Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 068: Lone Survivor (2014) and Her (2013) and The Very Best Movies of the 1990s

In Episode 068 of Movie Podcast Weekly, your All-American heroes welcome GEEK CAST RY to the show for a hulking 43-minute review of Peter Berg’s Lone Survivor. Next, Josh is your “Lone Reviewer” in his praise of the latest Spike Jonze’s meta-masterpiece about love, loss, and loneliness in the near future, Her. And finally, this fearsome five-some showdown, in a Mexican stand-off of sorts, with more than 10 lists and 100 movie recommendations from the 1990s. Who will come out victorious?

Movie Podcast Weekly features four hosts (and frequent guests), who give you their verdict on at least one new movie release that’s currently in theaters, mini-reviews of what they’ve been watching lately, and specialty recommendation segments. New episodes release every single Monday.

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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 067: Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014) and Frozen (2013)

In Episode 067 of Movie Podcast Weekly (the first of the New Year), your ever-faithful hosts bring reviews of Disney’s Hatchet …er… Frozen and Paranormal Activity 5 …er… Paranormal Activity 4.5 …er… Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. And if you think a major horror franchise is a strange pairing with a new release from Disney, wait until you hear all of the talk about pornography in this episode. Although the content of the porn discussion is kept pretty PG, there is quite a lot of it by our standards. Parents be warned. We are also joined by two very special guests—including fan-favorite WILLIS WHEELER of The Donut Show podcast, the Terror Troop podcast, and more!

Movie Podcast Weekly features four hosts (and frequent guests), who give you their verdict on at least one new movie release that’s currently in theaters, mini-reviews of what they’ve been watching lately, and specialty recommendation segments. New episodes release every single Monday.

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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 066: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) and Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and Runner Runner (2013) and The Best Movies of 2013

Happy new year this week! And welcome to Episode 066, where your boys at Movie Podcast Weekly each list THE TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2013, so you get 40 (not necessarily all unique) take-it-to-the-bank, must-see “buy-it’s.” But we also list off all our honorable mentions, which gives you about 60 Honorable Mentions (again, not all unique) that are take-it-to-the-bank, guaranteed good rentals. We also list off 40 of our Biggest Disappointments of 2013, which aren’t necessarily bad, just disappointing. But Karl, Andy and Jason give you 15 movies from 2013 that they absolutely freakin’ hated, while Joshua “take-the-high-road” Ligairi alternately gives you 8 movies that he thought he would dislike, but were pleasant surprises.

Oh, yeah, and we also Feature Review “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” “Saving Mr. Banks” and “Runner Runner.” All this and so much more awaits you during this 3-hour and 44-minute episode of Movie Podcast Weekly.

Note: For your convenience, we’ve listed most of our picks in the show notes below (as opposed to a password-protected listing). So, if you opt not to listen to this hilariously entertaining show, please at least give us a download out of it. Thanks! Happy 2014. Continue reading

Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 065: American Hustle (2013) and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) and Made-for-TV Christmas Movies

Welcome to “A Very Merry Movie Podcast Weekly.” The four horsemen are back in the saddle again for our 65th episode and just in time for the holidays. With special guest JEFF “THE SLEDGE” HAMMER, the boys talk all things Christmas TV Special and review two new films that are currently playing in theaters: Adam MacKay’s much anticipated “Ron Burgundy” follow-up, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, featuring the hilarious clothes and haircuts of Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and David Koechner as well as David O. Russell’s star-studded American Hustle, featuring the hilarious clothes and haircuts of Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jeremy Renner.

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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 064: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Last Days on Mars (2013) and Hours (2013)

There’s a lot of ranting that goes on in Episode 064 of Movie Podcast Weekly — from the clueless Golden Globes to the idiotic Disney Vault to the inexplicable lack of Christmas movies streaming on Netflix — your favorite movie podcast hosts are wound up this week! Josh wasn’t with us during this episode; he was attending the “Survivor” finale in Los Angeles. But we were joined by special guest CODY CLARK, the former film critic of The Daily Herald newspaper in Provo, Utah. Continue reading