Grierson & Leitch

There was only one new movie we could get Will and Tim to even agree on watching this week: Lulu Wang's heralded "The Farewell." Grierson saw "Stuber," and Leitch saw "Crawl." Eh!

Much better business in the Reboot, when we discussed Lee Chang-Dong's "Poetry" from 2012.

Timestamps:
7:52 "The Farewell"
27:00 "Stuber"
35:18 "Crawl"
49:10 "Poetry"

Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.

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Hey, hope you had a great Fourth! We've got two really big new movies for you this week. First, it's the next Marvel movie -- and last for a while, maybe? -- with "Spider-Man: Far From Home." Then we look at Ari Aster's, uh, polarizing new horror film "Midsommar."

Then, in our Reboot segment, we go back to 2001, and Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's 11."

Timestamps (approximate):
6:45 "Spider-Man: Far From Home"
32:00 "Midsommar"
57:09 ...

We're halfway through 2019! Can you believe that? That's crazy. That means it's time for our annual Best Movies of the First Half of the Year show. We only have one crossover.

We also discuss one new movie, the Danny Boyle Beatles fantasy "Yesterday." Our Reboot is another musical movie, Tom Hanks' directorial debut "That Thing You Do!"

Timestamps (approximate):
48:41 "Yesterday"
1:09:24 "That Thing You Do!"

Thanks to Dylan Mayer a...

It's the Pixar movie you've been waiting nine years for, another one that'll make you cry: It's "Toy Story 4." Don't worry: It doesn't kill your childhood.

We also look at the new version of the '80s horror "classic" "Child's Play." And then there's a big fun Reboot, John McTiernan's thriller "The Hunt for Red October."

Timestamps (approximate):
10:12 "Toy Story 4"
39:00 "Child's Play"
1:00:53 "The Hunt for Red October"

Thanks to D...

No Reboot this week, because we've got four spanking new movies for us both to discuss. There's the "Men in Black" branding exercise, Jim Jarmusch's new film "The Dead Don't Die," Martin Scorsese's Netflix documentary (sort of) about Bob Dylan "Rolling Thunder Revue" and ... another Shaft movie.

(This has not been the best summer.)

Timestamps (approximate):
7:23 "Men In Black: International"
24:28 "The Dead Don't Die"
45:33 "Rollin...

Congratulations, America: You are finally done with the "X-Men" movies. OK, not really, but "Dark Phoenix" is a lackluster end to a once-excellent franchise. We discuss. We also get into Mindy Kaling's "Late Night." (We're split on that one.)

Grierson solos on "The Last Black Man in San Francisco," and then, in our Reboot segment, we check out the 2008 pseudo-zombie Canadian thriller "Pontypool."

Timestamps (approximate):
8:00 "Dar...

Wait, there's another Godzilla movie? There is! It's "Godzilla: King of the Monsters." It's ... another Godzilla movie. Also, there is another movie about a classic rock star. This time Elton John gets the biopic treatment in "Rocketman." We disagree on that one.

Also, in our Reboot segment, we have another "Will and Tim soil the favorite movies of your youth" entry, as we talk about 1978's "Animal House."

Timestamps (approximate):
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Grierson is back from Cannes! He tells us about his favorite movie from Cannes, as well as a brief scoop on Quentin Tarantino's movie and that movie with all the butts.

Then it's time for the two big movies of the weekend, the "Aladdin" remake with Will Smith and Olivia Wilde's "Booksmart." And hey, it's Reboot time, with the original "Mad Max" from 1979.

Timestamps (approximate):
6:55 2019 Cannes Film Festival Wrapup
24:55 "Aladdi...

Grierson is in Cannes! But he takes a break from all the Cannes business to talk with Will about "John Wick Chapter Three" and "The Souvenir."

Then, an Oscar-winning Reboot: The Coen brothers' "No Country For Old Men." How does it hold up?

Timestamps (approximate)

9:15 "John Wick: Chapter Three"
33:10 "The Souvenir"
40:49 "No Country For Old Men"

Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.

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Grierson is about to head to the Cannes Film Festival, so he's got plenty to preview with that whole business. But first: Two new movies.

We kick it off with Amy Poehler's "Wine Country," which is ... sort of a bummer. Then, oh man, are we REALLY talking about "Pokemon Detective Pikachu?" Well, at least there's a Cannes Film Festival preview after that.

Timestamps (approximate)
7:45 "Wine Country"
28:00 "Pokemon Detective Pikachu"
...

We're still living in a post-"Avengers: Endgame" world, but there are in fact other movies out there. We discuss two! First, the Charlize Theron-Seth Rogen romantic comedy "Long Shot." And then: Zac Efron as Ted Bundy in Joe Berlinger's "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.

Then it's time for our moderately sized Summer Movie Preview.

Timestamps (approximate):
9:32 "Long Shot"
31:04 "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vil...

It's probably going to the highest-grossing movie of all time, and you all saw it this weekend. So let's get to it: Let's dig into "Avengers: Endgame."

We still have time for a Reboot: It's 1966's "Goldfinger," the third-ever James Bond movie. Busy week!

Timestamps:
6:49 "Avengers: Endgame"
53:27 "Goldfinger"

Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.

We hope you enjoy. Let us know what yo...

We have a little announcement to make at the beginning of the show, but don't worry, it's a good one. Then we discuss the cult-film-in-the-making "Under the Silver Lake," with Andrew Garfield.

The real fun comes from the Reboots, with Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" and Peter Greenaway's "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."

Timestamps:
10:44 "Under the Silver Lake"
36:20 "Boogie Nights"
1:06:12 "The Cook, The Thief...

They made a new "Hellboy" movie? They did. And it is bad. Much better is Alex Ross Perry's "Her Smell," with Elizabeth Moss.

But whatever your thoughts about either movie, neither is going to stand the test of time like Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." (In that order.)

Timestamps:
9:27 "Hellboy"
29:44 "Her Smell"
46:50 "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonde...

New movies, and they're both hits. First, it's the DC Comics "light" version with "Shazam!" Then there's a remake of the Stephen King novel "Pet Semetary."

Then Grierson solos on two art-house hits: Claire Denis' "High Life" and the long-thought-lost Aretha Franklin documentary "Amazing Grace."

Timestamps:
6:35 "Shazam!"
30:20 "Pete Semetary"
47:48 "High Life"

Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, f...

First off, we apologize for the slightly worse audio mixing on this episode: It's Leitch's fault, he thought his mic was plugged in but wasn't, so you're hearing his computer's built-in mic. Sorry.

Three new movies this week: Tim Burton's "Dumbo," John Lee Hancock's "The Highwaymen" and whatever the hell Harmony Korine is doing with "The Beach Bum." Also, Grierson talks briefly about "Diane."

Timestamps:
7:30 "Dumbo"
25:30 "The Hig...

There isn't much of a bigger story in movies right now than the release of a new Jordan Peele movie, and "Us" looks like it might be even a bigger hit than "Get Out." How does it compare to that movie, and how does it stand on its own? We have an extended conversation, and then we discuss, with spoilers, the ending.

Then we look at the Mel Gibson-Vince Vaughn cop thriller "Dragged Across Concrete," and the Steubenville documentary ...

There's one new movie this week, from Netflix: J.C. Chandor's "Triple Frontier." Ben Affleck! Oscar Isaac! It is ... not that inspired.

What IS inspired is "Zero Dark Thirty," which we discuss in our Reboot segment. What a movie. Also: The French horror film "Haute Tension."

Timestamps:
10:53 "Triple Frontier"
31:15 "Zero Dark Thirty"
55:54 "Haute Tension"

Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for t...

"Captain Marvel" might not be the most ambitious or original Marvel movie, but it's still a historic one, and not just because of the box office receipts. We dig into the origin story, and how it leads into the next (and final?) "Avengers" movie.

Grierson solos on "Gloria Bell" and "Apollo 11," and then we dig into our Reboot movie, the Best Picture-winning Billy Wilder film "The Apartment."

Timestamps:
7:56 "Captain Marvel"
33:22 ...