The Pass The Controller Podcast is a show where a couple of best friends dive into the latest in gaming and nerd culture. In this episode, Brenden, Mike, Todd, and Dom sit down and chat about Mike's pick for the PTC Movie Club for November 2025, Fargo.

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Ep. 362: Bruce Bennett on Charley Varrick, The American Revolution, Technicolor Weekend at Chicago Film Society, The Shootist

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I’m happy to welcome back series regular Bruce Bennett for our latest debrief. Among the films he brings to the show are longtime favorite Charley Varrick (directed by Don Siegel, subject of a retrospective most recently at Metrograph); The American Revolution (directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt); and The Shootist (Siegel again, starring John Wayne in swan song mode). Bennett also talks about the wondrous annual Technicolor Weekend at Chicago Film Society.

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Ep. 362: Bruce Bennett on Charley Varrick, The American Revolution, Technicolor Weekend at Chicago Film Society, The Shootist

We start the holiday season off with a brand new 2025 film, Jingle Bell Heist, as well as out annual discussion of what means for a movie to be a Christmas film.

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Number nineteen from the upcoming release: REDUX - The Acoustic Sessions

Remembering the days of the silver screen - before Netflix bought the entire industry and killed it all! Jeff Buckley inspired acoustic reworking.

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For Episode 469, Josh Parham, Giovanni Lago, Daniel Howat, and Tom O'Brien join me for what is one of the biggest episodes of the year. We knew heading into this week we would have to discuss the Gotham, NYFCC, and NBR winners, the AFI Top 10 films of the year, the CCA and Spirit Award nominations, and briefly touch on the Golden Globe Award nominations before they're announced. But then the industry dropped a bombshell: Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., a power move that threatens to be a seismic shift across the industry, with many implications for the future. For this week's poll, we ask our famous question: "Which Film Do You Think is Going To Be The Next Best Picture Oscar Winner?" We also reveal the winner of last week's poll, for the release of "Jay Kelly," where we asked, "Which Is Your Favorite George Clooney Performance?" In addition, we share our reactions to the trailers for "Mother Mary," "Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come," "Scarlet," "Midwinter Break," answer your fan-submitted questions, and more. Thank you all for listening, supporting, and subscribing, especially for episodes this massive. We really appreciate it. Enjoy!

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Episode 469 - Gotham, NYFCC, NBR Award Winners, AFI Top 10, CCA & Spirit Award Nominations, Golden Globe Predictions, Netflix Buying Warner Bros., "Mother Mary," "Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come" Trailers

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Episode 98: Scar Jo in The Batman 2?

I studion sitter Martin, Ludvig och Emil Erlandsson.
Medis Radios stora video där vi rankar hela the Marvel Cinematic Universe är ute, och det är såklart någonting vi måste prata om i veckans avsnitt. Har ni ännu inte sett den så gå in på vår YouTube-kanal och kolla in den. Veckans avsnitt är också fullt av tillbakablickar till förr i världen, och Martin står för historielektionen. Han fortsätter följetongen från förra veckan och pratar vidare om olika speladaptioner av Harry Potter-franchisen, denna gång med fokus på de mer udda spelen i serien. Dessutom har han ramlat ner i kaninhålet som kallas LILLA Melodifestivalen, och han redogör för tävlingens historia och kopplingarna till andra tävlingar. Emil Erlandsson har äntligen blivit klar med TV-serierna Stargate SG1 och Stargate Atlantis och recenserar hela sin upplevelse och Ludvig har kollat på den något juliga Dreamworks-filmen Rise of the Guardians. Skön stämning, väl värt att lyssna på.

13:20 - Intro
20:06 - Harry Potter-spel
38:33 - Stargate SG1 & Stargate Atlantis
1:04:57 - Lilla Melodifestivalen-retrospective
1:24:22 - Tävling
1:40:31 - Rise of the Guardians

Se vår video där vi recenserar HELA The MCU: https://youtu.be/PFjVS7q43ss

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"The Chronology Of Water" is a biographical psychological drama film written for the screen, co-produced, and directed by Kristen Stewart in her feature film directorial debut, based on the 2011 book of the same name by Lidia Yuknavitch. It stars Imogen Poots as Yuknavitch, along with Thora Birch, Susannah Flood, Tom Sturridge, Kim Gordon, Michael Epp, Earl Cave, Esmé Creed-Miles, and Jim Belushi in supporting roles. The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it received positive reviews from critics. Stewart and Poots were both kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their work and experiences making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in NY and LA theaters and will expand nationwide on January 9th from The Forge. Thank you, and enjoy!

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