Special Episode Alert!  This week we take a field trip to the actual movie theater and watch “Weapons” to see what all the hype is about!  This 2025 film, starring ...

We close out our “Time is an Illusion” theme with 2011’s Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier forced to relive a dying man’s final eight minutes of life in an attempt to learn the ...

This week, our pick must reduce all saturation and so we watch “The Trial,” a strange and unusual film about a man who has been accused of an unknown crime and who has to navi...

OK everyone, time for a new theme again.  Speaking of time, we will be delving into films that play with time in unconventional ways such as time loops, alternate timelines or nonlinear narratives because our new theme is "Time is an Illus...

We close out our “In the Shadow of Giants” theme with 1985’s horror comedy Fright Night, about a teenager who suspects his new neighbor is a vampire.  Our discussion covers all thing...

This week, our pick has to feature “a prolonged chase sequence integral to the plot.”  And so, we watch 1993’s “The Fugitive” starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones; th...

Buckle up because we're rolling right into the first episode under our new theme: "In the Shadow of Giants."  This one's all about flicks where folks are dwarfed by towering figures—be it a boss, a celeb, or some unstoppable influence—and ...

We close out our “One Last Chance” theme with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, about a mother (Frances McDormand) trying to provoke the local police department in an effort to reinvigo...

This week, our podcast shines the spotlight on the Female Protagonist, as we continue our "One Last Chance" theme.  And so, we watch the 2011 film about the young female assassin, "

Well, it's that time again.  What time you might ask?  Well, it's new theme time of course, and this time our AI overlords have blessed us with the theme of "One Last Chance".  As ominous as that sounds it just deals with movies ...

We close out our theme of “The Long Journey” with a journey of 140 million miles…to Mars!  Karl had the added shakeup that his pick must feature a conspiracy. So we are watching 1990’s Total Re...

The Long Journey continues, and this time it must be considered a cult classic.  And so, we take a trans-dimensional trip back in time to watch 1984's

Our new theme this cycle is 'The Long Journey'.  We'll be watching movies where the characters undergo an extensive journey, whether literal or figurative, leading to self-discovery or transformation.This week the shakeup is 'unlike...

We close out our “Close Encounters” theme with Jordan Peele’s 2022 film Nope, about a pair of sibling horse trainers contending with a strange visitor hiding in the clouds above their ranch. Th...

Once upon a time, not so long ago, this podcast had to explore the theme of Close Encounters, with the added shake-up that this week's pick must include a dance sequence.  So we watched a movie FULL of dance sequences; 1948's

Get a little closer and don't be shy because for this round our new theme is "Close Encounters".  We will be watching movies involving moments of connection, discovery, or revelation between people, or even between humanity and something u...

We close out our “Rebels With a Cause” theme with 1984’s Red Dawn, starring every actor popular in the 80’s as a group of high school students forced to defend their town guerrilla style against...

This week, we continue our Rebels With A Cause theme, with the added shake-up that the film must include a surprise cameo.  And so, we watch the horror movie that rebelled against all of the usual tropes of its genre by being self-aware:&n...

It's new theme time again and for this round we have "Rebels WITH a Cause" which involves Films about characters who go against the grain for a purpose, whether through social, political, or personal rebellion.Starting things off with a ...

We close out our “Eyes Wide Open” theme cycle with the 2009 Ti West film House of the Devil, in which a college student takes a babysitting job that turns into the night from hell. We also discu...

We have a special surprise this week; MRT VIP listener and very good friend Andrew is back with us as a guest host!  And we have provided him with his own shake-up for the Eyes Wide Open theme; his pick had to be based on a book. And so he...

We are continuing our “Eyes Wide Open” theme along with the restriction that our film needs to originate from a country we haven’t been to yet on the podcast (cinematically speaking.)  And so we travel to South Korea, to watch Park Chan Wo...

Alright everyone, it's time for yet another theme and this time it's "Eyes Wide Open".  This theme will deal with films where characters experience eye-opening moments, whether through shocking revelations or sudden enlightenment.Pe...

We close out our “Forgotten Dreams” theme with the 1996 film Shine, the true story of piano prodigy David Helfgott, who cracks under the pressure of his overbearing father and his attempt to mas...

We continue our Forgotten Dreams theme with the shake-up that it must be directed by an "auteur;" someone who is known for their distinct style.  Who better to choose than the recently departed, and very unique, David Lynch?  A...