The Movie Podcast

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by the cast of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters including ANNA SAWAI, KIERSEY CLEMONS, MARI YAMAMOTO, REN WATABE, and ANDERS HOLM. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is a new 10-episode Apple Original series, based on Legendary’s Monsterverse, that follows the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisc...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Sam Esmail's LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali, Myha’la, Charlie Evans, Farrah Mackenzie, and Kevin Bacon. In the film, a family’s vacation is upended when two strangers arrive at night, seeking refuge from a cyberattack that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a colla...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, classic Mario gameplay is turned on its head with Wonder Flowers! These game-changing items can make some wonderfully weird stuff happen! Witness pipes coming alive, wreak havoc as a giant Spike-Ball, and lots more! Super Mario Bros. Wonder is now ava...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Bradley Cooper's MAESTRO. The film is written by Bradley Cooper from a screenplay co-written with Josh Singer. It was produced by Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Cooper, among others. The film stars Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein alongside Carey Mulligan as Montealegre; Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, and Sarah Silverman appear in supporting roles. Maestro pla...

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by SPECIAL GUEST BELLA RAMSEY (Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, The Last of Us, Game of Thrones). Bella is known for their break-out role as young noblewoman Lyanna Mormont in the HBO series Game of Thrones and Ellie in the HBO series The Last of Us for which they received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. In Chicke...

This week on The Movie Podcast, Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony discuss the firing of Melissa Barrera from Scream 7 for her Pro-Palestine social media posts and her co-star Jenna Ortega leaving the film the next day due to "scheduling conflicts". They also discuss the casting of Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor in Superman: Legacy, the announcement of The Last of Us Part II Remastered for PS5, the Aardman...

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Producer Kevin J. Walsh of Ridley Scott's NAPOLEON. Kevin is a longtime Film & Television Producer and former President of Scott Free Productions, a production company established by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott in 1995. At Scott Free, Walsh produced a dozen films in the six years that he oversaw the film group, includin...

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Alan Tudyk, Director Fawn Veerasunthorn & Producer Peter Del Vecho of Disney's WISH. Daniel sat down with Fawn & Peter in Toronto back in August 2023 after a 30-minute footage presentation to discuss creating a new classic, capturing Chris Pine’s handsomeness in animated form, and bringing 100 years of magic to life. Sh...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Disney' WISH, an all-new musical-comedy set in the kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it’s answered by a cosmic force—a ball of boundless energy called Star. Asha and Star confront the formidable King Magnifico to prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things...

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Actors ARIA MIA LOBERTI & LOUIS HOFMANN of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, a Netflix Limited Series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Anthony Doerr. The series follows the story of Marie-Laure, a blind French girl and her father, who flee German-occupied Paris with a legendary diamond to keep it from falling int...

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by the Creative Team behind Monarch: Legacy of Monsters including Matt Shakman (Fantastic Four, WandaVision, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Chris Black (Severance, Outcast) & Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Sex Criminals) and Sean Konrad (Ms. Marvel, Godzilla: King of the Monsters). Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is a new 10-epi...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Ridley Scott's NAPOLEON starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby. The film depicts Napoleon's rise to power through the lens of his volatile relationship with Empress Joséphine. Napoleon premieres exclusively in theatres on November 22 by Sony Pictures before streaming globally on Apple TV+. Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast feeds, YouTube...

THE SAG-AFTRA STRIKE IS OVER AFTER 118 DAYS! This week on The Movie Podcast, Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony discuss details behind the new deal and all the news that comes with the strike ending including the announcement of a live action The Legend of Zelda movie, Elon Musk biopic, Warner Bros. throwing out the Coyote vs. Acme movie. Also this week, a trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 is confirmed to be...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Francis Lawrence's The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, based on the novel written by Suzanne Collins. Set 64 years before the events of the first film, its plot follows the events that eventually lead a young Coriolanus Snow on the path to becoming the tyrannical leader of Panem, including his relationship with the Hunger Games tribute Lucy Gray...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Nia DaCosta's THE MARVELS starring Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Zawe Ashton, Park Seo-joon, and Samuel L. Jackson. In the film, Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol's powers become entangled with that of Jersey City sup...

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Director NIA DACOSTA (Little Woods, Candyman), Executive Producer MARY LIVANOS (WandaVision, Captain Marvel), and Composer LAURA KARPMAN (What If..., Ms. Marvel) of Marvel Studios' THE MARVELS. In the film, Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supr...

Daniel, Shahbaz & Anthony review THE CURSE, a genre-bending 10-Episode series co-created and executive produced by Benny Safdie and Nathan Fielder. The series explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring in their new home-improvement show. It stars Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder, and Benny Safdie with guest stars Ba...

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Director JESSICA YU & Writer and Producer JEN D'ANGELO of QUIZ LADY. In the film, a brilliant but tightly wound, game show-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister Jenny, must work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts. When Anne’s beloved dog is kidnapped, they set out on a...

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by the CREATIVE TEAM behind LOKI SEASON 2 including: Composer NATALIE HOLT, Director DAN DELEEUW, Costume Designer CHRISTINE WADA, Production Designer & Director KASRA FARAHANI, and Cinematographer ISAAC BAUMAN. Interviews were conducted throughout the month of October 2023. Set within Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Unive...

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Anthony are joined by Showrunner, Writer, and Executive Producer SIMON RACIOPPA of INVINCIBLE. Simon is a fellow Canadian and has worked on a variety of series including Teen Titans, The Boys Presents: Diabolical, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and many more. Invincible Season 2 debuts November 3, 2023 exclusively on Prime Video with t...

Daniel and Anthony review Season Two of INVINCIBLE, based on the groundbreaking comic book by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley. The story revolves around 18-year-old Mark Grayson, who’s just like every other guy his age—except his father is (or was) the most powerful superhero on the planet. Still reeling from Nolan’s betrayal in Season One, Mark struggles to rebuild his life as he fac...

Daniel, Shahbaz & Anthony review Alexander Payne's THE HOLDOVERS. The film was an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival and follows a curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. It stars Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Dominic Sessa. The Holdover...

Daniel, Shahbaz & Anthony review David Fincher's THE KILLER, based on the graphic novel series written by Alexis Nolent (a.k.a Matz) and illustrated by Luc Jacamon. After a fateful near-miss an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sophie Charlotte and Tilda Swinton. The...

This week on The Movie Podcast, Daniel, Shahbaz & Anthony return from Montreal and LA with some HUGE news... they are now Rotten Tomatoes Accredited! Also this week, The Hollywood Writers' Strike is officially over, Daredevil: Reborn and Deadpool 3 are in trouble, Oppenheimer is FINALLY coming to 4K UHD/Digital, and lots more. The crew also discuss new trailers for Ferrari, The Iron Claw and Anyon...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN 2 for PlayStation 5, developed by Insomniac Games. In the sequel to the critically acclaimed Marvel’s Spider-Man franchise, The Spider-Men, Peter Parker and Miles Morales, enter new chapters in their lives as they balance their responsibilities as protectors of New York. As Harry Osborne, Peter's best friend, returns into his life, and Miles lo...