Sean Kelly on Movies Podcast

The Lambert Family returns to travel into The Further once more in Insidious: The Red Door . It has been a decade since Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) and his son Dalton (Ty Simpkins) was hypnotized to forget their ability to astral project into the supernatural realm known as The Further. Josh is now divorced from his wife Renai (Rose Byrne) and has a somewhat estranged relationship with Dalton. D...

Four Asian-American women go on a journey across Asia to locate one of their birth mothers in Joy Ride . Audrey (Ashley Park) is an Asian woman who was adopted as a baby by white American parents. As Audrey leaves on a business trip to Beijing, her childhood best friend Lolo (Sherry Cola) suggests that they track down Audrey's birth mother via the adoption agency. Accompanied by Lolo's odd cousin...

The famed archeologist goes on one last adventure in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny . On the date of his retirement in 1969, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is reunited with his goddaughter Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) for the first time in nearly two decades. Shaw is looking for information about Archimedes' Dial, a relic recovered by her father Basil (Toby Jones) during the Second Wor...

A cash-strapped woman takes a job to seduce an awkward teenager in  No Hard Feelings . Maddie Barker (Jennifer Lawrence) is a 32-year-old Uber driver and bartender in Montauk, New York, who is on the verge of losing her mother's house, due to rising property taxes. After her car is towed away by ex-boyfriend Gary (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Maddie is desperate to get a new car, to earn enough Uber incom...

The attendees of a youth astronomy convention find themselves quarantined after an encounter with aliens in Asteroid City . Asteroid City is a small desert town known for being the site of the arid plains meteorite. Many Junior Stargazers and their parents descend upon the town for Asteroid Day, including photographer and recent widower Augie Steenbeck (Jason Schwartzman) and his son Woodrow (Jake...

The superfast superhero inadvertently disrupts the timeline in The Flash . Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) is a forensic investigator, who as The Flash is a member of the Justice League led by Batman (Ben Affleck). Barry is distraught that he is missing a vital piece of evidence to exonerate his father Henry (Ron Livingston) for the murder of his mother Nora (Maribel Verdú). Discovering that he can tra...

A family is tormented by a closet-hiding monster in The Boogeyman . Sisters Sadie (Sophie Thatcher) and Sawyer Harper (Vivien Lyra Blair) are in grief after the death of their mother in a car accident, a subject that their therapist father Will (Chris Messina) tries to ignore. One day, will is visited by a highly disturbed man Lester Billings (David Dastmalchian) talking about how “ The Boogeyman...

Here are our highlights from the 2023 edition of the Toronto ComicCon, which took place from March 17-19, 2023, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Toronto ComicCon 2023 Highlights Video Toronto ComicCon 2023 Highlights Narration Transcript Toronto ComicCon is the spring event run by Fan Expo Canada, which is more of a traditional comic convention than its more significant August event. The ma...

During last weekend’s Toronto ComicCon, I spoke briefly with actor and comedian Steve Agee. Agee is best known for his collaborations with director James Gunn, notably playing John Economos in The Suicide Squad, a role he reprised in the HBO Max series Peacemaker. I hope you enjoy this soundbite!

Before the 95th Academy Awards, I rundown the major nominees and predict who I think will win. Hint: My predictions this year end up being pretty one-sided.

This double episode contains the remaining interviews from the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival. First up is our interview with writer/directors Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes of the film Sissy, which is now available to stream on Shudder. Next, we have writer/director K.C. Carthew and star Viva Lee from the film Polaris, which is having its Toronto premiere as part of the 2022 Blood in the Snow Film Fes...

Here is a red carpet soundbite of me speaking to director Ti West about shooting Pearl back-to-back with X during COVID.

Here is a red carpet soundbite of me speaking with director Martin McDonagh about reuniting with Colin Farrel and Brendan Gleeson for The Banshees of Inisherin .

Here is our second interview to come out of the 2022 Fantasia Film Festthough probably the last one to be published while the festival is still going on. I had a chance to speak to director and co-writer Nico van den Brink, whose Dutch folk horror film Moloch had its International Premiere at the festival (yes, I know I say World Premiere in the intro) before being made available for streaming on...

We have just come back from spending a week in Montreal for the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival, and well be rolling out filmmaker interviews over the course of the following week. Our first interview is also the most recent, as we spoke to director Ry Levey and professional wrestlers Sonny Kiss and Parrow for the LGBTQ wrestling documentary Out in the Ring, which screened at the festiva...

The Canadian vampire drama opens this weekend at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto and I had a chat with the films co-writer and director Blaine Thurier, who was also formerly known as a member of the indie rock band The New Pornographers. I talk with Blaine Thurier about his inspirations for the film and ask what is his favourite type of vampire film.

In advanced of this Sunday’s Academy Awards, I am joined by fellow critic Ulkar Alakbarova of Let the Movie Move Us, as we both give our Oscar predictions*. 00:00-00:12 Opening Bumper * News Theme 2 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/ 00:12-00:50 – Introductory Comments 00:50-03:15...

It’s a new beginning somewhat for the Sean Kelly on Movies podcast, as we preview the 2021 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. 00:00-00:15 Opening Bumper * News Theme 2 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/ 00:15-00:34 – Introductory Comments 00:34-02:06 – Housekeepin...

Today sees the release of the film Bleed with Me on VOD in Canada and Shudder in the United States. Here is my interview with the film’s director Amelia Moses, recorded last fall during the Blood in the Snow Film Festival. WARNING: This interview will include some SPOILERS for Bleed with Me and it’s advised you watch the film beforehand.

Today sees the release of the northern gothic thriller The Oak Room by Black Fawn Distribution, which makes it an opportune time to release the interview I conducted with director/producer Cody Calahan and producer Chad Archibald after the film played as part of the 2020 Fantasia Film Festival. Apologies in advance for the audio quality, since there was the occasional echo in the Zoom feed.

In this episode, I do running commentary of the 2021 Academy Awards, recorded during the commercial breaks.

It’s a rare weekly episode of the Sean Kelly on Movies podcast as we feature an interview with Steven Kostanski about his film PG – Psycho Goreman!

It’s our first episode of 2021 and we have for you an interview with Justin McConnell and his documentary Clapboard Jungle, which will be hitting VOD platforms today.

In an increasingly emotional and f-bomb filled episode, I respond to the game-changing news of Warner Bros.’s decision to release their entire 2021 film slate to their HBOMax streaming service. Record Feedback on the Episode Referenced in Episode: Hollywood Reporter Article My Twitter Declaration Untitled Movie Podcast 79th Draft Promotion Segments Patreon Holiday Shout-Out Special Offer Zoom Movi...

Review for The New Mutants, directed by Josh Boone.