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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

Avatar: Fire & Ash (with James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, and More), Kumail Nanjiani, The Housemaid (with Paul Feig), and the Best Movies of 2025

Author: SlashFilm.com December 24, 2025 Duration: 2:30:02
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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


(~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://www.slashfilm.com/2048753/the-housemaid-director-paul-feig-interview/

(~01:50:20) /Film editors narrow down the site’s best movies of the year list

https://www.slashfilm.com/2053301/best-movies-of-2025-ranked/

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