Screen Time: Episode 50: Friday 21.12.25
This week’s episode promises a full slate: major film headlines, streaming and gaming updates
Episode 50 of Screen Time opens with the show settling into its new Sunday home on RTL Today Radio, with listeners reminded they can catch up anytime on RTL Play or hear highlights during The Lunchbox. This week’s episode promises a full slate: major film headlines, streaming and gaming updates, a look at what’s arriving at Kinepolis, and the usual chance to win cinema tickets.
The featured soundtrack this week is Friday, celebrated for its cool, sun-soaked blend of West Coast hip-hop and R&B. The show explores how the soundtrack shaped the film’s laid-back tone, spotlighting artists like Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Rick James, and discussing why the album still holds up as a cultural classic. After a track from the soundtrack, attention shifts to incoming Kinepolis releases Hamnet and Return to Silent Hill, followed by a rundown of the cinema’s biggest films of 2025, from The Conjuring: Last Rites to Lilo & Stitch.
Movie news covers some of the week’s biggest announcements: Chris Evans returning to the MCU in Avengers: Doomsday, Denis Villeneuve expanding the Dune universe with Prophecy of Arrakis, and a new Alien anthology film in development. The Luxembourg box-office Top 5 features titles like Wicked: For Good, *Mission Santa*, and chart-topper Zootopia 2. Another Friday soundtrack track bridges into the next segment.
The show’s reviews spotlight the rather uneven Apple TV+ thriller The Last Frontier, praised for its brutal, gripping beginning but criticised for losing direction, tone and narrative clarity as it progresses. Later, the show shifts to TV and streaming updates, including Netflix’s Torso true-crime adaptation, Hulu’s Battlestar Galactica: Rebirth, and Disney+ renewing Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
This week’s Show Tunes highlights a series about a demonic nightclub owner before the programme moves into a review of Edgar Wright’s neon-lit, stylish - but thematically muddled - version of The Running Man.
Gaming news rounds things out with FIFA’s upcoming Netflix-partnered World Cup 2026 game, fan theories linking Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus to Grand Theft Auto, and Bethesda announcing Starfield: Expeditions, a new DLC expansion.
The episode wraps with one last cut from the Friday soundtrack, details of the ongoing ticket giveaway, and a sign-off encouraging listeners to tune in again next week for more reviews, news and cinematic deep dives.
