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Join RCB Podcast host #RyanClemBarnes, Screen Rant writer and screen studies professor @rizay_photos, film aficionado @willdixon.dev, and me as we explore WTFilm? with the lackluster summer movie season so far. In our feature story, we’ll discuss TV series based on books. And in “Last Call,” we’ll opine if certain legacy franchises have run their course.

Join RCB Podcast host #RyanClemBarnes, Screen Rant writer and screen studies professor @rizay_photos, professor emeritus of Communication & Media Studies @wainerjr.a, and me for Screen Thom episode 14 as we discuss "WTFilm?" with the Writers Guild strike. In our feature story, we handicap 2023’s summer movies and discuss the ones that have already opened. And in “Last Call,” we recommend our favorite streaming series. "Summertime... and the Viewing Is Easy" (with apologies to George & Ira Gershwin).

Celebrate Screen Thom’s first anniversary with RCB Podcast host #RyanClemBarnes, Screen Rant writer and screen studies professor @rizay_photos, film aficionado @willdixon.dev, and me. What will we pick as Story of the Year? What are our favorite surprises and biggest disappointments in film and television during the last 12 months? And in “Last Call,” we vent about studios' plans to remake classic movies like Vertigo. Join us and be "whelmed."

In Episode 12 of the Screen Thom podcast, join RCB Podcast host #RyanClemBarnes, Screen Rant writer and screen studies professor @rizay_photos, film aficionado @willdixon.dev, and me as we provide snap judgments of the 95th Annual Academy Awards in “WTFilm?” Then we examine Hollywood’s COVID hangover three years after the global pandemic shuttered production and movie theatres. Will the film and television fully recover or did the disruption forever change audience viewing habits? And in "Last Call," Thom vents about Warner Bros. penchant for making Batman TV series without the Dark Knight. "Na na na na na na na na na!"

Join RCB Podcast host Ryan Clem Barnes, Screen Rant writer and screen studies professor Ryan Izay, film aficionado William Dixon, and me as we celebrate the month of Groundhog Day with an all-"WTFilm?” episode. Our topics will include reactions to the Oscar nominations, James Gunn & Peter Safran’s plans for DC Studios, and Bob Iger’s return to the Walt Disney Company just in time for its centennial celebration. 

It’s awards season and RCB-roll podcast host Ryan Clem Barnes, Screen Rant writer Ryan Izay, film aficionado William Dixon, and I ask “WTFilm?” with all those Oscar-bait films being box-office duds. Then in our feature story, we reveal our favorite films of 2022 with a certain multiverse-spanning indie hit appearing on each of our lists. Finally, in “Last Call,” we recount our favorite TV shows from 2022.

"Haul out the holly!" Join RCB-roll podcast host Ryan Clem Barnes, Screen Rant writer Ryan Izay, and actor/filmmaker Zach Hammill as they try to console me during "WTFilm?" after news broke that James Gunn & Peter Safran's plans for DC Films do not include Henry Cavill's return as Superman. (Boo!) In our feature story, we reveal our favorite holiday movies and then discuss why we love A Christmas Story and It's a Wonderful Life. Finally in "Last Call," we provide viewing recommendations for the holiday break. "Christmastime is here!"

Join RCB-roll podcast host Ryan Clem Barnes, film aficionado William Dixon, filmmaker Hunter Forster, and me as we ask "WTFilm?" to compare Marvel fans with DC fans. Then we break down 2022: The Year in Superheroes. Finally, in “Last Call,” we reveal the heroes we can hardly wait to see on the big screen in 2023. “Screen-vengers Assemble!”

Join Screen Rant writer Ryan Izay, film aficionado William Dixon, student filmmaker Avery Bryant, and me as we ask "WTFilm?" to examine the differences between horror films and thrillers. Then each of us shares our list of Top Five (and then some) Scary Movies. Finally, in Last Call, we recommend our favorite recent horror/thriller films. “The podcast is coming from inside your house!”

Join RCB-roll podcast host Ryan Clem Barnes, game design and film instructor Hunter Forster, novelist/screenwriter Pearson Myles, and me as we ask "WTFilm?" regarding fan entitlement and nerd rage over casting decisions on House of the Dragon, Rings of Power, and The Little Mermaid. Then we explore major announcements from D23 Fan Expo in Anaheim, which kicked off The Walt Disney Company’s centennial celebration. Finally, in Last Call, we discuss upcoming projects—Disney or not—that we’re excited for. "See you real soon!"