Guest host Austin Cross and LAist film critics Manuel Betancourt and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

A new report has found that recent high-grossing animated films are being made outside of Hollywood. CVL Economics founding partner Adam Fowler, the Animation Guild board member Jason Mayer, and LAist chief animation critic Charles Solomon join the conversation.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

FilmWeek critics Lael Loewenstein and Manuel Betancourt chat with Larry Mantle about some of the major titles with anniversaries this year

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Manuel Betancourt and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced this week that voting members will be required to watch all nominated films in each category. Joining us to discuss is Dominic Patten, senior editor & tv critic at Deadline and FilmWeek critic Peter Rainer. We’ll also check in on the physical media industry.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

LAist film critics and Filmmaker Chad Stahelski talk The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’s Board of Governors adding Achievement in Stunt Design to the 2028 Oscars.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Amy Nicholson and Manuel Betancourt review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Warfare follows a platoon of Navy SEALs in 2006 Iraq, going through the process of scouting insurgent territory, and eventually finding themselves in a gunfight with people they often identify as MAMs (military-age males). Joining us, to discuss their directorial partnership and the work that went into telling this story as truthfully as possible, are Warfare writer-directors Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland.