Jason Pyles
Attention, Media Mart shoppers! We have a Blue Light Special here in Episode 073 of Considering the Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting. During this show, your hosts Jason Pyles (aka Jay of the Dead), his co-host, Mack Robins (aka Mackula), and the esteemed host of The DVD Infatuation Podcast, Dave “Dr. Shock” Becker will bring you THE WEEKLY WATCHLIST, where we simply talk about whatever we’ve been watching lately on our own, personal watchlists.
Here’s how it works: Jay, Mack and Dave have zero “movie-watching homework.” We are completely free each week to watch whatever we want from any era, year, genre, country, etc! We can finally go through our own personal watchlists and catch up with the films we’ve been meaning to see. So, every week will be vastly different. Let us know what you think of this format. Join us!
Notes: This episode was recorded on July 19, 2024, and it released on August 16, 2024. Also, this episode is dedicated to our very dear friend, Mister Dustin Watson, whose birthday is August 17.
Jay of the Dead also hosts a WEEKLY HORROR MOVIE PODCAST with Mister Watson at Horror Movie Weekly.com. And of course, every Horror fan should check out Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, The Gold Standard of Horror Movie Podcasts.
Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can email Jay, Mack and even Dr. Shock at [email protected] or post a comment in the show notes for this episode.
SHOW NOTES: Considering the Cinema Ep. 073: The Weekly Watchlist
[ 00:00:01 ] – Introduction
– Jason welcomes Mack and Dave
— Some quick thoughts on “Twister” and chasing twisters
— We’re expanding the runtime of The Weekly Watchlist segments
— Jason and Dave got to have lunch in Hershey, PA, and Dave gave free movies of his “exotic doubles”
— Mack wants to know how to be included in Dave’s will
[ 00:06:15 ] – Dave’s Weekly Watchlist:
Hot Stuff (1979)
Dave = 6.5 ( Low-priority Rental )
Houdini (1953)
Dave = 6.5 ( Rental )
House Calls (1978)
Dave = 8.5 ( Strong Rental )
The House That Screamed (1969) (aka The Finishing School)
Dave = 9 ( Buy it! )
[ 00:20:55 ] – Mack’s Weekly Watchlist:
Miss Firecracker (1989)
Mack = 83 out of 100 ( Strong Rental )
Butterfly in the Sky (2022)
Mack = 84 out of 100 ( Strong Rental )
Mack’s Movie Anecdote From “Media MART”
– EntertainMART at Layton Hills Mall (Layton, Utah)
– Logs of Mystery DVDs for $14
– Mack “runs his fingers through the movies” at Media MART… (and doesn’t get arrested)
– Mack opts not to randomly purchase “Barbershop” (2002) — Sorry, Cube!
Mack’s Blindfolded Mystery DVD log pick (that Mack abandons for a streaming version):
Tombstone (1993)
Mack = 88 out of 100 ( Buy it! )
Les Vampires (1915) – Runtime: 7 hours, 1 minute
Mack = 86 out of 100 ( Strong Rental )
[ 00:39:07 ] – Jason’s Weekly Watchlist:
Film Trivia Factoid:
In-Flight Movies – This episode was recorded on July 19, 2024. Exactly 63 years ago today, in 1961, the very first in-flight movie was shown on a commercial airline, TWA, and that film was “By Love Possessed” (1961).
Jason’s non-political, nonpartisan, cinematic response to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024:
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Jason = 8.5 ( Buy it! )
Triple Frontier (2019)
Jason = 8.5 ( Stream on Netflix / Buy on Blu-ray if ever available )
Wrap-Up
Links for this episode:
Jay and Doc recommend this book:
American Film Criticism — From the Beginnings to Citizen Kane Oh, and be sure to check out Mack’s eventual, future Feature Film release, coming to a theater near you … someday!
Catch up with Mack here:
– Horror podcast: Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies
— IMDb.com Page: Mack Robins
Catch up with Dr. Shock here:
– Horror podcast: Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies
— Blog: DVD Infatuation.com
— Podcast: The DVD Infatuation Podcast
— Horror podcast: Land of the Creeps
— Podcast: The Illustrated Fan
— Movie Podcast Weekly has returned for MONTHLY releases
— Listen to Jay of the Dead’s Horror Movie Weekly with Mister Watson every Sunday!
Jay recommends Nate Johnivan’s music:
— Spotify Playlist
— Quarantine Dream iii
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