On the December 20, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer Nina Starner to talk about their favorite TV shows of 2024.

In Our Feature Presentation: Our Top 10 TV Shows of 2024

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On the December 19, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson presents an interview BJ Colangelo did with Alien: Romulus sound designer Lee Gilmore.

BJ's photos from the event: https://www.instagram.com/p/DB7GidLTI4U/?img_index=2

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On the December 18, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to gather around the virtual water cooler to talk about what they’ve been watching.

In the Water Cooler:

• What we’ve been Reading:
• Chris read Sonny Boy by Al Pacino and Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill by Alan Sepinwall
• What we’ve been Watching:
• Ben watched The Train, Pulp Fiction, and Interstellar.
• Chris watched Wicked, A Complete Unknown, Carry-On, Conclave, and Speak No Evil, and Eyes Wide Shut.

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On the December 17, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about the latest film and TV news.

In The News:

• Horror Master Mike Flanagan Joins James Gunn's New DC Universe With Clayface Movie
• The Next Evil Dead Movie Has A Great Title – And We Know When It's Coming Out
• 28 Years Later Trailer Reveals A Terrifying Vision Of Post-Apocalyptic Humanity
• The Karate Kid: Legends Trailer Finally Ties Every Movie And Show Together
• Austin Butler To Play Patrick Bateman In Luca Guadagnino's American Psycho Movie
• Jeremy Allen White Is Playing A Forgotten Star Wars Character In The Mandalorian & Grogu
• Chris Evans Can Do This All Day As Captain America Actor Returns To MCU With Avengers: Doomsday
• Wicked 2 is now called Wicked: For Good. November 21, 2025.

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On the December 16, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk about the weekend box office numbers and answer a couple of your emails.

Listener emails: Terry from Oakland, CA: Love the podcast. I’ve been listening to it from day one, although I often disagree with what I hear. I love the conversation and the different perspectives. It’s always a joy to hear Chris’ dour voice. Warms the cackles of my heart. But as far as the top five Denzel movies. I’m pretty sure I was, like many of your other Black listeners, screaming at our phones or whatever they listen to the podcasts on. You all made some great points and had some great picks. There were some deep cuts in there. I appreciate you highlighting the relationship between Denzel and Spike Lee. They are cinematic gold.

But to be clear, there’s no way Man on Fire sits on that list over Glory. I understand the desire to want to have “action Denzel” on the list. I think for a lot of people, Training Day is action Denzel turnt up. I think that all those Tony Scott action movies and Training Day have a similar version of Denzel. Glory is different. The rawness of his acting. The hint of charm beneath that rage. The arc of his character. It really mirrors the arc of Malcolm X. I saw both of those movies in the theater and they had a profound impact on many of us. Man of Fire was great, but doesn’t rank as one of his top 5 greatest performances. Macbeth must be on the list, although I would have had Mo Betta Blues, and Mississippi Masala deserves an honorable mention. Love you guys!!!

Andrew from Wichita: I subscribe to Peacock and Paramount+. Each year I wait until Black Friday when they offer deals and then subscribe. This year, for example, Peacock is offering a full year for $20. How do these deals keep these streaming services alive?

Richard from San Antonio: ​​Love the show and listen to every episode. I hate to be “that guy,” but the way you all have pronounced Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s (BON-HOFFER) name kills me every time. Haven’t seen the film, but he’s a super interesting historical figure. German pastor who studied in the States and was influenced by the people he met in Harlem. When he moved back to Germany, he was arrested for plotting to kill Hitler. Otherwise, keep up the good work.

In The News:

• Box office top 10

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On the December 13, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson talks a little about The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim and presents interviews with a few of the filmmakers.

In Our Feature Presentation: The War Of The Rohirrim Review: The Lord Of The Rings Goes Anime In Dazzling, But Inessential Prequel

Arty Papageorgiou and Phoebe Gittins

Philippa Boyens

Kenji Kamiyama

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On the December 11, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to gather around the virtual water cooler and talk about what they’ve been watching.

In the Water Cooler:

• What we’ve been Doing:
• Brad has been preparing to host a Prancer 35th anniversary event in his hometown
• What we’ve been Reading:
• 
  
• What we’ve been Watching:
• Brad watched The Last Showgirl, A Different Man, The Apprentice, The Order, Juror # 2, and September 5, and has discovered the comedic magic of Dropout
• Ben watched A Complete Unknown, Eastern Condors, No Country For Old Men, and Seconds (CC40).
• What we’ve been Eating:
• Brad had Cinnamon Swirl Lindt Chocolate Truffles, Snickerdoodle Flipz Covered Pretzels, Welch’s Grape Ghost Energy Drink, C4 Jolly Rancher Energy Drink, and Frosted Cinnamon Roll Pop-Tarts. (Check out the Brad’s Junk Instagram page!)

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On the December 10, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson talks about the new documentary Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes, and presents an interview with the son of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Stephen Humphrey Bogart.

In Our Feature Presentation: 

• Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes
• One Film Never Failed To Bring Humphrey Bogart To Tears
• Stephen Humphrey Bogart interview
• Recommendations

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On the December 9, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk a little about this weekend’s box office numbers and then look ahead to some of the movies in the first half of 2025.

In The News:

• Box office recap

2025 theatrically released movies (no streaming), January through the end of May

January

1/10 - Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

1/17 - Presence (Soderbergh)

1/17 - Wolf Man

1/24 - Flight Risk

1/31 - Dog Man (animated)

1/31 - Companion (Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher)

February

2/7 - Love Hurts (action film, Ke Huy (hoo-ee) Quan, Ariana Debose)

2/7 - Heart Eyes (Josh Ruben rom-com slasher starring Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding)

2/14 - Captain America: Brave New World

2/14 - Paddington In Peru

2/21 - The Monkey (Oz Perkins)

2/21 - The Unbreakable Boy (Zachary Levi)

2/28 - Last Breath (real-life deep sea rescue movie starring Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu)

2/28 - The Legend of Ochi (A24’s take on ET)

March

3/7 - Sinners (Ryan Coogler/Michael B. Jordan)

3/14 - Black Bag (another Soderbergh, this one a spy thriller starring Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Pierce Brosnan, Naomie Harris)

3/14 - Novocaine (Jack Quaid has a disorder where he can’t feel pain, and he has to fight his way through a bunch of people who are robbing a bank and have taken his girlfriend hostage)

3/21 - Snow White

3/21 - Alto Knights (Barry Levinson directed, De Niro plays two roles as two different mob bosses, co-writer of Goodfellas)

3/28 - Levon’s Trade

3/28 - The Woman in the Yard (Jaume Collett-Serra, psychological horror film about a woman who shows up on a family’s lawn and gives them a chilling warning)

April

4/4 - A Minecraft Movie

4/11 - The Amateur (Rami Malek is an unconventional spy who wants revenge against the terrorists who killed his wife)

4/11 - Drop (thriller from Christopher Landon about a widowed mother who goes on her first date in years, only to receive a bunch of anonymous drops to her phone giving her instructions that she has to complete or else a mysterious person will kill her daughter)

4/18 - Mickey 17

4/25 - The Accountant 2

4/25 - Until Dawn (based on a video game, director David F. Sandberg’s return to horror)

May

5/2 - Thunderbolts*

5/9 - A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Kogonada’s new movie, starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell)

5/9 - Golden (coming of age musical directed by Michel Gondry, biography of Pharrell Williams)

5/16 - Flowervale Street (David Robert Mitchell, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, JUST moved to March 2026)

5/23 - Lilo & Stitch

5/23 - Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

5/30 - Karate Kid: Legends

5/30 - The Life of Chuck

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On the December 6, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about Kyle Mooney’s latest movie Y2K, and present interviews with the movie’s cast and crew.

In Our Feature Presentation: Y2K Review: It's Rachel Zegler Vs The Apocalypse In This 100% Historically Inaccurate Comedy [SXSW 2024]

• General thoughts
• Spoilers
• Jaeden Martell and Julian Dennison
• Kyle Mooney and Evan Winter

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