Grierson & Leitch

Now this is a big episode. First, we tackle Steven Spielberg's look back at his own childhood with "The Fabelmans." Then it's Rian Johnson working with Netflix to make "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery." And then there's the cannibal romance "Bones and All" with Timothee Chalamet. We only have four shows left in the year. It's that time, folks. Timestamps: 11:11 "The Fabelmans" 45:33 "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" 1:21:03 "Bones and All" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can you believe we only have four episodes left in the year after this one? It's getting late, people. We have three new releases this week. There's the dark comedy "The Menu," with Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy, the journalism drama "She Said" and the Netflix-produced Florence Pugh period piece "The Wonder." Dorkfest will be so soon, folks. Timestamps: 10:21 "The Menu" 35:49 "She Said" 1:01:01 "The Wonder" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, democracy was (mostly) saved! Yay! Let's celebrate by talking about movies. First, it's the highly anticipated Marvel sequel "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." Then we discuss James Gray's "Armageddon Time." Then it's Christmas movie time with the Will Ferrell-Ryan Reynolds musical "Spirited," on Apple TV. Timestamps: 15:22 "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" 51:45 "Armageddon Times" 1:08:21 "Spirited" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Election Week! Go vote! But listen to our show first. First, we discuss the Martin McDonagh comedy-drama "The Banshees of Inisherin." Then it's the Jennifer Lawrence Apple TV drama "Causeway." But we know you're really here to see what we thought of "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story." We've got you covered. Timestamps: 17:33 "The Banshees of Inisherin" 44:45 "Causeway" 1:13:11 "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just two months left in the movie year: This is gonna be over before you know it. We've got three big ones. First, it's the class satire "Triangle of Sadness." Then there's the historical drama "Till." And, speaking of historical dramas, there's a German adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front." Movies, now more than ever. Timestamps: 9:57 "Triangle of Sadness" 36:56 "Till" 56::11 "All Quiet on the Western Front" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, Leitch finally got to see "Tar!" So yeah, we did into Todd Field's "Tar," for quite a while. Then we discuss the DC comic book movie "Black Adam," and also the Obamas-produced Netflix documentary "Descendant." Timestamps: 11:58 "Tar" 48:21 "Black Adam" 1:11:33 "Descendant" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're getting down to serious business, people: It's almost Halloween! SPOOKY SEASON. Our first movie is the horror sequel "Halloween Ends," which, they promise, ends the Halloween franchise. Then we look at the Claire Denis romantic thriller "Stars at Noon." Then it's Park Chan-Wook's "Decision to Leave." Timestamps: 16:21 "Halloween Ends" 42:11 "Stars at Noon" 1:04:25 "Decision to Leave" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sorry we missed last week! Blame baseball! Fortunately: Baseball is over now and will never be played again. So we can talk movies! And we've got four fascinating ones. First, it's the star-studded David O. Russell historical comedy "Amsterdam." Then there's the controversial Netflix Marilyn Monroe biopic "Blonde." We also discuss the Billy Eichner rom-com "Bros." And we wrap it all up with the Zac Efron/Peter Farrelly comedy "The Greatest Beer Run Ever." Lots of movies! Timestamps: 15:22 "Amsterdam" 38:33 "Blonde" 1:02:43 "Bros" 1:34:12 "The Greatest Beer Run Ever" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's fun to have three interesting movies to talk about, even when we have disagreements. We are in alignment of one movie this week, differ a little on another and differ largely on a third. Can you guess which is which? First, it's the drama with even more behind-the-scenes drama that is "Don't Worry Darling." Then there's Brett Morgan's wild David Bowie documentary "Moonage Daydream." Then it's the Netflix political thriller "Athena." Good stuff! Timestamps: 15:22 "Don't Worry Darling" 41:22 "Moonage Daydream" 1:03:33 "Athena" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, Grierson's back from Toronto! Exciting! He tells us about his time at the Toronto Film Festival, and then we dig into four big movies that came out while he was away. The first is the surprise hit "The Woman King," with Viola Davis. Then there's the Jon Hamm comedy "Confess, Fletch," where Hamm takes over for Chevy Chase. Then there's the Disney-Plus Tom Hanks thing "Pinocchio." And then the less we tell you about "Barbarian" -- in a good way -- the better. Timestamps: 16:22 "The Woman King" 29:55 "Confess, Fletch" 55:33 "Pinocchio" 1:09:11 "Barbarian" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grierson is about to take off for the Toronto Film Festival, so we did a big preview of all the Toronto Film Festival movies -- or the big ones, anyway -- and also talked about milk in a bag. And Weird Al's "UHF." It's a fun short show. We're off for two weeks until he comes back, so do try to use this time well. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All right, three new movies as we head into the Labor Day holiday. First, it's George Miller's long-awaited follow-up to "Fury Road," the fantasy "Three Thousand Years of Longing," with Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba. Then it's the Owen Kline cartoonist "coming of age" comedy "Funny Pages." Also, Sylvester Stallone has an Amazon Prime comic book movie called "Samaritan." So there's that. Timestamps: 8:17 "Three Thousand Years of Longing" 34:22 "Funny Pages" 52:27 "Samaritan" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Idris Elba fights a lion, kind of. OK, so it's mid-August, there's not that much great, but we discuss the lion movie. But the fun stuff comes from the reboots. We dig into Michael Mann's "Collateral" and the legendary Sidney Lumet botched bank heist movie "Dog Day Afternoon." Timestamps: 8:11 "Beast" 26:33 "Collateral" 48:22 "Dog Day Afternoon" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two interesting independent movies and another hacky Netflix movie with stars. Sounds like 2022. First we discuss Aubrey Plaza's "Emily the Criminal," and then get into the fascinating Gen Z murder mystery "Bodies Bodies Bodies." Then we do our best to sound interested in Jamie Foxx's "Day Shift." Timestamps: 9:22 "Emily the Criminal" 35:13 "Bodies Bodies Bodies" 57:11 "Day Shift" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's not John Wick, he's Brad Pitt! But he's in (sort of) a John Wick movie. It's "Bullet Train!" Also, we discuss the Predator prequel "Prey" and the Apple TV animated film "Luck." We also make some jokes about "Ted Lasso" and try to figure out what the heck is going on with "Batgirl." Timestamps: 7:53 "Bullet Train" 33:15 "Prey" 54:22 "Luck" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time since March 2020 ... all three of our movies are exclusively in theaters this weekend. Not the movies we might have picked, but a landmark nonetheless. First, we discuss the DC animated film "DC League of Super-Pets." Then it's the Rebecca Hall psychological thriller "Resurrection." And hey, Lena Dunham is back. We talk about her new movie "Sharp Stick." Timestamps: 9:53 "DC League of Super-Pets" 27:55 "Resurrection" 55:44 "Sharp Stick" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back after a week off! And lots to dig into. First, it's Jordan Peele's third film, "Nope," which gives us lots to dig into. Then it's the Ryan Gosling/Chris Evans/Ana de Armas "thriller" "The Grey Man." And then it's the literary adaptation "Where the Crawdads Sing." Timestamps: 11:21 "Nope" 44:21 "The Grey Man" 1:01:01 "Where the Crawdads Sing" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three new movies this week, and they're gonna have to hold you off for a fortnight. No show next week. But this is a fun one: Lots of disagreement! Timestamps: 11:21 "Thor: Love and Thunder" 35:43 "Both Sides of the Blade" 56:33 "The Sea Beast" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special show! To get you into the July 4 holiday, we take a look at each of our six best movies of the first half of the year. Yep: We're halfway through the year so far. That's all this show is: Just Will's top six, and Grierson's top six. (And where to find them all on streaming.) Timestamps: 8:11 That's the show! The top sixes! Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, so it's been a miserable few days. We're sort of getting used to that? Let's talk about some movies to take our minds off it. First, there's the Baz Luhrmann musical biography "Elvis," with Tom Hanks. (Not as Elvis.) Then we discuss the Blumhouse horror film "The Black Phone." And yeah, huh-huh, huh-huh, it's the Paramount Plus "legacy sequel" "Beavis and Butt-head Do the Universe." Droll, droll, very droll. Timestamps: 10:11 "Elvis" 37:41 "The Black Phone" 51:33 "Beavis and Butt-head Do America" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices