The Filmcast

The Filmcast

In The Filmcast, hardcore geeks David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Jeff Cannata debate, pontificate, and delve into the latest films, TV shows, and other entertainment-related items from the past week. Weekly guests include everyday bloggers, webmaster luminaries, film directors, and movie stars from all walks of life. You can reach us at [email protected] and find more podcast episodes at http://www.thefilmcast.com

  • 2 hours 2 minutes
    Ep. 867 - Project Hail Mary

    David, Devindra, and Jeff go for broke in How to Make a Killing, brace for change with The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, and take to the seas with the Disney Fantasy Cruise. Then they take one last chance on our universe with Project Hail Mary.

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    Weekly Plugs
    David - The eXpat Files: It Was Just Not an Accident
    Devindra - Engadget Podcast on NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 mess
    Jeff - Formative Media episode 2

    Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
    What we've been watching (~00:06:15)
    David - How to Make a Killing, Heel
    Devindra - The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, Videoheaven, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
    Jeff - Disney Fantasy Cruise Ship, Phineas and Ferb

    Featured Review (~01:14:00)    
    Project Hail Mary
    SPOILERS (~01:42:30)

    Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
    Credits:

    24 March 2026, 6:00 pm
  • 1 hour 52 minutes
    Ep. 866 - Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (GUEST: Matt Goldberg)

    David and Devindra are joined this week by film critic Matt Goldberg to reflect on the winners and losers of the 2026 Academy Awards, unpack masculinity with Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, diagnose the 2026 reboot of Scrubs, and look back on some of the best picture winners of the past. Then they reckon with the combined power of Quentin Tarantino’s epic Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. Check out Matt’s newsletter Commentary Track.

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    Weekly Plugs
    David - Decoding Everything: Matt Goldberg’s review of Project Hail Mary
    Devindra - Engadget coverage of MacBook Neo and MacBook Pro M5 Max
    Matt Goldberg - Interview with Lynne Littman and Jane Alexander for Testament

    Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
    What we've been watching (~00:34:04)
    David - Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, Neighbors
    Devindra - Scrubs (2026), Father Mother Sister Brother, Blades of the Guardians
    Matt Goldberg - Past Best Picture Winners: Cavalcade, Cimarron, A Man for All Seasons

    Featured Review (~01:02:13)    
    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
    Credits:

    17 March 2026, 6:00 pm
  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    Ep. 865 - The Bride!

    David, Devindra, and Jeff explore the animal kingdom with Hoppers, cast a web with the MCU Spider-Man films, and head back to campus with Rooster. Then they check out Maggie Gyllenhaal's resurrection of the Frankenstein story with The Bride!.

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    Weekly Plugs
    David - Decoding TV: The Pitt + DTF St Louis
    Devindra - Engadget Podcast on MacBook Neo + Anthropic vs. DOD with Spencer Ackerman
    Jeff - Microplastics Aren’t a Big Deal

    Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
    What we've been watching (~00:03:03)
    David - Hoppers, Pillion, What Happened Was…
    Devindra - Hoppers, MCU Spider-Men (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home), Kiff
    Jeff - Rooster, DTF St. Louis

    Featured Review (~00:50:57)    
    The Bride!
    SPOILERS (~01:16:45)

    Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
    Credits:

    10 March 2026, 6:00 pm
  • 1 hour 43 minutes
    Ep. 864 - Scream 7

    David, Devindra, and Jeff get into the major development in the Warner Bros. takeover, dig deep with We Bury the Dead, scan the apps in DTF St. Louis, and tackle redemption with The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins. Then they take on the next generation of the Ghostface killer with Scream 7.

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    Weekly Plugs
    David - Decoding Everything: Scream VII is a moral and artistic failure
    Devindra - Make Me Watch It: Scarlet
    Jeff - Marvel Recap: Dr. Doom 

    Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
    What we've been watching (~00:16:28)
    David - We Bury the Dead, Taylor Tomlinson: Prodigal Daughter, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
    Devindra - DTF St. Louis, Ghostbusters (All), Industry S4 Finale
    Jeff - Steal, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins

    Featured Review (~01:04:08)    
    Scream 7
    SPOILERS (~01:23:59)

    Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
    Credits:

    3 March 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    After Dark Interview: How Dan Trachtenberg Made 'Predator: Badlands'

    The Filmcast: After Dark is the bonus show where we talk about a variety of random topics that didn't make it into the main podcast.

    In this episode, David, Devindra, and Jeff welcome Dan Trachtenberg back to the podcast to discuss Predator: Badlands, which is streaming on Disney+ and Hulu and available on Blu-Ray/4K. They discuss what it's like to tweak the movie studio logo at the beginning of the film, how they convinced the world Elle Fanning was a backpack, why the film is rated PG-13, and the tiny differences between a scene that works and a scene that doesn't. Please note this conversation has SPOILERS for Predator: Badlands.

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    27 February 2026, 1:07 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Ep. 863 - Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

    David, Devindra, and Jeff go for a swim with The Plague, go undercover with the 4K edition of Hard Boiled, and sharpen their weapons for Blades of the Guardians. Then they assemble an unlikely troupe to save the world from a dark future in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.

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    Weekly Plugs
    David - Decoding Everything: Does Anybody Want AI Entertainment? 
    Devindra - Engadget Podcast on the RAMaggedon getting worse 
    Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page

    Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
    What we've been watching (~00:17:26)
    David - Hard Boiled 4K, Megadoc (Criterion)
    Devindra - The Plague, Scarlet, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, On This Day…1776, Industry
    Jeff - Blades of the Guardians, Nirvanna the Band the Show

    Featured Review (~01:09:58)    
    Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
    SPOILERS (~01:25:00)

    Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
    Credits:

    24 February 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 53 minutes
    Ep. 862 - "Wuthering Heights"

    David, Devindra, and Jeff study up for a lesson in Crime 101, go undercover with the first three Spy Kids films, and head back in time for a meta journey with Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Then they gird their loins for the period-piece romance of “Wuthering Heights”.

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    Weekly Plugs
    David - Dave Chen Travels: Nazare
    Devindra - Excalibur on You’ve Never Seen What
    Jeff - DLC Bookclub with Gary D Schmidt

    Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
    What we've been watching (~00:28:57)
    David - Crime 101, Shelter, Is This Thing On? 
    Devindra - Spy Kids 1-3, Spirit Rangers, Hot Wheels Let's Race
    Jeff - Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Steal

    Featured Review (~01:18:55)    
    “Wuthering Heights”
    SPOILERS (~01:36:04)

    Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
    Credits:

    17 February 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 44 minutes
    Ep. 861 - The Wrecking Crew

    David, Devindra, and Jeff render judgement on an infant related Slashfilmcourt case, clean up a mess with The Housemaid, take their seats for the revival of The Muppet Show, and find their way home with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Then they solve a family mystery with The Wrecking Crew.

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    Weekly Plugs
    David - Decoding TV: Kim Renfro’s Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Recaps
    Devindra - Engadget Podcast on Moltbook, the social network for AI agents
    Jeff - DLC 638 with Mike Futter

    Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
    What we've been watching (~00:42:47)
    David - The Housemaid, Dust Bunny
    Devindra - The Muppet Show
    Jeff - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Simpsons S37

    Featured Review (~01:16:04)    
    The Wrecking Crew
    SPOILERS (~01:31:25)

    Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
    Credits:

    10 February 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 43 minutes
    Ep. 860 - Send Help

    David, Devindra, and Jeff remember the late great Catherine O'Hara, dig deeper into a mystery with A Private Life, look to the stars with Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and head to Hollywood for Marvel’s latest TV offering, Wonder Man. Then they signal for rescue with the new Sam Raimi film, Send Help.

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    Weekly Plugs
    David - Decoding Everything: Sundance Coverage
    Devindra - Engadget Podcast: What do prediction markets like Kalshi cost us? 
    Jeff - You’ve Never Seen What? 

    Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
    What we've been watching (~00:20:12)
    David - A Private Life, Sundance: One in a Million, The Incomer
    Devindra - Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Sundance: Josephine, zi
    Jeff - Wonder Man, Fackham Hall, Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

    Featured Review (~01:08:45)    
    Send Help
    SPOILERS (~01:24:53)

    Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
    Credits:

    3 February 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 38 minutes
    Ep. 859 - Dead Man's Wire

    David, Devindra, and Jeff go on the hunt with Sirât, head deep undercover with Ponies, and attempt to solve the mystery at the heart of Agatha Christie's Seven Dials. Then they reckon with the depth of American greed with Gus Van Sant’s latest film, Dead Man’s Wire.

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    Weekly Plugs
    David - Decoding Everything: Stephen David Miller’s 10 Cinematic Pairings
    Devindra - Engadget Podcast: Why would Apple want to make an AI pin?
    Jeff - DLC 636 with Imran Khan

    Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
    What we've been watching (~00:30:06)
    David - Sirât, Wonder Man, Mr. Nobody Against Putin
    Devindra - Ponies, Hal & Harper  
    Jeff - Agatha Christie's Seven Dials, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

    Featured Review (~01:07:27)    
    Dead Man’s Wire
    SPOILERS (~01:23:24)

    Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
    Credits:

    27 January 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 46 minutes
    Ep. 858 - 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

    David, Devindra, and Jeff make a clean getaway with The Rip, head back into the vault with season two of Fallout, and round the bases with The Sandlot. Then they return to the post apocalypse with 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

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    Weekly Plugs
    David - Decoding Everything: The Bone Temple Review + A Cast of Kings is back
    Devindra - Engadget Podcast: Why did Apple choose Gemini for next gen Siri?
    Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page

    Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
    What we've been watching (~00:28:01)
    David - The Rip, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Man Finds Tape
    Devindra - The Rip, Fallout S2, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, The Creature Cases
    Jeff - The Rip, The Sandlot

    Featured Review (~01:03:59)    
    28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
    SPOILERS (~01:20:24)

    Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata’s podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
    Credits:

    20 January 2026, 7:00 pm
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