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Wicked: For Good is the second part of the Wicked film adaptation directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked (2024), it adapts the second act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a reimagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation. The film is described as follows: after challenging the Wizard's totalitarian regime in Oz, Elphaba must grapple with her identity as the "Wicked Witch of the West". Meanwhile, the Wizard has given Glinda the title "Glinda the Good" and a public status as the nation's defender against Elphaba. The film stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, and Bowen Yang. 

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• 0:24:53 Spoiler Review
• 1:33:11 Oscars Assessment
• 1:54:42 Final Ratings

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To hear more bonus pre-episode conversations like this, subscribe to our Patreon for as little as $1/month for early access and video episodes. Ahead of our The Running Man review we discuss:

• Marty Supreme Marketing
• "Wuthering Heights" Trailer 
• 'Zootopia' Coming Soon 

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*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a 30-minute segment from our RETRO//RANKED season on Edgar Wright. To watch the full conversation on video, subscribe to our Patreon.

Season 4 of RETRO//RANKED has reached its grand finale on Edgar Wright's filmography with a mega ranking episode covering his last four feature films The World's End, Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho & The Running Man. By the end of this episode we complete the entire ranking of his career and announce which director we'll be tackling for Season 5 of the show.

Our current collaborative ranking so far:

1. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2. Shaun of the Dead
3. Hot Fuzz
4. A Fistful of Fingers

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Back in April we hosted our first conversation of the awards season with a way-too-early glimpse at the potential contenders ahead, and in July we revisited that with our first official draft of above-the-line category predictions, and in October we revisited again with our second official draft of above-the-line categories. We are now starting our specialized prediction episodes that feature 1 to 3 categories at a time until we’ve covered all categories ahead of nomination morning. All the while, our team’s predictions will be available in real time on our website.

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The Running Man is directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Michael Bacall. It is the second adaptation of the 1982 novel by Stephen King, following the 1987 film. The story is as follows: A man joins a game show in which contestants, allowed to go anywhere in the world, are pursued by "hunters" hired to kill them. The film stars Glen Powell, William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Sean Hayes, Colman Domingo, and Josh Brolin.

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• 0:22:31 Spoiler Review
• 1:22:47 Oscars Assessment
• 1:34:42 Final Ratings

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Ben Kalina is an award-winning director and producer whose work centers on the collision between human nature and the force of nature (Can We Cool the Planet?, Shored Up). His latest work, Plan C for Civilization, has its World Premiere at DOC NYC 2025. Plan C for Civilization tackles the promise and peril of solar geoengineering with exclusive verite access to its protagonist David Keith and the SCoPEx project as well as the rogue geoengineers of Make Sunsets. Ben sits down with Danny Jarabek to discuss the film and its relationship to experimental climate change solutions.

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Vulture’s Movies Fantasy League is up and running for the 2025-26 season and our team is participating! We will track over this course of this podcast mini-series how are drafted teams are performing via the criteria of box office, critical reception, and awards. You can check out the rules for how to play on the MFL hub, but their summary is as follows, “You select a roster of exactly eight films within a budget of 100 imaginary dollars. Once the scoring phase of the game begins, the films you’ve drafted will accumulate points for achieving milestones in box-office take, precursor awards/nominations, critical approval, and more.” We will revisit our teams in the new year to see who has taken the lead! In the meantime, our league at The Rolling Tape is visible by searching our name on the leaderboard.

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Noah Baumbach will have his latest feature directorial effort, Jay Kelly, in limited release this coming week ahead of its Netflix release later this year so we’re discussing his career up to this point. The auteur is known for the writing of his variety of family dramas ranging from his breakout in The Squid and the Whale through his most recent film, White Noise. We’ll discuss the signatures, characters, and styles that define Noah Baumbach along with our expectations for Jay Kelly. 

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*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring the non-spoiler section of our bonus review for Predator: Badlands. To watch the full review on video, subscribe to our Patreon.

“If it bleeds, we can kill it.” We see if that holds up in the seventh installment in the Predator franchise, and the ninth overall including the crossover series, with Predator: Badlands directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison. The story follows a young Predator outcast from his clan who finds an unlikely ally on his journey in search of the ultimate adversary. The film stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi.

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Frankenstein is written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The story follows a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. The film stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi as the Creature, and Mia Goth as Elizabeth, with Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery, Charles Dance, and Christoph Waltz.

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• 0:00:00 Initial Thoughts
• 0:22:03 Spoiler Review
• 1:33:55 Oscars Assessment
• 1:51:00 Final Ratings

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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller