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Dec 20, 2019 • 36min
Spoiler Discussion: The Mandalorian Episode 7 “The Reckoning”
On the December 20, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler discussion about The Mandalorian Episode 7 “The Reckoning.”
Our Feature Presentation: Spoiler discussion for The Mandalorian Episode 7 “The Reckoning.”
Other Articles Mentioned:
‘The Mandalorian’ Moves the Pieces Into Place for a Killer Climax With “The Reckoning”
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Dec 19, 2019 • 27min
Our Favorite Movie Moments of the Decade
On the December 19, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film managing editor Jacob Hall is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to share their favorite movie moments of the decade.
Opening Banter:
Ben and Peter are away, so let’s par-tay.
Jacob:
The De-Gloving in Gerald’s Game
“I Am the Captain Now” in Captain Phillips
Chris
Furiosa’s Scream in Mad Max: Fury Road
The Hotel Fight in Haywire
Brad
The Van Explosion in MacGruber
Avengers Assemble in Avengers: Endgame
HT
No Man’s Land in Wonder Woman
“Shallow” in A Star is Born
Other Articles Mentioned:
https://www.slashfilm.com/best-movie-moments-of-the-decade/
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Dec 18, 2019 • 30min
Rise of Skywalker Reactions, Box Office Tracking & The Future of Star Wars
On the December 18, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker reactions and expected box office, the future of Star Wars movies and television shows, the theatrical cuts of the Star Wars original trilogy, and we’ll get an update on Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek movie.
Opening Banter:
Mandalorian recap episode tomorrow.
Peter is surprised he isnt getting roasted for P&T Fool Us.
News has been slooooowwwwww.
In The News:
Brad (og Ben): ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Early Buzz: J.J. Abrams Delivers a Divisive End to the Skywalker SagaPeter, Brad and Chris share their non spoiler reactions to the movie.
Chris: ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Review: The Saga Ends With a Rushed, Disappointing Finale
Brad: ‘Star Wars’ Will Move Beyond Trilogy Format, Won’t Abandon New Trilogy Characters
Chris: J.J. Abrams Wants the Original ‘Star Wars’ Theatrical Cuts Released, Just Like the Rest of Us
Brad: ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Ticket Sales on Par with ‘The Last Jedi’
Chris (og Ben): Rumor: Marvel and Lucasfilm Already in Production on a Secret ‘Star Wars’ Show About Doctor Aphra
Chris: That Quentin Tarantino ‘Star Trek’ Movie Might Not Happen After All
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Dec 17, 2019 • 2h 9min
Writer's Room Discussion: The Best TV Shows of the Last Decade
On the December 17, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to have a water cooler discussion to decide the 25 best tv shows of the 2010’s.
Opening Banter: Our rules for this decade list are a bit weird, we decided to make qualifying line be the date of the pilot airing. So if it didn’t happen within the last decade, it didn’t make the cut, unfortunately this means that shows like Mad Men, Breaking Bad and Parks and Rec don’t qualify.
Our Feature Presentation: A Writer’s Room Discussion about the best television shows of the last decade.
Notable missings: Justified, The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show, Halt and Catch Fire, Orange is the New Black, Girls, Orphan Black, The Expanse, Sense8, The Crown
Our Starting List:
Adventure Time
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
The Americans
American Vandal
Atlanta
Barry
Better Call Saul
Black Mirror
Broad City
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Chernobyl
Cobra Kai
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Documentary Now!
Fargo
Fleabag
Game of Thrones
Glow
Goblin
The Good Place
Hannibal
The Haunting of Hill House
I Think You Should Leave
The Jinx
Key & Peele
Killing Eve
The Leftovers
Man Seeking Woman
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Master of None
Mindhunter
Mr. Robot
Narcos
Nathan for You
New Girl
Over the Garden Wall
Penny Dreadful
Penn & Teller’s Fool Us
The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Rick and Morty
Russian Doll
Sharp Objects
Silicon Valley
Stranger Things
Succession
Terriers
Twin Peaks: The Return
Veep
Watchmen
Westworld
Other Articles Mentioned:
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Dec 16, 2019 • 1h 7min
Spoiler Discussion: Watchmen Season 1 Finale, "See How They Fly"
On the December 16, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to have a spoiler discussion about the ninth, and possibly final, episode of HBO’s Watchmen, entitled “See How They Fly.”
Opening Banter: Once again, thanks to Kris Keochinda for the opening theme song and to Twitter user @sirzapz for the logo, which we’ve been using in the PodBean player for each of these episodes.
Emails
Adrian Veidt
Bian impregnates herself – what were her motivations?
Lady Trieu shows up in 2008
Calls Veidt’s squid rain a “rerun”
Wants to make every nuke disappear
Asks for money - “I will never call you daughter”
Confrontation with the Game Warden on Europa (Nixon thing)
Han Solo’d - he’s been the statue this whole time
Final Confrontation
Keene monologuing
Everyone teleported to Greenwood, Keene is now ooze
Senior leadership of Cyclops is vaporized (was this satisfying?)
Manhattan sends Laurie, Veidt, and Looking Glass to Karnak, then is killed by Lady Trieu
LG knows when the last squidfall was - Veidt decides to take down Lady Trieu
Archie (original owl ship) is at Karnak, LG and Laurie decide to take Adrian in
Back at the theater: “You can’t heal under a mask. Wounds need air.”
Unanswered Questions
Does Angela walk on water at the end? Does it matter?
Lindelof’s quote
Whatever happened to Lube Man?
What the hell was up with the elephant?
What’s the deal with the horseshoe?
Lindelof’s quote
Do you want to see a second season?
American imperialism and Vietnamese refugees: https://twitter.com/viet_t_nguyen/status/1206483904951021568
Other Articles Mentioned:
‘Watchmen’ Wants You to “See How They Fly” With a Satisfying Conclusion
The ‘Watchmen’ Reference Guide: Every Easter Egg in “See How They Fly”
Damon Lindelof Unpacks the Mysteries of the ‘Watchmen’ Finale
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Dec 13, 2019 • 49min
Spoiler Discussion: The Mandalorian Episode 6 “The Prisoner”.
On the December 13, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, and Star Wars Insider writer and Full of Sith podcaster Bryan Young to have a spoiler discussion about The Mandalorian Episode 6 “The Prisoner”.
Spoiler Discussion: The Mandalorian Episode 6 “The Prisoner”.
Other Articles Mentioned:
‘The Mandalorian’ Delivers Its Best Episode Yet With “The Prisoner”
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Dec 12, 2019 • 2h 29min
The 100 Best Movies of the Last Decade, Part 2
On the December 12, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to have part two of out writer’s room discussion to help determine the top 100 movies of the last decade.
Opening Banter: We have 34 movies locked it. 4 movies in discussion, and another 122 in consideration. Half of those movies will not make it to the final list.
In Our Feature Presentation: The 100 best movies of the last decade part two.
LOCKED IN
Arrival (6)
Inception (6)
Social Network, The (6)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (6)
Get Out (5)
Gone Girl (5)
Inside Out (5)
Mad Max: Fury Road (5)
Parasite (5)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (5)
Wolf of Wall Street, The (5)
Blade Runner 2049 (4)
Her (4)
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (4)
Sing Street (4)
Guardians of the Galaxy (3)
Under the Skin (3)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2)
Call Me By Your Name (2)
Before Midnight (3)
Inside Llewyn Davis (3)
Master, The (3)
Irishman, The (3)
Avengers: Endgame (2)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2)
How to Train Your Dragon (2)
What We Do in the Shadows (2)
John Wick (3)
Annihilation (3)
Lincoln (2)
Nightcrawler (2)
Creed (3)
Cabin in the Woods, The (3)
Grand Budapest Hotel, The (2)
IN DISCUSSION
Whiplash (4)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Fast Five
Phantom Thread (2)
NOMINEES
21 Jump Street (2)
50/50
About Time (2)
Anomalisa
Attack the Block
Avengers, The (2)
Avengers: Infinity war
Babadook, The
Being Elmo
Big Sick, The (2)
BlacKkKlansman
Blindspotting
Blue Ruin
Booksmart
Boyhood (3)
Bridesmaids (2)
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Burning (2)
Can You Ever Forgive Me
Captain America: Civil War (2)
Carol (2)
Cloud Atlas (2)
Coco (2)
Columbus
Crimson Peak
Cure For Wellness, A
Dawn of the planet of the apes
Dope
Drive
Dunkirk (2)
Edge of Tomorrow (2)
Eighth Grade
Everybody Wants Some!!
Ex Machina (2)
Farewell, The
Favourite, The (2)
Final Girls, The
First Reformed (2)
Florida Project, The
Force Majeure
Frances Ha (2)
Frozen
Game Night
Gravity (3)
Green Room
Grey, The
Handmaiden, The
Hateful Eight, The (2)
Hereditary (2)
Holy Motors
Hugo (3)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2)
I Saw the Devil
Ides of March, The
If Beale Street Could Talk
Ingrid goes west
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Invitation, The
It Follows (2)
Jackie (2)
Jojo Rabbit
Kill List (2)
Kubo and the Two Strings
LEGO Movie, The (2)
La La Land (2)
Lady bird
Leave No Trace
Life animated
Like Crazy
Lobster, The
Logan (2)
Look of Silence, The
Looper
MacGruber
Mandy
Marriage story
Melancholia
Midsommar (2)
Minding the Gap
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2)
Moana (3)
Moneyball
Moonlight (2)
Moonrise Kingdom
Muppets, The
O.J.: Made in America
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2)
Paddington 2 (2)
Perks of Being a Wallflower, The
Personal Shopper
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2)
Post, The
Queen of Versailles, The
Raid: Redemption, The
Roma (2)
Searching
Selma
Shape of Water, The
Shoplifters
Silence
Skyfall
Sorry to Bother You
Steve Jobs (3)
Suspiria
Tale of Princess Kaguya, The
They Came Together
Thor: Ragnarok
Tim’s Vermeer
Toy Story 3 (2)
Tree of Life
Us (2)
Wild
Witch, The (3)
Wonder Woman
World’s End, The
Wreck-it Ralph
You Were Never Really Here (2)
Your Name
Other Articles Mentioned:
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Dec 11, 2019 • 1h 42min
Writer's Room Discussion: What Are The Best Films of the Last Decade?
On the December 11, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to have a writer’s room discussion to help determine the top 100 movies of the last decade.
In Our Feature Presentation: Top 100 Movies of the last Decade Writer's Room Discussion
Here is our original list of movies before we narrowed it down to 100:
21 Jump Street (2)
50/50
About Time (2)
Annihilation (3)
Anomalisa
Arrival (6)
Attack the Block
Avengers, The (2)
Avengers: Endgame (2)
Avengers: Infinity war
Babadook, The
Before Midnight (3)
Being Elmo
Big Sick, The (2)
BlacKkKlansman
Blade Runner 2049 (4)
Blindspotting
Blue Ruin
Booksmart
Boyhood (3)
Bridesmaids (2)
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Burning (2)
Cabin in the Woods, The (3)
Call Me By Your Name (2)
Can You Ever Forgive Me
Captain America: Civil War (2)
Carol (2)
Cloud Atlas (2)
Coco (2)
Columbus
Creed (3)
Crimson Peak
Cure For Wellness, A
Dawn of the planet of the apes
Dope
Drive
Dunkirk (2)
Edge of Tomorrow (2)
Eighth Grade
Everybody Wants Some!!
Ex Machina (2)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2)
Farewell, The
Fast Five
Favourite, The (2)
Final Girls, The
First Reformed (2)
Florida Project, The
Force Majeure
Frances Ha (2)
Frozen
Game Night
Get Out (5)
Gone Girl (5)
Grand Budapest Hotel, The (2)
Gravity (3)
Green Room
Grey, The
Guardians of the Galaxy (3)
Handmaiden, The
Hateful Eight, The (2)
Her (4)
Hereditary (2)
Holy Motors
How to Train Your Dragon (2)
Hugo (3)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2)
I Saw the Devil
Ides of March, The
If Beale Street Could Talk
Inception (6)
Ingrid goes west
Inherent Vice
Inside Llewyn Davis (3)
Inside Out (5)
Interstellar
Invitation, The
Irishman, The (3)
It Follows (2)
Jackie (2)
John Wick (2)
John Wick Chapter 2
Jojo Rabbit
Kill List (2)
Kubo and the Two Strings
LEGO Movie, The (2)
La La Land (2)
Lady bird
Leave No Trace
Life animated
Like Crazy
Lincoln (2)
Lobster, The
Logan (2)
Look of Silence, The
Looper
MacGruber
Mad Max: Fury Road (5)
Mandy
Marriage story
Master, The (3)
Melancholia
Midsommar (2)
Minding the Gap
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2)
Moana (3)
Moneyball
Moonlight (2)
Moonrise Kingdom
Muppets, The
Nightcrawler (2)
O.J.: Made in America
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2)
Paddington 2 (2)
Parasite (5)
Perks of Being a Wallflower, The
Personal Shopper
Phantom Thread (2)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Post, The
Queen of Versailles, The
Raid: Redemption, The
Roma (2)
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (4)
Searching
Selma
Shape of Water, The
Shoplifters
Silence
Sing Street (4)
Skyfall
Social Network, The (6)
Sorry to Bother You
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (5)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (6)
Steve Jobs (3)
Suspiria
Tale of Princess Kaguya, The
They Came Together
Thor: Ragnarok
Tim’s Vermeer
Toy Story 3 (2)
Tree of Life
Under the Skin (3)
Us (2)
What We Do in the Shadows (2)
Whiplash (4)
Wild
Witch, The (3)
Wolf of Wall Street, The (5)
Wonder Woman
World’s End, The
Wreck-it Ralph
You Were Never Really Here (2)
Your Name
Other Articles Mentioned:
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Dec 10, 2019 • 1h 8min
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: The New Ride at Galaxy's Edge
On the December 10, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall to have a discussion about Rise of the Resistance, the new ride at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
In Our Feature Presentation: Peter talks about riding Rise of the Resistance, the new ride at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
Video: Rise of the Resistance in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is AWESOME
Video: Rise of the Resistance Ride Footage & Opening Day Merch - Galaxy’s Edge
Other Articles Mentioned:
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Dec 9, 2019 • 53min
Spoiler Discussion: Watchmen Episode 8, "A God Walks Into Abar"
On the December 9, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to have a spoiler discussion of the eighth episode of HBO’s Watchmen, entitled “A God Walks Into Abar.”
Opening Banter: HT’s back!
In Our Feature Presentation:
Emails
Angela and Dr. Manhattan in the bar
Mr. Eddy’s Bar - does this confirm Lady Trieu’s parentage?
Angela hates Dr. Manhattan
Flashbacks to Jon’s past
Did Jon kill Cal?
Adrian Veidt
Dejected, gets a visit from Jon
“A little elephant told me”
Veidt’s “Plan A” for Jon: creating a memory-wiping device
Manhattan’s new life no longer interests him
Veidt as a Jesus figure
Post-Credits scene
In the current timeline
Angela awakens Jon, who teleports their kids away (he’s formed an alliance with Will Reeves)
Speaking with Will across time, Angela sets the entire plot in motion
Shootout in the streets
Lingering questions
Why is it important that Angela sees Jon walking on water in the pool?
Who will ultimately gain Dr. Manhattan’s powers?
Does Will Reeves already have those abilities?
What’s up with the horseshoe?
Lube Man all but confirmed to be Agent Petey
Other Articles Mentioned:
‘Watchmen’ Becomes Unstuck in Time When “A God Walks Into Abar”
The ‘Watchmen’ Reference Guide: Every Easter Egg in “A God Walks Into Abar”
All the other stuff you need to know:
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