Episode 316: - Wicked For Good & Train Dreams

After challenging the Wizard's totalitarian regime in Oz, Elphaba must grapple with her identity as the 'Wicked Witch of the West' while the Wizard has given Glinda the title 'Glinda the Good' and a public status as the nation's defender against Elphaba. The two witches must make decisions that seal their fates in 'Wicked: For Good', the sequel to 2024's 'Wicked' from director Jon M. Chu starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, and Michelle Yeoh.Witness the moving and intimate portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century in 'Train Dreams', a new Netflix indie drama feature from director Clint Bentley and the team behind A24's 'Sing Sing' based on the beloved Denis Johnson's novella starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, William H. Macy, and Kerry Condon.New trailers for Gus Van Sant's 'Dead Man's Wire' and Disney/Pixar's 'Hoppers' have finally arrived to begin marketing 2026's early year slate, but what's happening in the wide world of streaming? It's an action-packed TV Corner with 'The Chair Company', 'I Love LA', 'Pluribus', and 'Welcome to Derry!'Also, Universal announces plans to expand the 'Wicked' universe, Scarlett Johannson is doing 'The Exorcist' with Mike Flanagan, and does Letterboxd ACTUALLY have the scoop on festival films with their newly-announced PVOD Rental Service, or are they just blowing smoke?Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!