October 17, 2025

October 16, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Smashing Machine,” “Anemone,” “Good Boy,” “Tron: Ares,” “Roofman,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” and “John Candy: I Like Me”

15 minutes

Back after their successful world tour last week, Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film.

The here:

The Smashing Machine (dir Benny Safdie, starr Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, and Oleksandr Usyk).

Anemone (dir Ronan Day-Lewis, starr Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley, and Safia Oakley-Green).

Good Boy (dir Ben Leonberg, starr Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, and Larry Fessenden).

Tron Ares (dir Joachim Rønning, starr Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges).

Roofman (dir Derek Cianfrance, starr Kirsten Dunst, Ben Mendelsohn, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, Melonie Diaz, Uzo Aduba, Lily Collias, Jimmy O Yang, and Peter Dinklage).

Kiss of the Spider Woman (dir Bill Condon, starr Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, and Jennifer Lopez).

Colin Hanks’s documentary John Candy: I Like Me, available currently on Amazon.

The forthcoming:

Black Phone 2 (dir Scott Derrickson, starr Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Demián Bichir).

Good Fortune (dir Aziz Ansari, starr AA, Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer, and Sandra Oh).

Truth and Treason (dir Matt Whitaker, starr Ewan Horrocks, Ferdinand McKay, Daf Thomas, Nye Occomore, and Rupert Evans).

“The Smashing Machine,” “Anemone,” “Good Boy”

“Tron: Ares,” “Roofman,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” and “John Candy: I Like Me”

...more

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October 17, 2025

October 16, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Smashing Machine,” “Anemone,” “Good Boy,” “Tron: Ares,” “Roofman,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” and “John Candy: I Like Me”

15 minutes

Back after their successful world tour last week, Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film.

The here:

The Smashing Machine (dir Benny Safdie, starr Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, and Oleksandr Usyk).

Anemone (dir Ronan Day-Lewis, starr Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley, and Safia Oakley-Green).

Good Boy (dir Ben Leonberg, starr Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, and Larry Fessenden).

Tron Ares (dir Joachim Rønning, starr Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges).

Roofman (dir Derek Cianfrance, starr Kirsten Dunst, Ben Mendelsohn, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, Melonie Diaz, Uzo Aduba, Lily Collias, Jimmy O Yang, and Peter Dinklage).

Kiss of the Spider Woman (dir Bill Condon, starr Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, and Jennifer Lopez).

Colin Hanks’s documentary John Candy: I Like Me, available currently on Amazon.

The forthcoming:

Black Phone 2 (dir Scott Derrickson, starr Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Demián Bichir).

Good Fortune (dir Aziz Ansari, starr AA, Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer, and Sandra Oh).

Truth and Treason (dir Matt Whitaker, starr Ewan Horrocks, Ferdinand McKay, Daf Thomas, Nye Occomore, and Rupert Evans).

“The Smashing Machine,” “Anemone,” “Good Boy”

“Tron: Ares,” “Roofman,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” and “John Candy: I Like Me”

...more

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October 16, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Smashing Machine,” “Anemone,” “Good Boy,” “Tron: Ares,” “Roofman,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” and “John Candy: I Like Me”

October 16, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Smashing Machine,” “Anemone,” “Good Boy,” “Tron: Ares,” “Roofman,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” and “John Candy: I Like Me”