On the November 19, 2025 episode of /Film Weekly, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by several people to talk about the latest film and TV news, have spoiler-filled discussions about The Running Man, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, and In Your Dreams, and we’ll present an interview with Now You See Me: Now You Don’t director Ruben Fleischer and a discussion with Amir Etminan, the editor of Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident.
(~00:25) In The News:
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/disney-plus-gen-ai-user-generated-content-1236426135/
- https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/amazon-prime-video-ai-video-recaps-1236585608/
- https://www.slashfilm.com/2025906/poker-face-canceled-creator-rian-johnson-season-3-strange-pitch/
- https://deadline.com/2025/11/heat-2-christian-bale-from-michael-mann-1236620381/
- https://www.slashfilm.com/2028629/the-legend-of-zelda-nintendo-live-action-link-zelda-images/
(~06:40) The Running Man
The Running Man Review: Glen Powell's Charm Can't Keep This Edgar Wright Action Pic From Stumbling
(~27:36) Now You See Me: Now You Don’t
(~42:29) Ruben Fleischer interview
(~54:38) In Your Dreams
Netflix's In Your Dreams Is The Best Pixar Movie They Never Made
(~01:08:25) Amir Etminan interview for It Was Just An Accident
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