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March 18, 2019 "Triple Frontier," "Zero Dark Thirty," "Haute Tension"
There's one new movie this week, from Netflix: J.C. Chandor's "Triple Frontier." Ben Affleck! Oscar Isaac! It is ... not that inspired. What IS inspired is "Zero Dark Thirty," which we discuss in our Reboot segment. What a movie. Also: The French horror film "Haute Tension." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 26 min
March 11, 2019 "Captain Marvel," "Gloria Bell," "Apollo 11," "The Apartment"
"Captain Marvel" might not be the most ambitious or original Marvel movie, but it's still a historic one, and not just because of the box office receipts. We dig into the origin story, and how it leads into the next (and final?) "Avengers" movie. Grierson solos on "Gloria Bell" and "Apollo 11," and then we dig into our Reboot movie, the Best Picture-winning Billy Wilder film "The Apartment." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 10 min
March 03, 2019 "Leaving Neverland," "Climax," 'Greta"
The movie everyone's talking about this weekend didn't get a theatrical release at all, but we felt it had to be discussed: HBO's shattering documentary "Leaving Neverland." It's quite an experience. It's strange that a Gaspar Noe movie could be "lighter" fare, but his "Climax" has received his best reviews in years. Also, we dig into Neil Jordan's weird, tonally off "Greta," Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 14 min
February 25, 2019 2019 Oscars Recap, "Fighting With My Family," "Paddleton," "Badlands"
The Oscars were last night! We made Grierson get up SUPER early in Los Angeles to recap the evening, which was surprisingly excellent ... until the very end. Argh. Then we discuss the WWE fantasy "Fighting With My Family" and Netflix's "Paddleton." And in our Reboot section, we dig into Terrence Malick's "Badlands." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 39 min
February 18, 2019 2019 Oscars Preview, "Alita: Battle Angel," "Interview With The Vampire"
It's Oscars Week! And boy oh boy are these Oscars going to be a fiasco. Tim and Will talk about the slow-motion disaster this award season has been, and then they make their predictions for the major categories. Then they look at the Robert Rodriguez-James Cameron collaboration "Alita: Battle Angel." Then we've got quite the Reboot: 1994's "Interview With The Vampire." Hoo boy, this movie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 41 min
February 11, 2019 "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part," "High Flying Bird," "What Men Want"
There's another Lego movie! Man, there have been a lot of those recently. This one, a sequel to the surprise hit, isn't nearly as much fun ... and honestly, what has happened to Chris Pratt? Then we climb Mount Soderbergh with his NBA heist movie "High Flying Bird." Then we close with the gender-flipped "What Men Want." And we also try to figure out what the hell just happened with Liam Neeson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 14 min
February 03, 2019 "Velvet Buzzsaw," The Films of Steven Soderbergh, "Inherit the Wind"
It's another weekend in which the only interesting movie is a Netflix release. THAT has been happening a lot. We discuss Dan Gilroy's art horror satire "Velvet Buzzsaw." Then we try out a new feature, in which we analyze the career of a director before he/she has a major new release: Our test case is Steven Soderbergh. Let us know if you like the idea. Then, in our Reboot section, we look at 1960's "Inherit the Wind." Lots of courtroom shouting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 6 min
January 27, 2019 "Serenity," "25th Hour," "Galaxy Quest"
Grierson is in Sundance, hittin' the slopes and hanging out in hot tubs with models and dogs in sunglasses, but he still has time for the show! Unfortunately, he hasn't seen Matthew McConaughey's and Anne Hathaway's "Serenity," but, also unfortunately, Leitch has. So they discuss that crazy-ass movie. The real fun is in the Reboots. First, we look at Spike Lee's 2002 masterpiece "25th Hour," which we both love even more than we did when we initially saw it. And then the 1999 cult comedy "Galaxy Quest." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 6 min
January 21, 2019 "Glass," "Fyre," 2019 Sundance Preview, "What We Do in the Shadows"
M. Night Shyamalan is back! The old one! The one you didn't like. His "Glass" is the third film of a supposed trilogy, and it is by FAR the worst of the three. Also, we talk about the Netflix documentary "Fyre," though we didn't talk about the Hulu one about the Fyre Festival. (It's not as good as the Netflix one.) We also preview the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and, then, in our Reboot section, we discuss the 2014 comedy "What We Do in the Shadows." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 27 min
January 14, 2019 "The Upside," 2019 Oscar Predictions, "Idiocracy"
We're back! We're back! It's our first show of 2019. We missed you, like, a ton: More than you could possibly know! We kick off 2019 with our first review of the year, the Kevin Hart-Bryan Cranston-Nicole Kidman dramedy "The Upside." It's not as bad as it could have been! Then we give our Oscar nomination predictions. Weird year. Also: Who's hosting? We finish up with our Reboot movie, 2006's "Idiocracy," from Mike Judge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 34 min

About Grierson & Leitch

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Tim Grierson and Will Leitch are lifelong best friends who have been writing and talking about the movies for 25 years. Grierson is vice president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Leitch…