SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 13

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It's Mortal Kombat week here at screen Watching, with Simon and Dan going head-on with the blockbuster new Warner Bros film in our review chatter, then speaking with director Simon McQuoid about his mighty videogame adaptation. Also, we check out the Oscar-nominated Andra Day in The United Staes vs Billie Holiday; do a full Season 1 recap of the MCU/Disney+ hit, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier; and, ponder the new Ed Helms comedy series

, Rutherford Falls. Plus we crystal-ball the 2021 Oscars, farewell two of Hollywood's unsung greats, and check out what Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson and Dame Judi Dench 

have been up to. Dive in!

REVIEWS (01:37)

Mortal Kombat; Rutherford Falls; The United States vs Billie Holiday; Lost In London; The Dissident

POST-SEASON ANALYSIS: The Falcon & The Winter Soldier (21:16) Dan looks back at the first (perhaps, only?) season of the Marvel superhero series.

INTERVIEW (25:20) Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuiod. An advertising industry giant, Simon McQuoid is making his directorial debut with a major roll of the dice for a giant Hollywood studio. Simon spoke with McQuoid about what he needed to get right to kickstart a blockbuster franchise and make the legion of Mortal Kombat fans happy...

NEWS (36:24)

Just how much can Netflix and Amazon Prime spend in a year?

; Oscar darlings and dragon queens headed for the MCU; Hilary Duff 

returns to television in a How I Met Your Mother spin-off.

WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK (56:59)

The latest streaming premieres and big screen releases, including the Chinese hit Sister and our own Toni Collette in the deep-space thriller, Stowaway. And in this week's birthday list, five Oscar-winners, two small-screen comedy legends and Catwoman!