The Tuesday Morning Screening Room Podcast

Screaming Roomers - it's time to revisit the early years of the internet and return to Burkittsville, MD for the found-footage classic and viral marketing phenomenon, 1999's THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT with one of the film's stars - actor Michael C. Williams ! We'll go behind-the-scenes to talk secrets... fan theories... and memories of the film. Plus celebrate how it still remains one of the creepies...

It's Halloween Season! And that means that the Tuesday Morning Screening Room is now the Tuesday Morning SCREAMING Room! And what better way to kick off a month of horror related content than with a movie that still scares the pea soup out of me - 1973's THE EXORCIST ! But luckily I'm joined by intrepid actor/comedian Carlos Alazraqui for a head-turning conversation on the film - one of his all ti...

In honor of the start of the baseball playoffs and the upcoming Fall Classic, the TMSR takes you out to the cinema for a Special Bonus Episode on our favorite baseball and baseball-related films with Emmy award winning writer/producer & former Major League Baseball announcer - Ken Levine - calling balls and strikes for us... along with Screening Room regular, writer/author/comedian Mark Hoffme...

"By the Power of Grayskull! I have the power!" ... well, sort of... although those iconic words are never uttered in full within the film itself... we still love the plucky earnestness and sci-fi/fantasy silliness of 1987's MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE , the first big screen appearance of He-Man and friends (plus, some other movie specific randos) based on the enormously popular Mattel toyline. Now, wi...

HI-HO, Screening Roomers! It's time to get things started on the TMSR podcast this morning as FM is joined by our good friend - actor/impressionist Piotr Michael - for a little electric mayhem in the Screening Room. They might not be able to answer the question as to why there are so many songs about rainbows... but they can certainly share their favorite Muppet moments and memories from the troup...

It's time for demon wolves, radiated teenagers and one p-o'd Snake Man as actor Yuri Lowenthal returns to the TMSR with another one of his Cable Box Classics - the 1984 sci-fi horror thriller - DREAMSCAPE . And not only will he and FM try to prove that it is so much better than you remember it being, but also how underrated it is as one of the better political thrillers of the 1980s. But they will...

The heat is on ... in this week's Special Bonus Episode... as it's time for our monthly MOVIE DEATHMATCH !!! And in keeping with Eddie Murphy week - we are pitting two Eddie Murphy cop comedy classics - 1982's 48 HRS.. vs 1984's BEVERLY HILLS COP - against each other in a 10-round, no-holds-barred cinematic smackdown of crazy film-relevant categories to see who will claim the Tuesday Morning Scree...

It's time to believe the children are our future... and let your Soul Glo... as FM and his special guest this week - actor/comedian, Benni Latham - get delirious over one of Benni's favorite films (and one of ours, too) the hilarious Eddie Murphy multi-character tour-de-force - 1988's COMING TO AMERICA ! Which also happens to be a pretty underrated rom-com, as well. So, grab yourself a McDowells B...

There's an old saying:. "it takes a lot of work to become an overnight success." The same is true for the Hollywood blockbuster as countless people work tirelessly and feverishly behind-the-scenes designing posters... cutting trailers... and creating taglines... to guarantee maximum visibility and subsequent box office success.. So, on this week's SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE we peek behind the curtain a...

What's funnier than a 90s screwball comedy about two best friends who concoct a scheme to fool their former classmates into believing they are enormous successes by telling everyone at their 10-year high school reunion that they invented Post-Its... the fact that FM thought he had seen this movie hundreds of times. Turns out he had never seen it once. But thanks to actor Cassandra Lee Morris , he'...

SCREENING ROOMERS!!! IT'S A SPECIAL EPIC BONUS TWENTIETH EPISODE OF THE TMSR PODCAST that was 2000-years in the making!!! Starring a cast of thousands!!! That's why we needed an extra day to get it to you!!! THE ART OF WAR... MOVIES !!! Join FM and his very special guest - writer, comedian, author & history buff, Mark Hoffmeier , as they discuss some of cinema's most honored & decorated Wa...

Actor Yuri Lowenthal returns to the Screening Room and joins FM to hack into another W.O.P.R. of an episode (you see what I did there)... as they bypass the firewalls and go Defcon-1 on another Cable Box Classic ! A techno-thriller as relevant today as it was 42-years ago - 1983's WARGAMES ! So..."Shall We Play a Game?"

On this week's Special Bonus Episode... it's the season premiere of a special new monthly segment on the TMSR podcast - MOVIE DEATHMATCH !!! And on this debut episode - two 1980s cyberpunk, sci-fi cult classics go metallic toe-to-metallic toe in a 10-round, no-holds-barred cinematic smackdown of crazy film-relevant categories to see who will claim the Tuesday Morning Screening Room championship be...

What is best in life... a good Arnold Schwarzenegger film and performance - that's what! Arnold is definitely a favorite in the Tuesday Morning Screening Room, so, this week actor/impressionist - Piotr Michael - returns to talk about some of his favorite Schwarzenegger characters and quotes from the Arnold films they have screened together - including 1982's CONAN THE BARBARIAN ... 1985's COMMANDO...

From the lush and mysterious greens of 1958's VERTIGO ... to the ominous albeit candy coated pink & purple can of 1985's THE STUFF .. to the sumptuous and evocative color palette of 2002's HERO ... to the monochromatic eye-popping oranges of 2017's BLADE RUNNER 2049 ... color has always been an important part of creating mood, atmosphere and emotion in film. And, on this week's very special Bo...

Whether they're called trilogies ... threequels ... prequels ... or even sometimes squeakquels ... movie pt. 3's are a big part of our collective film watching experience. And this week, FM sits down with the podcasting world's leading authorities on the subject of movie pt. 3's - writers Sam Cherington & Will Morey of Podcast Part 3: The Part 3 Podcast to share a trio of their favorite filmic...

On this very special 80s Week Bonus Episode we honor the 40th anniversary of VOLUNTEERS , an early Tom Hanks outing that hit theaters this week back in 1985 - August 16th!!! - and then became a mainstay on cable TV for years to come (in fact, it was on during the recording of this episode - true story) . So, to celebrate this little comedy gem worthy of re-discovery, FM is joined by the film's co-...

When you think of early cable TV... there was one film that reigned supreme... and dominated the airwaves... as it was always on... ALWAYS ... 1982's sword & sorcery epic - THE BEASTMASTER ! So, this week actor Yuri Lowenthal returns to the Screening Room to help FM prove that the film is not only worthy of its heavy rotation and ubiquitous reputation, but that it also happens to be one of the...

In this week's Special Creature Feature Week Bonus Episode... it's time to go Kaiju crazy for one of our favorite creature features! The rubber suit monster mash - 1968's DESTROY ALL MONSTERS - featuring the King of All Monsters - Godzilla - and all his furry, scaly and fanged friends have come to party, as well! So, join FM and his special guest this week - writer/author and the TMSR's resident K...

It's time to RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!! ... and also celebrate some of our favorite creatures and creations of stop-motion legend Ray Harryhausen with the creator of Celebrity Death Match - Eric Fogel . So, join FM & Eric for a stop-motion animated conversation about three of their favorite Harryhausen films - 1981's CLASH OF THE TITANS ... 1963's JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS ... and 1949's MIGHTY JOE Y...

Grandpa could never stomach all these damn vampires in Santa Carla... but we just love'em! So, cue the shirtless sax player and join FM and his special guest this week - Executive Director of the Vidiots Foundation , Maggie Mackay - as they dig their teeth into one of their favorite films - 1987's THE LOST BOYS , a cult classic 80's vampire teen horror comedy with some real bite! Thou shalt not fa...

Hey, there, true believers... It's time to fire up the Fantasticar and head over to the Negative Zone as this week on a very special San Diego Comic Con related BONUS EPISODE of the Tuesday Morning Screening Room podcast, FM has a super hero team-up with the Geek Buddies podcast to form a fantastic foursome powerful enough to take on the original quartet of Fantastic Four Films... including the le...

Super Hero Movies seem like they have been part of our cinematic lives forever... but there was actually a time not-so-long-ago when dark knights and caped crusaders were not viewed by Hollywood as surefire box office heroes! So, this week Fm is joined by his special guest writer/author/comic book historian & producer of the Batman films - Michael E. Uslan - as they recount the Secret Origin o...

The name's Screening Room, Tuesday Morning Screening Room... and it's episode #007 ! So, this week Fm is joined by his special guest actor/comedian/impressionist - Piotr Michael - as they put on their tuxes and grab a martini (shaken... not stirred) to bond over all things James Bond! From DR. NO to NO TIME DIE ... and everything in between... on this special 007 episode!

Screening Roomers, it's time to take the plunge over the waterfall [" AAAAHHHH! "] into "The Land of Lost Films" with FM and his special guest this week - actor/writer/producer, Wesley Eure - as they embark on a not-so-routine expedition to rediscover a few of Wesley's cult classic films - THE TOOLBOX MURDERS , JENNIFER and C.H.O.M.P.S. ... and talk a little Land of the Lost , as well!!! ROAAAARRR...