The Watch and Talk | Film & TV Podcast

After an unexpected hiatus, Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) and Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) are back! We're catching up on all the shows and movies we've been watching for the past month including spooky movies, new TV shows, and stuff that's out in theaters right now. This episode features spoilers for new releases, particularly Klara and the Sun, Wicker, You Can See Everything, and Godzilla Minus Zero.  *Images courtesy of Sony Pictures Releases, A24, and Toho Co, Ltd. Please let us know what you've been watching, and follow the show! @TheWatchAndTalk (Twitter/Instagram) Letterboxd.com/TheWatchandTalk Facebook.com/TheWatchAndTalk www.TheWatchAndTalk.com [email protected] Support the show! www.Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk

This week, Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) and Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) are back to discuss the (highly?) (moderately?) (somewhat?) anticipated film, THE SOCIAL RECKONING. This week, they are also welcoming a familiar voice from the past: the one and only Dylan Schuck (@schuckster). As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Follows Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, who enlisted the help of Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, to blow the whistle on the social network's most guarded secrets. Directed by: Aaron Sorkin Written by: Aaron Sorkin (Based on "The Facebook Files" series in The Wall Street Journal by Jeff Horwitz) Starring: Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen, Bill Burr *Image and clip from THE SOCIAL NETWORK courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing.   @TheWatchAndTalk (Twitter/Instagram) Letterboxd.com/TheWatchandTalk Facebook.com/TheWatchAndTalk www.TheWatchAndTalk.com [email protected] Support the show! www.Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk

This week, Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) and Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) debate the season's most divisive film, DIGGER. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything. Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Written by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Nicolás Giacobone, Sabina Berman Starring: Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Robert John Burke, Emma D'Arcy, Burn Gorman, Sophie Wilde *Image from DIGGER courtesy of Warner Bros. @TheWatchAndTalk (Twitter/Instagram) Letterboxd.com/TheWatchandTalk Facebook.com/TheWatchAndTalk www.TheWatchAndTalk.com [email protected] Support the show! www.Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk

This week, Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) and Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) are talking PRIMETIME. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. Directed by: Lance Oppenheim Written by: Ajon Singh, Based on the article by Luke Dittrich, Inspired by true events Starring: Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers, Matthew Maher, Bokeem Woodbine *Image and clip from PRIMETIME courtesy of A24.   @TheWatchAndTalk (Twitter/Instagram) Letterboxd.com/TheWatchandTalk Facebook.com/TheWatchAndTalk www.TheWatchAndTalk.com [email protected] Support the show! www.Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk

This week, Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) and Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) sit down to talk the Sundance hit, THE WEIGHT. We also run through a quick recap of the 78th Emmy Awards and chat about what we've been watching lately. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: When Samuel is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy offers him a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he'll win his freedom. Directed by: Padraic McKinley Written by: Matthew Booi, Shelby Gaines Starring: Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Julia Jones, Austin Amelio, Avi Nash, Lucas Lynggaard, Tønnesen, George Burgess, Cameron Bracy, Avy Berry, Alec Newman, Sam Hazeldine *Image from THE WEIGHT courtesy of Vertical. @TheWatchAndTalk (Twitter/Instagram) Letterboxd.com/TheWatchandTalk Facebook.com/TheWatchAndTalk www.TheWatchAndTalk.com [email protected] Support the show! www.Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk