Episode 69: Godzilla Minus Zero

Godzilla Minus Zero is a 2026 kaiju film written, directed, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. Taking place two years after the previous film, Minus One, we once again follow Koichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki) who continues living with his now wife Noriko (Minami Hamabe) and their adopted daughter Akiko (Sae Nagatani). After a new threat appears Shikishima finds himself once again participating in dangerous situations to combat the threat concocted by Dr. Kenji Noda (Hidetaka Yoshioka), who is now joined by biologist Kanji Murakami (Min Tanaka) and meteorologist Makoto Aoyama (Masami Nagasawa)  Timestamps: (0:01:02) Pixels (Chris Columbus, 2015) (0:35:04) Godzilla's Showa Era (Motoyoshi Oda & Ishirō Honda, 1955-1964) (0:58:08) Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1982) (1:13:31) Godzilla Minus Zero (Takashi Yamazaki, 2026) (1:48:11) spoilers (2:13:17) Next Time: Ramayana: Part 1 (Nitesh Tiwari , 2026) & Prince for Egypt (Roswitha Haas, 2000) Works Cited: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1982) Aguirre, the Wrath of God movie review (Roger Ebert, 1999) Destroy All Monsters (Ishirō Honda, 1968) Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982) Futurama Season 3 Episode 18: "Anthology of Interest II" (Bret Haaland, 2002) Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (Ishirō Honda, 1964) Godzilla (Gareth Edwards, 2014) Godzilla (Ishirō Honda, 1954) Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, 2023) Godzilla Minus Zero (Takashi Yamazaki, 2026) Godzilla Raids Again (Motoyoshi Oda, 1955) Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Michael Dougherty, 2019) Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (Kōbun Shizuno & Hiroyuki Seshita, 2017) Hubie Halloween (Steven Brill, 2020) Mothra vs. Godzilla (Ishirō Honda, 1964) Pixels (Chris Columbus, 2015) Pixels (Patrick Jean, 2010) 'Pixels' Review: Adam Sandler Versus Video-Game Characters, Palpable Boredom (Matt Singer, 2015) Pixels - Movie Review (Tim Brayton, 2015) Rodan (Ishirō Honda, 1956) Shin Godzilla (Hideaki Anno, 2016) The Return of Godzilla (Kōji Hashimoto, 1984 Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Wildwood is an American stop motion animated epic fantasy film directed by Travis Knight and written by Chris Butler, adapting a 2011 novel by Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy and illustrated by his wife Carson Ellis. Peyton Elizabeth Lee voices Prue, a precocious 12 year old girl who defiantly takes her younger brother Mac outside the house against her parents wishes. After running into sputtering classmate Curtis, voiced by Jacob Tremblay, a murder of crows whisks Mac away into the Impassible Forest. Intent on finding Mac, Prue and Curtis enter the magical woods and soon become separated but both learn of Alexandra, voiced by Carey Mulligan, a Dowager Governess whose desire to resurrect her dead son fuels her current campaign to conquer the magical land. The cast also includes Jake Johnson and Maya Erskine, Mahershala Ali, Richard E. Grant, Angela Bassett, Awkwafina, and Tantoo Cardinal, and bit parts for Tom Waits, Charlie Day, Blythe Danner, Arthur Knight, Jemaine Clement, and Len Cariou. You Can See Everything is a 2026 documentary film by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim as both are invited to film Elizabeth Holmes, her partner Billy Evans, and their children in the lead up to her federal imprisonment for defrauding investors with her health technology company Theranos. Timestamps: (0:02:16) Wildwood (Travis Knight, 2026) (1:01:23) Spoilers (1:11:38) You Can See Everything (Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim, 2026) (1:47:40) Spoilers (2:35:44) Next Time: Godzilla Minus Zero Works Cited: CBS Mornings on X: "Elizabeth Holmes is "almost unrecognizable" in Nathan Fielder's documentary, "You Can See Everything," to Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz: "The woman that I saw on screen looked, frankly, like a broken woman." Shultz tells @gayleking and @norahodonnell about his reaction to… / X Coraline (Henry Selick) Dolly Parton: Gee, she's really nice (Roger Ebert, 2012) Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced To More Than 11 Years For Defrauding Theranos Investors Of Hundreds Of Millions (U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California, 2022) Guillermo del Toro's Pinoccchio (Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, 2022) Her Famous Student Didn't Listen — and Is Paying a Big Price (Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez, 2019) I Am Frankelda (Arturo and Roy Ambriz, 2026) I'm in 'You Can See Everything.' Here's My Side of the Story. (Amy Chozick, 2026) Juror from Elizabeth Holmes trial says it was tough to convict the former Theranos CEO because she was 'so likable, with such a positive dream' (Grace Kay, 2022) Mad God (Phil Tippett, 2022) Primetime (Lance Oppenheim, 2026) Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom (Steve Cox and Matthew Walker) The Contagious Delusion of 'You Can See Everything' (Jodi Walker, 2026) The Elizabeth Holmes Documentary, Through the Eyes of the Reporter Who Exposed Her (John Carreyrou, 2026) The Empty Space (Peter Brook, 1968) The Hideous Deceptions of You Can See Everything (Armond White, 2026) The Vertiginous Revelations of "You Can See Everything" (Richard Brody, 2026) Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham) Wendell & Wild (Henry Selick, 2022) Wildwood (Travis Knight, 2026) Wildwood map (Carson Ellis, 2011) Wildwood Review: Laika's Stop-Motion Epic Lacks Their Usual Magic (David Ehrlich, 2026) You Can See Everything (Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim, 2026) ‎'You Can See Everything' review by Devan Scott • Letterboxd ‎'You Can See Everything' review by Josh Lewis • Letterboxd  "You Can See Everything" Is A Film About Feminism (Sam Bodrojan, 2026) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

This year Ben was able to once again attend the Virginia Film Festival and saw 12 films which he recorded on-scene audio diaries of which we intercut into our debriefing conversation a few days afterward. Timestamps: (0:01:57) The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (Noah Segan, 2026) (0:12:12) Giants Do Fall (Megan Ponder, Stiv Wilson, 2026) (0:22:11) Cherry and Virgin (Masanao Kawajiri, 2026) (0:29:36) Missing out on TheyDream (William D. Caballero, 2026) & Long Day's Journey Into Night (Jonathan Kent, 2026) (0:33:41) Minotaur (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2026) (0:44:01) All of a Sudden (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2026) (0:53:39) A Bit of Light (Ali Asgari, 2026) (1:02:46) When a Witness Recants (Dawn Porter, 2026) (1:11:18) Short Films: ReCAPTCHA - Memento Mori (Betsy Kenyon and Benjamin Ades, 2026) (1:21:50) A Long Winter (Andrew Haigh, 2026) (1:31:48) Rehearsals for a Revolution (Pegah Ahangarani, 2026) (1:50:00) We Are Aliens (Kohei Kadowaki, 2026) (1:59:01) Nina Roza (Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, 2026) (2:12:20) Next Time: You Can See Everything (Lance Oppenheim, Nathan Fielder) & Wildwood (Travis Knight) Works Cited: The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (Noah Segan, 2026) Giants Do Fall (Megan Ponder, Stiv Wilson, 2026) Giant Do Fall festival photo Cherry and Virgin (Masanao Kawajiri, 2026) TheyDream (William D. Caballero, 2026) Long Day's Journey Into Night (Jonathan Kent, 2026) Minotaur (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2026) All of a Sudden (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2026) A Bit of Light (Ali Asgari, 2026) When a Witness Recants (Dawn Porter, 2026) Short Films: ReCAPTCHA - Memento Mori (Betsy Kenyon and Benjamin Ades, 2026) A Long Winter (Andrew Haigh, 2026) Rehearsals for a Revolution (Pegah Ahangarani, 2026) We Are Aliens (Kohei Kadowaki, 2026) Nina Roza (Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, 2026) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Blue Heron is a 2026 semi-autobiographical drama, the debut feature of writer-director Sophy Romvari, based on her short film Still Processing. In the mid-1990s, a Hungarian family emigrates to Vancouver Island. The eldest of the children, Jeremy (Edik Beddoes), exhibits increasingly defiant and dangerous behavior, to the dismay of his parents, played by Iringó Réti and Ádám Tompa. The film also features Eylul Guven, Liam Serg, Preston Drabble, and Amy Zimmer. Timestamps: (0:02:03) Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari, 2025) (0:31:58) Spoilers (1:05:17) Next Time: Virginia Film Festival 2026 Works Cited: Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022) Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari, 2025) Blue Heron (2026) (Walter Chaw, 2026) "Blue Heron" Is an Exalted Drama of Troubled Childhood (Richard Brody, 2026) The Butcher Boy (Neil Jordan, 1997) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Street Fighter the 2026 film adaptation of the world famous Capcom fighting game series, directed by Kitao Sakurai from a screenplay by T.J. Fixman and Kitao Sakurai. Callina Liang stars as Chun-Li who recruits Andrerw Koji as Ryu and Noah Centineo as Ken to participate in the World Warrior Tournament alongside Joa "Roman Reigns" Anoa'i as Akuma, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Balrog, Jason Momoa as Blanka, Don Lee as Gouken, Orville Peck as Vega, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, and David Dastmalchian as the villainous M. Bison. Also starring Eric Andre as Don Sauvage. Timestamps: (0:02:03) Undefeatable (Godfrey Ho, 1993) (0:24:08) The Employer (Frank Merle, 2013) (0:37:48) Street Fighter (Steven E. de Souza, 1994) (1:00:04) Street Fighter (Kitao Sakurai, 2026) (2:27:17) Next Time: Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari, 2025) Works Cited: Best fight scene of all time (Mastabiff, 2006) Best of the Worst: Blood Debts, The Tomb, and Undefeatable (RedLetterMedia, 2015) EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Cynthia Rothrock (Undefeatable, China O'Brien) | Bristol Bad Film Club  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: John Miller and Don Niam (stars of Undefeatable) | Bristol Bad Film Club  Mortal Kombat II (Simon McQuoid, 2026) Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (John R. Leonetti, 1997) Official Evo Moment #37, Daigo vs Justin Evo 2004 in HD Street Fighter (1994) - Movie Review : Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2020) Street Fighter (Kitao Sakurai, 2026) Street Fighter (Steven E. de Souza, 1994) Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (Gisaburō Sugii, 1994) Street Fighter review: Video game adaptation trips over its own gi (Clint Worthington, 2026) Street Fighter: The Movie — What went wrong (Chris Plante, 2014) Street Fighter: The Movie feat. Devan Scott (Hit Factory, 2023) 'Street Fighter' review by Devan Scott • Letterboxd 'Street Fighter' Review: Get Ready to Be Beaten Into Submission (Matt Singer, 2026) The Addams Family (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1991) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) The Employer (Frank Merle, 2013) ‎The world's biggest Street Fighter movie fan explains why it's an accidental masterpiece (Pete Volk, 2024) Undefeatable (Godfrey Ho, 1993) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

The Social Reckoning is a 2026 legal thriller written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and is a sequel to the 2010 film The Social Network. We find Mark Zuckerberg twelve years later and now played by Jeremy Strong as his company experiences a whistleblower leak by data engineer Frances Haugen, played by Mikey Madison, who feeds information on Facebook's algorithmic changes, their consequences, and Facebook leadership's indifference of those consequences to Jeff Horwitz of the Wall Street Journal, played here by Jeremy Allen White. Costars include Bill Burr and Wunmi Mosaku as Zuck's advisors who are coaching him through a rehearsal of an impending Senate hearing, and Bill Magnussen as Facebook media fixer Teddy. Timestamps: (0:7:35) Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001) (0:31:57) Molly's Game (Aaron Sorkin, 2017) (0:47:36) The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010) (1:10:38) The Social Reckoning (Aaron Sorkin, 2026) (1:49:53) Spoilers for The Social Reckoning (2:12:30) Next time: Street Fighter (Kitao Sakurai, 2026) (2:13:47) Punishment: Undefeatable (Godfrey Hall, 1993) Works Cited: 20 Years Later, Pulse Is Still the Creepiest Horror Movie About Internet Ghosts (Cheryl Eddy, 2020) A Few Good Men (Rob Reiner, 1992) Aaron Sorkin's Farce to Be Reckoned With (Adam Nayman, 2026) All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976) Being the Ricardos (Aaron Sorkin, 2021) Film of the Week: Molly's Game (Jonathan Romney, 2017) Molly's Game (Aaron Sorkin, 2017) Molly's Game | The New Yorker (Richard Brody, 2017) ‎'Molly's Game' review by Josh Lewis • Letterboxd  Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011) Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001) Ringu (Hideo Nakata, 1998) Steve Jobs (Danny Boyle, 2015) Street Fighter (Kitao Sakurai, 2026) Sweet Home (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1989) The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010) The Social Reckoning (Aaron Sorkin, 2026) "The Social Reckoning" Leaves Out the Human Element | The New Yorker (Richard Brody, 2026) The Social Reckoning review – a diluted version of a far better film (Hannah Strong, 2026) 'The Social Reckoning' Wants to Be 'All the Zuckerberg's Men' (David Fear, 2026) The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013) Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin, 2020) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Digger is a satirical black comedy film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu who co-wrote with Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone. Tom Cruise stars as oil tycoon Digger Rockwell who triggers a catastrophic global environmental disaster and scrambles to control the narrative in its wake. Costarring Riz Ahmed as Dr. Nirav Ganesh, Digger's head of environmental safety, John Goodman as President Compson, Sandra Huller as Emma Rockwell, Digger's half sister and business partner for a environmental friendly company, Michael Stuhlbarg as Vice President Eddie, Jesse Plemons as Kenny, and Emma D'Arcy as Lina, Digger's assistant. Timestamps: (0:03:03) Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone, 1989) (0:28:50) Risky Business (Paul Brickman, 1983) (0:48:06) Digger (Alejandro Iñárritu, 2026) (1:27:00) Spoilers for Digger (2:04:37) Next time: The Social Reckoning (Aaron Sorkin, 2026) Works Cited: Asteroid City (Wes Anderson, 2023) Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone, 1989) Burn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2008) Christian Bale's American Psycho Inspiration Was Tom Cruise (Ben Hardwick, 2021; the current version was updated June 21, 2025 with a conspicuously pro-Cruise disclaimer and counterpoint.) The Death of Stalin (Armando Ianucci, 2017) Digger (Alejandro Iñárritu, 2026) 'Digger' review: Tom Cruise swings big and misses in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's latest (Kristy Puchko, 2026)  Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) Four Lions (Chris Morris, 2010) I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Charlie Kaufman, 2020) In the Loop (Armando Ianucci, 2009) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2001) Review: 'Digger' Is a Brazen Act of Self-Sabotage (Bilge Elbiri, 2026) Risky Business (Paul Brickman, 1983) "Risky Business" Remains One of the Most Daring Films of the '80s (Daniel Joyaux, 2024) Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977) Thief (Michael Mann, 1980) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson, 2023) Zoolander (Ben Stiller, 2001) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Primetime is a 2026 psychological thriller film directed by documentarian Lance Oppenheim and based on the 2007 Esquire article "Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die" by Luke Dittrich. Robert Pattinson stars as Chris Hansen, the host of To Catch a Predator as he sets out to make television history with his program. Costarring Merritt Wever as Hansen's producer at Dateline NBC Andie Bender, Skyler Gisondo as Dan Plumb, an aspiring actor hired to be a decoy "teenager," Matthew Marre as Xavier Von Erck, the founder of perverted justice who do most of the online chats with potential predators, Phoebe Bridgers as Del Harvey, a veteran decoy, Jeff Zucker as himself, overseer of programming for NBCUniversal, and Aw-nah Farris as Mary Joan Hansen, Hansen's wife. Timestamps: (0:02:33) Howard the Duck (Willard Huyck, 1986) (0:19:37) Out of Reach (Leong Po-Chih, 2004) (0:38:05) Predators (David Osit, 2025) (0:59:08) Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014) (1:11:57) Primetime (Lance Oppenheim, 2026) (1:56:16) Spoilers for Primetime (2:08:14) Next time: Digger (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, 2026) Works Cited: American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973) American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000) Even the film grain feels filthy in Robert Pattinson's skin-crawling 'Primetime'  (Amy Nicholson, 2026) From 'Primetime' to 'Company,' 39 Cinematographers Talk the Looks of Their Venice Films (Sarah Shachat, 2026) Howard the Duck (Willard Huyck, 1986) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984) Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014) ‎'Out of Reach' review by GrumpyMustard • Letterboxd  Out of Reach (Leong Po-Chih, 2004) Predators (David Osit, 2025) Primetime (Lance Oppenheim, 2026) Predators review: Chris Hansen has a seat in true-crime reckoning (Brent Simon, 2025) Primetime review: An ethics drama with a horror movie heart (Matt Zoller Seitz, 2026) 'Primetime' Review: Robert Pattinson Is Even Creepier Than IRL Chris Hansen in a Bleakly Invigorating 'To Catch a Predator' Thriller (Ryan Latanzio, 2026) 'Primetime': What's Real and What's Not in Robert Pattinson's 'To Catch a Predator' (Samantha Bergeson, 2026) 'Primetime': 'To Catch a Predator' In the Hot Seat (Matt Singer, 2026) Revisiting the calamitous Howard the Duck at 35 | The Spool (Peter Sobczynski, 2021) Strange Bedfellows (John Cook, 2006) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Resident Evil is the latest reboot and entry in the Resident Evil film franchise. Directed by Zach Cregger and co-written by Cregger and Shay Hatten, this film follows Austin Abrams as Bryan, a medical courier making a delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital that is waylaid by an encounter with a flesh-eating zombie (Andrea Miltnerová), forcing him into a fight for survival. Costarring Zach Cherry as Dave, Kali Reis as Pauline, Paul Walter Hauser as Carl, and Johnno Wilson as Arklay County sheriff Max. Timestamps: (0:02:34) Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) (0:32:13) One Cut of the Dead (2017) (0:49:27) Sweet Home (1989) (1:07:30) Resident Evil (2026) (1:45:18) Spoilers (2:08:14) Next time: Primetime & Out of Reach & Howard the Duck Works Cited: A Few Thoughts on Vulgar Auteurism | The New Yorker (Richard Brody, 2013) The 1989 Japanese B-Movie That Inspired Survival Horror Gaming on Notebook | MUBI (James Balmont, 2020) Alice in wasteland: A play-through of the 5 Resident Evil movies (Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, 2014) One Cut of the Dead (Shin'ichirō Ueda, 2018) 'Resident Evil' Movie Review: Zach Cregger's Relentless Adaptation (David Ehrlich, 2026) 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' review by STinG • Letterboxd Resident Evil: Afterlife (Paul W.S. Andereson, 2010) Resident Evil (Zach Cregger, 2026) Resident Evil (2026) Review: One of the Best Video Game Movies Ever (Elijah Gonzalez, 2026)  'Sweet Home' review by Geoffrey Broomer • Letterboxd Sweet Home (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1989) first time watching ALL 6 RESIDENT EVIL MOVIES (Pretty Much It, 2026) Half in the Bag Episode 38: Resident Evil series Part 1 (RedLetterMedia, 2012) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Hope is a 2026 South Korean science fiction thriller written, directed, and co-produced by Na Hong-jin. A police chief, a policewoman and a group of hunters try to track down and kill a mysterious creature that's laying waste to the South Korean village of Hope. This stars Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender. Timestamps: (0:02:05) Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (0:22:08) Predator (0:53:10) From Beyond (1:10:58) Hope (2026) (1:45:08) Spoilers (2:16:25) Next time: Resident Evil (2026) & Resident Evil: Afterlife Works Cited: From Beyond (Stuart Gordon, 1986) Hope (Na Hong-jin, 2026) 'Hope' Is a Confoundingly Off-the-Rails Sci-Fi Spectacle Destined for Cult Classic Status (Isaiah Colbert, 2026) Hope Review: Na Hong-jin's Creature Feature Is Undone by Terrible CGI (David Ehrlich, 2026) I Can't Tell If Hope Is a Good-Bad Movie or a Bad-Good One - Reactor (Reuben Baron, 2026) John McTiernan, director of 'Die Hard': 'My movies were quite patriotic, but being in prison changed my attitude' | Culture (Jaime Lorite Chinchón, 2025) Predator (John McTiernan, 1987) Predator movie review & film summary (Roger Ebert, 1987) Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (Nicholas Webster, 1964) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict