Ep. 800 - Gladiator II

Update: 2024-11-26

Description

It’s the 800th episode of The Filmcast! David, Devindra, and Jeff celebrate this milestone by playing listener voicemails recalling their favorite moments from the show. Then they take in a matinee with The Last Showgirl, attempt to find freedom with All We Imagine as Light, and assess the architecture behind The Brutalist. Finally, they return to ancient Rome with Ridley Scott for Gladiator II.

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Weekly Plugs

David - Decoding Everything: Matt Goldberg’s review of Wicked

Devindra - Engadget Podcast on the DOJ pushing Google to sell Chrome + PS Portal cloud streaming

Jeff - Jeff's Cameo Page

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)

What we've been watching (~00:10:46 )

David - The Last Showgirl, Arlington Road,

Devindra - All We Imagine as Light

Jeff - The Brutalist, Better Man, English Teacher

Featured Review (~01:10:34 )

Gladiator II

SPOILERS (~01:26:00 )

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Credits:

Our theme song is by Tim McEwan from The Midnight. This episode was edited by Noah Ross who also created our weekly plugs and spoiler bumper music. Our Slashfilmcourt music comes from Simon Harris.