This week, we review The Conjuring: Last Rites. We also discuss BAMP Recommendations in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.

Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com

IMDb.com Synopsis: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.

• 57% RT critic
• 79% RT audience
• 54 Metascore
• 6.5 IMDb user score
• 3.0 Letterboxd
• $84.0 million box office

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc.

• Jon watched Cruising
• Matt watched The Hero

• Jon will watch Girlfight (2000)
• Matt will watch Five Easy Pieces

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc that we use to pass the time

• Caught Stealing, Queen of the Ring, Final Destination, The Boogeyman, Ghost Stories
• All Hallows audiobook

• Caught Stealing, Rogue, Piranha, Alligator, The Company of Wolves, Wolfen, Highest 2 Lowest
• Caught Stealing audio book

Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast - The Toxic Avenger

This week, we review The Toxic Avenger. We also discuss Horror Movie Havoc in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.

Review of The Toxic Avenger

Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com

IMDb.com Synopsis: A horrible, toxic accident transforms downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze into a new evolution of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now wielding a glowing mop with super-human strength, he must race against time to save his son and stop a ruthless and power-hungry tyrant bent on harnessing toxic superpowers to strengthen his polluted empire.

RATINGS:

• 90% RT critic
• NA% RT audience
• 55 Metascore
• 5.6 IMDb user score
• 3.0 Letterboxd
• Theaters starting 8/29

Concessions of a Cinephile

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc…

Topic Horror Movie Havoc

Four Subgenres for the creature-themed sub-genres Bracket. We will have 32 movies this year instead of just 31…but still 31 total match-ups.

OUR 2025 Bracket -

Matt’s 16 movies versus Jon’s 16 movies to start off. Draft will happen in two weeks or so.

Media Consumption

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc that we use to pass the time

Matt’s consumption

• FrightFest: Marshmallow, The Haunting at Jack the Ripper’s House, Bambi the Reckoning, The Red Mask
• The Life of Chuck
• Alien: Earth
• All Hallows (audiobook/book)

Jon’s consumption

• Funko Fusion
• Honey Don’t, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast - Naked Gun

This week, we review Naked Gun. We also discuss Spoof Movies in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.

Review of Naked Gun

Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com

IMDb.com Synopsis: Only one man has the particular set of skills… to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr.

RATINGS:

• 90% RT critic
• 76% RT audience
• 75 Metascore
• 7.1 IMDb user score
• 3.5 Letterboxd
• $17 million

Concessions of a Cinephile

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc.

Topic Spoof Movies

Spoof/Parody Movies

Media Consumption

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc, that we use to pass the time

Matt’s consumption

• The Woman, Dui Shaw, Burning, The Home, The Haunting at Jack the Ripper’s House

Jon’s consumption

• The Hunger Games - Sunrise on the Reaping Audiobook
• Tank Girl, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Fargo, Barbarian, The Big Lebowski
• SummerSlam

Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast - Fantastic Four: First Steps

This week, we review The Fantastic Four: First Steps. We also discuss Cinematic Families in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.

Review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com

IMDb.com Synopsis: Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel’s First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

RATINGS:

• 88% RT critic
• 93% RT audience
• 64 Metascore
• 7.6 IMDb user score
• 3.7 Letterboxd
• 117.6 million opening weekend domestic

Concessions of a Cinephile

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc…

Topic Cinematic Families

• Fast and Furious
• Lord of the Rings
• Shoplifters
• Minari
• Captain Fantastic
• My Neighbor Totoro
• The Peanut Butter Falcon
• The Godfather Trilogy

Media Consumption

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc, that we use to pass the time

Matt’s consumption

• Fantasia 2025: I Live Here Now, Hellcat, Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo, The Woman, Good Game, Hi-Five, Dui Shaw, Foreigner, Burning
• FrightFest 2025: Marshmallow, Super Happy Fun Clown
• It Chapter 1, It Chapter 2, The Ring

Jon’s consumption

• Happy Gilmore 2, The Hudsucker Proxy, Cowboys, Freaky Friday
• Agatha All Along

This week, we review I Know What You Did Last Summer. We also discuss Recommendations in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release, with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.

Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com

IMDb.com Synopsis: When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they’re forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last summer…and is hell-bent on revenge.

• 38% RT critic
• 69% RT audience
• 43 Metascore
• 5.7 IMDb user score
• 2.6 Letterboxd
• 13 million (#3)

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc….

• Jon’s thoughts on Audition
• Matt’s thoughts on The Wolfpack
• Jon’s next watch is Cruising (1980)
• Matt’s next watch is The Hero (2017)

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc, that we use to pass the time

• Fantasia 2025: Noise, Terrestrial, Rewrite, The Well, Contact Lens, Hellcat
• M3GAN 2.0

• House on Eden, Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink, Eddington
• Agatha All Along, episode 1
• Coen’s audiobook

This week, we review Superman. We also discuss Comfort Movies in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.

Review of Superman

Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com

IMDb.com Synopsis: Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.

RATINGS:

• 83% RT critic
• 93% RT audience
• 68 Metascore
• 7.7 IMDb user score
• 4.0 Letterboxd
• $122,000,000

Concessions of a Cinephile

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc…

Topic Comfort Movies

Movies we keep going back to time and time again

No Holiday Movies here

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Matt

3. Dumb & Dumber2. Ghostbusters/Ghostbusters 21. The Exorcist

Jon

3.Wayne’s World

2. Friday/Next Friday

1. Billy Maddison/Happy Gilmore/Wedding Singer

Media Consumption

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc that we use to pass the time

Matt’s consumption

• Fantasia 2025: I Live Here Now, Hellcat, Sweetness
• FIFA Club World Cup (final)

Jon’s consumption

• The Coen Brothers: This book really ties the films together by Adam Nayman, Audio Book
• Raising Arizona, Happy Gilmore
• Ironheart

This week, we review Jurassic World Rebirth. We also discuss Collectibles in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release, with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.

Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com

IMDb.com Synopsis: Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world’s three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora’s operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that’s been hidden from the world for decades.

• 52% RT critic
• 72% RT audience
• 52 Metascore
• 6.3 IMDb user score
• 2.8 Letterboxd
• $159,522,890 domestic

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc.

• What’s your favorite movie-inspired collectible that you own?
• Why do we feel compelled to “rep” our favorite films?
• How much is too much?

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc, that we use to pass the time

• Imaginary, The Sixth Sense, Se7en
• FIFA Club World Cup

• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, High and Low, Tron: Legacy, I Know What You Did Last Summer

This week, we review F1: The Movie. We also discuss Best of 2025 so far in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.

Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com

IMDb.com Synopsis: Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.

• 83% RT critic
• 97% RT audience
• 68 Metascore
• 7.9 IMDb user score
• 3.8 Letterboxd
• 57 million opening weekend box office

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc…

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc, that we use to pass the time

• M3GAN 2.0, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
• FIFA Club World Cup

• Elio, Friday the 13th, part V: A New Beginning, Friday the 13th, part VI: Jason Lives, Vamps, The Old Guard 2, Clerks

• Action Comedies

Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast - 28 Years Later

This week, we review 28 Years Later. We also discuss Recommendations in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release, with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.

Review of 28 Years Later

Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com

IMDb.com Synopsis: Twenty-eight years since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway. When one member departs on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

RATINGS:

• 89% RT critic
• 65% RT audience
• 76 Metascore
• 7.2 IMDb user score
• 3.6 Letterboxd
• 30 Million at Boxoffice

Concessions of a Cinephile

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc…

Topic Recommendations

• Matt Recommended When Marnie Was There
• Jon Recommended You Can’t Kill David Arquette

Next up…

• Matt will watch The Wolfpack (2015)
• Jon will watch Audition (1999)

Media Consumption

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc that we use to pass the time

Matt’s consumption

• 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later
• FIFA Club World Cup

Jon’s consumption

• I could Never Be Your Woman, Materialists, Jurassic World
• Rebirth, Friday the 13th part 2, Friday the 13th part 3

This week, we review How to Train Your Dragon. We also draft best animated companions in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release, with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.

Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com

IMDb.com Synopsis: On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.

RATINGS:

• 77% RT critic
• 98% RT audience
• 61 Metascore,
• 8.1 IMDb user score
• 4 Letterboxd,

Opening weekend box office - $84,633,315

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc….

1. Lucifer from Cinderella (1950)
2. Maximus from Tangled
3. Cat from Flow
4. Doug from Up
5. Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc, that we use to pass the time

I Know What You Did Last Summer

FIFA Club World Cup

Daredevil Born Again s1e7-9

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Jason X, The Phoenician Scheme, I Like Movies