This week on our final episode of The Collider Podcast, we're talking about the history of the podcast, how the podcast changed over the years, why it was difficult finding an audience, the competitive world of movie podcast and podcasting in general, how grateful we are to everyone who took the time to listen over the years, how we might do a new podcast at some point in the future, and more. Thank you again to every single one of our listeners. This was a fun show to do, but you made it worth it.

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This week on our penultimate episode of The Collider Podcast, we're launching into the second part of our long-awaited James Bond podcast. In this part, we examine the films of Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, how Bond needed to be reinvented after the Cold War, how a strong Bond film is always followed by a disappointing one, how Bond finally got a soul when he was played by Craig, and more. We then finish up with Recently Watched. Also, be sure to tune in later this week for our final episode of The Collider Podcast (although a new podcast featuring Matt and Adam is in the early stages of development, so please be sure to stay tuned...).

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This week on The Collider Podcast, we're launching into our long-awaited James Bond podcast. This will be a two-part podcast, and in this first part, we'll focus on the films starring Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, and Timothy Dalton. We'll talk about the hallmarks of the franchise, its strengths and weaknesses, its enduring popularity, the virtues of each respective Bond, and more. Also, we have a very special announcement that we make at the beginning of the episode.

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This week on The Collider Podcast, we're talking about the new Ryan Reynolds movie Free Guy. We talk about why the film works so well even with some minor flaws, how its box office strength shows that all bets are off in 2021 when it comes to predicting performance, why Marvel has struggled this summer at the box office, and more.

We then finish up with a discussion about Blockbuster Video and why the chain wasn't great, but we still have fond memories of renting movies at this evil corporation that's now dead. We also have another installment of Recently Watched.

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This week on a bonus episode of The Collider Podcast, we're pleased to welcome to the podcast director Brian Andrew Mendoza. Mendoza is the producing partner of Jason Momoa and also the director of Momoa's latest film, Sweet Girl, which debuts today on Netflix. Sweet Girl follows a father (Momoa) and daughter (Isabela Merced) who, ravaged by the grief of losing their wife and mother, look to take revenge upon the greedy pharma executives that withheld a life-saving medication. During our conversation with Mendoza, we talk about working with Momoa, crafting the action scenes, shooting a major league ballpark, and more. Towards the end of the episode, we also dig into spoilers and if you've seen the film, you'll probably want to learn more about how they arrived at that third act.

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This week on The Collider Podcast, we're pleased to welcome to the podcast director Martin Campbell. Campbell is the director from the some of the best action movies of the last 25 years including GoldenEye, The Mask of Zorro and Casino Royale. His new movie is The Protégé, an action-thriller starring Maggie Q as an assassin who goes looking for revenge against those who killed her mentor (Samuel L. Jackson).

During our conversation with Campbell, we discussed why he wanted to tell this story, how action movies have changed, his joy at doing the Bond movies, why The Mask of Zorro was kind of a happy accident, his struggles on Green Lantern, working with Jackie Chan, and much more.

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This week on The Collider Podcast, we're talking about The Suicide Squad. We talk about how the film compares to the 2016 version, why audiences may have been confused by the similar titles, how the film's box office was affected by mitigating factors, how the film is a standout among other superhero movies, why we hope writer-director James Gunn comes back for another installment, and more. We then finish up with Recently Watched.

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This week on The Collider Podcast, we're talking about Jungle Cruise as well as Scarlett Johansson suing Disney over lost box office revenue from Black Widow. With Jungle Cruise, we discuss how the film works as a light adventure, why it's mostly a breezy ride, if it does enough in terms of gay representation, and much more. We then switch over to Disney and Johansson battling it out over what she's owed for Black Widow, if this is a prelude to other actors suing major studios over lost revenue due to streaming, and more. We then finish up with Recently Watched, which includes us arguing over The Devil Wears Prada.

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