Episodes

Wicked. The Brutalist. Anora. These did NOT make our Favorite Films List of 2024. Sorry… We put 2024 out to pasture by naming our Favorite Movies of the Year, our Biggest Letdowns, Favorite Performances, and more! Yup, it’s a big ol’ end of year type show… at the beginning of the year. Hey-o! Along the way, we also manage to crap on all your favorite awards shows, learn a secret about the capuchin monkey actor who plays Dondas, and try to sneak The Penguin onto our Top 10 Lists even though th...

It’s just like Christmas morning… without the tears. Join us for our final episode of 2024, the Holiday Hangout. It’s more loose than our usual format, but we still talk a metric ton of new movies for you, including A24’s Heretic, Red One, Juror #2, and shows too – like Skeleton Crew and The Day of the Jackal! I know. WE WATCHED STUFF. We also chat about Matt visiting Clint Eastwood’s restaurant, watching horror movies during the day, and… what the hell is that burning smell in the studio?! If...

It’s TYURRRBO TIME! We join Arnold on his annual holiday hunt for a Turbo Man doll… in our watch-along for JINGLE ALL THE WAY! You can listen to this as a standalone podcast, or pop on the movie and listen to us while you watch. The choice is yours. The commentary begins around 4:15, if you want to scrub ahead and get right down to biznass. Happy holidays, everybody! Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with ...

Great week for people who like flowing robes in their movies! This week, we return from Thanksgiving break with our Double Feature review format to discuss not one… but TWO… brand spankin’ new movies: GLADIATOR II and CONCLAVE. Our double feature review begins around 22:34, so scrub ahead if you just want to get down to biznass. But if you skip ahead, you’ll miss out on us imitating George Takei, reminiscing about the old school “V cut” style of bread at Subway, and of course, our new physica...

Hey, Turkeys! We got a big show for you to GOBBLE up this week! Since we already reviewed Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving, we wanted to find another seasonally appropriate horror movie to celebrate Turkey Day, so we landed on BLACK FRIDAY. The main review for that starts around 29:03, but if you scrub ahead, you will miss all the good stuff… Like what, you ask? How about a NEW JEFF VOICEMAIL! He called in to teach us about this Glicked thing that all the musical theater kids are talking about. And how...

America needs to heal. So we’ve decided to review something that makes everyone happy… SHOWGIRLS. Come back with us to 1995, when the director of Robocop hung up his sci-fi spurs and decided to head west for a movie loaded up with boobs instead of bullets! That’s right, this week we dive into SHOWGIRLS, and debate Elizabeth Berkley’s “choices,” fear for Kyle MacLachlan’s safety during an intense pool scene, and wonder whether or not Verhoeven directed most of this movie in the nude. (It’s happe...

As you may (or may not) have heard, our Patreon is dead and dusted. So, as a fun bonus for ALL OF OUR LISTENERS, I’m releasing some of those once great subscriber exclusives as bonuses here on the main feed. Enjoy! WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF THE MATT AND MARK MOVIE SHOW? ONLY THE SHADOW KNOWS… Join us as we venture back into feature commentary territory with one of our favorite under-appreciated cult hits from the 90s, Russell Mulcahy’s trippy adaptation of THE SHADOW, starring Alec Baldw...

The Horror Show comes to an epic close with our 2024 Halloween Special! It also happens to be Mark’s birthday, so to celebrate, we’re watching the best Halloween movie ever made. No, not that one. The other one! Mike Dougherty’s TRICK ‘R TREAT! Hear us gush over this anthology masterpiece that pays tribute to all aspects of the holiday with its Pulp Fiction style narrative, and its iconic mascot, Sam. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our horror guest-in-residence, Tommy Nuggetz. Bi...

The Horror Show keeps your Halloween a-rockin’ with our SPOILER review of Smile 2. Spoilers abound. You’ve been warned. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our horror guest-in-residence, Tommy Nuggetz. We had plenty to discuss this episode, including: what meat product the Smile Demon reminds us of, the return of the double decker taco, how we need a Matt and Mark Movie Show intern, and which horror trope Matt hates the most. Hint: it is directly troped the eff up in Smile 2. Eeeeeesh...

The Horror Show returns this week with a Halloween must-watch: 1988’s PUMPKINHEAD. Stan Winston’s under-seen monster movie masterpiece turns 36 years old this week, and to celebrate, we go in-depth on its legacy. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our guest-in-residence, Tommy Nuggetz. We had plenty to discuss this episode, including: what any of this has to do with Michael Jackson and A Gnome Named Gnorm, having a crush on young Demi Moore, how to correctly pronounce Nissan and of c...

We’re so back. We survived another Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood and lived to tell the tale. So put your babies away, it’s time for the grown men… TO SCREAM LIKE LITTLE GIRLS. Hear our pulse-pounding play-by-play of every haunted house and scare zone at this year’s event: we take you through the Blumhouse Terror Tram, the demonic gauntlet of Insidious: The Further, the frozen wasteland of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the silent screams of A Quiet Place, the classic Universal monsters of...

We’re on the road to HHN Hollywood this week, but The Horror Show must go on! So we’re unearthing another Full Horror Rec’s special to satisfy your spooky fix. That’s right, boils and ghouls, we’ve got 9 MORE horror movie mini-reviews guaranteed to chill your old Activia bones… or your young Gen Z bones. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our guest-in-residence and horror scholar, Tommy Nuggetz. If you want to scrub ahead to a specific movie, and you don’t care to bear witness to the...

The Horror Show is here! And to kick off the season, we’re dedicating an entire full-length special to Horror Rec’s ONLY. Not sure where to start your watchlist this spooky season? We’re gonna help you out with mini-reviews of NINE picks guaranteed to send shivers up your spine… or up your pooper. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our guest-in-residence, Tommy Nuggetz. We had plenty to discuss this episode, including: Ray Liotta still somehow making movies despite being dead for a l...

Day-Oooooo! Me say Day-Ohhhh! Daylight come and here’s your SPOILER WARNING-O. Okay, you’ve been warned. We’re chatting BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE on the show this week, with special guest and friend-of-the-show, Dasein! Is Tim Burton back?! We discuss the man’s triumphant return to the cineplex in all his gothy, practical FX glory. There are sandworms, stopmotion, and a very polarizing demon baby that we have a lot to say about. Plus, we chat Michael Keaton wanting to change his name, rate the H...

While you’re out there saying his name three times, Mark is experiencing it all… FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. Believe it: Mark has never seen Beetlejuice, so we decided to give it a watch before the hotly anticipated sequel comes out in a few days. Did Mark like it? Did he find it “strange and unusual?” You’ll have to tune in to find out! Along the way, we also rank our favorite Tim Burton movies, explore the news story that Tom Cruise backed out of Edward Scissorhands for bathroom reasons, and sp...

As you may (or may not) have heard, our Patreon is dead and dusted. So, as a fun bonus for ALL OF OUR LISTENERS, I’m releasing some of those subscriber exclusives as bonuses here on the main feed. Enjoy! Sit back and listen to us gab about one of our favorite 80s fantasy movies ever made, 1988’s Willow, directed by one of our fav’s, RON HOWARD. Listen to two grown men cackle with glee over practical stunts and glorious physical effects from the heyday of ILM. There are stop-mo sequences (shout-o...

Oddity is a movie where the less you know going in, the better. I’ll tell you this… it’s scary enough that it made Mark and I punk out halfway through for a 5-minute break so we could text each other about how scared we were. Then, we manned up and finished it and now we sleep with the lights on. LIKE MEN. To skip directly to our main ODDITY review, scrub ahead to 13:03, but if you do, you’ll miss us revealing our new Halloween logo for the spooky ep’s this year, discussing the death of our Pat...

SPOILER WARNING. Okay, you’ve been warned. Grab your Tums and Xenomorph popcorn buckets because we’re chatting ALIEN: ROMULUS on the show this week, with special guest Tommy Nuggetz! We dive in to Fede Alvarez’s entry into the Alien franchise, discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly (YOU KNOW WHO WE MEAN). Disney hits us again with another deepfaked actor and we’ve got opinions about it. We also rank our favorites in the Alien saga, find time to mock David Gordon Green, and revisit a simple...

Matt and Mark, Matt and Mark, whatchu gonna do? Whatchu gonna do when they pod for you? This week, we play a little Summer Movie Catch-Up with Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the surprise hit 4th movie in the Bad Boys franchise. We missed it in theaters during its initial run, but wanted to circle back with our Bad Boys since we did a big franchise rewatch earlier this year. We review the film, discuss the movie’s directors coming back from that unfortunate Batgirl situation, and wonder why this 4th mo...

SPOILER WARNING. (Okay, you’ve been warned.) It’s the biggest movie of the summer and catnip for millenials, so of course, we’re talking DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE this week! Yes, we lifted our “no MCU rule” temporarily to bring you this spoiler-stuffed discussion of what is now the biggest R-rated opening weekend of all time. You’re welcome. What did we love? What did we hate? Hear us talk about the cameos, the highs and lows, and of course, get distracted with discussions about Marvel’s Hall H Ann...

WHERE WERE THE COWS???! That’s the question on our minds as we review TWISTERS, the sequel (?) follow-up (?) to one of our favorite summer blockbusters of old. How does it compare to the original? Don’t we worry, we answer that… and also try to understand this new movie’s storm science, get our first look at our new Superman from Superman: Legacy, and speculate why none of the OG cast returned. Along the way, Mark reveals a lucky find from his travels abroad, and Matt draws jeers for spoiling ...

SPOILER WARNING. (Okay, you’ve been warned.) Friend-of-the-show Tommy Nuggetz is in the house to help me review A24’s MaXXXine! If you want to get straight to the review, scrub ahead to 12:30, but if you do, you’ll miss us talking about the best way to now watch the X trilogy in its entirety – chronological order or release order? We do a deep-dive on MaXXXine, discuss whether or not it’s a proper giallo, and whether or not it’s actually a horror movie — our answer to that WILL SHOCK YOU. We a...

SPOILER WARNING. Okay, you’ve been warned. A not-so-quiet guest joins me this week to talk Day One in the Quiet Place universe… it’s our buddy, Jeff, from The Love of Cinema Podcast! We had A TON to catch up on, so if you want to Fast Forward straight to our review, head to 9:40. Prepare your ear drums for a deep-dive on A Quiet Place: Day One and hear us heap praise on the movie’s feline star, which might be the best animal actor we’ve ever seen in a movie. Ever. We also wax nostalgic for th...

Spoiler: we would definitely NOT survive life in the Quiet Place universe. Before we all head out to see DAY ONE, join us as we revisit the first two A Quiet Place movies. We’ve got all the recaps you need (in case you need a refresher) in this double feature review episode, plus deep-dive reviews of each film. Along the way, we chat about this movie’s unusual connection to Michael Bay, we learn how to correctly pronounce Djimon Honsou’s name, and we re-title Part II to “A Quiet Place Near Poun...