Story Screen Presents

Mike Burdge, Diana DiMuro, Bernadette Gorman-White and Robby Anderson chat about some of their favorite films of 2022, including The Batman, We're All Going to the World's Fair, The Fabelmans, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Aftersun, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, TÁR, The Banshees of Inisherin and more! Listen on....

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Mike Burdge and Diana DiMuro tackle two more earlier horror works of writer/director Mike Flanagan: the seemingly cursed Before I Wake, and the home-invasion-with-a-twist, Hush. Topics include Flanagan's Easter Eggs to other films, his relationship with Jason Blum, Thomas Jane's hair and the badassery that is the very existence of Kate Siegel. Listen on....

In this episode, Reeya Banerjee joins host Bernadette Gorman-White to chat about the latest (and penultimate) season of the Netflix sensation, The Crown. Along the way, they recount where they left off with Season 4, dive into the setbacks in Season 5 while slowly convincing each other that maybe this season had more forethought than what they may have initially perceived, and finally comment on the parallels between Diana's public relations and those of Harry and Meghan. Listen on....

Story Screen Reports is our team REACTING to the top 5 film, television and entertainment news stories of the month. Join us as we dissect and comb through everything from upcoming releases to studio drama. On this episode, Mike Burdge hops on to discuss the latest shake ups with Warner Bros and HBO Max (aka Shitstorm City), as well as a few other stories, including a surprise review of one of the year's best and most surprising new releases. You can find those stories, and the sourced articles, linked below. 1. Henry Cavill No Longer Superman And More DC Shake Ups Written by Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/wonder-woman-3-not-moving-forward-dc-movies-1235276804/ 2. Mike Flanagan Jumps From Netflix To Amazon Prime Written by Nellie Andreeva at Deadline https://deadline.com/2022/12/mike-flanagan-amp-trevor-macy-overall-deal-with-amazon-studios-1235186302/ 3. Donald Glover Set To Star In Spider-Man Movie Based On Villain Hypno Hustler Written by

Robby Anderson is joined by guests Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge to chat about a lil film called Avatar: The Way of Water. Points of discussion include just how much this film rocks, gripes they had with certain choices, the undeniable power of Big Jim Cameron, what made the original Avatar so special and America's new official sweetie-pie and teen-hearthrob: Spider. Listen on....

Robby Anderson and Diana DiMuro chat about Violent Night, which is a play on the classic holiday term, Silent Night, because it's an action movie with Santa! Along the way way they chat about all the fun X-Mas themed kills, David Harbour being a pretty a good Santa, should this movie be more R or PG-13 rated, as well as discuss their favorite films and shows to watch around the holidays. Listen on....

In this episode, Bernadette Gorman-White and Robby Anderson talk about the nature of Star Wars storytelling, which SW properties they really enjoy, how Tony Gilroy and crew threw fan expectations out the window, the possibilities for season 2, and just how good Andor is. Listen on....

Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge discuss the latest project from writer/director Mike Flanagan: Netflix's The Midnight Club. Topics of discussion include the fresh cast, returning FlanaVerse favorites, the nature of death and hope and the director's collaborative nature in both the writing room and on the set. Listen on....

Story Screen Reports is our team REACTING to the top 5 film, television and entertainment news stories of the month. Join us as we dissect and comb through everything from upcoming releases to studio drama. On this episode, Tim Irwin guests to discuss the recent hiring of some new gun(n)s over in the DCEUHQ, as well as a few other stories. You can find those stories, and their sourced articles, linked below. 1. The Next Star Wars Film Terrifies Lucasfilm Written by Matthew Belloni at Puck https://puck.news/the-next-star-wars-movie-terrifies-lucasfilm/ Also: Devotion filmmaker J.D. Dillard no longer developing Star Wars film Shawn Levy in talks to Direct Star Wars film 2. James Gunn and Petter Safran's 10 Year Plan Written by Aaron Couch at The Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dc-movies-james-gunn-peter-safran-1235259792/ 3. Henry Selick Wants More Credit for The Nightmare Before Christmas Interview by Todd Gilchrist at The AV Club https://www.avclub.com/he

Robby Anderson and Mike Burdge sit down for the big chat on the latest Marvel chapter, and more importantly the latest Ryan Coogler flick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Along the way, they discuss the massively insane difficulties this film faced, what this whole story means for the MCU moving into Phase 5, how much they both want to sleep with Namor and, you guessed it, they talk about THAT ending. Listen on....

On the latest episode of Hot Takes, Bernadette Gorman-White and Robby Anderson chat about Martin McDonagh's latest film, The Banshees of Inisherin, as well as his filmography in general. Along the way, they also discuss going through friendship break-ups, whether or not the film's story exists in our physical world or if it might lend itself to mysticism (and whether that even matters), and they get down to brass tacks: are you Team Colm or Team Pádraic? Listen on....

In this first episode of our new monthly series, Freakin' Out with Flanagan, co-hosts Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge take a look at two of Mike Flanagan's earlier works which clearly lay the foundation for the types of stories and scares the director would be become so iconic for: Oculus and Oujia: Origin of Evil. Listen on....

Story Screen Reports is our team REACTING to the top 5 film, television and entertainment news stories of the month. Join us as we dissect and comb through everything from upcoming releases to studio drama. On this episode, Bernadette Gorman-White guests to discuss the long-awaited reveal of Chris Pratt's Mario voice, as well as a few other stories. You can find those stories, and their sourced articles, linked below. 1. WE REACT TO THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE TRAILER The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Official Teaser Trailer 2. BLADE PRE-PRODUCTION TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN Written by Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blade-movie-on-hold-as-marvel-1235238872/ & Written by Rebecca Rubin at Variety https://variety.com/2022/film/news/disney-delays-blade-deadpool-3-fantastic-four-marvel-movies-1235399511/ 3. DC’s FUTURE Written by Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dc-movies-james-gunn-pithces-dwayne-joh

Bernadette Gorman-White and Robby Anderson take one last trip to Haddonfield with Halloween Ends, where they discuss the thematic through-line in David Gordon Green's trilogy, subverting audience expectations in trailers, the merits of doubling down on storytelling, and if there's room for a new Halloween after this ending. And get ready, folks, because people REALLY don't like this movie... but we do!! That's always fun! Listen on....

In this episode of Cathode Ray Cast, Bernadette Gorman-White and Diana DiMuro talk about FX's phenomenal 2 season run of Reservation Dogs, honing in on the show's balance between comedy and drama, the natural talent of its cast, and how awesome it is to have this level of representation backed by such a kick-ass show. Listen on, shit asses....

Robby Anderson and Diana DiMuro discuss the 2022 motion picture that is a movie, Don't Worry Darling, including the controversy around the movie, the fact that it isn't as bad as people are saying (but it isn't that good either) and their unshakable love for Florence Pugh. Listen on....

Story Screen Reports is our team REACTING to the top 5 film, television and entertainment news stories of the month. Join us as we dissect and comb through everything from upcoming releases to studio drama. On this episode, Diana DiMuro guests to discuss the wildly fascinating and cringe-worthy happenings and reception to Don't Worry Darling's premiere, as well as a few other stories. You can find those stories, and their sourced articles, linked below. 1. DON’T WORRY DARLING REVIEW ROUNDUP Written by Siddhant Adlakha at IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/dont-worry-darling-review 2. D23 NEWS ROUNDUP Written by Sean Keane and Gael Fashingbauer Cooper at CNET D23 Everything Announced: Marvel, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Avatar, Disney Parks and More - CNET 3. AVATAR DIRECTOR SAYS PEOPLE WHO WATCHED IT AT HOME “HAVEN’T REALLY SEEN IT” Written by Ryan Leston at IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/avatar-director-james-cameron-theater-home-tv 4. UNOFFICIAL JOKER PARODY PULLED FROM FILM FESTIVAL Written by Ryan Les

In this episode covering the newly released Clerks III, Bernadette Gorman-White and Robby Anderson talk about their relationships with Kevin Smith and his View Askewniverse, how impressively well-earned the payoff is for knowing these characters for nearly three decades, and what could possibly be next for Kevin Smith. Other notes of discussion include Kevin Smith wrestling with his mortality, the director's career and how this is the perfect ending to his Clerk's trilogy, legacy sequels fatigue and crying. Listen on....

In this episode of Cathode Ray Cast, Bernadette Gorman-White and Reeya Banerjee cover their thoughts and predictions on the upcoming Emmy Awards. In the first half, they go over the Limited or Anthology Series categories as well as a "speed round" for the categories dedicated to Variety and Competition programs. In the second half, they cover the Comedy and Drama categories. Throughout the episode, they also sing The White Lotus' praises, criticize the comedy categories' lack of cohesion, lament their favorites that didn't get nominated, and speculate on possible upsets. Listen on....