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37 minutes | Thursday, March 23, 2023
This week Eric and Josh discuss: 420, the Oscars, Saturday Morning Cartoons, public service announcements, advance tickets, Toronto, Fantasia Film Fest, Ultraman, John Wayne, 9pm vs Midnight Movies, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 24 - Thursday March 30: Living, Women Talking, The Thing, The Quiet Man, Dreams On Fire, and Saturday Night Sinema!
38 minutes | Thursday, March 16, 2023
This week Eric and Josh discuss: piano tuning, the Oscars aftermath, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, The Last Picture Show, the remake of The Room, William Shatner, horror franchise villains, Nicolas Cage, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 17 - Thursday March 23: Everything Everywhere All At Once, Women Talking, The Room, M3GAN, Impulse, and the Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party! Plus, the Independent Film Festival of Ottawa presents: Phi 1.618, Cinema's First Nasty Women, and Tales From The Gimli Hospital!
35 minutes | Wednesday, March 8, 2023
This week Eric and and Josh discuss: bus adventures, forgetting info while podcasting, Creed III, multiplexes, Star Trek, Quentin Tarantino, the Oscars, The Price Is Right, Nicolas Cage, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 10 - Thursday March 16: Living, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Passion Of Joan Of Arc, Mamma Mia, Unwanted, and the Academy Awards Pre-Show and Ceremony!
34 minutes | Wednesday, March 1, 2023
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: leap years, Infinity Pool, Mia Goth, Fear Street, people requesting their favourite movies, Free Comic Book Day, novelizations, old fashioned comic cons, Batman 66, The Blair Witch Project, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 3 - Thursday March 9: Living, To Leslie, The Fabelmans, The Outwaters, and Frankenhooker!
36 minutes | Thursday, February 23, 2023
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Hereditary, Kids Vs Aliens, Nope, James Cameron, Movie Pass, a cool laundromat, indie video stores, last minute programming, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 24 - Thursday March 2: The Fabelmans, Infinity Pool, Taxi Driver, and Saturday Night Sinema! Alas, the 3rd week of Living became unavailable after recording, so that was mistakenly talked about instead of the 3rd week of The Whale.
37 minutes | Thursday, February 16, 2023
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Valentine's Day, Joe Dante, Space Jam's, Rock N Roll High School, Neil Breen, Coming Soon questions, Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey, The People's Joker, Grindhouse, V/H/S, movie running times, Windtalkers, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 17 - Thursday February 23: Living, The Whale, Kids Vs Aliens, Mean Streets, and The Room!
36 minutes | Thursday, February 9, 2023
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: what makes a movie flop, Rotten Tomatoes, Top Gun: Maverick, Family Day, AMC's ticket pricing controversy, The Lone Ranger, Airheads, Darren Aronofsky, Enter The Drag Dragon, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 10 - Thursday February 16: Living, The Whale, The Civil Dead, Eyes Wide Shut, Casablanca, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Saturday Night Sinema!
44 minutes | Friday, February 3, 2023
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by special guest Mark Pollesel, screenwriter of Enter The Drag Dragon! On top of the origins and making of Enter The Drag Dragon, they also chat about: indie film production co-op, sound effects editing, C4 Wrestling, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, the extinction of newspaper boxes, blockbuster lineups, Hugh Jackman, 35mm vs digital screenings, Batman '66, the length of feature length movies, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 3 - Thursday February 9: The Son, Tár, Assault On Precinct 13, Skinamarink, and Mind Leech!
45 minutes | Thursday, January 26, 2023
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the 95th Academy Awards nominations, Bruce Willis, Baz Luhrmann, Roger Deakins, The BGF, Bill Murray, Sarah Polley, Netflix/indie cinema symbiosis, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 27 - Thursday February 2: Empire Of Light, Aftersun, Enter The Drag Dragon, the 2022/2023 New York Cat and Dog Film Fests, Saturday Night Sinema, Skinamarink, and Groundhog Day!
44 minutes | Friday, January 20, 2023
This week, Eric, and Josh are joined by Lee, to chat about his new movie - Enter The Drag-Dragon! They also discuss: dog walking, the Norman McLaren short film Neighbours, Cooley High, spotting old movie posters in movies and tv shows, video store movie posters, expensive VHS movies, The Bad News Bears, the lack of city specific film critics, the Get Carter remake, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday January 20 - Thursday January 26: Broker, You People, Bones And All, Get Carter, and The Room!
35 minutes | Thursday, January 12, 2023
This week, Eric, and Josh chat about: Barrymoore's Music Hall, Parliament Hill, Dwayne Gretzky, celebrity status, the Rio Theatre, the Revue Cinema, Grand Piano, dangerous stunts, Rian Johnson, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 13 - Thursday January 19: No Bears, Tár, Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning, Bullitt, The Menu, and Saturday Night Sinema!
37 minutes | Thursday, January 5, 2023
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Y2K, physical media, third party movie listings, the Spider-man tv movie, pandemic era filmmaking, not terrible remakes, Anaconda, misremembering seeing movies, Barbarella, and more! They also mention the movies screening the Week of Friday January 6 - Thursday January 12, 2023: The Eternal Daughter, Aftersun, Them!, Holy Spider, and Midnight Cowboy!
44 minutes | Thursday, December 29, 2022
This week, Eric, Sam, and Josh discuss: The Phantom Of The Opera, the Home Alone 2 audio book, Kevin Conroy's Batman legacy, Pearl, the Barrymore acting dynasty, the Oscars, Roku, Red Lobster, Denny's, New Year's Eve, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 30, 2022 - Thursday January 5, 2023: Eo, She Said, Armageddon Time, Smile, 3 Godfathers, and UHF!
36 minutes | Thursday, December 22, 2022
This week, Eric, Sam, and Josh discuss: making checklists, snow shoveling, pizza delivery robots, White Christmas, Holiday Inn, Twin Peaks and Star Wars comparisons, Moonage Daydream, Purple Rain, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 23 - Thursday December 29: The Banshees Of Inisherin, The Pale Blue Eye, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, The Lemon Drop Kid, and Neil Young: Harvest Time!
35 minutes | Thursday, December 15, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: being in Holiday Season limbo, weekly vs monthly programming, The Golden Globes, Rahul Kohli, the Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party, classic films vs new films, watching horror movies in the afternoon, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 16 - Thursday December 22: Life & Life, The Banshees Of Inisherin, Next Exit, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Black Christmas, It's A Wonderful Life, and Saturday Night Sinema!
36 minutes | Thursday, December 8, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: more vandalism at the cinema, the Mayfair's 90th Anniversary, Grand Hotel, Non-Oscar winning movies, cinema rental events, Martin McDonagh, Home Alone, cereal, Trapped In Paradise, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 9 - Thursday December 15: Stay The Night, The Banshees Of Inisherin, Deadly Games: Dial Code Santa Claus, The Room, Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party, The Beyond: The Composer's Cut, and We're No Angels!
43 minutes | Thursday, December 1, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: incorrectly stamped membership cards, the quality of old Mayfair podcasts, Kevin Smith, the evolution of recording equipment, high school communications classes, film vs digital photography, how impossible it is to make a movie, the Mayfair's 90th anniversary, The Polar Express, All I Didn't Want For Christmas, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 2 - Thursday December 8: Rosie, Call Jane, Hunt, Silent Night Deadly Night, and Grand Hotel!
42 minutes | Wednesday, November 23, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Holiday Season decorations, our marquee, movie showtime sites with incorrect times, Room vs The Room, our neighbourhood chip truck disappearance, The Sound Of Music, The Greatest Show On Earth, novelizations, Tony Gilroy, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday November 25 - Thurs Dec 1: Lady Chatterley's Lover, Aftersun, Halloween Ends, Barbarian, Casablanca, and Saturday Night Sinema!
39 minutes | Thursday, November 17, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the corner store origin of our candy bar, the projection booth storage bunker, people attempting to give stuff to the Mayfair that we don't have space for, lots of rentals, understudies, Cabinet Of Curiosities, the extinct Ontario Ratings Board, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 18 - Thursday October 24: Triangle Of Sadness, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Vesper, The Greatest Show On Earth, Drinkwater, and Terrifier 2!
40 minutes | Thursday, November 10, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the Halloween / Christmas transition, the fear of malls, V For Vendetta, the cancelled Goblin concert, horror movie lengths, intermissions, Nic Cage, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday November 11 - Thursday November 17: The Return Of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile, Don't Worry Darling, Masking Threshold, The Room, Terrifier 2, and Lawrence Of Arabia!
44 minutes | Thursday, November 3, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: movie piracy, shelved movies, Tubi, out of place rap theme songs, The Midnight Hour, TV movies vs theatrical movies, The Stepford Wives, Friday The 13th TV series, Halloween night, Pia Zadora, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the Week of Friday November 4 - Thursday November 10: Amsterdam, See How They Run, Moonage Daydream, Voyage Of The Rock Aliens, The Godfather, All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms, The Fall Of The House Of Usher, and Suspiria!
41 minutes | Thursday, October 27, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: closet microwaves, silent films / live bands, The Passion Of Joan Of Arc, potential new cinema neighbours, 1980s nostalgia, the Mayfair's 90th anniversary, Terrifier 2, the different Grinch's, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 28 - Thursday November 3: See How They Run, Ténor, Pearl, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show!
40 minutes | Wednesday, October 19, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: a mysterious found note, the fine line between rom-coms and stalkers, small town cinemas, The Aron Theatre, 111 Places In Ottawa That You Must Not Miss book, Saturday Morning Cartoons, the Stay Alive board game, Fletch, Asylum copycat movies, big budget vs small budget productions, double-bills vs attention spans, giant posters, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 21 - Thursday October 27: Descendant, The Good Nurse, Nosferatu, Confess Fletch, Trick 'R Treat, The Exorcist, and The Shining!
39 minutes | Thursday, October 13, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: The Midnight Club, Terrifier 2, Nope, Batgirl, We Need To Talk About Kevin, Gilligan's Island, Adam West, Taylor Swift, Cats, Texas Chainsaw Massacres, Basket Cases, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 14 - Thursday October 20: Rumba Therapy, Where The Crawdads Sing, Dark Glasses, Eternal Spring, The Taxas Chainsaw Massacre, Piggy, Monster Pool 666, and Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party!
43 minutes | Friday, October 7, 2022
This week, Eric, Sam, and Josh discuss: giant Halloween decorations, Dahmer movies, true crime vs horror movies, animal safety in movies, Cannibal Holocaust, John Waters, movie franchise ownership, no ratings board in Ontario, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 7 - Thursday October 13: The Silent Twins, God's Creatures, Poltergeist, The Room, and Nope!
43 minutes | Thursday, September 29, 2022
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: stand-up comedy, Andy Richter, subscription scams, albums vs digital, kids watching their first movie at the Mayfair, marquee typos, those unaware of Rocky Horror, The Disaster Artist, the Paul Thomas Anderson's, Alanis Morissette, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 30 - Thursday October 6: Dear Audrey. Hold Me Tight, Jack-O, F*** The Devil + F*** The Devil 2, The Great Dictator, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Saturday Night Sinema!
44 minutes | Friday, September 23, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Friend-Of-Mayfair Tom Fowler to chat about: Gen X high school, Movies for Mommies, attention spans, the return of University students to the Mayfair, The Room, diverse programming, the lack of photo's pre-cell phones, Elvis movies, George Miller's weird career, and more! Plus, they plug the new horror comic drawn by Tom from Hill House Comics / DC Comics, Refrigerator Full Of Heads! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 23 - Thursday September 29: Three Thousand Years Of Longing, Elvis, God's Country, Viva Las Vegas, an...
41 minutes | Thursday, September 15, 2022
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: public transpo, comic cons, cosplay, tribute screenings, streaming ratings, horror franchises, Elvis movies, living a double life, Halloween Month, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 16 - Thursday September 22: The Duke, Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Speak No Evil, City Lights, Jailhouse Rock, The Room, and Saturday Night Sinema!
39 minutes | Thursday, September 8, 2022
This week, Eric, Emily, and Josh discuss: Back to school, film school vs self-taught filmmaking, Sam Raimi, Tom Cruise, school bullying, open mic nights, M. Night Shyamalan, Virginie Efira, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening Friday September 9 - Thursday September 15: Waiting For Bojangles, The Good Boss, Saloum, The Kid, and Goodfellas!
38 minutes | Thursday, September 1, 2022
This week, Eric, Josh, and special guest Nick discuss: The Mighty Ducks, Dungeons & Dragons Vs the Department of National Defense, a 1996 Mayfair schedule, the Farrelly Brothers, Police Academy, Key & Peele, Weird Al, Taylor Swift, Summertime, streaming movies Vs blu ray movies, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 2 - Thursday September 8: Where The Crawdads Sing, The Duke, Emily The Criminal, and Alienoid!
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