Screen Savor

Iman and Carla discuss Guy Ritchie’s latest spy thriller, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. starring Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer. We talk about the characters that worked and didn’t work for us, the movie’s incredible soundtrack, and we’ll try to answer the question: Is Henry Cavill a good actor?

Weeks after the release of Ant-Man, Carla and Iman analyze the movie's underwhelming reception, explore the movie’s themes, casting and production, and as always, wrap up the discussion with some shout-outs. We may or may not spend five minutes of audio laughing at ourselves.

In a "Super Belated" edition of Screen Savor, Carla and Iman discuss their trip to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. They go into their experience attending for the last several years, discuss some of the panels they saw in Hall H, and end things by trying to debunk some Comic-Con myths.

Iman and Carla let Joy take lead of their emotional control consoles as they celebrate the latest Disney/Pixar animated film, Inside Out. They explore the movie’s themes, casting, and as always, wrap up the discussion with some shout-outs.

Remember that time the Warriors won the NBA Finals? So do we. In this belated Screen Savor episode, Carla and Iman discuss this year’s epic NBA Finals series between the Warriors and the Cavaliers with friend of the podcast (and our cousin) Afshawn. We end things with a commercial quiz.

Iman and Carla discuss the latest installment of the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World. They explore the movie’s themes, casting, and wrap up the discussion with some (slightly obscure) shoutouts.

Iman and Carla introduce the Screen Savor podcast and explore their first topic, the HBO show Silicon Valley and the constellation of shows that try to depict nerd culture. The podcast wraps up with “How Do We Feel About This,” our segment dedicated to breaking pop culture news, this week: The Martian Trailer, some Harry Potter casting updates, and the Gilmore Girls reunion.

In this Screen Savor premiere "Sampler," Iman and Carla discuss Mad Max:Fury Road, comment on its genre mixing, and celebrate its feminist undertones. (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-63935035-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview');