On the May 9, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk about Eli Craig’s new horror movie Clown in a Cornfield, and present an interview with co-writer/director Eli Craig.

In Our Feature Presentation: Clown In A Cornfield Is One Of The Best Scary Clown Horror Movies Ever Made [SXSW]

• General thoughts
• Spoilers
• Interview with Eli Craig

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On the May 8, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Jacob Hall to talk about the new movie Watch the Skies and present an interview with the director Victor Danell, producer Albin Pettersson, and Flawless Co-Founder Scott Mann.

In Our Feature Presentation: UFO Sweden Review: A Bunch Of Swedes Show Hollywood How To Amblin [Fantastic Fest 2023]

• AI technology video
• Interview

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On the May 7, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor BJ Colangelo to gather around the virtual water cooler and talk about what we’ve been watching.

In the Water Cooler:

• What we’ve been Doing:
• Ben has an announcement to make about the show (check him out on Bluesky), met up with BJ and Harmony for dinner, went to Jazz at LACMA, visited Cloud Gate (aka The Bean), the Art Institute of Chicago, and saw a Chicago Cubs game.
• BJ went into the Criterion Mobile closet, saw her first pullquote on a billboard, and got a new movie tattoo
• What we’ve been Reading:
• BJ is reading The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis
• What we’ve been Watching:
• Ben watched The Righteous Gemstones and The Rehearsal season 2.
• BJ watched Cruising, Blinded By the Light, The Righteous Gemstones
• What we’ve been Eating:
• Ben met up with Brad in Chicago to see a movie he can’t talk about yet, and ate at Pequods and Mr. Beef.
• BJ is SO JEALOUS BEN HAD PEQUODS. But in continuing her quest to eat gimmick food, she finally tried the Doritos branded vodka.
• What we’ve been Playing:
• BJ is playing Nintendo 64 

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On the May 6, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by no one to go over the latest film and TV news.

In The News: 

• Full trailer for GTA VI has been released, with a May 26, 2026 release date (The Mandalorian and Grogu is hitting theaters on May 22)
• Another Solo Deadpool Movie Probably Won't Happen – But Ryan Reynolds Has A More Intriguing Idea
• Sgt. Rock no longer in development - Variety
• Arnold Schwarzenegger Almost Played DC's Sgt. Rock – And Then It Fell Apart
• Guy Ritchie to direct Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House 2 - Variety
• Practical Magic 2 coming only to theaters on September 18, 2026

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On the May 5, 2025 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’s box office numbers.

In The News: 

• Box office top 10
• How did Thunderbolts do? What does this mean for Marvel?
• Marvel's Thunderbolts Isn't Really A Thunderbolts Movie (And That's Disappointing)

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On the May 2, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about the latest Marvel Studios movie, Thunderbolts*.

In Our Feature Presentation: Thunderbolts* Review: Marvel Finally Matures Its Cinematic Universe With An Emotional Gut Punch

• General thoughts
• Spoilers

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On the April 30, 2025 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 and talk about what they’ve been up to.

In the Water Cooler:

• What we’ve been Doing:
• Ben visited the graves of some famous people at Forest Lawn Cemetery, and then got stuck on the Jurassic World ride and visited Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios.
• What we’ve been Watching:
• Chris watched Y2K, The Accountant 2, Clue, and the new 4K release of Timecop. 
• Ben watched the first Accountant, The Legend of Ochi, On Swift Horses, and Light and Magic season 2. 
• What we’ve been Eating:
• 
  
• What we’ve been Playing:
• 
  

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On the April 29, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and TV news.

In The News: 

• Box office top 10
• Sinners Just Did Something No Horror Movie Has Ever Done At The Box Office
• Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith Is A Box Office Smash Hit Again 20 Years Later
• The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping Has Found Its Young Haymitch Abernathy — And Another Very Important Character
• New The Hunger Games Prequel Has Found The Young Plutarch Heavensbee – And It's Perfect Casting
• Kevin Smith Has Been Writing Dogma 2, But There Will Be Two Major Changes In The Sequel
• How Kevin Smith Hilariously Failed To Give Alan Rickman A Line Reading In Dogma
• Call Your Dad: Apple And Tom Hanks Are Making A Greyhound Sequel
• 2025's Best Video Game So Far Becoming A Movie With Wicked Director & Sydney Sweeney

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On the April 28, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson talks about the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival.

In Our Feature Presentation: TCMFF 2025!

• Suspicion
• Back to the Future
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
• Talk of the Town
• Heat

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On the April 25, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to talk about Gareth Evans’ long-awaited action movie Havoc, and present an interview with writer/director Gareth Evans.

In Our Feature Presentation: Havoc Review: Tom Hardy And Gareth Evans Team For A Hyperviolent Shoot 'Em Up

• General thoughts
• Interview with Gareth Evans

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