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MovieFilm Podcast
Join film critic Zaki Hasan and television writer Brian Hall as they engage in hilarious and insightful conversations on all the latest out of Hollywood, including news, reviews, and interviews with some of the biggest names in movies!
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Aug 21, 2025 • 1h 46min
Ep. 324: Nobody 2
(00:00:00) Ep. 324: Nobody 2
(00:03:36) What We Watched
(00:24:44) Listener Letters
(00:46:52) Headlines
(01:20:24) Nobody 2 Review
It's the dog days of August, but that doesn't mean there aren't butt waiting to be kicked, and that's where the Bob Oedenkirk sequel NOBODY 2 comes in! We enjoyed the first adventure of certified bad ass Hutch Mansell three years ago, but does the follow-up have the same punch (and kick)? Listen in to hear our thoughts. Plus: Remembering Jim Lovell and Terence Stamp, Listener Letters and much more!

Aug 14, 2025 • 2h 11min
Commentary Track: Terminator Genisys
As has become a late summer tradition here at the MovieFilm Podcast, we hopped on mic to talk through another TERMIMATOR sequel! This time out it's TERMINATOR GENISYS in the barrel, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Despite a game performance from returning star Arnold Schwarzenegger, we weren't big fans of this one when it first hit theaters, but has the intervening decade softened our views? You'll have to check it out to find out, either by listening separately or watching along with us!

Aug 8, 2025 • 2h 24min
Ep. 323: The Fantastic Four: First Steps / The Naked Gun
Marvel's first family is back in THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, and Liam Neeson is picking up where Leslie Nielsen left off in the new THE NAKED GUN! The MovieFilm boys chime in with their thoughts on both big budget reboots, plus quick takes on THE BEAR, FREAKIER FRIDAY, Ice Cube's WAR OF THE WORLDS and much more!

Jul 31, 2025 • 1h 31min
Commentary Track: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The NAKED GUN legacy sequel is in theaters today, but it's not like we needed a reason to revisit the raucous original from 1988. Listen separately or laugh right along with as as we talk through the Leslie Nielsen comedy classic based on the short-lived TV series POLICE SQUAD!

Jul 24, 2025 • 1h 53min
Commentary Track: Fantastic Four (2005)
A new FANTASTIC FOUR is in theaters today, and we thought it was a perfect time to dip into the archives and revisit the one from 2005. It was a simpler time, when budgets were lower, needle drops were more plentiful and the MCU was still three years away, but there's still some charm in this mid-aughts Marvel movie. Listen separately or watch along as we talk through the Tim Story-directed superhero opus starring Ioan Gruffud, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and a pre-Captain America Chris Evans!

Jul 21, 2025 • 40min
Bonus Show: Superman Box Office / Colbert Cancellation
Check out this bonus episode from our Patreon feed as we unpack SUPERMAN's boffo box office, talk about the ominous feelings surrounding CBS' cancellation of THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT and make sport of folks paying exorbitant scalper prices for Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY a whole year before its release, and much more!

Jul 17, 2025 • 1h 48min
Ep. 322: Superman
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:02:55) What We Watched
(00:29:24) Listener Letters
(00:41:10) Superman review
(01:04:29) Superman Spoilers
The world's greatest hero is flying high atop the box office, and we've got an in-depth discussion going into the inner-workings of SUPERMAN! What did we think of James Gunn's big budget reboot starring David Corenswet as our newest Superman? You'll have to listen in to hear our thoughts!

Jul 11, 2025 • 2h 38min
Commentary Track: Superman Returns
Superman has returned to the movies, so we thought it was a perfect time to revisit 2006's SUPERMAN RETURNS! The Bryan Singer-directed superhero sequel was meant to revitalize the Man of Steel's movie fortunes in the mid-aughts, but it failed to take flight, leading to nearly two decades of studio indecision. We certainly have some thoughts on this would-be-epic, from its fraught production history to its eventual evaluation, and we go through it all in this extended conversation, which you can listen to on its own or while watching along with us!

Jul 9, 2025 • 2h 6min
Ep. 321: Jurassic World Rebirth
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:02:00) What we watched
(00:24:04) Listener Letters
(00:47:17) Headlines
(01:20:23) Jurassic World Rebirth
(01:42:56) Spoilers
JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH is breaking records at the box office, and we have plenty of thoughts on Universal's latest dino-adventure! Plus: Michael Bay plots a TRANSFORMERS return, remembering Michael Madsen and Julian McMahon, and much more!

Jul 1, 2025 • 2h 8min
Commentary Track: Jurassic World
There's a new JURASSIC WORLD movie in theaters this week,and the MovieFilm boys hopped on mic to talk through the 2015 franchise reboot. Listen separately or watch along as we point out behind-the-scenes stoiries and make plot observations about the Chris Pratt dinosaur adventure!