One Perfect Pod

Perry and Geoff explore the pure madness of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, shot guerilla style by Thomas Mauch.

Matthew welcomes Birth.Movies.Death's Jacob Knight to talk about how expectations match with reality for Atomic Blonde, the spiritual cousin of John Wick, starring Charlize Theron.

This week from the Alan Smithee Memorial Studio, Scott and Geoff ponder a piece at GQ that outlines the new paths to stardom available to young actors who may have to redefine fame [0:00 - 21:25]. They also chat with Nerdist's resident Overwatch fanatic Dan Casey to learn what massive Comic-Con stuff thrilled him and what missed the mark[21:25 - 48:25].

Then, a little game of Who's Wrong to close things out[48:25 - 50:00].

Note: The producer of this episode would like to apologize in advance for some audio quality issues. He messed up Matthew's mic settings, especially for the first segment. It won't happen again.

Matthew sits down with FSR chief Neil Miller to watch and discuss Luc Besson's fever dream, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Is it the second coming of The Fifth Element, or more like Jupiter Ascending? You'll have to listen and find out.

To honor the passing of a legend, Perry and Geoff look at the seminal work of George A. Romero, 1978's Dawn of the Dead, shot by Michael Gornick.

This week from the Alan Smithee Memorial Studio, Scott and Geoff offer some insights to aspiring screenwriters and directors about how to use film festival line-ups as a research tool [0:00 - 20:25], then puzzle over why studios can't take the obvious lesson from successful movies [20:25 - 32:00]. We close out with game we like to call Who's Right: Christopher Nolan vs. Netflix.

This week, Perry and Geoff talk about the perfect shots of John Wick, from directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, and cinematographer Jonathan Sela.

This week on After the Credits, Matthew is joined by Cinapse co-founder and critic Ed Travis to discuss War for the Planet of the Apes.

Perry and Geoff are taken to the sunken place for a discussion about Jordan Peele's thriller 'Get Out,' shot by Toby Oliver.

Nerdist's Scott Beggs joins Matthew to discuss Spider-Man: Homecoming, the first fusion offering between Sony and Marvel Studios, and Robert Downey Jr.'s singing career.