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Happy Friday, Jawgustians! Even though I'm away for the weekend, you didn't think I'd forget about JAWGUST 2 did you? Today we saw the other half of the famous (infamous) waterskiing scene - so i figured I would include that juicy fruit commercial one more time. Nothing wrong with a little shameless promotion... This might be the first time in the movie Brody is thinking a shark could...

Happy Thursday, fellow JAWS a-fin-ionados! Okay, looking back at that last sentence I'm not too proud of that pun in written form - but when I say it out loud it's fairly tremendous. It's day six of of JAWGUST 2 and today, even though barely anything was said - we get what is arguably the most famous scene in JAWS 2, so much so that the movie poster is based on it. Which then in turn b...

Happy Wednesday, Sharkheads! Day five of of JAWGUST 2 and today I talk a little more in depth about how Roy Scheider didn't really want to do this movie, but contracts and money have a way of changing minds. I mention a Daily Jaws blog post that talks about this more. I also talk a little more about the JAWS 2 novelization that I am making my way through and just how different it is (and how i...

Today my friends, is a very special day of JAWGUST 2 . Not because of anything to do with this movie or this podcast - but because I'm f***ing 50 today! How is that possible that someone with my youthful exuberance can be so old? It's kinda gross. But I like to think I make gross look good - and even at my advanced age, I will continue to be as immature as possible and keep on podcasting a...

I'm only three days into JAWGUST 2 and already, I'm sensing that Amity is back to it's corrupt ways. It's not everybody in town - obviously the good Chief Brody is heroic and a class act as always (I mean that whole catcalling yesterday was just um...just harmless fun). And Ellen is just trying to do her best at her job with Len Peterson. Clearly none of the Amity teens have anythi...

Fear not, JAWGUST fans! Chief Brody is still running things in Amity - even if Amity looks more Floridian than ever before! He's late for the Holiday Inn Amity Shores opening, which apparently is a big deal to Ellen - but he makes it in time to cat call a teenage girl in a bathin suit. We also see the Mayor Vaughn, who somehow wasn't impeached, and we see this pretty awesome hotel that wer...

HAPPY JAWGUST EVERYBODY! Yes, your favorite JAWS themed month of podcasting is finally back! I'm sorry it took so long - but that's how calendars work. Yes, as you may have already figured out - this year we are talking about all things JAWS 2 as we discuss 3 minutes and 40 seconds of JAWS 2 every day in August (well maybe a few more seconds on that last day). I'm also reading the JAWS...

And here we are, once again. The final day of Movie Month . Today marks the 390th overall movie and the 330th podcast of my favorite podcast project of the year! Today I went back to the theater one last time to see the latest DC Studios release, Supergirl. Despite some opinions and smaller than hoped for box office receipts, I (spoiler) enjoyed this movie and loved Milly Alcock as Supergirl. Sinc...

Finally. Finally. Finally. This movie eluded me in the theater. I just couldn't find the time to get out and see it. My wife even saw it with her students on a field trip - but I never got out to see it. Until today. I read Project Hail Mary last year and it was probably (not probably) my favorite book from that year. Possibly my favorite book in the past couple years. The end of that book lef...

Remember when seeing Dinosaur's in a movie was breathtaking ? Decades go by, visual effects get better, and sequels and reboots keep those dinosaurs coming - but nothing can come close to the magic of the original. That being said, I have watched every Jurassic World movie as part of Movie Month, and enjoy them each to varying degrees. This one? Well, it happened. I enjoyed some of characters,...

Is there anything more fun than a good murder? Wait, I mean murder mystery!! Yes obviously I am talking about a fictitious murder, not like all those true crime docs and podcasts out there. Nope, this is the real fun. The real - fake - fun. Once again, Rian Johnson delivers a movie that I just love! My third Benoit Blanc movie for Movie Month! And to think, this almost wasn't the movie I did t...

On this final Friday of Movie Month, I decided to go back into the Predator world - one of two Predator movies that Dan Trachtenberg directed in 2025. That other one will have to wait until next year, but this one - what a fun, bad-ass, gorgeous looking animated film! Glad I decided to include this one into this year's project. Looking forward to what comes next!

FEED MY FRANKENSTEIN! I was fully prepared to use this Alice Cooper song as part of my episode – but the movie was just too good for me to add any more silliness to my show than it already has. I pretty much loved this movie and glad I waited for Movie Month to watch and discuss it. Always great to watch another Guillermo del Toro movie! They’re always gorgeous looking – and I’m not just talking a...

For Day 24, I decided go back one FINAL time this Movie Month into the Final Destination series - and boy am I glad I did. This one was way better than the last one - and that ending! I am so glad I wasn't spoiled on a 15 year old movie's twist nor did I read the first paragraph of the movie's Wikipedia page. Was this a great movie? No. But I think this was a great Final Destination mo...

If you told me there was a 150-minute movie about a borderline (or maybe not even borderline) unlikable table tennis player hustling his way through life to try to be the best player in the world - I would not expect to have had as enjoyable a time as I did watching this Marty Supreme. Is Timothée Chalamet at the point now where a movie he stars in becomes infinitely more intriguing because he&#39...

For the third time in three years, I have been EQUALIZED ! Did I just complete the trilogy? Or am I just in the middle of what might be a longer series !? Either way, I'm here for it. Was this movie great? No. Was this maybe the weakest of the three? Probably. Do I care? Nope. I could watch Denzel be this character and just drink tea all day. Whether he's out there just enjoying the day -...

Welcome back to "Sundays with Steven " as today I decided to go back into the Spielberg world and back into the Tom Cruise world as well - for the 10th time! Today I finally went back the future as I went back to 2002 to jump ahead to the 2050s and watch the action/crime/sci-fi film, Minority Report. Yes, Movie Month is all about seeing a bunch of newer movies - but it's also about fil...

If you like the Matrix, but wish there were vampires and werewolves fighting instead - but still using guns - then do I have the movie for you. I waited 23 years to finally watch Underworld for the first time. I am not even sure if I want to go on with the series. Underworld - more like Underwhelmed! BOOM! Nailed it. Perfect joke.

I wanted a light, fun movie tonight after watching a couple of downers in a row - and this action/comedy/time-travel movie hit all the right beats. Did I love all the logic of how the time travel worked? Nope. Does it matter because time travel is not real? Nope. There was some fun time travel gags, some fun performances, and just a simple story with a bit of sci-fi twist. And there was some Andre...

Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi! You've heard of Christmas in July, right? Well today is my annual ChrisMo in June, as my Fine Movies. Fine Spirits . co-host Chris joins the show and once again picks a movie for ol' Mikey. Today Chris brought me a 2005 Australian Western that, speaking of Christmas, could actually be considered a Christmas movie. Technically speaking it is a movie about fam...

I love a good walk. Who doesn’t? But it turns out I love a bad walk too! I really, really enjoyed this movie. Even with the depressing story set in this desolate world (that we’re probably 5 years away from) the the characters shined through the darkness to make this movie stick with me. The two leads of this movie, in whom 90% of the movie depended on, were excellent and excellent together. The r...

Almost a year ago to the day, I watched the original " Now You See Me ," and after watching this one today I feel much the same as I did last year. These are not good movies. These are not logical movies. These are somewhat dumb movies masquerading as clever movies. And yet....I am enjoying them. I enjoyed the first one - and I enjoyed this one. I don't know why? Maybe just a "turn...

Smiling is my favorite! Smiling is a good thing. But much like anything else, I guess too much of a good thing can be bad for you - especially if there is some evil curse involved! Today's movie was not too much of a good thing at all - it was the right amount of a "scary WTF thing" that made me very happy I finally took the time to watch this movie. So happy, it made me smile.

Every so often I end up in the theater for Movie Month, and today - this morning in fact - was one of those days. I wasn't there for a sequel or a movie that expands upon a cinematic universe. I was there seeing a wholly original film and I was there because of one reason - two words - Steven Spielberg . This isn't my first Spielberg movie for Movie Month - but it is my first one in a thea...

Well. I finally watched it. I've been hearing about this movie, this series, that villain for years - and tonight waded into the deep end to see the 2016 (2018) horror film, Terrifier. Overall the movie as a whole was okay - but it was Art the Clown himself that turned this low budget gore-fest into the cult classic it was turned into. He was interesting and frightening and goofy and scary and...