On the week of its release in July of 2019, Griffin and David discussed The Lion King. Together they examine the photorealism angle, Disney’s legacy, as well as, the recent Cats trailer and the dawn of digital fur technology.
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The Eleventh Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid
Live from our windowless studio in Downtown Brooklyn, it's the 11th Annual Blankies! Joe Reid joins us once again to give out golden Wattos to our favorite films, performances, and craftspeople of the year. Some of our picks are certainly part of the greater award season conversa ... Show More
3h 3m
Feb 26
Critical Darlings: Sentimental Value and Belated Oscar Breakthroughs with Joe Reid
This week we’re in hygge mode, uncovering traumas in our generational home with the host of This Had Oscar Buzz, Joe Reid! One of the breakout Oscar films of the year is Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, a warm, realist Norwegian film about a difficult but brilliant director (St ... Show More
1h 19m
Feb 22
Die My Love with Alison Willmore
Our Lynne Ramsay series comes to a close with last year's Die My Love, which brings us to the realization - damn, have we really never talked about Jennifer Lawrence before? Join us and Vulture's Alison Willmore as we do a full career deep-dive on J.Law, and grapple with this fil ... Show More
2h 59m
Dec 2024
ALBAN IVANOV, TAHAR RAHIM ET GWENDAL MARIMOUTOU LEURS SECRETS DE TOURNAGE & CONFIDENCES (MUFASA)
<p>À l’occasion de la sortie du film MUFASA, qui raconte les aventures de Mufasa, avant les évènements du Roi Lion, nous recevons Tahar Rahim, Alban Ivanov, et Gwendal Marimoutou, qui sont les voix françaises de Mufasa, Pumbaa et Scar dans ce nouveau film Disney. On a parlé nosta ... Show More
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Jul 2019
The Lion King: Original Vs. Remake - Which is Better?
Website | Merch | Twitter We watched The Lion King (1994) and The Lion King (2019) to see how the remake holds up to the original. With a stellar voice cast, and a tragic history of previous Disney remakes, The Lion King has a lot of hype to live up to, while still having the opp ... Show More
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Jan 2025
Mufasa: The Lion King with Barry Jenkins and Ben Affleck (Ep. 525)
<p class="p1">Director Barry Jenkins discusses his new film, Mufasa: The Lion King, with fellow Director Ben Affleck in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses employing the VFX team from the Avatar films to create the world, working with bo ... Show More
34m 42s
Jun 2018
Do You Love Scary Dinosaurs? J.A. Bayona’s 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' Has Scary Dinosaurs | The Big Picture (Ep. 72)
Ringer editor-in-chief Sean Fennessey chats with filmmaker J.A. Bayona about his new film, 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,' and what it’s like creating a terrifying new dinosaur and diving into a major franchise.
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Oct 2024
In conversation with Chris Sanders | The Wild Robot, Lilo & Stitch, Gene Kelly and more
In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon is joined by Oscar-nominee Chris Sanders, for a conversation and his latest film and career.
The latest film? The Wild Robot, a box office smash and a break in style for DreamWorks Animation. It's now in UK cinemas and we g ... Show More
37m 49s
Aug 2018
IGN Movies Podcast, Episode 25: James Bond Casting, Star Trek 4, and Guardians Vol. 3
Welcome back to the IGN Movies Podcast! In this week's episode, Jim Vejvoda and Tom Jorgensen explore all the latest developments from the geek moviesphere! Our topics include the never-ending rumors of Idris Elba as the next James Bond, the latest on James Gunn and Disney, Ewan ... Show More
1h 15m
May 2018
Canned Air #239 Scratcher
We are joined by guest co-host Abbie Potter and comic/ television writer John Ward to first help us talk about the Jurassic franchise in this week’s Retro Roundtable! With Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom’s release around the corner, we look back on the good, the bad, and the ugly f ... Show More
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