The Movie Draft House

I want to tell you a story.  A tale of a young screen writer who set out to craft his masterwork. After years of toiling, he had finished it. His greatest story was filled with social commentary on the overcrowding of prisons, and the inhuman way convicted criminals were treated.  He hoped to shine light on how the government favored the rich and left the poor to fend for themselves. &nb...

We're closing out Musical Month with "all that jazz..." - sorry - as we review the 2002 hit film Chicago!  Tune in to find out why Jeff hates musicals, we BOLO for Renee Zellweger, Wild Things makes an appearance....so does Kevin Bacon's penis.  It's a doozy!  We're also drafting for next month... Directed by Rob Marshall starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones, Richard Gere, and John C. Re...

A movie first. Musical theatre second.  Then a movie based on the musical.  It's week 4 of musical month and we hop in the time machine back to 1986 and watch Little Shop of Horrors staring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, and Steve Martin.  There are also several cameos to boot. Finally, Homeward Bound makes us cry, but were grown ass men and we don't mind that you know that about us. I...

On this week's episode the boys discuss the merits of musical theater, love, romance, John Williams v. Lin Manuel Miranda, Tom Brady and why Jeff is stuck in the past.  We continue right along with Musicals month here on the podcast with the review of Tick, Tick...BOOM! from 2021, directed by (first-timer) Lin Manuel Miranda and starring Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesus, and V...

Musical month continues with the most unique movie on the list.  A musical and a slasher film all in one movie. No way this can go wrong. What does homely mean?  Is Mini Driver in this movie? Is School of Rock a musical?  Find out this week.  Directed by Jerome Sable Staring Minnie Driver , Meat Loaf, Allie MacDonald , and Douglas Smith. IMDB Synopsis: A snobby musical theater...

YALL...we're back in the month of March 2022 with a brand-new theme!  This month we're reviewing musicals and we start the month off with a fucking BANG!  Kicking it off with the 2017 hit The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Keala Settle.  Join us as we absolutely gush over this one.  We pile on The Clouds of S...

The final week of Make Me Like Them month concludes with the toughest test of all. Kristen Stewart.  Jeff is up to the task of making Mark see Kristen Stewart in a new way.  Thong, Bush, Tabs, Minnie Driver.  Lets go! IMDB Synopsis: A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career. Directed by Olivier Assaya...

Welcome back! This week, Mark and Jeff continue the month's "theme" of "change my mind on _______" where they each gave the other a list of actors that they typically don't enjoy and the other picks a film that may persuade their opinion otherwise.  Confused yet?  Us too!  This week, Jeff gave Mark the actor Kevin Costner and Mark selected the 2020 revenge thriller Let Him Go. &nbsp...

This month Jeff and Mark are trying to sway each other on actors who's work they do not enjoy.  Now Jeff is tasked with changing Mark's mind on Andrew Garfield, so he selected Silence from 2016.  They answer the burning questions like, "Can you swim away from a stick?" and "Is Adam Driver actually in this movie?" IMDB Synopsis: In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House!  We're back with a new theme for the month of February!  Bear with us as we math equation this theme...Jeff and Mark gave each other five actors they cannot stand (from an acting perspective...we love everyone) and they were tasked with choosing two from the list and choosing two films that star those respective actors that may sway their perception...

Western (jeffstern) month comes to a close. Thankfully? The Draft House duo discuss The Harder They Fall, directed by Jeymes Samuel and staring Idris Alba, Jonathan Majors, Regina King, and LaKieth Stanfield.  Can this movie save western month? Synopsis from IMDB : When an outlaw discovers his enemy is being released from prison, he reunites his gang to seek revenge. Stick around after the re...

On this week's episode, we are in the thick of "western" month, and Mark fires his six-shooter at calling the David Mackenzie directed film Hell or High Water a "modern day western".  Being the "western" expert that he is, Jeff vehemently disagrees.  The film stars Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, and Ben Foster.  Come for the review, stay for the saloon talk!  What really classifies a cowboy? IMDB synop...

Kurt Russell in a western... fighting cannibals, what could go wrong?  Deputy Nick finds out how Jeff felt watching Uncut Gems.  Have you seen Lost?  Then you know who Matthew Fox is.  Is this the final episode of Draft House?  Listen to find out. Synopsis from IMDB : In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor...

New year, new theme, same pod!  Flex on 'em! We're back with January 2022's theme of "westerns"...Jeff failed to specify, so he gets what he gets! Join us as we review the 2021 Academy Awards Best Picture front-runner The Power of the Dog (which is a western, no doubt, it's just a western about "western" things that probably shouldn't be in a western film, but this is a Jane Campion film....s...

It's the last episode of The Movie Draft House for 2021 and our longest episode yet.  Don't worry we'll be right here January 6th with the first movie of our western month.  Before we do any of that we need to finish the year.  Martial Arts Month closes with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.  When Daddy Ten Rings starts hearing voices, he decides its time to go to a jungle made out of sca...

It's martial arts month, so you know what that means.  Two knuckleheads debating about the best sportscasters.  Also we spend time talking mullets, montages, and eyepatches. Jeff reaches back to his formative years and forces Mark to watch Best of the Best from 1989.  Would this movie benefit from more or fewer montages?  Is James Earl Jones a martial artist?  Can you have a tournament with just t...

This week...in the midst of Martial Arts month...we thought we'd continue our mini-hot streak of reviewing fantastic films with the 2000 Jet Li "classic" Romeo Must Die, which also stars Aaliyah (RIP), DMX (also RIP), Delroy Lindo, Anthony Anderson, and Isaiah Washington.  Tune in to find out why Jeff hates nudity - specifically boobs - and stick around for a bit of sampling by the artist Dir...

Mano a mano = hand to hand.  Just one of the many things you'll learn this December as we continue martial arts month.  In 2011, Gareth Evans directed Indonesian film The Raid: Redemption.  10 years later two knuckleheads spend an hour raving about it.  Mark becomes the king of hyperbole, and Jeff can't find the words to discuss his man crush on Mad Dog. Music this month is brought to you by The S...

It's a new month which means new theme!  December's theme on the pod is "Martial Arts" films and we've started off the month with a BANG! or a THWAP! or POW!  You choose... This week we reviewed the 2010 remake of the Karate Kid starring Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraj P. Henson, and Wenwen Han.  It's directed by Harold Zwart.   IMDB synopsis..."Work causes a single mother to move to China with he...

Happy Thanksgiving! In the last episode of Cage month the boys roll the dice and hope it doesn't come up snake eyes. Will we finally get Nick Un-Caged? This week Mark and Jeff discuss the value of proper security systems, Gary Sinise and the parallels to Ransom, and Mark learns the pedigree of Brian De Palma. Also... IT"S DRAFT NIGHT! Synopsis from IMDB: A shady police detective finds himself in t...

We're back, y'all, with a brand new show!  In the midst of Nicholas Cage month here on the pod, we reviewed the 1999 Martin Scorsese-directed film Bringing Out the Dead.  Some would call the film "his greatest success" but those people don't exist and that quote is made up.  Jeff summons the courage not to completely mail this one in, while Mark does his best to act interested.  We don't get into...

When you sit down to watch a Nick Cage movie, you want it to take you on a ride.  Love it or hate it, Drive Angry is a masterpiece of madness.  Undeniably entertaining, but is is good?  Jeff & Mark have very different opinions on this one, surprise surprise, and it gets quite heated.  But we both agree, The Accountant steals the movie.  Also, this episode features our first ever ad read. Staring N...

Welcome back, congregation! So happy you could join Pastor Mark and Reverend Jeff as we invite you, once again, to the Church of Cage.  It's November and that means new theme!  This month's theme is Nicolas Cage and we've lined up some bangers for your ears!  This episode Mark and Jeff review the 2021 indie film Pig directed by Michael Sarnoski, starring Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, and Adam Arkin. ...

It's almost Halloween, and it's the last week of Psychological Horror/Thiller month.  Does Kathy Bates deserve her Oscar?  What was with the Sheriff's storyline?  What is hobbling? Mark and Jeff take you through the 1990 Stephen King classic Misery where James Caan and Kathy Bates talk in a room for several hours. Sounds kind of like a podcast. Also the guys award a celebrity "friend of the show"...

This week's episode - staying with the monthly theme of "psychological horrors" - Mark and Jeff discuss the 2014 thriller Nightcrawler.  Directed by Dan Gilroy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, and the late Bill Paxton (RIP).  This week Mark brings back "Police Corner" and we discuss tactics, Jeff's driving, Jeff being the fuzz, Jeff realizing he shouldn't be a cop, and a great end...