Captive Audience

The ocean has chosen you—this week we’re watching Moana! Alex has never seen this one and future animated classic, so we’re sailing beyond the reef to see how far we’ll go. So grab Te Fiti’s heart, bring your animal sidekick, and hop on board for this week’s episode! Have thoughts/comments/suggestions for us? Email us at CaptiveAudiencePod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Remember the classic arcade game Street Fighter II? Wasn't it great? The characters and combat felt so unique and cool? Well too bad, because this movie uppercuts all that in the face. In fact, it's so distinctly bad it's achieved cult status for being an accidental masterpiece of "trash art." So get your blue camouflage dry cleaned, wrap up your cage fights with Vega, and lace up a pair of superc...

Quick, hide this bag of guns and I'll steal you a rug later--this week we're watching The Godfather Part II! Edwin has never seen this cinematic classic so we're flying to Cuba and then reminiscing about coming to America for the story of the rise and fall of the Corleone family. So put on a tarantella, pour yourself a drink, and give Fredo a big kiss for this week's episode! Have thoughts/commen...

Put on some Van Morrison and don’t eat that stale donut—this week we’re watching The Five Year Engagement! Alex and Sean have never seen this romcom from 2012, so we go to San Francisco, then to Michigan, then back to San Francisco to watch this star-studded comedy. So put on your knitted sweater, grab the receipts (the taxman waits for no one), and get in the taco truck for this week’s episode! ...

Nearly 35 years ago this month, When Harry Met Sally took the summer box office by storm and the rom-com genre along with it. The 1989 hit has since become the standard to which all "will-they-won't-they" movies are held too, so we're here to revisit what makes it such a beloved film. Since it's such a timeless classic, Edwin hasn't seen it of course. So grab your road trip grapes, dry clean your...

This week on the heels of Father's Day, Sean makes Edwin fill a horse head-sized hole in his viewing resume by sitting down to watch The Godfather. Considered to be one of the greatest movies ever made, Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 masterpiece remains as captivating as it was half a century ago, and we had one shotgun blast of a time revisiting this classic alongside a first timer. So grab some ora...

Wake up, you’re going to be late—this week we’re watching Your Name! Both Sean and Alex have never seen this high school, doomsday, body-swapping, time traveling, romantic animated feature from 2016. So put on your uniform, drink your sake, and remember our names for this week’s movie and podcast. Have thoughts/comments/suggestions for us? Email us at CaptiveAudiencePod@gmail.com Learn more about...

This week the crew is here to break down the Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt action/comedy The Fall Guy. Somehow this is the most divided we've been on a movie for the podcast so far? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we strap Sean into an unknown alien device and shoot him onto his couch to watch Contact, the 1997 hit based on Carl Sagan's novel of the same name. What would happen if another planet contacted us? How would we act? Which hunky pastor/writer akin to Matthew McConaughey could we turn too for answers? So turn up your radio telescope headphones, decipher 60,000 pages of data, and pop open...

This week we head to a castle/high school for some Shakespeare in Seattle a.k.a. the 1999 rom-com classic 10 Things I Hate About You. Both Edwin and Alex are watching it for the first time, and - much like young high school love - it was a thrilling and wild ride. So grab your paint-filled water balloons, gas up the Toyota Tercel, and finish up your erotic novels while we dive into this iconic tee...

Quick--hide the diamonds in that wheelchair cushion--this week we're watching Rumble in the Bronx! Sean's never seen this Jackie Chan classic, so we take a trip back to the 90s for an action-packed epic that definitely takes place in New York, and not Vancouver, BC. So put on your crispiest light wash jeans, order an ice cream, and hop on board the hovercraft for this week's movie and pod. Have th...

This week we're joined by Peter Frick-Wright (host of the Outside Podcast), who sits down for a first viewing of 1991's Point Break starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. But wait, there's more! Alex, Sean, and Edwin are also watching the 2015 remake of Point Break for the first time - a movie that does definitely NOT star Keanu Reeves or Patrick Swayze. So grab your surfboard, put on your LBJ...

Sean is in the hot seat this week to watch the 1979 sci-fi classic Alien for the first time. But fear not, Alex and Edwin are there to peel off any facehuggers that get snagged in Sean's beard. We break down the scope of the movie, how they pulled this off in the 70's, and deep dive into the decisions that made Alien the heralded icon it remains to this day. So unlock your sleeping pods, top off y...

Hey, Cowboy! Grab a bucket of pink paint and meet us down at Winkie’s - this week we’re watching Mulholland Drive! Edwin has never seen David Lynch’s 2001 surrealist masterpiece and he’s about to be… confused? So come on in, take a shower, nap that concussion away, and enjoy this week’s movie and pod. But don’t drink all the coke! Silencio..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

Put on your luchador mask and tag into the ring—this week we’re watching Nacho Libre! Alex has never seen this fan favorite from 2006, with all of its fighting wrestlers, chips for orphans, and Jack Black facial expressions. So grab an elote, bring out your lucky machete, and mucho take it easy for this week’s movie and pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"You've listened to a long and complex case, murder in the first degree. Premeditated murder is the most serious charge tried in our criminal courts. You've listened to the testimony, you've had the law read to you and interpreted as it applies in this case, it's now your duty to sit down and try to separate the facts from the fancy." With the judge's words ringing in our ears, we head into the co...

Edwin - fresh off a few red-eye sandworm rides to make it home home - returns to the show to help us react to Dune: Part Two. May thy podcast chip and shatter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex and Edwin have a joint first viewing of 2006's The Devil Wears Prada, where they are quickly whipped into becoming capable and chic assistants for a towering, imposing fashion icon - our host and dear friend Sean. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/CAPTIVE and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Peter Gallagher and Kaitlyn Dent join us to react to Best Picture nominee Poor Things, the divisive Yargos Lanthimos & Emma Stone fairy tale/monster movie/dark comedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come with us in a time machine back to July of 1991, where we take a time machine to 2029 and send a couple Terminators back to 1995 to correct the mistakes made from taking a time machine back to 1984 to stop the human rebellion in 2029 after machines became self aware in 1997. Simple stuff, but important. We are back this week to follow-up with Sean's first ever viewing of The Terminator with on...

Put on your slippers & robe and pour yourself a White Russian, because it's time to tie the room together by discussing the 1998 Coen brothers' cult classic The Big Lebowski. Guest host Peter Gallagher (not from the OC) joins us in the host chair to finally make Edwin watch this movie and break down all the various plots, iconic costumes, physical comedy bits, film noir tropes, and standout side c...

This week we are driving through the Toon Town portal to revisit the 1988 classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit. With Alex in the captive seat for the first time, the gang breaks down the genre-bending approach to film noir, the blending of live action and animation, alcoholism, one hell of a soundtrack, an all-time villain in Judge Doom, and everything in between. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is currently s...

This is the first installment of NOW PLAYING, a series where we do quicker reaction pods to movies & shows that are out now. We kick it off with Emerald Fennell's Saltburn, a lusty and voyeuristic eat-the-rich drama/comedy/horror/2006 music video set in aristocratic England. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight..." On this week's Captive Audience, we sit Sean down to watch the 1984 sci-fi/action classic THE TERMINATOR for the first time. Guns, robots, cop talk, car crashes, sunglasses, leathe...

Join us for the premier episode of our new show CAPTIVE AUDIENCE - where we force feed the movies we love to the people we love. Captive Audience is a reaction video in podcast form. The unique format allows us to keep up with what's new, catch up on classics--new and old--we may have missed, and share films that are near and dear to our hearts. Movies can feel very solitary, especially if we're j...