Eye of the Storm Movie Podcast

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 discover Wes Craven's horror slasher Scream from 1996 about a group of highschoolers who are terrorised by a masked serial killer. We talk about what makes Scream stand out from most slasher movies, how it is effective at deconstructing the slasher genre, whether it has kept its effect almost 30 years later, and much more.

This week we review and discuss Juror #2 by Clint Eastwood starring Nicholas Holt, Toni Collette and J.K. Simmons about a man who is called to jury duty and discovers that he is guilty of the crime on trial.

Join us for our in depth spoiler movie review and analysis of Juror #2 in wich we discuss how the movie explores its themes of redemption and second chances, why it did not receive a full theatrical release and whether it should have, and much more.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNoGZmTJ6vA&

0:00 Intro
0:24 Best Recent Thing Watched
5:07 Synopsis and Overall Impressions
11:49 Spoiler Discussion
01:00:29 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 discover season 1 of Arcane: League of Legends, a steampunk action adventure series following the escalating unrest between the rich, utopian city of Piltover and the seedy, oppressed underbelly of Zaun, in which sisters Vi and Jinx find themselves embroiled in a developing conflict over clashing convictions and arcane technologies.

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This week we review and discuss Venom 3: The Last Dance, a superhero movie directed by Kelly Marcel and starring Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Juno Temple, about the final adventure of Eddie Brock and Venom as they fight alien symbiote hunters and a secretive government research project experimenting on captured symbiotes.

Join us for our in depth spoiler movie review and analysis of Venom 3: The Last Dance, in which we discuss why the Venom trilogy ended up not capturing our imagination, what makes good superhero stories and good supervillains, and how Venom 3 should have taken some pointers from Deadpool for how to deliver the kind of action packed fun the movie promises.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbBQTNLDWoc&

0:00 Intro
0:19 Best Recent Thing Watched
4:07 Synopsis and Overall Impressions
12:17 Spoiler Discussion
01:03:12 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 discover William Friedkin's horror classic The Exorcist from 1973. Widely considered the best horror movie and the scariest movie ever made, we talk about how this movie comes across to someone watching it for the first time in 2024, how this movie is different from most other exorcism movies, how the horror evoked by this movie has little to do with demons, and much more.

This week we review and discuss Smile 2, a psychological horror movie directed by Parker Finn and starring Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt and Kyle Gallner, about a singer trying to overcome her past trauma when she is infected by a demon who feeds on that trauma.

Join us for our in depth spoiler movie review and analysis of Smile 2 in which we discuss how the movie takes the viewer on a compelling journey of Skye's emotional and psychological breakdown, where the franchise might go next, the franchise's treatment of personal and emotional trauma, and much more.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsrksUBlVa4&

0:00 Intro
0:12 Best Recent Thing Watched
4:17 Synopsis and Overall Impressions
10:05 Spoiler Discussion
57:25 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 discover John Carpenter's horror classic The Thing from 1982 about an Arctic expedition that discovers a shapeshifting alien parasite. We talk about why this movie is one of horror's all time greats, why it was not well received at release but has grown in appreciation since, how The Thing's creature effects are second to none even 40 years later, and much more.

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This week we review and discuss 'Salem's Lot, a supernatural horror movie directed by Gary Dauberman and based on the 1975 Stephen King novel, starring Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh and Alfre Woodard, about a small town in Main that is being taken over by vampires.

Join us for our in depth spoiler movie review and analysis of 'Salem's Lot in which we discuss where the movie fell short in the execution of its idea, why the vampires themselves were the strong point of the movie, and what else could have been done with the premise.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p_JKho5Jk4&

0:00 Intro
0:19 Best Recent Thing Watched
4:56 Synopsis and Overall Impressions
12:46 Spoiler Discussion
48:32 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 discover 2022's Barbarian, a horror movie directed by Zach Cregger and starring Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgard and Justin Long, about a woman finding out that the rental home she reserved has been accidentally double-booked by a man, not knowing of a dark secret within the dwelling.

We talk about our reactions to the movie, what we thought worked well and what didn't, and how the movie explores and communicates its themes of trust, danger and how to spot a monster.

This week we review and discuss Joker: Folie A Deux, a musical psychological thriller movie directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga and Brendan Gleeson, about the Joker's trial following the events of the 2019 movie Joker, in which Arthur Fleck must confront the consequences of his actions in that movie.

Join us for our in depth spoiler movie review and analysis of Joker: Folie a Deux, in which we discuss why this movie is what it is, audience and our reactions to that, and why the whole thing is is a systematic humiliation of its main character and refutation of its audience.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHSnzehvapM

0:00 Intro
0:22 Best Recent Thing Watched
7:42 Synopsis and Overall Impressions
19:22 Spoiler Discussion
01:02:53 Conclusion and Ratings