The Movie Draft House

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're winding down "Adam, Eve, or Steve Rom Com" month here in February 2024 with our review of the 1987 Steve Martin romantic comedy, "Roxanne" also starring Daryl Hannah and Rick Rossovich. Tune in to find out if this one still holds up, why Mark doesn't like Steve Martin, and if the 80's were truly films best era. Anywhere y...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're cruising along to the sound of LOVE in "Adam, Eve, or Steve Rom Coms" month here in February 2024! This week we reviewed the 2019 "romantic-comedy" Marriage Story starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, and Ray Liotta. Tune in to find out why this doesn't hit the theme but turns out to be one of the best films w...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're cruising along with "Adam, Eve, or Steve Rom-Coms" in the month of February 2024! This week we reviewed the 2012 film "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" starring Steve Carrell, Keira Knightley, Adam Brody, and Martin Sheen. Tune in to find out if this one hit the theme and what we thought! IMDB synopsis "As an aster...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! It's the month of February 2024, which means it's the month of LOVE which also means we're reviewing romantic-comedies with the theme of "Adam, Eve, and Steve" rom-coms! This week we kicked things off with the Steve Martin rom-com from 1984 "The Lonely Guy" starring himself and Judith Ivey. Tune in to find out if this one is a...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We've come to the end of "Movies Directed By & Starring the Same Actor" month, but we do so triumphantly with the Danny Devito vehicle from 1989 "The War of the Roses" starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny Devito. Tune in to find out if this one should have stayed in "Erotic Thriller" month of if we hit the...

It's a special episode! In this episode Mark recaps the big snubs of the 2024 Oscar nominations announcements. Who are the front runners? Who doesn't really stand a chance? Who is just happy to be there? Tune in! Follow the podcast across all social media! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow our hosts on Twitter! Mark - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@iheard...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! It's "Movies Directed By & Starring the Same Actor" month and this week we reviewed the comedy classic, "Tropic Thunder", directed by and starring Ben Stiller...but also starring Jack Black, Brandon Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Matthew McConnaughey, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Nick Nolte, and...last but not least, Tom C...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're in week number 2 of "Movies Directed By & Starring the Same Actor" with our review of The Quest directed by and starring none other than Jean Claude van Damme! Tune in to find out if this is another JCVD classic or is this just a Bloodsport copy? IMDB synopsis "A group of gentlemen of fortune visits a legendary "Lost City&quo...

New year, same podcast! Welcome back Draft Housers! It's year #4 of the podcast and this month we're kicking off the year with "Films Directed By & Starring the Same Actor"...this week we reviewed the Casey Affleck trifecta - directed, written, and starring - film "Light of My Life". Tune in to find out why Jeff hates Casey Affleck but maybe loved this movie, why Ma...

Happy New Year, Draft Housers! It's the last episode of 2023 and the last episode of the month, which means we had to drop the ball in style! This week we reviewed, as part of "R-Rated Christmas Films", the 1980 lesser known title "New Year's Evil" starring no one you know and directed by no one you've seen before. Tune in to find out if this one is a stepping stone...

Merry Christmas you Draft Housers! We're wrapping (get it?...) "R-Rated Christmas Movies" month up with the 2017 Christmas-themed Zombie Musical...Anna and the Apocalypse! Starring Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, and Sarah Swire. Tune in to find out why Zombie Musicals should happen more often, when are we getting Anna and the Apocalypse 2, and is this one of the greatest Zombie films ev...

Ho, ho, ho Movie Draft Housers! We're counting down to Christmas with our review of the 2005 under-the-radar classic Santa's Slay during "R-Rated Christmas" month! Tune in to find out why Bill Goldberg is actually a pretty convincing Santa, why more low-budget films should just be smarter, and how does Santa really feel about boobs. Tune in! IMDB synopsis "Santa Claus is act...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! It's holiday season here on the podcast and to get into the spirit of Christmas, we're reviewing "R-rated Christmas Movies" for the month of December 2023! We start off the month with the surprisingly good film Fatman from 2020 starring Mel Gibson as Santa & Walter Goggins as the villain (duh...). Tune in to find out if this one makes it...

Welcome back Draft Housers! We're wrapping up "Movies About Toys" month here on the podcast with, perhaps, the best film of 2023! We reviewed Barbie from 2023 starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. The film is directed by Greta Gerwig. Tune in to find out if there's a greater movie about toys ever made, if Ryan Gosling is indeed the GOAT, and if Margot Robbie is as good as ever...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're giving THANKS this week as you eat your turkey and stuffing and enjoy all the desserts...as we're winding down "Movies About Toys" month! This week we reviewed the holiday classic Jingle All The Way from 1996 starring everyone's favorite Christmas hero Arnold Schwarzenegger! Tune in to find out why Jeff hates Christmas (movies), wh...

Welcome back Draft Housers! We're chugging right along during this month of Thanks with our theme of "Movies About Toys" with our review of the 1989 shitfest Puppet Master. It's directed by some dumb dude and stars a bunch of nobodies. Tune in to find out why you should avoid this one at all costs and just how bad the bad movies we review really are! IMDB synopsis "Psychics...

Welcome back Draft Housers! We're in the thick of "Movies About Toys" month here on the podcast with our review of the 2007 mega-hit Transformers directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox. Tune in to find out why Jeff hates LaBeouf, the Michael Bay Mount Rushmore, is Megan Fox a good actress, and more! IMDB synopsis "An ancient struggle between two Cybertro...

Welcome back Draft Housers! It's a new month, which means a new theme for the podcast and this month we're watching films that are either based on toys or feature toys in the them (not hard, right?)...to kick the month off we watched the 2011 Shawn Levy directed sci-fi boxing film - loosely based off of the Rock'em Sock'em Robots line of toys - Real Steel starring Hugh Jackman and...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're wrapping up "Creature Feature" month with the sequel without having watched the original (just kidding, Mark watched the first one right before we recorded...) Critters 2: The Main Course directed by Mick Garris and starring no one you know. Tune in to find out just how professional we are, why the acoustics sound weird in the room, and just what happen...

Welcome back Draft Housers! We're in the thick of Creature-Feature month and this week's episode we review the A24 Icelandic film Lamb from 2021 starring Noomi Rapace and some other people with very long names that are hard to pronounce. Tune in to find out why this one fits the theme, what would happen if Jeff or Mark had a Lamb-baby in their homes, why Jeff hates pretentious arthouse fil...

Welcome back, Draft Housers, as we're creeping our way through the month of October 2023, which just so happens to be Creature Feature month! This week we reviewed the 1982 John Carpenter classic The Thing starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, and Keith David. Tune in to find out why practical effects are so cool yet so disgusting, why Total Recall's practical effects are the best, and w...

Welcome back to the scariest time of the year, Draft Housers! It's Creature Feature month here on the podcast and, wouldn't you know it, we reviewed some non-scary shit to start us out! From the year 2017, we reviewed the 2017 Academy Award winning film, directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, and Michael Shannon...The Shape of Water. Tu...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're wrapping up Matthew McConaughey month this episode with our review of the 2013 Oscar nominated/Oscar winner film Dallas Buyers Club starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto (Oscar winner!), Jennifer Garner, and Steve Zahn. Tune in to find out why Jeff loves this film, why Jared Leto was the perfect choice for his role, and why method acting sucks (a...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House where we're in the midst of our McConniasance! It's Matthew McConaughey month and we reviewed the 2001 Bill Paxton directed film Frailty starring the man of the hour! Tune in to find out why child actors suck, why Powers Boothe is such a strong name, and exactly why Bill Paxton decided to make this one. Anywhere you get your pods! IMDB synopsis "A...

Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're eating some K Fried C here in our second week of Matthew McConaughey month! This week we reviewed the crazy gun-for-hire film Killer Joe from 2011 directed by William Friedkin (RIP) starring Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, and Gina Gershon...with McConaughey. Tune in to find out why Jeff thinks Matthew McConaughey has the second best...