After a longer-than-usual break, Will and I return with a catch-up episode on The Devil Wears Prada 2, plus a wide-ranging conversation about the strange state of the summer movie season. We kick things off by comparing notes on what we’ve missed lately, from studio blockbusters and horror releases to indie films that may have slipped through the cracks.
Before the main review, I naturally put Will through a new movie game built around a simple question: have you seen it, will you see it, or is there no chance? That leads us to a rapid-fire discussion of recent and upcoming titles including Hokum, Michael, Animal Farm, Deep Water, The Mummy, Normal, and more. Let us know if you enjoy this segment as a fun way to take stock of the current movie landscape while also hearing what films are actually worth keeping on your radar.
The main event of course is our full review of The Devil Wears Prada 2, the legacy sequel to the 2006 hit starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci. We break down how the sequel revisits the world of fashion media 20 years later, this time through the lens of collapsing print journalism and the changing power structures of the day. Then we discuss whether the movie captures what made the original so enduring, where the sequel admittedly succeeds, and why it also feels messier and perhaps more conflicted than its predecessor.
SHOW NOTES:
- 00:00:00 – Have you seen it: Hokum, Michael, Animal Farm, Deep Water, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure, RZA’s One Spoon of Chocolate, Our Hero Balthazar, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Desert Warrior, Over Your Dead Body, Normal
- 00:35:45 – Review: The Devil Wears Prada 2
