The ONLY Podcast about Movies

It's sentimental Sunday which means we're traveling back in time with Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 and joining the Austrian accented T-800 on it's second mission to change the future. James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgement Day is back in theaters for a special 3D re-release, which means Shahir and Matt get to argue about who loves it more and why. We dive deep into the movie that may still be the...

Steven Soderbergh triumphantly comes out of retirement, which means Shahir can jump onto his soapbox to talk about one of his favorite working directors while Matt tries to stay awake. Channing Tatum leads an all star gang of crack heist-meisters in the Ocean's 7-11 of West Virginia. Just like the biggest fake outs of any heist film, Soderbergh himself has his eyes on another prize... independent...

Let's take a trip back to 1967, Detroit Michigan, Shahir and Matt were merely twinkles in their respective dad's eyes and the Algiers hotel was about to become the scene of a horrific hostage crisis. Kathryn Bigelow's "Detroit" may not be the summer escapism you're looking for, but it makes for a fascinating discussion point about the cultural ownership of tragedy and who gets to retell stories of...

It doesn't happen often, but we recommend you NOT watching the film before listening to our review this week. We're climbing The Dark Tower with Stephen King aficionado and OscarWatch Podcast host Stephen Buja (https://soundcloud.com/oscarwatchpodcast). Maybe we're sitting too high on our own ivory tower, but from this height, it's impossible not to take down this latest adaptation gone wrong. If...

In response to listener Jerry who thought Shahir's name was Kumail, we decided to review the sleeper hit of the summer "The Big Sick" a remake of the classic Sandra Bullock joint "While You Were Sleeping" (okay, I'm kidding, but seriously, go check out the IMDB synopsis). This might be a warm up to an episode we're planning on race and representation, but it's hard not to be charmed by the easy go...

In June of 1940, over 300,000 British soldiers were evacuated against the odds from the beaches of Dunkirk. Now, 77 years later, you can listen to Shahir whine about his IMAX experience. What a time to be alive! We're joined by Reviewed podcast host and Short of the Week writer Ivan Kander for his second TOPAM appearance. We talk about IMAX, Christopher Nolan the auteur and whether a War film can...

Three years since the dawn of the rise of the reboot of the planet of the apes, we are ready to go WAR... for the planet of the apes. But perhaps we came to bury Caesar, not to praise him. It's not the first time Shahir and Matt have been on the same side of the argument, but it might be the first time they're the lone voices against a 94% score on Rottentomatoes. Speaking of scores, we also dive...

When it comes to super-pigs, the oeuvre of Bong Joon Ho and the eternal question of should you eat your pets, there's only one podcast with all the answers... ours! Granted, we're still the only podcast about movies, but that's besides the point. The point in question is whether you should check out the Netflix original, Okja, a film controversially boo'ed at Cannes because it was available online...

It's time for the 3rd annual Spider-Man reboot, which means donning our red tights and web slinging our way back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I know you're probably hoping for another Daud/Krol grudge match about the MCU, but fate has intervened and spun us a special guest to help mediate our Spidey related debate. We're thrilled to have film critic and YouTuber Bob Chipman; AKA MovieBob (h...

This week, we have a hum in the drum about Edgar Wrights "Baby Driver". Matt's super excited to see something new from his favorite working director, but will Shahir's minor criticisms send this episode flying off the highway with long sidetracks about what constitutes "fun"? Send your driving playlist to onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com, or drop a speedy reply on Twitter (www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod)....

Wedged right in between the summer blockbuster season comes Trey Edward Shults sophomore film "It Comes At Night" from production powerhouse A24, which gave us TOPAM favorites "The Witch", "Moonlight", "American Honey", "The Lobster", "Green Room", "Enemy" and "Room". If you know any of those previous reviews, you know how heated Matt and Shahir can get about these mid-budget films. Can they have...

It's an TOPAM Fathers Day Special! What better way to celebrate all the superhero dad's in the world by revisiting the time Batman (Michael Keaton) was just a poor shlub in the 80's trying to raise his kids while his wife Terri Garr heads off to work everyday. We're also joined by Mr. Mom's fanclub leader and fantastic director Laura Murphy (https://twitter.com/bestlauraever) from "Adam Ruins Ever...

Ever wondered what it would be like if the best part of Batman V Superman had her own movie? Well, wonder no more as we take a closer look at Patty Jenkin's glass ceiling shattering blockbuster, Wonder Woman! We're joined by uber talented makeup artist Bethany Townes (www.twitter.com/bethanytownes) who talks us through the power of seeing your childhood idol finally projected onto the big screen....

Captain Jack Sparrow returns in the fifth pirates voyage since it started back in 2003. And sure… It may be a pirate’s life for Matt and guest-hosts Nicholas Parker and Kristen Fajt… but the US box office (and a noticeably absent Shahir) seem to have jumped ship. Should you do the same? Crack open the rum and give a listen to our tail of a franchise that may be on it’s last peg-leg! Want to set sa...

In space, no one can hear you scream... unless you're doing the fingering. We're back in Xenomorph country, joined by Last Name Basis (https://twitter.com/lastname_basis) co-hosts and co-couple, Franchesca and Patrick who fill us in one what it's like to watch horror movies together and why a Michael Fassbender is hot AF. We also squeeze in a conversation about whether its time to abandon the Alie...

It's listener request time! This comes from almost a year ago from Twitter listener Ben D. (Sorry Ben!) It might have taken us a while to get to it, but we dive deep into the depths of Wes Anderson's 2004 box office and critical slouch "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". Since we'd just spoken about this film a lot during our Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, it was also a good opportunity to revis...

It's Shahir's turn to write the episode blurb which means... "It's clobbering time!" Okay, maybe that's the wrong Marvel family, but I'm still gonna need a refresher course on who the Guardians are, what they want and whether Peter Quills mixtape has any narrative relevance anymore. Tune in for all this and listener questions through Facebook live (yup, that's a thing we're doing) Send us your awe...

Like a life-changing comet hurtling through the cosmos, Matt and Shahir take the plunge and share an intimate conversation about destiny, time-travel, and body swapping as they check out one of Japan's highest-grossing films of all time, Makoto Shinkai's "Your Name" (君の名は。) It's a Freaky Friday at The Only Podcast About Movies! (except for the fact that we recorded on a Tuesday), so swap emai...

We go 0-100 real quick! Actually, it's been two years, but who's counting? We're joined by regular contributors and fantastic human beings Jess Tucker (www.twitter.com/mothatucker) and Red Charyszyn (https://twitter.com/crankshaft59) as we look back at all our reviews and decide which films will stand the "Test of Time" in ten or more years. We've also got many of our favorite guests dropping by f...

It finally happened... Shahir was forced to watch a Fast & The Furious Film. Is coming in at episode 8 going to ruin him forever, or will he finally become part of the family? Has Matt finally found the film that can make Shahir appreciate dumb fun? Or will Shahir defy the laws of physics and declare The Fate of the Furious as just plain dumb? As always, write us in at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com,...

We're psyched to present this special bonus episode with the host of the "Inside Psycho" podcast Mark Ramsey (https://twitter.com/itsinsidepsycho) We take a deep dive into the history of Alfred Hitchcocks 1960 masterpiece "Psycho", interrogate Mark on his horror favorites and try to figure out what made Mr. Hitchcock nervous. We've always been confident that we are the ONLY podcast about movies, b...

We slip into a conversation about Ezra Edelman's 7+ hour documentary like a perfectly fitted leather glove. Joined by former lawyer turned successful screenwriter Melissa London Hilfers (https://twitter.com/melissahilfers) we try to crack the case of how long a piece of string is and what defines a film. Along the way, we might just figure out how we feel about the Juice and if he's actually relat...

In this weeks monster-sized podcast we go big or go home with massive special guest CJ Johnson (@CjSydney) to talk about Nacho Vigalondo’s latest film Colossal. But this three-way Kaiju battle takes a huge turn when all three reviewers agree on the movies large problems, but have enormous variations in experiencing this gargantuan tail on a personal level. Its winner takes all and to the victor go...

Choose life, choose sitting back on your couch and listening to The Only Podcast About Movies review the sequel to Danny Boyle's 1996 classic Trainspotting... Choose listening to Shahir and Matt reminisce about how they coulda been friends when they were twenty... Choose a wacky title that reminds you of a cybernetic organism model 101... Choose writing in your thoughts and comments to onlymoviepo...

Life... uh... finds a way... into Matt's apartment! This week as we discuss Daniel Espinosa's new film, we're hitting the big issues! Such as the pitfalls of stupid people with Ph D.'s, some potential whitewashing in Sony's Extra-terrestrial universe, and weather or not this film is a Venom prequel in disguise?!?. You know... all the regular stuff when you sit down with a friend to talk about Life...