The News Reel with Zach Dennis and Brian Welk

Zach and Brian review Ready Player One and discuss what the film means for the future of Steven Spielberg's career.

Zach and Brian get to the bottom of the question on everyone's mind on Film Twitter: Do you need to know film history to be a good film critic?

Judy Berman joins the podcast to discuss her recent piece on The Room and cult movies for The Baffler and whether there's space for more cult movies in the 21st century and the age of streaming.

The Information's Matt Pressburg joins the podcast to discuss the business side of the Disney/Fox merger and what it means for the Walt Disney Company moving forward.

Zach and Brian recap the 2018 Oscars and what winners (and snubs) surprised them.

Variety TV critic Sonia Saraiya joins the podcast to discuss the recent Star Wars news that revealed that Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss would be writing and producing a series of films in the franchise and what that could mean for the brand moving forward.

Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips joins the podcast to talk about an op-ed he wrote for the newspaper following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and how it relates to a throwaway line from Black Panther, which opened this weekend.

Justine Smith joins the podcast to discuss her recent article on Fandor about Fifty Shades Freed and how the series has approached female sexual desire in a way unlike any other major franchise before it and what that means for the future of intimate romance films on a big budget.

The Wrap's Jeremy Fuster joins the podcast to discuss the emergence of MoviePass in the movie business and what the company plans to do in the future, both as a way for film fans to see movies and as a provider of original content.

Consequence of Sound's Clint Worthington joins the News Reel to talk about how streaming will be affected by the Disney/Fox merger as part of a multi-story series on the topic.