Matt's Movie Lodgecast

Do you like pain? Do you enjoy suffering? Then watch the new film Loqueesha on Amazon Prime. The Lodgecast called for an emergency VOD screening after viewing the trailer in disbelief. But we were not prepared for what writer/director/producer Jeremy Saville had cooked up. Arguably the most painful movie we have watched on this podcast, Loqueesha is sure to unite all races and genders in universal...

Four Lodgers entered the AMC Century City 15 as skeptics about the movie The Intruder, which we expected was going to be a ho-hum home invasion thriller. But we left the theater as true believers in the power of Dennis Quaid! Pumped full of human growth hormone and grinning like a true psychopath, Dennis Quaid carries the movie with hilarious bravado as he encroaches upon the lives of the couple t...

We had no idea what the heck we were getting into when we hit up the AMC Burbank Town Center 8 for a late night screening of Claire Denis' High Life. All we knew was the film stars Robert Pattinson in space. After a slow start the movie kicks into overdrive when we flashback to a full spaceship of prisoners being sexually experimented on by Juliette Binoche. And then we enter the $%#* box for the...

You might be wondering, "What happened to Neil Jordan?" The Irish film director, who brought us The Crying Game (1992) and Interview with the Vampire (1994), has been steadily working through the 21st century on movies and TV. When we saw he was joining forces with the great French actress Isabelle Huppert for a thriller movie called Greta, we had to see what the result was. We hit up the AMC Suns...

The Lodgecast reviews the final Marvel Cinematic Universe movie it will be reviewing on this podcast. The 3 Hrs. 2 Min. Avengers: Endgame is a fitting end to a decade-long journey that had us both exhilarated and fatigued. For this final Marvel film we laughed a little, we cried a lot, and we sat in somber reflection at this $356 million spectacle. In this episode we break the movie down for you h...

We’re deeply divided in the heart of the Prius over the new movie Under the Silver Lake by director David Robert Mitchell. Is it the ultimate L.A. hipster epic or is it a tale signifying nothing as one Lodger contends? Buried by distributor A24, we hit the Hollywood Arclight for the only theater playing this 2 Hrs. 20 Min. indie saga. Actor Andrew Garfield seeks to unravel the vast Los Angeles con...

The Beach Bum is mandatory viewing for all Lodgers. After dazzling us with the dark depths of Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine shows off his lighter side with the stoner comedy The Beach Bum, starring Matthew McConaughey as Moondog. After dining on Mai Tais at Damon's Steak House, four Lodgers hit the relatively new Laemmle Glendale theater for a late show. We all agreed that the McConaughassaince...

For the 20th Anniversary of the classic horror film Pet Sematary (1989), Paramount Pictures released a remake of the film called Pet Sematary (2019). Lodgemaster demanded we revisit this classic Stephen King tale. For the most part if follows the original movie with some slight twists and violent turns. Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, and John Lithgow try to bring out the creepiness, but there were som...

Trading Paint is the third John Travolta movie in a row to receive 0% on Rotten Tomatoes! The movie played at one theater in the entire Los Angeles metro area and you better believe we drove to it! We cruised down the 110 Freeway at 75 mph to the AMC Rolling Hills 20 in the remote town of Lomita, CA. The movie stars Johnnie T as a Talladega dirt car racer whose arch nemesis is Michael Madsen and w...

Three Lodge Dumbos somehow found themselves watching Tim Burton's Dumbo in 4DX at the Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14. The 4DX shenanigans were a bit subdued and we have our theories as to why. As for Disney's Tim Burton's Dumbo, it was rough ride that required some serious self-medicating with alcohol and drugs beforehand. We try our darnedest to stay positive through this review and the cast gets som...

The most hyped movie of the year has arrived! After Jordan Peele's breakout horror directorial debut with the acclaimed Get Out (2017), the entire globe stood in hushed anticipation for what would emerge next from the mind of Jordan Peele. Does the film stand among the greatest horror movies of all time, or does Jordan Peele's sophomore effort fall short? Five Lodgers see it opening night in a pac...

When we arrived to see Gaspar Noé's Climax at the Arclight Hollywood, we were already in a weird headspace for reasons which you will find out early on in the podcast. The only possible cure for our sickness was Gaspar Noé's Climax and boy did it deliver. Noé took his time early on before the psychedelic sangria kicked in. Halfway through the movie, the opening credits roll and the bad trip commen...

It's back to the Cinemark Baldwin Hills for another helping of Tyler Perry! While our hero Tyler Perry says A Madea Family Funeral will be his last Madea film, we call B.S. on that. After loving on Tyler Perry during the intro we head into a packed house for a Tyler Perry fiesta platter! Tyler Perry treats us not only to massive helpings of Madea, but also serves us tasty sides of his characters J...

The bones are scattered all over the map when it comes to rating Robert Rodriguez & James Cameron's $200 million lovechild Alita: Battle Angel. Did you like the Japanese manga "Battle Angel Alita"? Well we don't discuss that. Instead we discuss Robert Rodriguez extensively and his wild cast of characters including Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie...

On a cold, wintry L.A. night with temps dropping as low as 45 degrees, we saw Cold Pursuit starring Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum, William Forsythe, and Tom Bateman. Unlike we were led to believe, this movie is not a standard Liam Neeson revenge flick. Cold Pursuit is actually a black comedy in the vein of Tarantino knock-off movies such as Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Suicide K...

Four Lodge Members take a deep psychological dive into the masculine psyche and its archetypal configurations that are manifesting in 2019. They went and saw What Men Want! The movie is a very loose sequel to Mel Gibson's What Women Want (2000) and Mad Mel is neither seen nor heard. This time the woman who hears "men people" is Taraji P. Henson and she leads a cast including Aldis Hodge, Richard R...

M. Night Shyamalan's Glass completes the Unbreakable trilogy I guess. AMC Century City 15 is the place where we accidentally cut ourselves on this sharp cinematic diamond. We've got some expert Lodgers on this 'cast that have seen every single M. Night Shyamalan Joint in theaters! During this hawt take, we discuss Bruce Willis' dead eyes, Samuel L. Jackson's heavy sedation, and James McAvoy dialin...

Put on your suits and dresses cause it is time to lift our glasses to Tinseltown and exclaim "Hooray for Hollywood" as we toast our love for the Oscars! Host Brother Bischke leads a hard-charging gallop through the Academy Award nominations as the Boyz lay down their picks for what should win and what will win in twenty Oscar categories in a little over 20 minutes! Then it's on to the very serious...

To kick off the 2019 movie season we locked ourselves in a Burbank movie theater and subjected ourselves to a late night screening of the horror movie Escape Room. We tossed and turned and tried to get out and somehow managed to stay awake for the entirety. A January movie release if there ever was one, it wasn't that bad, but it wasn't too good either. I guess it was shot in South Africa so that'...

This is what we Lodgecast for ladies and gentlemen! We Go Out of Our Way to Watch Weird Movies so You Don't Have To! Ain't no one in the whole wide world gonna see in theaters a little movie Keanu Reeves did called Replicas. We ate at Marie Callender's in Monterey Park and then proceeded directly to the AMC Atlantic Times Square 14 to see the sci-fi techno-thriller Replicas. Some stiff drinks at M...

Very dangerous spoilers ahead in our review of the movie Serenity (2019) written and directed by Steven Knight. Matthew McConaughey is at his tanned, bare-bottomed best as Baker Dill trying to catch a big tuna fish. Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, and Djimon Hounsou are there to cheer him on, but then things take a turn as McConaughey suffers a severe existential crisis. Find out why in o...

Learn about the former US Vice President Dick Cheney in the new movie Vice written and directed by Adam McKay. Christian Bale embodies Dick Cheney in every conceivable way. Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, and Tyler Perry all lend great support. But when McKay gets into the editing room he starts to play Oliver Stone and the result is a mixed bag. Cheney 2020!

Take the Bird Box blindfold challenge with us as we blindfold ourselves while watching Bird Box and then review it. Actually we watched this Netflix movie starring Sandra Bullock and then we went insane. John Malkovich is in it and so is B.D. Wong. Does this meme-generating machine live up to its hype or is it all a public relations stunt? Chirp with us and find out.

Get Hawt & Wet with Us in our movie review of Aquaman directed by the great James Wan. The movie has grossed over $300 million in China and we try to figure out why. It stars Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, and Dolph Lundgren. Can't wait for Avatar 2 to blow this out of the water!

Lodgecast hits up the Cinerama Dome at ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood to takes in the sights, sounds, and smells of Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite featuring our favorite actresses Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz. We generally feel that Lanthimos has hit his stride and we relish all the strange little details in this 18th century period dramedy.