MoviePod: A Reclaimed Cinema Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This week on MoviePod I am joined by Hard Drive writer and host of Culture Dumpster Johnny Amizitch to discuss John Carpenter's horror classic The Thing (1982).

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Welcome to the first mainline episode of MoviePod!

This week I am joined by my very good friend Ryan to discuss the 1971 Japanese kaiju film Godzilla vs. Hedorah. The film was also released in the United States as Godzilla vs the Smog Monster.

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Welcome back to MoviePod!

This week I discuss some several films that got a wide release in July including:

Jurassic World Rebirth

Fantastic Four

The Life of Chuck

Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight

Eddington

Superman

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Welcome to MoviePod! The podcast about movies.

Your wonderful and slightly nervous host Brian Wishart takes you through his thesis on what he wants this podcast to be.

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I am joined this week by Caleb. He is the former host of Western Kabuki. He currently hosts the Kill The Computer and 60 Minute Drill podcasts. He is also a fantasy football rival of mine. We discuss the Joel and Ethan Coen comedy Burn After Reading.

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60 Minute Drill Podcast: https://linktr.ee/60minutedrill

Kill The Computer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kill-the-computer/id1647062210

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I am joined this week by my friend, former roommate and musician to talk about the 1987 Norman Jewison rom-com Moonstruck. There is a lot of raunchy talk about Nicholas Cage and just as much talk about outrageous Italian-American accents. This is one you do not want to miss.

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What?

MoviePod is evolving!

Starting on October 7th, MoviePod will take on a new format complete with new music and new artwork. What direction is it going? Give it a listen! I need the extra numbers for my analytics.

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I know almost nothing about Warhammer. Braden is a super fan. On this episode of MoviePod, Braden guides me though my confusion of the straight-to-video film Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie. It's a super fun discussion where we talk about hobbies and in-universe lore.

The movie is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC2YEHi2We4

ASTARTES is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpK4fcFNKbM

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I am joined by Andrew Joe Potter to discuss some of the heavy hitters of the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival!

Movies discussed include:

Mile End Kicks

Christy (Sydney Sweeney as boxer Christy Martin)

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Steal Away

Train Dreams

Chloé Zhao's Hamnet

Sentimental Value

Rental Family staring Brendan Fraser

Edward Berger's Ballad of a Small Player

Couture staring Angelina Jolie

Bryan Fuller's Dust Bunny with Mads MikkelsenNika & Madison

Park Chan-Wook's No Other Choice

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You with Rose Byrne

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

Maude Apatow's Poetic License

Hamlet with Riz Ahmed

Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet

My Letterboxd list ranking all 43 movies I saw at TIFF: https://letterboxd.com/bwishart/list/tiff-2025-ranked/

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This week I am joined by Ana to discuss Airplane! as well as airplane movies!

NYT article https://archive.is/DtH1l

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