The Matt and Mark Movie Show

BUSTIN’ makes us feel good! And by us, I mean me and my guest this week — friend-of-the-show, Dave from The Love of Cinema Podcast!  Dave and I deep-dive into  the latest Ghostbusters legacy-quel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Did it live up to our expectations? Or should it have shuffled off into the afterlife to sell Cheetos with Slimer? Find out as we discuss the film -with spoilers!...

Lucky you! We did the thing that every other movie podcast did this St. Patrick’s Day – we rewatched LEPRECHAUN! And now, you good people get to hear about it. Joining me on this St. Patrick’s Day special episode is Martin from the Film vs Film Podcast , who came in totally green to this movie, as a first-time watcher. We discuss Warwick Davis’ curious needs on-set, wonder...

Friend-of-the-show Tommy Nuggetz returns to the pod to help me review the new Blumhouse joint, IMAGINARY! Come hear us discuss a movie about a scary imaginary friend that was probably written by a scary imaginary screenwriter… AKA ChatGPT. Along the way, we recommend some other, BETTER options for gateway horror movies for you youngins! Plus, we reminisce about the brilliance of NOES: Dream...

Vegas, baby! VEGAS. The Producer in the Booth returns to the show for another installment in our bonus Trip Report series! This one is all about our recent visit to Las Vegas. We gambled, we dined, we entered a multi-dimensional grocery store! And we did it all twenty minutes away from a giant Dorito. Hear us recap all of our experiences, including our visit to the Stranger Things store, the Pinba...

“Inception for Perverts” – that’s how my guest this week chalks up eXistenZ. Even as a big fan of this movie, I have to agree with that statement. Friend-of-the-show Derick McDuff from The Underrated Podcast joins me to talk all things Cronenbergian. We dive into the new flesh, the gooeyness of David Cronenberg’s filmography, the oddly Canadian performances of eXisten...

The DOCTOR is in! Dr. Giggles, that is! On this episode, we’re talking all about the forgotten 90s horror oddity, DR. GIGGLES, and wondering why it hasn’t had a cult renaissance yet! Joining me this week is fellow horror fan and podcaster Rudy Ruiz from the Drinks and a Movie podcast . Go check him out and give his show a follow! In addition to praising the acting chops of Larry Drake,...

In the before times… before CGI… before Michael Bay gave us racist Transformers… before Pacific Rim… there was another giant 80s style robot beat-em-up movie that brought the Saturday Morning Cartoons of our youth to life! That movie is ROBOT JOX! Joining me to review this cult classic is a podcaster who’s seen his fair share of 80s robots… Ozzie from The Frank...

Welcome to the Uncanny Valley. Mark decided to shed his earthly form and turn himself into a virtual character in Robert Zemeckis’ mo-cap hellscape. Why? How? You can thank the Apple Vision Pro. Mark bought one and tried to record our Matinee episode with it and it was a complete disaster. Sorry, Joe Dante. We honestly love Matinee. Come hear us try to wrangle this episode back into somethin...

We review PANDORUM, and be warned if you’ve never seen it… we talk spoilers pretty much right away. Madness, right? Well, what would a space horror episode be without a little SPACE MADNESS?! Along for the voyage is our good buddy and special guest, Jeff from The Love of Cinema . We love Jeff even though it sounds like he spends most of the episode inside a car wash, or typing an angry...

Hey, did your invite to James Cameron’s underwater birthday party get lost in the mail? That’s okay! You can watch the new 4K restoration of The Abyss — it’ll be like you were there. All the submarines, all the military aqua-tech, and all the leathery, wet Ed Harris skin you can stomach. We dive in to this under appreciated deep sea classic, and discuss its infamously helli...

We’re back for more. And to kick off 2024, we’re taking you back to the STRANGE DAYS of the mid 90s. A time when trash fires seemed to always be burning in movies, and grunge music seemed to always be blaring. Visionary director Kathryn Bigelow dropped a sci-fi noir that mainstream audiences weren’t ready for. But we dug it a whole lot. Hear us review the film in full, with spoil...

Yorgos Lanthimos. Ava DuVernay. Christopher Nolan. These shmucks did NOT make our Favorite Films of 2023. So who did?! Listen in as we close out 2023 with our Favorite Movies of the Year, our Biggest Disappointments, Favorite TV Series, and more! Along the way, we also manage to talk about what to do with Mark’s new A24 Talk to Me hand, why we should all ditch James Cameron’s new 4K&#8...

Santa ain’t the only one comin’ back to town. So’s our buddy, Tommy Nuggetz ! He’s here to help us ring in the holidays with the return of our annual HOLIDAY GRAB BAG EPISODE!  The theme this year: SNOWBOUND CINEMA. So grab your ugly sweaters because we’re breaking out the nostalgic commercials of yesteryear and breaking THE ICE with three random snow-covered movies:...

What started in the Grindhouse… ends up on the dinner table! This week, we sit down for a Thanksgiving dinner with friend-of-the-show Kevin from The Reel for Real . We’re hungry and ready for some new holiday horror, and thankfully, Eli Roth is serving up something good with his latest movie, THANKSGIVING. Do we think John Carver is a new slasher icon? You’ll have to listen to fi...

The man,  the myth, the FINCHER. Join us as we discuss David Fincher’s latest Netflix film, The Killer, starring Michael Fassbender as a hitman whose competence comes into question. We review the film, rank our favorite and least favorite Fincher films, and ponder who the best cinematic snipers are. Also, we somehow get into living on a houseboat, the champagne of beers, and which country ha...

We’ve talked ABOUT Carpenter on this pod, but it’s high time we actually TALK CARPENTER on this pod, youknowwhatImean? That’s right! You can practically hear that 70s synth, can’t you? We dig into John Carpenter’s splashy sophomore effort that took the 1977 Cannes film festival by storm. Cops and crooks must ban together, Rio Bravo style, to protect themselves from ho...

It’s been kinda spooky, if you think about it… but the time has come once again for our Spoopy season to end with our annual Halloween special! To help us spoop it up right, we’ll be reviewing the hot new video game horror movie, FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S. We will want to spend more than five nights with Freddy? Or will this spell the end for animatronic animal movies on this...

It’s Tuesday the 17th, but whatever… it’s still FRIDAY THE 13TH to us! Grab your sleeping bag because we’re heading out to Camp Crystal Lake (or is it Forest Green?) to talk all things Jason, as we review the fan-favorite Friday movie, JASON LIVES. Joining us is Guest Host-in-residence and diehard Friday fan, Tommy Nuggetz . We reveal our personal favorite Friday the 13th m...

Are you ready to re-enter the fog with us? We have returned from our annual pilgrimage to HHN with all sorts of terrifying tales, detailing our experience at Halloween Horror Nights 2023 in Hollywood. Hear our pulse-pounding play-by-play of every haunted maze at the event, plus scare zones. Hear how we survived the bug-infested crawl of Terror Tram Exterminatorz, the demonic possession of The Exor...

Saw splices its way back into cinemas with SAW X, and we just couldn’t pass up an opportunity to Spoop It Up with our old pal Jigsaw. And we do mean OLD. Did you know Tobin Bell is 81?? Damn! Anywho, helping us play this sadistic cinema game is friend of the show and Guest Host-in-residence, Tommy Nuggetz . We discuss the redemption story happening on-screen and the one happening behind-the-...

Spoopy season 2023 begins with a special KILLER KLOWNS BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT That’s right, grab your popcorn blaster and settle into a cozy cotton candy cocoon, because the Killer Klowns from Outer Space turn 35… and Matt turns 40. Join us as we celebrate these dualing holidays, discuss the Chiodo Brothers’ cult classic, its strange Seinfeld connections, and the disturbing implication behin...

It’s been a long time since we’ve CUT IT UP with our ol’ pal, Jigsaw… so why not rewind to where it all began? We want to play a game… Since SAW X apparently happens between the events of the first two Saw films –did you know that?!– we decided to go back to 2004/2005 for a Retro Review of Saw & Saw II. We name our favorite Traps from each film, try to...

PRAISE BE. We’re back in the Habit this week to review THE NUN II. Where do we stand on this Nun sequel? Do we miss Corin Hardy’s campy direction? Is there enough Bonnie Aarons (hint: there is NEVER enough Bonnie)? And how does this fit in with the rest of the Conjuring universe? We discuss all of this after a quick dose of Fast Food Talk, a Jeff from Love of Cinema voicemail, and some...

Hey, it’s Labor Day here in the states, so we’re being good Americans and taking the week off. But we still have a NEW EPISODE for ya! (Well, NEW if you’re not already a Patron, which I’m guessing you’re not… judging by our subscriber numbers. You should be though!) Inspired by the free preview weekends that HBO used to do back in the day, we take you back in ti...

NUN YA are ready for this. We’re back in the habit with friend-of-the-show, Jeff from The Love of Cinema podcast !  Send us your thoughts and prayers as we get the liquid courage to finally confront the unholy terror of 2018’s THE NUN, the Conjuring movie spin-off that spawned a new horror icon. Does it live up to the horror hype? How many Nun Puns can we squeeze into one podcast? And...