The News Reel with Zach Dennis and Brian Welk

The Wrap reporter Umberto Gonzalez joins the podcast to chat about James Gunn's new job writing and directing Suicide Squad 2 and what that means for him, DC and Marvel moving forward.

Zach and Brian discuss what the next step for superhero movies could be and why a move into the "prestige" direction with the inclusion of people like Chloe Zhao and Joaquin Phoenix in new projects could be signaling that shift.

Slashfilm and CutPrintFilm's Chris Evangelista joins the podcast to help recap this year's Toronto International Film Festival and some of the movies to keep an eye out for this year.

Slashfilm's Hoai-Tran Bui joins the podcast this week to discuss "Asian August" and the impact of Crazy Rich Asians and To All The Boys I've Loved Before on Asian-American representation in Hollywood.

For this week's main story, Zach and Brian decide to look back at some of the underrated or underseen movies from 2018 so far rather than doing a favorites list.

Zach and Brian discuss the news surrounding the Oscars this week with the announcement of a "most popular movie" category to the ceremony.

Freelance critic Kristen Lopez joins the podcast to discuss her Slashfilm article about Skyscraper and its positive portrayal of disabilities and what Hollywood could do to improve overall.

The Village Voice's Bilge Ebiri joins the podcast to discuss the 10th anniversary of The Dark Knight and how it plays in 2018 compared to 2008.

Cinematary's Nathan Smith joins the podcast to talk about his third annual Film Twitter Sight & Sound Poll and what defines a canonical list of movies.

Slate's Evan Urquhart joins the podcast to talk about Scarlett Johansson's choice to play a trans man and why it displays a continued lack of understanding from Hollywood of the trans community.