The News Reel with Zach Dennis and Brian Welk

We're back! And we have thoughts on the decade of movies!

On the latest episode, Zach and Brian take a look at the week in film news before diving into the swirl of controversy around Steven Spielberg and his (perceived) comments made about Netflix and the awards circuit.

On the latest episode, Zach and Brian give their top-10 movies of 2018.

(13:55) — Numbers 10-6

(56:30) — Numbers 5-1

/Film writer Candice Frederick joins the podcast to discuss her recent piece on Green Book and how the movie whitewashes a uniquely black story, even as it moves full steam ahead towards awards season.

Karina Longworth, host of You Must Remember This, joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood.

The Independent's Clarisse Loughrey joins the podcast to discuss Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and the idea of retconning franchises.

Vulture and New York Magazine writer Abraham Riesman joins the podcast to discuss Ralph Breaks the Internet and how nostalgia and products we love have become integrated more and more into our stories in a somewhat frightening fashion.

On this abridged episode of The News Reel, Zach and Brian catch up with some of the big stories of the past few weeks, including the death of Stan Lee, trailers for Toy Story 4 and Detective Pikachu and news surrounding a reboot of Shrek.

The Cinephiliacs' Peter Labuza joins the podcast to discuss the end of FilmStruck and what that means for streaming indie, arthouse and classic movies.

Zach and Brian review the new Halloween movie and ask whether or not the slasher genre has a place in modern horror.