This week, Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures released its big, full trailer for 'Spider-Man: Homecoming.' This means we need to do another Emergency Pod. To talk all things webhead, Neil welcomes Film School Rejects contributor and podcaster Theo Broxson on to talk Vulture, story theories, Donald Glover, and whether or not this is a team-up movie.

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This week's closing music is by Marco Cela (and Junkie XL) via Soundcloud.

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Emergency Pod: The Spider-Man: Homecoming Trailer

Whitewashing. It's the practice of casting a white actor in a role that originally was portrayed by a non-white person. And it's a conversation that has reached a new peak this week following the release of Marvel's Iron Fist and Paramount's Ghost in the Shell. To explore these properties, the conversations around them, and how each production just couldn’t stop itself from making things worse, Neil talks to Keith Chow, editor in chief of The Nerds of Color dot org, and Angie Han, movies reporter at Mashable.

This week's supplemental reading:

Five Showrunners Who Could Have Gotten Iron Fist Right, by Keith Chow: http://bit.ly/2nTmI0d

Ghost in the Shell review, by Angie Han: http://on.mash.to/2nThyRQ

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This week's music comes from the original soundtracks of the original and new Ghost in the Shell films.

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The Big Idea: First They Did Whitewashing, Then They Made it Worse

In this week's edition of After the Credits, Matthew Monagle welcomes back Film School Rejects chief critic Rob Hunter (as a last minute replacement guest) to dig into Ghost in the Shell. They discuss their expectations, then come back after the film to deliver a full review.

Timecodes:
00:00:00 - Ghost in the Shell Preview
00:14:20 - After the Credits Review (includes spoilers)

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“The worst combination of expensive and boring.”

In this week’s edition of The Big Idea, Neil sits down with One Perfect Shot founder and Shot for Shot host Geoff Todd to talk about the inception of the popular film twitter brand, the thought process that goes into picking Shots, our emotional connection to movies, and some listener questions. Then, at the end, they announce the newest addition to the One Perfect Pod channel.


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The Inside Story of One Perfect Shot

For this week's Film Itself conversation, Geoff talks to longtime producer Stephen Scarlata, whose latest film Beyond the Gates is currently out on all home video formats. They talk about the new film, Jodorowsky's Dune, and even a little Jaws and Friday the 13th before getting into a discussion about missing video stores.

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Film Itself: Producer Stephen Scarlata

On this week's Film Itself, Geoff welcomes our very own H. Perry Horton as our guest to talk about his work as a 'Twin Peaks' historian, his book, and his up-and-coming work as a video essayist. It's an all in the FSR family conversation this week in which we pull back the curtain on our own Video Content Editor and his many interests.

If you're a Twin Peaks fan, get Perry's book: http://amzn.to/2qnz3bD

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Film Itself: 'Twin Peaks' Historian H. Perry Horton

Perry and Geoff have reconvened to wax poetic about the work of DP Ernest Dickerson on Spike Lee's iconic film, Do The Right Thing.

Shot By Shot: Do The Right Thing

This week on After the Credits, Matthew is joined by Flavorwire film critic Jason Bailey to discuss Despicable Me 3.

After The Credits: Despicable Me 3

Perry and Geoff explore the pure madness of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, shot guerilla style by Thomas Mauch.

Shot by Shot: Fitzcarraldo

This week from the Alan Smithee Memorial Studio, Akela Cooper joins Scott and Geoff for a conversation about going from rural Missouri to the writers' rooms of several hit shows [start - 13:45].

Then, answers to your questions about nurturing an undeveloped idea [13:45 - 20:00]; how you know a story idea is worth pursuing [20:00 - 24:25]; how much change your characters have to go through [24:25 - 29:40]; if you should tailor your writing to the 20-something assistants reading for their bosses [29:40 - 35:40]; how to make dialogue pop [35:40 - 41:05]; and if you should worry about being able to write one genre for TV and another for film [41:05 - 50:00].

Broken Projector: Boomerang with Razor Blades (feat. Akela Cooper)

IndieWire's Film Editor Kate Erbland joins Scott to share her reporting on the sexual assault allegations against Aint It Cool founder Harry Knowles. They also consider Alamo Drafthouse CEO Tim League's responses to the revelation that he'd brought Devin Faraci back onto the payroll only a few weeks after the Birth Movies Death editor-in-chief stepped down following allegations against him last year, as well as more stories of protectionism instead of punishment for assailants at the Drafthouse.

As several groups came together to talk during Fantastic Fest (see here, here, and here for a start) and online, the biggest questions circle around how the Drafthouse can make real changes in order to value a safe environment for women, how the film critic community can work to actively bring women's voices into the ranks, and whether we can keep an eye on accountability once the initial outrage has died down.

The Harry Knowles/Alamo Drafthouse Problem

In part two of our special report from Fantastic Fest 2017, Neil chats with After the Credits host Matthew Monagle about Brawl in Cell Block 99, The Line, Wheelman, and more.

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Fantastic Films with Matthew Monagle

Evan Dickson's Totem is the first feature length screenplay he's seen produced, and he's brought three pages of the screenplay with him for us to analyze on the show. The horror film about a widower bringing a new girlfriend to live with him and his 17- and 8-year-old daughters in a home with a vengeful spirit hits Cinemax on Halloween night.

We chat with him about writing a fresh installment from a well-worn genre [0:00 - 25:35] and then do a surprisingly competent dramatic reading of three pages from the screenplay [27:00 - 48:00] before dissecting what the scene is supposed to achieve and how it does it.

An October 31st Kind of Movie (w/ Evan Dickson)

This week, Matthew welcomes Diana Drumm, critic and creator of the @FemaleCritics Twitter community, to talk about Gerard Butler in space! Also known as Geostorm, a film about a future in which someone does something very sci-fi about climate change.

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After the Credits: Geostorm

With Matthew on vacation, Neil Miller sits in the hosts chair and is joined by High and Outside's Theo Broxson to talk about Taika Waititi's electric superhero extravaganza, Thor: Ragnarok.

After the Credits: Thor: Ragnarok

This week on After the Credits, Matthew is joined by Paste critic Kyle Turner to discuss Murder on the Orient Express and all things Agatha Christie.

After the Credits: Murder on the Orient Express

This week on After the Credits, Matthew is joined by /Film critic Karen Han - officially one-half of Film Twitter's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice fan club - to discuss Justice League and the future of the DC Extended Universe.

After the Credits: Justice League

This week on After the Credits, Matthew is joined by Film School Rejects critic Rob Hunter to discuss The Room and the ethos of watching bad movies.

After The Credits: The Room

This week on After the Credits, Matthew is joined by Film School Rejects critic William Dass to discuss The Shape of Water and Guillermo del Toro's body of work as a whole. Learn why our two critics love them some Michael Stuhlbarg and describe the film as not-unlike Pushing Daisies in the Upside Down.

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After the Credits: The Shape Of Water

This week on After the Credits, Matthew is joined by Vanity Fair critic Emma Stefansky to discuss Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the direction of the new Star Wars trilogy as a whole. Also, hear Matthew and Emma's bold predictions for the new movie; they both turned out to be wrong, but you have to admit, the logic behind them was sound!

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After the Credits: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Hello From Sundance: Cage, Crime, and Awkward Road Trips

This week on After the Credits, Matthew is joined by Female Film Critics host Diana Drumm to discuss Den of Thieves and all things Gerard Butler. We know the movie is pure cheese, but it is at least classy cheese, like a block of finely aged manchego, or garbage cheese, like those gross yellow balls covered in crackers you find at the grocery store? Guess you'll have to listen to find out.

After the Credits: Den of Thieves

This week on After the Credits, Matthew is joined by freelance film critic Alisha Grauso to discuss Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the third and final installment of the Maze Runner trilogy. And while we don't want to spoil everything that happens, let's just say that between the first and second parts of this week's episode, the Maze Runner fanbase added one new member.

After the Credits

After the Credits: Maze Runner

This week on After the Credits, Matthew is joined by Mashable author Angie Han to discuss Fifty Shades Freed, the third and final installment of the Fifty Shades trilogy. Will Anastasia and Christian get their happily ever after? Will jealousy and possessiveness tear the two of them apart? Hell, will they have even the most rudimentary pre-marriage conversations about children and last names? SPOILER ALERT: the answers are yes, no, and no, respectively.

After the Credits: Fifty Shades Freed

It's the movie we've all been waiting for: this week on After the Credits, Matthew is joined by freelance journalist Monica Castillo to talk Black Panther, Marvel, and the importance of Hollywood representation. Does Black Panther live up to the heaps of praise being set upon it? Which of the new additions to the Marvel Universe is the best? And why is the answer to that previous question obviously Letitia Wright's Shuri? Because it is.

After the Credits: Black Panther

Think you've got what it takes to talk Alex Garland and hard sci-fi? Then step into the Shimmer with freelance film critic Kristen Lopez! This week on After the Credits, Matthew and Kristen talk about Alex Garland's oft-discussed Kubrickian nightmare, Annihilation. Does the movie live up to the books? Will audiences ever learn to fully appreciate Jennifer Jason Leigh? And why, exactly, is Gina Rodriguez's side-cut the solution to world peace?

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After the Credits: Annihilation

This week on After the Credits, Matthew and guest Karen Han talk culture criticism and the greatness of Ava DuVernay.

A Wrinkle in Time

After the Credits: A Wrinkle in Time

It takes a perfect confluence of events for Hollywood to release a Steven Spielberg movie that most people are only kinda excited to see, but that's exactly the case with Ready Player One. In this week's episode of the After the Credits podcast, Matthew Monagle and Cinapse co-founder Ed Travis break down Spielberg's latest special effects extravaganza. Does Spielberg still have that ever-magical it?

After the Credits: Ready Player One

There are big movies, there are big movies, and then there is Avengers: Infinity War, the culmination of nearly ten years of Marvel continuity and superhero stories. This week on After the Credits, Matthew Monagle and film-critic-slash-film-editor Amon Warmann discuss the biggest movie in a franchise of big movies. Did our favorites make it out alive? You'll have to listen to find out.

After the Credits: Avengers Infinity War

Despite a strong, strong run by Avengers: Infinity War, it seemed inevitable that Deadpool 2 would jump to the top of the box office in its opening weekend. This was, after all, a sequel to one of the most surprising summer hits of the last few years. But success brings with it higher expectations, and nobody was really sure if Deadpool 2 could maintain the momentum of its predecessor, least of all our podcast stars.

After the Credits: Deadpool 2

Given the stakes involved with any Star Wars movie, it's not surprising that conversation regarding Solo: A Star Wars Story seemed to skip right over the movie itself and immediately spark debates about its quality and box office numbers. The tumultuous production history and prolonged casting process for the next Han Solo certainly put audiences on the defense, but is Solo: A Star Wars Story a franchise-killing dud or a cult classic in the making?

After the Credits: Solo: A Star Wars Story

We're happy to present a special sneak preview of the new podcast Inside Jaws. Inside Jaws takes you on an immersive journey through the making of 1975’s pulse-pounding hit film Jaws, the first-ever summer blockbuster. Subscribe to Inside Jaws on Apple Podcasts today or hear all 7 episodes, ad-free at wondery.com/plus

A Special Preview of Inside Jaws

One Perfect Pod is a new podcast channel from the people behind One Perfect Shot and Film School Rejects. With multiple shows, we'll cover the world of film and television with a keen eye for perfect frames, big ideas, and smart criticism.

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