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We did a new podthingy this week! Nolan.
Bingham.
Cruise.
We covered all the big stuff right here.
Put in your earphones, listen on the bus, download on iTunes - however you guys listen, listen in now!
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“James Gunn superman had negative pop culture impact”
We had fucking Kenny Omega and MJF
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I suspect the issues are 3-fold:
• Superman is perceived as your granddad's superhero.
• Superhero/Shared Universe fatigue.
• WB had shown zero faith in anyone since Dick Donner's days, so why bother getting invested if you can't trust it'll stick this time?
Because, as I’ve said countless times since 2010, the fact that everyone has heard of Superman does not mean they will automatically want a movie featuring Superman.
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This week is part 1 of our Create-your-own-Superhero film festival. Part 2 WAS next week, but I think the recent news means Part 2 will be a week after.
In the meantime, listen in and let us know what films would you fill your Mon-Wednesday with?
open.spotify.com/episode/1t2…
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Cage Fighting: Cruise Control retweeted
Starting today, anytime there is positivity, we will
-complain before we even see a trailer
-root for box office failures
-comment “ #restorethegunnverse “
-continue this for at least 5 years
Am I doing this right?
Ooh look at me. I get to kiss Margaret Qualley all day at work, then go home to Dua Lipa.
Grow up, mate!
Callum Turner and Margaret Qualley have reportedly been cast as James Bond and the lead Bond Girl in Denis Villeneuve's upcoming 007 movie.
(Via: Deadline)
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Callum Turner and Margaret Qualley have not been cast as James Bond and lead Bond Girl; no official announcement exists. The cited Deadline article covered final screen tests for Bond candidates including Turner but confirmed no casting decisions.
deadline.com/2026/10/james-…
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Cage Fighting: Cruise Control retweeted
Babylon is not better than First Man, which is not better than La La Land, which is not better than Whiplash (even tho I prefer it).
IMDb scores 7.1 - 7.3 - 8.0 - 8.5
To say he's never made a bad film is highly debatable too. Babylon is not universally liked, it's divisive af.
The Bruce Willis passion project Hudson Hawk, Carl Grimes' Resident Evil fan film Biohazard, and of course more Tom Cruise. It's a packed week as Andy chooses the final Trick 'r Treat movie of the month in this weeks episode.
Join us!
open.spotify.com/show/0v6ED8…
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I find it very hard to believe a real critic would ever say "my opinion actually matters". Only this week Mark Kermode was talking about the role of a critic, and it's not this. Utterly repugnant.
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I sorta agree, but I'd rather watch the bad Halloween's on repeat than a minute of either of the last 2 Scream films.
Bad Halloween is at least some fun shizz. Bad Scream is borderline unwatchable.
I love me some HALLOWEEN but as a franchise it's obviously SCREAM. The worst SCREAM sequel doesn't even come close to approaching the depths of various bad HALLOWEENs.
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Every year, Gary Oldman gives one of my favourite comedic performances in #SlowHorses.
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Now that is what a fun film should be about!
#Clayface rocked.
The Fly, Society, The Substance, a bit of Raimi's Evil Dead stylings, throw in some Resident Evil vibes... This was an homage to the good stuff, whilst being it's own thing.
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I am absolutely, 100% positively sure, that someone who works inside Netflix used the exact term "mega woke slop insanity", and this definitely isn't some homemade bollocks designed to get clicks because it's exactly how actual human beings talk and no dweebs on twitter.
Netflix is getting rocked behind the scenes, and our source says Narnia is part of the problem.
Film chief Dan Lin was fired over the weekend.
Chief content officer Bela Bajaria was already out.
Now a Paramount source tells CBN:
“Development frozen right now.”
Scripts and pitches are reportedly sitting in limbo, with people unable to even get calls or emails answered.
Then the source went right at Greta Gerwig’s Narnia:
“Narnia is a mega woke slop insanity.”
“Think Amazon Rings of Power but worse.”
The $280M movie was already said to be in trouble internally, with insiders calling it “awful” and “a genuine problem.”
Reshoots followed a summer test screening.
The first trailer then got hammered with dislikes.
Now Dan Lin is gone with the movie just months from release.
Our source also says this is bigger than Netflix.
“More firings are coming. And not just Netflix.”
Disney, Hulu, Amazon Prime and others are all said to be making moves.
The source’s blunt summary:
“Glut = Slop.”
And with Paramount and Warner Bros. now combined under Skydance, the pressure is only going up.
Netflix has already lost two of its top content executives in a matter of days.
According to our source, the shakeup is only starting.
More: cosmicbook.news/narnia-woke-…
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Mortal Kombat II might be in the bottom 10 films I've seen this year so far. Street Fighter is probably bottom 5.
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Real snobbery about superhero movies... Anyway, I wonder who did win an Oscar the year Iron Man was released?
Paul Bettany says that Robert Downey Jr should have won an Oscar for his performance as Iron Man.
“It’s extraordinarily hard to do, it’s only some sort of snobbery regarding superhero movies that I think stopped that happening.”
(Source: @BuzzFeed)
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I still can't get over how good the TV Show was when the films were, politely, not the best.
Real shame it's not going to continue. Can only hope the Animated Ted isn't just Family Guy/American Dad with a talking bear.
NBC/Peacock president Lisa Katz says ‘TED’ Season 3 is still not moving forward.
“Right now, we are focusing on the animated version.”
(Source: Deadline)
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