Stay ConnectedWith more movies than ever going straight to streaming, Filmspotting: SVU is on the case. Hosts Matt Singer and Jordan Hoffman cover the big movies on the small screen, offering reviews, recommendations, a rundown of new releases, and more.
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The new Netflix comedy Best of the Best introduced Matt and Jordan to the world of collegiate competitive Bollywood dance, and they left converts: to the dancing, to stars Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia, and to director Lena Khan’s winning movie (which has a joke-filled script written by comedian Hassan Minhaj and writing partner Prashanth Venkataramanujam). In the Best of the Best-inspired Rec Seg, Matt and Jordan recommend an entry-level Bollywood classic and an obscure NYC-set dance movie. And then it’s a pair of single-setting (“bottle”) movies for listener Steven. And Producer Sam hosts a “Let’s Dance!” round of trivia.
Intro (00:00:00–00:02:28)
Best of the Best (00:02:29–00:20:55)
Rec Seg! (00:20:56–00:36:45)
Listener Req Seg! “Bottle Movies” (00:36:46–00:52:14)
Game: Let’s Dance! (00:52:15–01:08:55)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:08:56–01:26:39)
Show Notes
For what film should Alison Willmore make her triumphant return to SVU?
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
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For a few days in the summer of 2024, the world’s attention was focused on Dr. Rachel Gunn — and not for anything good. Gunn, aka “Raygun”, was representing Australia at the Paris Olympics in the inaugural breakdancing competition, when her infamous performance became the subject of mockery, outrage, and even conspiracy theories. That’s the subject of the new Netflix documentary Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly. Matt and Jordan have a review, and use the film as an opportunity to recommend a film from the dawn of on-screen breakdancing and a sports doc about a ‘90s-era rivalry. Plus, streaming recommendations for a listener looking for movies with adrenaline-rush-inducing twists.
Intro (00:00:00–00:07:20)
Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly (00:07:21–00:23:38)
Rec Seg! (00:23:39–00:40:27)
Listener Req Seg: Movies With Twists (00:40:28–00:52:47)
New to Streaming / Credits (00:52:48–01:00:16)
Show Notes
For what film should Alison Willmore make her triumphant return to SVU?
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
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From the writer/directors of Game Night and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Apple TV’s Cold War comedy Mayday was a promising title on the 2026 streaming movie calendar. Unfortunately, Matt and Jordan agree that the film isn’t the equal to those earlier films (no thanks to a phoned-in performance from Ryan Reynolds), despite a clever premise and the presence of Kenneth Branagh, who is having the time of his life. Matt digs into Branagh’s strange career in the Rec Seg, suggesting an early Branagh effort (as both director and star) as an alternative, and Jordan answers with a film that finds Christian Bale as a fighter pilot caught behind enemy lines. Plus, Bran-agh Flakes!, a Jordan-hosted game.
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Intro (00:00:00–00:05:43)
Mayday (00:05:44–00:26:32)
Rec Seg! (00:26:33–00:44:40)
Game: Bran-agh Flakes (00:44:41–01:02:24)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:02:25–01:11:29)
Show Notes
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
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When the story of a movie’s financing and troubled post-production are more compelling than the movie itself, you’ve got problems. And in this case, you’ve got Desert Warrior, a 7th-century, Saudi Arabia-set — and financed — epic starring Anthony Mackie along with Sir Ben Kingsley and Sharlto Copley. Matt and Jordan review the Rupert Wyatt-directed curiosity, and use the film to recommend an American desert-set indie from the early 2000s and another (undeservedly) unloved Rupert Wyatt film. Plus, a listener request for “sad man” movies on the Criterion Channel, and a game that has Matt and Jordan remembering - or trying to remember - summer movies from the year 2012.
Intro (00:00:00–00:04:10)
Desert Warrior (00:04:11–00:31:57)
Rec Seg! (00:31:58–00:48:14)
Listener Request Seg! (00:48:15–01:08:01)
Game: Mark My Words! (01:08:02–01:32:32)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:32:33–01:42:15)
Show Notes
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
The Best and Worst Movies of Summer 2012 (According to Us)
https://screencrush.com/best-worst-movies-summer-2012/
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Happy Madison Productions is now cranking out movies starring two generations of Sandlers: paterfamilias Adam and daughters Sadie and Sunny. Earlier this year, Sadie starred in Netflix’s college-set Roommates, and now it’s Sunny’s turn in Don’t Say Good Luck, a tear-jerker that pairs family drama with high school musical drama. And it’s a pairing that Matt and Jordan agree works pretty well, thanks to the director Julia Hart (Fast Color, I’m Your Woman), solid work from Sandler, and a great performance by Melanie Lynskey as Sunny’s mom. Plus, a “Nepo Baby” streaming rec from Matt, and one from Jordan for a forgotten Oscar-winning Canadian film from the early 2000s. And Matt hosts another round of Portmanteau-to-Toe.
Intro (00:00:00–00:03:16)
Don’t Say Good Luck (00:03:17–00:24:27)
Rec Seg! Nepo Babies and Canadian Oscar-winners (00:24:28–00:39:07)
Game: Portmanteau-to-Toe (00:39:08–00:58:57)
Mailbag / New to Streaming / Credits (00:58:58–01:11:25)
Show Notes
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
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It’s all fine and good to be sealed up in a house with Wagner Moura and Greta Lee, but the longer Netflix’s new The Last House keeps us there, the more time Matt and Jordan have for questions about the why and the how and… is that broccoli you’re growing in the floorboards, Greta? Matt and Jordan also discuss Netflix’s curious fascination with apocalyptic tales. Then, some Last House-inspired streaming recommendations (Universal Monsters! H.P. Lovecraft!) and a listener streaming request inspires recommendations for a forgotten Emma Thompson movie from the early 90s and a literary adaptation from Roger Corman. And Jordan hosts this week’s game: The Gaul of These People!
Welcome/Intro (00:00:00–00:2:54)
The Last House (00:2:55–00:27:17)
H.P. Lovecraft and Universal Monsters (Rec Seg!) (00:27:18–00:44:30)
Emma Thompson, Roger Corman, and Vincent Price (Listener Request Seg!) (00:44:31–01:03:16)
MLB's Field of Dreams Game on Netflix (01:03:17–01:09:26)
Game: The Gaul of these People! (01:09:27–01:26:10)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:26:11–01:31:04)
Show Notes
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
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When the author of “Marvel’s Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular” is the co-host of your show, you don’t avoid talking about the new Spidey movie Brand New Day just because it’s not streaming. So Matt and Jordan use the release of the movie to theorize about its massive box office, and to share some related steaming recommendations. Plus, listener requests for an unsentimental Italian film and a film that offers the same unique pleasures as Leos Carax’s uncategorizable 2012 film Holy Motors. And Producer Sam tests Matt and Jordan’s knowledge of Spider-Man villains with a game called “A Vile Menagerie.”
Matt’s Spider-Man Bona Fides + Brand New Day (00:00:00–00:25:27)
Rec Seg! Brand New Day-inspired recommendations (00:25:28–00:38:45)
Listener Requests: Italian Films, Movies like Holy Motors (00:38:46–00:50:16)
Game: A Vile Menagerie (00:50:17–01:08:45)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:08:46–01:15:33)
Outtake: Jordan In Hawaii with the cast of Battleship (01:15:34–01:24:24)
Show Notes
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
“Marvel’s Spider-Man: from Amazing to Spectacular”
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
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Jordan and Matt break format - and Zeus’s Law? - for an Odyssey-themed episode, including thoughts on the new blockbuster film, favorite Christopher Nolan films, and streaming recommendations inspired by the Homeric epic. And then a game, which Jordan dubs "My Big Fat Greek Filmspotting Game."
The Odyssey (00:00:00–00:23:33)
#1 Nolans(00:23:34–00:47:08)
Rec Seg: Odyssey-inspired recommendations (00:47:09–01:04:23)
Game: My Big Fat Greek Filmspotting Game (01:04:24–01:24:05)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:24:05–01:31:47)
Show Notes
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
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Matt and Jordan give Hulu’s new multiverse revenge thriller Redux Redux a spin, crediting Kevin and Matthew McManus’s film for its low-budget stylishness and its central performance (by another McManus, sister Michaela). Then some Redux-inspired streaming recommendations, answers to a listener request for off-the-grid heist movies, and a game (“Multi-Box Letter-Verse”) hosted by Producer Sam.
Intro / The Odyssey (00:00:00–00:11:36)
Redux Redux (0:11:37–00:28:27)
Rec Seg (00:28:28–00:45:35)
Listener Request Recs: Off-the-Grid Heist Movies (00:45:36–01:02:42)
Game: Multi-box Letter-verse (01:02:43–01:29:32)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:29:33–01:38:12)
Show Notes
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
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Matt and Jordan deep-dive into the free, ad-supported streaming platform Tubi. They evaluate the platform across five distinct categories: library; playback/interface; reliability; originals; and price. Plus, recommended titles to watch on Tubi, and a recommendations for a listener who is looking for a hangout comedy like semi-obscure 2005 comedy. And Producer Sam hosts this week’s game: Tubi or Not Tubi.
The State of Streaming: Tubi (00:00:00–00:49:36)
Rec Seg: Watch on Tubi (00:49:37–01:01:23)
Listener Request Recs: Hangout Comedies (01:01:24–01:17:23)
Game: Tubi or Not Tubi (01:17:24–01:38:35)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:38:36–01:45:49)
Show Notes
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
Alissa Quart’s “Hyperlink Cinema” in Film Forum
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/549355e2e4b0a309c8cef596/t/556ca8c0e4b0ca905b2d74ef/1433184448821/QuartonHyperlink%281%29.pdf
Hyperlink Cinema, a Letterboxd List
https://letterboxd.com/sc_elly/list/hyperlink-films/
Handmade Films, a Letterboxd List
https://letterboxd.com/studio/handmade-films/
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