The Movie Breakdown

This week is about the sequels and long-delayed films, as we review the follow-up to a teen romance smash-hit for Netflix in The Kissing Booth 2.  Have you ever wondered what an underwater Aztec temple would be like if it had blind sharks swimming around in it? Your dreams are realized in the horror sequel, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged. Then we have an animated feature about magical cookies that has ha...

This week is a jam-pack episode of The Movie Breakdown even though we only have two movie reviews for you, but they are both 2020 releases. We've got a girls' road trip mixed with romantic comedy in Desperados and Nicolas Cage starring in an adaptation of a H.P. Lovecraft horror, Color Out of Space. We also remember true Hollywood greats in major movie star of the Golden Age and two-time Oscar win...

After several very special episodes of The Movie Breakdown, we return to our traditional format with four movie reviews this week. We have what Netflix is touting as a summer blockbuster in the Charlize Theron starring immortal mercs actioner, The Old Guard. It isn't summertime without a star-driven comedy, Will Ferrell teams up with Rachel McAdams in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Sag...

Oh boy, was it a journey to get the show posted this week. The technology gods really did not want us to return to the year 2013. but we did and it is now here for you to listen to today (or any day you decide). 2013 was our first year of The Movie Breakdown. As is the duty of every movie podcast or movie reviewer/critic, we had to do our top ten favourite movies of the year. As we've said many ti...

The Movie Breakdown has been around since 2013 and talking about movie on a weekly basis has meant that not only have we watched a lot of movies, but we've learned a lot about the movie business. This week we're sharing some of the things that we've learned by debunking some of the myths about the movie business that not only many believe but in some cases. we once believed. We will destroy lies l...

The superhero movie is without a doubt the biggest and most successful genre right now, but that wasn't always the case and history says that won't be the case in the future. Even the biggest genre making enough money to cover a small island eventually runs out of steam. This week we look at genres that were once the box office powerhouse that now are either small niches or completely gone as big...

We may only have two movies to review this week but it's still a huge episode. We discuss not only one of the most iconic horror movies but also one of the movies that kicked off the popular possession and demonic subgenre in Rosemary's Baby. The thrills continue with the hijacking thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 7500. We also pay tribute two significant Hollywood stars in acclaimed theatr...

One of the main goals we've had for The Movie Breakdown podcast has been to explore and review a diverse range of movies from all genres and from as many different perspectives and voices as possible. It felt like the right time to devote an episode to five movies that look at Black stories and are either made by black filmmakers or star black leads. A show like this needs to have Spike Lee's late...

This week The Movie Breakdown is coming at you with four reviews of very different movies. Speaking of different, we look at a Martin Scorsese movie that some may say goes against his reputation with the film adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel about upper class life in 1870s New York, The Age of Innocence. I also argue in the review that it actually is very much a Scorsese movie while also show...

We're travelling all the way to the 1990s where we dare to review some movies that were considered our favourites back then. We are looking at the sweeping sword and kilt war epic directed and starring Mel Gibson in Braveheart. Then we explore war in another era with the Cold War espionage thriller in The Hunt for Red October. Since it is the month that has Father's Day, then why not look at two m...

You can trust me that we had a blast recording this week's episode of The Movie Breakdown and that it has four movie reviews for you to enjoy. Speaking of trust, you need that for a healthy relationship, especially when you have a killer chasing you, which is exactly what happens in the new Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae action-comedy, The Lovebirds. If you're living somewhere away from home then yo...

It is another big episode of The Movie Breakdown as we have four movie reviews for you. You just know you've been begging to hear about the latest David Spade comedy, and we have it in The Wrong Missy. We also have a spy-thriller when director Tony Scott and actors Robert Redford and Brad Pitt team-up in Spy Game. Did you know that Francis Ford Coppola directed a biopic starring Jeff Bridges in 19...

We've got a bonus episode of The Movie Breakdown this week with piping hot movie talk and other randomness that we just need to discuss. I've been having issues with my computers, so we talk about all kinds of technology and somehow go on for quite a bit about different Microsoft products. That doesn't sound riveting, you say? Well we also talk about George Lucas' long history of tweaking, Spike L...

The Movie Breakdown is ready to launch another week with three movie reviews, including the massive 1980s box-office hit and cultural phenomenon, Top Gun. We also discuss two streaming originals in the dark comedic thriller Blow the Man Down and the teen romantic comedy, The Half of It. After the reviews, we pay tribute to two comedy legends in Jerry Stiller and Fred Willard. We had a blast record...

Another week, another bonus episode of The Movie Breakdown. We discuss all sorts of things such as our own creative challenges during the pandemic, if movie studios are being naive thinking that they can release movies this summer, the best stingers of all-time and the challenges that came with filming a movie like Mad Max Fury Road. It wasn't a challenge having a great time recording this episode...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day and was able to show some love for their mom. We are supposed to be at the start of the summer blockbuster movie season, but that is hard to do with all the movie theatres closed. So, instead we will review some past summer movies including what is considered one of the most beloved and influential comedies of all-time, Airplane! (which came out in the...

We're back to delivering bonus episodes of The Movie Breakdown this week and it is loaded with banter and personal anecdotes. Have you ever wondered if I stole a freshly baked cookie as a child? This is the episode for you. We also talk about Tom Cruise pushing for a movie shot in actual outer space and then reflect on some of the best and most famous movie gimmicks in history. We also discuss Uni...

We are now in May, which is traditionally the kick-off to the summer blockbuster season. But things are very different this year and streaming is still how we get our movie fix. We did still see movies and we have four movie reviews for you. Netflix has their version of a big event film in the Chris Hemsworth starring actioner, Extraction. Dave Bautista follows the past of Dwayne Johnson, Vin Dies...

I'm hoping everyone is having a great start to the week and to help with that here is the latest episode of The Movie Breakdown. This week we look at two cult horror movies; we review the gory and controversial Clive Barker directed Hellraiser and the 1978 tongue-in-cheek Jaws knock-off, Piranha. We also go all the back to 1946 with legendary director Orson Welles' third feature, The Stranger. We...

We have a third episode of The Movie Breakdown for you, and that just happens to be one of the things we discuss as we reflect on what has motivated to do so many shows lately. I also share a story about my kids' recent biking experiences and try to connect to an allegory for inspiration and motivation for current times. We also talk movies such as more talk about Back to the Future, if we really...

Who says movie talk should be saved for Monday? Well, probably nobody, but especially not us. We have a bonus episode for you this week, and as we do with the bonus shows, it is less structured, and we bounce around discussing multiple topics. We discuss things like if remakes can ruin our childhood, are some popular movies irrelevant to remake now (like Scream), do all beloved movie deserve a doc...

This week's show is all about movies of differing genres that find ways of bringing violence and gore. It wasn't planned that way, so I don't know what that says about us. What also was not planned is paying tribute to acting great Brian Dennehy, but he passed this week, and we both have fond memories of this actors who could play both a great villain and a warm-hearted father figure. We also look...

It is time once again for a giant bag of topics discuss on The Midweek Breakdown. It isn't all movies as we discuss what we think life will be like after the pandemic and how we feel about WWE being declared an essential service. We've got come movie chatter in there too including the VOD success of Trolls World Tour, Cineplex remaining open as an Uber Eats restaurant and a goodwill gesture by Lio...

Several years ago, we did a series of podcast episodes devoted to what we deemed rising stars. We felt it was time to spotlight again some really exciting actors and filmmakers. These are talents that we believe will have a massive impact on cinema and have many works worth tracking down now. We talk about some actors that have already landed some major roles like Florence Pugh, Cynthia Erivo, Kay...

We have two, count them two, bonus episodes this week as your special Easter long weekend treat. We are debuting The Weekend Breakdown, except on the show we call it The Midweek Breakdown despite most calendars saying otherwise about Friday. Just like our Wednesday episode, this is less structured and we discuss all kinds of different things. Despite everyone being stuck at home, there is a lot of...