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This week we go full beast-mode as we review Disney's latest live action adaptation. Sadly Shahir was chased away by CGI wolves, so Matt is joined by special guest Co-Host Jessica Tucker (@mothatucka) who's first cinematic experience was the animated classic of the same name. Does this version live up to the hype? Will Matt side with team Gaston? And what esoteric conundrum lay within Jess's 7 pag...

Our trilogy of live shows comes to a glorious end in the freezing tundra that is Boston Mass at PAX East 2017! In this third and final edition of our "critically acclaimed" panel, we touch on what game properties would make the best films, steps filmmakers can take in the future to strive for the first Oscar nominated video game movie, and start things off with a really great M. Bison quote! Sadly...

It's a swan song for Weapon X as we head back into the superhero genre for "Logan". We're joined by Black Men Can't Jump In Hollywood's Jerah Milligan (@jerahmilligan), who stops by the studio to talk about how the 10th film in the X-Men franchise quietly does something that Shahir's been asking for since we started this podcast. Listen in to find out what that is! NOTE: We dive into spoilers very...

Shahir invites Matt over to his apartment for some hypnotizing shenanigans as the guys try to figure out what a micro-aggression, how to deflect subtle racism and whether Jordan Peele should direct a Marvel movie (the correct answer is no!). Check out this week's episode where we review Mr. Peele's directorial debut "Get Out" As always, please leave us feedback at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or hit...

With all the confusion both at the Oscars and during Matt (and the TOPAM studio's) move... we opted out of the craziness for the week to bring you a review of a film that you may not have heard of this awards season... but you really should have! Joined again by the illustrious Esther Park, we dig deep into The Handmaiden, culture clashing, and sex with cephalopods! See Privacy Policy at https://a...

Riddle me this.... which is the best of the three Batman movies we've reviewed on the show so far? Hint, it's not Batman V Superman. The master builders are back at it again with returning guest Jessica Tucker (@MothaTucka) and this time they're trying to figure out the magic formula to the Lego Cinematic Universe. Write in your thoughts, feedback and comments to onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com, or hit...

After a steady diet of 'high art', we decided to try a chicken Mcnugget of a movie "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage". Joined by senior producer Esther Park, we try to figure out if Vin Diesel in sleeveless shirts has societal value and where Donnie Yen hides his fountain of youth. Write us in your feedback at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or on Twitter @onlymoviepod. If you're enjoying the show, drop...

PSA: We recommend you listening to this episode even if you haven't seen Asghar Fahardi's "The Salesman". The first half is a really fascinating discussion about the recent executive order which would ban Fahardi from attending this years Oscar ceremony. -- Finally, Shahir gets to introduce Matt to his favorite working writer/director. But can the strength of Fahardi's work pierce Matt's cold dead...

By request, we try out some American Honey with cinematographer and friend of the show Brandon Ripley (IG @ripleyb). Taking a trip through a rarely seen America with a gang of magazine subscription selling teenagers, Matt and Shahir hit the road in 4:3 and learn what Darth Vadar really looks like under that mask! American Honey is available now on VOD, so check it out then listen in! If you have a...

Cheers Luvs… the cavalries here! This week much to Matt’s intense delight, we review the ever-growing set of animated shorts based around the video game Overwatch! Along with help from IGN Editor and D.Va main Lucy O’Brein, we raise our reviewing APM by not only talking the short films themselves but also the way they may be changing the art of multi-format story telling forever. Can Shahir get on...

Well its a little past that time of year again where we were contractually obligated to take a look back at our favorite films of 2016! But the real question is... how many of Shahir and Matt's top 10 movies will line up? Call your bookies now, because odds are this one will be an audio blood bath! ;) What were your picks? Let us know onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com @onlymoviepod or at www.onlymoviepod...

Does this Michael Fassbender vehicle dig into the pleasure centers of your gaming brain? Or will its tensionless giant robot-claw driven Animus narrative leave you feeling like an Abstergo patient? Join special guest VFX Guru Red Charyszyn (because Shahir dodged the history draft) as we find out if nothing is true AND everything is permitted. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cal...

As we farewell Barack Obama from the White House, we take a look back at the making of the man who would one day be president in Vikram Ghandi's Netflix Original "Barry". If there's only one Obama biopic you see this year... this is that one! Along with the help from kick-ass producer Steven Roberts, we'll let you know if this Net-flick stands on its own two feet, or if "Barry "(like most of us in...

This week, with the help of the Truth-Fairy herself Tessa Claire Hersh, we take the podcast beyond dialog and review the Oscar-Darling* La La Land! But does this modern day musical use its deep hollywood roots to entangle our hearts, or does it squander its opportunity and leave us dead on the vocal vine? Once you hear the first few minutes of this episode... you might just sing the answer yoursel...

'Twas the night before Christmas and all on the screen, Bruce Willis wasn't sleeping 'cause terrorists are mean. The Karl was hung but the ceiling with chains, In hopes that Hans "boubie" would meet John McClane. When outside the plaza there came such a clatter, Carl Winslow pulled up to see what was the matter. And as we watch the roof blow and Bruce jumped out of sight, Merry Die Hard to all as...

X-mas came early for all you Younglings out there! Of course this weeks film is the first side-story of the Star Wars saga: Rogue One! But Shahir and Matt refused to nerd out alone. Joining them is the greatest Sith lord NYC has ever known: Andrew Schulz of MTV and Brilliant Idiots fame. Together our band of misfit (licensed Disney) toys not only will let you know if the newest space opera chapter...

It's listener request time and this one's been a long time coming... 12 years in fact! We go down the rabbit hole of Richard Linklaters 2014 critically acclaimed "Boyhood" Joined by production manager Dan Kuvalakis who fills us in on the logistical nightmares of making a 12 year film, Matt and Shahir find themselves surprisingly in agreement, even if they're swimming against critical consensus (98...

We're thrilled to present this special panel discussion on the unique post-production for Ang Lee's newest film "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk". The film was the first to be shot and projected at 120 frames per second, creating an experience some reviewers have called "hyperreal". This live panel was recorded at the HBO Theater in New York and features several members of the post-production team...

Looking for some highly emotional time-line jumping in your post West World season 1 finale? Look no further then Kenneth Lonergan's newest heartbreaker. To help power through the steps of cinematic grief, we enlist the nastiest woman we know Julie Lilleby! Step 1) Determine if the film deserves its critical acclaim. Step 2) ___________________ Step 3) Profit! You can find us by the sea at onlymov...

We all know that Shahir and Matt are not "Potter-People." So in order to do this film justice, we welcome back Producer extraordinaire Jessica Tucker (@mothatucka) to make sure our spell-power on point. Is this film another classic that JK can add to her already impressive cash-cow-count? Or has the magic fizzled out for this new chapter in the wizarding world? And why the hell did Shahir run into...

Just in time for the battle royale with your family this T-day, Shahir challenges a reluctant Matt to break from our own framily tradition and talk more politics then movie. We try to stay on topic with special returning guest Paul Trillo, while Michael Moore tries to convince us this is a bi-partisan olive-branch film and not a stand-up special dedicated to his favorite Nasty Woman. See Privacy P...

Are you ready for the closest encounter of the podcast kind that refuses to go quietly into the night nor surrendering without a fight all the while phoning home AND doing or do-notting for there is no try?!?! Well I hope so, because if the nerd-tastic butchering of the english language above (and our currently political climate) proves one thing, it's that language is VERY important. Arrival thin...

Just in time for the metaphysical physical the MCU was scheduled for, we present our review of The Sorcerer Supreme's first cinematic spelling-slinging! Unfortunately Shahir couldn't be with us due to either a travel conflict or a deep seeded hatred for Marvel... you be the judge. However in his absence, Matt is joined by special guest Jon Gabrus of "Guy Code" and "High and Mighty" fame. Together...

Though Shahir and Matt were out of the country... they were still under the same Moonlight! ...see what we did there?! This review comes to you from a hotel room couch in the Netherlands, where the guys discuss what might be one of the best films of 2016. "Might be one of the best" you say? What's holding it back? Is it the 1940's prohibition rollercoaster cake Matt kept rambling about?? Did we me...

From the terrifying minds that brought you the horrors of Monopoly, Scrabble and Bop It comes a film about a murderous (kinda) board game (sorta)... Ouija Origins of Evil!! Join Matt, Shahir and special guest horror icon Steven Van Patten on this Halloween Spooktacular episode where they determine if this second attempt at a Parker Brothers film franchise is either a trick or a treat! P.S. Shahir...