This week, Clarisse talks to WICKER directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson about weaving a perfect sexual fantasy (04:04) while we review the film (04:04) alongside Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s new documentary NAZA (35:13).

Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (52:24) picks are KLARA AND THE SUN and PRIMETIME.

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (56:04), with the Brit-laden cast of CLAYFACE, we ask: are too many American roles going to British actors?

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This week, Hanna talks to Merritt Wever about her role in PRIMETIME (01:32), while we review the movie of the moment, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s DIGGER (19:12 start, spoilers between 33:39 and 38:12), alongside Aaron Sorkin’s THE SOCIAL RECKONING (39:07).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (56:46), with the release of Zoe Kazan’s EAST OF EDEN, we ask whether the villainous women of literature are being sanitised.

Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (53:37) picks are CELEBRITY TRAITORS and BELLS ARE RINGING.

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Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, Clarisse sits down with director Nicolas Winding Refn to dissect his beautiful nightmare, HER PRIVATE HELL (04:59), while we review Zach Cregger’s video game adaptation RESIDENT EVIL (25:04) and the adaptation of Star Wars fanfic-turned-rom-com bestseller THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS (38:05).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (58:17), we ask: why is the next wave of period dramas so white?

Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE picks are HOPE and EXTRA GEOGRAPHY (54:45)

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This week, we salt our margarita rims for PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 (05:18), get stoic up North with THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD (26:39) and buddy up for Cold War comedy MAYDAY (41:01).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:00:04), we ask: should we judge a movie by its trailer?

Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE picks (56:35) are IN THE GREY and THE GENTLEMEN SEASON TWO.

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This week, we get a sexual education with Jane Schoenbrun’s surrealist meta-slasher TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA (03:59) and Gregg Araki’s BDSM comedy I WANT YOUR SEX (24:20), while we go to court with the movie Warner Bros. tried to kill, COYOTE VS. ACME (44:34).

Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (56:27) picks are THE DOG STARS and STOP! THAT! TRAIN!

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (59:57), is ALI G a racist stereotype to be left in the past?

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This week, we swing back into the world of Tom Holland's friendly neighbourhood spider with the release of SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (04:04) and take a look at Imran Perretta's feature debut ISH (34:43).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (49:23), we delve into the big reveals in HALL H at San Diego Comic Con.

Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (52:45) picks are THE VAMPIRE LESTAT and THE ORESTEIA

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This week, we check out Anthony Bourdain biopic TONY (05:14), enter a high society world of absurdity in LADY (22:02) and grapple with identity in BOUCHRA (34:21).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (50:36), with the arrival of THE END OF OAK STREET we ask: is the disaster movie back?

Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (47:01) picks are PRESIDENT CURTIS and OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR.

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This week, Hanna speaks to Himesh Patel and John Leguizamo about their roles in the movie of the summer, Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY (08:00), while we review his take on the Homeric epic (21:51) alongside Sébastien Vaniček’s all-out Deadite horror EVIL DEAD BURN (53:08).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:09:33), we talk full spoilers so we can go even deeper into Nolan’s vision for THE ODYSSEY.

Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (01: 05: 30) picks are READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME and X-MEN ‘97.

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Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.

Jingles by Hanna Flint