The Seat Struck Movie Podcast

On this week's episode of the Seat Struck Movie Podcast, we discuss the recent 'daylight' horror by Ari Aster: Midsommar. Quinn is tied up with saving the world, but John is back fresh from vacation and ready to join Curtis for discussion. We chat about the plot of the movie, discuss the characters, visuals, themes/motifs, and John rants about why this is a truly insidious movie and not the girlbo...

Join Quinn and Curtis as they usher us into spooky season with Jonathan Demme's 1991 horror/crime classic THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, which is also one of our favourite movies. We talk about our favourite scenes, the phenomenal acting, themes, metaphors, feminist readings of the film, the scariest bits for us, and more. We also provide a brief summary of the film. In the last section, we cover films...

Dive into the wonderful world of Studio Ghibli with Curtis, John, and our special guest Ryan (Curtis' brother) as they discuss Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 classic film PRINCESS MONONOKE. We talk about the themes, eco-readings and the environment, symbolism, characters, gender and feminism, social class, disabilities, and more. We also provide a summary of the film. In the last section, we cover films th...

In this episode, John, Curtis, and our (first!) special guest (and the Queen of Languages) Clau Cruz discuss Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 Academy Award-winning Netflix film ROMA while Quinn saves the world. We talk about our favourite scenes, the symbolism, themes, gender, social class, and more. In the last section, we cover films that we recently watched during the week and give you a preview of what's...

The night THE SEAT STRUCK MOVIE PODCAST came home! Join John, Quinn, and Curtis as they RETURN to the John Carpenter watch series with his 1978 horror/slasher classic HALLOWEEN. We discuss the film's production, fun facts, synopsis, as well as its legacy and many sequels, and what we loved about it. Who will survive and what will become of them?? In the last section, we cover films that we recentl...

After a short hiatus, THE SEAT STRUCK MOVIE PODCAST crew is back to talk about Quinn's personal favourite, the iconic Hitchcock horror classic: PSYCHO! We spend the first half of this pod discussing the production and history of this movie, the plot of the film itself, and our personal ratings. In the second half we discuss what we watched this week (note that since there was a hiatus, there was a...

We jump back to our John Carpenter Watch Series in this episode of THE SEAT STRUCK MOVIE PODCAST, chatting about the 1976 classic ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13. We spend some time discussing the development and production of this film, give our movie summary, discuss its impact and legacy, and give our personal ratings. Next we discuss what we watched this week. If you thought DARK STAR was a bit of a ro...

In this episode of THE SEAT STRUCK MOVIE PODCAST, we discuss SPACE JAM (1996), one of John’s childhood favourites. We talk about its background, production, highlights, what works and what doesn’t, and our impressions coming back to the film as thirty-somethings. In the last section, we cover films that we recently watched during the week and give you a preview of what's next. TIME STAMPS 00:00:10...

TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Introduction to John Carpenter 24:48 DARK STAR Discussion 51:05 Our ratings 57:34 'What we watched this week' discussion begins 57:44 Quiet Place 2 (Quinn) 59:47 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone/Chamber of Secrets (Quinn) 1:05:30 The Sopranos (HEAVY SERIES SPOILERS HERE, ending discussion 01:08:21-01:17:07) and The Handmaid's Tale (mild S1 spoilers) (John) 1:25:47 Wild a...

Welcome to the first episode of THE SEAT STRUCK MOVIE PODCAST! In this episode, we dive into our favourite Stephen King adaptations, selecting our top three favourites for discussion, including The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Shining, Stand By Me, Misery, In the Tall Grass, Carrie, Gerald's Game, and Rose Red. We talk about why we picked these films, what makes them special to us, an...

Hello folks, welcome to the PILOT of The Seat Struck Movie Podcast! In this episode, we spend the first half introducing ourselves: who we are, how we know each other, and what got us into movies. We then talk a little bit about our favourite films and directors. In the second half, we discuss what we watched this week TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 30:16 - After the intermission, getting into what we w...