BFG Podcast #140: 'Madame Web,' 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith,' and the return of Jon Stewart

Our podcast has resumed production, though it also never ceased production, which is good because it continues to be an amazing show with an increasingly worldwide reach. This week we talk about 'Madame Web,' the most important bad-good movie of the year so far. Host Neal Pollack welcomes London Faust, an avowed Dakota Johnson fanatic, who did not find succor in the Dakota Johnson-heavy 'Madame Web.' London marvels at the movie's bad voice-dubbing and misuse of Zosia Mamet and Sydney Sweeney. Neal points all all the inconsistencies in the Spider-Verse world building. And they barely scratch the surface of how bad this movie actually is.

On a more positive note, JP Quinn drops by to talk to Neal about 'Mr. And Mrs. Smith,' which Donald Glover produced and stars in along with Maya Erskine. This is a long way off from the Brangelina action movie of the aughts, yet it still has glamorous locations and exciting action. It's sexy but also deeply ironic, able to embrace the spy genre while also deconstruction yet. Donald Glover is the smartest person in the room as usual.

Jon Stewart is also the smartest person in the room and he is back with new Monday episodes of The Daily Show. Jake Harris shows up to discuss with Neal the backlast to Stewart's first monologue, which was absurd, and also about how it's a huge relief to have Stewart back in the TDS chair and to see that he has not lost a step, even as he implores you to look deep into his eyes to see how much he's aged.

Enjoy the show!