Book and Film Globe Podcast

Everyone’s favorite literature and pop culture site is now a podcast. Entertaining, enlightening chat about books, film, streaming TV, and more with Neal Pollack, editor of Book and Film Globe and its top writers. Pollack is the author of ten semi-bestselling books of fiction and nonfiction, including Jewball , Never Mind the Pollacks , Downward-Facing Death , and the memoirs Alternadad and Pothead: My Life as a Marijuana Addict in the Age of Legal Weed .

Book and Film Globe Podcast is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 136 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Book and Film Globe Podcast, a news show with 136 episodes published.

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  Episode #12

  BFG Podcast #12: Is Spider-Man Any Good? Plus, Summer Dragon Fights for All!

  Aug 7, 202630 minS3

  There's a new Spider-Man movie in the theaters, maybe you've heard about it? Our podcast host Neal Pollack is a believer, and he tries to talk a skeptical Stephen Garrett into believing as well. This is actually one of the best comic-book movies in years, because it contains a substantial Hulk fight, and lots of comic-book side characters doing comic-book side character things. Come for the banter, leave educated about why comic book movies still have a future. Omar Gallaga joins Neal from the wilds of Montana to talk about the new season of House of the Dragon , which is better, at least somewhat, than the old season of House of the Dragon . It's still a bit muddled, and, as Omar points out, there's no actual novel on which to base the show, so it sometimes reads like notes that someone turned into a screenplay. But still, in a summer low on appointment TV, you have dragon fights, and we shouldn't discount that. Enjoy the show! Excelsior!

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  Episode #11

  BFG Podcast #11: Christopher Nolan, Olivia Wilde, and Arguments Over Seth Rogen

  Jul 30, 202636 minS3

  Never too late to the discourse, the latest episode of the BFG podcast covers two of the most talked-about movies of the summer. Stephen Garrett sails into the picture to discuss Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey . Both host Neal Pollack and Stephen admire some of the set pieces and a couple of key performances, though Neal found the picture too self-serious, as all of Nolan's movies are. They disagree about Anne Hathaway, the true face that launched a thousand ships. At last, some Odyssey discourse! But ours is the best. Then Neal invites BFG contributor Laura Pruden into his virtual apartment for a delightful chat about The Invite , director Olivia Wilde's four-character chamber comedy-drama about modern marriage and sexual mores. It's a movie for adults, by adults, and it's proof of concept that Wilde is a director worth watching, and that Rashida Jones is a screenwriter well worth watching. Neal and Laura disagree about Seth Rogen. She found him delightful, he found him distracting. Neal wonders when the next dinner party invite is coming his way. Our new theme song and incidental music are by composer Matthew Sheffer and licensed for use by Sea of Reeds Media. All Rights Reserved. Enjoy the show!

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  Episode #10

  BFG Podcast #10: ‘Supergirl,’ ‘Minions and Monsters,’ and a Load of Jackasses

  Jul 15, 202640 minS3

  This week's podcast features a tense, thrilling narrative about the highly-competitive subculture of American pub trivia. Host Neal Pollack and frequent guest Jessica Babbitt, who consider themselves among the top one percent of trivia players in the country, tell the story of how their team, Post-Trebek Stress Disorder, pulled out an exciting and unlikely victory in this year's first ever national Jeopardy! Bar League championship. Intrigue! Rivalries! Answers! Pizza! And an unlikely solution to the problem: Friendship conquers all. A BFG near-exclusive. Then Stephen Garrett drops into the pod-dome to take stock of this summer's movie offerings. Neal expresses extreme disappointment in Supergirl , which is way too grim-dark and not fun or sexy enough for his tastes. Why studios should be listening to the tastes of a 56-year-old man is an open question, but Supergirl was a huge bomb so they might as well hear what he has to say. Stephen, meanwhile, saw Toy Story 5 , which was fine, Minions and Monsters , which was fine, and the new Jackass movie, which was also fine. The Jackass guys are in their 50s now, so none of their old activities are safe. But Neal and Stephen mostly go to the movies, which is perfectly safe, and probably will be until they're in their 80s. Our new theme song and incidental music are by composer Matthew Sheffer and licensed for use by Sea of Reeds Media. All Rights Reserved. Enjoy the show!

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  Episode #9

  BFG Podcast #9: ‘Disclosure Day,’ ‘Backrooms,’ and Nicolas Cage With the Power of Spider

  Jun 17, 202647 minS3

  <p>It’s Disclosure Day on the Book and Film Globe podcast, as host Neal Pollack and chief film critic Stephen Garrett disclose that they didn’t much care for Steven Spielberg’s new “the truth about aliens” film Disclosure Day. They both found the script poorly-paced and silly, and really disliked several of the film’s performances, including soggy turns from Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, and Colman Domingo. Eve Hewson, Wyatt Russell, and especially Emily Blunt fare better, but they cannot get the best of a ham-handed scenario, bizarrely convoluted action sequences, and nonsensical world-building. What a mess.</p><p>We get ar...

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  Episode #8

  BFG Podcast #308: ‘Obsession,’ 'The Mandalorian and Grogu,' and a Whole Cannes of Worms

  Jun 3, 202639 minS3

  <p>The BFG Podcast leans into the summer season this episode, with a heap of praise for one of the two surprise horror hits that have changed Hollywood forever (again). Host Neal Pollack and contributor Daniel Aaron break open their wish and have nothing but good things to say about the low-budget hit Obsession. It's the ultimate howl of Gen Z relationship agony, featuring a star-making turn from Inde Navarrette and a cavalcade of gory bad relationship decisions. An absolute classic that comes out of nowhere.</p><p>Stephen Garrett, on the other hand, comes straight from France, to report...

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