Eye of the Storm Movie Podcast

This week we review and discuss Jurassic World: Rebirth, a science fiction action movie directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Ed Skrein, which follows a mercenary expedition to a tropical island teeming with genetically engineered dinosaurs in order to obtain samples that could lead to a medical breakthrough.

We discuss our thoughts on whether the movie captured our imagination and got us excited for some dinosaur action, dissect the numerous unnecessary story and character issues that drag the movie down, ask whether that even matters for a CGI spectacle such as a Jurassic World movie and why it wouldn't have taken that much to make the movie more compelling to us, and much more.

Check out the video version here:
https://youtu.be/KHO0cOcUNJk


0:00 Intro
0:19 Movie Recommendations
6:34 Summary and Non-Spoiler Impressions
14:38 Spoiler Discussion
56:34 Conclusion and Ratings

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.

This week we revisit Equilibrium, dystopian science fiction movie directed by Kurt Wimmer and starring Christian Bale, Taye Diggs and Sean Bean, about an enforcement officer in a future in which feelings and artistic expression are outlawed, and a society where its citizens are forced to take psychoactive drugs to suppress emotion.

We talk about why it has nostalgic value for some of us and what the first viewing experience is like more than 20 years later for others, we discuss the worldbuilding and whether it is too derivative of stories like 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, how the movie doesn't fully develop or think through its idea of a society without emotion, and why the protagonist's journey is more compelling than we would have expected to the point of carrying the movie.

Check out the video version:
https://youtu.be/i5CrhefDEbs

This week we review and discuss F1: The Movie, a sports drama directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris and Kerry Condon, about a racing driver who returns to Formula One (F1) after a 30-year absence to save his former teammate's underdog team, APXGP, from collapse.

We discuss our thoughts on sports movies in general, how this movie was able to get our attention with its charming characters despite its standard plot and our limited interest in Formula 1 in the first place, discuss whether the movie's story was satisfying and managed to cross the finish line for us, whether authenticity is important in movies in general, and much more.

Check out the video version here:
https://youtu.be/_NM__Hfc4DQ

0:00 Intro
0:18 Movie Recommendations
12:33 Summary and Non-Spoiler Impressions
18:41 Spoiler Discussion
55:50 Conclusion and Ratings

We look back on the first half of 2025 and discuss our favourite movies of the year so far, our biggest movie related disappointment of the year, and how 2025 is shaping up in film so far.

Check out the video version here:
https://youtu.be/qgXmXEKZdLw

0:00 Intro
0:36 Biggest Disappointment of 2025
07:48 3rd Pick
13:00 2nd Pick
17:28 1st Pick
24:17 2025 In Film So Far

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.

This week we revisit John Q, a drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Denzel Washington, Anne Heche and James Woods, about a father whose son needs a heart transplant which he can't afford, so John takes an emergency room hostage to force the hospital to perform the operation.

We talk about how the movie portrays the American healthcare system, how the movie is very effective at making the audience empathise with John's position while at the same time portraying the complexities of healthcare, whether vigilante justice is justice, what John Q has to say about gender roles and expectations, the role of miracles in storytelling, and much more.

Check out the video version here:
https://youtu.be/H0oH-IVlB8k

This week we review and discuss 28 Years Later, a postapocalyptic horror movie by Danny Doyle and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes. 28 years after the rage virus outbreak, the story follows Spike, a boy living in a village in the Scottish Highlands off the coast of infected Britain, who ventures into the mainland to find a doctor in search of a cure for his ill mother.

We discuss how the movie fits in with the rest of the franchise, why it is the most sophisticated zombie story we have ever seen despite serious story and worldbuilding flaws, the handling of topics such as life, death and love in a world defined by death, the intriguing use of English iconography in a Scottish setting, and much more.

28 Days Later Spoiler Review:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gWKKzW2yHeS1FZ7hK6ZYM

28 Weeks Later Spoiler Review:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4w5fZ33QScoqldwL1u6u3P

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Spoiler Review:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5q8ZdcMfXe4J6fZsvtErwd

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0:00 Intro
0:18  Movie Recommendations
05:32 Summary and Non-Spoiler Impressions
11:58 Spoiler Discussion
52:02 Conclusion and Ratings

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.

This week we revisit Boyz n the Hood, a coming of age hood drama film by John Singleton atarring Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr and Angela Bassett, which follows Tre Styles, who is sent to live with his father Furious Styles in South Central Los Angeles, where he reunites with his childhood friends while surrounded by the neighborhood's booming gang culture.

We talk about this movie brings its characters and the difficult circumstances they live in to life, why this movie was more engaging for us than most slice of life movies, ask why this movie is so highly regarded despite its thesis that the problems of Black communities are mostly self inflicted, and much more.

Check out the video version here:
https://youtu.be/WXDobY2nGSA

This week we review and discuss Tornado, a period action drama movie directed by John Maclean and starring Tim Roth, Kōki and Takehiro Hira, in which Japanese puppeteers travelling the Scottish highlands encounter a gang of thieves.

We discuss how the movie caught our attention with its unique premise of a samurai revenge story set in the Scottish Highlands, why the movie fell flat in story and character, what it would have taken to fix the story, whether this movie is jidaigeki or if that is giving it too much credit, and we discuss how important premise and execution are when evaluating a movie.

Check out the video version here:
https://youtu.be/IgGscMXtHaA

0:00 Intro
0:18  Movie Recommendations
05:15 Summary and Non-Spoiler Impressions
12:41 Spoiler Discussion
50:17 Conclusion and Ratings

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.

This week we revisit Jurassic Park, a 1993 science fiction movie directed by Steven Spielberg and Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson and Sam Neill, in which wealthy businessman John Hammond and a team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of cloned dinosaurs.

We talk about how Jurassic Park spawned one of Hollywood's most iconic franchises of all time, how the movie uses dinosaurs to represent child like wonder and fear at the same time, how the movie's effects and storytelling hold up more than 30 years later, and debate whether the story leans on the scales too much to make its point and whether Jurassic Park is just a zoo or something more.

Check out the video version:
https://youtu.be/cfxffzb7WuY

This week we review and discuss Clown in a Cornfield, a slasher horror movie directed by Eli Craig and starring Katie Douglas, Aason Abrams and Kevin Durand, in which the teenagers of a rural town are hunted by killer clowns.

We discuss how the movie delivers on the promises made by its name, how it is actually a timely allegory for globalisation and generational grievances and resentment, why the social commentary worked for us in this movie when it falls flat in so many others, how it is an above average slasher movie, and much more.

Check out our other reviews and clips on all major platforms here:
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0:00 Intro
0:18  Movie Recommendations
03:48 Summary and Non-Spoiler Impressions
12:20 Spoiler Discussion
55:15 Conclusion and Ratings