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Back to EpisodesHoney Don't!, An Interview With Thunderbolts* Actor Geraldine Viswanathan, and More
Description
On the August 27, 2025 episode of /Film Weekly, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by several people to talk about the latest film and TV news, talk a bit about Honey Don’t!, present an interview with a cast member of Marvel’s Thunderbolts, and wrap up with a listener email.
(~00:38) In The News:
- https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/nicolas-cage-true-detective-season-5-1236444023/
- https://deadline.com/2025/08/the-paper-premiere-all-episodes-binge-1236494468/
- https://www.indiewire.com/news/analysis/good-boy-dog-point-of-view-horror-movie-wide-release-2-1235147111/
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/highlander-remake-casts-karen-gillan-1236350232/
- https://deadline.com/2025/08/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-most-popular-film-ever-1236498083/
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kpop-demon-hunters-sony-netflix-sequel-talks-1236353972/
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cobra-kai-creators-tackling-knight-rider-movie-universal-1236353961/
- https://deadline.com/2025/08/pedro-pascal-todd-haynes-gay-movie-de-noche-1236498843/
(~11:45) Jacob’s Trailer Park
- Keeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8TK8uJjyJg
- Good Boy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-CRkd_74g
- Ballad of a Small Player: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVuAfgSLFI4
- Fallout season 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TsP09cZA7o
- The Mastermind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcncY3iYol0
- Arco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNUkW6ywV-c
- Anemone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVqoyMi98OI
(~25:50) Honey Don’t!
Honey Don't! Review: Margaret Qualley Sizzles In Ethan Coen's Moody, Unabashedly Queer Noir
(~38:00) Geraldine Viswanathan interview
(~52:34) Listener email
YiFeng from Boston wrote in, offering some more information about the conversation Bill and I had about physical media last week:
1. The biggest jump in quality on disc vs streaming is audio! Currently, ALL streaming platforms are lossy. An average 2hr film is around 500 megabytes lossy for streaming (equivalent to c