Episodes

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Feb. 8, 2022

Episode 58: Let’s Talk about Roland Emmerich… and MOONFALL

This week, we talk the Master of Disaster, Roland Emmerich, the man behind Independence Day, 2012, and what is destined to be the conspiracy whackjobs’ favorite new movie, Moonfall. It’s a film that continues Emmerich’s very bizarre obsession with Noah’s Ark and product placement. You can hear us begin discussing it in full around the 55:19 mark. But if you skip ahead, you’ll miss Mark and I talking about Emmerich’s harsh comments about the MCU and Star Wars, as well as the voting results of ou...
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Feb. 1, 2022

Episode 57: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and We Reveal Our Listener Picks!

You’re gonna get Gabagool’d. (If you don’t know what that means, that’s okay; neither do we.) This week, we make good on our threat to review the new Resident Evil movie, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, a film so dumb it makes us both feel smart. It’s another in a long line of bad video game movies that we begin discussing in full around the 38:45 mark. But if you skip ahead, you’ll miss Mark and I confessing to the McDonald’s sins of our past, and revealing our LISTENER PICKS! Go to o...
Jan. 18, 2022

A Special Spoiler-Stuffed Episode: SCREAM (2022)

This week, Mark and I deep-dive into the new Scream, the fifth installment to the iconic slasher franchise. Along the way, we rag on the hipster Vespa Gang from The Book of Boba Fett, praise HBOMax’s Peacemaker TV series, and tease our upcoming Listener Request Episode where YOU will get to vote on what movie we watch and review next. Skip to 30:00 if you want to get right to the Scream talk, but be warned, there are spoilers from minute 1 of this episode. Consider yourself properly warned. Fo...
Jan. 11, 2022

Get Prepped for Scream — We’re Revisiting the Original Scream from 1996

This week, Mark returns to the show to help Matt take a look back at Wes Craven’s iconic slasher Scream from the year 1996. How did we first see the movie? Where does Ghostface rank in our Mount Rushmore of horror icons? And why doesn’t Mark remember seeing Scream 4? All of this and more as we deep dive in to the slasher the brought the horror genre back from the dead and into the 90s. Join us! Follow us on Instagram @themattandmarkmovieshow, or TikTok @themattandmarkmovieshow, and please consi...
Jan. 4, 2022

2021 in Film — A Wrap Up Special: Our Favorite Movies of 2021, and Our Biggest Disappointments

As we fade out on 2021… it’s time for a post-credits to the year — a chance to pick our favorite movies, name our biggest cinematic disappointments, complain about the insufferable Nicole Kidman AMC Theaters PSA’s, and look forward to what’s on the slate for 2022! And hear to help me do all of that and more are our buddies The Love of Cinema Podcast. Go check their show out and give them a follow, they’re good guys! Follow us on Instagram @themattandmarkmovieshow, or TikTok @themattandmarkmovie...
Dec. 21, 2021

A Special Spoiler-Stuffed Episode — Spider-Man: No Way Home (Guests: Genre Geeks Podcast)

Spider-Man? More like SPOILER-MAN! The multiverse is officially open in the MCU… and we’re using it to pull our friends the Genre Geeks through a portal to help us talk ALL THE SPOILERS for Spider-Man: No Way Home. That’s right, we’re talking villains, Spider-surprises, MCU Easter Eggs, post-credits scenes, connections to Hawkeye, and more… and we’re doing it all UNCENSORED. We’re dropping spoilers the way Green Goblin drops Pumpkin Bombs. And that is to say… A LOT. So put on your best Spider-Ma...
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Dec. 14, 2021

Episode 52: Santa Movie Grab Bag — Alternative Santa movies like Fatman, Santa’s Slay, and More

It’s the holidays which means it’s time for our yearly pod tradition of doing a GRAB BAG EPISODE! Break out the nostalgic commercials of yesteryear and your booziest eggnog, because we’re watching alternative Santa movies like Mel Gibson’s Fatman, Goldberg in Santa’s Slay, and more! Join us as we review those films, wonder about Charles Dickens’ secret career in porn, and obsess over wanting M.A.S.K. action figures and toy vehicles for Christmas. Long live Larry Leon! And happy holidays, folks! ...
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Dec. 7, 2021

Episode 51: Let’s Talk About Ridley Scott …and House of Gucci

He’s bashed Marvel. He’s criticized millennials. He’s yelled at clouds. Ridley Scott has directed some of Mark’s favorite movies and now we want to know why the hell he’s acting so damn grumpy about everything. Join us as we work our way through Ridley’s filmography, answer the question of who made the first director’s cut in movie history, and hear all about Mark’s Prometheus chair. That’s not a joke. He actually owns one of the chairs used in the film Prometheus. Not even Ridley Scott can be m...
Nov. 23, 2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife – Our 50th episode and One Year Anniversary Special

This is it. The moment we never thought possible… our one year anniversary is here! Join us for a star-studded special, celebrating 50 episodes of the show! We’re talking Ghostbusters: Afterlife, ranking Thanksgiving desserts, and marveling at Mark’s new waifu pillow that arrived in a boob-ular NSFW package. Also, remember Compaq Presario? No, not that one; the other one, the pimp! You’ll meet him in this episode, too. Now, pass the cranberry sauce and let’s stuff ourselves on nostalgia. Oh, an...
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Nov. 16, 2021

Episode 49: Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch (Guest: The Producer in the Booth)

This week, The Producer in the Booth steps out of the booth and onto the mic to help me review Wes Anderson’s latest quirk fest, The French Dispatch. This movie’s loaded with famous faces, hipster worthy music cues, and nudity galore! Like whoa. Get ready to blush harder than Tilda Swinton mugs, and MUGS SHE DOES. A lot. Can Tilda just knock it off already? We also take a few detours to talk Ecto Cooler, as well as pitch a few fake movies, namely a Mr. Clean biopic that John Travolta is destined...
Nov. 1, 2021

Day After Halloween Special: ANTLERS

Halloween is over, but we technically got one more Spoopy episode in the can before the holiday officially ended… and it’s Scott Cooper’s ANTLERS. Join us as we review this highly-anticipated, Guillermo Del Toro-produced horror film. Did it live up to the hype? Did it scare us? And what in the hell does Mark have against Dana Carvey? Find out in this Day After Halloween special that may get us cancelled for good. Or at least yelled at. Kinda spooky… if you think about it. Follow us on Instagram...
Oct. 26, 2021

Special Spoopy Episode: DUNE

Our SPOOPY season comes to a close with Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE. The movie’s as long as a Sandworm, but mercifully, we kept this episode a little short! You’re welcome…? Join us as Matt voices his love for David Lynch’s 1984 original Dune, and Mark recommends about ninety-three movies and TV shows in his longest Get Rec’d segment ever. Kinda spooky… if you think about it. No timestamps this week. I’m too goddamn tired. Follow us on Instagram @themattandmarkmovieshow, or TikTok @themattandmarkm...
Oct. 12, 2021

Special Spoopy Episode: No Time to Die

SPOOPY season rolls on here at The Matt and Mark Movie Show, and this week, we’re reviewing Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond in No Time to Die. Join us for a deluxe episode of double-O fun as we debate whether or not Bond visits Italy or Greece, rank the Craig Bonds and then argue about which is worse, and wonder what it was like for Blofeld to pair the Bluetooth in his bionic eye. Kinda spooky… if you think about it. Timestamps in case you want to skip around… 08:29 – Halloween Kills...
Oct. 5, 2021

Special Spoopy Episode: Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Guest: Mister Suspicious)

It’s SPOOPY season, and The Matt and Mark Movie Show is “down to clown” with all the spooky seasonal fun! All this month, we’ll have spoopy surprises like a new theme song, scary Rec’s, and frightfully fun guests like our friend, Mister Suspicious. He’s on-hand to help us discuss Venom: Let There Be Carnage! We also dig deep into our burning Venom questions like… does Eminem say Venom 90 times in the Venom song? Is ‘Venom Taint’ the worst superpower? And what is up with Doctor Strange in that No...
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Sept. 14, 2021

Episode 42: Malignant

Hold on to your hats… er, heads… for this episode because it is a doozy! We’re reviewing James Wan’s latest head trip Malignant, and doing a deep-dive on giallo movies. We also take a few detours –as we do– to talk breakfast sandwiches, home video formats, and the nightmare fuel that is the creepy Old Navy mannequins. Seriously, they’re scarier than anything in Malignant. Timestamps in case you want to skip around… 03:43 – we’ve known each other for 20 years! 13:28 – Please review us 14:50 –...
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Aug. 31, 2021

Episode 40: Candyman

SAY HIS NAME. Or don’t. We don’t want to responsible for a mirror demon coming into your bathroom while you’re on the toilet. This week, we’re talking all things Candyman – from the iconic 1992 original film, to the new 2021 incarnation. We’re breaking down the kills, links between the two films, and doing a deep dive on what worked for us and what didn’t work. Along the way, we find time to ponder how to pronounce Andrew Niccol’s last name, take a closer look at the Resident Evil: Welcome to ...
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Aug. 24, 2021

Episode 39: Double Feature: Don’t Breathe 2 and Reminiscence

It’s two times the tragedy as we strap in for a DOUBLE FEATURE! But don’t get too happy, because we get into some serious shit this week. Mark tells us a disturbing story from his past, Matt confronts his childhood nightmare fuel in the form of The Child Catcher, and we review Don’t Breathe 2, the latest entry in The Blind Man franchise. Hey, he kidnaps because he loves. There’s also sort of a weird kidnapping/abduction theme happening this episode. Sorry about that. We also squeeze in a mini-r...
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Aug. 17, 2021

Episode 38: Free Guy (Guest: Dave Green from The Love of Cinema Pod)

This week, our show goes Co-op with our buddy Dave Green from The Love of Cinema pod to dive into the video game movie, FREE GUY! This movie’s loaded with Disney and Marvel IP, video game easter eggs, and a metric ton of cameos, and we’re discussing them all! From the big ones (yes, THAT ONE you probably know already, but we won’t spoil it here, but c’mon, you know who it is)… to the sad ones (RIP Alex Trebek)… to the secret voice ones. We also chat about Marvel’s What If…?, share theater horror...
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Aug. 10, 2021

The Matt and Mark Movie Show Episode 37: The Suicide Squad

I was really burpy this week. Jeez. Sorry! Belch. It’s all about the mad genius of James Gunn this episode, as Mark and I review the latest addition to the DCEU, The Suicide Squad. We also talk Nicolas Cage’s Pig, HBOMax’s The White Lotus, and we test the limits of just how much cheese a human being can eat before shaving years off their life. Mark is living proof that you can eat your weight in cheese and not die. Grab your antacids and join us. Timestamps in case you want to skip around… 04...
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July 29, 2021

Episode 35: Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Apologies for the delay this week. We’re going old school this episode! No guests, no filter, no pants. Mark and I reminisce about the 1980’s GI Joe cartoon, discuss our favorite Joes (Mark’s are super random!), and review the new spin-off movie Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins. The movie didn’t do so well at the box office, but we don’t care about money. We’re just in it for the ninja badassery and GI Joe lols. We also learn how to pronounce director Robert Schwentke’s last name, gush over the 80s h...
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July 20, 2021

Episode 34: Space Jam: A New Legacy (Guests: The Love of Cinema Pod)

WELCOME TO THE JAM! It’s an all-star crossover event as our movie-loving friends from The Love of Cinema pod join us to talk all things Space Jam and Space Jam: A New Legacy! Spoiler: it’s not just us dunking on this movie – one of us liked it, but who?! Listen in and find out as we discuss the Looney Tunes’ expensive new CG look, try to decipher the confounding rules and gameplay of the actual Space Jam, and wade through the tidal pool of Warner Bros.’ IP characters stuffed into every frame of...
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July 6, 2021

Episode 32: The Tomorrow War (Guests: AJ Quevy and Darin Young from Genre Geeks)

As Chris Pratt gets recruited into the future war, I do a bit of recruiting myself, drafting two guest-hosts for this week’s show… AJ Quevy and Darin Young from the hilarious Genre Geeks podcast! They’re here to help me discuss the time-bending blockbuster The Tomorrow War, but we also fine time to geek out about Jaws, game shows, and time travel movies (better time travel movies!). We also briefly give our thoughts on Netflix’s Fear Street Part One: 1994 and Soderbergh’s new movie No Sudden Mo...
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June 29, 2021

Episode 31: We Return to Movie Theaters for F9!

It’s been a long sixteen months away from the big screen, but this week, Mark and I made our triumphant return to cinemas to see F9, and well… let’s just say we had very different screening experiences. We discuss the film, dissect the truth about Han, take a look under the Fast Saga’s hood to compare our highlights and lowlights from the series thus far, and make a weird discovery about the man at the center of the family, Vin Diesel. We also learn about something called the Hellephant Superch...
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June 24, 2021

Episode 30: George A. Romero’s The Amusement Park (Guests: Matt McCarthy & Katherine Cox from Combs Crew)

Mark is missing in action, so I invited my friends and fellow podcasters to join me for a full-on horror episode this week… give a warm welcome to Matt McCarthy & Katherine Cox from the Combs Crew podcast! They’re here to help me do a deep dive on the “lost” George A. Romero film, The Amusement Park, a surrealist nightmare of movie about elder abuse that (spoiler!) we all absolutely adored and want to shout from the rooftops. Speaking of elder abuse, we also discuss Harrison Ford getting injure...