Episode 243: - Madame Web, American Fiction, & Nyad

Cassandra Webb is a New York metropolis paramedic who begins to demonstrate signs of clairvoyance. Forced to challenge revelations about her past, she needs to safeguard three young women from a deadly adversary who wants them destroyed in 'Madame Web', the latest comic-book megaflop from Sony and Marvel.Then, a novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain in 'American Fiction', this year's dark horse for Best Picture from writer/director Cord Jefferson.Also, the remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida in 'Nyad', a new 2023 Netflix feature that features academy-award nominated performances from Annette Bening and Jodie Foster.Finally, Marvel's announces it's new cast for 2025's retro-inspired Fantastic Four, Sam Mendes is directing four Beatles films in 2027, and is Madame Web the next great so-bad-it's-good classic?Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!