Almost exactly a year since the release of Civil War, Alex Garland returns with A24 to co-direct Warfare alongside Ray Mendoza. Warfare is described as follows: a platoon of Navy SEALs embark on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event. The film stars D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, and Joseph Quinn. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Chapter Timestamps: 0:00:00 Initial Thou...
As the first step into a new season of potential award contenders, the Cannes Film Festival announced a partial lineup, with a majority of its in competition titles, for the 78th edition of the festival. The Cannes lineup gives us a glimpse into the pulse of global cinema and kickstarts the next awards season, and as such we unpack the announcements and give our first blind predictions for the prestigious Palme d’Or. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team ...
Before our review of Sinners, we take a look back through the small but mighty career of Ryan Coogler through his four feature films, Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. After swapping release dates with Mickey 17, Sinners will be in wide release next week and we will discuss a preview of his latest. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok...
This past week we had one of the biggest events of the film industry’s news cycle in Cinema Con, the world’s largest gathering for the motion picture theater industry featuring major studios sharing their slate with theater owners for the rest of the year and beyond. We’ll discuss the panels and various announcements from the studios who presented including Sony, Lionsgate, Warner Bros., Amazon, Universal, Disney, and Paramount. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Foll...
For our main review this week, we are covering the adaptation based on the world famous 2011 sandbox game Minecraft, A Minecraft Movie. Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected, expert crafter. The film stars Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, and Sebastian Hansen. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All List...
The Rolling Roulette is a brand-new podcast series from The Rolling Tape! Each month, fate takes the wheel as our team members are randomly paired together to exchange film recommendations based on a central theme. For the month of January, the theme was "New-Year Noir." Matt Minton and Sara Ciplickas discuss Gilda and Notorious. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Sara Ciplickas on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X Matt Minton on Letterboxd, Instag...
This week the Ladies celebrate one year of the series and Women’s History Month. The finish up their Oscars 2025 discussion and begin new debates on tester audiences and the ‘women in male roles’ trend. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Sara Ciplickas on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X Sasha Raquel on Letterboxd, Instagram, and YouTube Neha Jha on Instagram, and X Anjani Chaha on Instagram, and X Have questions? Email info@therollingtape.com Cr...
In the inaugural episode a The Rolling Tape’s newest series, we present The Rolling Remote–a podcast series dedicated to television coverage where we discuss week-to-week television events and will eventually entertain Emmy’s awards season coverage. For our first episode, we discuss season 2 of Severance, the hit Apple TV+ psychological thriller. The show is described as follows, Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal li...
For a bonus review this weekend, we discuss a staff choice selection of The Assessment, where in the near future where parenthood is strictly controlled, a couple's seven-day assessment for the right to have a child unravels into a psychological nightmare. The film is Fleur Fortune’s directorial debut and stars Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen, and Himesh Patel. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bl...
This week we’re reviewing A24’s latest, Death of a Unicorn directed by Alex Scharfman. Premiering earlier this year at SXSW, father-Daughter duo Elliott and Ridley hit a unicorn with their car and bring it to the wilderness retreat of a mega-wealthy pharmaceutical CEO. The film stars Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd, Anthony Carrigan, Richard E. Grant, and Téa Leoni. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Chapter Timestamps: 0:02:38 Initial Thoughts0:12:21 Spoiler Review1:06:46 Os...
The Rolling Roulette is a brand-new podcast series from The Rolling Tape! Each month, fate takes the wheel as our team members are randomly paired together to exchange film recommendations based on a central theme. For the month of January, the theme was "New-Year Noir." Landon Defever and Cameron Ritter discuss Brick and One False Move. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Landon Defever on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, Films for the Void Cameron R...
After our retrospective discussing Disney live-action remakes, we review Disney’s latest bringing the classic fairytale of Snow White back to the screen. A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the Evil Queen. A live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” The film is directed by Marc Webb and stars Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, and Andrew Burnap. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listeni...
Before our review of Snow White, we look back through the live-action remakes of Disney classics. From Cinderella to The Little Mermaid, Disney has continued to bring their animated classics to new audiences through live-action and photorealistic techniques. Although not always warmly received, the films garner significant box office and cultural attention. Snow White is the latest to be receiving the live-action remake treatment. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Fo...
In a weekend jam-packed with new releases, our team selected Opus directed by Mark Anthony Green. A writer travels to the compound of a pop icon who disappeared years ago. Surrounded by his cult of sycophants, as well as a group of fellow journalists, she soon discovers his twisted plans for the gathering. The film stars Ayo Edibiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, and Murray Bartlett. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Chapter Timestamps: 0:00:00 Intro & Wh...
Alongside our review of Bong Joon Ho's latest film, Mickey 17, we take a look back to his last English-language film, Okja, and discuss a live commentary of the film. A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Evan Miller on Letterboxd, Bluesky, X, Instagram, and TikTok Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X Ha...
In Bong Joon-ho’s first film since the Best Picture-winning Parasite, he returns to science fiction by adapting the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. Robert Pattinson stars as an "expendable" - a disposable crew member on a space mission, selected for dangerous tasks because he can be renewed if his body dies, with his memories largely intact. With one regeneration, though, things go very wrong. The movie also stars Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, and Mark Ruffalo. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Po...
In the final Awards Tape of the season, we recap the Oscars ceremony debriefing everything from our reactions to this year’s winners to Conan’s performance as the host to 5-minute 40-second speeches in the finale of a tumultuous awards season. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our guest online: Ethan Simmie on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, The Movie Draft Podcast, 24 Minutes of A24 Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky...
Established by filmmakers who wanted to showcase the unfiltered voice of independent artists, Slamdance is an ongoing experiment that features emerging artists in a week-long Oscars qualifying festival now held in Los Angeles. Our team had the opportunity to cover the festival and see many of the films hosted in this year’s selection. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, X, TikTok, and Linktree Adam P...
Before our review of Mickey 17, we’re looking back through the filmography of Bong Joon Ho, a South Korean filmmaker who has defined his career by blending genres and inciting sharp social commentary. From his earlier Korean works such as the mystery procedural of Memories of Murder to the monster spectacle of The Host, all the way through his Best Picture phenomenon in Parasite, we unpack his full career leading up to his newest release in Mickey 17. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All L...
After shattering global box office records including the highest-grossing animated film of all time and top 10 grossing films of all time, we’re taking a look at Chinese blockbuster, Ne Zha 2. The sequel is described as follows, after the catastrophe, although the souls of Nezha and Aobing were saved, their bodies would soon be shattered. Taiyi Zhenren planned to use the seven-colored lotus to rebuild their bodies. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Chapter Timestamps...