What Is A Movie?

It's time to recap a Truly Bizarre Year!  Join us as we reminisce the auxiliary media we experienced across the year. There are some true gems and some True Gems™️ in here. Behold, the Grand List of Media Discussed: Poor Things  Black Narcissus  Dune 2  TMNT (90)  Will & Harper I Saw The TV Glow Godzilla -1 Shin Godzilla Furiosa Twisters Inside Out 2 Deadpool & Wolverine The Substance...

Merry Nosferatu-mas! Robert Eggers' Nosferatu is finally here and so our Vampire Season has come to a close. Time to hang with some Swedish children, joyfully traipse through every vampire trope in the book, and unpack the trauma of bullying. We'll catch you in our next season after a brief break! You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

We're goin back to two of our favorite boys - Nosferatu and Willem Dafoe! Join us as we re-imagine the filming of Nosferatu through the lens of the oddest German accents ever recorded.  You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

Happy Thanksgiving - hope y'all have a lovely dinner and don't have to suffer any vampires at your table. We've brought in our good friend and resident Rice scholar, Jon Waugh, to walk us through the magic of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt's homoerotic tension. Check out Jon's podcast Damn That Television and follow him everywhere @jonwahizzle You can shoot us an email at whatis...

Vamp Quest continues and we're fast forwarding all the way to the late 80s. Time to dive into a most beautiful and incredible house of cards - The Lost Boys.  Schumacher, Sutherland, melodrama, and Coreys galore! For a fun drinking game, drink every time Kevin says "vibes". You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

We're back for a new -  spooky - season. It's Vampire Season, baby. Kicking it off we're digging into the classic granddaddy of film vampires; Nosferatu. Cue the overture, it's time to suck some blood. Happy Halloween, y'all! You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

It's the finale of our Tour DeFoe! Our last stop: Florida. Hop on in, we're going to Disney and it's totally gonna break your heart. We chat about sad movies, childhood summertime, and rank our opinions on the whole Dafoe season. --- Content warning: discussions of poverty, pedophiles, & sex work. You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

We all live in a yellow submarine. (editor's note: it's pronounced anjelica 'hyoo-ston' but we say 'huss-ton' here. oops.) You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

GODSPEED, SPIDER-MAN! As we continue to barrel through our Tour Dafoe, we take a lil stop at 2002's Spider-Man. We got Tobey, hamfisted "romance," and appx. 40% Raimi. Thwip thwip, baby. And, get this - they say that a hero could save us. Me? I'm not gonna stand here and wait. You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

The Summer Of Dafoe (or whatever we're calling this season) continues! Parables, sin, humanity, and superman - oh my! You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

We're back with a new season! This time we're competing in the Tour De Dafoe -  a dive into the prolific career of one Mr. Willem Dafoe. First up, it's 1986's Platoon and all the complicated feelings that a war movie can drum up. Is this a movie worth making?  How should we grapple with our past crimes?  Perhaps most importantly: would you smoke from the barrel of Willem Dafoe&...

COME ON AND SLAM AND WELCOME TO THE JAM. We've arrived at the end of the New Season, let's celebrate in style. Tie those laces, get on the court, but don't you dare mention video games. It's Space Jam 2 time! Let's chat about vanity projects, bad animation, cash grabs, corporate self hatred, and try to decide.... Is This A Movie? Also: the Best and Worst of our New Season....

Warehouse? There house! You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

Join us on a bold New experiment as we dive into the middle of a series that Dan has previously seen none of. Hop on, spider-monkey, we're going back to 2009 and re-litigating the Team Edward v. Team Jacob debates of old. CW: discussions of domestic abuse, gaslighting, & misogyny You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

Our New Season continues! This time it's also secretly a Sequel Season and what better to take us there than our good friends Dick Miller and the Gremlins. Let's chat about sequels, Christopher Lee, the ol bait & switch, and the good goofs we find along the way. You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

It's high time for something  New . Join us as we venture into a New season - nay, a New era - of What Is A Movie. Today we Escape from New York and chat about pulp, plisskin, politics, and the joys of well-executed creative theft (lookin at you, Metal Gear Solid). Welcome to: Season Four - The New Season --- Going forward we'll be doing shorter, more frequent seasons. Same episode forma...

Sometimes you watch a movie that reminds you how cool cinema can be. CW: discussions of abortion & body dysmorphia You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

Happy april fool's time, here's another stinker of a film! Let's talk about the difficulty of adaptations, how something can be so close yet so far, and the horrors of CGI Appa. Yip yip! You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

It all comes down to this - the Cage Match V finals. Join us as we dig into our loser's bracket before diving into the main event: JOE v. DRIVE ANGRY Thanks again to Jon, Carly, and Erin for joining Dan and I this year for our most challenging bracket yet & thanks to you, dear listener, for tuning in! You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

We're in the semi-finals, y'all! Only two more match-ups stand between one of these films and the crowning achievement of their careers: winning Cage Match V. Today's combatants: AVERAGE JOES 1. Joe (86)  v.  3. Between Worlds ( 32 ) THE SUPERNATURAL 2. Drive Angry ( 47 ) v.  4. Jiu Jitsu ( 27 ) You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

...and we're onto the second half of our bracket. Today's match-up: AVERAGE JOES 1. Joe (86)  v.  4. Bangkok Dangerous (9) 2. Windtalkers (33)  v.  3. Between Worlds ( 32 ) Thanks, as always, to the illustrious Cage Connoisseurs joining us on this quest - Jon Waugh, Carly Hayward, and Erin Sheehan. You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

Catch Match is back for a fifth go 'round. This year's match-up: AVERAGE JOES v. THE SUPERNATURAL Today we're diving into round 1 of the Supernatural bracket and pairing up: 1. Mom + Dad ( 75 )  v.  4. Jiu Jitsu ( 27 ) 2. Drive Angry ( 47 )  v.  3. Knowing ( 35 ) Thanks, as always, to the illustrious Cage Connoisseurs joining us on this quest - Jon Waugh, Carly Hayward, and Erin She...

Happy Valentines Day, ya big saps! We're diving into a nice lil Albert Brooks & Meryl Streep romcom to think about life, love, afterlife and life after love. I can feel something inside me say, "I really don't think you're strong enough - no." You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

Sorry for the delay on this one - we went to see Poor Things and it absolutely ruled. You can blame Mark Ruffalo's silly accent for the late upload of our silly podcast. We're back with Inside Llewyn Davis! Join us as we take a look at its perspective on making art, poverty, selling your soul, & the gremlin-ness of John Goodman. Content warning: discussions of abortion, drug abuse, p...

It's time for our annual year-end recap! Movies & TV galore.  The big list of what we discuss at some point in no particular order because it's late and I'm tired xoxo :) The Bear  Shoresy Letterkenny  Poker Face  Barry  Reservation Dogs   Sopranos  The Curse  Yellowjackets  Gen V  Abbott Elementary  Cunk on Earth  Invincible   Only Murders   Fargo   I Think You Should Leave  Th...