What Is A Movie?

It's our third, and final round! After a quick race to the bottom to crown the Loser of Losers, it's off to the final contest of the season: Erin Raising Arizona / Vampire's Kiss / Snake Eyes / Pay the Ghost vs. Carly Pig / Kick Ass / Drive Angry / Jiu Jitsu Who will take home the crown as the Ultimate Cage Team? Tune in to find out! You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmai...

We're continuing on to round two! Today's matches: Erin Raising Arizona / Vampire's Kiss / Snake Eyes / Pay the Ghost vs. Jon Moonstruck / Con Air / National Treasure / Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance & Kevin Face/Off / The Rock / Wild At Heart / 8mm vs. Carly Pig / Kick Ass / Drive Angry / Jiu Jitsu Next time: The Finals You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

Let the Cage Match commence! Each 'coach' will present and defend a movie in a head-to-head battle. Win two match-ups and the team will move forward to the next round. Round one brings us: Dan Mandy / Longlegs / Zandalee / The Wicker Man vs. Erin Raising Arizona / Vampire's Kiss / Snake Eyes / Pay the Ghost & Carly Pig / Kick Ass / Drive Angry / Jiu Jitsu vs. Jon Moonstruck / Co...

Let's ride. It's time for our annual Nicolas Cage movie bracket – but this time: we're going head to head. Instead of simply pitting movies against each other, this year each participant will pit their team against another in a best 2 of 3 contest. Prepare for rivalries, heartbreak, and plenty of Cage. Up first: drafting and ranking our teams. Our featured guests: Carly Hayward, Eri...

It's the end of our Women Best Director Nominees season. Back to the 'ancient' days of 2008 when a woman (finally) won this dang award.  We'll be off the rest of February; see you in March for Cage Match! content warning: discussions of the iraq war, the american military, war crimes, & the horrifying ways bombs and bodies intersect. You can shoot us an email at whatisamovi...

We're back into our Women Best Director Nominee season and picking up with Chloe Zhao's Nomadland. Sometimes art really emotionally resonates and gets appropriately lauded by the industry, eh? You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

We did it, we survived 2025! Let's look back at the films (& other media) we watched this past year and discuss our general thoughts on em. In a new(?) record, Dan has an existential crisis fueled by his own decisions within just 25 minutes. Here's to getting through 2026 together ❤️ Here's the big list of everything we discuss: MOVIES/TV! The Brutalist Meshes of the Afternoon W...

Our season of women Best Director nominees continues with Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird. Let's go on a trip back to post-9/11 high school and all the drama, anxiety, and oddity it contained. Hope you have a lovely holiday and get a chance to watch whatever films fit the bill for you (Die Hard or otherwise).  You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

Our tour through the women nominated for Best Director continues and this time we've got: Legal drama!  Interpersonal Conflict!  A Gorgeously Subjective Camera!  Murder!?  Take a trip with us to the French Alps as we dig into the anatomy of this Anatomy Of A Fall. content warnings: broad strokes discussions of suicide, parent/spouse death, pet endangerment, legal misogyny  You can shoot us an...

It's time for a new season! Our theme this time: Women Nominated for Best Director. Up first, 2024's The Substance – a perfect Thanksgiving movie. Jump on in for grotesque body horror as we unpack the unrealistic beauty standards for women. #JusticeForMonstroElisasue You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

It's sequel season so we've found, perhaps, the most sequel movie we could. A sequel to Alien(s)  and Predator? Incredible stuff. Is it also a de-make of Prometheus? Maybe! Happy 6 year anniversary to our silly little podcast here! Thanks for joining for any and all of this ridiculous ride that you have; we appreciate you. We'll be back with our next proper season in a few weeks. Un...

We've got a great podcast , and you can get your head all the way up it.  It's Heat time! Let's acquaint ourselves with Michael Mann's heist classic featuring every dad-cinema guy you could ever dream of.  Also, it's the Double Classic/secretly heat-themed Season finale! We'll walk memory lane for a bit before bidding you adieu as we take a lil breaky break. cw: discu...

Our twice-missed classics season (which is quickly shaping up to be the unintentional 'hot' season) continues with a certified Spike Lee joint. Summer may have just ended in real life, but let's roll it back to the hottest days of the year. 😎 cw: discussions of racism, police violence/killing You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

lol this movie sucks butt You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

The season continues as we crack open The Best Movie Ever Made™️ Does it live up to the title? Is the knowledge of the "twist" put a damper on the experience? Themes: what good are they? These topics, and more! Ahh, the French champagne... You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

It's time for a new season! We're back to our roots with classic films Kevin really should have seen by now... that somehow Dan also hasn't seen. Up first: 12 Angry Men; perhaps the ultimate bottle episode.  Let's put twelve men, their biases, masculinity, and the American judicial system in a pressure cooker and see what comes out. You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@...

The grand conclusion of Giallo Season! Join us as we fast-forward all the way to 2018 to see what a modern, queer, giallo looks like. Buckle up for some blood, neon, and sexy gay boys as far as the eye can see. Thanks for joining us on this genre quest; catch ya in a month for our next season 😎 You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

The giallo films from good ol Dario Argento just keep comin! Time to get a bit meta and introspective with Tenebrae as we discuss the nature of self-critique, feelings on "challenging" works, and - all things aside - how delightful it is to see someone's hand lopped off by an axe. Also, a "brilliant" pitch for how a modern remake of this film should be made. There's j...

Profondo Rosso? More like, a profondo real good time! We're here checking out, arguably, the prime of Argento's Giallo time. Spiral into a winding mystery with us as we chat about puppet murder, top notch haunted house, the DNA of Halloween, and the true specter haunting our podcast; Richard Riehle. You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

Giallo Season continues with Dario Argento's first foray into the genre. Let's dive in and get trapped in a... colorful mystery.  You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

Welcome to Giallo season. We've got a great slate of five films queued up this season to dive in and get to know one of Dan's favorite genres. Bava, Argento, and more, oh my! Up first, the OG itself - Blood and Black Lace. Get your detective hat on, friends, it's time to unpack some technicolor murders. You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

It's finale time, baby! Time to wrap up Cage Match 6 with the match of the century; but first, a losers bracket. The Main Event: Dream Scenario v. Longlegs. Featuring special guests Jon Waugh and Erin Sheehan Find Jon's on his other podcast: Damn That Television! and at thecollectiveexamplesofnerdery.wordpress.com You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

Semi-finals time, baby. Dude Division: Longlegs v. Zandalee Dad Division: Dream Scenario v. The Weather Man Featuring special guests Jon Waugh and Erin Sheehan Find Jon's on his other podcast: Damn That Television! and at thecollectiveexamplesofnerdery.wordpress.com You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

The 6th season of Cage Match continues!  This time we're unpacking the incredible films contained within the Dude Bracket. The most-hated films of the year are discussed, winners and losers decided, and the coveted Cage Match Victor title draws ever nearer. Today: Dude Cage, Round One. (1) Longlegs v. (4) Tokarev (aka Rage) (2) Prisoners Of The Ghostland v. (3) Zandalee Featuring special gues...

Oh lord, The Cage Match is back. Time for our annual March Madness Nicolas Cage bracket! For your listening pleasure, this year we've collected 8 films across two divisions: Dude Cage v. Dad Cage. Today: Dad Cage, Round One. (1) Dream Scenario v. (4) Pay The Ghost (2) The Weather Man v. (3) The Humanity Bureau Featuring special guests Jon Waugh and Erin Sheehan Find Jon's on his other po...