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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What Netflix's Exec Purge Means for Its Movies and TV
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the big executive shakeup at Netflix, which included the firings of chief content officer Bela Bajaria and head of film Dan Lin. They break down why this happened now, what to expect from new chief content officer Peter Rice, ho ... Show More
37m 10s
Oct 13
Five Narratives That Could Swing the 2026 Awards Season
Matt is joined by Kyle Buchanan, former New York Times journalist and host of The Kyle Buchanan Show, to discuss the biggest narratives heading into awards season this year. They discuss if 'The Odyssey' is already a lock to win Best Picture, if Inde Navarrette can win Best Actre ... Show More
37m 51s
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
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
Jan 2024
Prof G Markets: Breaking Down 2024 Predictions + Audience Comments and Pushback
Scott and Ed discuss predictions for 2024 including Scott’s stock picks, OpenAI’s valuation, and the future of Youtube, Tiktok, Whatsapp, and GLP-1 drugs. They also discuss comments from the predictions livestream audience and address pushback on some of Scott’s takes. Finally, w ... Show More
43m 51s