The Movie Draft House

Psychological Horror month continues with the Jennifer Kent helmed 2014 film The Babadook.  Get your fill of generic store brand actors, metaphors, and sadly no wrestlers corner this week. Starring: Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman IMDB Synopsis: A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home. Our music thi...

New month means new theme!  This month's theme (October 2021) is "psychological thrillers/horror films".  In this week's episode, Jeff and Mark review the 2018 sci-fi thriller Annihilation...they also discuss the merits of not understanding a film, how Donnie Darko paved the way for Jeff's hatred of "smart" movies, and how James Wan went from The Conjuring to Aquaman to Malignant.  Make sure you'r...

September is Over-the-Top Villain's month, and now its morphin time!  The reason we are all here is to watch Paul Freeman portray the nefarious Ivan Ooze. There is only one group of 20 something teenagers that can stop him.  Rocky, Aisha, Tommy, Kimberly, Billy, and Adam.  The POWER RANGERS. Hey Amy Jo Johnson. :D  (Waves) Synopsis from IMDB: A giant egg is unearthed at a construction site and soo...

In this week's episode we Mark and Jeff review the the 2005 horror "classic" The Devil's Rejects directed by Rob Zombie.  We discuss how much Jeff loved this film, we talk wearing people's faces, the "wrestling corner" makes its return, and we discuss why fornication with chickens is gross but maybe not in Louisiana?  This one's a BANGAR! IMDB synopsis - "The murderous, backwoods Firefly family ta...

Movie theme for the month of September 2021 - "Over-the-Top Villains" Dirty Mark and Sugar Jeff take a look at a perfect storm.  Cage vs Travolta, in a contest to see who can overact with the most finesse. Grab your Chiclets, golden hand guns, and a bushel of peaches while we review Face/Off from 1997 directed by John Woo. IMDB Synopsis: To foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial tran...

Movie theme for the month of September 2021 - "Over-the-Top Villains" In this week's episode, hosts Jeff and Mark discuss what's really necessary...how good is Will Smith?  What do we think of Kevin Kline's boobs?  Does Kenneth Branagh's British accent shine in this one?  Those questions have answers...and MORE... IMDB synopsis..."The two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Gr...

It's a new month and that means a new theme.  OVER THE TOP MOVIE VILLIANS. Yes, the all caps is necessary . Wrestling corner returns, 3 sea shells, and socially distanced sex, all that and more this week on The Movie Draft House. Synopsis from IMDB: A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society....

In the last episode of the month of August - "Lord of the Rings Actors in Other Films" - Mark and Jeff discuss the animated 2009 film 9 and all things animation, why Jeff hates all movies, why Elijah Wood isn't really a "leading actor" in any of his movies....AND WE DRAFT FOR SEPTEMBER! IMDB synopsis for this movie..."A rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's...

Lord of the Rings Actors in Other Films continues as Mark and Jeff weez every last bit of grindage out of Encino Man.  So cool your nugs and chill your melons, and don't harsh our gig so hardcore cruster. Encino Man was directed by Les Mayfield and stars our LOTR star Sean Astin (Dave) who finds a caveman while digging a pool.  He and his friend Pauly Shore (Stoney) are surprised to find the cave...

Continuing the month of August's theme of "Lord of the Rings Actors in Other Films", in this episode, Mark and Jeff step back into 8th Century BC in the time of Homer and the Trojans and their horse(s?).  They review the Wolfgang Petersen film Troy starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Peter O'Toole, Brian Cox, Orlando Bloom, Rose Byrne, Diane Kruger and a ton of other people you probably recognize.  Tun...

After a rough few weeks, Jeff selected the first movie for August's theme, movies staring Lord of the Rings actors.  With a run time of 1h 35m Dredd wastes zero time blowing things up and passing judgement on the citizens of Mega City One.  Carl Urban helms the... uh... helm of Judge Dredd, and along the new recruit Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), they try to take down dangerous drug kingpin, Ma-Ma (Le...

In this episode, Mark & Jeff finish off the month of "Comedians in Serious Roles" July 2021 with the 2001 film The Majestic.  Directed by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Mist) and starring Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, and Laurie Holden.  Tune in to find out how we liked this one...was it a hit?  Did Jeff hate it (like he hates all things that are good)?  Do we talk poli...

Our theme this month (July) is comedic actors in serious roles.  This weeks movie has all the prosthetics you could hope for.  Mark Ruffalo puts them team on his back as he coaches wrestling at Foxcatcher ranch for an eccentric millionaire. Steve Carell who normally brings the laughs instead serves up a plate of cringe.  Jeff picked this movie to teach Mark not to tell him what movies to pick, and...

In this episode, Jeff chastises Mark on his grammar (it's a weekly thing); they review the Christopher Nolan film Insomnia, which is a remake of a 1997 Norwegian film of the same name; and you get "Police Corner" (which is apparently a thing).   Synopsis from IMDB..."Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder...

This month's theme - July - is "comedians in serious roles" and Melisa McCarthy shows us that she isn't just here for laughs, but also has the acting chops to hang with the best in Hollywood.  Marielle Heller directs the real life story of Lee Israel, author and forger.  She loves her cat and tolerates her only friend Jack Hocker, played by Richard E. Grant.   Catch the podcast on Twitter at @movi...

This month's theme - July - is "comedians in serious roles" and what better way to start the theme than to review The Safdie Brother's 2019 thriller Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Julia Fox, LaKieth Stanfield, and Kevin Garnett.  Tune in as Mark and Jeff go back and forth about why this film is a classic...or not (also why Sandler was snubbed for awards consideration for his role...

In this final June 2021 episode - concluding the "serial killer" theme - Jeff and Mark review the 2000 cult-classic film American Psycho, directed by Mary Harron, starring Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, and Jared Leto.   The IMDB synopsis..."A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from...

In 1989 Aileen Wuornos killed several men. In 2003 Charlize Theron killed it in her portrayal of who many call Americas first female serial killer.  How accurate is the movie Monster compared to the real life drama of Aileen "Lee" Wuornos? What did you think?  Send us your thoughts on Twitter where you can find the pod @draftmoviehaus Find Jeff on Twitter @podcastsbyJeff where he talks film and sp...

In this episode, Jeff and Mark review the Marjane Satrapi directed film The Voices starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Kendrick, Gemma Arterton, and Jacki Weaver.   From the movie's IMDB..."A likable guy pursues his office crush with the help of his evil talking pets, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date." What did you think?  Send us your thoughts on Twitter where you can find the...

This episode Jeff drafted The Clovehitch Killer.  It's currently on Netflix. Mark and Jeff go over Dylan McDermott excellent turn as a dad/boy scout leader/possible serial killer. Catch us on Twitter @draftmoviehaus (give us a follow while you're there!) We're also going to be featuring a different independent music artist each month with our pods.  This month's artist is the band Causa, an alt-in...

These shorter - teaser - episodes, Jeff and Mark "draft" their movie selections for the monthly theme.  This month's theme - June 2021 - is SERIAL KILLERS.   Jeff and Mark each get two movie selections for the month.  Take a listen so you have the heads up on what we're watching throughout the month so you can watch too and see if we loved or hated the movie as much as you did! &nbs...

Coming Soon June 3rd.