Grierson & Leitch

We have reached Dorkfest week! Wednesday is our annual Best Movies of the Year show, but before then, we have to do our Lightning Round show, wrapping up all the big releases late in the year. They are: The epic musical "The Testament of Ann Lee." The musical comedy "Song Sung Blue."  The harrowing documentary "My Undesirable Friends: Part One -- Last Air in Moscow." Park Chan-Wook's "No Other Cho...

We have only TWO shows left--including this one--before Dorkfest: We are almost there. Three big ones this week. First, it's the Josh Safdie Timothee Chalamet epic "Marty Supreme." Then it's George Clooney and Adam Sandler in Noah Baumbach's "Jay Kelly." And we finish with the Bradley Cooper-directed comedy-drama "Is This Thing On?" It's crunch time, folks. Let us know what you think @griersonleit...

We have only three shows left--including this one--before Dorkfest: It is getting very serious now.  This week, we look at Chloe Zhao's Shakespeare drama "Hamnet." Then we dramatically shift gears to discuss Rian Johnson's third Knives Out film, "Wake Up Dead Man." And we close with the Cannes hit "The Secret Agent." Again: Just three shows left--counting this one!--until Dorkfest. Happy December!...

You waited a year for it, here's the second half of the smash hit "Wicked: For Good." Also, two movies of a slightly smaller scale. It's Netflix's "Train Dreams" and the Portuguese techno desert thriller "Sirat." 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 griersonleitch@gmail.co...

Joakim Trier is back with a new movie! It's the family showbiz drama "Sentimental Value." We also dig into ANOTHER nostalgic Richard Linklater movie, "Nouvelle Vague," and then it's the Edgar Wright remake of "The Running Man." 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 grierson...

Leitch is back from the marathon! It went great! He survived! We're back, and with weekly shows the rest of the year. Too much to do: No more time off. Four big ones this week. Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson in "Die My Love." The monster actioner "Predator: Badlands." Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone in "Bugonia." And: Kelly Reichardt's "The Mastermind." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend...

Another big show, with four big movies before Leitch takes yet another week off because he's running the NYC marathon. Lots to dig into! Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein." The Boss biopic "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere." The Cannes winner "It Was Just an Accident." The Kathryn Bigelow nuclear war thiller "A House of Dynamite." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wo...

OK, we took a week off, Leitch turned 50, let's not make a thing of it. We've got four meaty movies this week: Rose Byrne's tour de force in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" (with Conan O'Brien!) Richard Linklater's and Ethan Hawke's "Blue Moon" The Netflix documentary "The Perfect Neighbor" The Julia Roberts-Luca Guadagnino Yale thriller "After the Hunt" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both...

Leitch is about to turn a big round number, so there's no show next week, sorry: Lots of moving parts in Athens. But we've got three big movies to discuss before we leave you for a fortnight. First off, it's Benny Safdie's '90s UFC story "The Smashing Machine," with The Rock. Then, Paul Greengrass returns with the Apple TV Matthew McConaughey movie "The Lost Bus." And we close with the Cillian Mur...

This is the movie a lot of us have been waiting for: It's Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another." We dig in deep on this one. To say the least.  We also have a Reboot, in honor of the late Terence Stamp, it's Steven Soderbergh's "The Limey." 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 @griersonleitc...

The big fall movie season is JUST about to start -- the Paul Thomas Anderson movie next week is probably the unofficial start -- but we've got three movies to get through before it does. First, it's the romantic comedy "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey." Then it's the football horror movie "Him." And we close with the fascinating documentary "Predators," about the early aughts phenomenon "To Catch a P...

Hey, Grierson's back! Cool! Grierson tells us about his experience in Venice and Toronto, and then we talk about two new movies: The Stephen King adaptation "The Long Walk" and the mock rock doc "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues." 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 grier...

Hey, Grierson's back! Cool! Grierson tells us about his experience in Venice and Toronto, and then we talk about two new movies: The Stephen King adaptation "The Long Walk" and the mock rock doc "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues." 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 grier...

Hey, we told you we'd drop in and say hi while Grierson's in Venice. (He's actually in Toronto now.) In a shorter show featuring our heroes soloing rather than working together, Leitch reviews Darren Aronofsky's "Caught Stealing." Will it be the fourth Aronofsky movie in a row Leitch hasn't liked? Maybe! And then Grierson pops in from Toronto and wraps up his experiences at the Venice Film Festiva...

Grierson is about to head to Venice and Toronto for nearly a month, so we preview both film festivals, and really the entire fall season, before he takes off. Then we have a classic reboot, Wim Wenders' "Paris, Texas." And we'll do a short fill-in show before Grierson returns, don't worry. Hi. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. ...

There's a new Spike Lee movie! That's always a big deal in Grierson & Leitch land, so we dig into Lee's newest, starring Denzel Washington, "Highest 2 Lowest." We also discuss the Bob Odenkirk action sequel "Nobody 2."  Then, in our Reboot segment, we go all the way back to the year 2000 for Curtis Hanson's "Wonder Boys."  Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for...

We took a week off while Will was either in Virginia or Tennessee, he's still not sure which, but we're back with a vengeance with three big ones this week. First, it's Zach Cregger's follow-up to "Barbarian," the ambitious "Weapons." Then we get to two movies we missed the week before: "The Naked Gun" and "Together." And there was so much to discuss with "Weapons" that, at the end of the show, we...

Two movies, one a big Marvel movie theater movie, one a legacy comedy sequel from ... one of our last movie stars left? First, Will and Tim discuss "The Fantastic Four: First Steps." Then! It has been 29 years since the last "Happy Gilmore" movie: What do we think of "Happy Gilmore 2?" Then, in our Reboot section, we eat up the delectable "Tampopo." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both o...

So, Ari Aster has a new movie out, about Covid. You ready for that? We discuss "Eddington." Also, even though it has been out for a while, we never got around to Eva Victor's "Sorry, Baby," so we hit that. And then! A Reboot of 1979's "The Muppet Movie." Muppets! 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 @gr...

Is "Superman" the biggest movie of the year? We've got a whole bunch to discuss, that's for sure. We dig into James Gunn's restarting of the DC Universe with the guy in the tights.  Then we have our annual big mailbag show, featuring questions about movies from 1975, movie theater ettiquette and much more ... including that Woody Allen conversation we think a lot of you have been waiting for.  Als...

Happy Fourth! We have an episode early for you this week, because it's our annual Best Movies of the First Half of the Year list. Both Grierson and Leitch give their favorite six movies of the year. We have two crossovers. We also discuss the next Jurassic Park movie, "Jurassic World Rebirth." There is also that. Also: We have a mailbag show next week. Send us your mailbag questions to griersonlei...

We've only got one show left before our annual Top Six Films of the First Half of the Year show, and we even have time to sneak in a Reboot. First, we discuss the Brad Pitt racing movie "F1." Then it's time for the horror sequel "M3gan 2.0."  Then, the reboot! It's the Warren Beatty Oscar-nominated "Heaven Can Wait." Also: We have a mailbag show in two weeks. Send us your mailbag questions to grie...

Sorry we were off a week! Travel problems caused all sorts of issues for Leitch getting out of Oklahoma City with his son, so this week, we've got a super-sized mega-show with four big movies. They are: "28 Years Later," the Danny Boyle-Alex Garland sequel. "Materialists," Celine Song's "Past Lives" followup. "Elio," Pixar's latest "The Life of Chuck," the Stephen King adaptation that won the audi...

There is nothing quite like a Wes Anderson movie, except maybe another Wes Anderson movie. We discuss the director's newest effort, "The Phoenician Scheme." We also dig into the John Wick spinoff "Ballerina." Then, in our Reboot section, we look back at 1941's "The Devil and Daniel Webster." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy.  L...

A24 has a new horror movie out, from the guys who gave you "Talk To Me," but this time they've got Sally Hawkins, with "Bring Her Back." Then we talk about the HBO movie "Mountainhead," from Jesse Armstrong of "Succession." Then, for our Reboot segment, we go back to 1998 with Darren Aronfosky's "Pi."  Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope yo...