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    FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
    Friday Family Film Night: THE THING review

    FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2025 21:21


    It's a wrap!On the thirty-first night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing THE THING (1982), from the master, director John Carpenter, the film has a screenplay by Bill Lancaster , from a short story "Who Goes There?" from the author, John W. Campbell Jr.  A team of American researchers at a remote Antarctic outpost encounters a sled dog fleeing a Norwegian helicopter, only to discover a terrifying, shape-shifting alien entity.  After the entity infiltrates their camp and begins absorbing and perfectly imitating the men, extreme paranoia takes hold, as no one can be sure who is still human and who is the "Thing."  The remaining men desperately fight to expose the alien before it can escape the base and assimilate all life on Earth, leading to a desperate final confrontation in the frozen isolation.  The film clocks in at 1 h and 31 m, is rated R and we caught it on DVD but you can find it on AMC+, Peacock and on Prime Video to buy/rent. Please note there are SPOILERS in this review.#TheThing #JohnCarpenter #BillLancaster #JohnWCampbellJr #KurtRussell #MacReady #WilfordBrimley #Blair #TKCarter #Nauls #DavidClennon #Palmer #KeithDavid #Childs #RichardDysart #DrCopper #CharlesHallahan #Norris #PeterMaloney #Bennings #RichardMasur #Clark #DonaldMoffat #Garry #JoelPolis #Fuchs #ThomasGWaites #Windows #NorbertWeisser #Norwegian #LarryFranco #NorwegianWithRifle #AlienInvasion #BodyHorror #MonsterHorror #PsychologicalHorror #SupernaturalHorror #SuspenseMystery #Tragedy #Mystery #SciFi #Horror  @PrimeVideo  @Peacock  @amcplus  #31DaysToHalloween #SpookySeason #Day31 #FridayFamilyFilmNight And in #SpookySeason don't forget to use your powers for good - support our friend KT as she raises funds for the good folks at St. Jude's - any little bit helps and is whole heartedly appreciated by the families who rely on St. Jude's @stjudehttps://fundraising.stjude.org/goto/thewolfmansOpening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library

    Arizona's Morning News
    Back on this day in 2010 The Walking Dead premiered on AMC

    Arizona's Morning News

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 2:12


    Back on this day in 2010 The Walking Dead premiered on AMC.   KTAR Timeline is brought to you by Beatitudes Campus. 

    Scared To Death
    NF Halloween Re-Release: Sleep Paralysis

    Scared To Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 70:46


    Hello Creeps and Peepers! Welcome to one last Halloween revisiting of a few of my favorite Nightmare Fuels as we lead up to tomorrow's special new Halloween Nightmare Fuel release. Today, we look back (or take a first look if you're new!) at a story set in San Francisco, where a monster from Hmong horror lore, the Night Hag known as Dab Tsog, shows the young members of one Hmong family how it is anything but harmless superstition.This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises!Thanks to AMC's FearFest for sponsoring this Nightmare Fuel re-release!  Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scared to Death ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Associations Thrive
    161. Nathan Victoria, ED of SPA, on Clinical Personality Assessments, International Partnerships, and Being Filipino-American

    Associations Thrive

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 40:27


    How do you redefine a field that's widely misunderstood, even among its own professionals? And how can associations become essential hubs for interdisciplinary collaboration in such a space?In this episode of Associations Thrive, host Joanna Pineda interviews Nathan Victoria, Executive Director of the Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) and Vice President at NextGen Association Management. Nathan discusses:Why “personality assessment” doesn't mean pop personality tests like Myers-Briggs or StrengthsFinder, but instead refers to integrated and multi-method clinical assessments used by psychologists.The clinical and legal applications of personality assessment, including for law enforcement, immigration, air traffic controllers, and reality TV casting.SPA's historical roots as the Rorschach Institute, Inc., and how it's evolving to reclaim and redefine personality assessment.The effort to define personality assessment within the organization and clarify its public perception.SPA's reinvestment in infrastructure: website, branding, database, and strategic plan.The organization's shift to AMC management through NextGen, and the benefits of a more efficient staffing model.How SPA supports international engagement with its first-ever conference outside the U.S., despite visa and travel challenges.SPA's unique conference partnerships with smaller psychology organizations to share resources and cross-pollinate ideas.Nathan's broader role in managing multiple associations simultaneously through NextGen and how technology and transparency enable success.References:SPA WebsiteNextGen AMC Website2025 Expert Insights on Personality Assessment Virtual Conference2026 SPA Convention

    Adrenaline Cinema Podcast
    Adrenaline Cinema Podcast Episode #95 Mayfair Witches Season 2 Spoiler Review by Lara and Billie…Yes! With an I and an E

    Adrenaline Cinema Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 83:39


    Hey Adrenalheads! This episode of the podcast Lara and Billietalk about the Mayfair Witches Season 2. Grab your Spells and eye of newt and make your Cauldron of spells as you need.Within this episode of the podcast Lara and Billie talk about their thoughts about Mayfair WitchesSeason 2 found on AMC +. Plus! LOL…They talk about the next installation of the next series of the Interview with a Vampire series with AMC+ entitled: “Lestat!”They have a moment whenthey look at the Sand Diego Comicon Trailer about LeStat! And talk about it… Weeagerly await the new season as well as you do! We hope you had a Gasp!Have aHappy Halloween Everyone!To send in feedback you can E-Mail us at:AdrenalineCinemaPodcast@gmail.com . There you can send a texted E-mail or record yourself as well as send a voice recording from your device and send that as an attachment.We can be found on: Apple Podcasts,Spotify and plenty more podcast players of choice. If there is a rating orreview on any of those platforms? We would appreciate a rating or review ifpossible.You can E-mail us: AdrenalineCinemaPodcast@gmail.comFeedbackcan be sent to our Facebook page when a post of the next Movie or Show we cover:Facebook.com/AdrenalineCinemaPodcastFollow us on Instagram: @AdrenalineCinemaPodcastYou can E-mail us at:AdrenalineCinemaPodcast@gmail.com

    English4U 活用空中美語
    Unit 12-3 明「茶」秋毫──品味臺灣茶文化

    English4U 活用空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 24:27


    Unit 12-3 Taiwanese Tea Brings Tradition and Taste to Every Cup! 在臺灣,茶不只是飲料,更是生活的一部分。臺灣茶不僅名聞遐邇,也不斷孕育出各式各樣的創意茶飲。每一口茶都蘊含著歷史與土地的記憶,也呈現臺灣茶之間不同的風味與鮮明的特色。讓我們從一杯茶開始,感受專屬於臺灣的韻味與溫度。

    English Digest 實用空中美語
    Unit 16 新聞文摘

    English Digest 實用空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 31:54


    Unit 16 News Digest 川普重返白宮並祭出「對等關稅」策略,震撼全球市場!這項強硬手段引發各國反制,導致供應鏈重組、資金撤離,臺灣等外銷導向國家也面臨市場萎縮。川普為何執意發動這場貿易攻勢?這場關稅戰究竟能否讓美國經濟起飛,還是讓全球貿易雪上加霜?就讓我們一探牽動你我荷包的這場經濟角力!

    A+ English 空中美語
    Unit 12-2 從輪胎公司到美食評鑑家──《米其林指南》

    A+ English 空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 15:43


    Unit 12-2 Stars on Your Plate: Meet the MICHELIN Guide! 美食不僅滿足味蕾,更是文化與藝術的展現。無論是街頭小吃還是高級餐廳,每一道佳餚背後都藏著廚師的用心與創意。但你知道嗎?在這片美味的世界裡,有一本舉世聞名的評鑑指南,正形塑著餐飲文化的風貌。本期 A+ 將帶你認識《米其林指南》,了解它如何成為全球美食愛好者尋找佳餚的最佳夥伴。 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

    Scared To Death
    NF Halloween Re-Release: The Disruptor

    Scared To Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 68:38


    Hello Creeps and Peepers! Welcome to yet another Halloween revisiting of a few of my favorite Nightmare Fuels as we lead up a special new Halloween Nightmare Fuel release. Today, we look back (or take a first look if you're new!) at when Claudia Nelson's life is changed forever by a shooting star that lands on her property outside of the fictional town of Dillon. What cosmic horror does the cursed meteorite bring? And what Hell will it unleash on Claudia and the other residents of her small, remote town?This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises!Thanks to AMC's FearFest for sponsoring this Nightmare Fuel re-release!  Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scared to Death ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    The Box Office Show
    Anatomy of a (Rotted) Masterpiece: The Walking Dead - Part 2

    The Box Office Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 141:06


    The Walking Dead franchise has been filling TV screens with blood, guts, and voracious zombies for 15 years. Ryan revisits the megahit AMC series to determine how it became an unrivaled phenomenon before becoming an unappreciated afterthought. Hunter Vance (a former fan of The Walking Dead) and Edward Finan (a non-fan who never picked up the series) join Ryan to dissect the best episodes in each season of The Walking Dead. They've covered the beginning and the peak of The Walking Dead. Now, our zombie lovers talk through Seasons 6 - 11 to see how rotted this masterpiece became.

    English4U 活用空中美語
    Unit 12-2 明「茶」秋毫──品味臺灣茶文化

    English4U 活用空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 23:32


    Unit 12-2 Taiwanese Tea Brings Tradition and Taste to Every Cup! 在臺灣,茶不只是飲料,更是生活的一部分。臺灣茶不僅名聞遐邇,也不斷孕育出各式各樣的創意茶飲。每一口茶都蘊含著歷史與土地的記憶,也呈現臺灣茶之間不同的風味與鮮明的特色。讓我們從一杯茶開始,感受專屬於臺灣的韻味與溫度。

    Hier is AMC - Podcast over arbeidsmarktcommunicatie
    Hier is AMC - Afl 81: Recruiters vs AMC'ers, met Simone Broos en Gertjan de Waal

    Hier is AMC - Podcast over arbeidsmarktcommunicatie

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 56:25


    In aflevering 81 heb ik het met Simone Broos en Gertjan de Waal van Recruiters United over recruiters en AMC'ers. Wat kan de een wel, en de ander niet? En andersom? En hoe krijg je ze aan het samenwerken, want het is duidelijk dat dat de beste oplossing is. In deze serie interview ik mensen die te maken hebben met het vakgebied arbeidsmarktcommunicatie. In gesprekken van ongeveer een half uur praten we over wat zij voor interessante dingen aan het doen zijn, en bespreken we ook hoe ze met AMC te maken hebben en er tegenaan kijken. Ik spreek met werkgevers, AMC-bureaus, recruiters, employer branders, recruitment marketeers, data-analisten en nog veel meer. Iedere keer weer een goed gesprek over een mooi vakgebied. Want ik werk zelf al 20 jaar in AMC, en ik vind het echt elke dag weer mooi. Je kunt de show-notes en meer info bekijken op www.hierisamc.nl Marcel Q

    English Digest 實用空中美語
    Unit 15-2 多益專欄

    English Digest 實用空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 32:25


    Unit 15-2 TOEIC 在街頭遇見受傷的浪浪,該怎麼辦?本課多益主題以獸醫院的真實情境對話,帶你學習從緊急處理、獸醫檢查到聯繫救援組織的實用英語會話技巧,並透過領養公告了解常見的領養條件與流程。

    A+ English 空中美語
    Unit 12-1 從輪胎公司到美食評鑑家──《米其林指南》

    A+ English 空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 16:42


    Unit 12-1 Stars on Your Plate: Meet the MICHELIN Guide! 美食不僅滿足味蕾,更是文化與藝術的展現。無論是街頭小吃還是高級餐廳,每一道佳餚背後都藏著廚師的用心與創意。但你知道嗎?在這片美味的世界裡,有一本舉世聞名的評鑑指南,正形塑著餐飲文化的風貌。本期 A+ 將帶你認識《米其林指南》,了解它如何成為全球美食愛好者尋找佳餚的最佳夥伴。 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

    Scared To Death
    NF Halloween Re-Release: The Beast of Bodie

    Scared To Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 50:03


    Hello Creeps and Peepers! Welcome to another Halloween revisiting of a few of my favorite Nightmare Fuels as we lead up a special new Halloween Nightmare Fuel release. Let's look back (or take a first look if you're new!) at the first episode that seemed to really excite a lot of you about this series.  The third horror story I wrote.  The tale of a mysterious beast that's been brutally killing men for decades in the former gold rush town of Bodie, California. And out introduction to Ezra Calhoun.This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises!Thanks to AMC's FearFest for sponsoring this Nightmare Fuel re-release! For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scared to Death ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    reCappin' with Delora & Ashley Podcast
    #tbt: "Queen of the Damned" (2002)

    reCappin' with Delora & Ashley Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 53:14


    Happy Halloween lovely listeners!!! Have fun and be safe! This week, we keep the vampire love going with a throwback recap to round out spooky season of the 2002 horror film, "Queen of the Damned" starring Aaliyah! (04:48) We discuss our take on the film, performances, and anticipation of the new adaptation coming from the third season of AMC's "Interview with the Vampire" series. Check out the full episode to hear our full thoughts, and feel free, as always, to share yours!  Hidden Gems (49:58): "Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires" (Disney+) We are available on all podcasting platforms but please follow, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify apps. We greatly appreciate the support! Follow us on social media: IG: @recappinpodcast Twitter: @recappinpodcast FB: ReCappin' with Delora and Ashley Contact us: Email: recappinpodcast@gmail.com

    Final Girls Horrorcast
    Ep 376: ‘Until Dawn'

    Final Girls Horrorcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 54:07


    Hey there Lovelies and welcome back for the 376th episode of Final Girls Horrorcast! Today we'll be discussing ‘Until Dawn' from 2025 which is currently streaming on Netflix.   Trailer Trashtalk: ‘Die My Love' (November 7th, 2025)   Next Week - Join us next week as we chat about V/H/S Halloween, streaming on Shudder, AMC+, and Philo!

    Control Issues
    473: Halo Campaign Evolved Sets The World Ablaze

    Control Issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 101:20


    A-Dub and AmC discuss Halo Campaign Evolved's announcement, the bestselling games of September, and wish PS2 a happy 25th. Tweet Us: x.com/MYCONTROLISSUES | Skeet Us: bsky.app/profile/controlissuespod.bsky.social | CommentQuestionMail Bag: controlissuespod@gmail.com

    KFI Featured Segments
    @AndyKTLA Hollywood's Real Stars?

    KFI Featured Segments

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 36:47 Transcription Available


    Andy's joined by KFI's Heather Brooker (@TheHeatherBrooker) for an in-studio deep dive into Hollywood's unsung heroes, the animal actors. From pampered pooches to unionized horses, they pull back the curtain on the surprising world of trained animal performers 

    English4U 活用空中美語
    Unit 12-1 明「茶」秋毫──品味臺灣茶文化

    English4U 活用空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 23:29


    Unit 12-1 Taiwanese Tea Brings Tradition and Taste to Every Cup! 在臺灣,茶不只是飲料,更是生活的一部分。臺灣茶不僅名聞遐邇,也不斷孕育出各式各樣的創意茶飲。每一口茶都蘊含著歷史與土地的記憶,也呈現臺灣茶之間不同的風味與鮮明的特色。讓我們從一杯茶開始,感受專屬於臺灣的韻味與溫度。

    English Digest 實用空中美語
    Unit 15-1 多益專欄

    English Digest 實用空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 30:40


    Unit 15-1 TOEIC 在街頭遇見受傷的浪浪,該怎麼辦?本課多益主題以獸醫院的真實情境對話,帶你學習從緊急處理、獸醫檢查到聯繫救援組織的實用英語會話技巧,並透過領養公告了解常見的領養條件與流程。

    A+ English 空中美語
    Unit 11 一條分界,兩個世界:看不見的「華萊士線」

    A+ English 空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 18:10


    Unit 11 Neighbors Yet Strangers: Animals Across the Wallace Line 你是否曾想過,動物園裡來自世界各地的動物,為何擁有截然不同的特徵?其實,地球上生物的分布受到多種自然力量影響,有些神秘的地理界線甚至將鄰近的島嶼劃分成完全不同的動物世界。本期 A+ 將帶你探索這條隱藏的神奇分界線──華萊士線。 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

    Scared To Death
    NF Halloween Re-Release: Sometimes the Darkness Wins

    Scared To Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 55:01


    Hello Creeps and Peepers! Welcome to a Halloween revisiting of a few of my favorite Nightmare Fuels as we lead up a special new Halloween Nightmare Fuel release. Let's take another look (or a first look if you're new!) at Sam. Sam's a strange doll found by a young boy, Jack, when he and his sister and mother moved into a new home following the death of Jack's father. Sam looks like she comes from another world, and she does. And her world is full of nothing but evil...This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises!Thanks to AMC's FearFest for sponsoring this Nightmare Fuel re-release! For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scared to Death ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Creative Principles
    Ep675 - David Weiner Returns, Director ‘In Search of Darkness: 1995–1999'

    Creative Principles

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 28:35


    David is the director, writer and producer of the IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS trilogy for CreatorVC, which debuted in 2019 as a critically acclaimed four-and-a-half-hour documentary about '80s horror movies. The long-form follow-ups IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS: PART II (2020) and IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS: PART III (2022) were highly lauded by fans and critics alike and extended the journey through '80s horror cinema to an epic 14-and-a-half hour film experience. The trilogy can be seen on Shudder, Amazon Prime and AMC+. David is also the director/writer/producer of IN SEARCH OF TOMORROW (2022), a five-hour documentary about '80s Sci-Fi movies. In this interview, we talk about the curation process and selection of films, post-production challenges, the fan-focused approach and community integration, and much more. This episode is brought to you by AutoCrit—the all-in-one platform to plan, write, analyze, and edit your books. With comprehensive editing and analysis tools for fiction and nonfiction writers, and a vibrant community featuring courses like Nightmare Fuel starting October 6th and the Writing Iconic Killer Characters Workshop starting October 14th, AutoCrit gives you the tools and support serious writers need. Pro membership normally costs 30 dollars a month, but Creative Principals listeners can get LIFETIME membership for one fee. Head to www.autocrit.com/brock for more information. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60 seconds, and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom of your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!

    Fuera de Series
    Crítica de 'TALAMASCA: La Órden Secreta' | SIN SPOILERS | AMC y AMC+

    Fuera de Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 13:02


    Analizamos sin spoilers Talamasca: The Secret Order, el último estreno de AMC que amplía el Immortal Universe de Anne Rice. ¿Qué pasa cuando un thriller de espionaje se cruza con el mundo de los vampiros y lo sobrenatural? Pues que surge una serie distinta, elegante y con muchas capas por descubrir. Sinopsis: Guy Anatole, quien, a punto de graduarse de la facultad de derecho, es abordado por un representante de Talamasca, una agencia secreta que vigila y protege a la humanidad del mundo sobrenatural. Cuando Guy descubre que Talamasca lo ha estado siguiendo desde su infancia, se ve arrastrado a un universo de agentes secretos y seres inmortales que, hasta ahora, han mantenido un frágil equilibrio con el mundo mortal. ESTRENO: 27 de octubre eb AMC y AMC+ Únete a nuestro chat de telegram en el que miles de personas hablamos cada día de series: - Telegram – Grupo de debate: https://telegram.me/fueradeseries - Telegram – Canal de noticias: https://t.me/noticiasfds Síguenos en nuestras plataformas y podcast sobre series: - Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/fuera-de-series/id288039262 - Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3RTDss6AAGjSNozVOhDNzX?si=700febbf305144b7&nd=1 - iVoox - https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-fuera-series_sq_f12063_1.html Redes Sociales - Twitter: https://twitter.com/fueradeseries - Facebook: https://facebook.com/fueradeseries - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fueradeseries/ - Youtube: https://youtube.com/fueradeseries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    English4U 活用空中美語
    Unit 11-2 一「騎」看海去 玩轉深澳鐵道!

    English4U 活用空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 24:17


    Unit 11-2 Enjoying an Ocean View from the Shen'ao Railbike 哪裡可以邊踩腳踏車、邊欣賞美麗的海景呢?那你一定不能錯過深澳鐵道自行車!沿著舊鐵道前行,不僅有海風與樹影陪伴,還有閃爍繽紛燈光的隧道與可愛的吉祥物等你來發現!準備好前往瑞芳,和大自然來場輕旅行了嗎?

    The Pan Am Podcast
    Episode 58: Top Gun Screenwriter Jack Epps Jr. and Kate Ginley: Mastering the Craft of Screenwriting

    The Pan Am Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 70:52


    Send us a textIn this episode, we're joined by screenwriter Jack Epps, Jr. and his student, up and coming screenwriter Kate Ginley, who is writing a screenplay about Pan Am and Tenerife.Jack is now a professor and Chair of the Writing for Screen and Television Division at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, also known as USC. But you probably already know of him from the most iconic aviation films ever made — the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun, which he co-wrote with his longtime screenwriting partner, Jim Cash. Starring Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer, Top Gun didn't just redefine aviation movies — it became a cultural phenomenon. It inspired generations of aviators, reignited pride in flight, and set the gold standard for how aviation could be portrayed on screen.The film was also a popular hit during its run as a featured movie of Pan Am's Theatre in the Air. Beyond the breathtaking aerial footage, Top Gun is a brilliant study in the craft of screenwriting — how character, emotion, and story structure come together to create cinematic magic.After Top Gun, Jack Epps, Jr.  and Jim Cash went on to write a series of major Hollywood hits, including Legal Eagles, The Secret of My Success, Dick Tracy, and Turner & Hooch. Today, Jack brings that same storytelling mastery to his students at USC — shaping the next generation of screenwriters and filmmakers.In our conversation, we'll talk about Jack's remarkable career, his insights into the art and discipline of screenwriting, the enduring legacy of Top Gun, and how Kate is carrying that storytelling spirit forward in her new screenplay about Pan Am and the tragedy at Tenerife.Support the show Visit Us for more Pan Am History! Support the Podcast! Donate to the Museum! Visit The Hangar online store for Pan Am gear! Become a Member! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!A very special thanks to Mr. Adam Aron, Chairman and CEO of AMC and president of the Pan Am Historical Foundation and Pan Am Brands for their continued and unwavering support!

    Untitled Cinema Gals Project
    Nia DaCosta/Tessa Thompson Film Series: "The Marvels" (2023) with Brian Richards

    Untitled Cinema Gals Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 93:15


    In the last film in our Nia DaCosta & Tessa Thompson Film Series, writer Brian Richards returns to the podcast to discuss Nia DaCosta's 2023 film, "The Marvels." Brian and Morgan discuss how this film works as apart of the MCU, the core theme of sisterhood, and the sociopolitical conversations in the film. This episode also includes Morgan trying to remember anything from comic book movies, Morgan talking about Brie Larson's pop career, and Brian and Morgan urging AMC to reinstate the rightful Nicole Kidman ad. You can find BrianBlueskyInstagramWritten WorkYou can follow Female Gaze: The Film ClubInstagramBlueSkyWebsite

    English4U 活用空中美語
    Unit 11-1 一「騎」看海去 玩轉深澳鐵道!

    English4U 活用空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 24:08


    Unit 11-1 Enjoying an Ocean View from the Shen'ao Railbike 哪裡可以邊踩腳踏車、邊欣賞美麗的海景呢?那你一定不能錯過深澳鐵道自行車!沿著舊鐵道前行,不僅有海風與樹影陪伴,還有閃爍繽紛燈光的隧道與可愛的吉祥物等你來發現!準備好前往瑞芳,和大自然來場輕旅行了嗎?

    Serious Sellers Podcast: Learn How To Sell On Amazon
    #712 - Amazon Marketing Cloud Made Easy!

    Serious Sellers Podcast: Learn How To Sell On Amazon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2025 31:24


    In this episode, let's learn how to master Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) and discover how to connect, set up, and manage AMC ads to improve targeting, boost conversions, and scale your Amazon sales.

    The Geek Watch Podcast
    Episode 255: Time For Some Real Fun

    The Geek Watch Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2025 21:08


    On today's podcast, Brian and Mandy discuss the latest trailers from Comic-Con, including new Marvel shows like 'Wonder Man' and 'Vision Quest'. They explore the shift in audience interest from nostalgic Gen X and Millennials to Gen Z and Gen Alpha and the challenges it poses for the entertainment industry. The duo also delves into AMC's new season of 'Interview with the Vampire' and the potential pitfalls of lore-heavy shows like 'Mayfair Witches.' Furthermore, they discuss the growing influence of AI in entertainment, from interactive movie experiences like the Vegas Sphere to AI Dungeon Masters in Dungeons & Dragons. The conversation touches on the importance of human creativity in storytelling and the need for fresh, engaging content in today's market. 00:00 Introduction to Geek Watch Podcast 00:40 Comic-Con Highlights and Marvel Trailers 01:38 Marvel's Future and Audience Nostalgia 03:47 New York Comic Con Announcements 04:36 The Role of Lore in TV Shows 10:33 The Sphere and Immersive Movie Experiences 12:34 AI in Entertainment and Dungeons & Dragons 14:53 The Importance of Human Creativity 17:03 Critical Role and D&D Romance 20:29 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

    Cool Kids Club
    Episode 119: The Halloween Tape Volume 5 - AMC's Monster Mania & Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments

    Cool Kids Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 94:00


    We're dusting the cobwebs off the VCR and firing up another edition of our series dedicated to small-screen spookiness - it's The Halloween Tape Volume 5! This year we are discussing two cable TV horror primers, AMC's Monster Mania and Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments, plus we each count down our own personal top five scariest movie moments!

    FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
    Friday Family Film Night: ONE CUT OF THE DEAD review

    FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 25:26


    On the twenty-third night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (2017), screenplay and directed by Shin'ichirô Ueda from a play "Ghost in the Box!" by Ryoichi Wada.  We do not want to spoil this so we won't, other than to say, RUN DON'T WALK and check out this film.  The film clocks in at 1 h and 36 m, is unrated R and we caught the film on the Hoopla app, but you can watch the film on AMC+ and to buy/rent on Prime Video. Please note there are SPOILERS in this review.#SupportYourLocalLibrary @hoopladigital #OneCutOfTheDead #Shin'ichirôUeda #RyoichiWada #TakayukiHamatsu #DirectorHigurashi #YuzukiAkiyama #Chinatsu #HarumiShuhama #Nao #KazuakiNagaya #Ko #ManabuHosoi #ManabuHosoda #HiroshiIchihara #Kasahara #Mao #Mao #ShuntarôYamazaki #ShunsukeYamakoshi #Shin'ichirôÔsawa #ShinichiroFurusawa A#ZYoshikoTakehara #YoshikoSasahara #MikiYoshida #MikiYoshino #AyanaGôda #AyanaKurihara #SakinaAsamori #SakiMatsuura #TomokazuYamaguchi #TomokazuTaniguchi #TakuyaFujimura #TakuyaFujimura #SatoshiIwagô #DaigoKurooka #KyôkoTakahashi #MaiAida #ShioriNukumi #Shiori #KoukiTsurunishi #ADTsurunishi #ToshiyukiKuba #ADKuma #YuShiraoka #ADShiraoka #Japanese #FoundFootageHorror #Mockumentary #ZombieHorror #Horror #Drama #Comedy  @hoopladigital @AMCplus  @PrimeVideo ⁠⁠ #31DaysToHalloween #SpookySeason #Day23 #FridayFamilyFilmNight And in #SpookySeason don't forget to use your powers for good - support our friend KT as she raises funds for the good folks at St. Jude's - any little bit helps and is whole heartedly appreciated by the families who rely on St. Jude's @stjudehttps://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=8932826&fr_id=133399&pg=personalOpening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library

    The Canadian Investor
    Meme Stock Mania Returns and Private Debt Gets Messy

    The Canadian Investor

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 46:43


    Simon and Dan break down Canada’s latest inflation data, why core CPI remains stubbornly high, and what falling rents might mean for the Bank of Canada’s next move. They also dive into the growing turmoil in private credit, including the First Brands bankruptcy and Tricolor collapse, and what these cases reveal about risk in the shadow banking system. The episode wraps up with Beyond Meat’s shocking meme-stock comeback and a broader discussion about speculation and leverage in today’s markets. Tickers of stocks discussed: BYND, TSM, ARCC, FSK, BN, JEF, UBS, JPM, WMT, AZO, GPC, GME, AMC. Check out our portfolio by going to Jointci.com Our Website Our New Youtube Channel! Canadian Investor Podcast Network Twitter: @cdn_investing Simon’s twitter: @Fiat_Iceberg Braden’s twitter: @BradoCapital Dan’s Twitter: @stocktrades_ca Want to learn more about Real Estate Investing? Check out the Canadian Real Estate Investor Podcast! Apple Podcast - The Canadian Real Estate Investor Spotify - The Canadian Real Estate Investor Web player - The Canadian Real Estate Investor Asset Allocation ETFs | BMO Global Asset Management Sign up for Fiscal.ai for free to get easy access to global stock coverage and powerful AI investing tools. Register for EQ Bank, the seamless digital banking experience with better rates and no nonsense.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast
    'Fall back' — Daylight Saving Time ends Nov. 2 | Gwinnett Tech hosts inaugural Gryphon Gratitude Breakfast | Georgians react to Instagram 'PG-13' rating policy

    Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 11:21


    GDP Script/ Top Stories for October 23rd Publish Date: October 23rd PRE-ROLL: From the BG AD Group Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. Today is Thursday, October 23rd and Happy birthday to Weird Al Yankovich I’m Peyton Spurlock and here are your top stories presented by KIA Mall of Georgia. 'Fall back' — Daylight Saving Time ends Nov. 2 Gwinnett Tech hosts inaugural Gryphon Gratitude Breakfast Georgians react to Instagram 'PG-13' rating policy Plus, Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets on sweet tooths All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen daily and subscribe! Break 1: Ingles Markets 6 STORY 1: 'Fall back' — Daylight Saving Time ends Nov. 2 Like it or not, it’s that time again—Daylight Saving Time ends on Nov. 2, and we “fall back” an hour. Darker evenings, groggy mornings, and maybe an extra cup of coffee (or three). But does this time shift really matter anymore? Dr. Jason Delaney, an economics professor at Georgia Gwinnett College, doesn’t think so. “It was about saving energy back when lighting and heating were inefficient, and air conditioning didn’t exist. That’s not the world we live in now,” he said. “Economically, the impact is minimal.” Psychologist Dr. David Ludden sees it differently: “It messes with your body. We’re not built to adjust quickly—our sleep cycles rely on light cues.” His advice? Get outside in natural light or use bright indoor lights during the day to help reset your internal clock. So, while the time change might feel like a relic of the past, it still throws us off—at least for a little while. STORY 2: Gwinnett Tech hosts inaugural Gryphon Gratitude Breakfast On Oct. 15, Gwinnett Tech Foundation hosted its first-ever Gryphon Gratitude Breakfast, and the room was packed—150 donors, students, and community partners all gathered to celebrate the life-changing power of giving. It wasn’t just about handshakes and thank-yous. Students stood up and shared raw, personal stories—how scholarships kept them in school, how the Foundation gave them a shot at a future they almost gave up on. “Every donation has a face,” said Darcie Johnson, the Foundation’s executive director. “You’re not just giving money—you’re changing lives.” The event wrapped with a challenge: “Fuel Your Purpose.” A reminder to give, to act, to make it count. STORY 3: Georgians react to Instagram 'PG-13' rating policy   Meta’s new “PG-13” filter for Instagram? Let’s just say Georgians aren’t exactly buying it. The company claims the filter will block posts with strong language, risky stunts, or content promoting harmful behaviors—like drug paraphernalia. Sounds good on paper, right? But critics are calling it a PR stunt, not a real solution. Sharon Winkler, who lost her 17-year-old son Alex to suicide in 2017, isn’t convinced. “This feels like another empty promise to make parents feel safe,” she said. Counselor Laura Ladefian agrees. “Filters won’t fix the algorithms that make these platforms addictive,” she said. “It’s like putting a Band-Aid on a broken arm.” We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. We’ll be right back Break 2: 07.14.22 KIA MOG STORY 4: State names Suwanee an 'exceptional' main street city  Suwanee’s got some bragging rights—officially. The Georgia Department of Community Affairs just named it one of the state’s newest Georgia Exceptional Main Street (GEMS) communities. Canton snagged the other spot, but let’s focus on Suwanee for a second. Why the honor? It’s all about their downtown. Public spaces, smart planning, and a vibe that mixes charm with progress. Earning GEMS status isn’t easy. Cities have to prove they’re not just growing economically but also keeping their unique character intact. Suwanee nailed it. STORY 5: AMC brings first new Dolby Experience to Gwinnett since 2017 Big news for movie lovers in Gwinnett—Dolby Cinema is back after an eight-year hiatus. This past weekend, AMC unveiled its brand-new Dolby Cinema at the AMC Dine-In Webb Gin 11 on Scenic Highway in unincorporated Lawrenceville. It’s the first Dolby Experience in the county since 2017, and honestly? It’s a game-changer. Think ultra-vivid colors, insane brightness, and sound so immersive it feels like it’s crawling up your spine. Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos combine to make every scene hit harder—like you’re in the movie, not just watching it. This upgrade came after three months of renovations, and AMC isn’t stopping here. They’re planning 40 more Dolby locations nationwide, aiming for over 200 total. For now, though, Gwinnett’s got something to brag about. Break 3: And now here is Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets on sweet tooths Break 4: We’ll have closing comments after this Break 5: Ingles Markets 6 Signoff – Thanks again for hanging out with us on today’s Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Marietta Daily Journal, or the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties. Read more about all our stories and get other great content at www.gwinnettdailypost.com Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Produced by the BG Podcast Network Show Sponsors: www.ingles-markets.com www.kiamallofga.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Boxoffice Podcast
    The October Box Office Slump

    Boxoffice Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 23:28


    This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk discuss the ongoing October box office slump, with consecutive sub-$100 million weekends, and cover the latest news in theatrical exhibition, including the social media announcement that AMC is discussing plans to screen Netflix titles, starting with the re-release of KPop Demon Hunters. Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 What to Listen For00:00 Intro 00:26 Catching Up on Awards Season Films04:00 “The Black Phone 2” Review & Discussion05:36 Netflix's “Frankenstein” Theatrical Run07:05 AMC–Netflix Partnership Announcement11:00 Cinema Industry Leadership Updates12:38 Landmark Cinemas Renovation13:48 Cineplex Streamlining & CEO Transition14:47 Vista Group Launches “React”16:00 Barco Expands HDR by Barco17:09 The October Box Office Slump18:02 New Releases & Weekend Forecast20:15 Angel Studios Swaps “Zero AD” for “David”

    Who Put This On?
    S09E34 Eli Manning Presents: The Undercovers - Justin Jefferson

    Who Put This On?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 52:52


    This week we watch a show about NFL players playing harmless, possibly boring pranks. Can anyone figure out who's really behind the camera? Will we be able to stay on the rails enough to get through this podcast? Join us as we watch "Eli Manning Presents: The Undercovers - Justin Jefferson" on Prime Video. || Theme Song: "Crooked Mile (slinky rock mix)" by Hans Atom || Outro: "I dunno" by grapes || Next Week: Guts & Glory S01E01 on AMC

    English4U 活用空中美語
    Unit 10 無痕模式真的無痕嗎?小心隱私被看光光!

    English4U 活用空中美語

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 17:49


    Unit 10 Incognito Mode: Not as Invisible as You Might Think 點進無痕模式=網路隱身術?小心,無痕模式可能沒有你想像得那麼神!雖然不會留下瀏覽記錄,但網站和網路供應商還是能掌握你的活動。本集將帶你聽聽看,無痕模式到底能做什麼、不能做什麼!

    FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
    Friday Family Film Night: THE SADNESS review

    FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 8:55


    On the twenty-second night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing ROH (2019), written/directed by Rob Jabbaz.  After a year of downplaying a flu-like virus, the city of Taipei is suddenly plunged into bloody chaos as a mutation causes the infected to act on their darkest, most violent, and most perverse impulses.  The highly aggressive plague turns ordinary people into sadistic, grinning maniacs who revel in torture, murder, and sexual assault.  Separated when the outbreak begins, a young couple, Jim (Berant Zhu) and Kat (Regina Lei), fight desperately to reunite while navigating the extreme depravity that has destroyed all semblance of civilization.  The film clocks in at 1 h and 39 m, is rated TV-MA and we caught the film on the Hoopla app, but watch the film on AMC+ and to buy/rent on Prime Video. Please note there are SPOILERS in this review.#SupportYourLocalLibrary @hoopladigital #TheSadness #RobJabbaz #BerntZhu #Jim #ReginaLei #Kat #Ying-RuChen #Molly #Tzu-ChiangWang #TheBusinessman #EmersonTsai #Warren #Wei-HuaLan #DrWong #RalfChiu #MrLin #BodyHorror #SplatterHorror #Horror #Thriller  @hoopladigital @AMCplus  @PrimeVideo ⁠⁠ #31DaysToHalloween #SpookySeason #Day21 #FridayFamilyFilmNight And in #SpookySeason don't forget to use your powers for good - support our friend KT as she raises funds for the good folks at St. Jude's - any little bit helps and is whole heartedly appreciated by the families who rely on St. Jude's @stjudehttps://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=8932826&fr_id=133399&pg=personal Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library

    Across the Movie Aisle
    'After the Hunt's' Pointed Provocations

    Across the Movie Aisle

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 61:08


    A few housekeeping items: This episode is the first main episode that is available to our subscribers before anyone else.  We have merch! Just a couple items right now, more to come, hopefully. You can see the Dashery store here. Alyssa's wearing the shirt on the show today! It looks like a movie ticket! Because movies! BUY ONE TODAY. OK, the episode itself. We discussed AMC finally granting Netflix some space in their multiplexes. Is this glasnost between the world's biggest streamer and the world's biggest theater chain? What comes after? Then we discussed After the Hunt, Luca Guadagnino's post-MeToo cinematic provocation … albeit one with a purpose. This movie's getting hammered by critics but … not by us. Probably because it's a good conversation starter and we love having conversations!  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend! Evangelizing the show is the best way to help it grow and make sure it continues!

    The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
    Don't Open, Dead Inside

    The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 64:59


    No, it's not the title of David's Hollywood memoir, it's Heritage's three-day The Walking Dead auction extravaganza! Join David and Ryan as they flip through 640 pages of stunning lots from the hit AMC show and debate which weapon they would use in the event of a zombie apocalypse… and also whether they could fit a tiger in the back of a Cybertruck. Head shots only! Enter if you dare. Email: dreamsaremadeofpodcast@gmail.com SDAMO - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/propspodcast.bsky.social SDAMO - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@props.podcast David Mandel - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    We Love the Love
    Leprechaun

    We Love the Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 58:04


    We're headed to North Dakota for some reason this week as we look at the fast-developing romance of the 1993 horror "classic" Leprechaun! Join in as we discuss Jennifer Aniston's movie-stealing performance, Warwick Davis's star turn, and the AMC theaters merch section. Plus: How old are these characters supposed to be? Why do any of them live out in the middle of nowhere? Should the leprechaun be more obsessed with shoes? And, most importantly, is this the best Aniston has ever looked? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: The Blob (1958)----------------------------------------------------Key sources and links for this episode:"Shlocky Charms: The Crazy Rise and 'Terrifying' Return of Leprechaun" (Entertainment Weekly)"Marketing Leprechaun" (Entertainment Weekly)"Billy Zane Almost Totally Murdered Fabrizio in Titanic's Original Ending" (SlashFilm)

    Stuck In Development
    213 - Netflix's Fall (like, Autumn): Spotify Deal, KPop Demon Hunters in AMC, and Oscar Chances

    Stuck In Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 28:06


    This really could be Netflix's Fall, with the big streamer dealing and wheeling left and right.In this episode, Carl & Eitan explore everything the Los Gatos company is being up to, including a deal with Spotify for exclusive video distribution of (some) Ringer podcasts, a deal with AMC to have the mega sensation KPop Demon Hunters 1-weekend release play in world's biggest theater chain screens, and where might there three big bets land in terms of Oscar chances now that they are out of embargo.Join us!

    Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast
    A**hole Protagonists with Victor LaValle

    Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 60:32


    I was thrilled that Victor LaValle was able to join me to help recommend books with jerk main characters. Be sure the check out the new paperback editions of four of his books and catch The Devil in Silver on AMC in 2026.  Books mentioned:  The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle The Changeling by Victor LaValle The Shining by Stephen King American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Boy Parts by Eliza Clark Dark Places by Gillian Flynn A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe Final Girl Song Check out the final girl songs here! Merch is finally available! Join the Reading Challenge! How to support Books in the Freezer We are on Patreon! Check us out! There's a lot of fun going on in the Patreon community. At the Final Girl level you can get episodes early and find out about topics and guests beforehand. Axe-Wielding Maniacs get to be part of a Voxer group chat and join in Netflix movie nights. Malevolent Spirits get everything that's been mentioned and bonus episodes!

    That Amazon Ads Podcast
    #115 - 5 Advertising Strategies for Competitive CPG Categories on Amazon

    That Amazon Ads Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 39:29


    Amazon PPC deep-dive: 5 Advertising Strategies for Competitive CPG Categories on Amazon that actually scale.We also reveal 5 Advertising Strategies for Consumables and Supplements Categories on Amazon, built for real-world Amazon PPC performance.Learn the LTV math to set true ACoS, unlock New-to-Brand with Amazon Marketing Cloud, and fix listings to hit 20% Conversion Rate for Amazon PPC.Inside: Brand Analytics vs. AMC for LTV, NTB bid boosts in Sponsored Brands/Sponsored Products, pricing, images, reviews that move conversion, and Off-Amazon influencer plays that spike branded search.If you sell supplements, snacks, or drinks, this episode shows exactly how to profit on repeat orders and scale smart without wasting spend.

    It's Always Day One
    Should you be making Amazon PPC manager hiring decisions?

    It's Always Day One

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 3:58


    We reject more candidates every week than most brands/agencies will reject in a year of hiring for this role.It's safe to assume that if someone does just 2 things every day - 1) manage 8-figure ad accounts and 2) recruit senior Amazon PPC managers - then they'll be better at hiring for that role than most of the population.They'll be better than you, the $250k/mo brand owner who's not truly been hands on in ads for 12 months.They'll be better than the eCommerce recruitment firm who's recruiter has never seen Seller Central, let alone adjusted a bid. "We reviewed these CVs for you and they seem worth a chat - 25% invoice incoming." They'll be better than your current hire who's been managing Amazon PPC for 3-years now (our team's been doing it 10-years).They'll be better than your HR team who have absolutely no idea about AMC becoming freely available to all sellers.They'll be better than me, George Reid, the Amazon agency owner of 8-years, who simply isn't qualified to make a decision on someone's Amazon ad expertise...because I haven't done it every day for a decade.

    The Town with Matthew Belloni
    Netflix Adds Podcasts and Makes a Deal With AMC Theatres. Why?

    The Town with Matthew Belloni

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 35:27


    Matt is joined by Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw to discuss Netflix diving into the podcast business by striking a deal to stream a group of original podcasts from Spotify and The Ringer. They break down what this signals for the future of Netflix, the likelihood that people will watch podcasts on Netflix, and what's in it for Spotify. Later, they touch on AMC and Netflix agreeing to rerelease ‘KPop Demon Hunters' in theaters from October 31 through November 2, then dive into whether this marks the beginning of a new era for Netflix and theatrical releases (03:01). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about Formula One rights moving to Apple TV (27:34). For a 20 percent discount on Matt's Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I'm Hearing ...,' ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Email us your thoughts! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thetown@spotify.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The Numlock Podcast
    Numlock Sunday: Across the Movie Aisle

    The Numlock Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2025 38:21


    By Walt HickeyWelcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.This week, I spoke to Alyssa Rosenberg, Sunny Bunch and Peter Suderman, the three panelists of the outstanding film podcast Across the Movie Aisle. I really enjoy the show and have been a longtime fan of their individual work.I think that they're a group with genuinely diverse opinions but who have a lot of love for cinema and as a result have some of the most deeply interesting conversations about the art form of any show I listen to. The show just split off from The Bulwark's network and is striking it out independently. Do check them out!This interview has been condensed and edited. Hey, Across the Movie Aisle. Thank you so much for coming on Numlock. I really appreciate it.Absolutely.Thank you for having us.Yes, this is the first three-on-one conversation that I've ever done here, so we're gonna have to juggle a bit. Either way, I am just such a fan of the show. I really, really enjoyed it, subscribed to the Bulwark for it when I heard that you guys were going independent. I was really excited to see what was motivating that, what opportunities you were seeing out there. It's just such a really fun program, and I think it's so unique in the space.Before we get into talking about the movies, do you wanna talk a little bit about where this show came from, where it started, then what you would say your perspective on the film industry is?Sonny: Sure.Alyssa: Who wants to tell the story?Sonny: The origin of the show was back in 2019. I started working for an independent film studio that's based in Dallas, where I live now. I moved here for the job. The pitch was, “it's like Fangoria,” but for action movies and thrillers and heist movies, that sort of thing. And one of the things I wanted to do when we came over was a little podcast network. We were gonna have some shows, some storytelling things, et cetera. And one of the things I had wanted to do for a while (and hadn't really had an outlet for) was a show I had envisioned as like Crossfire or McLaughlin Group or something like that, but by way of movies.So Across the Movie Aisle — I've always shorthanded it as Siskel and Ebert meets Left Right Center. And the idea here is that I am a conservative. I don't know how other people would describe me, but I still think of myself as a center-right person. Alyssa is the center-left person.Peter: Would you even say that you are a neoconservative?Sonny: Well, I'm a neoconservative with libertarian tendencies, which is a funny thing.Peter: “You work at the Weekly Standard,” is a good way to think about your politics? And they basically haven't changed since you worked at The Weekly Standard. Is that fair? That's the long and the short of it.Sonny: Then Peter is whatever Peter is. I'll let him define himself. But the idea here was you have three people with differing political views talking about movies and other stories about movies. The show has two segments. The first is called Controversies and Nontroversies. The second is a review. And the Controversies and Nontroversies segment was initially thought of as we tackle some dumb internet outrage of the day and decide if it's really worth being mad about.And that evolved into something slightly different, right? Right, guys? I feel like it's now more about the business of Hollywood.Alyssa: Yes, exactly. But I think it's worth noting that our story actually starts way before 2019. The three of us were all critics in some respect or other. I was over at ThinkProgress running their culture and sports verticals. Sonny, were you at the Weekly Standard when we started or were you at the Free Beacon then?Sonny: I think I was at the Washington Free Beacon when we met. So it must've been 2012 or 13.Alyssa: The three of us were going to screenings every week and somehow just gravitated towards each other. We would sit together. We were the people who were hanging out and hashing things out together after the screening ended. When I moved to the Washington Post, I ended up bringing Sonny over as a contributor to the blog that I was working on there. They were invited to my wedding. We were authentically contentiously friends years before we started the podcast.I think that's been a little bit of the special sauce for us, right? We are capable of having conversations that are somewhat harder to have elsewhere because (even before we started working together) there were five, six years of trust built up in in-person conversations and discussions over beers at the really terrible bar near the former AMC in Friendship Heights. Nobody is here on this podcast to blow each other up. But it's also not like “We're friends for the camera!”I think the show has always been like both a reflection of our dynamic. It's also the way that we hang out every week, even though Sonny lives in Dallas, and Peter lives in Boston some of the time. So for me, it's like my night out.I mean, as a listener, I really find the appeal to be exactly that. I think that having different perspectives on something as universal as film makes the show super compelling to listen to, even if I don't always necessarily agree with the perspective on it. What makes movies just so good to view from multiple different angles? There are lowercase “c” conservative films, there are lowercase “l” liberal films, that stuff. How do you guys find approaching the current state of the film industry from these different points of view?Peter: Alyssa talked about how our story goes back even before 2019, when the podcast started. And just for people who may not be familiar with the dynamic of Washington that all of us came up in in our 20s, Alyssa was working for ThinkProgress, which was the journalism arm of the Center for American Progress, which is this leading democratic or democratic affiliated think tank. Sonny was working for the Weekly Standard and then for the Washington Free Beacon, these feisty, conservative journalistic outlets.I actually started writing movie reviews for National Review for a couple of years. When I moved over full-time to Reason Magazine, which is where I've been for more than 15 years now, and also to the Washington Times, which is someplace that both Sonny and I wrote for. It's a conservative-leaning paper that has undergone many transformations. If you live in Washington, your social circle and your conversations and your life are so frequently segmented by politics.What we liked about being friends with each other and seeing movies with each other was that we saw that it didn't have to be the case. Movies and art and pop culture, even disagreements about them, were ways that we could come together and maybe not even agree, but like learn about each other. We're really good friends, but we also like each other's minds. This is something that is really important and drew us all together. I have learned a lot about movies from Sonny. I have learned about culture from Alyssa. I don't know if they've learned anything from me. Maybe they've been annoyed about how I'm fine with A.I.Having those perspectives, it's not just that it's like, “Oh, that's nice that you're a little different.” This is a learning opportunity for all of us. It also makes the act of watching movies together much richer. When you're watching the movie, if you're watching it next to Alyssa, I know what she's thinking. Maybe not what I'm thinking, but it's like having another set of eyes. If you're a critic, if you're somebody who likes movies, if you are somebody who likes movies for the social aspect of them, seeing them with somebody else and talking about them afterwards just makes it so much more enjoyable. The fact that we then get to have that conversation in public for an audience that seems to enjoy this is really rewarding.Alyssa: I have a very hard time with certain kinds of violence in movies. But I can sit in a theater with Peter, and he can tell me when I need to cover my eyes, but also when I'm gonna be okay when it's over. And he's always right, right? And that's the thing that we get.Peter: But also when we see the Taylor Swift movie, I show up, and Alyssa has friendship bracelets for us. Everybody's bringing something to the party here.Alyssa: Peter, you joked about whether or not we've gotten anything from you. And I actually think that in some ways, I'm the one of us whose politics and aesthetics have changed most as a result of doing the show with both of you. I came up in an era of lefty cultural criticism when there were real incentives for tearing things apart. And I think I, in some ways early in my career, helped advance a fairly doctrinaire vision of what political conversations about art should be. And I have some regrets about some of the things that I wrote and some non-regrets too. I did a lot of work at that point in my career that I liked a lot.But one of the things I've come to believe in my conversation with these guys is that art is at its most politically powerful not when it affirms an agenda or a worldview that is defined by a political movement, but it is at its most powerful and interesting when it creates space for conversations that are not possible in conventional political formats and political venues. I think the unpredictability of movies and the inability to shove movies neatly into a partisan schema is where their power comes from.It is not in being subordinate to an agenda, but in opening the space for new possibilities. And I think that having a space to come to that conclusion made me a better critic and a better person. Maybe less employable as someone who writes about this stuff full-time in a predictable way. But I really enjoy seeing the world through the lenses that Peter and Sonny helped me apply to all of this.Peter: And just to underline that really quickly, a little bit more. One of the things that brings all of us together is that we are all three people who moved to Washington to work in political journalism, to work in discourse about politics. We have very strongly held beliefs. At the same time, I think all three of us come to movies, to art and to culture thinking, “You know what, you can make good art. You can make a great movie that maybe I find doesn't in any way align with my beliefs, right?” It has nothing to do with my political world or is even critical of my political worldview, but it's still a great movie.And this is a thing that you see very rarely in Washington and political discussions of art and film, but also in criticism. You have so much criticism that is out there, especially in the movie criticism world, that is just straightforwardly, politically determined. I don't think that that is the best way to approach art and to live a life that is about art because. Of course, it engages with politics. And of course you have to talk about that. And of course, you have to deal with that, but it's not just politics. If what you want from a movie is for it to be an op-ed, then what you want isn't a movie, it's an op-ed.I think that's really interesting. And actually, let's dive into that real quick. We'll go around the horn, perhaps. Peter, you brought it up. What is an example of a film or a piece of media that maybe either subverts or goes upstream compared to your personal politics that you nevertheless enjoyed? Or you, nevertheless, in spite of where you were coming from on that, really tended to like?Peter: So we all had mixed reactions to Paul Anderson's, P.T. Anderson's One Battle After Another, which is quite a political film, just came out. All of us thought that on a micro level, scene by scene, as a piece of filmmaking, it's genius. But on a macro level, its big ideas are kind of a mess. I go back to another Paul Anderson film from the aughts, There Will Be Blood, which is fairly critical of capitalism and of the capitalist tendencies that are deeply rooted in America. And it's not just a polemic, just an op-ed. It's not something that you can sum up in a tweet. It is quite a complex film in so many ways. And I'm a capitalist. I am a libertarian. I am a markets guy. And it is, I love that movie.Sonny and I frequently have arguments over whether There Will Be Blood is the first or second best movie of the last 25 years or so. Sonny thinks it's maybe the best. I think it's the second best. This is a movie that I think offers a deep critique of my ideology and my political worldview. But it is so profound on an artistic character narrative, just deep engagement level. I could talk about it for a long time. It's a movie I really love that doesn't support what I believe about politics in the world.Yeah, Sonny, how about you?Sonny: Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor is commie agitprop, but it's also very good. It's one of those movies where the lesson of the movie is literally “The elite overclass needs to be taught how to pee correctly in a bucket, so as not to annoy the normals.” But it's a beautiful movie, including the bucket. You don't have to agree with a film's politics to recognize that it is a great movie. It certainly doesn't hurt. I flipped through my rankings, and a lot of it does line up.But another one is JFK. Oliver Stone's JFK is a movie that is nonsense as history. If you look at it as a history text, you are reading the film wrong. What it excels at and the way that it is great is that it's the absolute perfect distillation of sitting next to an insane conspiracy theorist and hearing them ramble. The way that Oliver Stone edits together all of these disparate ideas — the way he edits is like hearing a conspiracy theorist talk.The way a conspiracy theorist talks is that they overwhelm you with information. They will just throw out random things and be like, “And this is connected to this, and this is connected to this.” And you are not able to actually judge these things because you have no idea really what they're talking about. You're not steeped in this stuff like they are, but it all sounds right. And all of a sudden, yeah, I believe that the military industrial complex murdered JFK at the behest of a fascist homosexual conspiracy, which is just another amusing little element to JFK by Oliver Stone.Those would be two examples, I would say.I love that. Alyssa, how about you?Alyssa: I would say Dirty Harry. I did a huge project about 10 years ago on depictions of the police in pop culture. And the ways in which law enforcement, as an industry, has actually really shaped their depictions on film. And look, I don't think the police always get everything right. And I think that shooting people is not a viable solution to a crime, especially without a trial. But God damn, does Clint Eastwood make like a sweater and a blazer and a real big gun look awesome, right?Sonny: Those are things that look awesome. Of course, they look awesome on Clint Eastwood.Alyssa: Of course, they look awesome, but they look especially awesome on Clint Eastwood. And they look even more awesome when he's shooting a crazed hippie who has commandeered a busSonny: Full of children.Alyssa: Yes, a bus full of children. The evil hippie deserves to get shot, and Clint Eastwood is the man to set things right. The thing about aesthetics is that they can get you to set aside your politics momentarily in a theoretical way. But I also think that good movies can get you access to spaces and mindsets that you might not have access to otherwise.When you asked that question, the movie that I immediately thought of, not necessarily of challenging my politics, but like bringing me a place I can't go, is Alex Garland's Warfare from earlier this year. It is one of the best movies I've seen this year. And also a movie about (both as a social and cultural environment) an all-male combat unit in the US military and a situation (the war in Iraq) that I have no access to. I cannot go there. My being in the space would fundamentally transform the space. And that opening sequence with this platoon watching this music video in a weird, sexualized group bonding ritual, I just found fascinating and oddly touching in a way that I think is interesting to watch, especially if you're steeped in left-leaning critiques of traditional masculinity in all-male spaces.And I found that movie, despite how harrowing it was, kind of beautiful and tender to watch in a way. And I just felt very grateful for it.Awesome. Yeah, again, I really appreciate how much thought goes into viewing not only movies as cultural entities, but also their space in politics, but also how the culture can overwhelm that. I really think that you guys have such fun takes on this. I wanna back out a little bit and talk a little bit about this year and this moment. I think one thing I really enjoy about your show is that it's obvious how much you guys really enjoy going to the movies, enjoy consuming this stuff. I know that there's a lot of fairly understandable doom and gloom sometimes around the movie industry, around the exhibition industry. A lot of that, I think, comes from some of the more industry side of things and infects the viewing public's view.I'll just throw it to you. What is a trend or something going on these days within movies or Hollywood that you actually think is a good thing, that you're actually enjoying? Or a transitional moment that you think could be fun? I guess, Sunny, I'll start off with you. I don't know.Sonny: That's a hard question to answer because everything is bad right now.Alyssa: To be clear, this is Sonny's default position about all eras and all things. All things.Peter: He's a cheerful man.Sonny: All things, really. No, everything is bad. But if I were looking at a few green shoots, I like the rise of the draft house style theater, a combination of dining, bar, movie space. I know some people have issues with the waiters scurrying back and forth. And it's not my real cup of tea either, but that's all right. You mentioned this question right before we started taping. I was trying to sketch something out, so I didn't have nothing.But I do think the rise of the boutique Blu-ray and 4K UHD retailers has been a good thing. I don't know that it's enough to save physical media in the film context, but the rise of your Vinegar Syndromes. Criterion, of course, is the longest player in this space, and they've been doing it since the days of Laserdisc. They're very good at what they do, and they have a great catalog.But even smaller places, like your Vinegar Syndromes or your Shout Factory and your Scream Factory. The studios themselves are getting into it. Lionsgate has their Lionsgate limited thing that they do, which is just sucking money out of my pockets. A24 has also been good in this space. I like the idea that there is a small but committed cadre of collectors out there. And it's not just ownership for the sake of ownership. It's not the high fidelity, “the things you own matter. So you should show them off so everybody can see them and see how cool you are” kind of thing. There are actual quality differences to having a disc as opposed to a streaming service, which always come in at lower bit rates, and they look and sound worse.But this is so niche. Very few people who collect this stuff (Blu-rays, 4Ks, et cetera) really understand how niche they are.If you look at the monthly pie chart of sales of discs every month, it's still 50 percent DVD, 20 percent to 25 percent Blu-ray, and then 25 percent to 30 percent 4K, depending on what's out at any given time. But 50 percent of discs are still being bought by people browsing Walmart shelves, like “Ooh, I'll watch this new movie for $5. Sure, why not?”Yeah, having something for the sickos is always something viable, right? Peter, I'll throw it to you.Peter: So, on this podcast, I have probably been the biggest MCU, Marvel Movie Universe booster. What I think is a good thing that is happening right now is that the MCU is in a decline, or at least a reset period. It's not overwhelming Hollywood in the way that it was throughout the 2010s. It's hurting theaters and exhibition because those movies are not performing the way they used to, and that's a downside for real.But what it is doing is creating a space for young filmmakers and for young acting talent to rise up without having to immediately be sucked into the MCU or something comparable, like the DC movies that were trying to start up and never really got going. Now they've rebooted the DC universe with the James Gunn Superman film. But, it really felt like in the 2010s, anyone who was in their 20s or 30s and was a really promising actor or a really promising director was gonna make one or two movies. And then they were gonna get sucked into the Marvel or maybe the Star Wars machine, one of these big franchise things.It wasn't like even 25 years ago when Sam Raimi was making Spider-Man films, and they were very distinctly Sam Raimi films. I mean, you watch the Dr. Octopus POV sequence in Spider-Man 2, and it's the same thing he was doing in Evil Dead, except he had $150 million to make that movie, right?These weren't even altruistic superhero films. They were just being brought in to lend their names a small amount of flavor to whatever it was they were doing. And now, in an era in which the MCU is not gone, but is diminished, a lot of acting talent and a lot of directing talent are going to be free to spend that formative period of third, fourth, fifth, sixth movies to make the things that they wanna make and to experiment.Like I said, this does have downsides. This is not great for theatrical exhibitors who are suffering right now because there are fewer movies and because the big movies are not as big. But in that space, you get the opportunity to try new things. And I love seeing new things, and I love watching new talent develop.That is cool. I like that. Alyssa?Alyssa: I'm glad you said that, Peter, because what I was gonna say is I am delighted to see some of the directors who did time in the MCU or other franchises coming back and making original movies. Obviously, Sinners is one of the big success stories of the year. It's also a success story because Ryan Coogler is not only making franchise movies.I saw Seeing Fruitvale, which turned Fruitvale Station, at the Sundance Film Festival. It was like a seminal moment for me early in my career as a critic. I was like, “Holy God, this guy is great.” Even though I like what he did with the Rocky movies and I like the first Black Panther, I just felt this sense of profound regret for him getting diverted from telling these original stories. I'm really excited for Chloe Zhao's Hamnet. I expect to be emotionally incapacitated by that movie. Honestly, it is great for people who love movies that Immortals was just such a disaster.Peter: Eternals.Sonny: Eternals, that's how good it is we can't even remember the title.Alyssa: Yes, Destin Daniel Cretton is working on a Shang-Chi sequel, but he is also collaborating with Ryan Coogler on a project that I think is drawn from their childhoods.Sonny: He's directing a new Spider-Man movie right now.Alyssa: But there's other stuff coming. There's the possibility of life outside franchises. And, I'm excited to see what some of these folks do when they're not in front of a green screen and when they're telling stories about actual human beings. I am excited to just see more movies like Weapons, like Materialists, coming from younger directors who are still figuring things out, but have interesting things to say. And this year, at least, appears to be able to do okay at the box office.I love that. People are recovering from their exile in Atlanta and have a chance to make some cool movies. You guys have been so generous with your time. I do want to just finish on one last note: where do you assess Hollywood's position within the world to be?Obviously, in the States, they've had a lot of pressure from things like TikTok coming from below, things like the federal government coming from above. But even internationally and geopolitically, you've seen international players start to compete with Hollywood at the Oscars. For instance, in Best Animated Film last year, as well as some big markets shutting down for them, like China is not really doing anything. From a political perspective, where do you assess the state of Hollywood right now?Peter: From a political perspective, I think Hollywood is going to start producing movies that read less overtly liberal, less conventionally left-leaning. I think we're already seeing some of that. I don't mean that Hollywood is suddenly going to be MAGA, that it's suddenly gonna be like reading Buckley's National Review or anything like that. I just mean that at the margins, you're gonna see more movies that don't toe the line in the way that you saw movies before. There was a moment, especially right before and right after the pandemic, where it really felt like too many movies were towing a very predictable left-of-center political line. And it was obvious and there was no nuance to it.Again, I do not oppose movies that may have a different worldview than mine, but it felt like they were running scared in a lot of cases. I mean, in sports, if your team is behind, that's the time when you try new stuff. You don't use the same strategy if you are losing. Hollywood's losing right now. They're losing economically and they're losing as a cultural force. While that's in some ways not great for the art form, that is going to be good for experimentation. And that's gonna be formal and craft experimentation. That's going to be talent. We're going to see new and interesting people. And that's also going to be ideas both for stories and for politics and ideology.Sonny: A big question is what happens with the retrenchment of the global box office? Because I do think, for a long time, you could count on basically two-thirds of the box office of a major Hollywood release coming overseas and one-third coming domestically. And those numbers have, in some cases, inverted. It's closer to 50/50 for more of them. It's not universally true. F1 did more business overseas than domestically, which you might expect for something that's based on F1 racing. But the big question is what happens if the rest of the world is like, “We're not that interested in the big Hollywood blockbuster stuff that we have been eating up for the last 15 or 20 years”?This goes hand in hand with Alyssa's point about originals. That's probably a good thing, honestly. It's probably a good thing to get away from the theory of the movie industry being like, “We need to make things that appeal despite language barriers.” Language matters; words matter. And tailoring your words to the correct audience matters. American movie studio should tailor their stuff to American audiences.Alyssa: And also getting away from the idea of appealing to the Chinese censors who controlled which American movies got access to Chinese markets, which was not the same thing as appealing to Chinese audiences. But yeah, I totally agree.My father-in-law works in the foreign exchange industry, and he said something that I've been thinking about a lot. They're just seeing real declines in people who want to come here or feel comfortable coming here. Until July, I was the letters editor at The Washington Post, and it was astonishing to me just how much rage Canadians were feeling towards the United States. I don't know that these will translate into a rejection of American movies. American culture exports have been unbelievably strong for a long time.But I do see an opening for Korean pop culture, which has already been very popular abroad. I think there's a real chance that we will see a rejection of American culture in some ways. And, it will take Hollywood a while to respond to that. It always lags a little bit. But I do think it would be very interesting to see what more aggressively American movies look like. And I think that could take many forms.But scale is in many ways the enemy of interestingness. If there is not and opportunity to turn everything into a two billion dollar movie because you sell it overseas, what stories do you tell? What actors do you put on screen? What voices do you elevate? And I think the answers to those questions could be really interesting.Peter: I agree with all of this in the sense that I think it will be good for the art form, like I have been saying. But there's a cost to this that all of us should recognize. When budgets get smaller and the market shrinks, that is going to be bad for people who work in the industry. And in particular, it's going to be rough for the below-the-line talent, the people whose names you see at the end credits — when these credits now scroll for 10 minutes after a Marvel movie because they have employed hundreds, maybe even a thousand people.And there was a story in The Wall Street Journal just this summer. You mentioned the time in Atlanta about how Marvel has moved most of its production out of Atlanta. There are people there who had built lives, bought houses, had earned pretty good middle-class incomes, but weren't superstars by any means. Now they don't know what to do because they thought they were living in Hollywood East, and suddenly, Hollywood East doesn't exist anymore.We may be in a position where Hollywood West, as we have long know it, L.A., the film center, also doesn't exist anymore, at least or at least as much smaller, much less important and much less central to filmmaking than it has been for the last nearly 100 years. And again, as a critic, I like the new stuff. I often like the smaller stuff. I'm an American; I want movies made for me. But also, these are people with jobs and livelihoods, and it is going to be hard for them in many cases.Sonny: Oh, I'm glad to see the A.I. King over here take the side of the little guy who's losing out on his on his livelihood.Peter: I think A.I. is going to help the little guy. Small creators are going to have a leg up because of it.Sonny: Sure.All right. Well, I love some of those thoughts, love some of those lessons. Publicly traded companies are famously risk-taking, so we're going to be fine, definitely. Either way, I really do love the show. I really, really enjoy it. I think it's one of the best discussion shows, chat shows about any movie podcast out there. It is really, really fun. It is very cool to see you guys go independent.I just want to throw it to you a little bit. What is your pitch? What is the show? Where can they find it? What's the best way to support it? And where can they find you all?Sonny: The show's a lot like this, like what you just listened to.Alyssa: Peter has developed this catchphrase when Sonny asked him how he's doing to kick off the show, and he always says that he's excited to be talking about movies with friends. We want to be your movie friends. You should come hang out with us. Hopefully, we will be going live a little bit more, maybe meeting up in person some. I will hopefully be doing some writing for our sub stack, if you have missed my blatherings about movies and movie trends.But yeah, come hang out with us every week. We're fun.Sonny: Movieaisle.substack.com. That's where you should go. You should I'm I'm I'm sure I'm sure there will be a link to it or something. Movieaisle.substack.com is where it lives now. We'll have a proper URL at some point.Terrific. And wherever you get your podcasts?Sonny: And wherever you get your podcasts!That's great. Peter, Alyssa, Sonny, thank you so much. This is really, really fun. Again, I really dig the show so much. I'm very, very happy for you guys being able to spring out independent. So really, thanks for coming on.Edited by Crystal WangIf you have anything you'd like to see in this Sunday special, shoot me an email. Comment below! Thanks for reading, and thanks so much for supporting Numlock.Thank you so much for becoming a paid subscriber! Send links to me on Twitter at @WaltHickey or email me with numbers, tips or feedback at walt@numlock.news. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.numlock.com/subscribe

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    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 17:16


    Welcome back to the final installment of my interview with Alma Katsu, award winning author of nine novels, including the historical horror novels,"The Hunger," "The Deep," and "The Fervor," and two spy novels that draw on her long career in intelligence, "Red Widow" and "Red London." Alma's newest book is the contemporary horror novel "Fiend," which tells the story of an ultra rich family who summoned dark forces to protect and grow their wealth.We covered:- How she harvests book ideas from the headlines- The writer's newsletter she recommends every writer subscribe to- Why she celebrates every little success as if it's her last- Why she's switching publishers for her next spy novel- The career goal that would scare her as much as it would delight her- An inside look at the story of hers that's been optioned by AMC–fingers crossed it actually gets made it sounds AMAZING- The streaming show that surprised her, it was so good- The meal she craves that she can no longer get since she moved out of DCConnect with Alma on Substack: https://substack.com/@almakatsuFor full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.Thank you for listening!And thanks to this week's sponsor, Air Doctor Pro. Visit airdoctorpro.com and use code KATE to save 30% off an amazing indoor air filter *and* receive a free three-year warranty (an $84 value). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices