Mayfair Theatre

This week, Lee and Josh chat about the end of summer, Lee's return to Pittsburgh to meet Burt Reynolds and visit various George A Romero landmarks, greedy convention attendees, meeting Clive Barker, working at West Coast Video, taking advantage of multiplexes booking so few movies, comic book ads, distribution frustrations, and the passing of Jerry Lewis.

Plus, we discuss the movies screening August 25th - 31st: The Queen Of Spain, The Trip To Spain, Ingrid Goes West, Blood Honey, Babe, Don't Torture A Duckling, and Saturday Night Sinema!

This week we chat about visiting Nashville, MST3K, the horrors of dating, Louis CK's secret movie, Steven Soderbergh's business model, and Mario Bava.

Plus, we discuss the movies screening from August 18 - 24, 2017: The Big Sick, The B-Side, Lady Macbeth, Rocky Horror, Brigsby Bear, Blood And Black Lace, and Rocky!

This week, Josh is joined by a pair of special guests, April and Natalie from Rideau Valley Roller Derby! They chat about horrible people using cell phones during movies, giant monsters, Kabuki, LCD Soundsystem, John Woo, nostalgic tv commercials, and a plan to reboot The Flop House podcast as The House Flop.

There wasn't confirmation on the schedule for the week of August 11th yet, but they still discuss upcoming movies Landline, The Room, the Giallo Fest, and the Stray Cat Rock Fest. Plus, this is being posted a few days earlier than normal to remind everyone to catch Hard Boiled on 35mm this week!

Corrections Department - the five Stray Cat Rock movies came between May 1970 and January 1971...a much shorter time frame than thought!

This week we chat about fake camping, jerks who brag about pirating movies, Disaster Artist at TIFF, liking movies to be under 90 minutes, Luc Besson, Ben Wheatley, Laserdiscs & VHS, strangely positive distribution changes thanks to having a multiplex nearby, and we forget the name of the late great Michael Parks.

We also discuss the movies screening the week of August 4th - 10th: Dawson City: Frozen Time, The Big Sick, A Ghost Story, Hard Boiled, The Ghoul, Raw Meat (aka - Death Line), and we neglect to mention the family matinees of Captain Underpants!

Corrections Department - We got her name backwards, it's Rooney Mara, not Mara Rooney

This week we chat about dating and marriage, booking international movies, avoiding trailers, Canada's lenient ratings system, cap guns, AGFA, UberEats, and the proper pronunciation of Bill Nighy's name.

Plus, we discuss the movies screening the week of July 28th - August 3rd: The Beguiled, Certain Women, Beatriz At Dinner, Little Hours, Wolf Warrior 2, Effects, and Saturday Night Sinema!

This week we chat about a pair of late greats, George A. Romero and Martin Landau. That leads us on a conversation through the movies of Wes Craven, Steven Spielberg, John Waters, and the executive producer non-career of Stan Lee. We also discuss bizarre and fake sequels, how actors take more risks and diverse roles now-a-days, and the upcoming Disaster Artist adaptation.

Plus, we mention the giant stack of movies screening from Friday July 21st - Thursday the 27th: The Beguiled, Paris Can Wait, Beatriz At Dinner, The Bad Batch, The Journey, Rocky Horror, Creepshow, Crimes And Misdemeanors, and The Muppet Movie!

Corrections Department - Nicole Kidman IS in Stoker!

Lee and Josh get together to discuss Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, the Monroeville Mall, Muppet movie distribution, B-Movies, picture vs sound, boom shadows, and Nien Nunb!

We also chat about the movies screening from July 14th - 20th: Churchill, Paris Can Wait, Beatriz At Dinner, The Hero, Radio Dreams, and the 95th monthly screening of The Room!

Plus, we speculate on what will happen to The Room phenomenon in the next few months, and we think that we should get invited to the Oscars when Disaster Artist gets nominations!

Andrew, Anya, and Josh somehow manage to double-book a podcast recording at the same time as a fire-alarm inspection at the theatre! They stubbornly soldier on (see if you can spot the alarm avoiding edit points!), and discuss summer movies of their youth, french VHS movies, double bills / triple bills, ringing phones during movies, and UberEats!

Plus, they chat about this week's movies (July 7th - 13th): The Gardener, From The Land Of The Moon, Beatriz At Dinner, All Eyez On Me, Weirdos, and The Zodiac Killer!

It's a packed house, with Andrew, Lee, Ian, Anya, and Josh all getting together to talk about Canadian movies in honour of Canada Day!

On and off topic, they chat about: Adele, He-Man cartoons, Scott Pilgrim, Spaghetti Westerns, Turbo Kid, Twin Peaks, Heavy Metal, Bruce McDonald, and Canadian classics the like of Visiting Hours, Blazing Magnums, The Silent Partner, Porky's, Scanners, The Gate, My Bloody Valentine, and more!

Plus, they mention this weeks movies, screening from Friday June 30th to Thursday July 6th, 2017: The Hero, The Garden, Churchill, The Commune, and It Comes At Night!

Lee and Josh chat about Han Solo-gate, movies being filmed more like tv series, long gaps in franchise sequels, that Japanese and Bollywood actors work really hard, more treasures in digital preservation and distribution, Dave Filoni, and Edgar Wright!

Plus, they discuss the movies screening from June 23rd - 30th: Tanna, My Cousin Rachel, Maudie, The Circle, Stalker, Alien: Covenant, Saturday Night Cinema, and Saturday Morning Cartoons!