Eye of the Storm Movie Podcast

This week we review and discuss the postapocalyptic science fiction epic Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes directed by Wes Ball, starring Owen Teague, Freya Allen and Kevin Durand about about Noa, a Chimpanzee trying to free his people who have been abducted by the ape king Proximus Caesar, set 300 years after the events of the previous trilogy that concluded in War for the Planet of the Apes.

Join us for a full spoiler review of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in which we talk about the characters, themes and worldbuilding of this movie as well as the Planet of the Apes franchise as a whole, and what it has to say about human nature, history and civilisation, and where the Planet of the Apes franchise might head next.

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

0:00 Intro
0:40 Best Recent Thing Watched
05:29 Non-Spoiler Impressions
08:45 Spoiler Discussion Begins
01:03:56 Ratings and Conclusion

This week we review and discuss the action romantic comedy The Fall Guy directed by David Leitch, starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson about a stuntman working on his ex-girlfriend's directorial debut action film, only to find himself involved in a conspiracy surrounding the film's lead actor.

We talk about the movie's action that makes use of its protagonist's background as a stuntman, how that ties into themes of status and society appreciating the wrong people as well as risking your health and safety to benefit others, whether the romance and why Jodie is an awful person, and much more.

This week we review and discuss the horror comedy Abigail directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett starring Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens and Alisha Weir.

Join us for a full spoiler review of Abigail in which we discuss what the movie does well, where it struggles, and whether this movie has the bite its trailer promises, and whether this shows that there is still bite in monstrous vampires.
0:00 Intro
0:23 Best Recent Thing Watched
07:17 Non-Spoiler Impressions
12:55 Spoiler Discussion Begins
57:10 Conclusion and Ratings

This week we review and discuss Zack Snyder's conclusion to his space opera epic, Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver starring Sofia Boutella, Ed Skrein and Anthony Hopkins.

Join us for a full spoiler review of the second part of Rebel Moon, including inevitable Star Wars comparisons and our thoughts on the quality of the screenwriting, hilarious regicide, the characters and their character arcs, and how part 2 compares to Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire. We also ponder the questions raised by this movie, such as "why?".

Check out the video version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tfvBPFbuD8

This week we review and discuss Alex Garland's action war movie Civil War starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, and Cailee Spaeny about journalists travelling across the United States during a civil war.

Join us for a full spoiler review of Civil War and its handling of the timely subject matter of war and war journalism, as well as audience expectations created through its title and marketing that made people expect the movie to affirm their side in the Culture War when that is not the movie's point and purpose.

In this episode we review and discuss the kaiju action movie Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire directed by Adam Wingard and starring Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry and Dan Stevens which is the newest entry in the MonsterVerse series in which Kong and Godzilla must team up to fight a new enemy in the Hollow World.

Join us for a full spoiler review in which we discuss what we felt did and did not work as well as a review on the characters and the core themes running throughout the movie, how the movie compared to the other entries in the Monsterverse franchise, what a kaiju movie needs to succeed, and much more.

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In this episode we review and discuss Sony's Ghostbuster: Frozen Empire, the science fiction comedy directed by Gil Kenan and starring Paul Rudd, McKenna Grace and Kumail Nanjani. It follows the story about Ghostbusters who face an ancient evil trying to recruit an army of ghosts.

Join us for a full spoiler review in which we discuss whether Frozen Empire breathes new life into the Ghostbusters franchise, how the movie is overstuffed with too many ideas that cannibalise each other, why it misses the point of what made Ghostbusters work in the first place and what it could have been with better writing, and much more.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_IVte-bo-c&

In this episode we discuss and review the first 4 episodes of Shogun, the 2024 historical drama created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, and starring Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis and Anna Sawai. It follows the story of a British sailor who is shipwrecked in 16th century Japan and is drawn into the country's feudal politics on the brink of civil war.

Join us for a full spoiler review of Shogun, what makes it compelling drama, the role of historical accuracy in creating engaging stories, and why movies have a bad track record with drawing inspiration from history, especially from less well explored eras and cultures, and why Shogun makes it look easy when others have given up on trying entirely.

In this episode we review and discuss Imaginary, Blumhouse’s latest offering to the horror genre directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring DeWanda Wise and Tom Payne about a woman who discovers that her childhood imaginary friend is not only real but also more sinister than she previously thought.

Join us for a full spoiler review of Imaginary, in which we discuss why it failed to scare or impress, what could have been done with a perfectly serviceable premise, what it takes for a horror movie to be scary, and much more.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoY6_74auCc

In this episode we review and discuss Denis Villeneuve's masterful interpretation of the world of Dune in part 2 of the space epic starring Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya and Rebecca Ferguson which concludes the adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction classic Dune about the journey of Paul Atreides from heir to a noble house to messiah on the desert planet Arrakis.

Join us for a full spoiler review of Dune Part Two in which we discuss how the movie realises a compelling world, makes us relate to fundamentally unrelatable characters, how it differs from its source material and which changes are for the better, and the one time where it didn't work for some of us.

Check out the video version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oGntC15qPE&