Ep. 723 - Fast X (GUEST: Jen Yamato)

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4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss how The Mother was a let-down, Carter was a bonkers surprise, and Primo is a sweet new sitcom. Then, they're joined by Jen Yamato from the Los Angeles Times to discuss Fast X. Check out Jen's interview with Louis Leterrier and find her other work here.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Tiktok: A warning about Fast X
Devindra - Engadget Podcast: How Apple and Google are highlighting accessibility
Jeff - Raising money for Providence Cancer Institute

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~20:00)
David - The Mother, Jimmy O. Yang: Guess How Much,
Devindra - Primo, BlackBerry,
Jeff - Carter

Featured Review (~51:30)
Fast X

SPOILERS (~1:31:30)
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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the film cast, a podcast about movies.
0:23.5	I'm David Chen and I'm a child who's been trained to use explosives to brutally kill
0:28.5	my enemies, all of whom have families by the way. Joining me today is David Hardware.
0:33.4	Finally, they made a Rocket League movie and Jeff Kanata. I love this Aquaman sequel.
0:41.9	Those are of course all vague and oblique references to the fact that today on the podcast,
0:45.8	we're going to be reviewing fast 10. We got Genium motto from the LA Times to join us for
0:50.4	that review. It's going to be a lot of fun. Gen, of course, has joined us for many reviews
0:54.1	of fast movies over the years. So it's great to have her back. You can find more
0:58.4	episodes of this podcast at thefilmcast.com email us at slashfilmcast.gemo.com. Find us on
1:05.2	YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, at the Filmcast pod. Find us on TikTok, at the Filmcast,
1:12.4	we're posting new videos every single week. And you can support this podcast at patreon.com,
1:16.9	slash film podcast. Sign up for ad free episodes, exclusive after darts and early access to episodes.
1:24.2	We really appreciate everyone there who keeps this podcast going. We got a little bit of feedback,
1:29.4	some follow ups from the last couple weeks of episodes. We got some what we've been watching for
1:34.8	you today and some weekly plugs before we get to our fast 10 review. So let's get into it, folks.
1:39.3	I wanted to start with a little summer movie wager update. Currently, by the way, if you go to
1:44.2	the summer movie wager.com, all players are tied in a dead heat. Guardians is number one and fast
1:51.9	10 is number two at the box office. So we all have the same number of points at the moment,
1:56.4	but that could change pretty rapidly in the days to come. Yeah, those early reviews of Indiana Jones,
2:00.8	not not looking so good. Not looking good. Not looking good. Not looking pretty sad. Meanwhile,
2:05.6	flash, the flash looks like it could open higher than Guardians of the Galaxy. So who knows if it
2:13.3	does, maybe flash could be number one of the box offices summer, we'll see. And fast 10 open with
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