Grierson & Leitch

Will is back from vacation and, amazingly, the world is still here. Will and Tim dig into A24's "The Drama," with Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, as well as Jonah Hill's Apple TV movie "Outcome" and the Japanese video game-inspired thriller "Exit 8." 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...

Will's about to go on vacation for a week, and is obsessed with the Illini right now anyway, so we dig into three movies the best we can. First, it's the hipster horror flick "They Will Kill You." Then the French body horror thriller "Alpha." And we close with Vince Vaughn/James Marsden Hulu action comedy "Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice." And we'll back in a fortnight, hopefully with an Illinois natio...

It's the biggest hit of the year so far, and it's original (or at least based on an original book): It's Ryan Gosling in "Project Hail Mary." One of us likes it more than the other. Also, we discuss the horror sequel "Ready or Not 2: Here I Come" as well as the Ukranian historical drama "Two Prosecutors." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope...

The Oscars happened! Tim and Will wrapup "One Battle After Another"'s big night, right after the show ended. Also, we discuss the new A24 horror film "undertone." Then, in our Reboot section, we dig into Martin Scorsese's "Casino," for 1995. 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...

We've got two pretty big new movies this week: It's the wild Jessie Buckley-Christian Bale mashup "The Bride!" and then the new Pixar movie, "Hoppers." Lots going on there! In both! And then, because the Oscars are Sunday, we make our predictions in each of the major categories. We don't remember a time the winners have been more difficult to predict. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both...

We're back in our regular homes, and apparently we're all at war. Great. We've got three new movies to talk about to distract us. First, it's the sequel "Scream 7." Then it's the Andrew Stanton Hulu drama "In the Blink of an Eye." And we close with the Baz Luhrmann Elvis concert movie, "EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the...

It's an in-person show! After watching Leitch's Illinois Fighting Illini destroy Grierson's USC Trojans on Wednesday, they got together for one of the always-special Look At Each Other's Faces While Talking shows. We had one new movie: The Glen Powell A24 film "How to Make a Killing." Then, two Reboots! First, 1995's "Get Shorty," a Los Angeles movie. Then 1974's "The Taking of Pelham 123," a New...

Next week, we'll be in person in Los Angeles, but for now, we've got two new movies and a Reboot. First, it's the Emerald Fennell adaptation of "Wuthering Heights" with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Then it's the crime thriller "Crime 101." Then it's a Reboot, fun times with the 2008 comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for th...

It's our (mostly) annual mailbag show! We answer questions about politically abhorrent movies, our hometown, terrible casting decisions, if we'd vaporize any more from existence, and more! It's a fun show, we love getting to hear your awesome questions. You are the greatest listeners, and we love you. Also, we do a Reboot, a little movie you might have heard of called "Rocky." Thanks to Dylan Maye...

Grierson is back from Sundance! We recap his experience, and also go over our Oscar predictions, and then we dig into: Sam Raimi's new movie with Rachel McAdams, "Send Help." And then we reboot Jonathan Glazer's first film, "Sexy Beast." Also: Next week is a mailbag show! Email us @griersonleitch@gmail.com with your questions. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful,...

Welcome back to new movies! We dig into the first two big movies of 2026:  *** The horror sequel "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple." *** The Netflix Matt Damon-Ben Affleck movie "The Rip." 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 Bluesky, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. 

Hey, we are back! 2026 really sucks so far! We discuss all the madness, and then, before Grierson heads off to Sundance, he gives us a Sundance preview. And then we circle back and have our "Avatar: Fire and Ash" discussion. We hope you are holding up the best you can. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. And to John Dog at johndo...

It's Dorkfest! Dorkfest 2025 is here! This is our annual countdown of our favorite 10 movies of 2025. It was a great, GREAT movie year. We can't wait to talk to you about it. Have a great holiday, everyone. We'll see you in 2026. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. And to John Dog at johndog.org for the intro music. Let us know w...

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...