The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Covering a Lot of Movies in a Short Amount of Time

In mid-December, we always do a lightning-round episode where we review a bunch of holiday/award-season movies, spending about 10 minutes on each. This year, we tackled seven: American Fiction, All of Us Strangers, Origin, Wonka, The Boy and the Heron, Ferrari and Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. We disagreed on three of them. Check it out down below.

On 'Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget' and the Aardman Downturn

I used to be really excited for new Aardman films. But it's been a while. For Cracked, I wrote about the studio's latest, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget.

'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': 'The Zone of Interest,' 'American Fiction' and 'Wonka'

Back at the Toronto Film Festival in September, Alison Willmore and I walked out of the world premiere of American Fiction, discussing its strengths and weaknesses. We continued that conversation this week on KCRW, where we reviewed that film, The Zone of Interest, Wonka and Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. You can hear the conversation down below.

'Early Man' Review

Early Man is the latest animated film from the geniuses at Aardman. Sadly, it's good, but not great. My review is up at Paste.

'Shaun the Sheep Movie' Review

I think the worst thing about the old Wallace and Gromit shorts is that they're so good they've spoiled me. Aardman has made plenty of adorable works since then, but none of them can compare. Now comes Shaun the Sheep Movie, and it's a perfectly enjoyable, super-cute family film about that sweet little sheep. And yet...well, I've got reservations. My review is up at Paste.