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In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo is bitten by the latest Stephen King adaptation, “Salem’s Lot.” The vampire film follows an author who returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot, hoping to find inspiration for his next novel, only to uncover that a bloodthirsty vampire is terrorizing the town. The Gary Dauberman (“Annabelle Comes Home”) film stars Lewis Pullman, Mackenzie Leigh, Bill Camp, Spencer Treat Clark, Alfre Woodard and more.  READ MORE: 2024 Fall Film Preview: 50 Movies To Watch Stars of the film, Lewis Pullman (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Outer Range”) and Makenzie Leigh (“The Knick,” “The Assistant”) join the podcast to discuss their roles in bringing the beloved Vampire novel to the screen for modern horror lovers. During the chat Pullman discussed loving the novel and taking this on as his first lead role.

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo has no words to describe the apocalyptic thriller “Azrael.” The film takes place in a silent world where a devout matriarchal society relentlessly pursues a young woman, Azrael, who has escaped their captivity. Once recaptured, she faces a grim fate—destined to be sacrificed to an ancient force lurking in the wilderness. The E.L. Katz (“Teacup”) film stars Samara Weaving, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Katarina Unt, and more.  READ MORE: 2024 Fall Film Preview: 50 Movies To Watch Star of the film, Samara Weaving joins the podcast to discuss her role in the religious survival film. While Weaving is no stranger to survival horror (“Ready or Not”), she admitted that “Azrael” enticed her because it brought a whole new set of challenges to the table.

In this week's episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo is on a mission to discuss “The Old Man.” The FX and Hulu series follows a former spy who is retired and hiding from the agency that once employed him; his life is suddenly upended by a man he hasn’t seen in thirty years. The spy series stars Jeff Bridges, Amy Brenneman, John Lithgow, Alia Shawkat, Bill Heck, and more.  READ MORE: ‘The Old Man’ Review: Jeff Bridges & John Lithgow Grapple With Fatherhood Pain & Identity In Searingly Emotional Season 2 Joining Bingeworthy to discuss the underrated spy thriller are the show's stars, Jeff Bridges and Amy Brenneman. Bridges has spent his career almost entirely in film, and, outside of a couple of exceptions, he doesn’t return to characters often, but with “The Old Man,” it just felt right.

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo goes back in time over and over again to discuss the sci-fi indie, “Omni Loop.” The film follows a woman who goes lives the same week over and over in order to try to save her own life. The Bernardo Britto (“Los Espookys”) film stars Mary-Louise Parker, Ayo Edebiri, Hannah Pearl Utt, Chris Witaske and more.  READ MORE: 2024 Fall Film Preview: 50 Movies To Watch Stars of the film, Mary-Louise Parker and Ayo Edebiri join the podcast to discuss their roles in the existential time travel film. During the interview, both actresses discussed jumping onboard Britto’s feature after having the same reaction to his script and other work.

In this week’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo pops in his earbuds and hits the audiobooks to discuss the Audible Original, “The Best Man’s Ghostwriter.” The audible original podcast follows a speechwriter who makes a living ghostwriting best-man speeches and gets entangled in the often ridiculous world of male friendship. The Audible Original stars Glen Powell, Nicholas Braun, Ashley Park, D’Arcy Carden, Lance Bass, Lukas Gage, Alex Wolff, Debra Messing, George Takei, Jack McBrayer, Nicole Byer, Jason Mantzoukas, and more.  READ MORE: Jenna Ortega To Star Opposite Glen Powell In J.J. Abrams’ New Film Joining Bingeworthy to discuss the Audible Original Podcast is the star and producer of the show, Glen Powell, who plays the ghostwriter, Nate, in the podcast. Powell’s career has been on fire with hits like “Anyone But You,” “Twisters,” and “Hit Man.” Audiences may be surprised to hear that he’s decided to produce an audio podcast series, but no one was as surprised as Powell himself. 

Jeremy Saulnier is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today. Unfortunately, it’s been quite a while since we’ve seen some of his work. Thankfully, that’s about to change as Netflix readies the release of his latest feature, “Rebel Ridge.” But it wasn’t smooth sailing to get to this point. And in this episode of The Playlist Podcast, we talk to Saulnier about the long journey it took for “Rebel Ridge” to get released.

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo uncovers a new monster in “Cuckoo.” The film follows a 17-year-old girl forced to move with her family to a European resort where things are not what they seem. The Tilman Singer (“Luz”) film stars Hunter Shafer, Marton Csokas, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick and more.  READ MORE: ‘Cuckoo’ Review: Hunter Schafer Thriller That’s For The Birds Dan Stevens joins the podcast to discuss his role as the sinister Herr König, the owner of the mysterious resort. During the interview, Stevens discussed jumping on board Singer’s second feature after being impressed with “Luz,” the director’s first low-budget hit, for a lesser thought reason.

In this week's episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo hits the books to discuss “Lessons in Chemistry.” Set in the 1950s, The Apple TV+ series follows Elizabeth Zott and her dream of being a chemist, which is put on hold when she finds herself pregnant, alone, and fired from her lab. The Emmy-nominated limited series stars Brie Larson, Lewis Pullman, Alice Halsey, Rainn Wilson, Aja Naomi King, Beau Bridges, and more. READ MORE: ‘‘Lessons In Chemistry’ Review: Brie Larson Anchors Ambitious Adaptation Of Hit Book Joining Bingeworthy to discuss the series is one of the stars & executive producers of the show, Brie Larson, who plays Elizabeth Zott. During the interview, Larson discussed being on the project from day one—which was actually years before the book was even published— and talks a little about her Marvel role as the superheroine Captain Marvel.

Welcome back to Deep Focus. In this week’s episode, host Rodrigo Perez, also the Editor-in-Chief of The Playlist.net taslks to Michael Sarnoski, the writer and director of “A Quiet Place: Day One” which is now available to rent or buy digitally from Paramount Home Entertainment.   Sarnoski, as you probably know launched his career with the quiet and delicate indie “Pig” which featured a beautifully nuanced performance out of Nicolas Cage. For his “A Quiet Place” spin-off prequel, when John Krasinski, the writer/director of the previous two franchise installments called Sarnoski to pitch him the project, he wondered if the filmmaker would want to bring his “Pig” touch to the franchise.   Sarnoski went away, thought about it a bit, and pitched his take on the movie, something epic in scale set in New York, but in many ways, deeply human, character driven and subverting a lot of blockbuster tropes in the meantime. And they all went for it. And when Krasinski said he wanted some of that “Pig” touch brought into the ‘Quiet Place’ franchise, well he got exactly that and maybe more.   As you may already know, ‘Day One’ flashes back to the first day of the invasion by deadly creatures who hunt by sound in one of the loudest places on Earth: New York City.  Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn give emotionally devastating and riveting performances as strangers who embark on a harrowing journey through the eerily quiet streets of Manhattan in order to just get a slice of pizza.   I spoke to Sarnoski all about the pitching of the film, the creation of the film, working with John Krasinski, Jeff Nichols’ version of the script—he was the first filmmaker on the project but bowed out—whether he would ever attempt more ‘A Quiet Place’ sequel and his upcoming next film, “The Death Of Robin Hood” which will star Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo powers up to discuss “The Umbrella Academy.” The Netflix series follows a group of former child superheroes that must reluctantly reunite again and again to save the world. The final season stars Elliot Page, Robert Sheehan, Tom Hooper, Nick Offerman, David Cross, Megan Mullally, and more. READ MORE: ‘Sunny’: Rashida Jones Talks Her Retro-Futuristic Sci-Fi Drama, A Potential ‘Parks & Recreation’ Reunion & More [Bingeworthy Podcast] Joining Bingeworthy to discuss the superhero series is one of the stars of the show, Robert Sheehan, who plays Klaus. During the interview, Sheehan discussed first joining the show despite having become well-known in the UK for playing a superpowered character who, like Klaus, was also basically immortal.