The Filmcast

David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss what a Tetris movie’s plot would be, celebrate the world of competitive endurance tickling, praise the comedy of Maria Bamford, and aren’t super impressed by Neighbors 2.

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SHOWNOTES

What We’ve Been Watching (1:00)

Jeff: Neighbors 2, Lady Dynamite

David: Seattle International Film Festival: Weiner, Tickled, The Last King

Devindra: The Good Wife finale

Film News (40:30)

Tetris trilogy

Star Trek teaser

24 teaser

MacGyver teaser

Featured Review (59:30)

The Nice Guys

SPOILERS (1:16:00)

Credits

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David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss the principle of finders keepers, losers weepers; talk about the difficulty of choosing a baby name; and delve into the scourge of eating during movies. In the After Dark, we discuss the Assassin’s Creed trailer and Dave unburdens himself about Kimmy Schmidt. Follow the Summer Movie Wager scoreboard here. 

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SHOWNOTES

What We’ve Been Watching (14:30)

David: Finders Keepers, Ragequit Tableflip

Devindra: Everybody Wants Some, Uncharted 4

Jeff: Money Monster

Featured Review (1:13:30)

High-Rise

After Dark (1:35:00)

Credits

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David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss whether the latest Marvel film lives up to its pedigree, and how well it handles the same themes from Batman v. Superman. In the After Dark, we discuss whether eating in theaters is bothersome and how yondr can improve the concert-going experience.

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SHOWNOTES

Featured Review (4:00)

Captain America: Civil War

(27:45) SPOILERS

After Dark (1:13:15)

Credits

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It’s that time of year again — the Summer movie season is upon us. And the /Filmcast team have once again gathered to compete in what has become an annual tradition: the Summer Movie Wager. Every year in the past I would make a guest appearance on the Totally Rad Show for this segment, but with that show now disbanded we have taken on the job of hosting this contest on /Film. This is the tenth annual edition of this contest.

Last year was David Chen’s first time participating and he won the wager. This year the contest includes Devindra Hardawar (his first time), David Chen, Germain Lussier, Jeff Cannata and myself in a game is to decide what will be the highest grossing films of the Summer. It’s a free-for-all; the person with the best score wins. But it isn’t just that easy — not only do the participants need to predict what 10 films will be the highest grossing films domestically, but we need to place them in order. After the jump you can listen to the full episode of the show with our predictions.

2016 Summer Movie Wager Rules

The rules for the game come from TimeTravelReview’s Summer Movie Pool:

The object is to pick the films that you think will be the top-ten grossing films of the summer, in order of box-office performance. As I’ve said, that means only films released from May 1st 2016 to the Labor Day weekend, counting only the money those films make domestically (US and Canada) in that period. In other words films from March or April might still be making money after May 1st, but they don’t count; films released from May on could start racking up foreign B.O., but that doesn’t count; films released from May on could still be making money into September, but that doesn’t count either. Box Office numbers are generally available late Monday or Tuesday after the weekend closes. For the last seven or so years, I have been using box office numbers from Yahoo Box Office which gets their numbers in turn from Box Office Mojo. So what you will be doing is figuring out what 10 films will make the most money, and putting them in order of what you think they will gross at the box office. BUT, in addition to your top 10, you get to pick 3 “Dark Horses”- films you think *might* make it, but that you are not confident enough about to put into the top 10 proper.

 

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.

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 [...]

David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss the passing of Prince, the visual brilliance of Lemonade, and the relatability of Catastrophe. Be sure to listen to the /Filmcast interview with Jeremy Saulnier and read Sonia Saraiya’s piece on Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt.

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SHOWNOTES

What We’ve Been Watching 

David: The Invitation

Jeff: Catastrophe, Lemonade

Devindra: Nadia Secret of Blue Water, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Featured Review (48:15)

Green Room

(1:04:20) SPOILERS

Credits

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David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss AMC’s crazy new (now rescinded) plan to allow texting in theaters, and their reaction to the first image out of ScarJo’s Ghost in the Shell. Also, special guest Dana Schwartz joins us to discuss the place of Avatar in our culture. Be sure to read Dana’s original tweet about this topic, Ebert’s review of Mr. Payback, and Angie’s take on whitewashing in Ghost in the Shell.

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SHOWNOTES

Film News (3:00)

More Avatars are coming

AMC’s Texting Plan (Not)

Ghost in the Shell First Look

What We’ve Been Watching (1:00:30)

Jeff: Confirmation, Dice

David: Entertainment

Devindra: Daredevil Season 2

Featured Review (1:17:15)

The Jungle Book

(1:36:30) SPOILERS

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I remember watching Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin on VOD awhile back and being dazzled by Saulnier’s visual style, his use of practical special effects, and his effortless and naturalistic dialogue. The movie would end up on my top 10 films of the year. Saulnier’s Green Room is somehow even more intense. Chronicling the trials and tribulations of the final days of a punk rock band tour, Green Room has an even larger cast of characters and more ambitious thrills than anything Saulnier has ever done.

Green Room is out in limited release today and I’d highly recommend you check it out. I was fortunate enough to be able to speak with Saulnier while he was in Seattle. We talked about how much of his life he poured into Blue Ruin, how he came up with the concept of Green Room, and why performance is just as important for selling special effects.

David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss the amazing debut season of American Crime Story, get turned off by the bro-ish antics of Everybody Wants Some, praise the uncomfortableness of The Invitation, and discuss their further thoughts on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, as well as the Rogue One teaser. Be sure to read Monica Castillo’s review of Everybody Wants Some, how Karyn Kusama made a comeback, and see behind-the-scenes footage from Hardcore Henry.

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SHOWNOTES

What We’ve Been Watching (2:00)

David: Everybody Wants Some!!, Demolition, People Vs. OJ Simpson, Fantastic Lies,

Devindra: The Invitation, Hunger Games: MockingJay Part 2, April and the Extraordinary World

Jeff: Better Call Saul S1

Featured Review (56:54)

Hardcore Henry

(1:18:45) SPOILERS

After Dark (1:32:30)

Credits

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David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss laser-shaming, hate-watching, and buffer seating. Be sure to read up on 10 Cloverfield Lane’s ending, what it’s like to see Star Wars 20+ times in theaters, and why Peter Sciretta is hopeful about Indiana Jones 5. 

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SHOWNOTES

What We’ve Been Watching (22:00)

David: Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival

Devindra: The Expanse, Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday

Jeff: More House of Cards

Film News (40:00)

Screening Room

Indiana Jones 5

Featured Review (1:03:30)

Midnight Special

(1:18:00) SPOILERS

Credits

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David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Peter to discuss what separates a teaser from a trailer and what happens when you badmouth Zack Snyder on the internet. Be sure to read up on film critics being biased, and Peter’s interview with Dan Trachtenberg.

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SHOWNOTES

Featured Review (20:30)

10 Cloverfield Lane

(55:00) SPOILERS

Credits

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