Mayfair Theatre

This week, we chat about visiting TIFF, Weezer, Steven Soderbergh, John Cusak, geek cruises, Alamo Drafthouse, The Disaster Artist, Ed Wood, Chucky, and Ninja Turtles! Plus, we discuss the movies screening September 22nd - 28th, 2017: The Women's Balcony, An Inconvenient Sequel, Viceroy's House, Trophy, It Stains The Sands Red, Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal, The Princess Bride, and The Room!

This week Josh is joined by Sam of the Absent Friends Shadowcast, resident hosts of the Mayfair's presentations of Rocky Horror! They discuss Sam's visit to Fan Expo, and meeting Tim Curry and the cast of Rocky Horror. They also chat about It past and present, the evolution of comic cons and geek culture, Clive Barker, Charles Schulz, Harrison Ford, meeting your hero's, and lost films. They also m...

This week, Lee and Josh complain like old men about people who don't turn off their phones at the cinema, and chat about the upcoming Nosferatu for Halloween Month, Saturday Morning Cartoons, the sad closing of the Oxford in Halifax, Lucasfilm fun at Fan Expo, and the new website! They also mention the movies screening the week of September 8th - 14th: Lost In Paris, A Bag Of Marbles, Good Time, a...

This week we discuss the closing of the Oxford in Halifax, indie stores succeeding vs big box stores, Rocky Horror and The Room, Star Wars toys, awards season, liking short features, the joy of digital restorations, and the horrors of dating. Plus, we chat about our movies for the week of September 1st - 7th: Detroit, Trip To Spain, The Last Dalai Lama?, Temple, the Animation Show Of Shows, and St...

This week, Lee and Josh chat about the end of summer, Lee's return to Pittsburgh to meet Burt Reynolds and visit various George A Romero landmarks, greedy convention attendees, meeting Clive Barker, working at West Coast Video, taking advantage of multiplexes booking so few movies, comic book ads, distribution frustrations, and the passing of Jerry Lewis. Plus, we discuss the movies screening Augu...

This week we chat about visiting Nashville, MST3K, the horrors of dating, Louis CK's secret movie, Steven Soderbergh's business model, and Mario Bava. Plus, we discuss the movies screening from August 18 - 24, 2017: The Big Sick, The B-Side, Lady Macbeth, Rocky Horror, Brigsby Bear, Blood And Black Lace, and Rocky!

This week, Josh is joined by a pair of special guests, April and Natalie from Rideau Valley Roller Derby! They chat about horrible people using cell phones during movies, giant monsters, Kabuki, LCD Soundsystem, John Woo, nostalgic tv commercials, and a plan to reboot The Flop House podcast as The House Flop. There wasn't confirmation on the schedule for the week of August 11th yet, but they still...

This week we chat about fake camping, jerks who brag about pirating movies, Disaster Artist at TIFF, liking movies to be under 90 minutes, Luc Besson, Ben Wheatley, Laserdiscs & VHS, strangely positive distribution changes thanks to having a multiplex nearby, and we forget the name of the late great Michael Parks. We also discuss the movies screening the week of August 4th - 10th: Dawson City: Fro...

This week we chat about dating and marriage, booking international movies, avoiding trailers, Canada's lenient ratings system, cap guns, AGFA, UberEats, and the proper pronunciation of Bill Nighy's name. Plus, we discuss the movies screening the week of July 28th - August 3rd: The Beguiled, Certain Women, Beatriz At Dinner, Little Hours, Wolf Warrior 2, Effects, and Saturday Night Sinema!

This week we chat about a pair of late greats, George A. Romero and Martin Landau. That leads us on a conversation through the movies of Wes Craven, Steven Spielberg, John Waters, and the executive producer non-career of Stan Lee. We also discuss bizarre and fake sequels, how actors take more risks and diverse roles now-a-days, and the upcoming Disaster Artist adaptation. Plus, we mention the gian...

Lee and Josh get together to discuss Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, the Monroeville Mall, Muppet movie distribution, B-Movies, picture vs sound, boom shadows, and Nien Nunb! We also chat about the movies screening from July 14th - 20th: Churchill, Paris Can Wait, Beatriz At Dinner, The Hero, Radio Dreams, and the 95th monthly screening of The Room! Plus, we speculate on wh...

Andrew, Anya, and Josh somehow manage to double-book a podcast recording at the same time as a fire-alarm inspection at the theatre! They stubbornly soldier on (see if you can spot the alarm avoiding edit points!), and discuss summer movies of their youth, french VHS movies, double bills / triple bills, ringing phones during movies, and UberEats! Plus, they chat about this week's movies (July 7th...

It's a packed house, with Andrew, Lee, Ian, Anya, and Josh all getting together to talk about Canadian movies in honour of Canada Day! On and off topic, they chat about: Adele, He-Man cartoons, Scott Pilgrim, Spaghetti Westerns, Turbo Kid, Twin Peaks, Heavy Metal, Bruce McDonald, and Canadian classics the like of Visiting Hours, Blazing Magnums, The Silent Partner, Porky's, Scanners, The Gate, My...

Lee and Josh chat about Han Solo-gate, movies being filmed more like tv series, long gaps in franchise sequels, that Japanese and Bollywood actors work really hard, more treasures in digital preservation and distribution, Dave Filoni, and Edgar Wright! Plus, they discuss the movies screening from June 23rd - 30th: Tanna, My Cousin Rachel, Maudie, The Circle, Stalker, Alien: Covenant, Saturday Nigh...

Andrew, Lee, and Josh discuss historical zombie landmarks in Pittsburgh, Grauman's Chinese Theatre visits in L.A., the differences between Italian and U.S. film production, the Disney Vault, super fans, meeting Tom Savini, and not wanting to see that long lost Jerry Lewis movie. They also chat about the movies screening from June 16th - 22nd: The Lovers, City Of Tiny Lights, Bon Cop Bad Cop 2, Sol...

Andrew, Anya, and Josh discuss independent movies, trailers ruining movies, the ratings system, modern advertising, bad film professors, kickstarter movies, and kids getting nightmares thanks to movies. And, they chat about movies screening the week of June 9th - 15th: The Circle, Paula, Alone In Berlin, Awakening The Zodiac, Bugs, and Night Of The Living Dead! Plus, they conclude that there's alw...

Josh checks in with a quick mini ep for the week of June 2nd through June 8th. Sorry...life has been extra hectic, and we couldn't get the Mayfair gang together. Promise that we'll be back soon with a real full length ep! Thanks for listening, see you soon at the movies!

In a special Mayfair-on-the-Road edition, Josh has a visit with his East Coast pals Dave and Lauren! They chat about the bizarre phenomenon that is The Room, ponder if anyone out there wants more Avatar's, remember David Lynch weather report's, have fond thoughts about social media interactions, possibly get interrupted by a ghost, and are nostalgic for the 1980's. We also manage to discuss this w...

Lee and Josh chat about fake reviews, suburban cinema philistines, movies you love that no-one else does, comic con treasure, zombie movie tourist sites, upcoming grindhouse re-issues, and evil Smurf cards! Plus, we chat about the movies screening the week of May 19th - 25th 2017: the new Smurfs cartoon, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Rocky Horror, and an unprecedented five Ottawa Premiere's - Nor...

Andrew, Lee, Josh, and 1st timer Ian chat about meeting Michael Parks in Austin, meeting Roger Ebert at Cannes, and not meeting a drunk Tom Skerritt, ponder the fate of franchises ranging from Terminator to Godzilla to Independence Day, and contemplate what to do for the 100th screening of The Room. We also bring up this week's movies: Maudie, Their Finest, The Promise, Get Out, Jackie Boy, Hounds...

This week, Andrew, Anya, Lee, and Josh chat about the flood bringing weather that has hit Ottawa, Lego road-trips, the Star Wars / Maudie connection, movie ad's, new wave cinema, Imax lies, Christopher Nolan / James Bond hopes, John Waters graveyard requests, super fans, Zaphod's memories, and Twin Peaks. We also mention the movies screening this week: Maudie, Their Finest, The Dinner, Jeremiah To...

Andrew, Lee, and Josh chat about Star Wars even more than usual, due to Lee's recent trip to Star Wars Celebration! Plus, a grab bag of topics ranging from Ottawa's Star Wars connection, why weekly programming is better than monthly, Lee's chats with Stephen McHattie, Jonathan Demme, horror vs thriller, working in video stores, and studio's finding talent from indie films instead of music video's....

This week, Josh is joined by a pair of Friends-of-Mayfair neighbours, Mark and Kevin from House of Targ! They chat about the secret origins of the greatest pinball / arcade / rock & roll bar in the universe, being Sega kids, CJ Ramone, Dig Dug high scores, and the tradition of horrible video game movies! Plus, a quick mention of the movies screening the week of April 21st, 2017: The Zookeeper's Wi...

Andrew and Josh have a G Rated episode because Lee is off in Florida at Star Wars Celebration! We actually don't get too far off track, and chat about the movies screening the week of April 14th: Personal Shopper, The Last Word, All These Sleepless Nights, The Blackcoat's Daughter, The Big Lebowski, The Room, and The Lego Batman Movie! Plus, we discuss the weird world of comic con's, the success o...

Andrew, Lee, and Josh chat about the movies screening the week of April 7th, 2017: Kedi, Lego Batman, Land Of Mine, I Am Not Your Negro, The Void, David Lynch: The Art Life, and Eraserhead. Plus, American presidential politics, Lee hopes to have dinner with Forest Whitaker in Florida, Josh ponders confronting Spielberg about Transformers, Shia LaBeouf has a world record flop, and expensive action...