Tom Cruise is back at the top of the box office with the latest installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise and we're discussing how the film holds up against other modern spy movies, as well as its own predecessors. Then we wrap up our Steven Spielberg Directors Series with a discussion about his 2005 spy thriller, Munich. The film, a dramatization of real events, not only handles a controversial subject with the grace of a master craftsman, it also happens to be one of Spielberg's finest (and most underrated) films. We even find the time to read some listener mail and go above and beyond to recommend three more great movies at the end of the show. What more could you possibly want from us?

03:00 –  Cut Print Film Mailbag

14:01 - Mission: Impossible: Rouge Nation

33:08 - Munich

1:04:20 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

This week we take out our magnifying glass and burn a hole right through Ant-Man, using the power of the sun! Just kidding, but we do talk about Marvel's smallest film to date and try to get to the bottom of why it had such a small take at the box office (relatively speaking, of course). We also usher in part two of our Steven Spielberg Directors Series with an in depth discussion about his 1993 mega-hit Jurassic Park. All that, plus a peek inside the Cut Print Film Mailbag to read a listener letter as well as a fresh crop of Weekly Movie Recommendations awaits you in this episode.

02:15 –  Cut Print Film Mailbag

10:40 - Ant-Man

24:39 - Jurassic Park

58:43 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

The Terminator franchise is back with the 5th entry, Terminator Genisys and we sit down and discuss what makes the film one of the better entries in the series, despite the jeers from fellow critics. Then we bust open a brand new Directors Series on the king of the blockbuster, Steven Spielberg! We're discussing his 1982 classic, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and before the show ends, we're all in tears! Also, a very hip session of Weekly Movie Recommendations ends the show with a cloud of sexual tension between the hosts. Tune in!

02:28 –  Terminator Genisys

22:37 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1:03:27 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Jurassic World exceeded all box office expectations this weekend by opening at nearly double what Universal Studios had previously anticipated. And while the film has received near universal praise from moviegoers, many critics coldly rejected it. Is the film good or what?; we hash it out over tea and dilophosaurus venom. Then it's time to wrap up our Directors Series on Michael Mann with his 1999 investigative journalism drama, The Insider. Was the multiple Oscar nominated film as good as they say or did it deserve to be completely shut out at the Academy Awards? Who knows?! (Us). And as always, we send you into that long goodnight with some top-notch movie recommendations.

01:51 –  Jurassic World

34:13 - The Insider 

1:01:00 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Is the concept of the "Summer blockbuster season" dead? We discuss and debate what could be behind this year's lackluster crop of Summer movies, including the terrifying idea that perhaps we're the ones who have changed! After a word from our new sponsor, Audible, we take another mouth-watering bite out of our Michael Mannwhich Directors Series by discussing 1992's epic action-romance, The Last of the Mohicans. Does Mann still deliver when he steps outside his crime-drama comfort zone? And more importantly, are there truly no remaining Mohicans left? Find the answers to one of those questions and  get a heaping spoonful of movie recommendations at the end of the show.

01:58 –  The Death of Summer Blockbuster Season?

21:25 - The Last of the Mohicans

51:20 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

The summer season gets off to an ambitious early start as George Miller's practical effects driven, action packed Mad Max: Fury Road exploded into theaters this week. And while the film was dwarfed at the box office by Pitch Perfect 2, we discuss whether or not hope has been restored for ambitious action movies in the era of copy and past filmmaking. Then we turn our attention toward Michael Mann's sleaze-soaked heist film Thief as we embark on a brand new Directors Series featuring Mann's films. Does the film, starring James Caan, manage to steal our hearts or did we just feel ripped off? Tune in to find out and stick around for our Not-So-Weekly Movie Recommendations!

03:00 –  Mad Max: Fury Road

14:40 - Cut Print Film Mailman

21:32 - Thief

54:50 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Hello everyone! We're taking this time to let our listeners know that, effective immediately, the Cut Print Film Podcast will be operating on a new schedule! Instead of a new episode every week, we will now be releasing new episodes every two weeks. This will give us the time we need to better prepare for shows, as well as continue to make CutPrintFilm.com the best place for film lovers to go on the internet. We hope you stick with us with our new schedule and encourage everyone to leave a positive iTunes review!

See you all next week!

Marvel had a giant weekend with their latest superhero punch-em-up, Avengers: Age of Ultron but the critical response has been somewhat lukewarm. Were we blown away by Ultron or did it leave us wanting to do a hard reboot on the "Marvel Cinematic Universe"? After the robot puns are put to rest, we wrap up our Akira Kurosawa Directors Series with a discussion on his Spaghetti Western precursor, Yojimbo. Find out whether the film stole our hearts or just stole $20 out of our wallets while we weren't looking and then stick around for our Weekly Movie Recommendations.

02:46 –  Avengers: Age of Ultron

35:49 - Yojimbo

1:01:56 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Drafthouse Films is re-releasing the absolutely bonkers Roar this week and we discuss the wisdom of pairing trained human actors with untrained lions/wild killing machines. Also released this week was A24's new existential sci-fi feature, Ex Machina. The film stars newcomer Alicia Vikander as well as Cut Print Film heartthrob du jour, Oscar Isaac. We ponder the limits of humanity and ask, "Are we human or are we dancer?" The answer will shock everyone. Part two of our Akira Kurosawa Directors Series finds us talking about his endlessly influential action-adventure masterpiece Seven Samurai. Find out which one of us is a true warrior before we harvest our Weekly Movie Recommendations.

01:34 –  Roar

07:18 - Ex Machina

20:31 - Seven Samurai

1:00:34 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

We delve into the realm of cerebral confusion this week on the podcast as we discuss Clouds of Sils Maria. The film stars Juliette Binoche as an aging actress who must confront the inevitability of time and also stars Kristen Stewart who continues her streak of excellent performances (coming off the Oscar winning Still Alice). We then take a swim in Ryan Gosling's flawed-but-ambitious Lost River, a film with a troubled post-production timeline and a lukewarm critical reception. A new Directors Series finds us tackling the films of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa, starting with his 1950 film Rashomon. We give our conflicting versions of the truth when discussing the film and leave it to you to sort things out. Just kidding, we leave nothing to the imagination on how we felt about the film. As always, we wrap things up with our Weekly Movie Recommendations.

02:25 –  Clouds of Sils Maria

10:21 - Lost River

18:42 - Rashomon

1:00:33 - Weekly Movie Recommendations