Death Don't Do Fiction

In this week’s episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss the newest installment of the late Wes Craven’s meta-slasher series, Scream 5! Can the series survive without Craven behind the wheel? Did the new directors try so hard to satirize modern "requels" that they accidentally made a modern requel? Also, Alex and Matt saw The Batman! Is it Alex and Matt’s new favorite Batman...

In this week’s episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt continue their discussion of the Alien series with David Fincher’s notoriously-tampered-with 1992 sci-fi horror film (and absolute bummer of a movie), Alien 3! Have the harsh realities of adult life made this bleak sequel easier to stomach as the gang got older? Should people be more impressed that Fincher was able to make anyt...

In this week’s episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss the latest attempt to capture a new audience while simultaneously feeding on the nostalgia of an older audience, Ghostbusters: Afterlife! Is this the “Force Awakens” of the Ghostbusters franchise? Exactly how much time do we spend gushing over Paul Rudd? Also, Alex insisted on playing the lead in his movie Ninja 4: Into...

In this week’s episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss the mysterious, confusing (and technically unfinished) 1986 movie featuring what looks like horror versions of the Village People, Neon Maniacs! Was the movie made up as they were filming? Are the leads supposed to be in their thirties, high school students, or both? Why are there trading cards for the titular villains?...

In this week’s episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Guillermo del Toro’s neo-noir psychological thriller, Nightmare Alley! Does del Toro continue his tradition of sudden, unexpected face trauma? Are there biological specimens preserved in amber jars? Also, Tim finds a tape from the “making of” featurette for the gang’s first movie, People Who Eat People. Does the tape he...

In this week’s episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Joel Shumacher’s bold, colorful, and often-misunderstood superhero movie, Batman Forever! How long do we spend quoting Jim Carrey’s lines? Is an impeccable fashion sense the only redeeming quality of Tommy Lee Jones’s Two-Face? Also, Alex, Tim, and Matt broke into the movie industry with the independent zombie horror mo...

In this week’s episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Chloé Zhao’s somewhat divisive immortal-superhero saga, Marvel’s Eternals! Do they properly explain why the Eternals were absent for all the previous threats in the MCU? Do they roughly answer that question, only to create another weirdly distracting hole in the story that possibly reduces the impact of the movie’s clim...

In this week’s episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss James Cameron’s 1986 science fiction action/horror classic, Aliens! Is the scene where Hicks shows Ripley how to use a Pulse Rifle the most romantic scene in movie history? Probably not, but Alex seems to think so! Also, Tim pulled a “Mrs. Doubtfire” to get back his dream role as Harry in the Harry & the Hendersons rebo...

In the newest episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Venom: Let There Be Carnage! If you’re in the mood for a sequel to 2018’s Venom, this may be the movie for you! As always, the gang covers movie news and new releases, but this time they also debate Alex’s unfortunate habit of casting himself as major characters in his mysteriously-unreleased movies. The AIPT Movies podc...

In the AIPT Movies Podcast “Year End Spectacular”, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss their favorite movies of 2021! Alex also interviews Micheline Pitt, co-writer/co-director of the dark fantasy short, Grummy, starring Black Widow’s Violet McGraw. Grummy is a great, imaginative short that deals with a sensitive subject and it is currently available for free on YouTube !  As always, the gang covers movie...

In the first holiday special of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss 1990’s most violent Christmas-adjacent movie, Die Hard 2! If you’re in the mood to see a younger, still motivated Bruce Willis kill a bad guy with an icicle, while also showing us the true dangers of traveling for the holidays, this may be the movie for you! As always, the gang covers movie news and new releases,...

In the newest episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss the 1986 action/fantasy classic from director Russell Mulcahy, Highlander! If you’re in the mood to see Christopher Lambert sword fight in a trench coat and white sneakers while the band Queen blasts in the background, this may be the movie for you! As always, the gang covers movie news and new releases, but this time Al...

The AIPT Movies podcast is back from a brief holiday break! This week, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss last summer’s Ryan Reynolds action comedy, Free Guy! If you’re in the mood to hear Alex take back effectively everything bad he said about a movie he harshly judged before actually seeing it, this may be the podcast episode for you! As always, the gang covers movie news and new releases, but this tim...

In the newest episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss the new Netflix western, The Harder They Fall! If you’re in the mood for a visually-engaging western with a stacked cast and kinetic action, this may be the movie for you! As always, the gang covers movie news and new releases, but this time they also get a visit from an anonymous source to discuss the new Spider-Man: No...

In the newest episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex interviews Alex McAulay , the writer/director of the new Blumhouse movie, A House on the Bayou . The Alexes (?) discuss the great cast that includes Paul Schneider, Angela Sarafyan, and Lia McHugh, as well as how some of the shots were achieved, including some potentially dangerous shots that included real fire. Afterwards, Alex, Tim, and Matt...

In what was originally supposed to be the Halloween episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt are joined by special guest Ryan Donnelly to discuss the often-forgotten 1986 horror-rock classic, Trick or Treat! If you’ve ever wanted to see an undead rockstar disintegrate people with electricity from his guitar, this is the movie for you! Alex and Ryan also dive into the Halloween serie...

The AIPT Movies podcast is back after a brief hiatus! Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss the unfairly-maligned 1990 sequel from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner, RoboCop 2! It may not be the original, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad! Some of the hot takes discussed include: did comedian John Mulaney get his delivery from the scenes with reprogrammed RoboCop? Does this movie revea...

Alex, Tim, and Matt continue to get into the Halloween spirit and discuss another one of their favorite seasonal viewing choices, Fred Dekker’s bonkers 1986 horror/sci-fi gem, Night of the Creeps! Alex also shares his thoughts on the new James Bond movie, No Time To Die, and the recent Candyman sequel. As always, they also cover movie news and new releases, but this week, Alex plays a clip from hi...

In the newest episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt get into the Halloween spirit and discuss one of their favorite seasonal viewing choices, Chuck Russell’s excellent 1988 remake of The Blob! Unfortunately, the gang didn’t all manage to see Venom: Let There Be Carnage or The Many Saints of Newark, but they do get some quick reviews via some good old-fashioned, man on the street...

In the newest episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Nicholas Cage’s post-apocalyptic, Neo-Western/Samurai movie, Prisoners of the Ghostland! If you’ve always wanted to see Cage spend an entire movie in a booby-trapped leather jumpsuit, your wait is finally over. As always, they also cover movie news and new releases, but this time they seemingly get a visit from Liam Nees...

In the newest episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s new Netflix action movie, Kate! If you wanted more of Winstead’s Huntress from Birds of Prey , and you enjoy the recent trend of John Wick -influenced action movies, Kate may be the movie for you.  As always, they also cover movie news and new releases, but this time they also get a fast - and o...

In the newest episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss James Wan’s return to horror with Malignant, and it takes up pretty much the entire episode because they simply had so much to say about it. In fact, a special guest from a past episode makes a surprise appearance to join in on the conversation!  They also cover movie news, briefly provide completely uninformed opinions...

In the new episode of the new AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings , Jason Voorhees’s surprising space adventure, Jason X , and provide completely uninformed opinions on some recent releases they haven’t managed to see: Worth and Cinderella. They also cover some movie news, get a brief visit from Bruce Willis’s overworked stunt double,...

In this episode of the new AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Neill Blomkamp’s new move Demonic , David Cronenberg’s surreal, and weirdly horny, 1999 film eXistenZ , and provide barely-informed opinions on some recent releases they haven’t managed to see: Candyman, Vacation Friends, and He’s All That. The gang also covers some movie news, interviews Tom Cruise’s underworked stunt dou...

In the third episode of the new AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss the new Hugh Jackman movie from director Lisa Joy, Reminiscence , Renny Harlin’s sharksploitation classic, Deep Blue Sea , and provide completely uninformed opinions on some recent releases they haven’t seen: The Protege, The Night House, and Sweet Girl. The gang also covers some movie news, and examines the Spider-Ma...