Mostly Film

Jonathan and JP are back, and this week the big one finally arrived in theaters. The guys catch up on what's been on their screens lately — films, TV, and a detour into their recent video game rotation before getting into the main event. Then Digger. Tom Cruise, a Southern accent, a pot belly, a combover, and Iñárritu behind the camera. The guys have been waiting on this one since the news dro...

Mostly Film – Take 249: What's New Jonathan and JP are back with a lighter week — but Primetime makes it count. List It or Nix It kicks things off with the newest trailers before the guys get into what's been on their screens. Then the main event: Primetime. The guys dig into the film — what works, what doesn't, and whether it delivers on its premise. Plus a revisit of Resident Evil an...

🚨 Emergency Reaction Pod 🚨 Jonathan and J.P. have an instant reaction to Zach Cregger's Resident Evil  with a special guest 👀

Mostly Film – Take 248: What's New Jonathan and JP are back with another week of trailers, watches, and whatever Hollywood has been up to. List It or Nix It this week: Ali G, Pokémon: Wild Card, Pendulum, FJORD, Unabomber, Breeder, and A Prayer for the Dying all go through the gauntlet. In What We've Been Watching, Jonathan caught Her Private Hell, Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma, M...

Mostly Film – Take 247: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 5B An honest accounting of a difficult stretch. Jonathan and JP cover the long middle — eleven years, three films, roughly $165 million combined box office on budgets totalling nearly $180 million. None of them hits. First, K-19: The Widowmaker. The most defensible of the three — a genuinely ambitious film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, edite...

Mostly Film – Take 246: What's New Jonathan and JP are back, and this week the big one finally arrived. List It or Nix It kicks things off with six trailers — Sacrifice, Double Trouble, Club Kid, Without Blood, Violent Night 2, and Run Hide Fight all go through the gauntlet. In What We've Been Watching, both hosts saw Spider-Man: Brand New Day and there's plenty to say about it. Jonath...

Mostly Film – Take 245: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 5 The persona episode. Jonathan and JP cover three films that each do something deliberately different with Harrison Ford's screen identity — and the results range from underseen gem to all-time blockbuster to one of the more quietly audacious casting decisions of the 1990s. First, Sabrina. Sydney Pollack got Billy Wilder's blessing...

Mostly Film – Take 244: What's New Jonathan and JP are back, and this week Jonathan has apparently been running a full-service children's cinema out of his living room. First, List It or Nix It — thirteen trailers this week. Confinement, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, Primetime, Animals, Just Play Dead, A Tale of Two Cities, Beware Boiúna, The Bluey Movie, The Yellow Tie, Crawlers...

Mostly Film – Take 243: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 4 Peak Ford. Jonathan and JP cover the three-year stretch — 1992, 1993, 1994 — where Harrison Ford was the biggest movie star in the world outside of his own franchises. Combined worldwide gross across three films: approximately $572 million. All three opened at number one. One of them held number one for six consecutive weeks. First, Patri...

Mostly Film – Take 242: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 3 The thinking man's thriller era. Jonathan and JP cover three films in three years — 1988, 1990, 1991 — all of them asking Ford to be quieter, more internal, and more uncomfortable than anyone expected from the man who played Han Solo and Indiana Jones. First, Frantic. Roman Polanski's Paris-set thriller — his comeback after the ca...

Take 241: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 2 The Peter Weir years. Jonathan and JP dig into the two-film stretch that makes the strongest case for Harrison Ford as a serious actor — and the one that proves audiences weren't ready to follow him there. First, Witness. The film every major studio passed on, that John Badham dismissed as "just another cop movie," that Sylvester Stallone...

Take 240: What's New Big week. Jonathan and JP are back and there's a lot to get into. List It or Nix It kicks things off with seven fresh trailers — Mayday, I Play Rocky, The Uprising, Behemoth, The Other Mommy, Bad Apples, and Doomsday all go through the gauntlet. In What We've Been Watching, Jonathan saw The Odyssey and then apparently went on a full childhood cinema tour — Willy Wo...

Mostly Film – Take 239: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 1 A new series begins. Jonathan and JP are spending six episodes inside the Harrison Ford filmography — not Star Wars, not Indiana Jones, but everything else. The films he made between the blockbusters, against the blockbusters, and long after the world had already decided who he was. Episode 1 starts with a question: who is Harrison Ford w...

Mostly Film – Take 238: What's New Jonathan and JP are back for List It or Nix It — Digger, Buddy, Soulm8te, and The Wrong Girls go through the gauntlet. And about that Digger trailer: Tom Cruise, a Southern accent, a pot belly, a combover, and Iñárritu calling it the culmination of Cruise's 40-year career. The Dr. Strangelove comparisons are already flying. Is this the one that gets him t...

Mostly Film – Take 237: Jackass In Review — The .5 Films & Best and Last The Jackass deep dive continues. This week Jonathan and JP go beyond the main franchise and into the weird, wonderful overflow — the four companion films that asked a different question entirely: what do you do with the material that didn't fit? They work through all of it. Jackass 2.5, the first major studio film eve...

Mostly Film – Take 236: What's New It's a big one this week. Jonathan and JP are back with a mountain of trailers, an absolutely unhinged watch list, and a news cycle that genuinely did not slow down. First, List It or Nix It — fifteen trailers go through the gauntlet this week. Werwulf, Angry Birds 3, Not Alone, The Dink, The Debut, Digger, Her Private Hell, Late Fame, The Weight, Jimmy,...

Mostly Film – Take 235: Jackass In Review Twenty-five years of stupidity, brotherhood, and somehow nobody died. Jonathan and JP dig into the full Jackass franchise — all four films — just in time for Jackass: Best and Last hitting theaters THIS Friday. In the spirit of the occasion, the guys trace the franchise from its scrappy MTV origins (Senator Joe Lieberman tried to kill it, which only made i...

Jonathan and JP are back with another packed week of trailer verdicts, screen time nostalgia, and the kind of movie news that makes you question everything. First up, List It or Nix It — the guys put Hot Spot, Klara and the Sun, Shrek 5, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Dinosaurs of the Wild West, Hexed, and Time of Death through the Letterboxd test. Some earn a spot. Some don't make it out alive. T...

Mostly Film This week, Jonathan and J.P. continue their Spielberg Series by exploring two films separated by more than four decades but connected by a lifelong fascination with the unknown: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Disclosure Day (2026). From one of the most beloved family films ever made to Spielberg's latest return to extraterrestrial storytelling, we're examining how the di...

This week on Mostly Film , we're sorting through a fresh batch of trailers in LIST IT or NIX IT , including The Last House , Gatto , Heart of the Beast , Social Reckoning , I Want Your Sex , and Whalefall . Which ones earn a spot on the Letterboxd watchlist, and which ones get left behind? In What We've Been Watching , Jonathan checks out everything from Masters of the Universe and In the...

Mostly Film This week, Jonathan and J.P. continue their Spielberg Series by diving into two of the most influential films ever made: Jaws (1975) and Jurassic Park (1993). One invented the modern blockbuster, the other redefined it for a new generation. Together, they showcase Steven Spielberg's unmatched ability to blend suspense, spectacle, fear, and wonder into unforgettable cinematic experi...

This week on Mostly Film, we break down a fresh batch of trailers in LIST IT or NIX IT, including Onslaught, How to Rob a Bank, Fall 2, Ice Age: Boiling Point, and more. We also talk about everything we've been watching lately, from indie horror and animation favorites to new TV obsessions. In movie news, we discuss Ari Aster's Hereditary prequel, Hugh Jackman joining a new Treasure Island...

This week on Mostly Film , Jonathan and J.P. tackle two of Steven Spielberg’s most acclaimed and impactful films: Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. We explore a pivotal era in Spielberg’s career, from the haunting moral responsibility at the heart of Schindler’s List to the visceral realism and sacrifice depicted in Saving Private Ryan . Along the way, we discuss Spielberg’s evolution...

This week on Mostly Film , we kick things off with another round of LIST IT or NIX IT , breaking down the latest trailers for The Get Out , Victorian Psycho , Her Private Hell , Primetime , Hope , Motor City , and In the Hand of Dante to decide what’s worth adding to the watchlist. Then we dive into What We’ve Been Watching , covering everything from The Mandalorian & Grogu , The Drama , They...

🎬 Mostly Film — Spielberg Series: Wonder, Obsession & Escapism This week, Jonathan and J.P. dive into two wildly different eras of Steven Spielberg with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Ready Player One (2018). One is pure cinematic wonder — an original sci-fi obsession story built on curiosity, light, and the unknown. The other is a massive digital adventure about nostalgia, esc...