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Hey! It’s MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY, Episode 355 our monthly release for April 2023! Your hosts for this episode are Jason Pyles, Karl Huddleston, Geek Cast Ryan Elliott — and much, much later in the show, A Guy Named Andy. These goons bring you discussions of 65 (2023), Air (2023), Champions (2023), Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), Mafia Mamma (2023), Paint (2023), Renfield (2023), Shazam: Fury of the Gods! (2023), Somewhere In Queens (2023), Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant (2023) and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). And unfortunately, still yet, no William Rowan Jr. for this episode… We hope you’ll listen, anyway.
Note: Episode 355 was recorded on April 24, 2023, and was released on April 27, 2023.
Be sure to check out Ryan’s new show, The Recast Cast! And if you’re a Horror movie fan, listen to Jay of the Dead’s NEW HORROR MOVIES! Thanks for listening to Movie Podcast Weekly, The Clown Car of Movie Podcasting…
SHOW NOTES: Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 355
Introduction
— Welcome to Episode 355, our monthly release for April 2023
— No William tonight; Andy may join us later
— Listener feedback: Cody Clark
— Horror Movie Podcast 2.0 — HorrorMoviePodcast.net
[ 00:11:20 ] – Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately
Karl: Harlots, M.A.S.H. TV series, Mrs. Davis, Rabbit Hole, The Night Agent
Ryan: Triangle of Sadness, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, How It Ends, Fall, Ted Lasso, Legion, Hellboy, 1922, The Departed, JFK, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Both Great Gatsbys, Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Ambulance, MLB Baseball and more commentary on the pitch clock
Jason: McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Jay of the Dead’s Quick Horror Minute:
Evil Dead Rise (2023)
Scream VI (2023)
The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)
Hear more here: NewHorrorMovies.com
[ 00:37:01 ] – FEATURE REVIEWS: April 2023
Review: 65 (2023)
Jason = 8 ( Buy it! )
Karl = 8
Review: Air (2023)
Karl = 9
Review: Champions (2023)
Jason = 7.5 ( Rental )
Karl = 7.5
Review: Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Jason = 8 ( Theater / Buy it! )
Karl = 8
Review: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
Karl = 7
Review: Mafia Mamma (2023)
Karl = 4
Review: Renfield (2023)
Karl = 8
Review: Shazam: Fury of the Gods! (2023)
Jason = 6 ( Low-priority Rental )
Review: Somewhere In Queens (2023)
Karl = 7.5
Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Jason = 4.5 ( Avoid )
Review: Paint (2023)
Karl = 7.5
Review: Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant (2023)
Karl = 8
Wrap-Up
— Firing Andy
— Listener feedback from Twitter; Email from Noel in Ireland
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Jay of the Dead’s NEW HORROR MOVIES for this Wednesday’s release of Episode 002! It’s a biweekly podcast where Jay of the Dead, Mister Watson, Dr. Shock, Gillman Joel, Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop, GregaMortis and Mackula review new Horror movies and deliver specialty Horror segments!
Links for this episode:
Don’t forget to check out Ryan’s new show, The Recast Cast, as well as Jay of the Dead’s NEW HORROR MOVIES
Jay says check out his MPW buddies here:
— Movie Podcast Weekly
— On Twitter: Karl Huddleston
— On Twitter: Geek Cast Ryan Elliott
— Ryan’s show: Geek Cast Live Podcast
— On Twitter: William Rowan Jr.
— William’s shows: Movie Moments Podcast and The Sci-Fi Podcast
Want to hear more Horror movie reviews? Check out Jay’s weekly horror podcast:
– Horror Movie Weekly.com
– On Twitter: @horror_weekly
Considering the Cinema links:
On Twitter: @ConsiderCinema
Film Blog / Audio Podcast: ConsideringTheCinema.com
HORROR-Only Content: ConsideringHorrorCinema.com
Email: ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com
Voicemail: (801) 215-9704
Letterboxd: Letterboxd.com/ConsiderCinema
Welp, I just returned from the new Super Mario Bros. movie. Boy, Jay, you weren’t kidding. That thing was painful. I just did a quick review of Illumination animation movies, and it is by far the worst animation studio, consistently pushing out joyless, soulless, kid-centric cinema, that for parents is just spoon after spoon of straight arsenic. Minions. Hop. Sing 2. The Secret Life of Pets. Ugh. Kill me.
Super Mario Bros. No kidding. Avoid. And pray that Nintendo inks a new deal with Warner Bros. or Sony Animation (yeah, not going to happen).
Great to hear from you guys!
Great to hear you back with a terrific episode.
Well done.
Agree with Karl about AIR. What a great movie. Sometimes with the right cast and the right vibe, it doesn’t even matter what a movie is about. I kind of hate even just the idea of a movie celebrating a smart marketing decision that turned a billion-dollar business into a multibillion-dollar business. (Yay, capitalism?!) But AIR is delightful. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is a good one, too. What a difference 20 years makes. The D&D movie directed by Courtney Solomon way back in 2000 was barely watchable, but the new Chris Pine movie is genuinely fun hang.
I missed Jay’s tweet about firing Andy, but come on, Jay. Don’t even joke about that. Andy is an essential ingredient of MPW. GCR and Karl are too nice to tell your most faithful listeners to screw off. Andy is filling a vital role even when he only pretends to see movies and copies whatever GCR has to say about them.