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Preface:
For those who love movies, there’s nothing so valuable or as anticipated as a year’s Top 10 Best Movies list. Even cinephiles who find list-making to be arbitrary or problematic can’t help but take notice of the flurry of Best Of submissions that flood the Internet in December and January.

At the end of each year, Movie Podcast Weekly (and separately, Horror Movie Podcast) assembles a Top 10 Best Movies of the Year list, where each host reveals his selections for the very best cinema of the past 12 months.

But something we love to do is to incorporate another Top 10 list that’s a collective consensus of our listenership’s favorite films of the year! Continue reading

Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 214: Arrival (2016)

Episode 214

By way of “innerduction,” welcome to the arrival of Movie Podcast Weekly, Episode 214. In this spicy and feisty installment, you’ll hear your favorite movie podcast hosts fight over a number of sacred cows. We bring you Feature Review of 2016’s highly celebrated new science fiction film, Arrival! And to help us with this important mission, we welcome two of the esteemed hosts of The Sci-Fi Podcast, STATION and her husband and co-pilot, Mattroid. Your intrepid MPW hosts also bicker a great deal about the proper pronunciation of “AT-ATs” and nearly come to blows over Harry Potter and other subjects that will probably irritate our listeners. So, join us! Continue reading

Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 211: The Accountant (2016)

Episode 211

Back for more because we don’t know any better, this is Episode 211 of Movie Podcast Weekly. In this show, we bring you a Feature Review of The Accountant with special guest William Rowan Jr. (of The Sci-Fi Podcast). We also have a number of debates that your knuckle-headed hosts have dredged up again, including a six-year-old physics argument from the Considering the Sequels Podcast, as well as our ongoing saga involving spoiler policies… Please let us know how you weigh in on these issues by voting on the two poll questions below, after you’ve heard this entire episode. Thanks!

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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 210: The Girl on the Train (2016) and Masterminds (2016)

Episode 210

In Episode 210 of Movie Podcast Weekly, we bring you Feature Reviews of The Girl on the Train and Masterminds. We also bring you an interview with “Kris,” who works in the film advertising industry.

If you’re new to our show… Movie Podcast Weekly typically features four hosts — Jason, Andy, Karl and Geek Cast Ry — 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, as well as several mini reviews of whatever we’ve been watching lately. New episodes release every single week! Continue reading

Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 209: Deepwater Horizon (2016)

Episode 209

Is it possible to spoil a film from 1972? If so, this episode contains a major plot spoiler for “The Godfather.” Listeners (especially Dino), weigh in on this debate, and break it on down for us. Welcome to Episode 209 of Movie Podcast Weekly, where we bring you a Feature Review of Deepwater Horizon. We also bring you our thoughts on Designated Survivor, as well as Ryan’s review of HBO’s Westworld and tales of his muskie fishing trip in Northwoods Wisconsin. Weird, right? Join us!

If you’re new to our show… Movie Podcast Weekly typically features four hosts — Jason, Andy, Karl and Ryan — 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, as well as several mini reviews of whatever we’ve been watching lately. New episodes release every single week! Continue reading