Eye of the Storm Movie Podcast

This week we review and discuss Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke which follows Furiosa's life from her kidnapping by the forces of warlord Dementus to her eventual revenge for the loss of her mother. Join us for a full spoiler review of Furiosa in which we talk about the characters and posta...

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 5: The Empire Strikes Back. We delve into the continuing journeys of the movie's characters, how the Star Wars set...

This week we review and discuss The Strangers: Chapter 1, the horror film directed by Renny Harlin, starring Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez and Ema Horvath about about a couple who are stalked by the three psychopathic masked strangers while on a road trip. Join us for a full spoiler review of The Strangers: Chapter 1 in which we talk about how this movie measures up against the 2008 original, w...

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 4: A New Hope. We discuss its writing, worldbuilding as well as its characters, and why this movie and the franchi...

This week we review and discuss the postapocalyptic science fiction epic Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes directed by Wes Ball, starring Owen Teague, Freya Allen and Kevin Durand about about Noa, a Chimpanzee trying to free his people who have been abducted by the ape king Proximus Caesar, set 300 years after the events of the previous trilogy that concluded in War for the Planet of the Apes. Joi...

This week we review and discuss the action romantic comedy The Fall Guy directed by David Leitch, starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson about a stuntman working on his ex-girlfriend's directorial debut action film, only to find himself involved in a conspiracy surrounding the film's lead actor. We talk about the movie's action that makes use of its protagonist's background as...

This week we review and discuss the horror comedy Abigail directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett starring Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens and Alisha Weir. Join us for a full spoiler review of Abigail in which we discuss what the movie does well, where it struggles, and whether this movie has the bite its trailer promises, and whether this shows that there is still bite in monstrous vampi...

This week we review and discuss Zack Snyder's conclusion to his space opera epic, Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver starring Sofia Boutella, Ed Skrein and Anthony Hopkins. Join us for a full spoiler review of the second part of Rebel Moon, including inevitable Star Wars comparisons and our thoughts on the quality of the screenwriting, hilarious regicide, the characters and their character arcs,...

This week we review and discuss Alex Garland's action war movie Civil War starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, and Cailee Spaeny about journalists travelling across the United States during a civil war. Join us for a full spoiler review of Civil War and its handling of the timely subject matter of war and war journalism, as well as audience expectations created through its title and marketing tha...

In this episode we review and discuss the kaiju action movie Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire directed by Adam Wingard and starring Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry and Dan Stevens which is the newest entry in the MonsterVerse series in which Kong and Godzilla must team up to fight a new enemy in the Hollow World. Join us for a full spoiler review in which we discuss what we felt did and did not wor...

In this episode we review and discuss Sony's Ghostbuster: Frozen Empire, the science fiction comedy directed by Gil Kenan and starring Paul Rudd, McKenna Grace and Kumail Nanjani. It follows the story about Ghostbusters who face an ancient evil trying to recruit an army of ghosts. Join us for a full spoiler review in which we discuss whether Frozen Empire breathes new life into the Ghostbusters fr...

In this episode we discuss and review the first 4 episodes of Shogun, the 2024 historical drama created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, and starring Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis and Anna Sawai. It follows the story of a British sailor who is shipwrecked in 16th century Japan and is drawn into the country's feudal politics on the brink of civil war. Join us for a full spoiler review of Shogun, w...

In this episode we review and discuss Imaginary, Blumhouse’s latest offering to the horror genre directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring DeWanda Wise and Tom Payne about a woman who discovers that her childhood imaginary friend is not only real but also more sinister than she previously thought. Join us for a full spoiler review of Imaginary, in which we discuss why it failed to scare or impress, wha...

In this episode we review and discuss Denis Villeneuve's masterful interpretation of the world of Dune in part 2 of the space epic starring Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya and Rebecca Ferguson which concludes the adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction classic Dune about the journey of Paul Atreides from heir to a noble house to messiah on the desert planet Arrakis. Join us for a full spoiler rev...

In this episode we review and discuss episode one of Netflix' Avatar The Last Airbender live action fantasy series by Albert Kim and starring Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio and Daniel Dae Kim. Join us for a full spoiler review of season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender in which we discuss whether this adaptation adds anything to the story, the shortcomings of Netflix productions, and whether we should...

In this episode we review and discuss the latest Sonyverse superhero offering in Madame Web by S.J. Clarkson and starring Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney and Isabela Merced, about Cassandra Web who acquires spider-based clairvoyance and has to save three women who will become spider-women in the future. Join us for a full spoiler review of Madame Web in which we discuss why this movie is what it is...

In this episode we review and discuss the tragic tale of the Von Erich family in the Iron Claw, a biograpbhical sports drama directed by Sean Durkin and starring Zac Efron, Lily James and Holt McCallany. Join us for a full spoiler review of The Iron Claw in which we discuss the movie's themes of family, the drive for excellence and the price paid by excessive competition, and much more. Edited by...

In this episode we're diving deep into the highly anticipated spy comedy film Argylle directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Heny Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell. Join us for a full spoiler review of Argylle in which we discuss how this movie is two very different stories stapled together at the hip, how the first half is much stronger but then goes off the rails in the end, and much...

In this episode we review and discuss the Indonesian horror movie Primbon directed by Rudy Soedjarwo and starring Happy Salma, Nugie and Flavio Zaviera, based on the real Primbon book described as the book of life predictions. When a young woman unexpectedly returns home after going missing for seven days, her family casts doubts about her true nature. We talk about our reaction to the first South...

In this episode we review and discuss the action thriller directed by David Ayer in The Beekeeper starring Jason Statham, Josh Hutcherson and Jeremy Irons. We talk about where the movie fell flat for us, why we were bothered by the concept of the Beekeeper when we are fine with other revenge movie and superhero movies that touch on similar ideas, what it would have taken to fix the story for us, w...

This week we review and discuss Night Swim, a supernatural horror movie directed by Byce McGuire and starring Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon, about a suburban family who discover that their backyard swimming pool is haunted by a malevolent entity. We discuss why this movie did not survive the transition from the excellent short film to full length movie and barely has anything to do with it, why e...

This week we review and discuss Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire, a space opera movie directed by Zack Snyder and starring Sofia Boutella, Ed Skrein and Anthony Hopkins, about a fictional galaxy ruled by the imperialistic Motherworld, whose military, the Imperium, threatens a village on the moon Veldt. Kora, a former Imperium soldier, ventures on a quest to recruit warriors from across the galax...

Dive into the depths of cinematic adventure with our in depth spoiler review of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom! Join us as we explore the thrilling sequel to the underwater epic, dissecting the storyline, discussing performances, and diving deep into the oceanic world created by James Wan. Uncover the secrets of Atlantis and discover if this superhero blockbuster lives up to the hype. 0:00 Intro 0:2...