It’s May, which means it is officially summer blockbuster season. Matt welcomes back Puck’s Scott Mendelson to run through each of the most highly anticipated blockbusters of the summer, then assign their confidence levels for each movie’s likelihood of exceeding expectations at the box office.
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Sep 15
2026 Emmys Instant Reactions: Is Apple Really the New HBO? What Happened to Netflix?
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to recap the 2026 Emmys and give their takes on the biggest narratives coming ou)t of the show, including Apple’s big night with 'Widow’s Bay,' its ascent in the prestige TV genre over the past few years, its competition with HBO, Netflix’ ... Show More
37m 34s
Sep 15
How to Run a Specialty Studio in 2026, with Searchlight President
Live from TIFF, Matt is joined by the president of Searchlight Pictures, Matthew Greenfield along with Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss how to run a specialty film division in 2026, what it's like being a part of the Disney machine, how to know if a movie is theatrical, how they ... Show More
48m 41s
Sep 10
‘Resident Evil’ and the Tightrope of Relaunching Old IP
Matt is joined by Oliver Berben, CEO of Constantin Film, to discuss the upcoming ‘Resident Evil’ film, how Zach Cregger got involved, how Constantin gained control of the IP, the international film business, franchise management, Constantin’s involvement in Marvel, and how Europe ... Show More
36m 29s
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
Producer: Bobby W ... Show More
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
Jul 2019
Boffo Box Office Summer Movie Preview with Nikki Novak
The Summer blockbuster movie season is well underway, and resident movie expert, Nikki Novak of Fandango fame, has the see it or skip it reviews for a bunch of highly-anticipated films like “Spider-man: Far From Home,” “The Joker,” “Rambo: Last Blood,” “Terminator: Dark Fate,” an ... Show More
1h 19m
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
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
