MOMA: Movies & Marketing

He’s been making movies for 20 years. But how strong is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s film career? SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

After a year without summer movies we’re back drafting our (suicide?) squads of summer movies we think will make the most bank at the U.S. box office. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

They’re dying to save the franchise. Can the marketing for The Suicide Squad (2021) make us forget the horrors of watching Suicide Squad (2016)? SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

Many people rely on Rotten Tomatoes for their movie-watching decisions. But what does a Tomatometer score really mean? We conduct a test. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

He’s made more than a dozen movies in the past three years—most of them completely bonkers. But what if Nic Cage’s recent films had to fight each other to the death? SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

We talk about our personal experiences renting out movie theaters for private watch parties. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

No, we’re not talking about the biggest birds to ever grace the big screen. We’re talking about movies that crashed and burned the hardest at the box office. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

Sometimes you don’t even have to see the movie to scream. In honor of the Halloween season, we share our picks for the four most frightening movie trailers of all time. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

We travel through time with Bill & Ted’s latest adventure—sharing our excellent expectations before the movie, some radical reactions while watching, and our post-viewing takeaways on whether this trip was worth the 30-year wait. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/po...

Since the pandemic has put the brakes on the current summer movie season, we decided to look back on some of the high and lows of summer movies past. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

With the short- and long-term future of summer movies currently hanging in the balance, we forecast whether the blockbuster season can return to its former glory. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

With the coronavirus throwing the film industry for a loop in 2020 and possibly well beyond, we talk about what the future of movies might look like (on an old voicemail messaging system) and why we enjoy them in the theater. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcas...

Do you have questions about The Rise of Skywalker? While we love us some Star Wars, we couldn’t help but question this movie at a breakneck pace, in honor of the movie itself. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

With society disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, what else can we do except talk about movies where viruses break out and disrupt society? SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

From The Hustler to Hoosiers to Happy Gilmore, we make our picks for the all-time greatest sports movie ad slogans. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

Will The Hurt Locker get blown away when we rewire the 2010 best picture race a decade later? SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. or at MOMApodcast.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moma-movies-marketing--3296937/support .

As we move into a new decade, we explore how movies from previous decades imagined the future. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote on the movie's marketing effort(s) via the episode's webpage. https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/movies-set-in-the-future/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast...

Any movie can be about Christmas, but what movies have done the best job injecting the holiday spirit into their trailers? SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote on the movie's marketing effort(s) via the episode's webpage. https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/top-5-merriest-christmas-movie-trailers/ Become a supporter of thi...

From Friday The 13th to Flatliners to The Darkness, we reflect on the meaty movie career of actor Kevin Bacon. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote on the movie's marketing effort(s) via the episode's webpage. https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/is-everything-better-with-kevin-bacon/ Become a supporter of this podcast: htt...

As the blockbuster season comes to a close, we crown the champion of our annual box office challenge and discuss the summer’s hits and misses. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote on the movie's marketing effort(s) via the episode's webpage. https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/moma-movies-and-marketing-podcast-2019-summer-...

After 30-plus years of service, Maverick flies back into our lives with a new Top Gun trailer. Does the trailer match our sky-high expectations? SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote on the movie's marketing effort(s) via the episode's webpage. https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/moma-movies-and-marketing-podcast-top-gun-ma...

In honor of the 40th anniversary of Alien and the return of Men in Black, we dissect some of the best & worst space creature movie marketing. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote on your favorite movie of the summer via the episode's webpage. https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/moma-movies-and-marketing-podcast-extraterres...

From Godzilla to Spider-Man to The Lion King, we draft our summer blockbuster teams to see who can rake in the most green. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote on your favorite movie of the summer via the episode's webpage. https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/moma-movies-and-marketing-podcast-2019-summer-box-office-challen...

Does this first glimpse of the new Wick relight our interest in returning to the world of neon, assassins, and non-stop action? SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote if you like this movie trailer on the episode's webpage. https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/moma-movies-and-marketing-podcast-the-john-wick-3-trailer/ Become...

As the 21st Marvel movie hits theaters, we share our picks for the five MCU pictures with the most powerful posters. SHOW NOTES Get visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote for your favorite movie from this show on the episode's webpage. https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/moma-movies-and-marketing-podcast-best-marvel-movie-posters/ Become a...