Eye of the Storm Movie Podcast

This week we review and discuss The Crow (2024), a superhero movie based on the comic book of the same name, directed by Rupert Sanders and starring Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs and Danny Huston about a man who comes back to life after being killed to avenge his death and save his girlfriend's soul. Join us for our in depth spoiler movie review and analysis of The Crow, in which we talk about why thi...

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 the talk about James Cameron's The Terminator from 1984 starring Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor and Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, about...

This week we review and discuss Alien: Romulus, a science fiction horror movie directed by Fede Alvarez and starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson and Isabela Merced, about a group of downtrodden young space colonists in pursuit of better life conditions, who encounter hostile creatures while scavenging a derelict space station. Join us for our in depth spoiler discussion and analysis of Alien: Rom...

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 the talk about Guillermo Del Toro's 2004 fantasy movie Hellboy starring Ron Perlman and Selma Blair in which a demon child, summoned by the mystic...

This week we review and discuss Borderlands, a science fiction action comedy directed by Eli Roth and starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin hart, Jack Black, Ariana Greenblatt, Gina Gershon and Jamie Lee Curtis, about Lillith, an outlaw who forms an alliance with a team of misfits to find the missing daughter of the most powerful man in the universe who is the key to accessing a vault of lost alien techn...

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 the talk about Tim Burton's classic superhero movie Batman from 1989 which stars Michael Keaton as Batman and Jack Nicholson as the Joker in which...

This week we review and discuss season 1 of Batman: Caped Crusader, an animated superhero series starring Hamish Linklater, Eric Morgan Stuart and Krystal Joy Brown, which is a noir-inspired reimagining of the Batman mythos, focusing on a young Bruce Wayne during the early stages of his crime-fighting career in Gotham City. Join us for our in depth spoiler review and analysis of Batman: Caped Crus...

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 the talk about James Cameron's Aliens from 1986 which is a sequel to Alien and the other good movie in the Alien franchise. In this science fictio...

This week we review and discuss Deadpool & Wolverine, a Marvel superhero movie that brings Deadpool and Wolverine into the MCU, directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman and everybody who has ever been in a Marvel movie. Join us for our in depth spoiler review and analysis of Deadpool & Wolverine in which we discuss the plot and allegory at its heart, what Deadpool do...

This week we review and discuss Twisters, a disaster movie and sequel to the 1996 blockbuster Twister, directed by Lee Isaac Chung and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glenn Powell and Anthony Ramos, about stormchasers in Oklahoma who are researching a way to make tornados less deadly. Join us for our in depth spoiler review of Twisters in which we discuss 90s blockbusters and whether Twisters is tryin...

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 watched Ridley Scott's Alien from 1979, a classic science fiction horror movie widely regarded as one of the best horror sci fi movies of all t...

This week we review and discuss Longlegs, a horror movie directed by Osgood Perkins and starring Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage and Alicia Witt, in which an FBI agent tries to solve a series of satanic murders in the 90s and finds out she has a personal connection to the killer. Join us for our in depth spoiler review of whether the movie lives up to the praise it has been getting for being the scarie...

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 talk about Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker. We talk about the wild ride that this sequel has been, from panicked course corrections...

This week we review and discuss MaXXXine, a slasher thriller movie directed by Ti West and starring Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki and Moses Sumney, about a young woman who tries to achieve fame and success in 1980s Hollywood while being targeted by a mysterious killer. Join us for our in depth spoiler review as we talk about whether MaXXXine delivers on its themes, its portrayal of Hollywood and the...

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 talk about Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi. We see what happens when someone encounters the movie that broke the fandom for the first time,...

This week we review and discuss A Quiet Place: Day One an apocalyptic horror movie directed by Michael Sarnoski and starring Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn, in which two people trying to get one last slice of pizza during an alien invasion of New York. Join us for our in depth spoiler review and analysis as we talk about how this movie won us over despite the ridiculous sounding premise, why it d...

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 talk about Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens. We discuss the start of a new era for Star Wars, its characters and worldbuilding, how they...

This week we review and discuss The Bikeriders, a 2023 biker movie directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy, which follows a Midwestern biker gang through their founding in the 60s and their evolution into the 70s, from the point of view of a biker's wife. Join us for our in depth spoiler review of The Bikeriders as we discuss whether the framing device helped...

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 talk about Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. We discuss the conclusion to Anakin's character arc, the overall impression the prequel tr...

This week we review and discuss Hit Man, a 2023 black comedy directed by Richard Linklater and starring Glen Powell, Adria Arjona and Austin Amelio, about a philosophy professor who goes undercover as a hitman and gets lost in his hitman persona. Join us for our in depth spoiler review of Hit Man as we talk about the movie's themes of identity, the interplay of truth and lies, and how to achieve h...

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 talk about Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. We discuss Anakin's character and the journey he goes on, why we consider this movie the...

This week we review and discuss The Watchers (also known as The Watched), the horror movie directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, and starring Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell and Olwen Fouere, about a woman who gets trapped in a forest teeming with sinister creatures. Join us for a full spoiler review of The Watchers/The Watched. We talk about why we thought the movie did not live up to its potenti...

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 talk about Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. We talk about the new chapter in the Star Wars saga that introduced us to the pre-Imperial...

This week we review and discuss Sting, the horror movie directed by Kiah Roache-Turner, and starring Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne and Penelope Mitchell, about a young girl whose pet spider transforms into a monster. Join us for our in depth spoiler review of Sting in which we talk about the movie's themes of family and helplessness, what makes a good horror movie and how Sting stacks up against recent...

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 talk about Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi. We talk about the epic conclusion to the trilogy, the end of Luke's and Vader's journeys, o...