The Film Effect Podcast

This week we're joined by special guests & good friends Jocelyn & Jeff (aka Rex Golden) to celebrate the Fourth of July by giving one of our all-time favorites, Steven Spielberg's Jaws, the film effect treatment!! In 'Jaws', when a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.....

This week we're chatting about one of our favorite comic book Christmas films featuring The Bat, The Cat, and The Penguin as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Tim Burton's Batman Returns!! In 'Batman Returns', Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin as he wreaks havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, all while a female employee of the latter becomes the C...

It's Friday, which means another edition of FEWERcast (our Film Effect Weekly Entertainment Recap podcast), featuring the week's various movie news & updates...discussed by the usual suspects!! This week: *Mad Max: Furiosa is now in production!! *Heat 2 is coming sooner than you think.. *We examine the arrogance of mega producer Jason Blum *Dune: Part Two has found its Lady Margot *Kevin Costn...

This week we're heading to the island of Isla Nublar with special guest Eric Klima (Corey's kid brother) to dive deep into the prehistoric, modern era as we explore & discuss the 1993 juggernaut hit Jurassic Park!! In 'Jurassic Park', Paleontologists Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler (along with mathematician Ian Malcolm) are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by din...

It's Friday, which means another edition of FEWERcast (our Film Effect Weekly Entertainment Recap podcast), featuring the week's various movie news & updates...discussed by the usual suspects!! This week: *We remember legendary character actor Philip Baker Hall *We see Warner Bros are pulling some weird cards with Joker 2 *Speaking of Warner Bros, we talk about this Ezra Miller situation they'...

It's Friday, which means another edition of FEWERcast (our Film Effect Weekly Entertainment Recap podcast), featuring the week's various movie news & updates...discussed by the usual suspects!! This week: *IT'S JURASSIC PARK WEEK!!! We preview Dominion & reflect on the earlier films.. *Of all the films, Arachnophobia is getting a remake from the creators of ET & Saw *Scream 6 loses Nev...

We're a little late with May's "Tarantino XXX" entry but if the film we're discussing this time sounds all too familiar it's because this week we're revisiting Tony Scott's True Romance from 1993!! In 'True Romance', a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in an at...

We have returned for a very special episode in our "A Conversation With..." series! On this edition, we had the honor of having an hour long conversation with one of our all-time favorite genre actresses from the 80's: Ms. Adrienne Barbeau!! Adrienne has a new book out on June 7th, called 'Grease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More : Stories from the Broadway Phenomenon That Started It All' and we got to...

All good things must come to an end...and we're ending BAYhem with a bang as Ed & his kid brother Andrew get together to talk all about Michael Bay's sophomore effort, 1996's The Rock!! In 'The Rock', a mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead a counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.. Ep...

Happy Friday and welcome back to another edition of FEWERcast (our Film Effect Weekly Entertainment Recap podcast), featuring the week's various movie news & updates...discussed by the usual suspects!! This week: *WE FEEL THE NEED...THE NEED FOR SPEED BECAUSE IT'S TOP GUN WEEK!! *We know when the Halloween Ends trailer is dropping.. *A forgotten Gerard Butler film is getting a sequel (but how?...

The BAYhem continues this week as Ed & Corey return to Miami to catch up with Mike & Marcus, who are hunting down Jordi Molla in 2003's Bad Boys II!! In 'Bad Boys II', Miami is being flooded with Cuban ecstasy through drug lord Johnny Tapia so Detectives Mike Lowrey & Marcus Burnett are on the case: determined to bring the man to justice.. Episode Directory: *Intro (0:00) *First Time V...

Happy Friday and welcome back to another edition of FEWERcast (our Film Effect Weekly Entertainment Recap podcast), featuring the week's various movie news & updates...discussed by the usual suspects!! This week: *Corey takes over the show with hosting duties in Ed's absence this week! *Is a fan favorite character really returning for the next Scream installment?? *We have important informatio...

It's Friday the 13th, so we're taking a break from all the BAYhem festivities to celebrate Jason Voorhees as Ed & Corey breakdown one of their favorite entries in the franchise, 1986's Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives from Tom McLoughlin!! In 'Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives', Tommy Jarvis exhumes Jason Voorhees to cremate his corpse, but inadvertently brings him back to life and sets...

It's Fr-... I mean, it's Thursday and we're back for another edition of FEWERcast (our Film Effect Weekly Entertainment Recap podcast), featuring the week's various movie news & updates...discussed by the usual suspects!! This week: *Adam Sandler's new film looks pretty legit (to most of us) *We remember Mike Hagerty *We've got some Scream 6 news to talk about *Chucky adds a familiar face for...

BAYhem month is coming in hot this week as Ed & Corey sit down and discuss Michael Bay's blockbuster hit from 1998 (the other disaster film from 1998), Armageddon!! In 'Armageddon', after discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.. Episode Directory: *Intro (0:00) *First Time Viewi...

It's Friday and we're back for another edition of FEWERcast (our Film Effect Weekly Entertainment Recap podcast), featuring the week's various movie news & updates...discussed by the usual suspects!! This week: *Adam Sandler & The Safdie Brothers are reuniting for another film (and we are totally here for it!) *Jamie Bell has some choice words about the 2015 Fantastic Four movie *We discus...

Welcome to May as we officially kick off BAYhem month here on the show with the one that started them all: Michael Bay's directorial debut, Bad Boys from 1995!! In 'Bad Boys', two hip detectives protect a witness to a murder while investigating a case of stolen heroin from the evidence storage room of their police precinct.. Episode Directory: *Intro (0:00) *First Time Viewings (10:14) *Story Time...

This week on the show, Ed & Corey are heading to the motor city of Detroit (aka Dallas, TX) to talk about man vs machine as they breakdown 1987's Robocop from director Paul Verhoeven!! In 'Robocop', a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories in a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit.. Episode Directory: *Intro (0:00) *First Time Viewings (8:25...

It's Friday, which means it's time for another edition of FEWERcast (our Film Effect Weekly Entertainment Recap podcast), featuring the week's various movie news & updates...discussed by the usual suspects (along with Carlo from 'The Movie Loot' joining us)!! This week: *The Mexican Pizza is returning to Taco Bell (and Ed can barely compose himself)!! *How much of the DCU has Ezra Miller destr...

Happy Birthday Antonio Bay.. This week on the podcast, Ed & Corey are celebrating April 21st with a deep-dive into one of John Carpenter's classic horror originals, The Fog from 1980!! In 'The Fog', an unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.. Episode Directory: *Intro (0:00) *First Time Viewings (8:35) *Story Time (17:03) *L...

This week, Ed gets untethered with Carlo (from 'The Movie Loot' podcast) & his daughter Madilyn (from 'Mad-Dad Movie Review') as they get together to breakdown & discuss Jordan Peele's Us!! In 'Us', a family's serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them.. Episode Directory: *Intro (0:00) *First Time Viewings (11:33) *Live Top Five (17:26...

Happy Friday and welcome back to another edition of FEWERcast (our Film Effect Weekly Entertainment Recap podcast), featuring the week's various movie news & updates...discussed by the usual suspects!! This week: *We remember Gilbert Gottfried *How much star power does the Fast & Furious franchise need? *Walt & Jesse are back for the final season of Better Call Saul! *Beverly Hills Cop...

After nearly 100 episodes of the podcast, Ed & Corey are finally getting together to talk about the 1991 horror-comedy cult classic, Nothing But Trouble!!  In 'Nothing But Trouble', a businessman and his friends are captured by a sadistic judge and his equally odd family in a bizarre mansion in the backwoods.. Episode Directory: *Intro (0:00) *First Time Viewings (5:49) *Story Time (7:38)...

It's Friday, which means another edition of FEWERcast (our Film Effect Weekly Entertainment Recap podcast), featuring the week's various movie news & updates...discussed by the usual suspects!! This week: *The Crow remake is officially back on (again) *Why can't anyone make a good, old fashioned werewolf movie these days? *Andrew attempts to sell us on yet another film he's never seen before *...

On this edition of the show, Ed & Corey get together to breakdown & reminisce about David Fincher's Panic Room for the film's 20th anniversary!! In 'Panic Room', a divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house's safe room, when three men break-in to search for a missing fortune.. Episode Directory: *Intro (0:00) *First Time Viewings (8:57) *Live Top Fi...