Eye of the Storm Movie Podcast

This week we review and discuss Predator: Badlands, a science fiction action movie directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Reuben de Jong about a young Yautja who embarks on an impossible hunt to earn his place in his clan, and encounters a synth on a similar mission. We talk about whether the movie succeeds at fleshing out the Predators and whet...

In "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. This week we revisit Good Bye Lenin!, a 2003 german comedy movie directed by Wolfgang Becker and starring Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass and Maria Simon, about a son trying to hide the collapse of socialist East Germany from his mother as she is recovering from a heart attack. We talk abou...

This week we review and discuss Shelby Oaks, a supernatural horror movie directed by Chris Stuckmann and starring Camille Sullivan, Sarah Durn and Keith David, about a woman determined to find her sister, who went missing while investigating the mysterious abandoned town of Shelby Oaks. We talk about whether the movie's mixed found footage and conventional filming style worked for us, why the endi...

This week we review and discuss The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, a thriller movie directed by Michelle Garza Cervera and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe and Raul Castilla, about a family who hires a nanny only to discover she has a sinister motive and is scheming to break up their family. We talk about how this movie compares to the original and how the changes it makes impact the st...

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction. This week we revisit Oculus, a 2013 psychological horror movie directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Karen Gillan, Katee Sackhoff and Brenton Thwaites, abo...

This week we review and discuss Black Phone 2, a horror movie directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke and Madeleine McGraw, about Finney and Gwen who investigate the history of the masked serial killer the Grabber, which leads them to discover a sinister past involving more victims of the masked killer. We talk about why this movie movie is a perfect example of an unnec...

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction. This week we revisit 30 Days of Night, a 2007 horror movie directed by David Slade and starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George and Danny Huston, about a smal...

This week we review and discuss Tron: Ares, a science fiction action movie directed by Joachim Ronning and starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee and Jeff Bridges, about ENCOM and Dillinger Systems trying to find a piece of code that will allow their AI creations exist in the physical world, and an AI agent who goes rogue against his creator in search of this code. We talk about why this movie didn't work...

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction. This week we revisit Ring (リング, Ringu), a 1988 supernatural horror movie directed by Jideo Nakata and starring Nanako Matsushima and Hiroyuki Sanada, a j...

This week we review and discuss The Smashing Machine, a biopic sports drama directed by Bernny Safdie and starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt and Oleksandr Usyk, about the life of UFC fighter Mark Kerr and his struggles with loss, addiction and eventual redemption in the mixed martial arts scene of the late 90s. We talk about our experiences with the movie despite not caring much about the UFC or...

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction. This week we revisit The Fly, a 1986 body horror movie created by David Cronenberg and starring Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum, about a scientist who has a d...

This week we review and discuss The Strangers - Chapter 2, a slasher horror movie directed by Renny Harlin and starring Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso and Ema Horvath, about Maya, the survivor of Chapter 1, being stalked by the Strangers to finish the job. We talk about why this movie didn't work for us as a slasher movie, how it is a series of cliches strung together to full its runtime without...

This week we review and discuss Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」無限城編) , a fantasy action movie directed by Haruo Sotozaki and starring Natsuki Hanae, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Akari Kitō, about a group of demon slayers who raid Muzan's Infinity Castle where they face an army of demons as well as their personal ones. We talk about how we experienced...

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction. This week we revisit the pilot episode of Supernatural, a 2005 supernatural drama created by Eric Kripke and starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles that...

This week we review and discuss The Long Walk, a dystopian survival movie directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson and Mark Hamill, about a group of young men who volunteer for a march to the death whose winner will be rewarded with immense wealth in an alternate United States impoverished by a civil war. We talk about how the movie made us care about its characters...

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction. This week we revisit The Strangers, a 2008 psychological horror movie directed by Bryan Bertino and starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman, about a couple wh...

This week we review and discuss The Conjuring: Last Rites, a supernatural horror movie directed by Michael Chaves and starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson and Mia Tomlinson, about the Smurl haunting case in which Ed and Lorraine Warren come out of retirement to investigate a haunting in Pennsylvania in the 1980s. We talk about how the movie's style of horror worked for someone new to the franchis...

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction. This week we revisit The Conjuring, a 2013 supernatural horror movie directed by James Wan and starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson and Ron Livingston, abo...

This week we review and discuss Caught Stealing, a dark comedy crime thriller movie directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Austin Butler, Regina King and Zoe Kravitz, about washed up baseball player Hank Thompson in 1990s New York who who unwittingly runs afoul of New York City's criminal underbelly while pet sitting for his neighbor. We discuss how we went into the movie with no expectations a...

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction. This week we revisit Cloverfield, a 2008 found footage kaiju movie directed by Matt Reeves and starring Lizza Caplan, T.J. Miller and Mike Vogel, about a gr...

This week we review and discuss Freakier Friday, a fantasy comedy movie directed by Nisha Ganatra and starring Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis and Manny Jacinto, about a family that magically switches bodies and has to learn lessons about each other in order to break the curse and return to their original bodies. We discuss how the movie stacks up to the 2003 movie, whether it is too similar to it...

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction. This week we revisit Sicario, a 2015 submarine action crime thriller movie directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh...

This week we review and discuss Together, a body horror movie directed by Michael Shanks and starring Dave Franco, Alison Brie and Damon Herriman, about a couple who move to the countryside and find themselves encountering a mysterious force that horrifically causes changes in their bodies. We discuss the movie's use of body horror to explore dysfunctional relationships, what happens when a movie'...

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction. This week we revisit Crimson Tide, a 1995 submarine thriller movie directed by Tony Scott and starring Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman and Viggo Mortensen,...

This week we review and discuss Weapons, a mystery horror movie, directed by Zach Cregger and starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner and Benedict Wong, about the seemingly inexplicable case of seventeen children from the same classroom who mysteriously run away on the same night at the same time, having been apparently abducted by an unseen force. We discuss the movie's central mystery and its themes...