2018 Release List

2018 Movie Release List

The first list below are the 2018 films that MPW did an official “Feature Review” of this year. And yes, there are a few films listed that we have recorded Feature Reviews of, but we have not released those episodes yet.

(Note: There is another larger 2018 release list beneath this MPW list.)

MPW Feature Reviews in 2018:

12 Strong
7 Days in Entebbe
A Quiet Place
A Simple Favor
A Star Is Born
Adrift
Annihilation
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Apostle
Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity War
Bad Samaritan
Bad Times at the El Royale Continue reading

How to Participate in MPW’s Top 10 Movies of 2018 (and Possibly Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card)

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Dear Movie Lover and MPW Listener,

Our favorite time of year has arrived! It’s time to compile the Top 10 Best Movies of 2018! We have been doing this sacred episode for years now: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

For those who are new to our podcast, each of our hosts compiles a Top 10 Movies of the Year (along with some other lists), and we ask our listeners to join the fun by submitting their lists, as well. We gather all the listener submissions and compile their data to create one collective Top 10 list from our listenership! It’s a blast!

We hope you will participate because this year we will randomly select the name of one person who submitted a Top 10 list and send that lucky winner a $50 Amazon gift card! So, please read the instructions below and send your list, and you might win! Continue reading

A Few More Thoughts About Determining Year of Release

Top 10 Movies Lists

The following blog post is a response to a listener comment on MPW Episode 315. Context provided below:

Hi Márton,

Thanks for your comment. I don’t know how long you’ve been listening (but first of all, thanks for listening and even caring enough to have an opinion about this)! It makes me happy that other people actually care at all about such things. I respect that. You’re “my kind of people.”

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First…

Brief context for those who dare to read this insanely long blog post:
For years we have debated how to determine a film’s year of release. My proposed method is to consult the “release info” page of IMDb, and select the date that is the first, WIDELY AVAILABLE release of the film in the United States. So, for example, “The Clovehitch Killer” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6269368/releaseinfo would have an *official* release date of Nov. 16, 2018. IMDb is easy for everyone to consult. It has every movie listed. And the reason it should be a USA date is because MPW is a US-based podcast (and the majority of our listenership is in the United States). And I say “first widely available,” meaning, wide release in theaters or on VOD because I am trying to assert an “equal playing field” where all our US-based listeners all have had an equal chance to see a film. The HEART of my complaint has always been this: *** If a limited December release is in contention for Old Year’s Top 10, but I can’t access that film anywhere, then once I can finally see it in New Year, it won’t be a possible contender for New Year’s Top 10 because people consider it an Old Year film. Therefore, important films fall through the cracks and never even have the possibility of making on any of my Top 10 lists. This is unacceptable to me, which is why I consider a film’s official year of release to be when it’s first widely available in the U.S. To me, problem solved: No films are forbidden from being in contention on my Top 10 list.

Recently on MPW, I was trying to just skip over this debate and tell everyone to just send their list and we’ll accept their submissions (and we still will), but my hilarious co-hosts baited me just for kicks, and of course, I can’t resist this debate. So, listener Márton was kind enough to try to be helpful by writing this response to the recent debate.

Márton wrote:

Dear J,
Regarding the top 10 list conundrum – Ryan is right. 2018 movies that you did not get to see this year do not make your list. The movies that fall through the cracks should be on another list made in 2019 (a.k.a. 2018 revision list). You can make corrections to your first end of the year list once you are all caught up with the movies you missed. So I suggest having a revised 2018 list later in 2019. I hope this made some sense.

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OK, back to answering Márton’s comment: Continue reading

Contribute Your “Top 10 Movies of 2017” Lists for MPW!

Vote for Your Top 10 of 2017

At the end of every year, MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY and its sister show, Horror Movie Podcast, produce epic episodes where we bring you our Top 10 Movies of the Year. We also compile collective listener lists, so we want you to join us!

To simplify the tallying for Jason, please use the template below to create your lists and then email them to MoviePodcastWeekly@gmail.com with the phrase TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2017 in the subject line! Join us!

DEADLINE: Please email your lists to Jay NO LATER THAN Wednesday, December 27, 2017.

COPY BELOW: Continue reading

Don’t Miss MPW’s “Mini Review Mania” Special Features Episode!

Mini Reviews Mania

Many fans of Movie Podcast Weekly tell us that their favorite segment of our show is our Mini Reviews! Well, for those who subscribe to Movie Podcast Network’s Special Features patron feed, we have just released a five-round episode that’s 2 hours and 37 minutes, includes 22+ movie recommendations, and we call it MINI REVIEW MANIA! This wacky episode took us six weeks to record! But this is only for subscribers of the Movie Podcast Network Patreon feed!

[ Subscribe here today for just $2.50 per month to access this show and all other Special Features and BONUS releases! ]

**Warning: Even though Movie Podcast Weekly is non-explicit in its own free feed, the Special Features feed is explicit due to the sensibilities of some of the other Network shows, so MPW Special Features episodes are not “meeped” for content, including this Mini Reviews Mania. Join us!