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November 13, 2016 Ep. 392 – Arrival
David, Devindra and Jeff discuss the results of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, then use their remaining emotional energy to try to review movies like Sing Street, Tickled, and Arrival. Read about what history tells us about Brexit/Trump as well as the female vote from this election.
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SHOWNOTES
What We’ve Been Watching (03:00)
Devindra: The Election
David: (54:25) Sing Street
Jeff: Tickled
Featured Review (1:09:35)
Arrival
SPOILERS (1:19:30)
Credits
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1 hr 47 min
November 08, 2016 Ep. 391 – Doctor Strange (GUEST: Mikey Neumann from Movies with Mikey)
David, Devindra and Jeff discuss a slew of indie/foreign films out in theaters this week, as well as the brilliance of Amazon’s Goliath. Also, Mikey Neumann from Movies With Mikey to discuss Doctor Strange, the Marvel formula, and the whitewashing controversy around the film. Be sure to read Scott Derrickson’s interview with Jen Yamato.
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SHOWNOTES
What We’ve Been Watching (01:30)
David: Hacksaw Ridge, The Handmaiden, Moonlight, Christine, Mad Max: Fury Road – Black and Chrome version
Jeff: Goliath
Featured Review (36:40)
Doctor Strange
SPOILERS (1:07:00)
Credits
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1 hr 48 min
November 03, 2016 Bonus Ep. – Black Mirror Deep Dive with Dan Trachtenberg
David and Jeff have an in-depth conversation with director Dan Trachtenberg about his episode of Black Mirror, “Playtest.” You can watch Playtest on Netflix now.

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1 hr 10 min
November 01, 2016 Ep. 390 – Black Mirror Season 3
David, Devindra and Jeff dive deep into the the third season of Black Mirror. Tune in for an overview of the season, followed by an episode-by-episode breakdown.
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SHOWNOTES
Featured Review
Black Mirror: Season 3
(23:29) SPOILERS and episode-by-episode breakdown
Credits
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1 hr 17 min
October 25, 2016 Ep. 389 – Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
David, Devindra and Jeff discuss Neill Blomkamp’s newest short film, and discuss the ethics of buying more reserved seats at the movie theater than you’re going to use.
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SHOWNOTES
What We’ve Been Watching (02:00)
David: The Escape
Jeff: Doctor Strange
Slashfilmcourt (12:00)
Featured Review (29:40)
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Credits
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58 min
October 19, 2016 Ep. 388 – The Accountant
David, Devindra and Jeff discuss Christopher Guest’s disappointing new film and suggest ways to be less creepy when going to family films by yourself. Also, read more about the strange case of Anna Stubblefield.
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SHOWNOTES
What We’ve Been Watching (06:38)
David: Mascots
Jeff: Jack Reacher
Devindra: Halt and Catch Fire, Insecure
Slashfilmcourt (29:37)
Featured Review (37:43)
The Accountant
SPOILERS (52:45)
Credits
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1 hr 21 min
October 11, 2016 Ep. 387 – The Birth of a Nation
David and Devindra tussle over the journalistic merits of Netflix’s Amanda Knox while Jeff reviews HBO’s fall line-up and impugns David’s television tastes. You can watch David’s video review of Birth of a Nation, and read up on the controversy behind The Birth of a Nation, as well as the recent controversy within the film community itself.
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SHOWNOTES
Slashfilmcourt (1:30) – Thanks SimonMharris.com for the music!
What We’ve Been Watching (20:05)
Devindra: Amanda Knox, 13th, Luke Cage
Jeff: Westworld, Divorce, High Maintenance
Featured Review (57:50)
The Birth of a Nation
SPOILERS (1:13:30)
Credits
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1 hr 39 min
October 08, 2016 Bonus Ep. – The 2016 Summer Movie Wager Results
David Chen, Jeff Cannata, Peter Sciretta, and Germain Lussier reconvene to discuss the results of their 2016 box office summer movie wager results. Did Peter take it all by betting his money on Finding Dory over Captain America: Civil War? Below, you’ll find the actual box office rankings for this summer, as well as Dave, Jeff, Peter, and Germain’s original rankings.
2016 Summer Movie Wager Scoring:
Getting number 1 or number 10 dead-on gets you 13 points (each).
The rest of the scoring goes like this:
10 points for numbers 2-9 dead-on
7 points if your pick was only one spot away from where it ended up
5 points if it was two spots away
3 points if your pick is anywhere in the Top 10
1 point for each dark horse that makes it into the Top 10
The scoring is tabulated so that you get the SINGLE HIGHEST point value for each pick- that is, if you get number ten right, you don’t get 13+3, you only get 13.
Actual Top 10 list for summer 2016
1. Finding Dory
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. The Secret Life of Pets
4. Suicide Squad
5. Jason Bourne
6. X-Men: Apocalypse
7. Star Trek Beyond
8. Central Intelligence
9. Ghostbusters
10. The Legend of Tarzan
Peter Sciretta’s List:
Finding Dory
Captain America: Civil War
Suicide Squad
Independence Day: Resurgence
X-Men: Apocalypse
Ghostbusters
The Secret Life of Pets
Star Trek Beyond
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Wildcards
Ice Age: Collision Course
Neighbors 2
Warcraft
David Chen’s List
Captain America: Civil War
Finding Dory
Secret Life of Pets
Suicide Squad
X-Men Apocalypse
Star Trek Beyond
Jason Bourne
Ghostbusters
Independence Day: Resurgence
Ice Age: Collision Course
Wild Cards:
BFG
Warcraft
Tarzan
Germain Lussier’s List:
Captain America Civil War
Finding Dory
Independence day
Secret Life Pets
X-men
Alice
Central Intelligence
Ghostbusters
Suicide Squad
Star Trek Beyond
Wildcards
Neighbors 2
Ninja Turtles 2
Conjuring 2
Jeff Cannata’s List:
Civil War
Finding Dory
Ice Age
Xmen Apocalypse
Independence Day
TMNT
Jason Bourne
Star Trek
ghostbusters
Suicide Squad
Wildcards
Neighbors 2
Central Intelligence
Pete’s Dragon
Devindra Hardawar’s List:
Captain America Civil War
Suicide Squad
The Angry Birds Movie
X-Men Apocalypse
The Secret Life of Pets
Finding Dory
Jason Bourne
Star Trek Beyond
Independence Day Resurgence
Ghostbusters
Wildcards
Central Intelligence
The BFG
Free State of Jones

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1 hr 3 min
October 04, 2016 Ep. 386 – Deepwater Horizon
David, Devindra and Jeff discuss the brilliance of Sia in concert, the intensity of The Wailing, the greatness of Luke Cage, and the hilarity of Son of Zorn.
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SHOWNOTES
What We’ve Been Watching (1:00)
David: Frontline: The Choice, Sia, High Maintenance, Westworld
Devindra: The Wailing, Food Wars, Thunderbolt Fantasy, Luke Cage
Jeff: This is Us, Son of Zorn
Featured Review (32:30)
Deepwater Horizon (WITH SPOILERS)
Credits
Our sponsor this week is Casper. Get $50 off any mattress purchase by going to casper.com/filmcast and using promo code filmcast. Terms and conditions apply.
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1 hr 1 min
September 27, 2016 Ep. 385 – The Magnificent Seven
In this episode, David, Jeff, and Devindra reunite to discuss what happens when you break a blood oath to watch The Force Awakens with a loved one, praise the brilliance of OJ Simpson: Made in America, and get moderately excited about the debuts of High Maintenance and Easy.
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SHOWNOTES
Slashfilmcourt (7:20)
What We’ve Been Watching (29:13)
David: Emmys, OJ Simpson: Made In America, Ali Wong’s Baby Cobra, The Purge: Election Year
Devindra: The Good Place, High Maintenance
Jeff: Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Easy
Featured Review (52:13)
The Magnificent Seven
SPOILERS (1:03:03)
Credits
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1 hr 28 min

About The Filmcast

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In The Filmcast, hardcore geeks David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Jeff Cannata debate, pontificate, and delve into the latest films, TV shows, and other entertainment-related items from the past week. Weekly guests include everyday bloggers, webmaster luminaries, film directors, and movie stars from all walks of life. You can reach us at [email protected] and find more podcast episodes at www.thefilmcast.com