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In a reimagining of The Mummy franchise that dates back to the Universal Classic Monster series of the 1930’s. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is written and directed by, you guessed it, Lee Cronin, known most recently for Evil Dead Rise in 2023. 

In addition to reviewing the film, we contextualize the greater Mummy franchise with where it has been and where it’s going, as well as discuss Blumhouse, the studio behind this latest installment. 

The film synopsis is as follows: the young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace. Eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare. The film stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, and Verónica Falcón. The film is currently sitting at 45% on Rotten Tomatoes with a 77% Popcornmeter audience score.

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• Cinema Con News
• Bryan Duffield's Whalefall Announcement
• Trailer for Focker-In-Law
• Trailer for Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars
• Disney's "Infinity Vision"

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Danny Jarabek
Adam Patla
Joshua Mbonu

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Pete Ohs works as a director, producer, writer, editor, and cinematographer. He has produced and directed five feature films in the past five years. In 2025, he was at Sundance with OBEX, a fantasy adventure feature he produced, co-wrote and shot. This was followed by The True Beauty of Being Bitten By a Tick, a genre-bending horror satire he directed, co-wrote and shot.

Here, Pete joins us to discuss Erupcja, a "foreign film" experiment that was produced with a light outline and shot chronologically in Warsaw, Poland. A volcanic eruption strands Bethany (Charli xcx) and her soon-to-be fiancé, Rob (Will
Madden) in Warsaw, Poland. Taking the explosive event as a sign, she reunites with
her childhood friend, Nel (Lena Góra), and embarks on a European adventure that
forces her to confront the pains and pleasures of growing up.

Pete discusses his creative process and the collaboration with Charli xcx that influenced the way the story was told. 

1-2 Special releases Erupcja In Theaters on April 17, 2026.

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A long time ago on a podcast far far away…

Welcome to a brand new season of RETRO//RANKED, The Rolling Tape seasonal series in which we discuss various franchises and filmographies that we love and rank their individual entries leading up to some of the biggest new releases. Today, we lift off with Season 6 to the Star Wars galaxy. Over the course of the next several episodes, we’ll be covering every single theatrically released Star Wars film ever made, including one or two that may surprise you. We are, of course, doing this to lead up to the release of The Mandalorian & Grogu, the first Star Wars movie to hit theaters since The Rise of Skywalker in 2019.

Episodes IV and V, A New Hope & The Empire Strikes Back, are two of the most important and storied entries into the Star Wars franchise. A New Hope was released on May 25, 1977 and directed by George Lucas. The film was nominated for a whopping 10 Academy Awards at the 50th Academy Awards ceremony in 1978, and won for Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Film Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, and Score for John Williams. Off a budget of around $11 million, the movie grossed over $300 million. At the time, it was the highest-grossing movie of all time.

Star Wars: Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back is the second entry in the Star Wars franchise. It was released on May 21, 1980. The film received three nominations at the 53rd Academy Awards Ceremony in 1981. It was nominated for Production Design, Original Score, and Sound mixing, only winning the latter. The movie made over $200 million off a budget of slightly over $30 million.

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Evan Miller
Risa Bolash
Sara Ciplickas
Danny Jarabek

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The Cannes Film Festival, one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, is just a month away, running May 12–24. This past Thursday, Artistic Director Thierry Frémaux and President Iris Knobloch announced the official selections, including In Competition, Out of Competition, Un Certain Regard, and more. For those following awards season, Cannes has increasingly become an unofficial kickoff. As the Academy’s international membership has expanded in recent years, so has the awards impact of Cannes premieres.

On this episode, we’ll break down the Competition lineup, highlight every film playing In Competition, and share our early (and likely very wrong) predictions for the Palme d’Or, the festival’s top prize.

It’s also a special episode for us—because for the first time, The Rolling Tape will be on the ground covering Cannes in full, with Editor-in-Chief Danny Jarabek and contributor Nandita Joshi reporting live.

Resources:
Cannes Lineup
What to Watch Before Cannes 2026

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Danny Jarabek
Paul Rai
Ethan Dayton
Owen Wilczek
Jacob Diedenhofer

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WAHOO!!! We’re off to the outer galaxy, not alongside the Artemis II astronauts but rather with two Italian plumbers in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel, it is the sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie from 2023, which we previously reviewed on the podcast in Episode 034.

Mario, Luigi, and their friends adventure into outer space, where they meet Princess Rosalina and face off against Bowser and his son, Bowser Jr. Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, and Keegan-Michael Key reprise their roles, with Benny Safdie, Donald Glover, Glen Powell, and Brie Larson joining the voice cast. The film is currently rotten at 43% on Rotten Tomatoes with an 89% Popcornmeter audience score.

In addition to discussing the film, which has already grossed over $500 million at the global box office, we’ll talk about Illumination as an animation studio, and some of our favorite video game adaptations.

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• Anne Hathaway on Letterboxd
• Brad Bird and Ray Gunn
• Alamo Drafthouse and MUBI Crises

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Danny Jarabek
Joshua Mbonu
Paul Rai

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With the release of A24's The Drama, we thought it would be a great time to take a moment to talk about A24 as a studio. When it comes to independent films and Oscar-winning successes, no indie film studio has exploded in popularity and name recognition to the same degree as A24, winning Best Picture twice (Moonlight and Everything Everywhere All at Once) in its 14-year existence.

For some, A24 is a brand, it's an aesthetic, it's a way of life. And for others, it's an arbiter of quality, an immediate tastemaker of film culture and the beacon of emerging, exciting artists. The boutique indie studio was inspired by the idea of three industry film veterans, Daniel Katz, David Fenkel, and John Hodges, who wanted to be the home for more artistically innovative films. 

After 200+ films and a vault of Oscars, we're going to talk about the studio's award successes, why they work and sometimes don't work, what they represent in the film's space, why their merchandise is so expensive, and what their future is going forward.

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Paul Rai
Danny Jarabek
Jacob Diedenhofer

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With our TV host at The Rolling Remote, Jake Fittipaldi, we are trying something a little bit new here called "channel surfing" as we peruse through what we're collectively watching across the TV landscape. 

There’s just way too much TV right now for us to cover everything in full episodes, so this is our way of opening things up a bit. Instead of one show, we’re bouncing around. Talking about what we’ve actually been watching, what we think is worth your time, and what maybe isn’t. Think of this as recommendations, but also a temperature check on TV right now of what's been hitting, what's not, and then just taking a look at what is gonna stick throughout the rest of the year and into the awards season. 

Jake is joined by our Awards Editor, Paul Rai, and our host at The Rolling Tape, Danny Jarabek, two voices we typically here on the film side of our content, to hear about what they recommend in TV.

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Jake Fittipaldi
Danny Jarabek
Paul Rai

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Save the date because it’s the event of the year, celebrating the marriage of Charlie Thompson and Emma Harwood in The Drama written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli. 

A24’s totally romantic and completely comedic rom-com, The Drama, which premiered on March 17, 2026 at DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles, was released in the United States by A24 on April 3, 2026. The film stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as an engaged couple who begin to learn secrets about one another in the lead-up to their wedding. It also stars Alana Haim, Mamoudou Athie and Hailey Gates.

We also discuss the careers of the film’s honorary couple, Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, as well as discuss what makes a marketing campaign go viral.

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• Wagner Moura Joins Flesh of the Gods with Kristen Stewart
• Lin-Manuel Miranda directing Octet
• First Look at Bong Joon Ho's animated feature Ally

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Danny Jarabek
Adam Patla
Bobbi Miller
Tate Fowler
Cameron Ritter

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Every month, we read a book that has been adapted for the screen… then we share our receipts. What worked? What didn’t? Did we enjoy the book or the movie more?

Our host, Kasey Dunifer, is a cinephile and avid reader. She loves exploring how these two art forms intersect to create even richer worlds. So if you like books and movies, you’re in the right place. Welcome to the club.

This month we read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It is the bestselling sci-fi novel from 2021, that has just been adapted for the big screen. The film stars Ryan Gosling, is directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and was written by Drew Goddard.

Spoilers ahead for both the book and film.

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Kasey Dunifer
Jake Fittipaldi
Sasha Raquel
Tate Fowler

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Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei are longtime collaborators who have worked together across three feature films, CAM, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, and now Faces of Death. The film is a remake of the 1978 film, which spawned significant controversy for its grotesque depictions of death scenes, and the lore surrounding whether they were real deaths turned the film into a cult-followed franchise.

The 2026 edition stars Barbie Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery, Josie Totah, Aaron Holliday, Jermaine Fowler, and Charli XCX. We are joined by the film's Director/Co-Writer, Daniel Goldhaber & Co-Writer/Producer, Isa Mazzei, to discuss their take on interpreting the source material in a contemporary landscape. The pair also provides a behind-the-scenes look at some of the film's most notable choices in cinematography and art direction. 

Faces of Death is having its World Premiere at Beyond Fest on April 5 and will be in theaters on April 10 from IFC and Shudder. 

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Daniel Goldhaber Website, IMDb, Instagram
Isa Mazzei Website, IMDb, Instagram

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• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller