This week on our penultimate episode of The Collider Podcast, we're launching into the second part of our long-awaited James Bond podcast. In this part, we examine the films of Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, how Bond needed to be reinvented after the Cold War, how a strong Bond film is always followed by a disappointing one, how Bond finally got a soul when he was played by Craig, and more. We then finish up with Recently Watched. Also, be sure to tune in later this week for our final episode of The Collider Podcast (although a new podcast featuring Matt and Adam is in th ..read more

This week on The Collider Podcast, we're talking about Jungle Cruise as well as Scarlett Johansson suing Disney over lost box office revenue from Black Widow. With Jungle Cruise, we discuss how the film works as a light adventure, why it's mostly a breezy ride, if it does enough in terms of gay representation, and much more. We then switch over to Disney and Johansson battling it out over what she's owed for Black Widow, if this is a prelude to other actors suing major studios over lost revenue due to streaming, and more. We then finish up with Recently ..read more

This week on The Collider Podcast, we're joined by Associate Editor Greg Smith to talk about Old and the films of writer-director M. Night Shyamalan. We talk about the strengths and weaknesses of Old, how it reflects Shyamalan's earlier work, how his career and movies have changed since the breakout success of The Sixth Sense, why we're glad Shyamalan is making bonkers movies like Old, and much more. We then finish up with Recently Watched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

This week on The Collider Podcast, we're joined by director Paul Feig to talk about his 2011 comedy classic Bridesmaids. We discuss how the script changed during development (including a hilarious scene that they had to cut because it was too ludicrous for the film), how comedy has changed in the last decade, how Feig approaches his projects and the comedy within them, filming the memorable dress-fitting scene, his upcoming projects including The School for Good and Evil and Dark Army, and more. We were so glad to talk to Feig, especially as Bridesmaids  ..read more

We've set up a new feed for Jeff's weekly movie news podcast, The Sneider Cut. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts, simply by searching for "The Sneider Cut" or clicking this link: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/collider-sneider-cut You can still hear this week's episode right here, but please head over and SUBSCRIBE to the new feed to continue listening each week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

This week on The Collider Podcast, we're honored to be joined by author and film historian Mark Harris to discuss his new book, Mike Nichols: A Life. Mike Nichols was a legendary director of stage and screen who had received widespread acclaim by his mid-30s, first for his comedy routines with Elaine May and then for directing the Tony-award winning Neil Simon plays Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple before moving on to Hollywood to direct Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate. Howeve ..read more

This week on The Collider Podcast we're joined by The Witching Hour hosts Perri Nemiroff and Haleigh Foutch to talk about the state of horror in 2020. We talk about horror getting discovered on streamers without competition from blockbuster horror, how the term "elevated horror" needs to die forever, the scariest movies we've ever seen, and more. We then finish up with Recently Watched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

This week on The Collider Podcast we're talking about writer/director Aaron Sorkin. We discuss all of Sorkin's movies and TV series, his latest film The Trial of the Chicago 7, his strengths and weaknesses as a writer, why his work can be endearing even when Sorkin's worst tendencies emerge, the history of his various projects, and more. We then finish up with Recently Watched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

This week on The Collider Podcast we're joined by very special guest Bob Gale, the co-writer of the Back to the Future trilogy. With the trilogy hitting 4K Blu-ray on October 20th, Gale sat down to talk with us about his memories of making the films, filming the sequels back-to-back, how they pitched Universal on the financials, his irritation with backlash to the "Johnny B. Goode" joke, why there won't be a Back to the Future 4, and much more. It was a pleasure to talk with Gale, and hopefully you'll enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed recording it. Learn more about your ad choices ..read more

This week on episode 54 of The Sneider Cut, Collider's senior film reporter Jeff Sneider weighs in on the casting for the Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa now that it's official, as well as a pair of reunions, as Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins are working on a Cleopatra movie, while Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix are putting together a Napoleon movie. Elsewhere, Jeff talks about the jaw-dropping cast of Adam McKay's Netflix movie Don't Look Up, which now includes Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Streep, plus Paramount's decision to sell Coming 2 America to Amazon, and Showtime's deci ..read more