The Filmcast

It’s the most wonderful episode of the year! For the first episode of 2022, David, Devindra, and Jeff count down their top ten films of 2021. In a year full of ups and downs, tune in to find out what the Filmcast loved in and out of the movie theaters. 
 Read The Playlist’s biggest entertainment stories of the year here.  

Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/

Thanks to our sponsors tonight: Netflix Podcast, Mint Mobile, NordVPN. 

Weekly PlugsDavid - Culturally Relevant: 5 Lessons from 2021

Jeff - The Dungeon Run episode 105 coming this week! Devindra - All of my CES 2022 coverage

Jeff’s top ten:10. Don’t Look Up9. The French Dispatch 8. Last Night in Soho 7. Nine Days 6. Red Rocket5. Mass4. Werewolves Within3. C’mon c’mon2. The Worst in the Person World 1. Bo Burnham: Inside 
Devindra’s top ten:10. The Harder They Fall9. The Power of the Dog 8. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar  7. The Disciple  6. The French Dispatch 5. Pig4. Dune3. Drive My Car2. The Green Knight
1. The Matrix Resurrections
David’s top ten:10. Plan B 9. The Card Counter8. Flee  7. Mass 6. Bendetta 5. Drive My Car4. Dune3. The Last Duel2. Spider-Man: No Way Home1. Nine Days
Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show The Dungeon Run and listen to 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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Happy Holidays! This week, the Filmcast leaps into The Matrix Resurrections with Patrick H. Willems. Does the fourth installment in The Matrix series, directed by Lana Wachowski, live up to the original? 
 Subscribe to Patrick's YouTube channel here.  Follow Patrick on Twitter here.  

Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/

Thanks to our sponsors this week: PrettyLitter and NordVPN.

Weekly PlugsDavid - David’s YouTube reviews of Spider-Man and Matrix Resurrections

Patrick - Patrick Explains THE NICE GUYS (And Why It's Great) - Christmas Special

Devindra - What to watch over the 2021 holidays

Jeff - 5by5.tv/dlc - Upcoming best of the year!
Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)What we've been watching  (~24:30)David - House of Gucci, Boiling Point, Patrick - Benedetta, Petite Maman, West Side StoryDevindra - Station Eleven, Hawkeye, Nightmare Alley, The Rescue Jeff - Station Eleven, Macgruber, C'mon C'mon

Feature  (~1:18:45)
The Matrix Resurrections
Spoilers (~1:30:20)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show The Dungeon Run and listen to 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 chat about the shocking season finale of Succession. For the feature review, the Filmcast cannot discuss the much-anticipated new Spider-Man movie without inviting Dan Gvozden, host of the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast. Tune in for the spoiler-filled review of Spider-Man: No Way Home.  
 
Follow Dan on Twitter and Listen to the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast here. 

Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/

Thanks to our sponsors this week: NordVPN, Prisoner Wines, MUBI Inc. 

Weekly PlugsDavid - Quick reactions on David’s Patreon page

Devindra - Engadget Podcast on the Analogue Pocket

Jeff - The Dungeon Run episode 104 (link won’t be active until Friday)Dan - Hollywood Reporter article
Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)What we've been watching  (~2:50)David - C’Mon C’MonDevindra - VoirJeff - Succession Season 3 (with spoilers)Dan- How to With Jon Wilson, Come and See (Criterion)

Feature  (~49:30)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (contains spoilers)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show The Dungeon Run and listen to 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 talk about the cancellation of Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop. Devindra catches up on theater-going in New York City while David and Jeff cram movies by the end of the year. For the feature review, the cast visits West Side Story, Steven Spielberg’s take on the classic musical.

Subscribe to Caroline’s podcast, Role Calling here. Follow Caroline on Twitter. 

Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/

Thanks to our sponsors this week: Feals and Storyworth. 

Weekly PlugsDavid - David chats Halo Infinite with Jeff Grubb

Devindra - Engadget Podcast on the best and worst in tech for 2021

Jeff - cameo.com/jeffcannata

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)What we've been watching  (~12:27)David - The Harder They Fall, Drive My Car, The Worst Person in the WorldDevindra - Drive My Car, Voir, Licorice Pizza, The Matrix Awakens Jeff - Santa Inc, Nine Days, Drive My Car 

Feature  (~56:30)
West Side Story(2021)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show The Dungeon Run and listen to 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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’Tis the season for Spotify Wrapped, a way to check how much of Filmcast you have listened at the end of the year. Thank you all for tuning in, no matter what podcast platform you use. For the feature review, David, Devindra, and Jeff watch The Power of the Dog, the new Jane Campion movie available on Netflix. 

Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/

Thanks to our sponsors this week: Hello Fresh, Manly Bands, Theragun.

Weekly PlugsDavid - The Sweet Smell of Succession Ep 7 recap

Devindra - Engadget Podcast on Jack Dorsey leaving Twitter

Jeff - We Have Concerns

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)What we've been watching  (~08:49)David - Being the Ricardos, Red Rocket, What We Do in the Shadows S3 Jeff - Being the Ricardos, Red Rocket, The Making of ROCKY VS. DRAGO by Sylvester Stallone on YoutubeDevindra - Yellowjackets, Waht We Do in the Shadows

Feature  (~1:17:35)
The Power of the Dog
Spoilers (~1:30:05)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show The Dungeon Run and listen to 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 remember iconic composer Stephen Sondheim. Devindra previews Sundance Film Festival this year. For the feature review, the cast watches tick, tick…BOOM! Lin-Manuel Miranda’s feature directorial debut. 

Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/

Thanks to our sponsors this week: MUBI.

• Visit mubi.com/FILMCAST for a month of free movies.

Weekly PlugsDavid - David’s Twitter Space about Mr. Beast’s YouTube video (with Valentina Vee)

Devindra - First details on Sundance’s next VR/digital festival experience

Jeff - 5by5.tv/dlc

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)What we've been watching  (~07:00)David - Flee, Belfast, Arcane Season 1, Mr. Beast’s Squid Game recreation, Tim Heidecker’s Joe Rogan parodyDevindra - Raging Fire, Dr. Brain, Hawkeye, How to with John Wilson Jeff - Hawkeye, The Beatles Get Back sessions

Feature  (~1:06:35)
tick, tick...BOOM!
Spoilers (~1:24:05)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show The Dungeon Run and listen to 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 week, David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Dan Murrell to chat about Ghostbusters: Afterlife.  How does the fourth film in the Ghostbusters franchise, directed by Jason Reitman, measure up to the originals? 

Subscribe to Dan's YouTube channel here.   Follow Dan on Twitter here.  Support Dan's Patreon page here.  

Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/

Thanks to our sponsors this week: Prisoner Wines and Feals.

Weekly PlugsDavid - David interviews Nick Quah on Culturally Relevant

Devindra - Halo Infinite preview

Jeff - cameo.com/jeffcannata

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)What we've been watching  (~1:15)David - King Richard, Hawkeye, Tiger King Season 2, Licorice Pizza, BenedettaDevindra - King Richard, Cowboy Bebop Jeff - Licorice Pizza, Cowboy Bebop, The Great Season 2, Wheel of Time

Feature  (~1:00:30)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Spoilers (~1:24:30)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show The Dungeon Run and listen to 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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It’s the new Filmcast theme song! David, Devindra and Jeff reach into the mailbag and discuss reactions to the Eternals review. For the feature film, the Filmcast watches The French Dispatch, the latest Wes Anderson joint. 

Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/

Thanks to our sponsors this week: StoryWorth and Theragun.

Weekly PlugsDavid - David interviews a listener who got COVID-19 from watching DUNE

Devindra - Engadget Podcast interview with Ethan Zuckerman on the metaverse

Jeff - twitch.tv/thedungeonrun

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)What we've been watching  (~13:15)David - Red Notice, FoundDevindra - Star Trek Prodigy, Arcane, PassingJeff - Arcane, The Shrink Next Door, Heels episode 1

Feature  (~1:12:50)
The French Dispatch
Spoilers (~1:25:25)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show The Dungeon Run and listen to 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 week, David gets a new “B-movies Corner” stinger music. For the feature review, the Filmcast is joined by critic Katie Smith-Wong to discuss Eternals. Tune in to find out how the Academy Award-winning director Chloe Zhao may have made one of the worst Marvel movies. 

Follow Katie on Twitter @KatieSmithWong
Listen to Katie’s interview with Chloe Zhao here. 

Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/

Thanks to our sponsors this week: Hello Fresh and MUBI.

Weekly PlugsDavid - Eternals video review (plus some thoughts on fan entitlement)

Devindra - Dune sound designer interview Jeff - Corpse Medicine and Tertis Effects WHC

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)What we've been watching  (~2:15)David - Dune in IMAX, Spencer, Venom 2Devindra - The Harder They FallJeff - Venom 2, Finch, first episode of Wayne

Feature  (~57:30)
Eternals
Spoilers (~1:29:20)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show The Dungeon Run and listen to 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 and Devindra tackle Julia Ducournau's newest film Titane with some help from Valerie Complex from Deadline.com.