I Watch More Movies Than You

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse spoiler-free movie review! Miles Morales came onto the cinematic Spiderman scene in 2018 in Into the Spiderverse, well he and his incredibly unique and out of this world cast of other Spider-people are back and better than ever! Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is one of the most anticipated theatrical releases of the year, but can it live up to the hype of the 2018 Oscar winner!? Can it possible go bigger in story, writing, animation, and world building that it's absolutely incredible web-slinging predecessor!?  Find out as we give you a spoiler-free review of the newest, craziest, wildest Spider-Man movie! Best Spidey film ever!? Best villain ever!? We debate, get in here!  Also, Spider-Punk, enough said. 

What's your favorite scary movie!? I can tell you some of my favorite horror talent in the genre film space, and that list would absolutely include nearly every person involved in the making of The Boogeyman (2023)!  Directed by Rob Savage, giver of the amazing pandemic film Host (2020) filmed entirely via Zoom, and then writers Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, and Mark Heyman, the first two of which gave us A Quiet Place, and one of my favorite recent horror movies- Haunt (2019)! Oh, and the source material is a Stephen King short story, ever heard of him?  So does The Boogeyman carry the PG-13 can be horrifying torch of Insidious and The Grudge, or does it fall short in the confines of those MPAA restrictions?  Listen to our spoiler free review of The Boogeyman and find out! I will say this, some of the most unique perspectives, directorial speaking, on lighting I have ever seen. Some of the most creative lit scenes I have ever witnessed in a film reside inside The Boogeyman. Now check under your bed, BOO, it's our podcast! Forgive me.  

Who loves cinema? Who doesn't love that Golden Age of Hollywood and all of the incredible pictures that reside there!?  Well we are bringing you a film from the height of old school Hollywood, a motion picture that captured the heart of a world fraught in fear and in search of hope. When art becomes something more, well, we love that. Introduce... Casablanca (1942)! 

'Of all the gin joins in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.' Well consider our podcast a gin joint in northern Africa, the French controlled area of Morocco, Casablanca! We strive to be as cool as Rick's Cafe Americain here on our movie podcast, but alas we know we'll always fall short. But we'll always have Paris. Okay, I'll stop, for now. But there is a reason Casablanca has been apart of the American cinematic zeitgeist since it hit theaters back in 1942, it simply doesn't miss. From the incredible writing, to the seemingly modern-day pacing, to the mixing of genres such as noir, German expressionism, romance, to the absolutely captivating setting, and not to mention the unbelievable heart and punch this movie manages to pack- Casablanca is a masterpiece, so please come with us to Morocco and find out what makes it so. 

From Humphrey Bogart playing America, I mean Rick Blaine, to the deliriously talented cast of Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude rains, Conrad Vedit, and the amazing Peter Lorre- there is a reason this movie is incredibly quotable, and it isn't just the fantastic writing, it is the beautiful way in which the dialogue oozes the exposition in such a charming manner that before you know it you're right there at Rick's boozin' with the cast! And the behind the scenes of Casablanca add to its marvel and intrigue, starting with Hungarian director Michael Curtiz and a cast of actors that actually escaped Nazi Germany playing the Nazis! Casablanca was shot on the precipice of the entire globe coming to a potential halt, and with evil on its heels. From what was thought to be locked into the past within the Great War comes evil once more- the world needed hope. Casablanca.

Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid is in theaters now, and we cover it here in a spoiler free movie review for you! Does the new Little Mermaid live up to the hype, or drown with the fishes?! (fish can't drown I suppose, point remains) Is Halle Bailey next up and knock your socks off as Ariel!? Not to mention Javier Bardem as King Daddy, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, and so many more in the colorful cast of characters that makes up the live-action The Little Mermaid! We cover it and let you know if this movie is worth your hard earned time and money! 

Spiderman, Spiderman, does whate.... GLITCH*  Welcome to the Spider-Verse. In 2018 NOBODY was ready for what was coming. At first glance, geez yet another Spider-man movie, but you would be right and wrong in that line of thinking. Insert Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse! Animation is cinema, and this movie is S-Tier and an Oscar winner! We take a deep dive into and through Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in which we cover what makes this movie so special, the incredible cast of characters (to name a few: Jake Johnson as the show-stealer, Nicholas Cage, Chris Pine singing a Spider-Man Christmas special, Shameik Moore, John Mulaney, Mahershala Ali, and so many more!) , and the most beautiful and  out-of-this-world next evolution of animation you have EVER SEEN! Plus, an incredible story to boot, thanks to Bob Perischetti, Phil Lord, and co! Journey with us through what we argue may not only be the best Spider-Man movie ever, but animated, and even close to the top just as a movie in general. This movie is super special, take the ride with us in prep for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse which comes to theaters THIS THURSDAY! (6/1/23)! 

Miles Morales dons the mask cooler than any spidey to come before him, don't miss his incredible story and a movie that truly encapsulates a comic book coming to life with state-of-the-art animation, unmatched creativity, and a story with unending heart! You will see visuals in this film you haven't seen before, we promise. 

Up next, HORROR CLASSIC corner! Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)!  That's right, the OG Body Snatchers. Directed by Don Siegel and starring Kevin McCarthy (ironic surname for this film), Dana Wynter, and Larry Gates, Invasion of the Body Snatchers invaded audiences over a half-century ago and yet our fascination with this pop sci-fi horror story has never wavered. This movie has been made 4 times, but you have to go to the beginning to see why and what's so special and unnerving about this incredibly creepy novel turned film. Beautiful black and white, 1950s Americana, oh, and you can't trust your neighbor. From the Hollywood Blacklist to McCarthyism and commies, this movie has been dissected and studied for years all the while the director says it is only surface deep. Regardless of the meaning you take from it, which is the beautiful thing about art, this is an awesome movie and we'd love to have you join us as we dive right into the 1950s, pods, and aliens and get into the headspace of the turn-of-the-century Atomic Age audience that would've sat down to enjoy this ride of a movie! Horror is where the heart is, and this movie absolutely lives up to its accolades. 

Please consider leaving a 5-star review, we hope we earned it, and staying tuned to what we have coming next for all of you beautiful cinephiles! Until then, remember, we watch WAY more movies than you! 

The 10th installment of the Fast and the Furious saga, FAST X! From street racing to space, where does our crew  ( Vin Diesel, Jason Momoa, AND SO MANY CAMEOS) end up in Fast X!?  Listen to us rev our engines as we give you a spoiler free review of Fast X, in movie theaters now! Does Vin Diesel say 'family' too much, or is it a continuation of the great American action flick?! Listen and find out! 

Then, for our HORROR fanatics, we have a special deep dive for you! INSIDIOUS! James Wan's 2010 horror MASTERPIECE, that's right, masterpiece, is such an incredibly fun movie and even more fun to deep dive and journey through it on the podcast! I'll never forget the feeling of those 27 violins screeching through  my skull as the blood red INSIDIOUS title card flashed across the screen, and we are here to remind you of this horror movie gem too! We truly deep dive into details you may have missed, behind the scenes trivia, and so much more in the Further- come join us! Also, use this episode as prep for Insidious: The Red Door, coming to us from Patrick Wilson this July! But if you read nothing else, read this- James Wan and Leigh Whannell are a combo that a horror fan simply can't miss! 

The best R- comedy ever!? The last great high school comedy?!  Lighting striking on a script a decade in the making giving us a nearly instant CLASSIC- SUPERBAD (2007)! As if this iconic comedy needs an introduction, allow me to give one anyway; Superbad was given to us by Greg Motolla with the script a lifetime in the making from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and you just KNOW Judd Apatow gave some feedback and inserted his DNA into this film- especially the heart. And man was Judd on a bender during the 2000s! Superbad is so much more than meets the eye, if you gloss over this as a sex-crazed teen comedy then we aren't watching the same movie. Come on a trip with JT and me as we show you this film through a lens you may haven't viewed it, and give our argument for why this movie is absolutely already a classic, and much better than it had any right to be.

From Emma Stone's acting debut, to Jonah Hill and Michael Cera being the most believably highschool buds ever, to the infamous McLovin, who is not a famous Irish R&B singer, but is actually played brilliantly by then high-schooler Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Oh, and when this movie splits into almost two films, do not forget the best buddy cop duo of ALL-TIME- Seth Rogen and the great Bill Hader. This movie was a crossroads of amazing talent at just the right time in all of their lives to create an unforgettable coming-of-age millennial time capsule that simply lives in the zeitgeist for now and all eternity.  

Let's talk about some incredible movies! And Fast X. 

Hypnotic is in theaters now! The just released Robert Rodriquez passion project is about a detective that investigates a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret conspiratorial government program. Think Inception meets The Truman Show, and listen to our spoiler free movie review of Hypnotic to find out why! Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, JD Pardo, William Fichtner, and Freddy Kreuger.. I mean Jackie Earle Haley! 

MJ or Lebron!? Find out at the beginning of our Air (2023) movie review and deep dive! Air was directed by Ben Affleck, written by Alex Convery, and stars the infamous Matt Damon, Jason 'Wise A' Bateman, Ben Affleck, show-stealer Chris tucker, Viola Davis, and the charismatic agent to Michael Jordan.. Chris Messina! 

Does Air: The Story of Greatness, of Michael Jordan, of Nike, of American legacy live up to the hype!? Or does it lack stakes and is a beautiful commercial!?  Come find out and listen to us go DEEP into Air, and we truly do- I am a basketball FANATIC- you are NOT going to want to miss this one! Air is in theaters and on Amazon Prime right now! 

Do you LOVE horror?! I mean absolutely hold the genre film in adoration?! Then DO NOT MISS this HORROR masterpiece from France in 1960, releasing right along side Hitchcock's Psycho! Georges Franju directs Eyes Without a Face at the height of the French New Wave, yet this horrific story was nothing even close to that movement. Starring Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel is an incredibly haunting tall about a father surgeon that, after a horrific accident that left his daughter's face mangled, finds victims one by one and removes THEIR FACE in effort to transplant it to his daughter Christiane Genessier!  If that amazing premise doesn't grab your attention, how about this..

John Carpenter's Halloween. Have your eye now? Michael Myers' mask is inspired by the mask in Eyes Without a Face! Do not miss this cult horror classic that multiple countries tried to censor, with ours (America) being the worst! We finally got this film to VHS in 2001! And even then it was heavily edited.  But Eyes Without a Face now sits on HBO Max, go watch it now and listen to our super deep dive into a foundational horror movie, one of the best genre films to ever exist! 

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 SPOILER FREE REVIEW! James Gunn's Marvel Cinematic Universe send off with the end of the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy.. .or is it? Does the third movie of our found family misfits of the MCU's cosmos live up to the hype!?  Chris Pratt is back as Starlord, Chukwudi Iwuji as potentially Marvel's best villain, The High Evolutionary, and Bradley Cooper as show-stealing Rocket, Dave Bautista as Drax, Pom Klementieff as the best Mantis we have gotten yet, Karen Gillan as Nebula, and Fast X's Vin Diesel as Groot! Listen and find out if GotG Vol 3 is a hitter and another Pop Sci-Fi masterpiece, or just another Marvel movie from a lacking phase. 

HORROR SUBGENRE SLASHER FANS PLEASE STAND UP! We have two films that compose an absolute video store era love letter to the slasher genre! Jay Bureson just released on VOD (Amazon Prime etc) The Third Saturday in October Part V and The Third Saturday in October. Fresh out of the boonies of Alabama comes an incredibly creative new slasher with a unique killer, charismatic cast, and a Halloween 4 autumnal vibes opening that sets us up for a ballad of the slashers that have come before.  

Watch part V first, and come get lost in Alabama as botched electrocution execution gives birth to one of the coolest killers to grace  your screen in quite some time, Jakkariah "Jack" Harding.  With the backdrop of autumn in Alabama, which can only mean one thing.. FOOTBALL, we are given the perfect fall setting for creative murders, lovers, and absolute chaos all while Alabama-Mobile Seahawks go to war with Tennessee A&M Commonwealth! 

Look, if you are longing for when the auburn, yellow, and brown leaves start to dance across the streets outside, and that first whistle blows as the oblong pigskins soars through the sky, and a unique and messed up serial killer... look no further. This low budget indie horror set of films needs to be on your radar horror fam! Jay Burleson is a director to watch, along with his crew of from both of these movies. Bart Hyatt as Lester, Kansas Bowling as Maggie, Taylor Smith playing the part of douche jock beautifully, Tom Hagale as the hilarious weirdo, and so many more. 

If you find yourself searching the digital libraries of movies for something to watch, go ahead and listen to our deep dive and review of The Third Saturday in October Part V and the first after you go ahead and pop these bad boys in. Get lost in Alabama, autumn, and gruesome murders- you won't regret it. 

Ari Aster's Beau is Afraid is first up, spoiler free review! From the auteur that gave us Hereditary and birthed Midsommar comes his third feature film, Beau is Afraid! Ari Aster said after horror, his third film would be either a melodrama or a comedy- Joaquin Phoenix's legendary performance in Beau is Afraid gives us both! The Odyssey if the epic was told while you were on copious amounts of edibles, this is a movie you have to experience to be a part of the insanity that is the conversation surrounding this divisive film. 

Unique cinema is the theme of this episode, and Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly fits that theme perfectly! A Scanner Darkly is considered a fictional biography by Philip K. Dick and this incredibly unique Rotoscoping technology and animation was the most insane, and I argue perfect, way to bring that novel to life! Keanu Reeves, ever heard of him!? What about the infamous Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., and the great Woody Harrelson!? This film is STAR studded and will probably be one of the most unique movies you've ever seen but never heard of, fix that now and go watch this one because we deep dive into A Scanner Darkly (2006) and spoilers ensue! 

Last but certainly not least, 1931's German Expressionist film M. M, Original title: M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder, is Fritz Lang's dark masterpiece right after the silent film era, and right before he and Peter Lorre fled the Nazis, but maybe the Metropolis director's best movie! M (1931) is regarded as the first modern serial killer movie EVER, and boy does it fit the bill. The police in a German city are after a child-murderer, yet he eludes them. Then the mob gets involved in what becomes one of the greatest manhunts ever to be captured on film. A mixture of German expressionism, noir, and almost monster film comes together to create an unforgettable masterpiece and IMDB's top 100 movies of all time! Explore M with us and find out why this nearly 100 year old movie still holds up, still has the most haunting and chilling opening scene in cinema history, and what makes this movie that even the Nazis fought back against so special! 

Viva la Cinema! 

Evil Dead IS BACK! Evil Dead Rise brings theaters back from the dead to the same beat as Alvarez's 2013 Evil Dead remake! Lee Cronin gives us his take on this historic horror franchise, an all-timer for so many, which begs the question... does Evil Dead Rise carry the mantle that Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell hoisted all those years ago!?  Listen and find out in our spoiler free review of Evil Dead Rise in theaters now! 

100 Acres Wood isn't just the name of my bedroom, it's also the setting of beloved characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Piglet, and BLOOD AND HONEY! That's right, come with us and experience this fantastic children's story in a way you CAN'T POSSIBLE IMAGINE! Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, streaming on Amazon Prime now, is the brave effort by director Rhys Frake-Waterfield to capitalize on the now fair-use Winnie the Pooh IP! And horror fans, visit this EXPERIENCE through my favorite lens of all, B-HORROR! Remember the 3 Netflix DvDs arrive in those illustrious paper packages and you didn't know which Horrorfest movie awaited you, low budget, questionable acted horror mayhen that you simple CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF! Creativity was always through the roof, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is no exception! And, you get fantastic characters that are well acted! This movie stretches its $100,000 budget like NOBODY'S BUSINESS! Nikolai Leon, Maria Taylor, Natasha Rose Mills and crew take us on a believably girls trip to the 100 Acre Woods where you will not believe your eyes... 

You have to watch Winnie the Pooh: Bloody and Honey to believe it, so what are you waiting for!?  Then enjoy our deep dive getting lost in the woods filled with childhood andromorphic animal nightmares with an absolute lust for, you guessed it, blood and honey.

Last but OH MOST CERTAINLY not least, Steven Spielberg's most underrated movie! His BEST movie, I argue in this episode valiantly- Minority Report (2002). Tom Cruise and Spielberg take us on a sci-fi dystopian nightmare journey that will leave you absolutely enamored with suburb storytelling, killer visuals, and beautiful mix of Orwell and Fincher that you simply won't see coming. We go in on Minority Report, go watch it and join us in 2054's D.C. that is absolutely murder free! And that's a good thing, right? Right?


**Please bare with us, we will resume our in-person recording next week! Life happened, and unfortunately the quality simply isn't there remote, and we are truly sorry for that! We love you and the quality will return next week, but I'd argue the content is still primo! Maybe our best year, prepare to laugh until it hurts!**  

Video recording of this podcast is on youtube: I Watch More Movies Than You! 

Hereditary (2018) changed the horror movie landscape, FOREVER. Ari Aster's atomic bomb of an explosion onto the scene changed moviegoers experience from that point forward- and we couldn't be more thankful. Hereditary immediately etched its way onto the horror film Rushmore, and with Beau is Afraid coming out this Friday 4/21/23, we wanted to revisit Ari Aster's theatrical releases prior to his next banger!

*warning, we didn't have our normal high quality audio capabilities and had to actually do this episode remote due to life, please bear (Midsommar pun) with us and forgive us this one time- next episode is right back to in-person and quality sound you've come to expect!  BUT, we do have a video portion on the Youtube channel for this episode! *


Hereditary marks a moment in your life, previewing of this suffocatingly haunting film, and post. Spoilers ensure, so please listen (or watch on I Watch More Movies Than You on Youtube) to this episode after watching, nay, experiencing Hereditary (2018). A family that goes through the tribulations of Job, yet with a sinister force at play in the background, gives Ari Aster the perfect playground to launch is incredibly promising career and craft one of the scariest modern horror films. Come deep dive with us! 

Up next, thought you were safe in the sunlight!? Not in the summer of 2019, enter Ari Aster's Midsommar (2019). Ari Aster wasted no time at all with starting the production of this film the same week Hereditary was to go to wide theatrical release, and there must be something to his can't stop worth ethic and creative process because he dropped another banger on us in the form of this gothic Scandinavian fairy tale! Florence Pugh's breakout performance, Ari's incredible writing, and the haunting score of The Haxan Cloak create a trip (ambiguous in a sense) to Sweden you won't sure forget. Come on a beautifully lit, colorful, unforgettable journey throughout Northern Europe and visit an unforgettable Swedish mid-summer festival and the eclectic cult that throws it! Be warned, you may not make it out alive.

Ari Aster is film fan's dream. A powerfully creative force behind the camera that will take you on trips you have never been on, show you shots, sets, and situations you've never experienced, and then he'll let go of your hand as you get lost in worlds that terrify you... yet you won't turn around. And with Beau is Afraid already drumming up controversy for being too weird, there has never been a better time to discuss Ari Aster and GET HYPED FOR BEAU! Hereditary is a force of nature, and Midsommar is right there with it, come with us as we journey through them both and figure out what Ari was getting at, and what makes these films so darn unforgettable that they were almost immediately apart of the genre film zeitgeist. 

Spoiler free movie review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie that is already a massive blockbuster hit! We then take a journey back to 2013 and visit the Fede Alvarez's infamous Evil Dead remake, Evil Dead! Is is the scariest in the entire franchise!? And last but not least, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) deep dive and analysis! 

We start with a spoiler free review of MARIO! The Super Mario Bros. Movie wastes no time immediately going from the lovable plumbers from Brooklyn and then being whisked away in a drainage pop to the Mushroom Kingdom! Directed by the trio of Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, and Pierre Leduc, and also brought to life with the voices of Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack daggum Black as Bowser, Charles Martinet in a beautiful cameo, Keegan-Michael Key and so many more, we now have a modern Super Mario Bros movie and we couldn't be more amped! BUT, does it live up to the hype, did box offices eat a magic mushroom or is it the real deal!? Listen to find out.

Then come on a trip with us to a bloody snow globe containing the most famous cabin in the woods ever, the one belonging to Evil Dead! This Evil Dead 2013 remake has divided people for a decade, die-hards of the franchise and horror aficionados have shed blood on whether or not Fede Alvarez's remake is worthy of the moniker.. Evil Dead! Some call this Evil Dead iteration not only the scariest of the franchise, but potentially one of the scariest movies... ever! Sharing a year with the Conjuring, it was easy to forget that Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, and co brought more blood fodder back to the infamous cabin, but where do we think this Evil Dead (2013) finds its place in the horror movie stratosphere, and in the franchise? Listen and find out.  (note, we also discuss addiction and JUNG's shadow self, I misspoke and said Kant in the episode, as I believe these are strong themes in this film)

Last but CERTAINLY not least.. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960)! What can be said about this immortal movie that terrorized audiences everywhere over 60 years ago? Well, we think a lot actually. Take a trip with us to Bates Motel where the greatest acting performance of all time (debatably) takes place with Anthony Perkins' portrayal of world's favorite momma's boy, Norman Bates! Alfred Hitchcock self-funded this movie, shot it with this TV crew, and then threatened audiences everywhere that they will be turned away if they're late their Psycho screening- come journey with us and find out why.  And let's go on the exploration Psycho deserves as we revisit some of the most famous scenes in cinematic history and why exactly people call Psycho potentially the GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME! 

Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves SPOILER FREE movie review! Plus, we dive into Sam Raimi's finale of the Evil Dead trilogy, Army of Darkness! Last but not least, Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest deep dive and discussion of what makes this potentially the greatest action romance of all time!  Action romance?! Come find out!

D&D is rich with lore, and what better hands to extract its awesomeness than John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, who gave us the incredible 2018 film Game Night! Couple those two with the glowingly charismatic Chris Pine, Rege-Jean Page, Michelle Rodriguez, the amazingly stuffy Hugh Grant, Justice Smith and so many more and you have an ADVENTURE! Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is so charming that any cringe is scared away, and is so magical and well-written that you will follow our heroes all 2 hours and 14 minutes without skipping a beat! Is it faithful to the source material that is D&D!? Listen and find out. #DnDMovie

Over the past two episodes we have covered Evil Dead and Evil Dead II, now the 1992 cult fantasy horror comedy classic, Army of Darkness, gets RAN THROUGH! From the famous 1-liners to the creative use of stop-motion, and even the larger than life lore Sam and Ivan Raimi wanted to explore for so long- come with us to the Medieval Dead (the title it should have had, we discuss) and find out what makes these Evil Dead movies, Army of Darkness for this episode, so special and talked about decades later. 

There isn't a movie lover in existence that doesn't know the name Cock, Alfred Hitchcock! No, North by Northwest isn't a Bond movie.. it's better. As Hitchcock returned from shooting Vertigo, he and Ernest Lehman were at it again with this larger than life epic cross-country action, adventure, comedy, romance picture! Touted as one of the greatest blockbuster action movies of all time, and heck, even a top 50 film of all time on most lists, come journey through it with us as we figure out what makes this movie so darn special. Bond movies rock, by the way, but give us a listen and find out why this movie plays a large part as to why. North by Northwest gives us the incredible duo of not only Hitchcock and Lehman, but of the illustrious Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint- do NOT miss this one!