The Prestige with Alison Willmore

We are going to Barsoom with 2012's John Carter - a film that bounced almost as much as the titular hero bounced around on Mars! Matt Singer joins us to talk about this legendary flop - the cursed marketing campaign, the year of Taylor Kitsch, and Disney's acquisition of Marvel a ...  Show more

Put on your pod-day clothes, there's lots of world out there! We're joined by David Ehrlich to discuss WALL-E this week - a film many consider to be Stanton's (and Pixar's) crowning achievement, and a film David Ehrlich's son has watched upwards of a million times. Join us for a ...  Show more

Christopher Nolan is responsible for some of the best modern blockbusters and in anticipation of Tenet we're taking a look for some of his best. This week we tackle The Prestige from 2006 which pits two magicians against each other in a full on wizarding war! I mean not a war ...

Are you watching closely? John, Westy, and Matt begin the story of Christopher Nolan's twisty tale of two rival magicians and the obsession that consumes them both.In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director Christopher Nolan, the cast, and the second act — including Hugh Jac ...  Show more

In this Unqualified classic, Alison Brie [Mad Med, Community, GLOW] introduces Anna to her alter ego Zoya. Anna and Alison discuss meeting on the set of “The Five-Year Engagement”, a Super Bowl worthy performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner”, Christmas vs. Thanksgiving, funny Ha ...  Show more

Matt Zoller Seitz and an all-star cast of guests discuss favorite (and least favorite) dream sequences and politically-astute comedies. What separates a dream sequence from an alternate reality? Is "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" as smart as Tina Fey thinks it is? And what does a cer ...  Show more