On today's special episode of the Ad Lib Podcast, Franco got the unique opportunity to interview Amanda Nell Eu, whose debut film 'Tiger Stripes' about an 11 year old girl named Zaffan, won the Critics' Week Grand Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival!

Here you can watch the full interview in which we discuss the Malaysian film industry, the inspiration and work that went into her debut film and obviously, the ultimate cinephile question, what she thinks about pineapple on pizza!

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This week on the Ad Lib Podcast we have a number of reviews including a review for the 'Road House' remake, directed by Doug Liman and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor (in his feature film debut). We also will be discussing Netflix's latest Sci-Fi series '3 Body Problem' which is created by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and Alexander Woo and is based on the Chinese novel 'The Three-Body Problem' by Liu Cixin. Finally we will also be talking about the shocking 'Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV',  psychological horror film 'Stopmotion' and the new 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' directed by Gil Kenan.

We also have quite a few trailers to look at, including the trailers for 'The Acolyte', 'Furiosa', 'House of the Dragon' and 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'.

Finally, we will be discussing the whole 'Dragon's Dogma 2' controversy which has taken the gaming world by storm.

All that and more on Episode 66 of the 'Ad Lib Podcast'.

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This week on the Ad Lib Podcast, the main topic of the week will obviously be our #oscar2024 reaction! Will Oppenheimer sweep? Will Poor Things surprise? Let's find out!

We also have a number of movies and series to review, including 'The Taste of Things', the French entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, spy action comedy film 'Argylle' directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard and more! We will also review the new Netflix series 'The Gentlemen' a crime drama television series created by Guy Ritchie starring Theo James as well as Netflix's fantasy film 'Damsel', starring Millie Bobby Brown!

We also have a number of trailers to react to, including Apple TV+'s 'Sugar' starring Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor's 'A Gentleman in Moscow', Lupita Nyong'o's 'The Wild Robot', Disney's 'Inside Out 2', Netflix's Final '3 Body Problem', and Amazon's first full 'Fallout' trailer!

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Thank you to Jan Mangion for joining us on this episode of the Ad Lib Podcast. You can find Jan's podcast called 'The Pit Stop Lounge' right here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLwwlCM7vt83JzTAof1nme4-mzwsI2jyJ&si=j-Wt-jzxS2R1lDCi

This week on the Ad Lib Podcast we have our much awaited 'Dune: Part Two' review. Can Denis Villeneuve reach the heights of the first 'Dune'? Let's find out together! We also have reviews for 'Lisa Frankenstein' and Netflix's 'Spaceman' starring Adam Sandler and Paul Dano. 

We also have the trailer for 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' to react to as well as a new video game which will be releasing on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC named 'No Rest for the Wicked'! 

Finally we will be giving you our Oscars 2024 predictions, as we look at all the potential winners and losers! 

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This week on the Ad Lib Podcast, we have a number of new movies to review including 'Memory' starring Jessica Chastain and directed by Michel Franco, 'The Zone of Interest' directed by Jonathan Glazer and Malaysian horror film Tiger Stripes which had its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and is directed by Amanda Nell Eu. We will also be reviewing Netflix's live action adaptation of 'Avatar The Last Airbender'!

Apart from that we also have some trailers to react to, including one for 'Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree' which is the new DLC releasing on June 21st bringing a new area, weapons, skills and obviously bosses! We also have trailers for Roku's 'The Spiderwick Chronicles', a new Bill Skarsgård high octane action movie called 'Boy Kills World' as well as 'Borderlands' based on the acclaimed video games with an impressive cast including Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jack Black!

We also have some important news to look at, as ‘Game of Thrones’ Bosses Confirm Film Trilogy Ending Got Blocked; AT&T Execs Asked Them to Shoot Vertically So Episodes Could Fit on Phones, and we also get more indications for this year's Oscars with the 2024 SAG Awards announced this weekend!

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This week on the Ad Lib Podcast, we have a number of new movies to review including 'The Animal Kingdom' a French-Belgian science fiction adventure film directed by Thomas Cailley, Australian sci-fi horror thriller film 'Monolith', directed by Matt Vesely, 'Io Capitano' which is directed by Matteo Garrone and was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards and 'Bob Marley: One Love' directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley. Finally, we will be reviewing Hulu's latest coming-of-age drama film 'Suncoast'.

Apart from that we also have some trailers to react to, including one for 'Damsel' starring Millie Bobby Brown. We also have a new 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' Trailer to enjoy, with the MonsterVerse back in full stride! Robert Downey Jr seems to be having a lot of fun in the trailer for - Park Chan Wook's 'The Sympathizer' and it's nostalgia galore as we have a look at the first trailer for 'X-Men '97', with all the important characters like Cyclops, Wolverine and Jean Grey making an appearance, together with the enigmatic Magneto.

We also have some important news to look at, as Marvel’s ‘The Fantastic Four’ Lands Its Cast and the first ‘Dune: Part Two’ Reactions Call It “Spectacular,” “Masterful,” and Compare It to ‘Lord of The Rings’, whilst ‘Oppenheimer’ Scores Most Wins at 2024 BAFTAs!

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Check out our reactions to all the Super Bowl Trailers including #deadpool3 #twisters #wicked! 

We also have reviews for I.S.S., American Fiction, Robot Dreams, The End We Start From, All of Us Strangers, The Zone of Interest!

For Ep. 59 we will be reacting to the latest 'NEXT ON NETFLIX' trailer, showing upcoming movies and series for 2024 (including a Squid Game Season 2 update!). We also have a look at the new 'Back to Black' trailer as well as the first Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare trailer directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Henry Cavill. 

We also have some movie/series reviews for you today with 'The Promised Land' releasing in cinemas starring Mads Mikkelsen, Oscar Nominated 'The Zone of Interest' written and directed by Jonathan Glazer and also a review of the recently released series 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' on Prime Video starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine .   

We also have some news, including the unfortunate loss of Carl Weathers, a look at George R. R. Martin's comments about “anti-fans” on social media, and Denis Villeneuve's comments about how he will only make three ‘Dune’ Films.

For Ep. 58 we've got loads of movie goodness to get into with 3 trailers to react to with Dev Patel's directorial debut 'Monkey Man', Sydney Sweeney starring in the first 'Immaculate' Trailer and another A24 feature starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus named 'Tuesday'.

We also have a bunch of movie reviews for you today with 'Mean Girls' finally releasing in Malta this week as well as our review of the first two episodes of 'Masters of the Air' which recently released on AppleTV+ starring Austin Butler, Callum Turner and Barry Keoghan.

Finally, we react to last week's Oscar Nominations and all the famous snubs, with a particular focus on 'Barbie'!

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For Ep. 57 we've got a very 'gaming-centric' episode for you, with worldwide phenomenon 'Palworld' to talk about, a game that has sold over 4 million copies in 3 days! We will then be discussing the recent controversial comments by Ubisoft execs on how gamers "no longer need to own games". We will also be reacting to the 'Indiana Jones and the Great Circle' trailer and giving our thoughts on the 1st Person vs. 3rd Person discussion. 

We also have a bunch of movie reviews for you today with 'Monster' directed by the legendary Hirokazu Koreeda, 'The Boys in the Boat' directed by George Clooney, 'The Kitchen' which recently released on Netflix and is the directorial debut for Daniel Kaluuya and obviously 'Poor Things', which released in cinemas this week! 

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