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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 163: Spectre (2015) and The Peanuts Movie (2015) and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

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Episode 163

Hi, and welcome to Movie Podcast Weekly, you’re No. 1 movie podcast for anticipating the release of “The Force Awakens.” This is Episode 163, which is the beginning of a seven-part series where we’re reviewing the entire Star Wars franchise, one film for seven episodes.

So, during this podcast, we bring you Feature Reviews of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menance (1999) with the help of special guest Jedi Master Steve Hernandez. And we also bring you Feature Reviews of Spectre and The Peanuts Movie. Join us!

This episode is dedicated to the late, great Gunnar Hansen. Continue reading →

Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 162: Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) and Bone Tomahawk (2015) and Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) and Truth (2015)

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Episode 162

Welcome to Episode 162 of Movie Podcast Weekly, the new-release movie show featuring a film critic, an actor, a geek and a guy named Andy. In this week’s show, we bring you four Feature Reviews of Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and Bone Tomahawk and Our Brand Is Crisis and Truth.

This week Karl is broadcasting from Jason’s house. Also in this episode, we bring you a pretty epic rant about Netflix. And starting next week, your MPW crew and Jedi Master Steve Hernandez will be covering one “Star Wars” movie each week — in-depth — leading up to our review of “Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens.” So, next week, we’ll be reviewing “Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace” (1999), and “Spectre,” of course. Join us! Continue reading →

MPW Blog: Mr. EULA and The Cloud – by Karl Huddleston

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The Cloud

You may remember a few years ago when Walmart announced its big “Cloud” initiative in relation to DVDs and Blu-ray movies. Basically, you could bring in all your discs that you had purchased in the past from anywhere, and they would take them and “give” you a copy of that movie “in The Cloud” that you would own “forever” and stream whenever you like.

Yeah, right.

This is the part where I love to introduce our good friend, “Mr. EULA” (pronounced “yoo-la”). I became good friends with Mr. EULA when I worked for seven years at a large software company doing compliance work. Essentially, my job was to make sure that all our customers had paid for all the software they were using, because they could install as many instances of the software as they wanted — at will. Continue reading →

MPW Blog: The Next Great Franchise – by Geek Cast Ry

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Harbingers of Doom

The old adage goes something like this: “The book will always be better than the movie.” I’m here to disagree with that — if only for this instance.

I recently bought and read, “The Stuff of Legend Omnibus One,” the New York Times best-selling graphic novel written by Mike Raicht and Brian Smith and produced by Th3rd World Studios.

The story centers around a child’s toys which travel into The Dark to save him after he is brought there by The Boogeyman. The Dark is just that, a desolate place run by Boogey himself and populated with the boy’s discarded toys. Continue reading →

MPW Blog: Two Trailers That Are Harbingers of Doom for American Cinema – by Jason Pyles

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Harbingers of Doom

I realize that most of the people who listen to Movie Podcast Weekly or read this blog article are probably younger than I am. Yes, I’m 39 years old, and I promise if you hang with me through this article, my argument will amount to more than just a crotchety old man lamenting that “the times are a changing.”

If you’ve rolled your eyes or you’re bored already, then GET OFF MY LAWN!

The cinema has been evolving and changing ever since the very first motion pictures, circa 1895. Some historians peg the birth year at 1896, but I’ve mentioned both to cover my bases.

As remarkable as it seems, filmmakers and technicians are continually innovating and improving upon the techniques and technology behind film art.

To be clear, I believe this is exactly as it should be. Continue reading →