Ranking Cinema Memberships, Fixing the “Weapons” Prequel, and Gently Criticising Spielberg

This week on FoF we’re ranking cinema memberships and cinemas and literal seats within those cinemas (yes, I have a spreadsheet), pitching a better idea for the Weapons prequel (or in my case, sequel), and gently offering one criticism of late-career Spielberg. But not before I relive my Gala Premiere chaos and reveal my secret favourite screen in London. All this and more! Check the timestamps below…
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 TikTok/Insta @fredasquithonfilm - THANKS FOR 10k!
00:27 How I’m feeling about doing FoF
01:37 People are mentioning the pod to me more and more
02:02 Choosing to listen to a podcast is a big commitment so THANKS
03:34 Excited for a chattier episode
04:15 “Caught Stealing” Gala Premiere - NOT A REVIEW, NO SPOILERS YET!
04:45 Gala means it’s actually WAY fancier than I realised
05:35 All the stars were there
06:18 Got a brilliant seat, BUT… (a bad thing happened)
10:10 Diving into my incredibly Nerdy and Insane Cinema Seating Spreadsheet
12:29 The best Cinema Screen in London IS…
14:10 It’s important to pick the right SCREEN depending on the type of film
15:10 I’m trying to build a FoF Seat Selector GPT
16:00 Best Cinema Branches in London RANKED
17:45 My low-key secret favourite go-to screen IS…
19:27 The Best Cinema Memberships RANKED
20:32 Odeon Limitless slaps
21:35 Curzon VIP slaps
22:35 Cineworld Unlimited…hmmm
23:18 The worst paid membership is…
24:22 Talk of a “Weapons” Prequel?? - SPOILERS ALERT
25:29 Will this tarnish the original?
27:27 My fave Aunt Gladys (“Weapons”) quote
28:25 I fear for my childrens children relationship to Weapons
28:55 I have a BETTER SEQUEL IDEA
30:00 Fly swatter interlude
30:16 Rewatching Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies”
31:02 Spielberg’s latter career run
32:21 He’s supposed to be making “Megalopolis” at his age
32:45 One thing holding latter Spielberg back for me is the samey visual palette
35:38 Why this bothers me - an ANALOGY
36:50 “Bridge of Spies” still slaps
37:30 Letterboxd Rating
38:05 SO many films to keep up with at the moment AAAGHHHH