The Movie News Podanza

Movie news for the week commencing 22/2/21, in which I discuss Will Smith & David Leitch's new spy thriller Fast & Loose, Ben Stiller, Adam Perlman & Mike Yarvitz' Spiro Agnew drama, M. Night Shyamalan's new film Old, Edgar Wright's new take on Stephen King's The Running Man, the TV adaptations of The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Last of US, Tribes of Europa, the half a dozen GameStop projects in development, Dan Harmon's new Ancient Greece animated comedy, Lara Condor's TV show Boo, Bitch, Gina Carrino's departure from The Mandalorian, and the documentary series Alien V Farrow. 

An extra, mini-episode focussing on the TV stories of the last fortnight, in which I discuss George Clooney's new Buck Rogers series, a new animated Game of Thrones spin off, Kenneth Branagh and Michael Winterbottom's Boris Johnson coronavirus drama This Sceptred Isle, the numerous GameStop TV and film and TV adaptations in production, The Young Rock and a new Harry Potter TV series for HBO Max.

I chat to comedian, filmmaker and meme-lord Matt Highton about comedy, movies and using social media to increase your creative profile. And in the news section I discuss The Suicide Squad, Poor Things, Bones & All, The Matrix 4, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Noah Baumbach, Ryan Coogler, the Wakanda TV show, Tomb Raider 2, the Wicked movie and much, much more! Matt can be found on Twitter as @MattHighton and Instagram as @itsmatthighton. Here are some links to his funnies: The Voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1siM4sp-QiU&feature=emb_title Super Mario Bros vs The Shining https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzO0AJviTfY Trump casts reckless magic: https://twitter.com/MattHighton/status/1286265937990234113 The Simpsons intro recreated using ONLY stock footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGlcD3yjq-I

In this week's episode I interview the actor Paul Breen about his film Bear, and we discuss Covid's effect on the film industry from his perspective as a cinema general manager. I also cover Justice League, the now 4 hour Snyder Cut, The Black Phone from Scott Derickson, The Sinners from Courtney Page, The Whale from Darren Aronofsky starring Brendan Fraser, Ray Fisher, Cyborg and the upcoming The Flash movie, No Time To Die, a host of other Covid-related release date changes and America's weird 11 week waiting period for new presidents. 

This week I talk to associate producer Dean Threadgold about his film Being a Human Person, a documentary about celebrated Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson. He has great advice for young filmmakers who want to break into the industry, and why documentary filmmaking might be a smart way through the door. I also discuss the Capital Hill almost-coup, Kevin Feige's Star Wars film, Locked Down, Doug Liman, the gender flipped Hamlet starring Noomi Rapace, The White Tiger starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, the actually happening Rubik's Cube movie, Coyote Vs Acme, Ava Du Verney's diversity drive Array Alliance, Mission: Impossible 7, Tom Cruise, the Legendary/ Warner Bros covid deal & Wonder Woman 1984's box office. And here's the Coyote V. Acme New Yorker article I mentioned in the pod. Well worth a read! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1990/02/26/coyote-v-acme

Movie news and mash ups for the week commencing 21/12/20. In this festive edition I discuss The Grey Man, Black Panther 2, Daisy Ridley, Young Woman and the Sea, Spider-Man 3, Dr Strange & the Multiverse of Madness, Miss America / America Chavez, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Burn, Patrick Ness, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, A Glitch in the Matrix, the industry reaction to the Warner Bros/ HBO Max streaming plan, Wonder Woman 1984, Dune and much more movie-adjacent mirth.

Movie news for the week commencing 14/12/20. This week I discuss DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ DISNEY+ and also some other things. 

Movie news for the week commencing 7/12/20. This week I discuss early reviews of Wonder Woman 1984, the Metal Gear Solid movie, nostalgia, Captain Marvel, Heart, Gal Gadot's new spy thriller Heart of Stone, the Warner Bros/HBO Max 2021 streaming announcement and much more movie-adjacent mirth. 

Movie news and mash ups for the week commencing 30/11/20. This week I discuss David Lynch, The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, the Star Wars specula editions, Toxic Avenger, Erin Brovovich, Charlie Brooker, Hugh Grant, Two and a Half Men, The Elephant Man, Joss Whedon, The Nevers, The Queen's Gambit, David Prowse and much more movie-adjacent mirth.

Movie adjacent mirth and mash ups for the week commencing 23/11/20. This week I discuss Deadpool 3, the new Predator movie, Black Panther 2, Angelina Jolie, Unreasonable Behaviour, Bullet Train, The Adam Project, the next Spike Lee joint, Xavier Gens, Wonder Woman 1984, the Universal-Cinemark deal and some more things also.

Movie news and mash ups for the week commencing 16/11/20. This week I discuss Mads Mikkelsen, Fantastic Beasts 3, Chris Pratt, Thor: Love & Thunder, the Short Circuit reboot, Christopher Nolan, Wonder Woman 1984, Nostradamus, News of the World, Timecop and plenty o' other movie-adjacent mirth.

Movie news and mash ups for the week commencing 9/11/20. This week I discuss Johnny Depp, Fantastic Beasts, 1UP, The Lost King, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, The Croods 2, Free Guy, Death on the Nile, the presidential election results and a whole bunch o' other things.

Movie news and mash ups for the week commencing 2/11/20. This week I discuss John Ridley and Blumhouse's upcoming project, The Midnight Sky, No Time to Die, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Sean Connery, Batman & Robin, Taxi Driver & much, much more!

Movie news and mash ups for the week commencing 26/10/20. This week I discuss Justice League: The Snyder Cut, The Meg 2, Tomb Raider 2, Bullet Train, Fast 10, Fast 9, No Time to Die, Candyman, Wonder Woman 1984, Borat 2 and much more!

Movie news and mash ups for the week commencing 19/10/20. This week I discuss Kitbag, Cleopatra, Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Tom Stoppard, Moonfall, Roland Emmerich, Stanley Tucci, Coming 2 America, Furiosa, Look Who's Talking Now and much other film gubbins.

Movie news and mash ups for the week commencing 12/10/20. This week I discuss Promising Young Woman, Jurassic World: Dominion, Cineworld,  Odeon, Super High, M3gan, Mission:Impossible 7, Mission:Impossible 8, Umma, Tear Down This Wall, Benedict Cumberbatch, Spiderman 3, Dr. Strange, Cinemark, Soul, Manc and more!

Movie news and mash ups for the week beginning 5/10/20. This week I discuss Cineworld, Regal, No Time to DIe, Barry Jenkins, the Lion King sequel, Spiderman 3, Borat 2, Lockdown, Black (comic book series), No Sudden Move and more.

Movie mash ups for the week commencing 28/9/20. This week I discuss American History X, American History Y, Black Widow, Friends, Justice League: The Snyder Cut, Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, Michael Bay and more!

Movie news and mash ups for the week commencing 21/9/20. I discuss Your Name, The Departed, All the Old Knives, Chris Pine, Thandie Newton, Madonna's upcoming biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, Taika Waitiki and Sting's cod piece.

Movie news and mash ups for the week beginning 14/9/20. We discuss Thor: Love & Thunder, The Batman, Covid19, Fatman, the academy's diversity rules, Wonder Woman 1984, The Mandalorian, the next Fast & the Furious film, Borat 2 and more!

Movie news and mash ups for the week beginning 7/8/20. Subjects include No Time To Tie, The Batman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger and a whole lot more.

Movie news and mash ups for the week commencing 31/8/20.

Movie news and mash ups for the week commencing 24/8/20.

Movie news or film news, depending on your level of pretentiousness, for the week commencing 17/8/20.

Movie news and mash ups for week beginning 10/8/20.