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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 115: The Pyramid (2014) and Comet (2014) and The Babadook (2014) and St. Vincent (2014) and Seven More Feature Reviews!

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Episode 115

Episode 115 of Movie Podcast Weekly is a record-breaking first for this show: Our weekly guarantee is to bring you a Feature Review of at least one new release that’s currently in theaters. Our previous record for the highest number of Feature Reviews in one episode was six (which we’ve done several times). But in Episode 115, we bring you 11 Feature Reviews for The Pyramid and Comet and St. Vincent and The Babadook and Before I Disappear and The Internet’s Own Boy and The Color of Time and Memphis and You and the Night and The Strange Little Cat and Periods. And to help Jason, Andy, Karl and Josh accomplish this feat, we welcome special guest Jape Man!

If you’re new to our show… Movie Podcast Weekly typically features four hosts — Jason, Andy, Karl and Josh — along with frequent guests. We give you our verdicts on at least one new movie release from the current year that’s currently playing in theaters or on VOD, as well as several mini reviews of whatever we’ve been watching lately. And we usually provide specialized genre recommendations. New episodes release every single Tuesday. Join us! Continue reading →

Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 105: The Equalizer (2014) and Tusk (2014) and This Is Where I Leave You (2014) and Frank (2014)

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Episode 105

Hi, and welcome to Movie Podcast Weekly, Episode 105. Our Feature Reviews for this show are The Equalizer and Tusk and This Is Where I Leave You and Frank. And our special guest this time is Wild Man Willis Wheeler (who pulls a classic Andy later in this show). By the way, Willis has his own Wild Man YouTube Channel. Check it out!

Also in Episode 105, Josh introduces his new genre segment, which just as interactive as Andy’s new segment! And of course, we bring you our Mini Reviews of what we’ve been watching lately, as well as our genre segments. Thanks for listening.

If you’re new to our show… Movie Podcast Weekly typically features four hosts — Jason, Andy, Karl and Josh — along with frequent guests. We give you our verdicts on at least one new movie release from the current year that’s currently playing in theaters or on VOD, as well as several mini reviews of whatever we’ve been watching lately. And we usually provide specialized genre recommendations. New episodes release every single Tuesday. Join us! Continue reading →

Written Review: Wolf Town (2010)

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by Jason Pyles
Movie Podcast Weekly.com

Premise: Four friends get stranded in an abandoned, gold-mining town, where they are preyed upon by a pack of wolves.

Review: Nothing is scarier than being eaten alive. I’d rather be buried alive than eaten alive. That’s why this unthinkable predicament makes such an effective backdrop for the characters in “Wolf Town.” When watching a film like this, it’s impossible not to wonder to yourself, ‘What would I do if I were in this situation?’

I’ve said it many times before on my podcasts, but a golden premise to me is something I refer to as the situational thriller or situational horror film, which is when a movie’s characters find themselves in precarious circumstances that aren’t immediately life-threatening, but the longer they remain in the situation, the more deadly and hopeless their predicament becomes. Continue reading →