A life-size human anatomy model at a doctor's office speaks to his children, and things get weirder from there. Grant joins us again to talk about the oft-overlooked 1988 psychological thriller, Pin.

A 200-year-old vampire returns to stalk his descendants, in this film version of the popular daytime soap opera. Will McKinley joins us to discuss 1970's House of Dark Shadows. 

Our friend Aaron is back to discuss the 1977 Japanese horror movie, House (or Hausu), and we think his description of "bonkers" describes it perfectly. Go ahead and listen to our spooky October edition of our Criterion series!

An adolescent girl is suspected of murdering her sister, and attacking (and murdering) others in this mid-1970s proto-slasher film. Gus joins Matt & Ashley to talk about Alice, Sweet Alice in today's 13 Days of Halloween episode.

Every year we include a Hammer Horror classic in our 13 Days of Halloween, and today's episode is all about this year's entry! We welcome Sara to her inaugural episode on the podcast as we discuss The Devil Rides Out.

A scrawny young man is mercilessly bullied at the gym where he works, until the bullying leads him to a grotesque transformation. Then, he becomes... The Toxic Avenger! Matt, Ashley and Sean review this 1984 Troma classic as 13 Days of Halloween continues.

A stage company busy with rehearsals are locked in a theater and stalked by a killer dressed as an owl. If that sounds bizarre, then know that this whole movie is bizarre. Ashley, Matt and Grant talk about Stage Fright in today's 13 Days of Halloween episode.

Vincent Price runs a wax museum where the figures are a little too real. First time guest RyanCam joins Matt & Ashley to talk about the 1953 horror classic House of Wax, as 13 Days of Halloween continues!

Anthony Hopkins plays a mentally disturbed ventriloquist with a killer dummy in this 1978 psychological thriller. Ashley, Matt and Grant review Magic in our latest 13 Days of Halloween episode.

13 Days of Halloween shuffles along as Sean, Matt & Ashley discuss the 1979 Fulci horror film, Zombie.

Today we focus on the 1973 classic celebrating its 50th anniversary. Ryan joins us to talk about The Exorcist, as 13 Days of Halloween continues.

Two American friends find themselves face-to-face with a werewolf on the English moors. A tragicomedy then ensues, as one of them begins living a lycanthropic life. Grant joins us as we kick off our annual 13 Days of Halloween with An American Werewolf in London. Stay tuned for more spooky content in the coming weeks!

A Friday the 13th has landed in October, so Matt and Garret thought there was no better time than to rank the movies in the Friday the 13th franchise! Also, it's our 666th episode. No joke.

Ashley & Matt review Saturday Night, which is a fictionalized account of the 90 minutes leading up to the broadcast of the original Saturday Night Live.

It's spooky season, so we're doing a special edition of our Criterion series! Will McKinley joins us to discuss the 1958 version of The Blob.

Fifty years after the original Exorcist, demonic possession is still a thing. At least Ellyn Burstyn's back to help fight the forces of evil. Garret joins us to talk about the new Exorcist: Believer movie.

A time travel slasher film? Ashley & Matt review the new streaming movie, Totally Killer, in one of our new episodes!

Do you remember the GameStop meme stock scenario from just a couple of years ago? Well, there's a movie about it now. Rachel joins us to review Dumb Money in our latest episode.

It's a John Hughes movie about teenage angst, love and self-discovery, as Ashley & Matt catch-up with Some Kind of Wonderful in our latest retro episode.

Kenneth Branagh is back as Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot. Matt & Ashley review A Haunting in Venice in our latest episode.

Aristotle and Dante - two teenagers living in 1980s El Paso, Texas - meet and develop a close bond. Ashley & Matt review this new movie, based on the popular YA novel. 

For the 25th entry in our Criterion series, we discuss one of Ashley's favorite movies! Listen as we talk about David Lean's Summertime (1955), starring Katharine Hepburn.

Ryan joins us to review Bottoms, a new raunchy teenage comedy starring Rachel Sennott!

Valak is back causing trouble, and Sister Irene is on the case! Ashley & Matt review this latest entry in the Conjuring universe, talking about The Nun II in this episode. 

Matt & Ashley review The Wild Robot, a new animated film based on a popular novel. 

We're getting closer to this year's baseball playoffs, so Matt & Ashley look back at Hardball, where Keanu Reeves plays a gambling addict who ends up coaching a Little League team from Near West Side of Chicago.

Denzel is back as Robert McCall, once again helping those with the odds against them. This time, he's in Italy, attempting to assist a village that is under the thumb of a crime family. Ashley, Matt and Aaron review The Equalizer 3 in this week's episode!

Aaron's back to review the latest Liam Neesoning film event! We talk about Retribution in our newest episode.

One of England's princes and the son of the US president end up falling for each other in this romcom based on a popular novel. Larry joins Matt & Ashley as we review Red, White & Royal Blue, a new movie streaming on Amazon Prime.

Ryan joins us as the latest contestant to test his knowledge of cinema, in another round of Mashley Movie Trivia!

Jason Statham îs back, and so are the megalodons! We review Meg 2: The Trench in our latest episode.

A group of teenage friends summon spirits using a disembodied forearm and hand encased in plaster, and things go as you might expect. Matt & Ashley review the new horror movie, Talk To Me, in this episode.

Ashley & Matt review Theater Camp, a new movie about the trials and tribulations of theater kids and camp counselors at a summer camp being filmed by a documentary crew (that the movie kind of forgets is happening).

Four men who are on the run and desperate for money agree to transport a highly volatile cargo through the jungle in Sorceror. Ashley, Matt and Grant talk about this 1977 thriller, directed by William Friedkin (1935-2023), in our latest RETRO episode.

We review the new movie that focuses on J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the life that led him to the development of the atomic bomb and its fallout.

Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola finally completes his passion project, and... it's something to behold. Ashley & Matt try and wrap their heads around Megalopolis, in this episode. 

Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt for the first time in Mission: Impossible film. With the seventh installment in the franchise being released this summer, Ryan & Matt thought it would be a good occasion to revisit this 1996 thriller.

A movie in three acts, Past Lives follows the relationship of two people across 24 years, from Korea, to NYC. It tells both a simple and a complex story, and it's our favorite film of the year (so far). Ashley & Matt review this new movie in our latest episode.

Ethan Hunt is back! Up against a sentient AI bent on world domination, the IMF team has to fend off enemies both human and machine. Ashley & Matt review the 7th entry in the Mission: Impossible film series.

The 5th entry in the Insidious horror series is in theaters, and Matt & Ashley are here to talk about it in our new episode!

Ashley, Matt & Ryan review the 5th installment in the Indiana Jones franchise in our latest episode.

We celebrate Pride Month by looking back almost twenty years at a groundbreaking film. Ashley, Matt & Ryan discuss Brokeback Mountain in our latest retrospective episode.

Ashley & Matt review No Hard Feelings in this episode. It's... an interesting movie.

A group of friends reunite at a remote house in the woods on Juneteenth, and discover a sinister game with life or death consequences. Matt & Ashley review The Blackening in this episode.

Wes Anderson's latest movie features a large ensemble in a small desert town during the mid-1950s. Ashley & Matt review Asteroid City in this episode.

Barry Allen aka The Flash wants to go back in time and save him mom from being killed (and his dad from serving time for her murder). He learns that messing with time has unintended consequences. Ashley & Matt review the new movie The Flash in this week's episode!

We kick-off October with the 1976 John Carpenter film, Assault on Precinct 13. Grant joins us to talk about this gritty, base-under-siege classic. 

A grieving family is caught in the sinister web of a creature from our darkest fears -- the thing hiding in the closet, or under the bed. Matt & Ashley review the new movie, The Boogeyman.

Miles Morales is back as Spider-Man, at least in this universe, and he's dealing with protective parents, a multiverse-hopping love interest, and villain named, er, Spot. Ashley & Matt review Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in our new episode.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies play a middle-aged couple in this new dramedy written & directed by Nicole Holofcener. Ashley & Matt review You Hurt My Feelings in our latest episode.