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Disclosure Day is a science fiction thriller from director/producer Steven Spielburg, with a screenplay by David Koepp based on a story by Spielburg. This film stars Josh O'Connor as Daniel Kellner, a cybersecurity specialist who is fleeing with girlfriend Jane Blankenship, played by Eve Hewson, from his former employer Wardex's CEO Noah Scanlon, played by Colin Firth, after stealing video footage that confirms extraterrestrial life. Emily Blunt is a local weatherwoman Margaret Fairchild who has a close encounter that gives her a perceptive power and she begins to be drawn towards Kellner. Both are aided by Colmon Domingo as Hugo Wakefield, another former Wardex employee. The Furious: A martial arts film directed by Kenji Tanigaki, written by Mak Tin-shu, Lei Zhilong, Shum Kwan-sin, and Frank Hui, with choreography by Kensuke Sonomura. Xie Miao plays an unnamed handyman whose daughter Rainy (Yang Enyou) is kidnapped by hulking henchman Ho (Brian Le), who works for an eeeevil human trafficking ring run by his father (Sahajek Boonthanakit). While pursuing the kidnappers the handyman crosses paths with Navin (Joe Taslim), a journalist whose wife disappeared while investigating the crime syndicate. Joey Iwanaga and Yayan Ruhian co-star. Timestamps: (0:01:53) Ben's rapid fire reviews (0:08:27) Steven's rapid fire reviews (0:19:45) Disclosure Day (1:00:10) Spoilers (1:25:12) The Furious (1:54:32) Spoilers (2:19:58) Next time: In the Hand of Dante Works Cited: The Action Education of Brian Le in 'The Furious (Jordan Elyse Crucchiola, 2026) Can VR Really Make You More Empathetic? (Sarah Zhang, 2016) China Box Office: 'The Furious' Dethrones 'Dear You' as 'Disclosure Day' Opens Third (Naman Ramachandran, 2026) The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1979) Disclosure Day (Steven Spielberg, 2026) 'Disclosure Day' Review: Steven Spielberg's Sermonistic Alien Drama (Eli Friedberg, 2026) The Furious (Kenji Tanigaki, 2026) 'The Furious' review by HeadExposure 'The Furious' review by Jacob Hoppers (Daniel CHong, 2026) I Am Frankelda (Arturo and Roy Ambriz, 2026) Kaili Blues (Bi Gan, 2016) MARTIAL ARTIST ATTEMPT PARKOUR (Martial Club, 2025) Mikey & Nicky (Elaine May, 1976) Stop Expecting Games to Build Empathy (Julie Muncy, 2018) They Will Kill You (Kirill Sokolov, 2026) Toy Story 5 (Andrew Stanton, 2026) What to Watch After You've Watched The Furious (Or Before, That's Perfectly Fine Too) (Sean Gilman, 2026) White House Down (Roland Emmerich, 2013) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! 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

Backrooms is a horror film directed by Kane Parsons and written by Will Soodik. It is based on the web series created by Parsons in which individuals accidentally find themselves within the liminal backrooms, an infinite maze of familiar spaces laid out in increasingly illogical ways. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Clark, a divorced furniture store owner who becomes trapped in the backrooms connected to his store's basement floor with his employee Kat, played by Lukita Maxwell, and her boyfriend Bobby, played by Finn Bennett. The film also stars Renate Reinsve as Dr.Mary Kline, Mark Duplass as Phil, and Robert Bobroczki as [spoiler]. Timestamps: (0:01:17) Slender Man (0:34:31) We're All Going to the World's Fair (0:53:46) Ringu (1:07:59) Backrooms (1:49:32) Spoilers (2:15:47) Next week: Scary Movie Works Cited: Architecture: The Cult Following of Liminal Space–Musée Magazine (Karl Emil Koch, 2020) Backrooms (Kane Parsons, 2026) The Backrooms (Kane Pixel, 2019-2025) A Few Great Pumpkins X, Fourth Night: Ringu (Michael Koresky, 2015) How 'Backrooms' Blew The Doors Off The Box Office With $118M WW Opening, Best Ever For A24 (Anthony D'Allesandro, 2026) I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun, 2023) The Pleasant Head Trip of Liminal Spaces (Madelyne Xiao, 2021) Punch-Drunk Love Mattress Man Commercial Ringu (Hideo Nakata, 1998) The Ring (Gore Verbinski, 2002) A Self-Induced Hallucination (Jane Schoenbrun, 2018) Slender Man (Sylvain White, 2018) Slender Man Review: A Terrible Movie About the Internet's Best Monster (David Ehrlich, 2018) Unpainted Arizona We're All Going to the World's Fair (Jane Schoenbrun, 2021) When You Gaze Into the TV, the TV Also Gazes Into You (Ben Verschoor, 2024) Why I Spent Months Making An Archival Documentary about The Slenderman (Jane Schoenbrun, 2018) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social 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

Is God Is, is a thriller written, directed, and produced by Aleshea Harris based on her play of the same name. It stars Kara Young and Mallori Johnson as twins Racine and Anaia who are summoned by their long lost mother Ruby, Vivica A. Fox, to be sent on a quest to kill their father, Sterling K Brown, who set the fire that immolated the family, and left each with extensive burn scars. Timestamps: (0:01:33) Cool Cat Saves the Kids: The Director's Cut (0:29:32) Lady Snowblood (0:50:01) Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (1:10:04) Is God Is (1:37:14) Spoilers (2:10:41) Next week: I Love Boosters Works Cited: 'Honk for Jesus' provides an uncomfortable reflection of the Black church | National Catholic Reporter (Candice Marie Benbow, 2022) 420 AWARDS (Derek Savage, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025) Aleshea Harris Is the Ruler of Her World (Maya S. Cade, 2026) American Fiction (Cord Jefferson, 2023) Bak Mei - Wikipedia Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018) Cool Cat Finds a Gun (Derek Savage, 2013) Cool Cat in the Hollywood Christmas Parade (Derek Savage, 2012) Cool Cat Loves You (Derek Savage) Cool Cat Saves the Kids (Derek Savage, 2015) Cool Cat Saves The Kids - The Search For The Worst - IHE (I Hate Everything, 2015) 'Cool Cat Saves the Kids' review by Devan Scott Cool Cat Stops Bullying (Derek Savage, 2012) Cool Cat vs Dirty Dog: The Virus Wars (Derek Savage, 2023) Dirty Dog Threatens to Shoot Up Cool Cat's School (coolcatfunhouse, 2025) Double Down (Neil Breen, 2005) Eye for an Eye (William Ian Miller, 2009) Film review: Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul | National Post (Chris Knight, 2022) Frozen II (Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck, 2019) Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (Adamma Ebo, 2022) How Aleshea Harris Combined Influences from Across History to Create Her Tragic, Absurd Debut 'Is God Is' (Lovia Gyarkye, 2026) Is God Is (Alesha Harris, 2026) Jason Johnson: The Cat is Out of the Bag (Super Media Bros Podcast, 2019) Kill Bill Volume 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003) Kill Bill Volume 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004) Lady Snowblood (Toshiya Fujita, 1973) Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, 1996) Prepare to be Horrified by the Tasteless Idiocy of Cool Cat Stops a School Shooting (Jim Vorel, 2018) Theatre Review: 'Is God Is' Seeks the Divine (Sara Holdren, 2018) The World's Worst Children's Movie Director (Turkey Tom, 2022) YMS: Cool Cat Saves the Kids (Part 1 of 2) (YMS, 2015) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social 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

Deep Water is the latest film from director Renny Harlin and the work of somewhere between four and six credited writers, including Pete Bridges, Shayne Armstrong, S.P. Krause, and Damien Power, for a film about the survivors of a plane crash in the south pacific having to further contend with sharks that want to eat anyone and everyone who puts their leg, arm, or head over and in the open water. Aaron Eckhart is first officer Ben, not to be confused with Ben Kingsley who is the pilot Rich. The supporting cast includes Li Wenhan and Zhao Simei as Sam and Lilly, two esports stars, Kate Fitzpatrick as grandmother Becky, Richard Croughley as gamer Matt, Molly Belle Wright as Cora and Elijah Tamati as Finn, young new stepsiblings separate from their parents, Ryan Bown as Declan and Kelly Gale as Jaya, Lakota Johnson as volatile sportsman Hutch, and Angus Sampson as colossal asshole Dan. Timestamps: (0:05:19) Mindhunters (and some The Bricklayer) (0:23:58) Deep Blue Sea (0:40:11) Deep Water (1:41:50) Next week: Mortal Kombat II Works Cited: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (Renny Harlin, 1988) Bodies at Rest (Renny Harlin, 2019) Cliffhanger (Renny Harlin, 1993) Deep Blue Sea (Renny Harlin, 1999) Deep Water (Renny Harlin, 2026) Deep Water 2026 Movie Review: Renny Harlin Back in Shark-Infested Seas (David Ehrlich, 2026) Deep Water review: Aaron Eckhart fights off sharks in shallow plane crash thriller (Peter Sobczynski, 2026) 'Deep Water' Review: Aaron Eckhart in Renny Harlin Disaster Movie (David Rooney, 2026) 'Deep Water' Review: Renny Harlin's Double-Dip Disaster Movie (Owen Gleiberman, 2026) Die Hard 2 (Renny Harlin, 1990) Die Hard With a Vengeance (John McTiernan, 1995) Driven (Renny Harlin, 2001) Elementary (Rob Doherty, 2012-2019) Episode #140 - Mindhunters - No Such Thing As A Bad Movie - Apple Podcasts (2023) Exorcist: The Beginning (Renny Harlin, 2004) Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999) Forget Jaws. The Real Shark Movie to Beat Is Deep Blue Sea | WIRED (Brian Raftery, 2016) Hackers (Iain Softley, 1995) ‎International Films Made by Disheartened Hollywood Blockbuster Directors, a list of films by Justin Decloux • Letterboxd Legend of the Ancient Sword (Renny Harlin, 2018) Mindhunter (Joe Penhall, 2017-2019) Mindhunters (Renny Harlin, 2004) Samuel L Jackson on shark thriller Deep Blue Sea: 'I've had many deaths – but everyone remembers this one' | Movies | The Guardian (Chris Boughton, 2025) Saw (James Wan, 2004) Skiptrace (Renny Harlin, 2016) The Bricklayer (Renny Harlin, 2023) The Long Kiss Goodnight (Renny Harlin, 1996) The Strangers: Chapter 1-3 (Renny Harlin, 2024-2026) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social 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 Christophers is an art world comedy from director Steven Soderbergh and writer Ed Solomon. In it Michaela Coel plays Lori Butler, an art restorer who makes her money running a food truck in London. She is called with a job by Sallie and Barnaby Sklar (Jessica Gunning and James Corden), the children of famous artist-turned-talent show judge Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) who has not painted in decades, and whose home contains a series of unfinished portraits they hope to sell for millions after Lori "completes" them. Timestamps: (0:06:56) To Live and Die in LA (0:25:22) Kimi (0:42:37) The Christophers (1:25:00) Spoilers (1:58:35) Next time: Mother Mary Works Cited: An Artists' Duel Proves Restorative in 'The Christophers' (Justin Chang, 2026) Behind the Making of the Art in The Christophers (Mandi Bierley, 2026) Black Bag (Steven Soderbergh, 2025) Contagion (Steven Soderbergh, 2011) Cruising (William Friedkin, 1980) Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) How Much Does Zoë Kravitz Pay for Her Fictional Seattle Loft? (Jas Keimig, 2022) Kimi (Steven Soderbergh, 2022) 'Kimi' Director Steven Soderbergh & Screenwriter David Koepp Interview - Thrillist (Esther Zuckerman, 2022) Logan Lucky (Steven Soderbergh, 2017) Magic Mike's Last Dance (Steven Soderbergh, 2023) Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986) Presence (Steven Soderbergh, 2024) SENSE OF URGENCY FUELS ACTION IN `TO LIVE AND DIE` (Gene Siskel, 1985) Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Steven Soderbergh, 1989) Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977) Steven Soderbergh And Ed Solomon Talk About Their Best Collaboration Yet (Corey Atad, 2026) The Christopher's (Steven Soderbergh, 2025) The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971) Thief (Michael Mann, 1981) To Live and Die in LA (William Friedkin, 1985) Unsane (Steven Soderbergh, 2018) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social 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 Drama is a dark rom com drama written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, starring Zendaya as Emma Harwood and Robert Pattinson as Charlie Thompson, a couple who are soon to be married but whose relationship is tested by the revelation of a dark secret. Drama ensues, no, The drama ensues, as the two attempt to grapple with how they see each other. The supporting cast includes Alana Haim as Rachel and Mamoudou Athie as Mike, a married couple and the couple's maid of honor and best man. Timestamps: (0:01:12) The Love Guru (0:21:08) We Live in Time (0:33:47) High Life (0:49:13) The Drama (1:03:50) Spoilers (2:05:17) Next time: Faces of Death Works Cited: A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005) The Amazing Spider-Man (Marc Webb, 2012) andrew garfield on X: "Andrew Garfield with a cardboard cut out of Florence Pugh at the London premiere of 'WE LIVE IN TIME' https://t.co/xrCiMnIgqT" / X Columbine Media: Traumatis Personae (Ben Verschoor, 2023) Contact (Claire Denis, 2014) Die My Love (Lynn Ramsay, 2025) The Drama (Kristoffer Borgli, 2026) 'Drama' Director's Essay on Age-Gap Romance Sparks Controversy (Seth Abramovitch, 2026) Good Time (Josh & Benny Safdie, 2017) High Life (Claire Denis, 2018) The King (David Michôd, 2019) The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers, 2019) No Oscar for Myers' wiener jokes movie review (Roger Ebert, 2008) Remember Me (Allen Coulter, 2010) Silence (Martin Scorsese, 2016) The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010) Tick, tick… BOOM! (Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2021) Twin Peaks: The Return (David Lynch, 2017) Vox Lux (Brady Corbet, 2018) Wayne's World (Penelope Spheeris, 1992) We Live in Time (John Crowley, 2024) We Live in Time Review: Pugh & Garfield Lead a Devastating Tear-Jerker (David Ehrlich, 2024) We Live in Time review: contrived but watchable weepie | Sight and Sound (Leigh Singer, 2024) You may now shame the bride in 'The Drama,' a cooly unromantic thought experiment (Amy Nicholson, 2026) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social 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

Project Hail Mary is the latest film adaptation of a novel by Andy Weir, coming eleven years after The Martian in 2015. Project Hail Mary sees Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) awaken from a medically induced coma far from Earth on a course for the star Tau Ceti. As he slowly regains his memory we learn of his recruitment by Eva Stratt (Sand Hueller) of the titular project to study a microorganism known as the Astrophage whose reproduction on the surface of the sun is causing a dimming effect and subsequently will lead to global cooling on Earth and eventually extinction. Grace quickly comes into contact with another alien ship whose lone survivor he names Rocky is also seeking answers to the same problem, and the two learn how to communicate and collaborate on saving both of their planets. Timestamps: (1:39) Proud Mary (13:49) Battlefield Earth (27:22) Solaris (49:05) Dark Star (1:00:22) Project Hail Mary (1:32:56) Spoilers (1:50:25) Next Time: Forbidden Fruit Works Cited: 21 Jump Street (Lord and Miller, 2012) 22 Jump Street (Lord and Miller, 2014) Battlefield Earth (Roger Christian, 2000) Battlefield Earth: Financed By Criminals, Made By Idiots | Bomb Report Dark Star (John Carpenter, 1974) First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018) For All Mankind (Al Reinert, 1989) Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, 2014) The Lego Movie (Lord and Miller, 2014) Magnetic Rose (Koji Morimoto, 1995) Project Hail Mary Is the Ultimate 'Hopecore' Space Movie (Emma Stefansky, 2026) ‎'Project Hail Mary' review by Nicole Veneto • Letterboxd Proud Mary (Babek Nafaji, 2018) Proud Mary (2018) - Movie Review : Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2018) 'Proud Mary': Taraji P. Henson Is Gunned Down By Her Own Action Flick (Peter Travers, 2018) Post by @zeets.bsky.social — Bluesky Post by @marsrover.bsky.social — Bluesky Shore Leave (Star Trek: The Original Series) - Wikipedia Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972) Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard, 2018) r/startrek - This so-called "alien creature" is just a puppy in a costume! I LOVE THIS SHOW 'We used a beachball as an alien!' John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci-fi comedy Dark Star | Science fiction and fantasy films | The Guardian (Chris Boughton, 2025) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social 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 Bride! is a 2026 gothic romance film written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal adapting the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein directed by James Whale and written by William Hurlbut. The Bride! stars Jessie Buckley as the titular bride: the reanimated corpse of Ida, a woman in 1936 Chicago who was killed after becoming possessed by the author Mary Shelley, who desires to share the second half of the story that began with Frankenstein and that she wasn't able to finish due to brain cancer killing her. Christian Bale stars as Frankenstein's monster, who shows up to Chicago to plead with Dr. Cornelia Euphronius (Annette Bening) to save him from a life of loneliness by reanimating a woman's corpse. Frank and the revived but amnesiatic Ida travel across the Northeastern United States on the run from not only Detective Jake Wiles (Peter Sarsgaard) and his secretary Myrna Malloy (Penelope Cruz) but also mob boss Lupino (Zlatko Buric) and his underling Clyde (John Magaro). Time Stamps: (1:17) Frankenstein '80 (21:39) Father Mother Sister Brother (49:57) Bride of the Monster (1:01:13) Poolman (1:15:41) Lisa Frankenstein (1:24:26) The Bride! (1:57:24) Spoilers (2:22:57) Next Time: The 98th Academy Awards Works Cited: Anti-Masterpieces (Willa Harlow Ross, 2019) The Bride! (Maggie Gyllenhaal, 2026) "The Bride!" Exclaims but Never Explains (Richard Brody, 2026) Bride of the Monster (Ed Wood, 1955) 'Bride of the Monster' Letterboxd review by Will Sloan Chris Pine on How Directorial Debut 'Poolman' Came Together (Sydney Odman, 2022) Christian Bale leads daily group screams for 'The Bride!' role transformation Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams Talk 'Lisa Frankenstein' and the R-Rated Cut of Its Boldest Scene (Brian Davids, 2024) Father Mother Sister Brother (Jim Jarmusch, 2025) Father Mother Sister Brother movie review (Matt Zoller Seitz, 2025) Frankenstein '80 (Mario Mancini, 1972) Frankenstein '80 (Standard Edition Blu-ray) (Cauldron Films) Harry Styles spitting on Chris Pine #HarryStyles #ChrisPine - YouTube 'The Interview': Maggie Gyllenhaal on 'The Bride,' and Reaching Out to Her Brother - The New York Times (Lulu Garcia-Navarro, 2026) Lisa Frankenstein (Zelda Williams, 2024) ‎'Lisa Frankenstein' Letterboxd review by Framesofnick "Penelope" (Maggie Gyllenhaal, 2020) Poolman (Chris Pine, 2023) 'Poolman' Letterboxd review by Amanda the Jedi ‎'Poolman' Letterboxd review by Jaime Rebanal 'Poolman' Review: Chris Pine's Disastrous Directorial Debut (Siddhant Adlakha, 2023) TIFF 2023 | Poolman (Chris Pine, US) (Josh Lewis, 2023) Top 5 Movie Titles (Alternate Ending, 2023) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social 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

"Wuthering Heights" is a 2026 period romance written and directed by Emerald Fennell, adapted from the 1847 novel by Emily Bronte. Stars Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw, who develops a tempestuous relationship with her foundling childhood friend and adopted brother Heathcliff, played by Jacob Elordi. When she marries into the higher society family of Edgar Linton (Shazad Latif), Heathcliff leaves and returns years later to marry Edgar's ward Isabella (Alison Oliver) to torment Catherine, while both of them are manipulated by Catherine's paid companion Nelly, played by Hong Chau. Time Stamps: (01:52) Freddy Got Fingered (32:37) Pink Flamingos (57:57) When Harry Met Sally... (1:12:27) Wuthering Heights (1:57:47) Spoilers/Book Differences (2:08:03) Next Time: EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Works Cited: Emerald Fennell's Cinema For Dummies (Maia Wyman, 2026) Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights (Allison Wilmore, 2026) Freddie Got Fingered (Tom Green, 2001) Freddy Got Fingered - American Humane Society 'Freddy Got Fingered' review by Dean Scott To Freddy on His 20th Birthday (Will Sloan, 2021) The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrman, 2013) John Waters on 'Pink Flamingos,' Divine, and 50 Years of Filth(Keaton Bell, 2022) Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrman, 2001) Moulin Rouge! (2001) - Movie Review (Tim Brayton, 2012) Pink Flamingos (John Waters, 1972) Pink Flamingos movie review & film summary (Roger Ebert, 1997) Shocking? Sure, if You Keep Your Eyes Open (A.O. Scott, 2001) Wuthering Heights (novel by Emile Bronte, 1847; film by Emerald Fennell, 2026) ‎'Wuthering Heights' review by Nicole Veneto • Letterboxd What's Up with Those Gin Bottle Mountains in 'Wuthering Heights'? The Film's Production Designer Explains (Sarah Shachat, 2026) When Harry Met Sally (Rob Reiner, 1989) Why Did I Even See "Wuthering Heights"? (Sam Bodrojan, 2026) ‎'Wuthering Heights' review by bk ‎'Wuthering Heights' review by Dark Kermit Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social 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

Send Help is the latest film directed by Sam Raimi. It's from a script by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, and stars Rachel McAdams as Linda Liddle, and her new boss Bradley Preston, played by Dylan O'Brien. Linda, a faithful and diligent financial strategist, is also a Survivor enthusiast. When she and Bradley find themselves the only survivors of a plane crash on a Pacific island, the two forge a new life and new power dynamics while awaiting rescue. Iron Lung is a 2026 horror film directed, written, starring, edited, and produced by Mark Fischbach aka Markiplier and is an adaptation of the videogame Iron Lung developed by David Szymanski. Mark plays Simon, a convict in a future in which an event known as the Quiet Rapture has caused all stars and planets to vanish. Simon is placed inside an "iron lung," a rudimentary submarine vessel, and dumped into an ocean of blood on a moon to conduct research that may help the struggling remnants of humanity and earn him his freedom. Time Stamps: (01:33) Send Help (29:26) Spoilers (47:33) Iron Lung (1:15:52) Spoilers (1:36:28) Next Time: The Secret Agent on February 19 Works Cited: Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (James Rolfe, 2014) Eight Grade (Bo Burnham, 2018) The Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi, 1987) Darkman (7/11) Movie CLIP - The Pink Elephant (1990) HD Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990) Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (Sam Raimi, 2022) Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009) Dusk (David Szymanski, 2018) Fred: The Movie (Clay Weiner, 2009) Iron Lung (David Szymanski, 2021) Iron Lung (Mark Fischbach, 2026) Locke (Steven Knight, 2013) Oz the Great and Powerful (Sam Raimi, 2013) The Quick and the Dead (Sam Raimi, 1995) Resident Evil (Zach Cregger, 2026) Return to Silent Hill (Christophe Gans, 2026) Send Help (Sam Raimi, 2026) Shelby Oaks (Chris Stuckmann, 2025) Speak No Evil (Christian Tafdrup, 2022) Speak No Evil (James Watkins, 2024) Talk to Me (Danny and Michael Philippou, 2022) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Reginald P. Turtledove III can be found working at the Idaho Department of Correct Citations 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

Hamnet - a 2025 biographical drama directed by Chloe Zhao, written by Zhao with Maggie O'Farrell, based as stated on the 2020 novel of the same title by Farrell. It stars Jessie Buckley as Agnes Hathaway and Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare, who after a courtship and shotgun wedding give birth to and raise a daughter Susanna (Bodhi Rae Breathnach) and twins Judith and Hamnet (Olivia Lynes and Jacobi Jupe). The death of one of their children sends them both into a spiral of grief, which may only be arrested by William's work on the Globe Theater in London. Time Stamps: (01:49) Hamnet (57:50) Spoilers (1:35:57) Next Time: Our 2025 Wrap Up and The 1st Annual Miseys Works Cited: All is True (Kenneth Branagh, 2018) Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare (Isaac Asimov, 1970) Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles, 1966) Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes, 2011) Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978) The Death of Hamnet and the Making of Hamlet (Stephen Greenblatt, 2004) The Eternals (Chloé Zhao, 2021) Ghostlight (Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson, 2024) Hamlet (William Shakespeare, c. 1598-1602) Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, 1948) Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh, 1996) Hamnet (Chloé Zhao, 2025) "Hamnet" Feels Elemental, but Is It Just Highly Effective Grief Porn? (Justin Chang, 2025) Hamnet Review: Paul Mescal & Jessie Buckley Rip Your Heart Out (David Ehrlich, 2025) Henry V (Laurence Olivier, 1944) Macbeth (Roman Polanski, 1971) Macbeth (Justin Kurzel, 2015) Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Bill Bryson, 2007) Shakespeare in Love (John Madden, 1998) Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957) Titus (Julie Taymor, 1999) The Tragedy of Macbeth (Joel Coen, 2021) Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Stephen Greenblatt, 2004) The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015) The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Reginald P. Turtledove III can be found working at the Idaho Department of Correct Citations 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

Is This Thing On? is a 2025 comedy-drama directed by Bradley Cooper, written by Cooper, Will Arnett, and Mark Chappell, starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern as Alex and Tess Novak, a couple whose marriage is on the rocks, leading Alex to discover stand-up as a way of processing it. They are joined by Bradley Cooper himself as Alex's best friend Balls, Andra Day as Balls' wife Christine, Christine Ebersole and Ciaran Hinds as Alex's parents, Jordan Jensen as Jill, one of the comics Alex befriends; and Blake Kane and Calvin Knegton as Alex and Tess's twin sons Felix and Jude. Time Stamps: (04:45) Top Five (25:32) The King of Comedy (41:29) Is This Thing On? (1:15:15) Spoilers (1:47:04) Next Time: No Other Choice Works Cited: A Star is Born (2018) - Movie Review: Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2018) American Sniper (Clint Eastwood, 2014) Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022) Emancipation (Antoine Fuqua, 2022) Is This Thing On? (Bradley Cooper, 2025) The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982) 'The King Of Comedy' At 40: A Terrifying Look At The Early Origins Of "Stan Culture" (Jordan Hoffman, 2023) Lance Reddick | The Eric Andre Show | adult swim Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023) Materialists (Celine Song, 2025) Never Just a Movie | Top Five (2014) (Nathaniel Missildine, 2022) No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook, 2025) Orange Is the New Black (Jinji Kohan, 2013) Top Five (Chris Rock, 2014) Why YouTubers Get Weird Will Arnett Reveals the Incredible True Story that Inspired the Film 'Is This Thing On?' Will Smith reveals the real, predictably Will Smithian reason he didn't star in Django Unchained (Sean O'Neal, 2013) [Ben here: the headline I spoke of was actually the top-rated comment of this article, but the A.V. Club's several changes in commenting services over the years have resulted in its legendary reader comments being scattered to the four winds. I don't know who the commenter was, but the exact quote was, "He refused to get djiggy with it."] Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ 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

Marty Supreme is a 2025 sports comedy-drama film directed, written, produced, and edited by Josh Safdie, with Ronald Bronstein co-writer, co-producer- and co-editor. In this film we follow Marty Mauser, an aspiring table tennis player who seeks to become the world champion of the sport while simultaneously outrunning the consequences of his various scams, affairs, prideful boasts, and collectors. Co-starring Odessa A'zion as Rachel Mizler, his paramour, Gwyneth Paltrow as Kay Stone, a formerly famous actress who Marty pursues, Kevin O'Leary as Milton Rockwell, a wealthy businessman and Kay's husband, Tyler Okonma (Tyler the Creator) as Marty's friend Wally who also plays table tennis, Abel Ferrara as a shady character with a dog named Moses, Fran Drescher as Marty's mother Rebecca, and Geza Rohrig as Bela Kletzki and Koto Kawaguchi as Koto Endo, two other table tennis champions. Time Stamps: (00:55) Marty Supreme (56:03) Spoilers (1:28:57) Next Time: Song Sung Blue Works Cited: Benny Breaks Out (Ethan Shanfield, 2024) Made in America | Los Angeles Review of Books by Sam Bodrojan Marty Supreme's American Hustler (Armond White, 2025) Marty Supreme review by Conrado Falco Inside Timothée Chalamet's Ping-Pong Training for 'Marty Supreme' A Ping-Pong Specific Review of 'Marty Supreme' (Miles Surrey, 2025) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ 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