Movie Podcast Weekly Halloween BONUS: The Shining (1980) and Room 237 (2013)

In this special Halloween bonus episode of Movie Podcast Weekly, we deviate from our normal format and bring you a creepy double-feature review: The landmark adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining and a new documentary, Room 237, that explores the many conspiracy theories surrounding Kubrick’s classic film.

In addition to being the first MPW non-premium bonus episode, this also marks the special occasion of the four horseman podcasting together—in-person—for the first time ever! That’s right, Jason, Karl, Andy, and Josh were all finally in the same room together—Chad Downey’s beautiful home theater to be exact—and we have a podcast to prove it.

We screened the two films back to back and then sat down with Chad to give you our two cents. We hope this enhances your Halloween season.

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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 052: Prisoners (2013), The East (2013) and an Interview With Writer-Director Matt Thompson

In Episode 052, your favorite Movie Podcast Weekly hosts get back to the basics with their usual format and two great Feature Reviews of “Prisoners” and “The East.” Also, Andy and Jason bring you an interview with writer-director MATT THOMPSON, whose new, indie horror film “Bloodline” is scheduled for a Limited release on Friday, September 27, 2013. We’ll bring you our feature review of “Bloodline” next week during Episode 053. But in this show, we bring you our Mini Reviews and our Specialty Recommendation Segments. Very fun. Continue reading