Raiders Of The Lost Podcast

Wicked has blown away box office and audience expectations thanks to its stunning practical filmmaking and absurdly talented cast. Let's break down Part One in the Wicked Franchise! Table of Contents: 0:00 (Intro) 1:30 (Broadway) 3:30 (Success) 6:30 (Arian Grande) 7:30 (Casting) 9:00 (Costumes) 10:00 (Production Design & Sets) 14:00 (Color) 16:10 (Development) 21:30 (Why 2 Parts) 24:30 (Yellowbrick Road) 26:50 (Sound Mixing) 29:10 (Live Singing) 31:00 (Stunts) 34:00 (Makeup) 36:00 (Elphaba) 37:45 (Wizard) 39:00 (Original References) 45:00 (Peter Dinklage) 47:00 (Intermission) 58:40 (Wicked.com) 1:04:00 (Major Issue) 1:09:20 (Campy) 1:12:00 (Real World Themes) 1:18:00 (Fan Service) 1:19:40 (Music) 1:23:00 (Final Thoughts)

Let's break down the worthy sequel, Gladiator II, to the masterpiece that is Gladiator! Sixteen years after the death of Marcus Aurelius, his dream of Roma has died. Twin Emperors Geta and Caracalla have brought nothing but cruelty to the empire. Lucius Verus Aurelius—the grandson of the former emperor Marcus Aurelius and son of Maximus and Lucilla— who was exiled by Roman as a child by his mother for his safety, becomes a gladiator after his home is invaded by the Roman army led by General Acacius. Lucius seeks revenge against Acacius and fights as a gladiator for Macrinus, a former slave who plans to overthrow the emperors Geta and Caracalla.

This week Gladiator and Wicked dominate the box office, Robert Pattinson joins Christopher Nolan's next film, new trailers for How To Train Your Dragon, Nosferatu, Wallace & Gromit, Minecraft, Den of Thieves 2, Kraven and The Studio, SE7EN is releasing in IMAX, Sebastian Stan was blacklisted from Actors on Actors, A24 has a movie chocolate brand, The Conjuring wraps filming, Elio, Enola Holmes 3, Materialists, Jordan Peele, Bad Guys 2, JJ Abrams, Daniel Craig, Alien Earth and so much more! Table Of Contents: 0:00 (Intro) 1:00 (Wicked) 2:30 (Gladiator 2) 6:30 (How To Train Your Dragon) 8:40 (Pattinson & Nolan) 10:00 (Se7en in IMAX) 11:30 (Wallace & Gromit) 12:25 (Nosferatu) 14:00 (Den of Thieves 2) 15:15 (Austin Butler time travel) 16:40 (Superman trailer) 17:40 (Moana) 19:00 (A24 candy) 24:30 (The Studio) 16:00 (Minecraft trailer) 28:00 (Frankenstein) 29:19 (Kraven) 31:20 (De Niro president) 32:30 (Alien Earth) 34:00 (Dope Thief) 35:00 (The Conjuring) 36:00 (Sebastian Stan) 37:37 (Sgt Rock) 38:40 (Gladiator director's cut) 43:00 (Parthenope) 44:44 (Backyard Baseball) 46:00 (Scream 7) 49:00 (JJ Abrams movie) 50:30 (Elio) 52:30 (Cillian Murphy) 53:20 (Bad Guys 2)

This week discuss The Apprentice, 13 Hours, Knives Out, Top Hat, The Karate Kid and more!

With just 3 films, Robert Eggers has established himself as one of the most exciting voices in the film world with movies like The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Notherman. With his upcoming adaptation of Nosferatu on the horizon, let's break down his impressive career!

HBO's 'The Penguin' picks up just one week after the events of The Batman and shows the rise of Oz in the crime world. HBO’s latest series is a massive critical hit and one of the most exciting shows in years. Let’s break down season 1 of The Penguin.

Red One debuts, Wicked gets ready to face off against Gladiator, Star Wars drops a release, a new Dumbledore has been cast, Mission Impossible 8, Alien Earth, Carry-On, Denzel, Conan O'Brien will host the Oscars, A24's Samurai movie, Predator Badlands, Venom 3, Heretic, Captain America brave New World, Zack Snyder, Mike Tyson, Jake Paul, Andor, Y2K, Tilda Swinton and so much more! Table Of Contents: 0:001:20 (James's horse attack injury) 4:30 (Red One)6:00 (Box Office) 7:00 (Wicked vs Gladiator) 9:00 (Mission Impossible 8) 11:00 (Captain America) 12:20 (Alien Earth) 13:40 (Star Wars film removed) 15:30 (Scorsese's next film) 16:07 (Gladiator Airbnb) 18:35 (new Dumbledore) 22:40 (Fantastic Four) 24:40 (Denzel's retirement) 26:16 (Predator Badlands) 29:15 (Tomb Radier 30:13 (Coco-Cola AI) 33:45 (Conan O'Brien hosting Oscars) 35:00 (Jurassic World Rebirth) 37:20 (How To Train Your Dragon) 40:00 (Zack Snyder new film) 41:30 (Jennifer Lawrence & Pattinson) 43:20 (Dune Prophecy) 45:15 (A24 Samurai) 46:10 (Bridget Jones Diary 4) 47:18 (Friday Night Lights) 50:00 (Carry-On Trailer) 51:30 (The Amateur trailer) 52:45 (Tilda Swinton retirement)

This week we discuss our Spotify events, Heretic, Gladiator 2, Red One, Jurassic Park, The Penguin and more!

The Historical Epic is one of cinema's richest genres, filled with iconic masterpieces and striking stories. Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, Seven Samurai, Troy, There Will Be Blood, The Deer Hunter, Amadeus, Braveheart, Dunkirk, 12 Years A Slave, 300, JFK, Elizabeth, All Quiet On The Western Front, Lincoln, Aguirre, The Last Samurai, The Northman, Ben-Hur, The Great Escape, Barry Lyndon, Amadeus. These are just some of the legendary films to be discussed. Let's find out which one reigns supreme!! Table Of Contents: 0:00 (Intro) 3:30 (TROY) 5:00 (King Arthur) 6:45 (The King) 7:45 (300) 9:00 (Empire of the Sun) 10:20 (The Imitation Game) 12:20 (Titanic) 13:45 (The King) 15:30 (Wind That Shakes The Barley) 16:20 (Cold Mountain) 18:00 (JFK) 19:40 (Zulu) 22:10 (Hacksaw Ridge) 23:30 (Gladiator 2) 26:00 (Spartacus) 27:50 (Last of the Mohicans) 30:00 (Downfall) 32:10 (The Patriot) 34:00 (Elizabeth) 35:20 (Gangs of New York) 37:10 (Glory) 38:18 (Aguirre: The Wrath of God) 40:20 (All Quiet on the Western Front) 42:20 (The Revenant) 43:45 (Once Upon A Time in America) 44:30 (Lincoln) 49:00 (The Last Duel) 52:00 (Gandhi) 52:40 (1917) 54:20 (Intermission) 1:06:30 (Dances With Wolves) 1:09:20 (The Thin Red Line) 1:10:15 (The Northman) 1:12:06 (Andrei Rublev) 1:13:00 (Apocalypto) 1:15:00 (Silence) 1:16:30 (Braveheart) 1:18:00 (Dunkirk) 1:19:00 (Full Metal Jacket) 1:21:00 (12 Years A Slave) 1:22:00 (Kingdom Of Heaven) 1:24:00 (Bridge on the River Kwai) 1:25:18 (Ben-Hur) 1:26:20 (Killers of the Flower Moon) 1:27:30 (The Great Escape) 1:29:40 (Barry Lyndon) 1:31:30 (Doctor Zhivago) 1:32:10 (Saving Private Ryan) 1:34:20 (Amadeus) 1:35:30 (Inglorious Basterds) 1:37:40 (Life Is Beautiful) 1:39:15 (The Deer Hunter) 1:41:00 (The Last Samurai) 1:42:00 (Apocalypse Now) 1:43:30 (Master & Commander) 1:46:00 (Schindler's List) 1:47:30 (Gladiator) 1:48:30 (The Pianist) 1:50:18 (There Will Be Blood) 1:51:00 (Oppenheimer) 1:52:25 (Seven Samurai) 1:53:15 (Lawrence of Arabia)

"The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story!" Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' is a monumental achievement in filmmaking that is still an astounding cinematic experience with each watch. From the grand production, exceptional characters and fantastic action, they sure don't make them like this anymore. Let's break down GLADIATOR!!! Table Of Contents  0:00 (Intro)  2:03 (Ridley Scott)  3:56 (Is The Ancient Epic Movie Dead?)  13:25 (The Mob and Arena as Plot)  17:55 (Story / Steven Spielberg)  20:48 (3 Screenwriters / Production in Jeopardy)  35:00 (Juba & Oliver Reed’s Death)  39:50 (Real Romans and Fact vs Fiction)  51:55 (Building Colosseum & Rome)  1:00:07 (Deforestation)  1:04:12 (Filmmaking Mistakes)  1:15:52 (Why No Spanish?) 1:25:27 (Intermission) 1:41:36 (Scene by Scene)

Zendaya, Anne Hathaway and Lupita Nyongo join Christopher Nolan's new film, Nosferatu early reactions Mickey 17 has been pushed back again, Star Wars is getting a new trilogy, Tarantino slams Dune, is the Joker getting a TV series, Ben Stiller returns for Happy Gilmore 2, new trailers for Dear Santa, Dirty Angels and Waltzing With Brando, The Black Phone 2, The Fly is getting a spinoff, D23 shows footage from Iron Ares, Lilo & Stitch, Moana 2 and others! Table of Contents: 0:00 (Intro) 1:00 (Box Office) 5:00 (Zendaya joins Nolan) 8:30 (Nosferatu early reactions) 9:50 (Mickey 17 delayed) 12:45 (New Star Wars trilogy) 16:00 (Joker tv series) 17:50 (Ridley Scott vs Tarantino) 19:20 (Tarantino vs Villeneuve) 21:30(Paul Mescal joins Scott's next film) 22:45 (Ben Stiller in Happy Gilmore 2) 23:50 (Elevation Anthony Mackie) 25:20 (Dear Santa trailer) 26:19 (Waltz With Brando) 28:30 (The Black Phone 2) 29:30 (LOTR Box Set) 31:10 (Mass Effect live action) 32:15 (Chili Finger movie) 35:10 (Chris Evans & Anya Taylor-Joy) 36:10 (Bob The Builder movie) 37:10 (The Fly spinoff) 39:00 (D23) 39:15 (Tron Ares) 40:00 (Lilo & Stitch) 42:30 (Moana 2) 43:15 (Ice Age 6) 44:30 (Tony Todd RIP)

Letterboxd Recap 73: It Follows, The Love Witch, To Live and Die in L.A., Conclave, Fallen Angels, Reality Bites, The Beast and more!

2007 was an amazing year in cinema! We got masterworks like There Will Be Blood, Zodiac and No Country For Old Men, an absolute fire set of blockbusters like Transformers, 300, I Am Legend, Bourne Ultimatum, Pirates, Spider-Man and Pixar as well as great Indies like Jesse James, Funny Games, Eastern Promisees, Rescue Dawn, Juno and Darjeeling Limited along with classic comedies like Hot Fuzz, Ratatouille, Knocked Up and Oceans 13. This just scratches the surface of the EPIC year of 2007 so let's break them all down and rank the best of the year! Table of Contents: 0:00 (Intro) 3:30 (Brotherly Bickering) 7:30 (Top 10 Box Office) 9:30 (The Hitcher) 10:30 (Charlie Bartlett) 11:40 (Room 1408) 13:10 (Shooter) 15:00 (Shrek 3) 15:50 (The Kingdom) 17:00 (Reign Over Me) 18:30 (Persepolis) 19:20 (Blades of Glory) 20:30 (Halloween) 23:40 (We Own The Night) 26:40 (Death At A Funeral) 27:30 (Hot Rod) 28:10 (Walk Hard) 30:00 (30 Days of Night) 31:10 (Paranormal Activity) 33:00 (Cars) 35:00 (Planet Terror) 37:10 (The Mist) 38:00 (Surf's Up) 38:50 (28 Weeks Later) 39:30 (The Simpsons Movie) 42:00 (Rush Hour 3) 42:35 (The Orphanage) 44:30 (Fracture) 47:00 (The Lookout) 48:18 (Oceans 13) 50:11 (Sunshine) 51:20 (Disturbia) 53:00 (Trick'r Treat) 53:40 (Pirates 3) 57:50 (Intermission) 1:13:30 (Knocked Up) 1:15:08 (Rescue Dawn) 1:15:50 (Spider-Man 3) 1:19:50 (Live Free Die Hard) 1:21:45 (Into The Wild) 1:23:30 (REC) 1:24:20 (Order of the Phoenix) 1:27:40 (Boy A) 1:29:00 (Funny Games) 1:30:00 (American Gangster) 1:31:40 (Transformers) 1:33:10 (Gone Baby Gone) 1:34:00 (3:10 To Yuma) 1:35:40 (Darjeeling Limited) 1:36:30 (300) 1:38:00 (Juno) 1:38:30 (I'm Not There) 1:40:00 (I Am Legend) 1:41:15 (Sweeney Todd) 1:42:15 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) 1:42:50 (Death Proof) 1:44:30 (Superbad) 1:45:30 (Eastern Promises) 1:47:18 (Michael Clayton) 1:48:00 (Ratatouille) 1:50:00 (Hot Fuzz) 1:51:30 (Assassination of Jesse James) 1:52:20 (Diving Bell and Butterfly) 1:54:00 (Bourne Utimatum) 1:57:10 (Atonement) 1:58:22 (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days) 1:59:40 (Zodiac) 2:00:30 (No Country For Old Men) 2:02:00 (There Will Be Blood)

Sean Baker’s ANORA has been set up to be an awards darling this year thanks to its chaotic fairytale energy, incredible performances and a very human story, plus Mikey Madison is certainly a star in the making. Let’s break down Anora...

Mission Impossible is going to cost $400 Million, Scary movie 6 has been announced, new trailers for Daredevil Born Again, Squid Game 2, QUEER and Pinocchio, Gladiator 2 is being called out for historical inaccuracies, Barry Keoghan in Peaky Blinders, a Game of Thrones movie has been announced, Austin Butler and Tom Holland team up Godzilla Minus one gets a sequel, Nosferatu Posters, Billy Zane is Marlon Brando, Welcome To Derry, Narnia in IMAX, The Skeleton Crew and so much more! Table of Contents: 0:00 (Intro) 1:00 (Box Office Report) 2:45 (Mission Impossible 8) 5:30 (Daredevil Born Again) 6:15 (Skeleton Crew) 7:30 (Squid Game 2) 10:00 (Tom Holland & Austin Butler) 11:40 GOT movie) 13:30 (Godzilla Minus One sequel) 15:30 (Gladiator 2 inaccuracies) 18:30 (Queer trailer) 21:00 (Pinocchio Horror Movie) 23:00 (Tomb Raider casting) 24:24 (Barry Keoghan Peaky Blinders) 25:15 (Billy Zane as Marlon Brando) 28:00 (Amazing Spider-Man) 30:00 (Pennywise) 31:00 (Nosferatu Posters) 31:30 (Narnia in IMAX) 34:50 (Bruce Springsteen movie) 35:45 (Scary Movie 6) 37:40 (JFK movie) 38:30 (Outlast movie) 40:30 (Cliffhanger reboot) 41:30 (Jack Ryan movie)

This week we chat about Signs, Anora, We Live In Time, Juror #2, The Thing, Conclave and more!

How well do you know The Shining? We have watched Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece countless times, but it's been a couple of years so we try to find out if we can recount the film beat for beat from memory!! Laugh with us, yell at us and help us try to figure this one out!! Table of Contents: 0:00 (Intro) 1:00 (Our Halloween Costumes) 3:30 (Opening Credits) 5:00 (Jack's Interview) 8:00 (Wendy & Danny) 11:00 (The Overlook Hotel) 14:00 (Shining) 18:00 (The Maze) 24:00 (Twins) 27:50 (Nightmare) 29:45 (Lloyd) 33:40 (Room 237) 38:00 (Intermission) 44:00 (Redrum) 50:00 (Typewriter) 54:30 (Storage Room) 58:00 (Axe) 1:00:00 (Maze Chase) 1:05:00 (What We Missed) 1:08:00 (Final Thoughts)

In 1984, Wes Craven entered the nightmares of the world his horror icon... Freddy Kreuger. Let’s break down everything that went into creating Craven’s terrifying classic, ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street'.

What a week! Venom 3 tops the box office, Christopher Nolan is making a movie about helicopter cops with Matt Damon and Tom Holland, Spider-Man 4 will drop in 2026, Blade has been cancelled, Severance trailer, Dune 3 will come out in 2026, new trailers for Love Hurts, Babygirl, The Agency and Babygirl, Predator animated franchise, Blue Streak Sequel, Tom Cruise films his new movie next week, Chris Hemsworth may be Prince Charming, Wicked is going to open huge and so much more! Table Of Contents: 0:00 (Intro) 1:00 (Venom 3) 3:00 (Box Office Report) 5:30 (Blade cancelled) 7:35 (Nolan's new helicopter film) 10:05 (Spider-Man 4) 11:24 (Dune 3 update) 13:30 (Rey Skywalker movie delayed) 15:30 (Predator movie franchise) 17:50 (Interstellar) 18:50 (Oregon Trail movie) 22:50 (Disney AI deal) 24:50 (Tom Cruise & Inarritu) 25:30 (Hans Zimmer disqualified) 27:30 (Alien Romulus sequel) 29:12 (Severance trailer) 30:00 (Love Hurts trailer) 31:20 (The Agency trailer) 32:24 (Babygirl trailer) 33:35 (Eva Longoria saved John Wick) 35:30 (Blue Streak sequel) 38:30 (Wicked) 39:50 (Queer poster) 41:50 (Wuthering Heights) 42:45 (Chris Hemsworth as Prince Charming) 43:33 (Juror #2) 45:00 (Outro)

This week we discuss John Wick, A Nightmare On Elm St, Challengers, Pulse and more!