Mashley at the Movies

Jesper is a spoiled young man whose father sends him to Smeerensburg, a village near the Arctic Circle. There he is to be the postman for a year. He ends up dealing with a hodge podge of locals, and meets an old, reclusive toymaker with a bushy white beard... We talk about Klaus today with Rosa, as our 12 Days of Christmas continues.

Brittany Snow plays a woman dumped by her boyfriend, but is invited to spend Christmas with his mom and dad. She agrees, and ends up meeting Justin Long. So, yeah, a meet cute, a wishing tree, a cute little village during the holidays, romance, oh... and vulgarity. A fair bit of vulgarity. Ashley & Matt talk about this new Christmas movie, on the latest installment of our 12 Days of Christmas...

We're kicking-off our annual 12 Days of Christmas series with a 1940 classic! Ryan joins us to talk about The Shop Around the Corner , where Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan play co-workers at a gift shop during the holidays. They can't stand each other, but are falling in love via anonymously written correspondence. Sound familiar? Why yes, this is based on the same source material a...

We're in the thick of the holidays, and 'tis the season to talk about some awful films! Matt & Ashley are joined by Aaron as they watch and then discuss a really bad Christmas movie. It all goes down in our latest edition of Bad Movie Night (and maybe a visit by Santa!).

We've got a lot to say about the 1938 classic Holiday in our latest episode! Will joins us again (becoming an annual December tradition), and we talk about the Depression-era dramedy about mismatched lovers, what we want out of life, and the importance placed on money. It's a long discussion, so settle in and give our latest Criterion episode a listen! 

A young woman travels across the country in search of her mother. Along the way she meets a cute young guy and an older creepy man. Oh, and they're all cannibals. Ashley & Matt review the technically great, but materially disturbing, new movie Bones and All .

The Fabelmans is sort-of-about the life of young Steven Spielberg, directed and co-written by the man, himself. Listen to our latest episode to hear what Matt & Ashley thought about this new film.

A group of wealthy people looking for an evening of fine dining bite off more than they can chew when the kitchen staff have more than food on the menu. Matt & Ashley review this new thriller starring Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy.

Guillermo del Toro brings his own vision of the story of Pinocchio to the silver screen. Ashley, Matt and Ryan review this new Netflix original, which manages to walk a fine line between grimness and warmth.

Matt & Ashley review the follow-up to Knives Out in our latest episode! Glass Onion features Daniel Craig, once again playing private detective Benoit Blanc, as he is out to solve another convoluted murder mystery. The movie is in theaters for one week only, then heads to Netflix on December 23.

Ryan helps us decipher Ingmar Bergman's opaque story of two women -- one mute, the other a nurse -- who spend time together at a seaside cottage.

2022 marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Godfather . We are joined by filmmaker Jenna Milly in our latest episode, to talk about this classic of cinema.

Ashley, Matt and Bruce talk about the new MCU film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in a spoiler-free episode.

Ashley, Matt and Bruce talk about the new MCU film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in our ALL-SPOILERS episode.

Ashley & Matt review the new Martin McDonagh movie about life on a small, isolated island off the coast of Ireland, where two friends are feuding. 

Matt & Ashley review the new movie about a love triangle in the 1950s, that holds ramifications decades later.

We of course finish our run of horror, thriller and mystery movies with a film set on the holiday, itself -- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers . Ashley, Matt and Grant discuss this '80s sequel to the John Carpenter classic.

The penultimate entry in our 13 Days of Halloween series features the 1982 horror classic, Pieces . Set on a college campus in Boston, filmed in Spain, dubbed in post-production, co-starring Bluto from Popeye , and featuring a chainsaw-wielding killer who dresses-up like The Shadow, Pieces is an experience like none other. We had tremendous fun talking about this mess of a movie with our friend Se...

A family moves into an old country house, there are strange lights in the nearby woods, a young girl who went missing 30 years earlier, and Bette Davis lives next door. It can only be the oft-overlooked Disney film, The Watcher in the Woods . Ashley, Matt and Rachel discuss this movie in our latest 13 Days of Halloween episode.

You know things are pretty bad when find yourself raising the son of the Devil. That's the situation Gregory Peck finds himself in in The Omen . Grant joins us to talk about this classic 1970s horror movie.

In today's edition of 13 Days of Halloween , Ashley, Matt and Gus discuss the first two entries in the Massacre series. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) and Slumber Party Massacre II (1987) both feature slumber parties and massacres, but the similarities mostly end there. It makes for what we hope is an interesting discussion.

A 1960s movie that took voyeurism to a new - and deadly - level, Peeping Tom was met with disgust by audiences of the time, but has since gained an appreciation by the likes of Martin Scorsese and Roger Ebert. Ashley, Matt and Garret discuss this horrific psychological thriller in today's episode.

Four friends spend the night at a traveling carnival, and not all of them live to regret it. Ashley, Matt and Sean review the '80s horror movie, The Funhouse , as part of our 13 Days of Halloween series.

As 13 Days of Halloween continues , Larry joins us to talk about Homicidal . It's a psychological thriller, directed by the great showman, William Castle.

Four old men hold a dark secret, and the past is coming back to haunt them in this 1981 adaptation of the popular, labyrinthine Peter Straub novel. Grant is back to talk about Ghost Story , as our 13 Days of Halloween series continues.