Ep. 847 - Good Fortune
The Filmcast
The Filmcast
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2025
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
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Weekly Plugs
David - davechentravels.com
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on our AI video hellscape with WaPo’s Drew Harwell and Jeremy Carrasco (AKA ShowtoolsAI)
Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page
Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:15:49)
David - A House of Dynamite, IT: Welcome To Derry, The Perfect Neighbor
Devindra - A House of Dynamite, IT: Welcome To Derry, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
Jeff - Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Stitch Head
Featured Review (~01:11:48)
Good Fortune
SPOILERS (~01:26:11)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Mmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be |
| 0:06.8 | wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain |
| 0:13.0 | that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching |
| 0:18.7 | their peak in the afternoon. |
| 0:23.0 | Not in the mood for miserable weather? |
| 0:25.8 | Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express. |
| 0:38.3 | Sun Express, non-stop sunshine. Hello, everyone and welcome to the film cast. It's the film cast. |
| 0:40.3 | Hey! |
| 0:42.3 | It's the film cast. |
| 0:44.3 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to the film cast. |
| 0:50.3 | A podcast about movies. |
| 0:52.3 | I'm David Chen, and I need an angel to protect me from boring podcasts. |
| 0:57.4 | Joining me today is DaVindra Hardewar. I can't help but think about the Ziz Ansari's good fortune these days. |
| 1:03.6 | And Jeff Kanata. If there really is an angel in charge of texting while driving. They're doing a terrible job. |
| 1:13.4 | Those are, of course, all vague and oblique references to the fact that today at the podcast, |
| 1:17.0 | we're going to be reviewing Aziz Ansari's news film. |
| 1:19.5 | Good Fortune. |
| 1:21.9 | Folks, I do want to mention there has been ongoing construction right outside my window, |
| 1:26.7 | and so there's a cement truck mixing stuff, |
| 1:29.7 | and the noise is really unbearable. |
| 1:32.2 | So deepest apologies, if you hear anything in the background, |
| 1:34.4 | we'll try to minimize that for you. |
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