27 "The Woman in The Window" 57:31 "Spiral: From the Book of Saw" Thanks to Dylan May...

It's a Grierson & Leitch/People Still Read Books crossover podcast episode! Back in March, Will talked to Tim Grierson about his book "This Is How You Make a Movie." Today, Grierson returns the favor, interviewing Will about his new book "How Lucky." Send Will your author recommendations to peoplestilllreadbooks@gmail.com. Follow the podcast at @stillreadbooks on Twitter, and email your author rec...

Hey, first thing: Buy Will's book, "How Lucky," which is out this week. It's good! Buy Grierson's book, "This Is How You Make A Movie," while you're at it. We also have movies. First, it's the Guy Ritchie heist movie, "Wrath of Man." Then it's Billy Crystal teaming up with Tiffany Haddish for "Here Today." Then we have a Reboot movie, the much-debated 2000 Spike Lee movie "Bamboozled." Timestamps:...

Now that the Oscars are over, big movies are coming out again. Well: "Big." First, it's Amazon Prime's "Tom Clancy's Without Remorse," with Michael B. Jordan. Then it's two Netflix movies; "The Mitchells Vs. The Machines" and "Things Heard and Seen." Timestamps: 11:52 "Tom Clancy's Without Remorse" 32:21 "The Mitchells Vs. The Machines" 52:33 "Things Heard and Seen" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Fr...

The Pandemic Oscars happened! We discuss the winners, the surprises and everything Steven Soderbergh had up his sleeve. We also look at the two movies of the week: "Mortal Kombat" and Netflix's "Stowaway." Timestamps: 28:31 "Mortal Kombat" 54:27 "Stowaway" 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 @griersonle...

The Oscars are Sunday! Yep, even though they're so much later this year, it still feels like they have sneaked up on us. We preview the Oscars and make our predictions for the big winners. Then we discuss Ben Wheatley's pandemic horror film "In the Earth." And our Reboot is the classic Bob Dylan documentary "Don't Look Back." Timestamps: 47:23 "In the Earth" 1:01:22 "Don't Look Back" Thanks to Dyl...

OK, so Melissa McCarthy made another movie with her husband who can't direct movies, called "Thunder Force," for Netflix. We also discuss "Voyagers." Then we reboot the Anthony Minghella classic "The Talented Mr. Ripley," Timestamps: 12:22 "Thunder Force" 27:17 "Voyagers" 41:31 "The Talented Mr. Ripley" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope y...

It's Godzilla fighting Kong! MOVIES ARE BACK, BABY. Also, we discuss the comedy "Shiva Baby." Then, in our Reboot, we go back to the weekend of our high school graduation and discuss "Hot Shots Part Deux." Timestamps: 13:11 "Godzilla vs. Kong" 36:22 "Shiva Baby" 52:31 "Hot Shots Part Deux" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let...

Hey, "Mr. Show" fans! Bob Odenkirk is an action star now. Crazy! We discuss his John Wick-esque "Nobody." Then it's the Eric Andre prank comedy "Bad Trip." And our Reboot is the Charlie Kaufman debut "Synecdoche, New York." Timestamps: 11:17 "Nobody" 35:46 "Bad Trip" 53:41 "Synecdoche, New York." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjo...

Last year, Rany Jazayerli and Joe Sheehan, former hosts of the Rany and Joe baseball podcast and Baseball Prospectus legends and co-founders, previewed the baseball season ... right before the pandemic hit. So let's hope that doesn't happen this year. It's a tradition unlike any other: It's Rany and Joe, looking toward baseball in 2021. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch...

Well, on a day when Illinois basketball lost, it was just a huge bummer all around. But: Will has some vaccine news! More to the point: We have a four-hour Zack Snyder Cut. Goodness. Also, in our Reboot section, we discuss 1981's "Arthur" and the Sylvester Stallone 1986 film "Cobra." For some reason. Timestamps: 15:42 "Zack Snyder's Justice League" 51:26 "Arthur" 1:06:54 "Cobra" Thanks to Dylan Ma...

We went a year without, but it is back this year: The tradition continues with our annual NCAA Tournament preview podcast with CBS Sports' great Matt Norlander. We go through the whole bracket. He's the best, always. We'll back with Grierson on Sunday. But now: It's Grierson and Leitch Conversations with Matt Norlander. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or g...

It's an All-Reboot show! Because there are no good movies out this week, we have three Reboots. First, the Francis Ford Coppola classic "Apocalypse Now." (We did the Final Cut version.) Then we dig into "Bend It Like Beckham." And then we close with a movie that fell through the cracks two years ago, "Portrait of a Lady on Fire." Timestamps: 13:37 "Apocalypse Now" 54:13 "Bend It Like Beckham" 1:09...

It's a Grierson & Leitch/People Still Read Books crossover podcast episode! Hey, this is a fun one: It's our friend Tim Grierson! He's got a new book out, "This Is How You Make A Movie." We talk to him about it. We're very official. Send Will your author recommendations to peoplestilllreadbooks@gmail.com. Follow the podcast at @stillreadbooks on Twitter, and email your author recommendations to pe...

If you can believe it, it's time for the Oscar nominations next week. (This year is so weird.) We make our predictions. But first, we hit the big new movies of the week: Eddie Murphy's long-delayed sequel "Coming 2 America," and then the Doug Liman-Tom Holland-Daisy Ridley also-long-delayed "Chaos Walking." Timestamps: 11:37 "Coming 2 America" 34:13 "Chaos Walking" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Fri...

Hey, everybody, there are three movies this week ... and they're all bad! The good news is that we think we're pretty entertaining talking about how bad they are. First, from Hulu, the Lee Daniels biopic "The United States Vs. Billie Holliday." Then Joe and Anthony Russo reteam with Tom Holland for "Cherry." Then we close with ... "Tom and Jerry." Freaking Tom and Jerry. Timestamps: 8:22 "The Unit...

Two new movies this week. First, from Netflix, the comic thriller "I Care A Lot," Then the Oscar play that is "The Mauritanian." Then we get weird in our Reboot segment, with the 1997 David Lynch film "Lost Highway." Timestamps: 11:21 "I Care A Lot" 31:22 "The Mauritanian" 55:17 "Lost Highway" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy....

One positive side effect of the pandemic: 2021 has a strong inventory of movies to discuss! Three big ones this week. First, the big Black Panther Oscar play, "Judas and the Black Messiah." Then the Kristen Wiig comedy "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar." And we close with the frontier romantic drama "The World To Come." Timestamps: 7:24 "Judas and the Black Messiah" 29:53 "Barb and Star Go to Vis...

We recorded this on Super Bowl Sunday, but we do not know who wins. We assume the Illini. This week, we have two new movies. The John David Washington-Zendaya romantic drama "Malcolm and Marie," and then the Rodney Ascher documentary "A Glitch in the Matrix." Then, a Reboot: Robert Redford's Oscar-winning drama "Ordinary People." It is not "Raging Bull." Timestamps: 17:14 "Malcolm and Marie" 48:23...