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Grierson & Leitch Grierson & Leitch
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Tim Grierson and Will Leitch are lifelong best friends who have been writing and talking about the movies for 25 years. Grierson is vice president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Leitch is doing his absolutely best to pretend. Read their work everywhere. But listen to this show for the pure juice, straight on tap.
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"Trap," "War Game," "Cutter's Way"
M. Night Shyamalan has a new movie out! He's always an interesting cat to talk about. We discuss his new movie "Trap." We also talk about the January 6 scenario documentary "War Game." And in our Reboot segment, we go back to 1981 and talk about the Jeff Bridges-John. Heard drama "Cutter's Way."
And no election stuff, promise.
Timestamps:
11:11 "Trap"
42:24 "War Game"
1:09:54 "Cutter's Way"
Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.
We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.
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"Deadpool & Wolverine," "Take Shelter," "Mikey and Nicky"
Not too much election stuff this week, we promise. Though Will cannot comment on his part in the Veepstakes.
We've got a big movie, a huge hit this weekend, as you'd probably expect: It's "Deadpool & Wolverine." Then we have two Reboots: 2011's "Take Shelter" and 1976's "Mikey and Nicky." There is more movie talk than Veepstakes talk, promise.
Timestamps:
17:22 "Deadpool & Wolverine"
44:34 "Take Shelter"
1:21:13 "Mikey and Nicky"
Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.
We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.
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"Twisters," "Longlegs," "Fly Me to the Moon"
After a week off--and two insanely historical weeks, including a Sunday afternoon news bomb--we get back on the movie horse with three new movies. And of course we talk about ELECTION STUFF. Sorry.
First, it's the "legacy sequel" about tornadoes, "Twisters." Then we look at the Nicolas Cage horror movie "Longlegs," as well as the Scarlett Johansson/Channing Tatum NASA romantic comedy "Fly Me to the Moon."
Timestamps:
24:11 "Twisters"
49:22 "Longlegs"
1:22:01 "Fly Me to the Moon"
Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.
We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.
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Best Movies of the First Half of 2024, "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F"
One of our favorite episodes, a look at each of our six best movies from the first half of 2024. Jot down the names of the ones you haven't seen, you've got six months to catch up before Dorkfest.
Also, we discuss the Netflix 30-years-later sequel "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F."
Timestamps:
19:11 Best Movies of the First Half of 2024
1:18:22 "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F"
Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.
We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.
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"A Quiet Place: Day One," "Kinds of Kindness," "Horizon: An American Saga -- Chapter One," "Janet Planet"
We've got a MEGA episode for you this week, with FOUR big movies out, and they're all fascinating to talk about. Also, sorry, we start with the debate. But it doesn't take THAT long.
First: The third "Quiet Place" movie. Then, the next Yorgos Lanthimos/Emma Stone project, "Kinds of Kindness." Whoa, then it's Kevin Costner's massive first-part-of-four epic "Horizon: An American Saga -- Chapter One." And we finish with the beloved indie "Janet Planet.
Timestamps:
14:22 "A Quiet Place: Day One"
44:22 "Kinds of Kindness"
1:09:22 "Horizon: An American Saga -- Chapter One"
1:35:11 "Janet Planet"
Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.
We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.
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"The Bikeriders," "Fancy Dance," "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp"
Jeff Nichols has a new movie out, that's very exciting, it's "The Bikeriders." We also discuss the Apple TV Lily Gladstone movie "Fancy Dance."
We've got a big huge Reboot too, the 1943 classic "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp."
Timestamps:
11:11 "The Bikeriders"
41:22 "Fancy Dance"
1:02:59 "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp"
Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.
We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.
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Customer Reviews
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I've been listening to Grierson & Leitch for about 3 years now, but hesitated to post a review because how does one go about picking only one movie as their reboot request?
My inability to make a decision worked to my benefit because it allowed me the chance to go back through the entire archive and form a ranking of my favorite reviews/moments from the show. Spoiler: Most of them involve at least one of Grierson and/or Leitch being angry about a movie they are reviewing.
Here are my top 3 in ascending order:
3. The entire review of Batman Very Superman
2. The reboot review of Cobra. Specifically, Grierson describing it as being "set in Los Angeles, and....uh, that's something."
1. The review of the Dexter Fletcher-directed Apple movie Ghosted in which Grierson says he's waiting for an apology from people who tried to tell him Rocketman was good, even though Grierson was one of very few critics I know who actually thought Bohemian Rhapsody was good. (I know Fletcher isn't the credited director of Bohemian Rhapsody, but we all know he did come on at some point to complete it.)
I would also single out the reviews of JFK and Testament. The former encouraged me to revisit a movie I had only seen once many years ago and thought it was wild but never compelled me to go back. The latter because I'd never heard of the movie before. Watched both and loved them.
So thanks for the many hours of entertainment over the years, and here is to many more. For my reboot request, I finally settled on Akira Kurosawa's 1954 masterpiece Seven Samurai. I got the chance to see it on the big screen for the first time in a 4K remastered version that's been playing around the country. I had seen it a few times before and loved it, but it only grew in my estimation when seeing it in a theater because the scope of it comes across so much better. It's a miracle Kurosawa and his crew made a movie this big 70 years ago. So could you please give it a look and discuss it on the show.
Indispensable
Grierson and Lietch podcat fills that bottomless hole left by the absence of Siskel and Ebert from back in the day (except that they seem to like each other more than Gene and Roger did). I'd like to hear your assessment of the 1981 movie Cutter's Way. I see this movie as an underappreciated masterpiece on the theme of futile resistance to corruption in high places (like Chinatown and The Limey, two other favorites of mine). I love movies that seem as if they're about to spin out of control but which nevertheless seem to work, and Cutter's Way seems to fit that bill.
GOATson and Le1tch!
I started listening to G&L when my original favorite two-guys-talkin’-about-movies podcast went off the air. I appreciate that they are thorough in their discussions and allow each other long periods of uninterrupted time to render their analysis. If you are tired of YouTube critics who think endless plot summary is the same thing as a review, this podcast is for you. I would like them to review 2005’s “The World’s Fastest Indian,” which solidified my weakness for movies about adorable old people doing young-people things when I was in high school. It features what I believe to be an all-time great performance from Anthony Hopkins, and I’m curious to see if anything else about it holds up in the four eyes of these two discerning viewers.