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October 22, 2018 "Halloween," "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" "Wildlife," "mid-90s," "Memories of Murder"
We've got the biggest October opening of all-time this week with "Halloween," both a sequel and homage to the classic John Carpenter film. But then Grierson has to go solo on three new movies, all of which are fascinating in their own way. Then, in our Reboot segment, we look at Bong Joon-ho's "Memories of Murder," from all the way back in 2003. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 19 min
October 15, 2018 "First Man," "22 July," "Bad Times at the El Royale,"Sara "The Kindergarten Teacher," "Beautiful Boy"
We are jam-packed with movies this week: It is clearly that time of the year. The big release of the weekend is Damien Chazelle's "First Man," a look at Neil Armstrong and the moon landing. Grierson likes it, but Leitch LOVE it. We also dig into Paul Greengrass' "22 July," the Drew Goddard genre-hopper "Bad Times at the El Royale" and Maggie Gyllenhaal in "The Kindergarten Teacher." And Grierson solos on "Beautiful Boy," starring Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 31 min
October 07, 2018 "A Star Is Born," "Venom," "Private Life," "The Hate U Give," "Major League"
It's a "Star Is Born" world: The rest of us just get to live here occasionally. Bradley Cooper's and Lady Gaga's big musical melodrama dominates the screens this week, but we've got tons of other releases, from the comic book oddity "Venom" to Tamara Jenkins' great "Private Life" to the YA adaptation "The Hate U Give." And with the baseball playoffs going on, we look at 1989's "Major League" in our reboot section. It's a long one, but a good one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 30 min
October 01, 2018 "The Old Man and the Gun," "Hold the Dark," "Night School"
We've got a David Lowery film that also might be Robert Redford's cinematic swan song, a Netflix thriller from the guy who gave you "Blue Ruin" and "Green Room" and a Kevin Hart comedy with this month's co-star Tiffany Haddish. No time for Reboots. This is serious, people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 7 min
September 24, 2018 "Fahrenheit 11/9," "The Land of Steady Habits," "Life Itself," "The Sisters Brothers," "Student Bodies"
We have so many new movies to talk about this week that we have no time for an intro! The weirdest thing about all of these movies is that hardly any of you saw any of them. But somehow a ton of you watched Eli Roth do a kids movie. Also, we have a reboot of a very strange 1981 movie called "Student Bodies." It's an odd show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 31 min
September 16, 2018 "The Predator," "White Boy Rick," "A Simple Favor," "Mandy"
We're back, baby! We took a week off, but don't you worry: We're back flooring it with four new releases this week. There's a Predator reboot/sequel, a true life crime drama with Matthew McConaughey has a crappy dad, a Paul Feig would-be noir and, perhaps most thrillingly, a crazy-ass Nicolas Cage movie called "Mandy." We also talk about the best films that Grierson saw at the Toronto Film Festival. We hate taking weeks off. Thank you for indulging this brief one. We're shot out of a cannon this week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 16 min
August 31, 2018 2018 Toronto Film Festival Preview, "The Thin Red Line"
Happy Labor Day weekend! Grierson is about to head up north for the Toronto Film Festival, so we sit down and preview the big event, with each of us picking the films we're most looking forward to. Then, in our Reboot section, we look at 1998's "The Thin Red Line," Terrence Malick's big return after 20 years away. And then we tell you that we're taking a week off. So enjoy your holiday, and we'll be back for "Predator." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 2 min
August 26, 2018 "The Happytime Murders," Summer Movie Recap, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
The summer is almost over, which means two things in our movie world. One is that we to recap our summer movie season. The other? That a bad movie is buried at the end of August. That would be "The Happytime Murders," which is bad and also upsetting. Fortunately, there is enough greatness to go around with our Reboot: 2004's breathtaking "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." That movie still kills us 14 years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 4 min
August 20, 2018 "Crazy Rich Asians," "Mile 22," "Juliet, Naked," "Back to the Future"
The big smash of the weekend was "Crazy Rich Asians," the adaptation of Kevin Kwan's best seller, and one of us likes it a lot more than the other. But boy, "Mile 22," that's quite a dumb little movie. Then Grierson schools Leitch on "Juliet, Naked." Then, in our Reboot section, we go BACK in time to discuss 1985's "Back to the Future." 1.21 Gigawatts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 21 min
August 13, 2018 "BlacKkKlansman," "The Meg," "Four Lions"
We are not going to let the ridiculousness of "Best Popular Film" at the Oscars distract us from the excitement of a new Spike Lee movie ... but we can't ignore that inanity either. So we kick off this week's show with the Academy's dumb new category, before getting down to business with Spike Lee's electric new film "BlacKkKlansman and the Jason Statham snorer "The Meg." Then we look at the 2010 terrorist comedy "Four Lions." We totally forgot Riz Ahmed and Benedict Cumberbatch were in that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 hr 27 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…