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Behold! MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY’s entertaining Summer 2023 Episode So Far…! Here in Episode 357, your hosts — Jason Pyles, Karl Huddleston, Ryan Elliott, and A Guy Named Andy — bring you new movie coverage for June and July 2023! The guys discuss 2023 summer movies like Asteroid City (2023), Barbie (2023), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), About My Father (2023), No Hard Feelings (2023), Joy Ride (2023) and The Blackening (2023). We also get a brief, special guest appearance by Andy’s wife, A Gal Named Shawn. (William Rowan Jr. does not appear in this episode.)
Note: Episode 357 was recorded on Aug. 1, 2023, and released on Aug. 4, 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. 357
Introduction
— Welcome to Episode 357, our release for June and July 2023
— No William on this episode
— Karl tells Ryan about some old Tech news
— Andy and Jay’s theater experience while seeing “Talk to Me” (2023)
— Writers’ and Actors’ Strike: New release famine, AI in filmmaking, movie critics striking
Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately
Karl:
Love and Death
Ted Lasso Final Season
Jack Ryan – Last Season
The Morning Show
Foundation
Silo Season 1
Hijack
Extraction 2
Lincoln Lawyer Season 2
Ryan:
Ted Lasso
Righteous Gemstones Season 3
Jury Duty on Amazon Prime
T2: Terminator 2 – Judgment Day
Blazing Saddles
Train to Busan
Interstellar
Bull Durham
Avatar: The Way of Water (2023)
Prey (2022)
Andy:
Story: The final episode of the “24” TV series
Jason:
True Crime Shows: Buried in the Snow (Buried in the Backyard), Breezy Otteson, Riley Powell murders
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Wham! (2023)
In a Valley of Violence
Never Grow Old
The Salvation
Frailty
Jay of the Dead’s Brief HORROR Preview:
Cobweb (2023)
Talk to Me (2023)
The Boogeyman (2023)
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
The Blackening (2023)
FEATURE REVIEWS: June and July 2023
Review: About My Father (2023)
Karl = 7.5 (2023)
Review: The Blackening (2023)
Review: Asteroid City (2023)
Karl = 5 ( Low-priority Rental )
Jason = 4 ( Avoid )
Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Jason = 4.5 ( Avoid )
Karl = 6 ( Rental )
Review: No Hard Feelings (2023)
Karl = 8 ( Rental )
Review: Joy Ride (2023)
Karl = 4 ( Avoid )
Review: Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Jason = 9 ( Theater / Buy it! )
Karl = 7.5 ( Theater / Rental )
Review: Barbie (2023) with special guest “A Gal Named Shawn”
Jason = 7.5 ( Theater / Buy it! )
Ryan = 10 ( Buy it! )
Andy = 9 ( Buy it! )
Karl = 10 ( Buy it! )
Shawn = 9.5 ( Buy it! )
Review: Haunted Mansion (2023)
We didn’t have time to cover all the movies we’ve seen, so here’s what we’ll be discussing next time:
– Oppenheimer (2023)
– The Flash (2023)
– Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
– The Baker (2023)
Wrap-Up
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
Two episodes in 13 days? It’s an embarrassment of MPO riches! It’s Christmas in August! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Barbenheimer! It’s nice to have GCR in the house. Ryan, you don’t need to watch all of the other Mission: Impossible movies with your son before seeing the new one, but why would you deprive yourself of that pleasure? Those are some great movies. I think you would find that even Mission: Impossible – Sunglasses Rocket is better than you remember it being. And the rest are all bangers. Just one good time after another. (My 13-year-old daughter wants to see the new one and has been diligently plowing through the series.) Also, I agree with Jay about Dead Reckoning, Part 1. It comes in hot and sizzles right to the finish. I don’t know what to make of Karl’s takes this episode: I think Hijack is crackerjack stuff, and a great showcase for Idris Elba. And I’m as baffled as Jay about Karl’s lukewarm response to Dead Reckoning. At least Karl didn’t crap on Dial of Destiny as much as Jay did. You guys. Jay does make an interesting point about the film’s color palette, but I thought Dial of Destiny was fun, inventive, and highly satisfying. Barbie didn’t tickle me *quite* as much as it did GCR and Karl, but it’s definitely a home run. My favorite film of 2023 is still Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse, but I think it’s been a fairly exceptional summer all around.
I’m proud to have been listening to MPW long enough that I chortled at the deep cut reference to Airport ’77.