246 - Kwaidan, In the Blink of an Eye & Paramount gets WB after all

Ewan and Kevin discuss Paramount winning the bid over Netflix for Warner Bros, an upcoming Swiss media vote known as the ‘Halbierungsinitiative', and the new Top 500 Films list on Letterboxd. Ewan went on a Criterion Channel binge and watched about a dozen films, including What's Up, Doc?, God's Own Country, Secrets & Lies, The Passionate Friend, and more. Kevin🤝Asian Action Cinema: he watched Johnnie To's Drug War, Fight Against Evil, and the 2022 South Korean movie The Killer. The WALL-E & Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton (who is also directing the upcoming Toy Story 5) has a new straight-to-Hulu movie out called In the Blink of an Eye. In Spotlight World Cinema, we share our in-depth thoughts on Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan.⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Timecodes

(0:00) Episode Overview

(1:58) Paramount wins the bidding war for Warner Bros

(16:50) Halbierungsinitiative

(21:42) Letterboxd Video Story March 2026

(24:00) Top 500 Movies Letterboxd List

MAIN REVIEW

(31:12) In the Blink of an Eye | Spoiler Review

SPOTLIGHTS

Kevin

(52:37) Drug War

(54:29) Fight Against Evil

(56:11) The Killer & Signs of Life

Ewan

(59:14) Criterion - Best Streaming Service

(1:00:42) God's Own Country

(1:02:00) The Passionate Friends & Sleepless in Seattle

(1:04:38) Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

(1:05:52) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

(1:06:20) Starting Over

(1:06:55) Sliding Doors

(1:07:37) What's Up, Doc?

(1:13:48) Nine Months

(1:15:56) Velvet Goldmine

(1:16:51) Secrets & Lies

(1:21:10) Coming to the Criterion Channel in March

(1:23:30) Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die | Review

(1:25:58) You've Got Mail

(1:27:50) The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

(1:29:00) The Dreadful | Review

(1:30:16) Everybody to Kenmure Street

(1:30:50) I Understand Your Displeasure

(1:32:10) Ewan's Book Corner: Verity & Other Books

SPOTLIGHT WORLD CINEMA

(1:37:53) Kwaidan | Spoiler Review

(2:29:40) Next Week