Eye of the Storm Movie Podcast

This week we review and discuss Hit Man, a 2023 black comedy directed by Richard Linklater and starring Glen Powell, Adria Arjona and Austin Amelio, about a philosophy professor who goes undercover as a hitman and gets lost in his hitman persona.

Join us for our in depth spoiler review of Hit Man as we talk about the movie's themes of identity, the interplay of truth and lies, and how to achieve happiness and self actualisation sometimes you just need to kill a guy.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LULzCe4Mk64

0:00 Intro
0:27 Best Recent Thing Watched
12:44 Non-Spoiler Impressions
19:41 Spoiler Discussion
55:00 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 talk about Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. We discuss Anakin's character and the journey he goes on, why we consider this movie the low point of the trilogy and what the movie could have done to tell its story better, and much more.

Check out our other Star Wars movie reviews here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6U5nBLtmb5sr3DzWAJG1g6

This week we review and discuss The Watchers (also known as The Watched), the horror movie directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, and starring Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell and Olwen Fouere, about a woman who gets trapped in a forest teeming with sinister creatures.

Join us for a full spoiler review of The Watchers/The Watched. We talk about why we thought the movie did not live up to its potential, what it could have done differently and how an overreliance on mystery can hold a movie back. We also offend ferrets on multiple occasions.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4YuqdhHx6E

0:00 Intro
0:23 Best Recent Thing
6:16 Non-Spoiler Impressions
10:00 Spoiler Discussion
58:28 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 talk about Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. We talk about the new chapter in the Star Wars saga that introduced us to the pre-Imperial era for the first time on the big screen, its major characters, the worldbuilding surrounding the major conflict involving the Trade Federation, and expectations for the trilogy going forward.

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

0:00 Intro
0:46 First Time Viewer's Impressions
04:48 Space Tariffs
08:00 Jedi and Midichlorians
20:59 Why are the Prequels so Hated?
24:40 Humor In The Prequels
33:00 Expectations for Attack of the Clones

This week we review and discuss Sting, the horror movie directed by Kiah Roache-Turner, and starring Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne and Penelope Mitchell, about a young girl whose pet spider transforms into a monster.

Join us for our in depth spoiler review of Sting in which we talk about the movie's themes of family and helplessness, what makes a good horror movie and how Sting stacks up against recent competition, and how this movie left us with a sense of frustration even though we enjoyed it.

Check out the video version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkqiMRyU7bs&

0:00  Best Recent Thing Watched
07:55 Non-Spoiler Impressions
11:56 Spoiler Discussion
54:53 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 talk about Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi. We talk about the epic conclusion to the trilogy, the end of Luke's and Vader's journeys, overall impressions of the trilogy and what comes next in the franchise.

Check out our other reviews and clips on all major platforms here:
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This week we review and discuss Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke which follows Furiosa's life from her kidnapping by the forces of warlord Dementus to her eventual revenge for the loss of her mother.

Join us for a full spoiler review of Furiosa in which we talk about the characters and postapocalyptic wasteland they inhabit, and whether the plot lives up to the potential of this otherwise excellent installment in the Mad Max franchise.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_atyc5IvgiQ

0:00 Intro
0:18 Best Recent Thing Watched
12:40 Non-Spoiler Impressions
18:27 Spoiler Discussion
01:05:02 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 talk about Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back. We delve into the continuing journeys of the movie's characters, how the Star Wars setting begins to expand and how this one shapes up compared to the previous installment.

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

0:00 Intro
01:42 First Time Viewer's Impression
04:24 Luke's Character Arc
08:04 Darth Vader
17:57 The Jedi and the Force
31:40 Predictions for Episode 6

This week we review and discuss The Strangers: Chapter 1, the horror film directed by Renny Harlin, starring Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez and Ema Horvath about about a couple who are stalked by the three psychopathic masked strangers while on a road trip.

Join us for a full spoiler review of The Strangers: Chapter 1 in which we talk about how this movie measures up against the 2008 original, what we thought it did right and what it did wrong, and why this is the first movie we're reviewed that succeeded in making Jonathan angry. We talk about horror cliches, their proper use and how this movie makes numerous easily avoidable mistakes.


The Strangers (2008)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6euIp0uzbixlgdGLtfUZKW
The Strangers - Chapter 2
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XUbZLB8oGeUdrjcpQh9dY
The Strangers - Chapter 3
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5wmxvo2ErgNZj3v3WoJfuQ


0:00 Intro
0:19 Best Recent Things Watched
04:00 Non-Spoiler Impressions
15:02 Spoiler Discussion 
59:58 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 talk about Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope. We discuss its writing, worldbuilding as well as its characters, and why this movie and the franchise it spawned has continued to capture audience imaginations for almost 50 years.

0:00 Intro
01:46 Appreciating Old Movies
03:54 Episode 4 Overall Impressions
09:50 Characters
15:36 Exposition, Worldbuilding and Space Politics
27:07 Wonder and Getting Invested
32:31 Expectations for Episode 5