Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 079: Noah (2014) and Sabotage (2014) and Veronica Mars (2014) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Broken Circle Breakdown (2013) and Debating Song of the South (1946)

Episode 079

This episode is dedicated to our friend and supporter, Chad Downey. Thanks for everything, Chad.

Whoa… Buckle up, everybody! Episode 079 of Movie Podcast Weekly is an infamous show for the ages. Chances are great that at least one (if not all) of your four favorite hosts will anger or offend you in some way during the course of this show, so apologies ahead of time… But the good news is, we bring you several in-depth reviews, such as “Noah,” “Sabotage,” “Veronica Mars,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” — and finally — “The Broken Circle Breakdown” (for Jeff Hammer), as well as two bonus reviews on “Stranger Than Fiction” and a fiery and controversial review of Disney’s “Song of the South” (1946).

We welcome two special guests for this episode: First, lady podcaster JESSICA GIFFORD of the Book Review Podcast, and filmmaker and MPW recurring guest favorite, WILLIAM ROWAN JR..

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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 075: Son of God (2014) and 86th Academy Awards Recap

Episode 075

Hi, and welcome to Episode 075 of Movie Podcast Weekly. For this show, your usual hosts (minus Karl) are joined by special guests DAVE “DR. SHOCK” BECKER of DVD Infatuation.com and GEEK CAST RY of the Geek Cast Live Podcast to help us review the 86th Academy Awards ceremony, which took place on March 2, 2014. And Jason also brings you a Feature Review of “Son of God.”

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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 073: RoboCop (2014)

In Episode 073, there’s no Andy, but we have Andy’s cat! There’s no Josh (at first), but he joins us after a few moments… There’s no requisite revisitation of the original 1987 “RoboCop” movie, but we bring you an in-depth review of the new “RoboCop” movie with special guest WILLIS WHEELER. And there’s no arguments this time about “Upstream Color,” but we have a very lively and rousing debate about the upcoming “Son of God” movie, so please weigh in by voting below on our poll question:

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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 072: The Monuments Men (2014) and The Lego Movie (2014) and Cold Comes the Night (2014)

This is Episode 072 of Movie Podcast Weekly. Thanks for joining us. This week your four intrepid hosts review “The Monuments Men,” “The Lego Movie” and “Cold Comes the Night.” Andy and Josh also take the time to weigh in on the loss of Philip Seymour Hoffmann, and Jason acknowledges (belatedly) last year’s loss of film critic legend Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic. Also in Episode 072, Josh dons brand-new bumper music for his Continuing Education segment and announces our addition to Stitcher. Don’t miss it!

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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 070: I, Frankenstein (2014) and Mitt (2014) and Life Itself (2014) and Sundance 2014 Report

Welcome to Movie Podcast Weekly, Episode 070! For this show, we bring you this year’s Sundance 2014 Report, starring Joshua Ligairi and special guest WILLIAM ROWAN JR., filmmaker and friend. And of the Sundance crop of films, we go a little more in-depth in our discussions of “Mitt” (which is now streaming on Netflix) and “Life Itself.” We also bring you a Feature Review of “I, Frankenstein,” and we revisit our debate about “The Act of Killing.” Don’t miss it!

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. Continue reading