Movie Podcast Weekly

Happy Halloween this month! Your hiatal hosts, Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”), Kombat Karl “The Mad Irishman” Huddleston, and A Guy Named Andy, are ready to celebrate the month of Halloween with you here on “Movie Podcast Creepy.” Geek Cast Ryan Elliott is away harvesting or waiting for The Great Pumpkin in his earnestly sincere pumpkin patch. Even so, the remaining reapers here bring you Feature Reviews of Heart of the Beast (2026) and Primetime (2026) — both new in theaters — as well as our Horror creepy reviews this week: Family (2026), Scanners (1981), and Obsession (2026).

Naturally, we also bring you our usual, world-famous Mini Reviews of What We’ve Been Watching Lately. Plus, the guys discuss the underwhelming Avengers: Endgame Encore material, argue with The New York Times’ list of The Century’s Best Television Shows, and debate whether Tom Cruise’s “Digger” is worth the trip to the theater. We have our doubts… Also: Jay of the Dead produces a Halloween-ized version of our MPW’s theme music, Dave Eaton’s “Forest Flutter” song. Join us!

NOTE: MPW is now an “explicit” podcast. This episode contains major plot spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. Because Andy.

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Introduction:

Movie Podcast Creepies: This Week’s Horror Movie Reviews

Scanners (1981)

Obsession (2026)

Family (2026)

Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately

Quick Updates:

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Feature Reviews:

Heart of the Beast (2026)

Primetime (2026)

Wrap-Up:

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The Paul Walker of Movie Podcasts has returned! Jason Pyles and “The Mad Irishman” himself, Kombat Karl Huddleston hold down the fort for MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY, Episode 406, with a brief appearance by A Guy Named Andy. Unfortunately, Geek Cast Ryan Elliott could not join the festivities this time. He’s a Dutchman. In this episode, we bring you Feature Reviews of the Jason Statham “vessel” Mutiny (2026), The Isolate Thief (2026), Wardriver (2026), and Sirāt (2026). Naturally, we also bring you our world famous Mini Reviews of What We’ve Been Watching Lately.

Along the way, Jason and Karl remember Dolly Parton, discuss her remarkable generosity, and revisit the childhood tragedy that prevented Jason from meeting Kenny Rogers. Andy claims that a documentary made him cry during a movie for the first time in his life, and Jason describes his infuriating encounter with some relentless talkers at a theatrical screening. Plus, the hosts preview an unusually promising weekend of new movie releases. Join us!

NOTE: MPW is now an “explicit” podcast. This episode was recorded on August 25, 2026.

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Introduction:

Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately

Feature Reviews:

Mutiny (2026)

The Isolate Thief (2026)

Wardriver (2026)

Sirāt (2026)

Wrap-Up:

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The Fake IMAX Theaters of Movie Podcasting are back! Jason Pyles, Kombat Karl “The Mad Irishman” Huddleston, and a Guy Named “Andy” bring you Movie Podcast Weekly, Episode 401. Geek Cast Ryan Elliott sits this episode out, though he apparently loved our Feature Review movie. This time, we bring you an epic Feature Review of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026). Jason calls it “pure cinema” and a masterpiece, while Karl and Andy admire its extraordinary technical accomplishments but question its pacing, contemporary dialogue and nearly three-hour runtime.

Before journeying home with Odysseus, Jason and Karl investigate genuine IMAX versus the so-called “LieMAX” theaters that most audiences encounter. The boys also preview September’s movie releases, lament Mark Wahlberg’s distracting prosthetic nose, question Tom Cruise’s enthusiasm for Digger, calculate the increasingly ridiculous titles of future Godzilla Minus One sequels, and consider Hollywood’s recurring mission to get Matt Damon home.

Naturally, we also bring you Mini Reviews of What We’ve Been Watching Lately. Andy eventually arrives after joining what initially sounds like a cult—but turns out to be Pilates. Karl also celebrates the 40th anniversary of Manhunter and its forthcoming deluxe physical-media release. Join us!

NOTE: MPW is now an “explicit” podcast. This episode was recorded on July 21, 2026.

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Introduction:

Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately

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Feature Reviews:

The Odyssey (2026)

Wrap-Up:

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This monumental episode is dedicated to all the long-suffering listeners of MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY! Yes, believe it or not, “The Cracker Jack Prize of Movie Podcasts” has somehow reached Episode 400. Jason Pyles, Kombat Karl “The Mad Irishman” Huddleston, Geek Cast Ryan Elliott, and “A Guy Named Andy” reunite to celebrate 14 years of MPW — or, more precisely, 400 episodes recorded, 377 episodes released, and 23 mysterious episodes still sitting “in the can,” as of yet, unreleased…

The Four Horses’ Asses of the Apocalypse reflect upon MPW’s origins, changing host roster, most memorable guests, dubious podcast awards, favorite episodes, dedicated listeners, lost releases, colorful history, and approximately 1,200 Feature Reviews. We also hear congratulatory messages from long-time listeners “Max” and Cody Clark, remember actor Sam Neill, debate whether soccer would be better with wider goals, revisit five legendary occasions when hosts fell asleep and snored on the podcast, and hear about Jason witnessing a historic Pittsburgh Pirates performance at PNC Park.

Naturally, we also bring you Mini Reviews of What We’ve Been Watching Lately, followed by Feature Reviews of Citizen Vigilante (2026), Supergirl (2026), The Invite (2026), Seven Snipers (2026), and Young Washington (2026). The Supergirl review was recorded “in the field” with two special guests: Jason’s son, Davy (aka Spawn of the Dead) and Jason’s former film professor, Dr. Rick Moody — newly dubbed “Grandfather of the Dead”! So, join us as we celebrate the friendships, films, running jokes, listener comments, unpredictable tangents, and affectionate chaos that have kept this ridiculous movie podcast staggering forward for 400 episodes, er, or thereabouts.

NOTE: This is an explicit podcast. This episode was recorded on July 14, 2026.

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Introduction:

Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately

Additional Discussion: Dungeon Crawler Carl, The Sheep Detectives (2026), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

Episode 400 Memories and Listener Feedback:

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Feature Reviews:

Citizen Vigilante (2026)

Sad but True: An Ai Assessment of MPW

Supergirl (2026)

Movie Podcast Sleepy

The Invite (2026)

Seven Snipers (2026)

Young Washington (2026)

Wrap-Up:

– Jason leave a post-production note informing the listeners that Andy was indeed truly sleeping at the end of this podcast

Links for this episode:

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Believe it or not, this is Episode 399 of Movie Podcast Weekly, and Jason Pyles is joined by The Mad Irishman, Kombat Karl Huddleston and a long-lost Guy Named Andy, who returns just in time to realize this is not Episode 400, after all. Geek Cast Ryan Elliott is still away on walkabout, but Jason, Karl and Andy press forward with listener feedback, Bond talk, discussion of the “Supergirl” backlash, wildfire reports from Utah, television troubleshooting, and the continuing cultural question of whether people still pay attention to movies anymore.

For Feature Reviews, we bring you Pixar’s Toy Story 5 (2026) and the slow, sad, brutal, art-film-adjacent A24 period drama, The Death of Robin Hood (2026). Naturally, we also bring you Mini Reviews of What We’ve Been Watching Lately, including Stranger Things, Obsession, Citadel, Criminal Minds: Evolution, The Agency, Nuremberg, and Redux Redux. Join us!

NOTE: This is an explicit podcast. This episode was recorded on June 23, 2026.

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Introduction:

Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately

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Feature Reviews:

TOY STORY 5 (2026)

THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD (2026)

Wrap-Up:

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OK, dammit. This week Jason Pyles and Kombat Karl “The Mad Irishman” Huddleston are joined by special guest Mister Watson of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies and Horror Movie Weekly for Episode 398 of MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY.

Listen as these ne’er-do-wells tackle Steven Spielberg’s alien-disclosure blockbuster Disclosure Day (2026), debate the frustrating mysteries and fascinating ideas lurking beneath its surface, and then shift gears into one of the year’s most unexpectedly emotional documentaries, #SkyKing (2026), about the infamous 2018 airplane theft that somehow manages to be funny, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking all at once. Jason also heads to the theater for Carolina Caroline (2026), a crime-romance starring sexy Samara Weaving and capable Kyle Gallner. While Watson praises Widow’s Bay, Karl shares World War II documentary discoveries, and the crew somehow wanders into discussions about Ireland, underground tunnels connecting continents, Mortal Kombat II, Michael Jackson ambiguities, arcade games, men’s mental health, and whether humanity could survive Disclosure Day itself. Naturally, we also bring you Mini Reviews of What We’ve Been Watching Lately.

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Introduction:

Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately

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Feature Reviews:

DISCLOSURE DAY (2026)

Premise: A Steven Spielberg-directed, science-fiction thriller exploring the possibility of extraterrestrial disclosure and whether humanity is prepared to learn the truth.

#SKYKING (2026) (SPOILERS!)

Premise: A documentary chronicling the bizarre and tragic 2018 case of Richard “Bebo” Russell, the airline employee who stole a plane, took it on a joyride, and became an internet legend. The film explores mental health, family reactions, and the unanswered questions surrounding the event.

CAROLINA CAROLINE (2026)

Premise: A crime / drama / romance starring Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner about a young woman who falls for a charismatic con man and joins him on a path toward bank robberies, deception, and a search for family.

Wrap-Up:

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The Four Horses’ Asses of the Apocalypse — Jason Pyles, Kombat Karl “The Mad Irishman” Huddleston, Ryan Elliott, and A Guy Named Andy — are back with another episode of MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY. This week we bring you Feature Reviews of Skyscraper Live (2026), Mercy (2026), and Clika (2026), along with our Mini Reviews of What We’ve Been Watching Lately.

In Episode 385, the gang debates whether Netflix is intentionally making movies for people who spend more time staring at their phones than the screen, reacts to the newly announced Oscar nominations, and somehow turns a discussion about movie-watching into an existential crisis about modern attention spans. We also spend a surprising amount of time talking about James Bond, Stranger Things, Neil Diamond, and whether the state motto of West Virginia should officially be, “It’s Still the ’80s.”

You’ll also hear Jason gush over Song Sung Blue (2025), Ryan defend Daniel Craig as the One True Bond, and Andy explain why Alex Honnold climbing Taipei 101 was simultaneously one of the most incredible athletic achievements ever filmed and, somehow, not that big of a deal. Plus, Karl shares his thoughts on Train Dreams (2026), the gang discusses the dangers of free-solo climbing, and Andy once again volunteers his services as Jason’s unofficial dating consultant.

Other things we wondered that you might wonder while listening to this episode: Will Netflix eventually create movies specifically designed to be half-watched while doom-scrolling? Is Alex Honnold basically the Michael Jordan of climbing? Did Neil Diamond’s “America” get left out of Song Sung Blue for political reasons (or to avoid politics altogether)? Is Mercy one of the dumbest Ai thrillers ever made — or are audiences just more forgiving than Jason? Think about it. … Just think about it.

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Introduction:

Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately

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Feature Reviews:

SKYSCRAPER LIVE (2026)

MERCY (2026)

CLIKA (2026)

Wrap-Up:

Links for this episode:

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Oh my hell, we’re releasing another episode out of sequence again. Yes, despite the fact that Episode 384 was the most recent release at the time of this recording, Jason Pyles, Kombat Karl “The Mad Irishman” Huddleston, and special guest Spawn of the Dead are back for Episode 397 of Movie Podcast Weekly. In this episode, we bring you Feature Reviews of Power Ballad (2026) and Masters of the Universe (2026), along with our usual Mini Reviews of What We’ve Been Watching Lately. Along the way, the crew discusses the passing of a podcasting pioneer who helped inspire MPW, Kevin Costner’s seemingly never-ending delay of Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, the return of a new season of Silo, Facebook settlement checks, and the ongoing misadventures and random thoughts of Spawn of the Dead.

Note: This episode was recorded on June 9, 2026.

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Introduction:

Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately

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Feature Reviews:

POWER BALLAD (2026)

Jason praises filmmaker John Carney’s “Modern Musical” approach, Paul Rudd’s performance, and the songwriting-centered story, while Karl remains patronizingly interested enough to maybe eventually catch it on streaming (but no promises)

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (2026)

Jason argues that the new film finally captures the spirit of the classic He-Man cartoon far better than the 1987 version, while Spawn finds it mildly entertaining.

Wrap-Up:

Links for this episode:

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MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY is back with Episode 384! Join your fearless cinematic degenerates, Jason Pyles, Combat Karl “The Mad Irishman” Huddleston, Ryan Elliott, and a Guy Named Andy as they tackle Feature Reviews of Netflix’s gritty crime-thriller The Rip (2026), the hostage-drama throwback Dead Man’s Wire (2026), and zombie sequel extravaganza 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026). Along the way, the gang debates whether Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are secretly making movies just to hang out together, Karl gushes over Starfleet Academy while the internet apparently hates it, and Jay accidentally discovers that Stranger Things is … actually good? Plus: Surprise movie meetups, birthday shenanigans, Christian symbolism in horror films, and Karl uses ChatGPT to improve his résumé because apparently the machines really are taking over. Same MPW chaos. Same questionable judgment.

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Introduction:

Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately

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Feature Reviews:

The Rip (2026)

Dead Man’s Wire (2026)

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)

Wrap-Up:

Links for this episode:

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Oh my hell, we’re finally releasing another episode. Yes, the Four Horses’ Asses of the Apocalypse, Jason Pyles, Combat Karl “The Mad Irishman” Huddleston, Ryan Elliott, and a Guy Named “Andy,” are back with another stimulating episode of MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY, Episode 383, which just so happens to be our first coverage of 2026-released movies.

We bring you Feature Reviews of 2026 movies that are (or recently were) new in theaters, such as Is This Thing On? (2025 — well, this one isn’t 2026), Greenland 2: Migration (2026), and Primate (2026). Naturally, we also bring you Mini Reviews of What We’ve Been Watching Lately. In this episode, you will also get to hear Jason’s “Ah, Yeah, I Remember That Movie” Game, as well as our resident Goof Named Andy makes fun of one of our podcast donor’s names. Join us!

NOTE: This is an explicit podcast. Also, this episode was recorded on January 13, Jason’s son “Spawn of the Dead’s” 18th birthday.

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Introduction:

Mini Reviews: What We’ve Been Watching Lately

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Feature Reviews:

PRIMATE (2026)

IS THIS THING ON? (2025)

GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION (2026)

Wrap-Up:

Links for this episode:

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