The Next Reel Film Podcast
Alien: Covenant
Alien: Covenant is a 2017 American-British science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by John Logan and Dante Harper. Michael Fassbender plays
May 7, 2026
For all you proper film enthusiasts who would like to peruse the films of TruStory FM’s entertainment podcasts by release decade. Get ready for a firehose of film history in these here stacks.
Alien: Covenant is a 2017 American-British science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by John Logan and Dante Harper. Michael Fassbender plays
In our Thinking Machines series, we dig into “I Am Mother”—a post-apocalyptic sci-fi about an AI, a sealed bunker, and whether a machine that truly cares is the most dangerous kind.
We dig into Alex Garland’s tense, unsettling Ex Machina — a Thinking Machines entry about consciousness, creation, and who’s really running the test.
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We wrap up our John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with his 2016 film Sing Street, a wonderful story that’s a bit of wish fulfillment for Carney’s own childhood that delivers on all counts, even if it’s full of tropes.
We continue our John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with Carney’s first experience working with a bigger budget and Hollywood actors, specifically Kiera Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. Tune in to hear us chat about Begin Again!
We wrap up our Car Racing series—and our 14th season!—with a movie that’s more a dog movie than a car racing movie, but either way is a saccharine movie. It’s Simon Curtis’ The Art of Racing in the Rain.
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