Grierson & Leitch

It's a quiet movie week in the theaters, which is why we spend the first 10 minutes talking about the great "Better Call Saul." But then we get down to business with "Christopher Robin" and "The Miseducation of Cameron Post." But the real work this week involves pulling up our sleeves and digging into David Fincher's 2007 masterwork "Zodiac." Mentions of Ted Cruz are fleeting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's going to be a slow August, folks, and the main reason: "Mission: Impossible -- Fallout" is going to dominate the rest of the month. We look at the sixth installment of Tom Cruise's signature franchise, and we agree: It's one of the best ones. Then in our Reboot segment, we look at Peter Berg's "Friday Night Lights" and Nicole Holofcener's "Please Give." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Denzel Washington has finally done a sequel -- seriously, it's the first time in his career -- and it's "Equalizer 2." Does it have the oomph of the first one? We discuss! Also, we have two foreign language films for our Reboots. First, Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle" from 1958, and Nacho Vigalondo's "Timecrimes" from 2007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Are you getting tired of The Rock yet? Audiences might be: His "Skyscraper" was one of his weakest openings yet. But are Tim and Will? Discussion time! Then Grierson goes solo on three new releases from Gus Van Sant, Rob Reiner and ... Bo Burnham. Then it's off to the Reboot, and boy, did lots of dudes like "Donnie Darko" back in the day. How does it play in 2018 to two people who haven't seen it? Not well, we're afraid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second half of the movie year (also the actual year) begins with some meaty movies worthy of real discussion. First, it's the first Marvel movie of the post-"Infinity War" universe, "Ant-Man and the Wasp," which we have a solid disagreement about! Then it's Boots Riley's much-feted "Sorry to Bother You," which we both like ... but less than everyone else seems to. Then we go way back to 1952 in our Reboot segment this week, looking at Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece "Ikiru." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's time for one of our special shows of the year: Each of our six best films of the first of 2018. (Yes, the year is half over.) Think of it like half our annual Dorkfest. We have four films on both of our lists, a much-higher number than usual. See if you can guess which ones. We also get into sequel "Sicario: Day of the Soldado," which only Grierson had seen at taping time, and Debra Granik's new film "Leave No Trace." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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At this point, you could put a couple of drama students in a "Jurassic Park" movie and people would watch them ... but that doesn't mean they're any good. This week, we discuss how "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" is a little better than the last version, but still not very good. There will still be 50 more coming. Then, in our Reboot section, we look at the Coen brothers' masterpiece "A Serious Man." Then, something that is definitively not a masterpiece: 2005's "The Ringer." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You waited 14 years for the sequel and now it's here: It's Brad Bird's "Incredibles 2," the newest Pixar film. The world has a lot more superhero movies than it did when we last saw The Incredibles: How does it hold up? Then we look at the male bros comedy "Tag." Then we finish up our three-part series of looking back at Richard Linklater's staggering trilogy -- with maybe another one coming in 2022? -- with 2013's "Before Midnight." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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After a down week after some blockbusters, it's a doozy of a weekend at the box office. First there's "Ocean's 8," an attempt to reboot Steven Soderbergh's heist with an all-female cast. Then there's the Sundance smash horror film "Hereditary" with Toni Collette. And then sit down with "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" about Mr. Rogers. Then we do Part Two of our three-week discussion of Richard Linklater's own trilogy, 2004's "Before Sunset." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a slow release schedule this week, we chose this week to do one of our twice-a-year mailbag episodes, in which we tackle your questions about the "Star Wars" franchise, reclining seats in theaters and all-time top 10 lists. It's always one of our favorite shows. Then, in our Reboot section, we look at the first of Richard Linklater's amazing trilogy with "Before Sunrise," as well as Arnold Schwarzenegger's magnus opus from 1990 "Kindergarten Cop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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