Matt is joined by Forbes’ Scott Mendelson to judge their box office predictions for the most highly anticipated blockbusters of the summer. They discuss the surprise hits, flops, and everything in between, and provide takeaways for each franchise.
Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Scott Mendelson
Produce: Craig Horlbeck
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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Jul 17
The Data Scientists Quietly Powering Hollywood’s Greenlight Machine
Matt is joined by professor Violaine Roussel, a professor of sociology at Paris 8 University, to discuss her new book 'Data Driven Hollywood: The New Data Professionals in the Age of Streaming,' which polls 75 data scientists employed at streamers and studios to explain how moder ... Show More
37m 27s
Jul 14
The Case Against WarnerMount, with CA Attorney General Rob Bonta
Matt and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw are joined by California Attorney General Rob Bonta to discuss California’s new lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. They talk about what the lawsuit highlights and avoids, Paramount’s response, and the impac ... Show More
40m 54s
May 2023
The 10 Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2023, and the Most Surprising Film of the Year So Far
Amanda and Sean discuss ‘BlackBerry’ before sharing their five most eagerly awaited movies of the summer season (1:00). Then, Sean is joined by Matt Johnson, the filmmaker behind ‘BlackBerry’ (55:00).
Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Guest: Matt Johnson
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1h 38m
May 2024
Weekend Watchlist: Summer 2024 Preview Extravaganza
The podcast hosts of summer a back! This time around Slim, Mia, and Mitchell discuss the upcoming SUMMER slate of movies and why you might need to add them to your own watchlists including MaXXXine, Kinds of Kindness, Furiousa: A Mad Max Saga, and Longlegs just to name a ... Show More
57m 8s
Jun 2023
Summer Stories to Savor
Felix and Mihir are joined by friends to discuss their stories to watch this summer, including the bust up of Sequoia, pricing, Gen AI, sports stories, the FTC and PBMs, Amazon in healthcare, and the future of theatres, travel, unions, brand activism, energy tax credits, interest ... Show More
1h 4m
May 2023
Summer It Girl Predictions, Skin Care Favorites, and Chaotic Celebrity Couples | Tea Time
We make a few predictions for the summer, like trends to watch this summer (1:00) and who the biggest It Girls will be (10:55). Then, we open up the mailbag to answer questions about our current skin care favorites (28:36), celebrities we'd like to see date just for the drama (39 ... Show More
58m 21s
May 2023
Summer Movies 2023 - Part 2
The summer blockbusters just keep on coming this week as we discuss the newest and SEVENTH Transformers movie, Wes Anderson’s latest, a problematic Flash and some extremely old man named Indiana Jones.For weekly episodes of Books: The Podcast and much, much more check out the TCG ... Show More
1h 10m
Jul 2023
Summer Recommendations and the Current State of the Book and Film Industries | Jam Session
Juliet and Amanda return this week with a light episode to kick this summer off! The ladies discuss a few current events surrounding review bombing in the book industry (1:13), The Guardian's book recommendations and Zadie Smith (14:17), Marisa Meltzer’s ‘Glossy: Ambition, Beauty ... Show More
33m 22s
Apr 2025
The Summer Movie Star Preview, Plus Celebrity News | Jam Session
This week, we have a packed episode. Amanda is joined by Ringer colleague Charles Holmes to discuss the biggest movie stars of the summer, but first, they discuss some celebrity news. They talk about Gigi Hadid's and Al Pacino’s birthdays and all the celebrities that attended (2: ... Show More
1h 14m