The Filmcast

David, Jeff and Devindra discuss technical issues with showings of Avatar: The Way of Water, Tom Cruise’s extreme marketing tactics and why the Interview with the Vampire series is more interesting than the film. Then, they take a bite out of Luca Guadagnino’s latest horror film, with a full review of Bones and All.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: Five Questions We Have HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ (with Christian Spicer)  
Devindra - Engadget Podcast: Diving into the Best and Worst of Tech in 2022
Jeff - Cameo.com/jeffcannata

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching  (~33:11)
Devindra - Aftersun, Armageddon Time, Fleishman Is in Trouble S1, Interview with the Vampire S1
David - Empire of Light, EO
Jeff - Pinocchio, The White Lotus S2

Featured Review (~1:23:17)
Bones and All
SPOILERS (~1:38:14)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s interview podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech.   You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter @thefilmcastpod.

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This is a preview of this week's episode of The Filmcast: After Dark. To listen to the rest of the episode, become a $10+ Patron at Patreon.com/filmpodcast.

David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss all the stuff happening at Warner Media/DC and the state of James Gunn's new cinematic universe. 

It’s all led up to this moment, a cinematic event 700 episodes in the making…It’s an Avatar extravaganza! David, Jeff and Devindra discuss what it means to them to still be working on The Filmcast 700 episodes later and then dive into their review of James Cameron’s long awaited Avatar: The Way of Water. 

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Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
Featured Review (~ 10:15)
Avatar: The Way of Water
SPOILERS (~1:06:25)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s interview podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech.   You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter @thefilmcastpod.

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Just a quick announcement: Next week's Filmcast episode will cover Avatar: The Way Of Water, not Bones And All as originally promised. The podcast will also come out two days later than usual, on Thursday night, so that we can have a full spoiler-filled conversation about the movie. 

Thanks for your patience and understanding. 

David, Jeff and Devindra discuss breaking the bad news about The Willows Inn to a friend, the AI revolution and how it will affect creative industries, how yum Jeff Cannata is, the name of the new HBO Max and Discovery Plus combined streaming service, as well as the new Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny trailer. Then, they dive into a full review of Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. 

Also: we're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube at youtube.com/slashfilmcast.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: The Crown episodes 7-10
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on the Kindle Scribe
Jeff - Holiday gift suggestion 

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching  (~29:16)
David - White Noise (Dec. 30 on Netflix), Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, 1899
Devindra - Till, Four Samosas, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Featured Review (~1:29:29)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
SPOILERS (~1:40:34)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s interview podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech.   You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter @thefilmcastpod.

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David, Jeff, and Devindra discuss what it's like to be mentioned on a popular YouTube channel, whether Apple TV+'s Spirited is worth your time, why you should still watch Gangs of London even if it's jumped the shark, and why Wednesday is great. Then, they dive into a full review of Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans.

Also: we're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube at youtube.com/slashfilmcast.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: The Crown Episodes 4-6
Devindra - The best laptops and tablets to give as gifts
Jeff - cameo.com/jeffcannata

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching  (~24:30)
Jeff - Spirited, Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special
David - Women Talking, Gangs of London Season 2, Scrooged
Devindra - Wednesday, Flux Gourmet, Watcher

Featured Review (~1:15:40)
The Fabelmans
SPOILERS (~1:43:32)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s interview podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech.   You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter @thefilmcastpod.
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David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss how the old Bob is replacing new Bob at Disney, James Cameron's awesome new GQ profile, and then dive into the history of Pepsi, the final season of Dead To Me, the pleasures of Fleishman is in Trouble, and Mark Mylod's new film The Menu.

Also: we're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube at youtube.com/slashfilmcast.

Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend titles. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: The Crown Season 5 Eps 1-3 Review
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on our holiday gift guide
Jeff - DLC

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only) What we've been watching  (~30:00)
David - Pepsi Where’s My Jet, Fire of Love,
Devindra - Dead to Me S3, Tár, Cow
Jeff - The Simpsons, Strange World, Fleishman is in Trouble, Mammals,

Featured Review (~1:20:00)
The Menu
SPOILERS (~1:33:00)
Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s interview podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech.   You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter @thefilmcastpod.
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David, Jeff, and Devindra try to get into Aftersun (again), discuss the passing of Kevin Conroy, finally see some weakness in James Cameron's bluster, and try to figure out why Sylvester Stallone would want to become the Tulsa King. Then, they dive into Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Also: we're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube at youtube.com/slashfilmcast.

Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend titles. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website.

Thanks to our SPONSORS this week:

Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Reality: Love Is Blind Season Finale, Decoding TV: The White Lotus Ep 3
Devindra - Deep dive on Magic Leap 2, NVIDIA RTX 4080 review
Jeff - We Have Concerns: Ignoble Prize Winners

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only) What we've been watching  (~22:30)
Devindra - Tales of the Jedi, Tulsa King, Transformers: Earthspark
Jeff - Tulsa King episode 1, Aftersun, Zootopia+
David - Pleasure, Derren Brown: Sacrifice, The Crown S5

Featured Review (~1:14:08)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
SPOILERS (~1:35:45)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s interview podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech.   You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter @thefilmcastpod.
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David, Jeff, and Devindra try to get into Aftersun, praise the indie series Headless, wonder why more people aren't getting excited about The Good Fight, and dive into The Banshees of Inisherin.

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Also: we're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube at youtube.com/slashfilmcast.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: The White Lotus S2 and Decoding Everything
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on Elon Musk/Twitter
Jeff - cameo.com/jeffcannata 

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only) What we've been watching  (~26:30)
David - AfterSun, God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty
Devindra - The Good Fight S6
Jeff - Weird: The Al Yankovich Story, Headless,

Featured Review (~1:12:16)
The Banshees of Inisherin
SPOILERS (~1:29:54)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s interview podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech.   You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter @thefilmcastpod.

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Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren, at a car dealership. But she never made it, Sheree vanished. When her car mysteriously surfaced weeks later, hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas, no one could say how it got there.

When a young mother disappears under unexplained circumstances, police always turn suspicious eyes towards the husband. And although there was distrust around Charles Warren, he wasn’t the only suspect when Sheree went missing. She also had a boyfriend, a former cop named Cary Hartmann, who lived a sinister double life.

Season three follows two suspects– men who both raised suspicion for investigators. But with two strong persons of interest with competing facts and evidence, it muddied the murder investigation. This season, host Dave Cawley, digs into the lives of these two men, the details of the case and examines the intersections between domestic abuse and sexual violence. The COLD team seeks to answer the question: what really happened to Sheree Warren?

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