‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips!
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What recent movie news headlines are discussed at the start of the episode?
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I'm Sean Fennessey, and this is The Big Picture, a conversation show about evil, Resident Evil. On today's episode, Chris Ryan joins me to discuss one of our most anticipated movies of the year and the official kickoff of horror movie season. It's Zack Kreger's new adaptation of the long-running video game Resident Evil. It's a gory, goofy, and glorious movie, and we will break it all down, as well as the history of horror comedy on the show. But first, some movie news right after this. This episode is presented by State Farm. You know the feeling, long day, good meal, you finally sit down and now you're just staring at your screen. Slasher, rom-com, period drama, psychological thriller, but some decisions don't have to be that hard.
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What's up, brother?
How are you?
I'm really good.
You're really
feeling up for this? I'm still coming out on the post-Resident Evil screening vibe. I'm still vibrating off
that. I do want to tell the story of our screening together and apart. But before we do that, I have some news that I want to talk to you about. Absolutely. Some of which I would consider very consequential, some of which feels minor. I think what I consider major, you might consider minor and vice versa.
Oh,
okay. So I want to start with Noah Baumbach. Noel Baumbach, who has been making movies for the Netflix Corporation for the last eight years, four features in eight years, on an exclusive deal. It was announced this morning he's leaving Netflix to go make a movie for Clockwork, which is the new indie shingle imprint at Warner Brothers. I mean, at least for now. Who knows what's going to happen with the merger? Yes. But Clockwork, which is run by Christian Parks, who for years worked at Neon and is a figure in the L.A. movie scene – You know, they made their mark initially by getting the restoration of Ken Russell's The Devils back in the theaters, which is coming in October. And they've announced a bunch of new projects with a bunch of new filmmakers over the next 14 months.
Bombeck's the next name on the list. You say what?
I'm excited to see Noah Baumbach tested by the box office. I think Iron Sharpens Iron in a way. And I in no way care whether his movies make $2 million or $25 million. But there is a Netflix cocoon around a group of directors. And I'd like to see them out on an even playing field and maybe singing for their supper a little bit more. Does that seem cruel to say that?
No. It's interesting that it's coming in the aftermath of two of Baumbach's more elevated productions, I would say, in White Noise and in J. Kelly, and two movies that were not received as well as a lot of his previous work. I think his first two movies for Netflix, Meyerowitz Stories and especially Marriage Story. are very well liked, celebrated. I'm a fan of all four of those movies, and I'm really on a short list of people, I think, who are really at least interested in White Noise and J. Kelly. But this is interesting to me for a variety of reasons because it feels like shifting ties at Netflix when it comes to the movie stuff. This comes at the same time that Bombeck's partner, Greta Gerwig, there were some new announcements of the Narnia film, which I think Amanda and I will talk about more on Monday.
But It feels like Guillermo del Toro and David Fincher are the last two guys...
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What recent movie news headlines are discussed at the start of the episode?
0:06–18:56
2
Why is Zack Kreger’s new Resident Evil described as a game‑like horror experience?
18:56–35:46
3
What spoiler warning is given before the deep dive into Resident Evil?
35:46–1:09:42
4
How does the episode predict the box‑office performance of Resident Evil?
1:09:42–1:17:58
5
What does the show say about the future of video‑game movie adaptations?
1:17:58–1:29:05
6
What are the key takeaways from the Resident Evil analysis?
1:29:05–1:31:23
7
What brief history of horror‑comedy mash‑ups is covered?
1:31:23–1:39:38
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