Mayfair Theatre

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Emily and chat about: our recent Cartoon Party, Jem and the Holograms, She-Ra, Project Hail Mary, different Batman's and James Bond's, Joe Dante, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Whalefall, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday July 10 - Thursday July 16: The Sheep Detectives, Maddie's Secret, I Love Boosters, The Furious, Saturday Ni...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Nick to discuss: MTV, Tubi, 1980s/1990s movie channels, Indiana Jones, Aliens, Disney's Robin Hood, Masters of the Universe, Master and Commander, and more! They also discuss the movies (and Saturday Morning Cartoons) screening the week of Friday July 3 - Thursday July 9: Unidentified, The Sheep Detectives, Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Part...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Pascale (official Mayfair sign and poster painter) to discuss: Big bike rides, home gardens, The Linden / The Towne (an old Ottawa cinema), Baywatch, SCTV, All The Money In The World, Betty White, Netflix, movie programming, summertime, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 26 - Thursday July 2: The Richest Woman In The Worl...

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: technical difficulties, pizza beer, Rochester, high school bus road trips, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Fight Club, Everyone Is Lying To You For Money, movie trailers, old tv's, Captains Of The Clouds, Father's Day, Rooster, and more! They also mention movies screening the week of Friday June 19 - Thursday June 25: Tuner, A Private Life, The Room, Raging Bull, T...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Daimion to talk about (and not talk about) the upcoming Saturday Night Sinema! They also discuss: hosting comic con panels, J & E Grocery, Monster Movie Matinee, Elvira, Attack of the Killer B's, extended TV cuts of movies, video store era pros & cons, 1980s cable TV Saturday morning cartoons, Backrooms, Obsession, Masters of the Universe 1987 & 2026, Jesus C...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Sam from the Mayfair's resident Absent Friends Shadow Cast! They discuss: the correct halfway to Halloween date, Lego pranking, Saturday Night Sinema rules, the Mayfair's X-Rated past, poutine vs disco fries, caskets vs coffins, James Bond in Ottawa, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 5 - Thursday June 11: Little Lorraine...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Mayfair co-owner and newsletter writer, Ian! They discuss The Mandalorian and Grogu, Black Squirrel Books finds, The Great Glebe Garage Sale, Vac Shack, Deliverance, The Lift, Archie digests, RKSS, film production logos, Slush Puppies, Riverdale, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 29 - Thursday...

This week, Eric and Pascale trick Josh into making at least half the episode to be all about basketball (with some movie related basketball stuff in there, like Space Jam, Hoop Dreams, Hoosiers, and Air Bud, just to keep us on point). We also discuss Holey Confections, bartering, Herb Albert, The Mighty Ducks, Saturday Night Sinema, Wes Anderson's box office, Uncut Gems, the silent film era, and m...

This week Eric and Josh discuss: Mother's Day, Animation Show 'N' Tell, The Wizard Of Oz, black and white television, drive-ins, Robocop, Free Solo, Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter, Ottawa Charge, popcorn, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 15 - Thursday May 21: The Christophers, Calle Málaga, The Room, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Saturday Night Sinema,...

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Star Wars Day, scolding phone users in the cinema, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Cartoon Party kids, Saturday Night Sinema, Alanis Morissette, Barry Sonnenfeld, The Spirit, Black Bag, Free Comic Book Day, Robocop Vs Terminator, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 8 - Thursday May 14: Mile End Kicks, The Christophers, Middle Life,...

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the Ottawa Charge, Hijinx, The Two Jakes, Practical Magic, The Goonies, Back To The Future, Police Academy, Christopher Lee, Hercules In The Haunted World, Ed Wood, Venom, Entertainment Weekly, The Wicker Man, Family Man, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 1 - Thursday May 7, 2026: Kontinental '25, Nirvanna The Band The Show T...

This week, Eric and Josh welcome Pascale back to the podcast to mainly dicsuss Breaking Bad style money laundering schemes. They also chat about: Superman Day, Record Store Day, hockey and basketball, Free Comic Book Day, Fan Expo, Clive Barker, making a will, Apocalypse Now, Blair Witch, The Blade (which was supposed to screen this week, but got pushed back), and more! Plus, the movies screening...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Spencer, to discuss the upcoming Animation Show 'N' Tell Ottawa 4 screening at the Mayfair! They also discuss: artist deadlines, South Park, Spider-Verse movies, Brad Bird's Ray Gunn, the Disney Vault, The Princess And The Frog, Tangled, dinosaur nature documentaries, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, our upcoming Wes Anderson Fest, and more! Plus, the movies scree...

This week, Eric and Josh dicsuss: discount easter chocolate, puppy Big Barda's return to the podcast, post-winter marquee, Ottawa Comics & Arts Festival, Ottawa Charge, Disney's Zombies live concert, The Penguin Lessons, Hudson Hawk, The Warriors, air conditioning in cinemas, free Twin Peaks blu-rays, and more! Plus, they mention the movies the week of Friday April 10 - Thursday April 16: Miroirs...

This week, due to hectic schedules, Eric and Josh resort to a Zoom chat for the first time in ages. They discuss: birthday festivities, novelizations and comic book adaptations, The Last Ronin, incorrect movie listing websites, The Kissing Booth trilogy, elevator horror movies, forgotten sequels, Walker Texas Ranger, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday April 3 - Thu...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Eric's niece Abby, fresh off of a trip to France and Spain! They discuss subway and elevator dangers, Ready Or Not, The Curse Of The Necklace, Captain America: The First Avenger, our recent Cartoon Party, The California Raisins, Robot Chicken, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, Disney's Zombies, Nefarious Comics, watching the Oscars in a different time zone, BlackBe...

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Pi Day, Odd Burger, Friday The 13th YA books, tips, popcorn, Hellraiser comics, retro novelizations, anime, Academy Awards, ABBA, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 20 - Thursday March 26: Sentimental Value, Hamnet, Careful, The Phantom Carriage, Sunday Morning All-You-Can-Eat Cereal Cartoon Party, Marty Supreme, Scarlet, Ten...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Emily in honour of International Women's Day (or, possibly a coincidence that we recorded with her on that specific day). They discuss: the extinct Westgate Mall, $2 movie tickets, MotoPhoto, Psycho & Psycho II, the state of comic books, Hoopla, The Three-Body Problem, newspaper movie ads, the Freddy vs Jason vs Ash comic, Catherine O'Hara, and more! They als...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Ryan from Nefarious Comics to chat about comic store life, and some upcoming store events! They also discuss: birthday rentals in the cinema, Tank Girl, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, Absolute Batman, variant covers, Magic: The Gathering, Kinks & Coffee, Paper Tiger, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 6 - Thursday March 12...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined again by Usman Karimi to discuss his Back Pages radio show, and Reeled In podcast! (you can find info on Instagram for both, at @backpagescu and @reeledinpodcast) They also chat about Olympic hockey, baseball movies, Miracle, appointment television, Spider-Noir, Godzilla Minus One, Johnny Mnemonic, The Simpsons, Bob Dylan, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, t...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Pascale, mainly to unpack the aftermath of the Valentine's Day edition of our annual X-Rated Super Secret Saturday Night Sinema. They also discuss: Brief Encounter, Casablanca, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, movie walkouts, Euphoria, watching movies on planes, Backbeat, Resevoir Dogs, Gambino, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Saturday Night Sinema co-host Daimion, in honour of the X-Rated Super Secret Valentine's edition of Sinema! They also discuss: Scarlet Warning 666, G.I. Joe, Them!, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Batman '66, Samurai Cop 2, David Cronenberg, Ratatouille, Tank Girl, and more! They also mention the movies screening the busy Valentine's week of Friday February 13...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by resident Mayfair poster and Holiday Season card artist, and front door sign painter, Pascale! She has a pair of events in Ottawa at de Montigny Contemporary Art Gallery, and the Ottawa Design Club! They discuss: Mayfair Gold Cards, Clairtone, Pogs, Archie Digests, Death Of Superman, TV repair, Phantom Menace action figures, Valentine's Day, talking during tra...

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Mayfair co-owner and newsletter scribe, Ian! They get together to gossip about the Oscar nominations, which leads them to also chat about: record levels of cold weather, Delroy Lindo, The Kissing Booth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, I'm Just Ken, Hamlet, Logan, BlacKkKlansman, Universal Language, Don McKellar, the Safdie brothers, Vamp...

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Space Jam, Teen Titans Go!, Loonatics Unleashed, Aztec Batman, The Day The Earth Blew Up, end credits, John Woo, Marty Supreme, Scarlet Warning 666, and more! They also discuss the movies screening the week of Friday January 23 - Thursday January 29: The Princess Bride, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, No Other Choice, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hard Boiled, and Sinf...