The Omniplex

Hello hello and welcome! This episode is very special because - while it is not our first attempt - it is our most successful attempt at recording in person! Al went down to Little Rock to see Austin and Amanda for the first time since their wedding, and while they were all together, they recorded a 2-hour-long live episode! This is basically a recorded version of Austin's Yearbook column, where w...

Well this had to happen. Austin finally gives his full thoughts on Batman v Superman. What exactly does he make of this odd, odd movie? Is it possible a movie is both really entertaining and really poorly made? Why the jar of ... you know? Find out. 

In this special in-person minisode, we discuss Doctor Strange (which we also saw in-person)! What, don't believe us? Here's a photo! Full live episode to come! For more of Shaun's thoughts on the racebending in Doctor Strange, follow his twitter feed: @NoTotally

Editing! If done right, it's not something we actively think about while watching a film, but yet it can make or break the spell it casts over the audience. Who's behind this essential bit of film wizardry? The editor, of course! We are thrilled to have with us this week John Wick editor Elisabet Ronalds, all the way from Iceland! We talk on a range of topics from the editing process, John Wick, t...

Happy Halloween, and Happy Hitchcocktober! You didn't think we could go a year without Hitchcocktober, did you? Sadly, we are only doing one film this year due to well.. obvious reasons. BUT what a movie it is! This year's film is Strangers on a Train, in our opinion one of Hitchcock's finest See Farley Granger play the opposite character from last year's Rope! See a tennis match! See a double mur...

We continue our series of tributes to the films of 1996 with a childhood favorite for anyone who's ever been a child: Matilda! We speak from two perspectives: one who grew up with the film (Albert) and one who avoid seeing out of love for the book (Austin). From Danny DeVito's brilliant dynamic camerawork, to Mara Wilson's most iconic performance, we take a look at what makes this classic tale of...

For our 75th episode, we are covering long-enduring family classic, The Wizard of Oz! It's 100% safe to say that no person alive in America (and beyond) didn't grow up with this film. It has permeated the culture so deeply that it's impossible not find its influence in film and tv. How does such a simple film have such far-reaching timeless qualities? We exploring the spectacle, the richness, and...

In this special solo review, Austin takes a look at the much anticipated documentary Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four. Does he find it worth watching or does it belong shelved? Find out! The 1994 film. 

Welcome back from the Hiatus! A lot has happened in the three months since our guest Lola was born, namely a TON of movies have dropped. WELL, we are now back to talk about them! We talk the summer of '16, the few triumphs, and many many disappointments. So join us as we return from the nightlands! You, too, can join the discussion! E-mail us: filmroompodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook ! Twitte...

Hello and welcome to part 4 of our ongoing State of Marvel series! This time we pick up where we left off as we discuss Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, and the BIG one, Captain America: Civil War. We mostly talk Civil War, to be completely honest. Does it hold up to the rest of the universe? Who's right, Cap or Tony? How does it hold up against the other big Vs film this year? (Oh yeah, we go th...

In this minisode, Austin looks back at Team America: World Police. Over the course of 18 minutes, he dissects everything wrong with Parker and Stone's heavily hyped but ultimately hard to watch misfire.

Space. The Final Frontier. Well, next to the final frontier. Sort of the second frontier, really. Welcome to our first cast on the Star Trek films! This week we focus on the mostly miss, but at least one hit Next Gen films, which are Generations, First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis, respectively. What, you say? What about the original six Trek films? Well not to worry, WE WILL get to those by...

As you all know, we have opinions! But sometimes those opinions change and that's okay, nay, healthy! This week we take a hard look at our history of watching films to see if there are any that we've changed our minds on as we've grown a bit, positive or negative. Also why do we change our minds on things we used to like or hate? Join us as we delve into the mystery and clear some cobwebs. WARNING...

A staaawwwm's comin'. This week we head for the basement as we talk the 1996 summer hit (for some reason) Twister. What, you haven't thought about this movie for a while? Yeah, neither have we. Sometimes a movie comes along that explodes in the public consciousness just long enough to be forgotten in a few years. Sure everyone remembers it, but only in the context of the time it was released, like...

Al saw Ghostbusters 2016 and wanted to give his thoughts. Enjoy!

Happy Independence Day (to our American listeners, anyway; to everyone else, Happy July 4th)! We decided to celebrate today by of course talking about Roland Emmerick's 1996 classic independence Day! We talk about everything on this movie, and I do mean EVERYTHING. How it has endured in the culture, what has changed in the last 20 years as far as this type of effect extravaganza, and yes, even the...

Breaking up is hard to do. But sometimes you just gotta RIP OFF THE BANDAID AND GET IT OVER WITH. This week is a Patreon request by now-legendary movie picker Nathan Shinn, and guest what? He's here to discuss it with us! Nathan stumbled upon a little mumblecore Netflix film called 6 Years, a movie that's supposedly about domestic violence. Oh, it certainly has that, but.... yeah, you'll just have...

 Welcome to the Hiatus! Well, sort of. We have a good couple months of material for y'all while Austin and Amanda get adjusted to their new life as PARENTS! Huzzah! To kick things off, we have a subject that we've danced around, but have never formally covered: The DC Animated Universe movie initiative. In this episode, we cover the most recent film to kick off a unified effort, Justice League: Wa...

Welcome to HELL!! ...Development Hell, that is. This week we talk about that endless abyss that a lot of film projects fall into, never to see the light of day. Some manage to fight to odds and crawl out (often years or even decades later), and hey, we talk about those, too! Some metamorphosize into other films, and some GET COMPLETELY FINISHED and just sit on the shelf collecting dust until the s...

Out on VOD now, 10 Cloverfield Lane baffled us at the beginning of the year with its ambiguous status as a maybe sequel to the 2008 hit Cloverfield. Was it? That's not clear. What is clear is Austin has a lot to say on it in this special solo audio review. Check it out!

Soooo, this is awkward. Remember at the end of the Dope episode when we implied that our next movie would suck? Well, foot meets mouth as we talk the Spanish-language Mexican punfeast Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos (aka "Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure" aka "We're gonna bastardize the english dub for the American market"). This fearless PG-13 children's feature about cockfighting-- oh,...

Welcome to the 90's! ..sort of. At least that's the theme of this week's movie. We're discussing the 2015 Sundance hit, Dope! If you were to boilerplate the plot of this movie, it would go something like: "A group of teens must sell ecstasy to get into Harvard". But strangely, this DOES NOT DESCRIBE WHAT THE FILM IS at all! We talk what this movie gets right that others like it fail at, and why. S...

Why are American audiences so averted to subtitles? That's a question we ask this week, as we get deep into Stephen Chow's hilarious 2004 hit Kung Fu Hustle. We take a hard look at the difference between american and foreign audiences, how foreign films get marketed over here, audience reactions to unadvertised subtitles, and most importantly how funny it is when Kung Fu meets Looney Tunes. Join u...

Welcome to a guest explosion! With us this week are now regular guests Thomas Ostrowski and Mason Daniel. Along with Austin, these three have come together to vent on the film that has plagued the conversation on Autism for nearly three decades now, Rain Man. If you ever wanted the Autistic opinion on this film, well.. here's three. We talk what they got right, and most important what they got wro...

Welcome to our third annual April 1st edition of The Film Room! This week we take a look at the second coming of the career of Harold Ragsdale, specifically the 1994-1999 Cybergun Films era. Even MORE specifically, we are covering the most successful of Cybergun's ventures, 1995's NeoNightmare (Neon-Nightmare). What happens when the Y2K bug infects all of a small tourist town's neon signs? Chaos,...