It's time for another entry in the most successful long-running franchise of all time: Film Chat reviews of Marvel films! On this occasion it's the comedic superhero sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, in which Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly team up to resize themselves and other objects as the situation demands. If the film was a sandwich, the bread would be banter and the filling would be big things getting small and small things getting big. We liked it.

Plus, we discuss that McDonald's Monopoly heist story, which got optioned so fast it's almost like Hollywood producers are on some sort of drug that makes them twitchy and impulsive. We also talk about Hillary Clinton's unexpected and yet somehow inevitable move into executive producing alongside Steven Spielberg, we touch on some updates about the new Batman film, and we complain that the new Venom trailer contains too much Venom.

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Apologies for the delay in release but while making this episode Sam sprained his wrist while attempting to pour a glass of Prosecco and we had to shut down production for 12 days. Never fear though for this bumper edition of film chat is now here and features:

A review of the biggest movie in the world right now, Mission Impossible 6!

A review of a documentary nobody is watching and is apparently kinda shit, Generation Wealth!

A rundown of the biggest trailers from Comic Con!

A discussion of James Gunn's controversial firing!

And much more!!!!

PLUS we bid a fond farewell to our long-suffering producer Katie Rogers who has gone to Sweden to launch the Swedish version of the podcast in which we exclusively discuss Fanny and Alexander (the 188 theatrical cut obvs not the bullshit 312-minute tv version).

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Behold an episode which hasn't dated at all since we recorded it last week!

First of a discussion of how England will definitely win the world cup (we didn't).

Then we speculate what Sacha Baron Cohen's latest project could be (it's a TV show that airs tonight).

Then we question Scarlet Johansson's decision to plays a trans man (she's now left the role).

Then we give reviews of Mcqueen, Sicario 2 and The Endless (very unlikely that any of these films will still be in the cinema).

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This week, Danny reviews a film about a group of women having a whole lot of fun doing some crimes, the latest franchise reboot/remake/sequel hybrid Ocean's 8. We then tackle a horror about a family having no fun at all, the much-hyped and certainly-not-at-the-cinema-anymore Hereditary. We also talk about the second best film of the year so far, series 2 of Queer Eye; we discuss prospects for the recently announced sequel to The Shining; and we check in with an increasingly strange Johnny Depp.

Just a quick note about this episode, we recorded it about two weeks ago and Sam would like to apologise profusely for how long it took him to edit. We are aware that a) his comment five seconds into the episode about how quickly he's going to turn it around is now bitterly ironic and b) it does date itself quite badly at the end when we make a reference to England still being in the group stages of the World Cup. Other than that the episode remains as fresh and relevant as ever.

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On this episode, we review the eagerly awaited sequel (at least by Spielberg's accountants) Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom.

It's a high octane blockbuster which actually asks a lot of very deep and interesting questions. Namely, how can a film that features dinosaurs and an exploding volcano be so dull?

PLUS we discuss Jeremy Renner's CGI arms, analyse the controversy surrounding the Mortal Engines movie, and spend possibly too much time talking about the upcoming projects from Film Chat's favourite director/5 time winner of upper-class twit of the year competition, Matthew Vaughan.

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This week we review Solo: A Star Wars Story, the film that teaches you everything you need to know about the sexy Star Wars rogue Han Solo - where he got his name, how he met Chewbacca, who gave him that jacket, how he has his eggs, everything. Think of a question about Han Solo. This film answers it. If it's not in the film, it can't be a possible answer to a question about Han Solo. Needless to say it is a masterpiece.

Plus, Danny reviews a pair of acclaimed smaller films that teach you nothing about Han Solo (ie they are obviously garbage), the Argentine period piece Zama and the ravishing Afghanistan-set animation The Breadwinner. We also discuss the overplayed Jurassic World trailer, the fanciest-possible cinema experience for watching Sherlock Gnomes, and some not very exciting (and by now quite out of date) news. Did you know they're making a Boba Fett film?

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We have always prided Film Chat in being ridiculous, irreverent and totally irrelevant and as such we feel totally out of our depth reviewing the very serious film Deadpool 2. However never fear we rise to the occasion and discuss in great detail the film's mise en scène, its use of diegetic and nondiegetic music as well as the many innovative visual and editing techniques that result it being one of the most important films of all time #Gamechanger.

PLUS we discuss if Johnny Depp should be allowed in films where he's required to play anything other than a mumbling washed up actor, TAKE a deep dive into Spiderman's most iconic villain, Mysterio AND discuss how a recent movie about a talking dog is making kids susceptible to abuse

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In this week's extremely late-arriving podcast Sam reviews I Feel Pretty, Amy Schumer's high-concept, low-Rotten-Tomatoes-score comedy about a women whose self-esteem receives a dramatic boost after a head injury. Sam liked it more than most critics seemed to, but struggled to articulate why and ended up re-recording his entire review multiple times. Fortunately only one of those efforts is included in this episode. Danny meanwhile eloquently explains why he liked Jeune Femme, the too relatable tale of a woman who reaches 30 without remotely having figured her shit out. She'd probably have trouble reviewing I Feel Pretty as well.

We also discuss the half-hearted retconning of some LGBT diversity into Solo: A Star Wars Story and other movies, we talk about Gary Oldman's next directorial project, we question the wisdom of making a film whose plot revolves around people reading 50 Shades of Grey, and Danny quizzes Sam on the Royal Wedding. Sorry, it was still a hot topic when we recorded this.

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