On the September 24, 2025 episode of /Film Weekly, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by several people to talk about the latest film and TV news, the Halloween Horror Nights experience in Las Vegas, Justin Tipping’s new sports horror movie Him, and Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, and I’ll wrap up by talking a bit about Slow Horses season 5 and presenting an interview with showrunner Will Smith.
(~00:25) In The News:
- https://www.slashfilm.com/1971533/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-live-bad-news-american-media/
- https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/damon-lindelof-pledges-not-to-work-with-disney-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-1236523784/
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-reactions-marvel-disney-stars-1236376120/
- https://bsky.app/profile/mattbelloni.bsky.social/post/3lzf47qwewc2y
- More than 400 celebrities signed an open letter from the ACLU calling this a “dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation,” comparing the situation to the McCarthyism that ruled over the 1950s.
- Disney brought him back: https://www.slashfilm.com/1975610/jimmy-kimmel-live-return-date-disney/
- https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/disney-plus-hulu-price-increases-october-2025-1236527241/
- https://deadline.com/2025/09/sleepaway-camp-kenan-thompson-developing-reimagining-1236548085/
- https://deadline.com/2025/09/randy-savage-biopic-kenan-thompson-in-development-1236552908/
- https://deadline.com/2025/09/scorsese-dicaprio-jennifer-lawrence-what-happens-at-night-1236548458/
- https://variety.com/2025/music/news/taylor-swift-film-theaters-october-showgirl-1236524158/
- https://x.com/AMCTheatres/status/1969072793095483593
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO1HzoNAVYX/?igsh=M2kxb3g4eWNyZm1v
- https://deadline.com/2025/09/paramount-lands-here-be-monsters-tron-ares-joachim-ronning-1236549380/
- https://deadline.com/2025/09/long-walk-david-jonsson-cooper-hoffman-the-chaperones-1236552986/
(~05:05) Halloween Horror Nights: Vegas Edition
Here's How Universal's Horror Unleashed Compares To Halloween Horror Nights
(~12:55) Him
Him Review: Marlon Wayans Is Scary Good In This Nightmarish Sports Horror Movie
(~21:43) A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Review: A High-Concept Romantic Fantasy With No Passion
(~35:24) Slow Horses season 5
(~37:21) Interview with Slow Horses showrunner Will Smith
All the other stuff you need to know:
- You can find more about some of the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked in the show notes.
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