The two biggest movies in the world are ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II.’

Sena Adjei joins the show to discuss 2000’s ‘Gladiator’ (2:58), what Ridley Scott’s new sequel gets right and wrong (22:29), and the performances from Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington.

Then, he and Schmear turn their eyes to the sky to talk about Jon M. Chu’s ‘Wicked’ (47:20), if their expectations were met in terms of filmmaking and craft, how Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo acquitted themselves, and of course, whatever the hell is going on in this press tour (1:27:07).

Host: Gabriel Frieberg

Guests: Sena Adjei

Producer: Pavlo Melnyk

Music: Justin Friedman

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