Paul Rai - THE ROLLING TAPE

July 25, 2025

EP 148 Pre-Episode: Hoppers, After the Hunt Trailers & Theater Popcorn Buckets

Ahead of our Eddington review, we debrief the latest original trailer from Pixar, Hoppers, as well as Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt wh...

The Awards Tape

July 24, 2025

The Awards Tape: Oscar Predictions 2025 First Draft

Back in April we hosted our first conversation of the awards season with a way-too-early glimpse at the potential contenders ahead, and we’re ...

Reviews

July 23, 2025 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: Big Tech Divides and Conquers in Ari Aster's 'Eddington'

Ever since the viral sensation of his short film, The Strange Things About the Johnsons (2011), Ari Aster has been known as a provocateur of ...

Essays

July 22, 2025 · by Amritpal Rai

Very Early 2026 Best Picture Predictions: July

We are back! It’s time to begin predicting for the 98th Academy Awards! Last awards season was a tricky and windy road, where one moment Emil...

The Rolling Tape

July 21, 2025

EP 148: Eddington (2025)

Bookended by the two biggest superhero blockbusters of the summer is Ari Aster’s fourth feature, Eddington. The modern western is set in May o...

The Rolling Tape

July 18, 2025

EP 147 Pre-Episode: Project Hail Mary Trailer, Legendary Rumors Acquisition of Lionsgate & The Backrooms/Shelby Oaks Expectations

Ahead of our Superman review, we discuss a few topics of news including the Project Hail Mary trailer starring Ryan Gosling, the rumors surrou...

The Rolling Tape

July 18, 2025

RETROSPECTIVE 024: Ari Aster

Ahead of Ari Aster’s latest film Eddington, we look back through his filmography of three feature films and the trademarks that have defined t...

The Rolling Tape

July 14, 2025

EP 147: Superman (2025)

Written and directed by James Gunn, Superman is the film of the newly rebranded DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. David Corenswet sta...

The Rolling Tape

July 11, 2025

EP 146 Pre-Episode: The Odyssey Teaser, The Running Man trailer, and What We've Been Watching

On the pre-episode ahead of our Jurassic World: Rebirth review we discuss The Odyssey teaser, The Running Man trailer, and 'What we'...

RETRO//RANKED

July 10, 2025

RETRO//RANKED: Paul Thomas Anderson (Hard Eight & Boogie Nights)

*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a 30-minute segment from our RETRO//RANKED season on Paul Thomas Anderson. To watch the full conversatio...

The Rolling Tape

July 9, 2025

Summer 2025 Box Office Draft Check-In

As previously discussed in the first episode of this summer mini-series, we’re tracking box office for the movies on our radar between the fir...

The Rolling Tape

July 7, 2025

EP 146: Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)

Dinosaurs are returning to the big screen in the 7th edition of the Jurassic franchise with Jurassic World: Rebirth. Five years post-Jurassic ...

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