On the June 11, 2025 episode of /Film Weekly, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by a bunch of people to announce a giveaway, talk about the latest film and TV news, and present interviews with the star and director of Ballerina, the stars of The Phoenician Scheme, and Dan Trachtenberg, the co-writer and director of Predator: Killer of Killers.
The Nice Guys 4K (~00:28)
Giveaway! (~02:36)
Tune into Shout! TV’s Double Take on 6/13 for a Pride Month double feature hosted by BJ and Harmony Colangelo. Shout! TV was able to hook us up with two special bundles that can be won by /Film Weekly listeners. These bundles consist of a 4K version of Rock ‘n Roll High School, a 4K version of Streets of Fire, a Blu-ray of Valley Girl, a Blu-ray of Sleepaway Camp, and a copy of the Sleepaway Camp book that BJ and Harmony wrote. To win, send an email to bpearson@slashfilm.com with the word “Giveaway” in the subject line, and tell us who your favorite queer movie character is and what you love about them. Winners must be based in the U.S., so apologies to our international listeners on this one, and this is crucial, to win, you must include your home address so I can send it to the people who are actually going to be mailing these out.
In The News: (~06:03)
- https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-split-what-happens-hbo-max-movie-studios-tv-networks-1236423363/
- https://variety.com/2025/film/news/mia-goth-star-wars-starfighter-ryan-gosling-1236421361/
- https://deadline.com/2025/06/nick-jonas-paul-stanley-kiss-movie-1236424271/
- https://deadline.com/2025/06/saw-blumhouse-atomic-monster-buy-out-1236423712/
- https://deadline.com/2025/06/one-of-them-days-sequel-keke-palmer-sza-1236423581/
- https://deadline.com/2025/06/octavia-spencer-ma-sequel-blumhouse-1236423206/
- https://deadline.com/2025/06/texas-chainsaw-massacre-taylor-sheridan-bidding-war-1236425911/
- https://deadline.com/2025/06/cliff-booth-movie-netflix-brad-pitt-yahya-abdul-mateen-ii-1236428672/
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rachel-brosnahan-presumed-innocent-season-2-apple-tv-1236261518/
Jacob’s Trailer Park (~32:56)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o34WOE1a8aQ
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x--N03NO130
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0kqkRZHqk4
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRqU2276eaQ
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKzRPFvky9Y
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFzH1AWxgIM
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t9cPtA9St0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL6jZqExlIk
(~43:40) Ballerina Review: Some Great Action Scenes Can't Save This Dull John Wick Spin-Off
(~49:49) Operatic vs. back-to-basics
(~53:30) Spoiler discussion begins<
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