On the May 21, 2025 episode of /Film Weekly, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by a bunch of people to talk about the latest film and TV news, talk a little about what we’ve been watching, and present interviews with the folks behind Final Destination Bloodlines and the Apple TV+ show Murderbot.
A discussion about Final Destination franchise as a whole (~:15)
Final Destination Bloodlines Review: A Bloody Good Return And A Fun Franchise Best Spoiler-free talk (~10:00)
Spoilers begin in this interview with Kaitlyn Santa Juana (Stefani), Teo Briones (Charlie), and Rya Kihlstedt (Darlene) (~15:33)
Best kills in Bloodlines (~22:57)
Interview with directors Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky (~28:41)
Tony Todd (~43:07)
Interview with Richard Harmon (Erik), Owen Patrick Joyner (Bobby), and Anna Lore (Julia) (~49:17)
In The News: (~58:08)
- https://deadline.com/2025/05/jeremy-allen-white-austin-butler-enemies-1236396847/
- https://deadline.com/2025/05/shogun-anna-sawai-hidetoshi-nishijima-enemies-1236398020/
- https://deadline.com/2025/05/brie-larson-horror-fail-safe-jj-abrams-jt-mollner-1236400790/
- https://deadline.com/2025/05/rambo-origin-movie-john-rambo-sylvester-stallone-1236399700/
- https://www.slashfilm.com/1861118/gears-of-war-movie-netflix-director-david-leitch/
- https://deadline.com/2025/05/buffy-reboot-ryan-kiera-armstrong-new-slayer-1236398811/
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/letterboxd-to-launch-on-demand-video-store-1236214117/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-2-delays-release-1236219433/
- https://variety.com/2025/film/news/whac-a-mole-movie-mattel-tristar-1236404020/
Here are our takes on the Apple TV+ sci-fi comedy series Murderbot (01:22:27)
Weitz brothers interview (01:30:35)
Supporting cast discussion (01:34:01)
Noma Dumezweni and David Dastmalchian interview (01:38:51)
Opening credits sequence (01:42:54)
What Murderbot says about our obsession with TV (01:44:49)
Akshay Khanna and Tamara Podemski interview (01:47:10)
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