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Mostly Film
by Mostly Film
Friends and film. That's it. That's the show. 🤝 🎥Every week, Jonathan and JP work through the newest trailers — listing them or nixing them from the Letterboxd watchlist with zero hesitation — dig into everything they've been watching, and break down the biggest stories in movies and television. No pretension, no scorecards, just two people who genuinely love cinema talking about it the way you talk about it with your best friend.Mostly Film is for people who take movies seriously without taking themselves seriously. Find us wherever you get your podcasts and follow along on Letterboxd.
Episodes
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Take 251 - Tony, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, & DIGGER!
Jonathan and JP are back, and this week the big one finally arrived in theaters. The guys catch up on what's been on their screens lately — films, TV, and a detour into their recent video game rotation before getting into the main event. Then Digger. Tom Cruise, a Southern accent, a pot belly, a...
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Take 250: It's PRIMETIME
Mostly Film – Take 249: What's New Jonathan and JP are back with a lighter week — but Primetime makes it count. List It or Nix It kicks things off with the newest trailers before the guys get into what's been on their screens. Then the main event: Primetime. The guys dig into the film — what…
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Take 249 - RESIDENT EVIL!!!!
🚨 Emergency Reaction Pod 🚨 Jonathan and J.P. have an instant reaction to Zach Cregger's Resident Evil with a special guest 👀
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Take 248 - FJORD, Her Private Hell, & The Invite
Mostly Film – Take 248: What's New Jonathan and JP are back with another week of trailers, watches, and whatever Hollywood has been up to. List It or Nix It this week: Ali G, Pokémon: Wild Card, Pendulum, FJORD, Unabomber, Breeder, and A Prayer for the Dying all go through the gauntlet. In What...
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Take 247: K-19, Firewall, & Paranoia - Harrison Ford In Review
Mostly Film – Take 247: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 5B An honest accounting of a difficult stretch. Jonathan and JP cover the long middle — eleven years, three films, roughly $165 million combined box office on budgets totalling nearly $180 million. None of them hits. First, K-19: The...
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Take 246: Club Kid, The Rivals of Amziah King, Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Mostly Film – Take 246: What's New Jonathan and JP are back, and this week the big one finally arrived. List It or Nix It kicks things off with six trailers — Sacrifice, Double Trouble, Club Kid, Without Blood, Violent Night 2, and Run Hide Fight all go through the gauntlet. In What We've Been...
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Take 245 - Sabrina, Air Force One, & What Lies Beneath - Harrison Ford In Review
Mostly Film – Take 245: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 5 The persona episode. Jonathan and JP cover three films that each do something deliberately different with Harrison Ford's screen identity — and the results range from underseen gem to all-time blockbuster to one of the more quietly...
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Take 244 - Victorian Psycho, The Invite, & End of Oak Street,
Mostly Film – Take 244: What's New Jonathan and JP are back, and this week Jonathan has apparently been running a full-service children's cinema out of his living room. First, List It or Nix It — thirteen trailers this week. Confinement, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, Primetime, Animals,...
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Take 243: Patriots Game, The Fugitive, & Clear and Present Danger - Harrison Ford In Review
Mostly Film – Take 243: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 4 Peak Ford. Jonathan and JP cover the three-year stretch — 1992, 1993, 1994 — where Harrison Ford was the biggest movie star in the world outside of his own franchises. Combined worldwide gross across three films: approximately $572...
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Take 242: Frantic, Presumed Innocent, & Regarding Henry - Harrison Ford In Review
Mostly Film – Take 242: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 3 The thinking man's thriller era. Jonathan and JP cover three films in three years — 1988, 1990, 1991 — all of them asking Ford to be quieter, more internal, and more uncomfortable than anyone expected from the man who played Han Solo and...
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Take 241: Witness & The Mosquito Coast - Harrison Ford In Review
Take 241: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 2 The Peter Weir years. Jonathan and JP dig into the two-film stretch that makes the strongest case for Harrison Ford as a serious actor — and the one that proves audiences weren't ready to follow him there. First, Witness. The film every major studio...
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Take 240: Doomsday & The Odyssey
Take 240: What's New Big week. Jonathan and JP are back and there's a lot to get into. List It or Nix It kicks things off with seven fresh trailers — Mayday, I Play Rocky, The Uprising, Behemoth, The Other Mommy, Bad Apples, and Doomsday all go through the gauntlet. In What We've Been Watching,...
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Take 239: Hanover Street & Blade Runner - Harrison Ford In Review Pt 1
Mostly Film – Take 239: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 1 A new series begins. Jonathan and JP are spending six episodes inside the Harrison Ford filmography — not Star Wars, not Indiana Jones, but everything else. The films he made between the blockbusters, against the blockbusters, and long...
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Take 238 - Digger, The Drama, and The Furious
Mostly Film – Take 238: What's New Jonathan and JP are back for List It or Nix It — Digger, Buddy, Soulm8te, and The Wrong Girls go through the gauntlet. And about that Digger trailer: Tom Cruise, a Southern accent, a pot belly, a combover, and Iñárritu calling it the culmination of Cruise's...
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Take 237: Jackass In Review
Mostly Film – Take 237: Jackass In Review — The .5 Films & Best and Last The Jackass deep dive continues. This week Jonathan and JP go beyond the main franchise and into the weird, wonderful overflow — the four companion films that asked a different question entirely: what do you do with the...
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Take 236: Werwulf, Obsession, & Backrooms
Mostly Film – Take 236: What's New It's a big one this week. Jonathan and JP are back with a mountain of trailers, an absolutely unhinged watch list, and a news cycle that genuinely did not slow down. First, List It or Nix It — fifteen trailers go through the gauntlet this week. Werwulf, Angry...
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Take 235: Jackass In Review
Mostly Film – Take 235: Jackass In Review Twenty-five years of stupidity, brotherhood, and somehow nobody died. Jonathan and JP dig into the full Jackass franchise — all four films — just in time for Jackass: Best and Last hitting theaters THIS Friday. In the spirit of the occasion, the guys…
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Take 234: Klara and the Sun, Shrek 5, & Movie Nostalgia
Jonathan and JP are back with another packed week of trailer verdicts, screen time nostalgia, and the kind of movie news that makes you question everything. First up, List It or Nix It — the guys put Hot Spot, Klara and the Sun, Shrek 5, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Dinosaurs of the Wild West…
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Take 233: E.T. & Disclosure Day - Spielberg In Review
Mostly Film This week, Jonathan and J.P. continue their Spielberg Series by exploring two films separated by more than four decades but connected by a lifelong fascination with the unknown: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Disclosure Day (2026). From one of the most beloved family films ever...
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Take 232: Gatto, I Want Your Sex, and The Social Reckoning
This week on Mostly Film, we're sorting through a fresh batch of trailers in LIST IT or NIX IT, including The Last House, Gatto, Heart of the Beast, Social Reckoning, I Want Your Sex, and Whalefall. Which ones earn a spot on the Letterboxd watchlist, and which ones get left behind? In What We've...
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Take 231: Jaws & Jurassic Park - Spielberg In Review
Mostly Film This week, Jonathan and J.P. continue their Spielberg Series by diving into two of the most influential films ever made: Jaws (1975) and Jurassic Park (1993). One invented the modern blockbuster, the other redefined it for a new generation. Together, they showcase Steven Spielberg's...
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Take 230: Onslaught, Hokum, & Widows Bay
This week on Mostly Film, we break down a fresh batch of trailers in LIST IT or NIX IT, including Onslaught, How to Rob a Bank, Fall 2, Ice Age: Boiling Point, and more. We also talk about everything we've been watching lately, from indie horror and animation favorites to new TV obsessions. In...
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Take 229: Schindler's List & Saving Private Ryan - Spielberg In Review
This week on Mostly Film, Jonathan and J.P. tackle two of Steven Spielberg’s most acclaimed and impactful films: Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. We explore a pivotal era in Spielberg’s career, from the haunting moral responsibility at the heart of Schindler’s List to the visceral…
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Take 228 - The Mandalorian & Grogu, The Limey, & Survivor
This week on Mostly Film, we kick things off with another round of LIST IT or NIX IT, breaking down the latest trailers for The Get Out, Victorian Psycho, Her Private Hell, Primetime, Hope, Motor City, and In the Hand of Dante to decide what’s worth adding to the watchlist. Then we dive into What...
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Take 227: Close Encounters of the Third Kind & Ready Player One - Spielberg In Review
🎬 Mostly Film — Spielberg Series: Wonder, Obsession & Escapism This week, Jonathan and J.P. dive into two wildly different eras of Steven Spielberg with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Ready Player One (2018). One is pure cinematic wonder — an original sci-fi obsession story built…
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Take 226: Resident Evil, Erin Brockovich, and Apex
Mostly Film is back with another packed episode of trailer chaos, movie talk, and industry insanity. This week in LIST IT or NIX IT, we’re breaking down trailers for The Rivals of Amziah King, Resident Evil, Clayface, Coyote vs Acme, Jackass, Verity, and more to decide what’s making the watchlist…
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Take 225: Empire of the Sun & Munich - Spielberg In Review
🎬 Mostly Film — Spielberg Series: War, Innocence & Moral Cost This week, we dive into two defining war films from Steven Spielberg’s career: Empire of the Sun (1987) and Munich (2005). One captures war through the eyes of a child discovering the world… the other wrestles with the moral...
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Take 224: Super Troopers 3, The Pitt Finale, & So Much News
🎬 Mostly Film — Sequels, Reboots & Movie News Overload This week on Mostly Film, we’re back with LIST IT or NIX IT, breaking down a wild slate of trailers including Super Troopers 3, Practical Magic 2, Spaceballs: The New One, and Godzilla Minus Zero. In What We’ve Been Watching, Jonathan stays...
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Take 223: Hook & The Adventures of Tintin - Spielberg In Review
🎬 Mostly Film — Spielberg In Review: Wonder vs. Nostalgia This week, Jonathan and JP dive into two very different eras of Steven Spielberg with Hook (1991) and The Adventures of Tintin (2011). One is messy, emotional, and fueled by childhood nostalgia… the other is sleek, technical, and pure...
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Take 222: Runner, Hunger Games, & Wasteman
🎬 Mostly Film This week on Mostly Film, we’re back with LIST IT or NIX IT, breaking down trailers for Runner, Young Washington, Ice Cream Man, Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, and more to decide what’s worth the watchlist. Then we jump into What We’ve Been Watching, with Jonathan deep in TV...
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Take 221: Creature Feature Mayhem - Smarter Sharks & Smaller Spaces
Mostly Film — Creature Feature Mayhem: Smarter Sharks & Smaller Spaces This week, we’re heading back into the water with Deep Blue Sea (1999) vs. The Shallows (2016). Big, chaotic shark spectacle vs. stripped-down survival tension. We break down what actually makes shark movies work: smart vs....
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Take 220: Mother Mary, Super Mario Galaxy, & Invincible
🎬 Mostly Film This week on Mostly Film, we’re back with LIST IT or NIX IT, breaking down trailers for Exit 8, Swapped, Mother Mary, and Rosebush Pruning to decide what’s worth the watchlist and what’s getting cut. Then we dive into What We’ve Been Watching, from Super Mario Galaxy and Pizza…
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Take 219: Creature Feature Mayhem - Don’t Touch the Ground (or Stay Drunk)
Mostly Film — Creature Feature Mayhem: Don’t Touch the Ground (or Stay Drunk) This week, we’re diving into rule-based creature chaos with Tremors (1990) vs. Grabbers (2012). One says don’t touch the ground. The other says… stay drunk. We break down why simple rules make creature movies work,...
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Take 218: The End of Oak Street, Send Help, & Project Hail Mary
Mostly Film This week on Mostly Film, we’re back with another round of LIST IT or NIX IT, breaking down trailers like The End of Oak Street, Apex, Faces of Death, and more to decide what’s worth adding to the watchlist. Then we jump into What We’ve Been Watching — from Project Hail Mary and Send...
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Take 217: Creature Feature Mayhem- Apex Intelligence
Mostly Film — Creature Feature Mayhem: Apex Intelligence This week, we’re diving into primate horror with Congo (1995) vs. Primate (2026), spectacle vs. straight-up nightmare fuel. We break down what makes primates uniquely terrifying: intelligence, communication, and that unsettling “almost…
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Take 216: Spider-Man - Brand New Day, Dune 3, & Moana Slop
Mostly Film This week, we’re back with LIST IT or NIX IT, breaking down trailers like Spider-Man, Wild Horse Nine, Dune 3, and more to decide what’s worth adding to the watchlist. Then we get into what we’ve been watching. From War Machine and Peaky Blinders to Cold Storage and One Piece,...
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Take 215: Creature Feature Mayhem - Gators, Crocs & Chaos
Mostly Film — Creature Feature Mayhem: Gators, Crocs & Chaos This week, we’re heading into the water with Lake Placid (1999) and Crawl (2019) to break down what makes crocodile and alligator horror so effective — or so ridiculous. We compare campy creature comedy vs. straight-up survival horror,...
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Take 214: Hoppers, The Bride, and War Machine
Mostly Film This week, we’re back with another round of LIST IT or NIX IT, breaking down trailers like Obsession, Pinocchio: Unstrung, In the Grey, and more to decide what’s worth adding to the watchlist. Then we get into what’s been in our rotation lately — from Hoppers, The Bride, and Anaconda…
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Take 213: Creature Feature Mayhem - Snakes in the System
Mostly Film — Creature Feature Mayhem: Snakes in the System This week, we’re diving headfirst into snake-infested chaos with a double feature: the ‘90s jungle pulp classic Anaconda (1997) and the internet-era spectacle Snakes on a Plane (2006). We break down what makes snake horror so uniquely...
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Take 212 - Scary Movie 6, The Pitt, and Survivor 50!
Mostly Film This week on Mostly Film, we’re back in trailer court deciding what makes the watchlist and what gets the hard nix. On the docket: Scary Movie 6, War Machine, In A Violent Nature 2, Backrooms, TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, and more. Some instant adds. Some immediate passes.…
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Take 211: Creature Feature Mayhem - Attack of the Spiders
Creature Feature Mayhem: Attack of the Spiders This week on Mostly Film, we’re tackling the spider movie — and asking a simple question: What’s scarier… giant mutant spiders, or the normal-sized ones living in your house right now? We’re pairing Arachnophobia (1990) with Eight Legged Freaks…
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Take 210: Goats, Bone Temples, and Mercy
Mostly Film — Goats, Bone Temples, and Mercy This week on Mostly Film, we’re back in trailer court for another round of LIST IT or NIX IT — deciding what earns a spot on the watchlist and what gets left behind. On the docket: Pressure, Toy Story 5, Peaky Blinders, Over Your Dead Body, Lee…
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Take 209: Creature Feature Mayhem Pt 1 - Man Vs . Lion
Mostly Film: Creature Feature Mayhem — Ep. 1: Man vs. Lion We’re kicking off a brand-new series, and we’re starting with teeth. Welcome to Creature Feature Mayhem, where each episode pairs a classic and a modern monster movie to figure out what actually makes this genre work. This week: The Ghost...
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Take 208: Marty Supreme, and a Industry/Sons of Anarchy Deep Dive
🎬 Mostly Film This week on Mostly Film, we’re back in trailer court deciding what’s worth your precious watchlist space. In LIST IT or NIX IT, we react to the latest trailers we might of missed over the past three-month break and make the call right up front — are we listing it… or nixing it?…
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Take 207: Season 3 Kick Off! Oscar Predictions, Biggest Surprises/Letdowns of 25’, & Our 26’ Roadmap
🎬 Mostly Film — We’re Back (and We Brought Opinions) After a three-month break, Mostly Film is officially back. This episode is less “normal format” and more welcome back, let’s catch up, here’s where we’ve been and where we’re going. We jump into what we’ve been watching while we were gone. No...
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Take 206: Crimson Peak & The Shape of Water - Guillermo Del Toro In Review
🎥 In Review: Guillermo del Toro — Love, Ghosts, and Waterlogged Fairy Tales In the final chapter of our del Toro deep dive, we explore two of his most romantic and haunting visions — Crimson Peak and The Shape of Water — where monsters, mansions, and mermaids all blur into something achingly...
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Take 205: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Classic Heists
🎬 Mostly Film This week on Mostly Film, Jonathan and JP unwrap a new batch of trailers, revisit some classics, and wade through the latest in movie madness — from Middle-earth to Chicago crime rings. 🍿 LIST IT or NIX IT From the Jonas Brothers Christmas special to Scream 7, Fackham Hall, and…
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Take 204: Frankenstein & Pinocchio: Del Toro in Review
🎥 In Review: Guillermo del Toro — Puppets, Prometheus, and the Pursuit of Humanity This week on In Review: Guillermo del Toro, we close out the series with two of the filmmaker’s most soulful creations — Pinocchio and Frankenstein — stories about life made by human hands, and the heartbreak that...
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Take 203: A House of Dynamite, The Long Walk, Anemone, The Roses, & Big Bold Beautiful Journey.
🎬 Mostly Film: This week on Mostly Film, Jonathan and JP are diving into a jam-packed slate of trailers, reviews, and movie news that’s as unpredictable as a Taylor Sheridan plot twist. 🍿 LIST IT or NIX IT There’s only one trailer on the docket this week — Crime 101 — but it’s got the guys...
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Take 202: Hellboy II and Pacific Rim-Del Toro In Review.
🎥 In Review: Guillermo del Toro — Myth, Machines, and the Monster’s Heart This week on In Review: Guillermo del Toro, we dive into two of the director’s biggest and boldest creations — Hellboy II: The Golden Army and Pacific Rim — exploring how del Toro evolved from gothic storyteller to...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Friends and film. That's it. That's the show. 🤝 🎥Every week, Jonathan and JP work through the newest trailers — listing them or nixing them from the Letterboxd watchlist with zero hesitation — dig into everything they've been watching, and break down the biggest stories in movies and television. No pretension, no scorecards, just two people who genuinely love cinema talking about it the way you talk about it with your best friend.Mostly Film is for people who take movies seriously without taking themselves seriously. Find us wherever you get your podcasts and follow along on Letterboxd.
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Friends and film. That's it. That's the show. 🤝 🎥Every week, Jonathan and JP work through the newest trailers — listing them or nixing them from the Letterboxd watchlist with zero hesitation — dig into everything they've been watching, and break down the biggest stories in movies and television....
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