The Movie Breakdown

We've got a bonus episode of The Movie Breakdown this week with piping hot movie talk and other randomness that we just need to discuss. I've been having issues with my computers, so we talk about all kinds of technology and somehow go on for quite a bit about different Microsoft products. That doesn't sound riveting, you say? Well we also talk about George Lucas' long history of tweaking, Spike Lee's foray into the Vietnam war movie and the next potential Get Out type horror/thriller. We had a blast recording the latest episode and we really hope you love it. If you do, then please spread the word to movie lovers. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review).

The Movie Breakdown is ready to launch another week with three movie reviews, including the massive 1980s box-office hit and cultural phenomenon, Top Gun. We also discuss two streaming originals in the dark comedic thriller Blow the Man Down and the teen romantic comedy, The Half of It. After the reviews, we pay tribute to two comedy legends in Jerry Stiller and Fred Willard. We had a blast recording this week's episode and if you do love it, please spread the word on social media. We also want to thank great artist and even better friend David Wierzbicki who did the incredible Jerry Stiller illustration. You can see more of his amazing artwork on his Instagram and Facebook pages. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review). The Movies' Rating Out of Four Stars The Half of It *** (CS & SM) Top Gun ** (CS) & **½ (SM) Blow the Man Down ***½ (CS & SM)

Another week, another bonus episode of The Movie Breakdown. We discuss all sorts of things such as our own creative challenges during the pandemic, if movie studios are being naive thinking that they can release movies this summer, the best stingers of all-time and the challenges that came with filming a movie like Mad Max Fury Road. It wasn't a challenge having a great time recording this episode and we really hope you love it. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review).

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day and was able to show some love for their mom. We are supposed to be at the start of the summer blockbuster movie season, but that is hard to do with all the movie theatres closed. So, instead we will review some past summer movies including what is considered one of the most beloved and influential comedies of all-time, Airplane! (which came out in the summer of 1980). You know what is big in the summer, baseball. There was a rather big baseball movie that came out in 1984 called The Natural starring Robert Redford, so we review that too. We also look at a movie that is considered a cult hit in The Boondock Saints, but it wasn't a summer movie and barely was released in theatres. Speaking of not being release in theatres, we have two streaming originals in the animated family adventure The Willoughbys and a period piece family dramedy in Troop Zero that stars Mckenna Grace and Viola Davis. We had a great time recording this episode even if the dreaded technical difficulties made their way in a few times. We really hope you love the show as well, and if you do, please help us out by spreading the word on social media. It will do more wonders for the show than a Skittles rainbow. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review). The Movies' Rating Out of Four Stars The Willoughbys *** (CS & SM) Troop Zero *** (CS & SM) Airplane **** (CS & SM) The Natural **** (CS) & *** (SM) The Boondock Saints ½* (CS) & ** (SM)

We're back to delivering bonus episodes of The Movie Breakdown this week and it is loaded with banter and personal anecdotes. Have you ever wondered if I stole a freshly baked cookie as a child? This is the episode for you. We also talk about Tom Cruise pushing for a movie shot in actual outer space and then reflect on some of the best and most famous movie gimmicks in history. We also discuss Universal landing the right to make Lego movies and analyze if that is a smart business move now. It is almost two hours of free-form movie discussion mixed in with thoughts about life and whatever else comes to mind. We had a blast recording it and we really hope you love the show. If that is what you feel, then please spread it by sharing on social media. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review).

We are now in May, which is traditionally the kick-off to the summer blockbuster season. But things are very different this year and streaming is still how we get our movie fix. We did still see movies and we have four movie reviews for you. Netflix has their version of a big event film in the Chris Hemsworth starring actioner, Extraction. Dave Bautista follows the past of Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel and Arnold Schwarzenegger by teaming up with a cute kid in My Spy. We also have a picture all the way back from the 1960s in the comedic romantic mystery directed by Hollywood Golden Age filmmaker Stanley Donen and starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant in Charade. Then it is the sci-fi picture based off a board game in Battleship. After the movie reviews, we discuss AMC recently banning all Universal movies from screening at their theatres and analyze how we think this issue with pan out and the repercussions that will be felt through the whole movie industry. As always, we had a great time recording the show. We really hope that you love it and if you do, please help us out by spreading the word about us on social media. We also want to thank David Wierzbicki who did the incredible Audrey Hepburn illustration. You can see more of his amazing artwork at his Instagram and Facebook pages. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review). Extraction **½ (CS & SM) My Spy *** (CS & SM) Charade **** (CS) & ***½ (SM) Battleship *½ (CS) & * (SM)

I'm hoping everyone is having a great start to the week and to help with that here is the latest episode of The Movie Breakdown. This week we look at two cult horror movies; we review the gory and controversial Clive Barker directed Hellraiser and the 1978 tongue-in-cheek Jaws knock-off, Piranha. We also go all the back to 1946 with legendary director Orson Welles' third feature, The Stranger. We also have two Netflix originals; the Alan Yang story of a Taiwanese immigrant Tigertail and the romantic comedy Love, Wedding, Repeat. We discuss some movies that have had significant impact on the history of cinema, and we talk a bit about what they meant for the time and their lasting influence. As always, it was a great time talking motion pictures and we really hope you love it. If you do, then please show your appreciation by sharing the episode on social media, Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review). The Movies' Rating Out of Four Stars Tigertail *** (CS & SM) Love, Wedding, Repeat *½ (CS) & ** (SM) Hellraiser *** (CS & SM) The Stranger ***½ (CS & SM) Piranha *** (CS & SM)

We have a third episode of The Movie Breakdown for you, and that just happens to be one of the things we discuss as we reflect on what has motivated to do so many shows lately. I also share a story about my kids' recent biking experiences and try to connect to an allegory for inspiration and motivation for current times. We also talk movies such as more talk about Back to the Future, if we really need more Hunger Games and reminiscing about the days of video rental stores. I think, we've worked out how to make our bonus episodes flow and just feel like an hour-long conversation between two movie fans and friends. We hope it brings a little bit of joy in your life while we all continue to endure the new normal. We had a great time recording the episode and we really hope you love listening to it. If you do, the best thing you can do to show your appreciation is to share it on social media. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review).

Who says movie talk should be saved for Monday? Well, probably nobody, but especially not us. We have a bonus episode for you this week, and as we do with the bonus shows, it is less structured, and we bounce around discussing multiple topics. We discuss things like if remakes can ruin our childhood, are some popular movies irrelevant to remake now (like Scream), do all beloved movie deserve a documentary and why do people revel so much in hating stuff? We had a blast talking movies this week again and we really hope you love the bonus episode too. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review).

This week's show is all about movies of differing genres that find ways of bringing violence and gore. It wasn't planned that way, so I don't know what that says about us. What also was not planned is paying tribute to acting great Brian Dennehy, but he passed this week, and we both have fond memories of this actors who could play both a great villain and a warm-hearted father figure. We also look at two comedies that mix with different genres like the mixed-match cop actioner Coffee & Kareem and the cult zombie hit, Shaun of the Dead. We also get a high-concept thriller coming out of Spain in The Platform. We also review a remake of a horror classic in Suspiria. We had an amazing time recording this week's show and we really hope you love it. If that is indeed your feeling, then we'd really appreciate if you spread the word on social media. Also, the amazing artist David Wierzbicki created two beautiful illustrations for this week's show. We would really love it if you checked out more of his great art over at his Instagram and Facebook pages. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review). The Movies' Rating Out of Four Stars Coffee & Kareem*½ (CS & SM) The Platform *** (CS & SM) Shaun of the Dead***½ (CS) & **** (SM) Suspiria **½ (CS & SM)

It is time once again for a giant bag of topics discuss on The Midweek Breakdown. It isn't all movies as we discuss what we think life will be like after the pandemic and how we feel about WWE being declared an essential service. We've got come movie chatter in there too including the VOD success of Trolls World Tour, Cineplex remaining open as an Uber Eats restaurant and a goodwill gesture by Lionsgate. We always have a great time with our freeform discussion episode and we really hope you love it too. If you do, please help us out by sharing the episode on social media. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review).

Several years ago, we did a series of podcast episodes devoted to what we deemed rising stars. We felt it was time to spotlight again some really exciting actors and filmmakers. These are talents that we believe will have a massive impact on cinema and have many works worth tracking down now. We talk about some actors that have already landed some major roles like Florence Pugh, Cynthia Erivo, Kaya Scodelario or Beanie Feldstein along with actors clearly on the rise like Samara Weaving and Alexandra Shipp. We also look at very exciting filmmakers in Marielle Heller and Ari Aster. It is a great spotlight on the future of movies, but also, we have some great suggestions for some pictures to track down. We had a blast recording this episode and we really hope you love it. If you do enjoy it then please spread the word about us on social media so other movie fans can track us down. You may also notice that we have an amazing picture to accompany the podcast this week. This is courtesy of the immensely talented artist and one of my best friends, David Wierzbicki. If you want to see more of his awesome paintings and art then please check out his Facebook and Instagram pages. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review).

We have two, count them two, bonus episodes this week as your special Easter long weekend treat. We are debuting The Weekend Breakdown, except on the show we call it The Midweek Breakdown despite most calendars saying otherwise about Friday. Just like our Wednesday episode, this is less structured and we discuss all kinds of different things. Despite everyone being stuck at home, there is a lot of movie news recently including several planned theatrical movies being moved to streamers, remakes of popular movies and series, and the revelation that I indeed watched The Last Airbender. We had a blast recording this extra episode and we really hope you love it. If you'd like this to continue then please take a few minutes to spread the word about us on social media. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review).

It is another Wednesday and so another bonus episode that we like to call The Midweek Breakdown, our supplemental podcast to the weekly The Movie Breakdown. As is the way for our hump day podcast, we jump all over the place with various discussions such as lifer after the pandemic, the joys of homemade bread, way more Back to the Future talk, discussion about cinematic classic The Last Airbender and the value in open endings in movies. We always have a blast recording this show and we really hope you love it. If you do, then please help us out by spreading the word on social media. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review).

Right now, everybody needs something to lift our spirits and give us some warm fuzzies. So, this week we've picked five positive and fun movie that will put a smile on your face. It is our first (but maybe not our last) The Breakdown of the Feel-Good Movies. I will tell you right now, one of the movies we review is what I consider the perfect movie and right near the top of my all-time great movies list (when I make it) and is the film that I turn to on a gloomy day that needs some sunshine. We've got two movies that really connected with movie-going audience in the 1980s as they were massive box office hits. The first is the sci-fi adventure mixed with 1950s nostalgia trip blended in with intimate family comedy in the most influential time travel picture, Back to the Future. The king of the 1980s Eddie Murphy stars in the romantic comedy, Coming to America. Speaking of huge stars, we also review the Will Smith starring biopic The Pursuit of Happyness. What is more feel-good than some kid movies and we have two of those. There is the adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel Matilda and as well, the sweeping kids adventure Spy Kids. We had a lot of fun recording this week's episode and we really hope you love it. If love is what you're feeling, then please share it by spreading the word of our show on social media. It will really help us out and allow us to do even more things for you in the future. Reminder that you can subscribe either to The Movie Breakdown feed (a subscription link is at the top right hand of this site) or on iTunes (if you enjoy the show, please help us by giving us a five star review). The Movies' Rating Out of Four Stars Back to the Future **** (CS & SM) Coming to America *** (CS & SM) Matilda ***½ (CS) & *** (SM) Spy Kids *** (CS & SM) The Pursuit of Happyness *** (CS & SM)