Mon, 23 September 2024
We dive into the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, discussing their arc across the MCU. |
Sat, 3 August 2024
Christiana and Mike discuss a pair of classics, one a silent German scifi that has influenced dozens of filmakers, and the other an iconic spaghetti western. Metropolis, and The Good The Bad and the Ugly. |
Wed, 26 June 2024
Christiana and Mike pull another pair of classics from the Sight & Sound list, Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon" (1950), and Carol Reed's "The Third Man" (1949) |
Wed, 5 June 2024
Christiana and Mike do some heist research with the best heist franchise out there! Ocean's 11, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen, and Ocean's Eight |
Sun, 28 April 2024
Christiana and Mike revisit Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises |
Sat, 9 March 2024
We discuss, with spoilers, Elemental, Nyad, Society of the Snow, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 |
Wed, 21 February 2024
We discuss our first batch of nominated films, with spoilery discussions of Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of a Flower Moon and Oppenheimer. |
Sat, 27 January 2024
We discuss another pair of movies from the Sight and Sound Top Movies of All Time list, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and There Will Be Blood, and then introduce our 2024 Oscar Movie Marathon! |
Tue, 19 December 2023
Christiana and Mike dig into Martin Scorsese's extensive filmography with discussions of four Scorsese films that neither of us had seen before! After Hours, The King of Comedy, The Age of Innocence and Silence |
Sun, 26 November 2023
It's a discussion of spy movies with Spy Game, Bridge of Spies, Three Days of the Condor and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
Wed, 25 October 2023
We discuss movies which place food front and center, including the Pixar classic Ratatouille, the twenty-teens-feel-good Chef, the mysterious Nicolas Cage vehicle Pig, and the Dutch-language period piece Babette's Feast. |
Thu, 21 September 2023
Inspired by "The Last Action Heroes" by Nick de Semlyen, we watch a quartet of classic 80's action flicks. |
Fri, 25 August 2023
We discuss Dreamworks Animation's short-lived 2D division, with a look at four of their five films: Prince of Egypt, Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas |
Mon, 31 July 2023
Christiana and Mike talk about the evolution of films based on the Tom Clancy hero Jack Ryan. |
Tue, 4 July 2023
Christiana and Mike tackle a pair of challenging arty flicks from the Sight and Sound Top 100 - Mulholland Drive and Beau Travail. |
Wed, 10 May 2023
We check out a pair of excellent Baz Luhrman films and also a third one he made! |
Sun, 23 April 2023
We're temporarily changing systems from D&D 5E to Blades in the Dark! In this session, we adapt our characters! |
Mon, 17 April 2023
Christiana and Mike discuss a trio of David Fincher films, including Fight Club, Panic Room, and Zodiac... but mostly Fight Club! |
Thu, 30 March 2023
Christiana and Mike wrap-up the marathon with a discussion of the winners and then deep dives into All Quiet on the Western Front and Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio. |
Tue, 7 March 2023
Christiana and Mike continue their 2023 Oscar journey with a deep dive into a pair of great movies! |
Sat, 18 February 2023
We discuss Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, and The Batman |
Mon, 30 January 2023
Christiana and Mike begin their Oscar Marathon with in-depth discussions about The Banshees of Inisherin, Top Gun: Maverick and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. We do go into spoilers, so check out the time-codes below if you would like to skip ahead... Introduction - 00:00 - 09:08 The Banshees of Inisherin - 09:08 - 50:10 Top Gun: Maverick: 50:10 - 1:01:40 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery: 1:01:40 - 1:09:24 Wrap-up: 1:09:24 - End |
Wed, 25 January 2023
Christiana and Mike crossover with Shameless Cashgrab to discuss a real couple of stinkers. |
Thu, 12 January 2023
Christiana and Mike discuss a pair of films from the Sight & Sound Top 100 List
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Wed, 7 December 2022
Christiana and Mike try to choose between Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers. |
Sat, 29 October 2022
Christiana and Mike rank the movies they've discussed since the original AFI list! |
Mon, 17 October 2022
We dive into the Muppets legacy with a selection of their feature films. |
Sun, 14 August 2022
We conclude our look at Tom Cruise's career with his films since 2000, focusing on Minority Report, Collateral and American Made. |
Thu, 28 July 2022
We continue our investigation of Tom Cruise's career with a look at his films of the 90's, focusing on A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire and Magnolia. |
Sun, 10 July 2022
Christiana and Mike open up a series where we'll be examining the career of Tom Cruise. |
Tue, 28 June 2022
Christiana and Mike dive into the deep well of Sam Raimi's career. |
Tue, 31 May 2022
Christiana and Mike dig deeper into David Lean's filmography. |
Tue, 26 April 2022
We discuss the films of Robert Zemeckis, with a focus on Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
Wed, 6 April 2022
Christiana and Mike conclude their 2022 Oscar Marathon with a discussion of the winners! |
Fri, 25 March 2022
Christiana and Mike update their marathon progress and then dig into Belfast, CODA and West Side Story.
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Wed, 16 March 2022
Christiana and Mike update their progress and then dig deep into "The Power of the Dog" and "No Time to Die" |
Tue, 1 March 2022
Christiana and Mike dig deep into "Don't Look Up", "Dune", "Nightmare Alley", and "Encanto" |
Thu, 24 February 2022
Christiana and Mike inaugerate their 2022 Oscar Marathon with a rundown of the nominations!
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Mon, 31 August 2015
Christiana, Mike, Chooch, Vivid Muse, and Jason Banks get together for the 30th Anniversary of "The Breakfast Club"! |
Sun, 18 November 2012
Christiana Ellis, Adam Morey, Mike Meitin, PC Haring, and Kim Forturner get together to watch Star Wars. |
Tue, 1 February 2011
Christiana and Mike continue their discussion of the Oscar Nominations. |
Mon, 31 January 2011
Christiana and Mike begin anew their annual Oscar-nominated movie marathon! In this episode we read the list of nominees, and also spend some time discussing The Social Network, How to Train Your Dragon, and many others! (Part 1 of 2) |
Sat, 29 January 2011
Christiana, Mike, Nobilis, Adam Morey, and Kim the Comic Book Goddess watch Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, and everything is peaches and gravy! |
Mon, 29 March 2010
The finale of our 2010 Oscar Movie Marathon Discussion |
Sun, 7 March 2010
Christiana, Mike, Adam Morey, Chooch and Viv join us for the Dreamworks animated epic "The Road to El Dorado" |
Mon, 1 March 2010
The marathon continues, and Christiana and Mike talk about Coraline, The Fantastic Mr Fox, The Princess and the Frog, The Cove, A Serious Man, and Inglorious Basterds |
Fri, 12 February 2010
Christiana and Mike break down the 2010 Oscar nominations and talk about the start of their annual marathon to see as many nominated films as possible. Download our spreadsheet HERE |
Sun, 30 August 2009
Christiana, Mike, and MA in PA pay tribute to the late, great John Hughes by watching "The Breakfast Club".
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Fri, 21 August 2009
Christiana, Mike, Michael Plested, and Adam Morey are DEAD BY DAWN as they watch Evil Dead 2!
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Mon, 22 June 2009
We ain't afraid of no ghost! It's a full house as Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Adam Morey, Brandon Hill, Podcasting's Rich Sigfrit, Susan Z, Kim the Comic Book Goddess and the Right Reverend Chumley watch Ghostbusters!
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Thu, 4 June 2009
Christiana, Mike, Chooch and Viv, Adam Morey, Brandon Hill, and Kim the Comic Book Goddess do some Trainspotting!
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Tue, 3 March 2009
Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin wrap-up their Oscar Marathon Series. Part 1 of 2
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Mon, 9 February 2009
Part 2 of our 2009 Oscar Marathon series.
In which, we discuss Milk, Frost/Nixon, Wall-E, Bolt, Slumdog Millionaire, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. |
Mon, 2 February 2009
Christiana, Mike, Kim AKA ComicBookGoddess, Richard Green AKA
Mainframe, PC Haring, Randy Hinckley and Tim Dodge are on a mission
from God... to watch THE BLUES BROTHERS!
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Thu, 29 January 2009
Christiana and Mike are going to try and see as many of the Oscar nominated films as possible before the awards ceremony. How far will they get? You'll have to listen to find out! Follow along or even play at home on their status spreadsheet. |
Sun, 21 December 2008
Christiana Ellis, Kim "Comic Book Goddess" and Tim Dodge watch the imortal Capra Christmas Classic: "It's a Wonderful Life"
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Thu, 18 December 2008
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Adam Morey, PC Haring, Stephen Kilbride, Chris Moody, Tee Morris, and Pip Ballantine watch the 2006 version of Casino Royale
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Mon, 13 October 2008
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Adam Morey, Brandon Hill, and Richard
Green honor the late, great Paul Newman with a viewing of Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid.
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Tue, 23 September 2008
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Adam Morey, Brandon Hill, Jesse Willis, Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine watch the sci-fi horror classic: "The THING"!
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Thu, 11 September 2008
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Brandon Hill, Jesse Willis, and Mae & Scott Breakall join us for "Brick"
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Sun, 10 August 2008
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Jesse Willis, Adam Morey, Paul Fischer and Martha Holloway watch "Zulu"
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Thu, 24 July 2008
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Adam Morey, Neil Watson, and the Right Reverend Chumley watch Xanadu.
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Sun, 18 May 2008
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Adam Morey, Brandon Hill, PC Haring, Paul Fischer, and Wesley Clifford all get together to watch Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Thu, 8 May 2008
We will, we will.... Rock you! ... And watch "A Knight's Tale"
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Tue, 25 March 2008
The gang gets together to watch the "Final Cut" of the sci-fi classic: Blade Runner!
Guests include: Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Brandon Hill, Adam Morey, MA in PA, Dan Taber, Jesse Willis, Susan Z and special appearance by The Biscuit. |
Wed, 13 February 2008
The gang gets together to watch Serenity.
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Thu, 7 February 2008
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Mon, 21 January 2008
"By the power of Greyskull!"
We watch the gloriously funny buddy-cop parody, Hot Fuzz with a bunch of people: Christiana, Mike, Paul Fischer, Martha Holloway, Tee Morris, Choochus and Viv, and Gutshot. |
Sat, 5 January 2008
"Do you also say, Froe-derick?" We watch the Mel Brooks classic: Young Frankenstein with: MA in PA, Evo Terra, JT Shea, the Right Reverend Chumley, and Choochus & Viv.
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Mon, 3 December 2007
Christiana, Mike, and P.C. Haring watch the 80's classic: Ferris Bueller's Day Off!
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Tue, 6 November 2007
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Sun, 23 September 2007
We've got a big group together to watch Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World!
We've got Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin, Michelle and Nuri, MA in PA, Steve Eley, and Tee Morris. |
Tue, 21 August 2007
Christiana, Mike, Neil, Paul and Martha watch the wacky German film of awesomeness... Run Lola Run.
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Mon, 13 August 2007
Christiana and Mike are joined by Borderline Neil, Shelley Brisbin, Paul Fischer, Martha Holloway and the Right Rev. Chumley for an evening of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone!
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Thu, 19 July 2007
Christiana and Mike are joined by Paul Fischer and Martha Holloway of Dancing Cat Studios for an evening of MORTAL KOMBAT!!!
Be sure to check out their podiobook, the mystery: "Serve it Cold" |
Mon, 11 June 2007
Yar, ahoy there mateys! Captain Ellis here, and we be watchin' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Joinin' me is my First Mate, Mike Meitin, and scurvy swabs Borderline Neil and Paul from Des Moines.
Plus, we be drinkin' rum according to this here Pirates of the Caribbean drinking game. Rule 1: Choose your pirate from the list below, and whenever someone says their name or any variation thereof, drink.
Rule 2: Whenever Will does something well-intentioned, but nonetheless goofy, shout AVAST! And drink. Rule 3: Whenever Barbossa uses unnecessarily big words, shout out the longest word you can think of. Whoever's word is the longest gets to make the others drink. Preparing words in advance is CHEATING Rule 4: Whenever Captain Jack Sparrow gives a nonsensical or unlikely answer to a simple question, shout "Savvy" and drink. Rule 5: Whenever Rule 6: When Mr. Gibbs takes a swig from his flask, shout "'Tis Bad Luck!" and drink. If the flask is empty, see rule 10 (AKA Why is the rum gone?). Rule 7: Whenever parley is called, the group must take a vote. Whoever is elected must drink the agreed upon amount. Rule 8: When you see something taken directly from the ride, shout "Dead Men Tell No Tales" and drink. Rule 9: When the cursed pirates change back and forth from zombie
form in the moonlight, shout either "Pirate Ghosts!" or "Ghost Pirates!",
whichever you prefer, but be prepared to defend your answer. "Zombie" may be substituted for "Ghost" as desired. Rule 10: When anyone finishes their drink and needs a refill, they shout "Why is the rum gone?" and everyone else must finish their drinks and refill as well. |
Sun, 3 June 2007
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Wed, 30 May 2007
Christiana and Mike are joined by Paul from Des Moines and the Right Rev Chumley for an evening of talking about nearly everything EXCEPT the 1997 sci-fi film, Contact.
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Mon, 30 April 2007
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, and Paul from Des Moines watch one of the finest action movies ever: The Rock.
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Sat, 7 April 2007
We watch Spiderman 2 with Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Shelly Brisbin, Clinton Alvord and Chris Moody.
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Sat, 17 March 2007
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Tee Morris, and Tony Mast watch "Escape from New York."
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Wed, 21 February 2007
Well what do you know?
Podcasting's Rich Sigfrit wrangled together some of his webcomic friends, Samantha Allen and Lee Cherolis and they watched Snakes on A Plane! |
Mon, 22 January 2007
We watch the "RomZomCom", Shaun of the Dead, with Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Shelly Brisbin and Rich Sigfrit.
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Sun, 14 January 2007
This time, we watch "The Princess Bride" with Christiana Ellis, Neil from the Borderline Podcast, Steve Eley from Escape Pod, etc., and P.G. Holyfield from the coming-soon podiobook, Murder on Avedon Hill.
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Sat, 23 December 2006
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin and Evo Terra watch "A Christmas Story"
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Fri, 22 December 2006
Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin watch Deep Blue Sea. Come on! Super-smart sharks! You know you want to!
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Tue, 28 November 2006
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Sun, 12 November 2006
We watch The Fifth Element, with Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Neil from The Borderline Podcast, Steve Eley from Escape Pod, and the Right Rev Chumley from Cult of UHF.
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Sun, 15 October 2006
This time around, Mike and I are joined by Dan and CJ from Love, Long and Prosper, King Bonk, and Neil from The Borderline Podcast, and we all watch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan!
Direct download: Watchamovie_9_-_Star_Trek_II_The_Wrath_of_Kahn.mp3
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Sat, 7 October 2006
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, and Steve Eley of Escape Pod get together to watch the cult indie post-apocalyptic rock-n-roll martial arts movie: Six String Samurai.
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Wed, 6 September 2006
A two-hour, 3AM, 9-person game of Killer Bunnies played by a bunch of rowdy podcasters at DragonCon 2006!
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Sun, 13 August 2006
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Shelly Brisbin and Tee Morris watch the classic 1935 pirate flick, Captain Blood!
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Mon, 24 July 2006
Christiana Ellis, Shelly Brisbin, and JC Hutchins all take a look at that seminal time-travel classic, Back to the Future!
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Sun, 11 June 2006
Join Christiana, Mike, and King Bonk as they watch the John Carpenter / Kurt Russell cult classic: Big Trouble in Little China.
Direct download: Watchamovie_5_-_Big_Trouble_in_Little_China.mp3
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Sat, 22 April 2006
Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Shelly Brisbin, and King Bonk watch The Godfather.
Oh, and did I mention Squirrel Pope and Nina Kimberly the Merciless? |
Sun, 2 April 2006
Christiana and Mike are joined once again by Shelly (of Shelly's Podcast), Reverend Chumley (of Cult of UHF), and also by Aaron (of The Big Show), to watch a movie and talk about it.
This time: We watch Willow |
Sun, 12 March 2006
After Top Gun was over, Shelly and the Right Reverend Chumley stick around for more conversation.
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Sun, 12 March 2006
This time around, Mike and I are joined by Shelly Brisbin of Shelly's Podcast, and the Right Reverend Chumley from Cult of UHF, and we're watching Top Gun and playing a top-notch drinking game!
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Sun, 26 February 2006
Sometimes, the perfect way to spend an evening is just to sit back with a few good friends, pop in a DVD and just spend the next couple hours talking, laughing, and joking around. Well, now you can do it with Christiana and Mike! This time around, they mixed up some themed drinks and watched Disney's The Black Hole! The Drinks: The Black Hole (A "real" drink) 1 1/2oz Black Sambuca (Not interchangable with regular Sambuca), Club Soda and Ice The Black Hole EXTREEEEME! Blavod Black Vodka and Mountain Dew: Code Red The Maximilian Captain Morgan "Tattoo" Rum, and Diet Coke Black Cherry Vanilla Note: The dinner banquet scene skipped a little on my disc during the recording, so you may need to resync the show and the film after that scene. No more than a few seconds difference. |