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1988's Die Hard  An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. Chris from Geek Peak Podcast joins us to chat about this genre making film.  2 of us had not seen this movie before, does it hold up to 2 first timers? Find out  Cheapseat Reviews the podcast that explores the Hollywood film in...

We finish our month long tribute to Star Wars with this bonus episode.   Erik Woods from The Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast joined Shawn to do a deep dive in to the music of the original trilogy.   We discuss our love for John Williams, some behind the scenes decisions that led to what we hear, and some fun stories in our music path.  Cheapseat Reviews the podcast that explores the Hollywood film i...

1983's Star Wars Return of the Jedi After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor's trap. The Lady Wan joined us from Screen Run podcast to discuss this wonderfully fun movie.  Does Shawn complain about some stuff? Of...

1980's Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett. Randy from the Soundtrack Alley podcast joined us to discuss this beloved movie.  We chat about new additions to the movie, the score of cou...

1977's Star Wars A New Hope  Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader. Andrew, Sam, and Shawn discuss this favorite film of ours.  We all love it, and yes are annoyed that the version on Disney+ is a littl...

2021's Halloween Kills The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series. Chris L from Measuring the Score Podcast joins us to discuss the sequel to the 2018 movie, Halloween.  This horror movie has been all over the map with reviews. Some like it, some hate it.  There are lots of kills and lots of bad decisions.  Cheapseat Reviews the podc...

2016's The Conjuring 2 Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit. This sequel to the original Conjuring held up the spookiness and gave us all a fright.  V from Life Paranormal with V joined us to discuss this haunting movie as well as some of her own experiences. Cheapseat Reviews the podcast that...

2019's Dr. Sleep Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal. This sequel to the Shining is a very well executed, smart, creepy and high powered movie.   TV's Travis joined us to discuss this brilliant sequel to a classic film.  Cheaps...

1998's Blade A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires. Ethan from 15 Minutes of Marvel podcast joined us to discuss Blade.  Half of us had seen this before and half hadn't.  Did it hold up for those of us who had seen it? Did the new comers like it?  Cheapseat Reviews the podcast that explores the Hollywood film industry for the greater go...

2015's In the Heart of the Sea A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick. This epic movie based on the American classic is truly an epic story.  Some movie elements fail to hold up but over all we enjoyed this film.  Cheapseat Reviews the podcast that explores the Hollywood film industry for the greate...

2018's Game Over Man!  Three friends are on the verge of getting their video game financed when their benefactor is taken hostage by terrorists. Steve Everett joined us to discuss this raunchy action comedy.  Check out his site: https://www.steveeverett.net/ Cheapseat Reviews the podcast that explores the Hollywood film industry for the greater good.   

1991's Terminator 2 A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son, John Connor, from a more advanced and powerful cyborg. Erik from the Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast  Joined us to discuss one of his favorite films.  We all ranked this very high and it really holds up.   Cheapseat Reviews the podcast that explores the Hollywood film industry f...

2021's Army of the Dead Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. Dray from the Ta2Squid podcast joined us to discuss the Zack Snyder Zombie - Heist movie.  We talk zombie tigers, zombie horses, zombie robots and zombies.  Cheapseat Reviews the podcast that explores th...

Three generations of women fight back against those who could take everything from them. Big Nick from the Gag on this Podcast joins us to discuss this female led action flick that, basically is John Wick without the dog.  Here are the links for Big Nick https://www.gagonthispodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/TheBigNickJ Cheapseat Reviews the podcast that explores the Hollywood film industry for the...

2007's Trick r Treat  Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater. M...

2002's Resident Evil A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident. V joins us from the Life Paranormal with V to discuss Zombies, Scary movies, her show and of course, bad music.  Check out her show here .  Theme composed by Chris Lott  Cheapseat Reviews the podcast that e...

2021's The Suicide Squad  Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Jesse from the Sudden But Inevitable podcast joins us to spoil this new addition to the DCEU.  Did we like it? A few of us loved it.  This is ver...

This is episode #1 of Them's Fight'n Nerds  This is a debate podcast where two nerds enter one nerd leaves.  On this episode the claim: Cameron states that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is the best MCU film while Jesse claims that Thor: Ragnarok is the best.  They debate on 5 categories and a winner will be chosen by a judge, Shawn on this episode.   Shawn - Cheapseat Reviews Jesse - Sudden But In...

2003's Master and Commander: Far side of the World During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America. Mark and Joe from the Digital Dissection Podcast joined us to discuss: Bill O'reilly, old boasts, tornados and lots more! Check out their show!     

On this very special episode, Shawn interviews Erika Hogan.  A dancer, business owner, and actor, she recently joined the acting ranks and recently starred in a feature film.   Here is how you can learn more about Erika . Cheapseat Reviews: the podcast that explores the Hollywood film industry for the greater good. 

2011's Real Steal In the near future, robot boxing is a top sport. A struggling ex-boxer feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. Pixie joins us to discuss this Rock'em Sock'em good movie about a bad dad, a boy and his robot.  This Rocky type movie has all the tropes and all the good feels.   Please check out Pixie's show at https://linktr.ee/NextOnStageOne Cheapseat Reviews the podcast t...

1983's Wargames A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. Brian and Karina from the 2DudeReview podcast join us to discuss this 80's classic.  We talk floppy disks, bad security, office sexual harassment, and uncooked corn. Cheapseat Reviews the podcast that explores the Hollywood film industry fo...

1989's UHF An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local television station. The station becomes a success, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky humor. This Weird Al Yankovic movie is nothing but pure nostalgia for Shawn and our guest Lauren.  The jokes hold up but are a little dated with pop culture references.  Lauren is the co-host of the Beer'd Al Podcast .  Please check o...

2017's King Arthur Legend of the Sword Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy - whether he likes it or not. We discuss this epic movie about an epic king, his epic knights, and his epic sword in a movie that was an epic monetary failure.  Cameron from the Greenshi...

2008's Hancock Hancock is a superhero whose ill-considered behavior regularly causes damage in the millions. He changes when the person he saves helps him improve his public image. Jim from the Film Rage podcast joined us to discuss this not so likable hero movie.   Cheapseat Reviews the Podcast that explores the Hollywood film industry for the greater good.