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Grierson & Leitch Grierson & Leitch
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4.9 • 10 Ratings
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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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"The Fall Guy," "I Saw the TV Glow," "Unfrosted"
Hey! It's our 400th show! And we're in person, live from Grierson's place in Los Angeles. And we've got three doozies of movies to talk about. First, it's the big budget stunt film "The Fall Guy," with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt and directed by that OTHER Leitch. Then we dig into the indie hit "I Saw the TV Glow." And we close with Jerry Seinfeld's Netflix movie "Unfrosted."
It's our 400th show! Thank you for letting us do 400 shows.
Timestamps:
22:43: "The Fall Guy"
51:52 "I Saw the TV Glow"
1:24:11 "Unfrosted"
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. -
"Challengers," "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed"
We just have two movies this week, but they're fun ones. The first is Luca Guadagnino's Zendaya tennis movie "Challengers," and then the indie "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed.
The reason we have just two movies this week? Because we have our special in-person 400th show next week. Live from Los Angeles!
Timestamps:
11:03: "Challengers"
47:52 "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed"
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. -
"Abigail," "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare," "Some Like It Hot"
Hey, shhh ... she's a vampire! We discuss the horror/heist movie "Abigail," and then dig into yet another Guy Ritchie movie, "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Behavior."
We go frmo those two movies to an all-time classic, the Billy Wilder/Marilyn Monroe/Jack Lemmon/Tony Curtis farce "Some Like It Hot."
Timestamps:
14:01: "Abigail"
39:22 "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Behavior"
1:03:22 "Some Like It Hot"
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. -
"Civil War," "Sasquatch Sunset," "The People's Joker"
It's a big art/blockbuster movie! It's A24, so it's art? But it's a big hit so it's a blockbuster? It's so confusing, so we try to get to the bottom of Alex Garland's "Civil War." Then, we discuss a movie with Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough as Bigfeet in "Sasquatch Sunset." And then it's Vera Drew's festival hit "The People's Joker."
Timestamps:
14:21: "Civil War"
44:11 "Sasquatch Sunset"
1:17:19 "The People's Joker"
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. -
"Monkey Man," "The Beast," "Girls State"
Sorry we took another week off, but we're back to our weekly shows. We've got three fun ones this week! First, it's Dev Patel's actioner "Monkey Man." Then it's the French science fiction drama "The Beast," with Lea Seydoux. And we close with the Apple TV documentary "Girls State," a "companion" film to 2020's "Boys State." Fun movies to talk about this week. Also, Will insults Florida a bit.
Timestamps:
12:11: "Monkey Man"
40:02 "The Beast"
1:05:19 "Girls State"
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. -
"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire," "Road House," "Immaculate"
After a week off, we are back! (And then we have another week off next week. Sorry. Both Leitch's fault.) We've got good ones to discuss, though. Well, meaty ones, anyway. First, it's another Ghostbusters movie, "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire." Then it's the Doug Liman straight-to-video remake "Road House." And we close with the Sydney Sweeney nun movie, "Immaculate."
Timestamps:
11:01: "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire"
36:52 "Road House"
1:03:11 "Immaculate"
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.
Customer Reviews
Just a really good show
The camradrie between Will and Tim, as well as their knowledge and love of film really comes across. It's one of four film shows I regularly download, and one of the best when it comes to informed but entertaining film review and analysis. If you guys are still taking requests for a reboot, can I put forward 'To Live and Die in LA'. I finally got round to seeing it recently and think, while it's aged in parts (and William Peterson has never met a piece of furniture he wouldn't jump over), it's an absolute classic and I'd love to hear what the guys think of it. Cheers
A fun time for movie lovers
This is a great podcast for cinephiles, movie buffs or just plain old film fans like myself. The hosts are well-informed and unafraid of pushing against the consensus on a movie if necessary. It was most gratifying to hear them trash the execrable Logan, for example, when most critics mistook its adolescent dourness for maturity. G&L are also unafraid of disagreeing with each other, but generally display a good-humoured affability that makes the show an easy listen.
For my Reboot selection, I nominate the criminally underrated and largely forgotten 1987 cops & robbers & aliens flick, The Hidden. It's a rare mix of visceral action, humour and pathos that's tightly written and expertly directed. To me, it really demonstrates how good genre pictures can be. It also features two corking performances from the leads, with Michael Nouri more than holding his own against a very young but very committed Kyle MacLachlan. Cheers, fellas!
Strange Times
You're my favourite film review show by a mile. Proper long-form reviews. (But am I allowed to plug Little Gold Men for awards gossip?) Reboots- Given the times, Dr Strangelove is the obvious choice for a reboot. It might be my all-time favorite film. Cast is brilliant, script is brilliant, darkly hilarious- way better than Barry Lyndon vis 4 Oct 2016 episode. But thinking about it, we need escapism. So how about 'To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar'. It too is crazily subversively funny, and a proper antidote to this moment in time. Only thing I ever liked Patrick Swayze in.