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Netflix To Acquire Warner Brothers (They’ve never won Best Pic), Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover
Movie Trailers: Mother Mary, Ready Or Not 2
Gotham Awards, 2026 Golden Globes Nominations, Critics Choice Awards
What Damian’s Been Watching: Sentimental Value, No Other Choice, Frankenstein, The Shrouds, Rental Family, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Hamnet
What Derick’s Been Watching: Sentimental Value, Eternity, Frankenstein, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Hamnet
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Bebette’s Feast, Derick - Killer Of Killers
For next time: Dec 12th - Ella McCay, Wake Up Dead Man Dec 19th Avatar Fire And Ash, The Housemaid, Is This Thing On?Check out Dericks Socials Here
Walter Chaw Hamnet Review
Movie Trailers: Sunrise On The Reaping
Defunctland’s Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise
What Damian's Been Watching: Pluribus, Keeper, Running Man, Predator Badlands
What Derick’s Been Watching: The Running Man, Wicked, Wicked: For Good
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - To Kill A Mockingbird, Derick - Thief
New Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Bebette’s Feast, Derick - Killer Of Killers
For next time: November 25th - (Limited Release) Wake Up Dead Man, The Thing With The Feathers, Left-Handed Girl, Dec 5th - (Limited Release) Hamnet, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, FNAF 2, Man Finds TapeCheck Out Dericks Socials Here
What Damian’s Been Watching: The Mastermind, Bugonia, Blue Moon, Chainsaw Man, Die My Love, Train Dreams, Pluribus
What Derick’s Been Watching: Predator: Badlands, Motorama, Die My Love
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Big Night, Derick - Thief
For next time: November 14th - Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, Osgood Perkins’ Keeper, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, Jay Kelly November 21st - Rental Family, Wicked: For Good, SISU: Road to Revenge, Train Dreams on Netflix, Good Boy on ShudderCheck Out Dericks Socials Here
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RIP Drew Struzan
Top 5 Best Post 2000 Horror
What Damian’s Been Watching: The Man Who Laughs, Black Phone 2,
What Derick’s Been Watching: Black Phone 2, Roofman
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - The Swimming Pool/The Plague of the Zombies, Derick - Hard 8
Next Time Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Big Night, Derick - Thief
For next time: October 31th - Bugonia, Nouvelle Vague (Limited Release) November 7th - Nuremberg, Predator: Badlands, Die, My Love, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein
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What Damian's Been Watching: Cloud, Misery, Hooptober 12,
What Derick's Been Watching: TRON: Ares, Peacemaker, Bringing Out the Dead
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - The Swimming Pool/The Plague of the Zombies, Derick: The Thin Red Line
Letterboxd Assignment; Derick - Hard 8
For next time: October 17th; After The Hunt, Black Phone 2, October 25th; Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, A House Of DynamiteCheck Out Dericks Socials Here
What Damian’s Been Watching: Casablanca, The Long Walk, Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel, Caught Stealing, One Battle After Another, Tampopo, Motocrossed!
What Derick’s Been Watching: Alien: Earth, Scorigami, One Battle After Another
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Tampopo, Derick - The Thin Red Line
New Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - The Swimming Pool/The Plague of the Zombies
For next time: October 3rd - The Smashing Machine, Black Phone 2, limited release Anemone October 10th - Tron: Ares, RoofmanCheck Out Dericks Socials Here
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Bugonia Trailer, Marty Supreme Trailer, Hamnet Trailer, The Mastermind Trailer
2025 Fall Movie Preview, TIFF Lineup, Telluride Lineup Film Comment, 2024 Fall Movies Revisit
What Damian's Been Watching: Vivarium, I'm Still Here
What Derick's Been Watching: Crazy Rich Asians, Eyes of Wakanda, Top Gun, “Mexico” Trilogy
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - A Tale Of Winter, Derick - Time Bandits
Summer Movie Wager Assignment: Motocrossed
New Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Tampopo, Derick - The Thin Red Line
For next time: September 19th: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Him September 26th: One Battle After Another, The Strangers: Chapter 2
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I got to sit down with documentary filmmaker Ashley Sabin to talk about her work on films like Kamp Katrina, Girl Model, and Kim’s Video. We dug into how she approaches telling real people’s stories with care, the ethics of documentary filmmaking, and what draws her to the fringes of culture.
Check out her and Davids's work on Kanopy, and here
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What Damian’s Been Watching: Weapons, The Naked Gun, Together, Ashley Sabin and David Redmon Docs, Warfare, The Life Of Chuck
What Derick’s Been Watching: Nobody 2, KPop Demon Hunters, The Bad Guys 2, Jurassic Park at the Hollywood Bowl
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Witness For The Prosecution Derick - Sullivan’s Travels/Rashomon
Next Letterboxd Assignment: Damian - A Tale Of Winter Derick - Time Bandits
For next time: August 22nd: Ne Zha 2, Honey Don’t!, Splitsville, Eden, August 29th: The Roses, Caught Stealing, The Toxic Avenger, Jaws 50th Anniversary
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*Sync clap at Time.is* *Check recording* *Get room tone*
Hello everybody, and welcome back, it is August 1st, 2025 and you are listening to episode 213 of Midnight Film Society🎥! I'm your host, Damian W. Sherman, joining me today as always is…
On today's show, we’ve got double Pedro Pascal! He’s Stretchy McDaddy, aka Reed Richard, in Matt Shakman’s Fantastic Four! He is also a broody Mayor of a small, New Mexico town in Ari Aster’s Eddington! But, before that we’ll get into some movie and tv news, go over what else we’ve been watching, and finish up with our Letterboxd shuffle.
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What Damian’s Been Watching: Fantastic Four: First Steps, Sorry, Baby, Eddington
What Derick’s Been Watching: The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Oh, Hi!, F1™: The Movie, The Bear S4
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Return to Seoul, Derick - Sullivan’s Travels
New Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Witness For The Prosecution Derick - Sullivan’s Travels/Rashomon
For Next Time: August 1st: The Naked Gun, The Bad Guys 2, August 8th: Weapons, Freakier Friday
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AMC Will Advertise Actual Start Times
Movie Trailers: Project Hail Mary, Weapons (from Barbarian director Zach Cregger) Roofman, The Running Man
What Damian’s Been Watching: No Country For Old Men 4K, 28 Years Later, Elio, Materialists, Superman, The Heroic Trio
What Derick’s Been Watching: Jurassic World Rebirth, 28 Years Later, How to Train Your Dragon, Materialists, Elio
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - The Heroic Trio, Derick - The Odyssey
New Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Return to Seoul, Derick - Sullivan’s Travel’s
For next time: July 18th Smurfs, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Eddington, July 25th Fantastic Four: The First Steps, The Home, Happy Gilmore 2Check out Derick's socials here
What Damian's Been Watching: The Phoenician Scheme, Bring Her Back, Ballerina, A Hidden Life, Small Things Like These, The Ballad Of Wallis Island Carey Mulligan on the Off Menu podcast
What Dericks Been Watching: Sunrise on the Reaping (Book), The Last of Us Season 2, Friday the 13th
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - I Like Movies, Derick - The Right Stuff
New Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - The Heroic Trio, Derick - The Odyssey
For next time: June 20th - 28 Years Later, Elio, Ironheart June 27th - F1, M3gan 2.0
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Drink check in
Movie Trailers; A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY New Kogonada (Columbus and After Yang) film, Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein wiki November 2025 on Netflix, Materialists, Stranger Things S5 Release Date
Top 5 Best Of The Year So Far
Mission Impossible Rankings
What Damian’s Been Watching: New PB (four movies in one day in the theater) Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, Friendship, The Accountant 2, Sinners
What Derick’s Been Watching: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Karate Kid: Legends, Friendship, Bring Her Back, Wick is Pain, Sinners
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Kaili Blues, Derick - The Right Stuff
New Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - I Like Movies
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On today’s show, the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival has kicked off in the south of France, so Derick and I will discuss some of the films competing for the coveted Palme d'Or prize.
But, before that we will get into some film and tv news, do some what we've been watching, and finish up with our Letterboxd assignments.
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Superman, Alien Earth, The Bear S4 Trailers
78th Cannes Film Festival; Richard Linklater, Lynn Ramsey, Wes Anderson, Bi Gan, Christian Petzold, Julia Ducournau, Kelly Reichardt. Secret Agent, Full List Of Film Competing For Palm d’Or Film Comment Cannes Coverage
What Damian’s Been Watching: Andor, Thunderbolts*
What Dereck’s Been Watching: A Minecraft Movie, Thunderbolts*, Fight or Flight, Final Destination Bloodlines, Andor
New Letterboxd: Dericks Almost Famous
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Kaili Blues, Derrick - The Right Stuff
For next time: May 23rd - More Last Of Us, Love Death Robots, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Lilo & Stitch, Friendship May 30th: Karate Kid: Legends, Bring Her Back, The Phoenician Scheme, May 30th: Mountainhead
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On today’s show, the summer movie season is upon us and you know what that means; the Summer Movie Wager 2025! We’ll break down all of our picks and why I will probably lose mightily again! After we’ll get into some of what we’ve been watching including; Black Mirror Season 7, The Last Of Us S2, The Ballad of Wallis Island, and much much more…
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RIP Val Kilmer
David Fincher Directing Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Not A Sequel
Movie Trailers 🎥🍿The Phoenician Scheme, F1, The Rehearsal, Love Death And Robots V4, Naked Gun Remake
Is Florence Pugh the best actress currently in the MCU?
WonderCon recap
What Damian’s Been Watching: A Working Man, Death Of A Unicorn, Princess Mononoke 4K
7. What Derick’s Been Watching: The Studio, Death Of A Unicorn, Princess Mononoke 4KCheck Out Dericks Socials Here
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Jack Black emphasizes the scares of new Anaconda: 'It's a horror film for real'
*Marvel News* Chairs Marvel Unveils ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Cast
What Damian’s Been Watching: Flow, Black Bag, Severance, The Studio, Nickel Boys
What Derick’s Been Watching: Captain America 4, Black Bag, Severence, Flow, Mickey 17, The Brutalist, Invincible
Old Letterboxd Assignment’s: Derick - Dreamcatcher
6. New Letterboxd Assignment’s: Damian - Destroyer Derick - Elementa
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On today’s show, the pomp and circumstance of the 97th Oscars has come and gone, and Derick and I will break down all the winners, losers, and surprisingly few low points of Hollywood's biggest night!
On today’s show, the much speculated and nebulous 2025 Oscar race has finally solidified, the nominations were announced and Derick and I will break down all the many snubs, surprises, and standouts. But, before that, we will be getting into a bit of what we've been watching, including Best Picture nominated The Brutalist, rom-com thriller Companion, and Steven Soderbegh’s newest super low budget project, Presence.
For Next Time: (February 14th) Captain America: Brave New World, Paddington in Peru, The Gorge(February 21st) The MonkeyCheck Out Dericks Social Media Here
On today’s show, in our first regular show of the year Derick and I will be going over some of the overlooked gems of 2024, as well as our yearly tradition of looking forward to our most anticipated films of 2025! But, before that we will talk some movie and tv news, do some what we’ve been watching, and finish up with our Letterboxd assignments.
Letterboxd Assignment’s: Damian - To Each His Own Cinema, Derick: Dreamcatcher
For Next Time: (January 17th) Wolf Man, Presence (January 24th) Flight Risk, Star Trek: Section 31, Into the Deep (January 31st) Companion, Nickel Boys, The Brutalist?
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