
The 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!
Latest episodes

Sep 5, 2024 • 1h 35min
Commentary Track: Beetlejuice
The Ghost with the Most is back in theaters this weekend, and the MovieFilm boys have dipped into his original adventure for this week's commentary track! Listen separately or watch along with us as we talk through 1988's BEETLEJUICE! The visually stylish horror comedy directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton has had one heck of an afterlife for the past 36 years, and we've got lots of thoughts on why it remains scary good fun!

Aug 24, 2024 • 1h 56min
Ep. 299: Alien: Romulus
ALIEN: ROMULUS is nesting atop the box office, and we're back to offer our takes on this ninth (!!) entry in the ALIEN franchise. Does it live up to the heights of the first two films, or fall somewhere below the rest? We have some thoughts. Plus: Kevin Costner's HORIZON comes to streaming! THE CROW remake plays to empty theatrers! MEGALOPOLIS follies and much more!

Aug 15, 2024 • 1h 60min
Commentary Track: Terminator Salvation
15 years ago the TERMINATOR franchise attempted to chart a bold new course by swapping original star Arnold Schwarzenegger for Christian Bale on top of the marquee. Did it work out? Well, you'll have to check out our latest commentary track to get our thoughts on that. The McG-directed entry featuring AVATAR's Sam Worthington remains polarizing a decade-and-a-half after its release, and we delve into the ins-and-outs of why this one had no fate but what it made for itself.

Aug 8, 2024 • 1h 40min
Ep. 298: M. Night Shyamalan's Trap
Exactly 25 years after THE SIXTH SENSE, M. Night Shyamalan is back in theaters with the suspense thriller TRAP! The MovieFilm boys are here with thoughts on the twisty mystery starring Josh Hartnett. But that's not all! Thoughts on the age of corporate media mergers, the fate of Kevin Costner's HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA and much more!

Aug 1, 2024 • 1h 59min
Ep. 297: Zaki & Brian v. Deadpool & Wolverine
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE are hacking and slashing every box office record in sight, and the MovieFilm boys are here with their takes on the ultraviolent latest entry in the popular superhero franchise! Does Hugh Jackman's return as his iconic claw-wielding alter ego live up to the hype? Did Ryan Reynolds make himself an invaluable anchor being for the MCU? We have lots to say. Plus: Robert Downey returns to Marvel – but not as who you'd expect! Listen for all our thoughts on the big news from San Diego Comic-Con and much more!

Jul 25, 2024 • 2h 6min
Ep. 296: Twisters
28 years after TWISTER blew through theaters a sequel is here to try and repeat history! Does TWISTERS touch down or fizzle out? The MovieFilm boys are here with our thoughts on the Glen Powell-Daisy Edgar Jones blockbuster. But that's not all! Quick thoughts on the trailer for CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, remembering Shannon Doherty, Shelley Duvall, Bob Newhart and more, plus Headlines, Listener Letters, and all the usual MovieFilm festivities!

Jul 18, 2024 • 2h 2min
Commentary Track: Twister
With the remake/sequel to TWISTER touching down in theaters this weekend, the MovieFilm boys are rejoined by special guest Sean Coyle for a fun yak track talking through the 1996 original starring Helen Hunt & Bill Paxton and directed by Jan De Bont. Listen separately or watch along with us for a fun jaunt through mid-'90s action movie nostalgia -- hopefully you'll be blown away!

Jul 12, 2024 • 2h 14min
Ep. 295: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F / Horizon: An American Saga
Detroit's favorite cop is back in BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F, and we're here with our thoughts on the long-awaited legacy sequel from Netflix, as well as director/star Kevin Costner's epic Western HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA. This one is meant to be the first of four parts, but is there enough gas in the tank to keep it going? Plus: our thoughts on the trailers for GLADIATOR II and F1, and much more!

Jul 3, 2024 • 1h 51min
Commentary Track: Beverly Hills Cop
With a brand new Axel Foley adventure now streaming, we thought the timing was perfect to revisit the original, 1984's BEVERLY HILLS COP. The action-comedy turned Eddie Murphy into a superstar overnight and remains one of the most successful R-rated movies of all time, and we have plenty to say about its backstory and legacy. Listen separately or watch along with us as we go back to the Beverly Hills basics!

Jun 28, 2024 • 2h 10min
Ep. 294: Inside Out 2 / The Bikeriders
It's a super-sized MovieFilm show this week as we dig into box office smash INSIDE OUT 2 and indy THE BIKERIDERS. Hear our thoughts on this vastly different new releases as well as the nostalgic documentary BRATS from director Andrew McCarthy. Plus: Thoughts on the new trailers for Dwayne Johnson's latest family opus RED ONE and the new animated series BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER, more on THE ACOLYTE and canon, remembering Donald Sutherland and much more!