Fast movie talk with teeth.
The Filmcast treats movie criticism like a lively table conversation, with quick jokes giving way to concrete arguments about new releases. Recent episodes move from Super Mario Galaxy and Scream 7 to Kill Bill, Oscars reactions, home-video art, and what the panel has been watching.
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The Filmcast is a long-running movie roundtable that sounds comfortable without sounding checked out. It moves fast. A review can begin with a Mario riff, a Scream voice-changer joke, or a challenge not to call a movie a big swing, but the kidding usually points toward a real critical position. The show is built around weekly film talk, with David Chen introducing the episode and Devinder Hardawar and Jeff Canata joining the exchange across recent episodes. The rhythm is conversational, interruptive, and alert. One person floats a joke, another extends it, and the group eventually lands on the actual movie in front of them. Recent titles show the range clearly: Super Mario Galaxy, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, The Bride, Scream 7, Wuthering Heights, and The Wrecking Crew. The show pays attention to franchise fatigue, remake culture, title choices, theatrical oddities, and the way hype or marketing frames a release before anyone gets to the movie itself. It also makes room for film news and Oscars reactions. The weekly viewing segment gives the conversation a broader shelf life, letting the panel talk about movies outside the main review without turning the episode into a checklist. Guest episodes can shift the texture. Matt Goldberg fills in for a Kill Bill discussion, bringing film critic energy into a packed episode with news, awards talk, and weekly plugs. An After Dark interview with Dan Trachtenberg focuses on Predator: Badlands, spoilers, release formats, and home-video artwork. That side of the show is more industry-curious than celebrity-polished. It wants to know how choices get made. The core appeal is the mix: accessible banter, actual film literacy, and a willingness to let a stray joke become the road into a larger point. It suits listeners who like their movie criticism social, opinionated, and slightly messy in the productive way that good conversations often are.
Made for: For movie fans who follow new releases, franchises, awards chatter, and weekly viewing recommendations, but prefer lively panel argument over formal review essays.
What sets it apart: The Filmcast stands out by letting jokes, disagreements, industry context, and criticism happen in the same conversational rush. It feels less like a verdict machine and more like smart friends testing a take until it holds.
The Filmcast keeps arguing after your movie-night group chat has wisely gone to bed.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A quotation-marked title drives a loose Filmcast discussion of Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights.
Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights becomes the kind of title that can steal the room, and the panel gladly lets it. David Chen keeps working through the quotation-marked styling, and that small punctuation choice turns into a running joke that gives the episode a relaxed,…
A Fat John Cena joke opens into Lobo speculation, Super Bowl ads, The Housemaid, and a quote-unquote Withering Heights title dispute.
The Filmcast starts with The Wrecking Crew and Jason Momoa's Fat John Cena joke, then follows that thread into John Cena's filmography, Fast 10, and Momoa's possible link to Lobo.
Trachtenberg breaks down Predator Badlands while the hosts track release details, shared-universe overlap, and practical craft.
Dan Trachtenberg steers this Filmcast After Dark conversation through Predator Badlands with David Chen, Davindra Hardor, and Jeff Cannata, and the episode makes a clean case for fans who want both spoilery talk and practical release context.
A Mario movie conversation opens into a sharper, stranger look at audience taste and professional bowling.
The Filmcast turns the Super Mario Galaxy movie into a brisk argument about the distance between mass enthusiasm and critical approval. David Chen, Devinder Hardawar, and Jeff Canata begin with loose Mario bits, then move into the film's huge weekend, its reported…
Mike Muncer and a different guest dissect two horror films per episode, by subgenre.
The hosts of The Filmcast review the blockbuster 'Super Mario Galaxy Movie,' with Devinder Hardawar giving it a scathing critique while Jeff Canata finds it hollow but effective fan service.
The Filmcast After Dark interviews director Dan Trachtenberg about his film Predator: Badlands.
David Chen, Devinder Hardawar, and Jeff Cannata review Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, with Hardawar calling it a masterpiece and Cannata arguing that roughly an hour could be cut.
The Filmcast reviews Evil Dead Burn, noting its approximately $14 million opening weekend and the hosts’ surprise that the release received little public awareness.
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The hosts review the Super Mario Galaxy movie, discussing its box office success and cultural impact as a video game adaptation.
The hosts of the FilmCast discuss and review the mockumentary film 'Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie' about talentless, delusional musicians.
This episode features a review of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair with guest Matt Goldberg, along with discussions on the Oscars and recent film news.
The hosts of The Filmcast review the movie 'The Bride' starring Maggie Gyllenhaal while discussing remake culture and attempting a challenge to avoid certain phrases.
The hosts introduce and discuss reviewing Scream 7, along with major film news, in a humorous and critical take on the horror franchise.
This episode features an interview with director Dan Trachtenberg discussing his new film 'Predator: Badlands', including its release on streaming platforms and details about home video editions.
David Chen opens by testing how to say Wuthering Heights when the title itself wears quotation marks.
The Filmcast opens with Jason Momoa's role in The Wrecking Crew and speculation about his connection to Lobo, then examines a film professor's struggle to get students to watch movies such as Toy Story, Casablanca, and RoboCop.
This bonus episode of Filmcast After Dark features hosts David Chen, Devendra Hardwar, and Jeff Canata discussing and spoiling the movie Marty Supreme, focusing on its themes of ambition and social dynamics.
This podcast excerpt features a discussion of Guillermo del Toro's Netflix adaptation of Frankenstein, including initial thoughts and spoiler warnings.
The hosts and guests discuss the 2011 Disney Channel musical comedy film Lemonade Mouth as part of a media challenge from winning a summer movie wager.
This excerpt from a film podcast features a review and spoiler-filled discussion of Mike Flanagan's movie 'The Life of Chuck', based on a Stephen King novella.