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 Frank Darabon't 2007 science fiction horror movie The Mist starring Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden and Laurie Holden about a town that gets enveloped in a mysterious mist that contains deadly monsters.

We talk about the movie's themes of civilisation, morality and chance, how the movie sells its audience on its premise to create tension, its roots in 50's monster movies and weird fiction, and much more.

This week we review and discuss Hellboy: The Crooked Man, a superhero horror movie directed by Brian Taylor and starring Jack Kesy, Adeline Rudolph and Joseph Marcell, about a demonic paranormal investigator who gets stranged in rural Appalachia where he encounters a coven of witches led by the Crooked Man.

Join us for our in depth spoiler movie review and analysis of Hellboy: The Crooked Man in which we discuss what this attempt to bring Hellboy to cinemas does right and what it does wrong, how much it respects the source material of the original comic, and what all of this means for future adaptations of the Hellboy universe.

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0:00 Intro
0:22 Best Recent Thing Watched
3:59 Synopsis and Overall Impressions
12:45 Spoiler Discussion
54:45 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 slasher classic Halloween from 1978 starring Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, Donald Pleasence as Doctor Loomis and Nick Castle as Michael Myers, about a killer who escapes from a mental institution ten years after killing his sister, to then continue stalking and brutally killing a group of teenagers.

We talk about what effect Halloween has on first time viewers in 2024, whether Michael Myers holds up as a compelling villain, and much more.

This week we review and discuss the pilot episode of The Penguin, a crime drama set in the DC universe's Gotham City by Lauren LeFranc and starring Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioto and Rhenzy Feliz. The crime drama follows the Penguin following the events of 2022's The Batman as he navigates a looming gang war between the Falconi and Maroni crime families.

Join us for our in depth spoiler movie review and analysis of The Penguin in which we discuss where this series might go and its potential, what characters and performances stood out most to us, how The Penguin fits in the wider superhero genre and why this show has received a near universally positive reception unlike other superhero streaming shows in recent yerars.

Check out our other reviews and clips on all major platforms here:
https://linktr.ee/EyeOfTheStormMoviePodcast

0:00 Intro
0:16 Best Recent Thing Watched
4:13 Synopsis and Overall Impressions
9:59 Spoiler Discussion
01:03:14 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 the pilot of the science fiction series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles which ran from 2008-2009 and stars Lena Headey as Sarah Connor, Thomas Dekker as John Connor and Summer Glau as Cameron, a terminator sent back in time to protect John Connor.

We talk about why Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was able to continue and expand the lore and mythos of the Terminator franchise in ways the later movies have struggled to do, how the change in format allowed the telling of stories the movies couldn't, and whether it is worth a watch if you are in search for more Terminator stories that are worth your time.

Check out our other reviews and clips on all major platforms here:
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This week we review and discuss Speak No Evil, a psychological horror thriller directed by James Watkins and starring Mackenzie Davis and James McAvoy.

Join us for our in depth spoiler movie review and analysis of Speak No Evil in which we discuss how the movie compares to the 2022 Danish original, how it succeeds in invoking a sense of dread and unease in the audience, how it explores its themes of confirmity, social conditioning and peer pressure, and much more.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kNX2Qisrr4

0:00 Intro
0:17 Best Recent Thing Watched
4:54 Synopsis and Overall Impressions
12:38 Spoiler Discussion
01:07:01 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 Guillermo del Toro's science fiction kaiju movie Pacific Rim from 2013 starring Rinko Kikuchi as Mako Mori and Idris Elba as Stacker Pentecost, about a washed up jaeger pilot teaming up with a rookie as part of one last effort to defeat the kaiju threatening the world through a dimensional rift at the bottom of the Pacific ocean.

We talk about why Pacific Rim's excellent worldbuilding, why a proper action movie shouldn't ask you to turn your brain off in order to enjoy it, the importance of taking a ridiculous premise seriously, and much more.

This week we review and discuss Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a fantsy comedy horror movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Jenna Ortega, Wynona Ryder and Michael Keaton.

Join us for our in depth spoiler movie review and analysis of Beetlejuide 2 in which we discuss our reaction to how the movie compares to the 1988 original Beetlejuice, whether the movie strikes a good balance between its dark humor and its characters, and whether this movie is one of the better legacy sequels.

Check out our other reviews and clips on all major platforms here:
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0:00 Intro
0:14 Best Recent Thing Watched
7:58 Synopsis and Overall Impressions
12:30 Spoiler Discussion
01:01:56 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 Cameron's Terminator 2 Judgment Day from 1991 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor and Edward Furlong as John Connor. The story of this science fiction classic follows John and Sarah Connor as they try to survive a second Terminator sent back through time by Skynet, while they try to prevent Judgment Day from happening.

We talk about why Terminator 2 is one of the greatest sequels as well as science fiction movies, how it compares to the original Terminator and how it manages to build on and expand the mythos and lore of the Terminator series while continuing the character journey Sarah Connor began in the first movie, and much more.

This week we review and discuss Kalki 2898 AD, a mythological science fiction movie directed by Nag Ashwin and starring Prabhas, Disha Patani and Amitabh Bachchan, about a group of rebels who are on a mission to save SUM-80 and her unborn child, Kalki, from a dystopian government laboratory.

Join us for our in depth spoiler movie review and analysis of Kalki 2898 AD, in which we discuss our reactions to Indian filmmaking which we have not had much exposure to, how the movie interweaves Hindu mythology with science fiction, and much more.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9oqwvmeh-w&

0:00 Intro
0:19 Best Recent Thing Watched
5:48 Synopsis and Overall Impressions
13:45 Spoiler Discussion
56:41 Conclusion and Ratings