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Avatar: Fire & Ash (with James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, and More), Kumail Nanjiani, The Housemaid (with Paul Feig), and the Best Movies of 2025
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- /Film Weekly
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- Dec 24, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 9002
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- https://slashfilm.com
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Summary
On the December 24, 2025 episode of /Film Weekly, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by several people to get into the latest film and TV news, talk about Avatar: Fire & Ash and present interviews with James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, and some of the other cast members, we’ll get into Kumail Nanjiani’s new stand-up special and speak with Kumail himself, we’ll talk about The Housemaid and present an interview with director Paul Feig, and pull back the curtain on an editor conversation about /Film’s best movies of the year list. (~00:39) News https://www.slashfilm.com/2057940/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-movie-trailer/ https://www.slashfilm.com/2056894/lars-eidinger-brainiac-james-gunns-superman-sequel-man-of-tomorrow/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-king-to-direct-labubu-movie-for-sony-1236453921/ https://www.slashfilm.com/2059662/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-marvel-actor-thomas-jane-dr-leonard-bones-mccoy/ https://deadline.com/2025/12/the-legend-of-aang-the-last-airbender-paramount-skip-theaters-1236655848/ (~02:17) Avatar: Fire & Ash spoiler discussion Avatar: Fire And Ash Review: James Cameron's Sci-Fi Epic Delivers On Multiple Levels (~31:42) James Cameron interview (~39:31) Sigourney Weaver interview (~47:20) Jack Champion, Trinity Bliss, and Bailey Bass interview (~55:01) Sam Worthington, Stephen Lang, and Oona Chaplin interview (~01:02:00) Rob Reiner remembrance https://www.slashfilm.com/2051847/rob-reiner-director-stand-by-me-misery-the-princess-bride-dead-obituary/ (~01:09:14) Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts discussion (~01:14:43) Kumail Nanjiani interview (~01:28:01) The Housemaid conversation The Housemaid Review: Sydney Sweeney And Amanda Seyfried Lead Paul Feig's Excellent, Wicked Drama (~01:39:38) Paul Feig interview https…