Episodes

Best 3 TV Series You're Not Watching (with Jess Spoll)
March 17, 2023

Best 3 TV Series You're Not Watching (with Jess Spoll)

With the insane amount of choices in the TV landscape, it's easy for good television shows to slip through the cracks. On this episode, special guest Jess Spoll (of TV podcast "Double Take") joins me to discuss the best 3 TV series you're not...
The Last Of Us Season One
March 15, 2023

The Last Of Us Season One

TV's most depressing show we can't stop watching, The Last Of Us has been a massive hit for HBO. Season One concludes, fittingly, with the most upsetting episode yet! All this being said, the execution is so extraordinary that watching the series has...
Sharper - Interview With Screenwriters Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka
March 13, 2023

Sharper - Interview With Screenwriters Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka

My guests are Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, writers of the new Apple+ film Sharper starring Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Jon Lithgow, Justice Smith and Brianna Middleton. We discuss the film’s genesis, the protective factor of Julianne...
Unforgiven (Making “Trash Like This” Into The Best Western In Film History)
March 10, 2023

Unforgiven (Making “Trash Like This” Into The Best Western In Film History)

The reader report on the script for Unforgiven is one of the most scathing critiques I’ve ever read. I was able to find the original document on the internet, and it is the central part of this episode, as we break down why Sonia Chernus, an...
Babylon
March 8, 2023

Babylon

Don't be put off by the mixed critical reaction, running time and box office performance - Babylon is FUN, exhilirating, often funny, and perhaps most importantly never boring. It's big and messy and crazy, but I kind of loved it. If you love movies,...
Contact (Behind The Scenes Of The Kindest
March 6, 2023

Contact (Behind The Scenes Of The Kindest "Cursed" Movie Production)

Contact - I went deep behind the scenes on this, the surprisingly tense creation of one of the most altruistic, life-affirming movies ever - later to cause lawsuits from Francis Ford Coppola and George Miller. Key creatives at all levels (cast, crew,...
The Consultant
March 3, 2023

The Consultant

Christoph Waltz stars in the new Amazon Prime series The Consultant, a bizarre show that I admittedly almost bailed on after the pilot, only for it to completely redeem itself for me with a strong second episode that manages to crystallize all its...
Gladiator (A Deep Dive Into One Of The Most Troubled Productions Of All Time)
March 1, 2023

Gladiator (A Deep Dive Into One Of The Most Troubled Productions Of All Time)

Rather than do a straight Gladiator episode, I decided to go deep on the notoriously troubled production of the film, as well as touch on recent news about the sequel starring Paul Mescal, AND drop some insane true history facts about the absolutely...
Sharper
Feb. 27, 2023

Sharper

Apple+ keeps throwing up impressive content. This is a movie that is impossible to market, and I almost didn’t watch it for that reason. I’m glad I did. Sharper is an incredibly written film that reminds me of great con films of the past, but has its...
In The Mood For: A Great Documentary
Feb. 24, 2023

In The Mood For: A Great Documentary

Sometimes you're in the mood for a great documentary, something that will teach you about a subject, enrich you as a person, and still entertain you. A bad documentary is like a homework assignment. A stellar documentary can feel life-altering. On...
Knock At The Cabin
Feb. 22, 2023

Knock At The Cabin

Two resident Shymalan-heads here just choppping it up. My guest this episode is screenwriter Phil Clarke, and we discuss M. Night's latest film Knock At The Cabin, starring Dave Bautista. Would this movie be 45-seconds-long if it was my family? Are we...
Synchronic
Feb. 20, 2023

Synchronic

Another spin of the Netflix roulette wheel, this is Synchronic, from the trippy filmmaking duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, it is reminiscent of their previous film The Endless but with a bigger canvas and bigger names (Anthony Mackie and...
WTT All-Star - Robert Duvall's Consiglieri Adam Prince on Godfather II and Duvall Stories
Feb. 17, 2023

WTT All-Star - Robert Duvall's Consiglieri Adam Prince on Godfather II and Duvall Stories

Adam Prince, former Director of Development for Robert Duvall’s production company, joins the podcast to discuss the great Robert Duvall in general, his perhaps lesser-known anarchic sense of humor in specific (Duvall apparently was a legendary...
WTT - Netflix Roulette - The Ice Road
Feb. 15, 2023

WTT - Netflix Roulette - The Ice Road

Our new Netflix Roulette feature came up with the Liam Neeson film The Ice Road. When you need a grizzled, down-on-his-luck trucker to drive on a melting ice road to deliver vital equipment to rescue trapped miners… look no further than Liam Neeson....
WTT - The Chiwetel Ejiofor Episode
Feb. 13, 2023

WTT - The Chiwetel Ejiofor Episode

Chiwetel Ejiofor is one of my favorite working actors, with an insane amount of range that David Mamet thought was “impossible” - he’s also part of the school of British actors who are able to do American accents so well they frequently play Americans...
WTT All-Star - A Year With The Room
Feb. 10, 2023

WTT All-Star - A Year With The Room

Adam Rosen has edited a series of essays about the greatest bad/good film ever, The Room. A cult phenomenon (I've personally attended one of its Los Angeles Rocky Horror Picture Show style screenings), this movie is objectively problematic, but...
WTT - Shrinking
Feb. 8, 2023

WTT - Shrinking

If you really miss Forgetting Sarah Marshall Jason Segel - look no further than the new Apple+ TV series Shrinking, co-starring Harrison Ford (who, despite being 80+, still has a movie-star shirtless scene in the pilot). This show is warm, it’s fun to...
WTT - The Frank Grillo Episode
Feb. 6, 2023

WTT - The Frank Grillo Episode

Frank Grillo is one of the hardest-working actors, but he's also legitimately a masterful actor. In this episode, I run down his three movies you have to watch. These three films clearly demonstrate that, in addition to being a credible cinematic...
WTT - Mayor of Kingstown Season 2
Feb. 3, 2023

WTT - Mayor of Kingstown Season 2

If you listen carefully, you can hear me shouting in deranged glee, because Mayor Of Kingstown is back for Season 2. To my extreme joy, the show is not only back and better than ever, but has surprisingly taken up the mantle of The Shield, as a pitch...
WTT - Vengeance
Feb. 1, 2023

WTT - Vengeance

Douchebag Goes West... is one of the would-be titles for the podcast BJ Novak is making in this unusual film, now available on Amazon Prime, also starring Ashton Kutcher and Boyd Holbrook. Kind of a mystery, kind of a cultural commentary drama, very...
WTT - The Jon Bernthal Episode
Jan. 30, 2023

WTT - The Jon Bernthal Episode

"Happy Wayne Jenkins Day, Motherf**kers" - it's the Jon Bernthal Episode. First, I uncovered a bizarre, incredible series of coincidences (I swear I'm not making this up) that demonstrate that to my great surprise Jon Bernthal and I have more in...
WTT - Accused
Jan. 27, 2023

WTT - Accused

Some cream of the network TV crop here, with the new Fox show Accused (available on Hulu). Michael Chiklis! Jill Henessey! Robert Wisdom! The Homeland team (Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Michael Cuesta)! With this collection of talent in front of and...
WTT All-Star - The Descent
Jan. 25, 2023

WTT All-Star - The Descent

What did Juno do that was that bad? S.A. Bradley of the Hellbent For Horror podcast joins the show for an unlikely candidate for our longest episode of all time - Neil Marshall's spelunking-gone-wrong film, The Descent. We dive deep into the echoes of...
WTT - The Ben Foster Episode
Jan. 23, 2023

WTT - The Ben Foster Episode

Ben Foster was my first interview as a journalist eons ago. Ben was one of my favorite actors at that time, and he's still one of my favorite actors. In this episode, I run down the top 3 Ben Foster film performances you have to watch. If you're...