Spooky season is here, and with it comes Cole Wissinger’s 31 Days of Halloween Movie Marathon. You think that’s a mouthful? Try watching 31 movies around horror and scares for 10 years in a row!

That’s right, this year marks a decade of Cole’s movie marathon, and to celebrate, we’re having him on each week to discuss this year’s movies and what he’s taken away from each.

Each week, we’ll share the links to stream the movies he’s reviewing in case you’re looking for something spooky to spice up your otherwise PSL-filled comfort show repertoire. We all love a pumpkin spice latte, but sometimes you need to get scared.

Enjoy today’s episode, tune in next Wednesday for more, and let us know what some of your favorite Halloween movies are!

His first two films are:

- Oct. 1: Halloween II (2018) – Stream on Netflix, Peacock, or your favorite VOD sites.

- Oct. 2: Saw (2004) – Stream on Peacock, Max, or your favorite VOD sites.

We hope you enjoy today’s episode, be sure to share it with fellow Halloween and horror fans, and if you need more movie recommendations for the season, check out any of Cole's lists from years past on our magazine site:

- Cole's Halloween Movie Marathon: 2018

- Cole's Halloween Movie Marathon: 2019

- Cole's Halloween Movie Marathon: 2020

- Cole's Halloween Movie Marathon: 2021

- Cole's Halloween Movie Marathon: 2023

And if you like thrills but less scares, check out our article on less spooky movies for the spooky season.

--

Fan of The Indie Magazine & Podcast? Show your support by ⁠⁠donating to our podcast and magazine here⁠⁠.

Every little bit helps us continue to provide reviews, interviews, and industry news with those interested in all things entertainment!

We’re back on our Watchalong series about ‘Militainment’, and this week Madison and Tristan are looking at the first two examples, Top Gun (1986) & Top Gun: Maverick (2022). This week’s theme is one illustrated by Maverick’s own path over the decades: Join to Grow.

Now, you can pause and save this episode as a download if you want to go watch the movies first, or you can catch them after our conversation and see the film through a different lens.

If you’d like to stream today’s movies, use the links below or rent the movies on your favorite VOD service.

As a reminder, we’re looking critically at propaganda, Militainment, and the influence that movies subliminally and blatantly have on us as viewers. That doesn’t mean they’re bad movies (we love every movie on the list), but it does mean we need to understand the biases and beliefs that can be fostered through the powerful mediums of film, television, song, spoken, and written word.

We hope you enjoy today’s episode, and below you’ll find our list of movies and where to watch each one. Be sure to comment and answer our questions in the poll on Spotify, and DM us on Instagram (@theindiemagandpod) with what you think of our episodes, and our series. We’d love to hear what you think, and may include answers and responses from listeners on the next episode.

—

Militainment Watchalong Series — Movie List:

- Episode 1: INTRODUCTION

- Episode 2: THE RULE OF COOL - Transformers (2007) & Battleship (2012)

- Episode 3: JOIN TO GROW UP - Top Gun (1986) & Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

- Episode 4: 

Pearl Harbor (2001): Watch now on Hulu, Disney+, Tubi, or rent on VOD

Black Hawk Down (2002): Rent on Prime,YouTube, AppleTV, or your favorite VOD site

- Episode 5: 

Iron Man (2008): Watch now on Disney+, or rent on VOD

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): Watch now on Disney+ or rent on VOD 

Captain Marvel (2019): Watch now on Disney+ or rent on VOD 

—

Further Readings:

- GQ: “How the US Military Gave Notes on Top Gun: Maverick” 

- Scheerpost: “Alan Macleod: “Top Gun: Maverick” is Military Propaganda. Official Documents Prove It.”

- Washington Post: “‘Top Gun,’ brought to you by the U.S. military”

—

Intro Song: “DRIVING FORCE”

Composer: Nicholas Robert Phoenix

—

Outro Song: “MARCH OF THE DEMI QUAVERS”

Composers: STIX RANDOLPH

—Fan of The Indie Magazine & Podcast? Show your support by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠donating to our podcast and magazine here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Every little bit helps us continue to provide reviews, interviews, and industry news with those interested in all things entertainment!

Visit ⁠TheIndieMagazine.com⁠ for all our reviews, interviews, lists, and coverage throughout the years.

Thanks again for listening!

We all know that one friend who says, "If I was in charge, I'd choose to make x and y instead of what's on the screen." Well folks, unlike those friends you have who work in accounting or retail, we've got someone who actually is making those kinds of decisions each and every day. For Bobby Pedalino, a romcom isn't just a good excuse to get a good cry in or cuddle up next to someone, it's at the heart of his job. He is currently a development manager at Muse Entertainment, USA. In that role he reports to a producer and wider team that develops ideas for Hallmark, Netflix, Prime, and all your favorite streaming services.

During the interview, we talk about Bobby's early life and experience with entertainment, things he wished he'd known going into college, work on set in New York City, and starting over on the development side when he moved to Los Angeles.

After the interview, Madison and Tristan finally get around to reviewing Alien Romulus. They discuss why this was one of their favorite movies of the summer, and favorite entries in the franchise.

We hope you enjoy today's episode with Bobby Pedalino! Be sure to share it with friends and anyone interested in scripted TV and film development, and movie lovers. Stick around for two of Bobby's Rap Movie Reviews.

Enjoy!

--

Links for Bobby Pedalino:

--

Fan of The Indie Magazine & Podcast? Show your support by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠donating to our podcast and magazine here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Every little bit helps us continue to provide reviews, interviews, and industry news with those interested in all things entertainment!

We’re back on our Watchalong series about ‘Militainment’, and this week Madison and Tristan are looking at the first two examples, Transformers (2007) & Battleship (2012). We discuss the style, character backgrounds, and lines that establish a very important aspect of Militainment: THE RULE OF COOL.

Now, you can pause and save this episode as a download if you want to go watch the movies first, or you can catch them after our conversation and see the film through a different lens.

If you’d like to stream today’s movies, use the links below or rent the movies on your favorite VOD service.

As a reminder, we’re looking critically at propaganda, Militainment, and the influence that movies subliminally and blatantly have on us as viewers. That doesn’t mean they’re bad movies (we love every movie on the list), but it does mean we need to understand the biases and beliefs that can be fostered through the powerful mediums of film, television, song, spoken, and written word.

We hope you enjoy today’s episode, and below you’ll find our list of movies and where to watch each one. Be sure to comment and answer our questions in the poll on Spotify, and DM us on Instagram (@theindiemagandpod) with what you think of our episodes, and our series. We’d love to hear what you think, and may include answers and responses from listeners on the next episode.

—

Militainment Watchalong Series — Movie List:

- Episode 1: INTRO

- Episode 2: THE RULE OF COOL

- Episode 3:

- Episode 4:

- Episode 5:

—

Further Readings:

- Air Force: “Military unites with Hollywood on 'Transformers'" (2009)

- San Diego Union-Tribune: “Battleship displays local muscle”

- Fast & Company: "You Consulted On My Battleship! How The Military And Hollywood Collaborate"

—

Intro Song: “DRIVING FORCE”

Composer: Nicholas Robert Phoenix

—

Outro Song: “MARCH OF THE DEMI QUAVERS”

Composers: STIX RANDOLPH

—

Fan of The Indie Magazine & Podcast? Show your support by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠donating to our podcast and magazine here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Every little bit helps us continue to provide reviews, interviews, and industry news with those interested in all things entertainment!

Visit ⁠TheIndieMagazine.com⁠ for all our reviews, interviews, lists, and coverage throughout the years.

Thanks again for listening!

Are you ready to join us on our next Watchalong?!? Madison and Tristan talk about a little known about and present reality in film, television, music, print, and across all mediums of media: propaganda. Military propaganda to be precise.

In this first episode, we introduce an academic term, “Militainment,” and get into some of the research on the subject, and some of the self-published cases from agencies and comms team for the U.S. armed forces.

How many movies? Which ones? ⁠Here's a list⁠ of some of the 700+ movies with DoD approval and funding.

Now, for any agents of the Dept. of Defense (DoD) or any patriotic listeners whose feathers we've just ruffled, let’s discuss how we’re looking at the subject and films.

We are critically breaking down propaganda and Militainment on our first episode. That includes the history of propaganda, how it was used in the early 20th century, the father of PR (Edward Bernays), and how propaganda was demonized and solely attributed to evil actors. 

The power and influence in movies shown is both subliminal and blatant, and we should be careful not to be hypercritical and combative when discussing the power of visual and audio messaging. That said, it is important that informed viewers analyze their entertainment as much as they consume it. In that spirit, we take a look at a paper Tristan wrote in 2021 about Militainment, propaganda, and a case study break down of Independence Day and Independence Day: Resurgence.

For anyone feeling uncomfy, let’s cover a few bases first:

We hope you enjoy today’s introductory episode, and you’ll find our list of movies and where to watch them below. Be sure to comment and answer our questions in the poll on Spotify, and DM us on Instagram (@theindiemagandpod) with what you think of the episode, and our series. We’d love to hear what you think, and may include answers and responses from listeners.

Until then, happy listening!

—

Militainment Watchalong Series — Movie List:

- Episode 1: INTRO

- Episode 2: THE RULE OF COOL

- Episode 3:

- Episode 4:

- Episode 5:

—

Further Reading:

—

Intro Song: “MARCH OF THE DEMI QUAVERS”

Composers: STIX RANDOLPH

—

Outro Song: “DRIVING FORCE”

Composer: Nicholas Robert Phoenix

—

Fan of The Indie Magazine & Podcast? Show your support by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠donating to our podcast and magazine here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Every little bit helps us continue to provide reviews, interviews, and industry news with those interested in all things entertainment!

Visit TheIndieMagazine.com for all our reviews, interviews, lists, and coverage throughout the years.

Thanks again for listening!

We have a special episode today with a longtime friend of the pod, Caleb Darger. Born and raised in Utah, Caleb was writing songs and starting bands from a young age. His new album, Fault Line is set to release on 9/14/2024 across all major streaming platforms. We discuss music, his influences, bands in the area that he enjoys and looked up to, and the genesis of the tracks and emotions on his new album. Since we mention it, here's the Key and Peele sketch on 'Old School Hits.'

After the interview with Caleb, Madison and Tristan discuss some of the movies and shows they've been watching, and then stick around as we have 2 songs from the album, just for you!

We hope you enjoy today's episode with Caleb Darger, and be sure to share it with friends and anyone interested in starting a band, writing an album, and making music. And if you're in Utah, you can buy tickets to his album release show on 9/14/2024 here.

--

Links for Caleb Darger:

--

Album Release Show Info:

"Hello!

In case you've missed it, my album is coming out September 14! I'll be playing a show at Velour in Provo that night to celebrate. My friend Mike, who recorded pedal steel on the album, is flying out from Pittsburgh to perform with me and the rest of the band.

Amanda Carson, who sang harmonies on many of the songs will also be coming out to play an opening set and to sing harmonies with me.

The rest of my band is so incredibly talented, you won't want to miss it! We may or may not be playing a couple Mighty Sequoyah classics.

You can buy tickets here. To sweeten the deal, Mozz Pizza in Provo is offering 15% off to everyone that buys a presale ticket!

I recently released a new version of "Ghosts", along with a music video which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZ9Spjv2xA&ab_channel=CalebDarger

Thanks always for your support,

Love, Caleb"

--

Fan of The Indie Magazine & Podcast? Show your support by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠donating to our podcast and magazine here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Every little bit helps us continue to provide reviews, interviews, and industry news with those interested in all things entertainment!

Grab your playbill, grab your seat, Celia Wren is on the podcast to talk theater this week! We discuss her history as a freelance theater journalist and former managing editor of American Theatre, the state of theater in the U.S., and how theater is bringing writers and directors in with some of its unique offerings that aren't found in television or movies.

After the interview, Madison and Tristan discuss some of the movies and shows they've been watching, and give a quick tease our next watch along series.

We hope you enjoy today's episode with Celia Wren, and be sure to share it with friends and anyone interested in theater!

--

Links for Celia Wren:

--

Biography – Celia Wren

From The Washington Post: "Celia Wren is a freelance arts journalist. Her articles about theater, dance, television and more have appeared in The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Village Voice, Newsday, the Boston Globe, American Theatre and Commonweal, among other publications."

From American Theatre: "Celia Wren is a former managing editor of American Theatre."

From LinkedIn: "Writer and editor focused on theatre and media criticism. More than two decades of experience. Articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Village Voice, Newsday, the Boston Globe, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the New York Observer, Smithsonian, Talk, Stagebill, American Theatre, Commonweal, Broadway.com and South Africa’s Weekly Mail."

--

Fan of The Indie Magazine & Podcast? Show your support by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠donating to our podcast and magazine here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Every little bit helps us continue to provide reviews, interviews, and industry news with those interested in all things entertainment!

Acting, modeling, singing, and dancing are all in a day's work for today's guest on the podcast, Emmaline Joy. After moving around some in her early years, and completing high school in California, she's found herself in Utah, traveling for work between shows at the Hale Center theater there.

Though she began performing as a dancer, she's acted on the stage and the screen, and now has been working more as a model, including a recent appearance at New York Fashion Week. She talks about the lessons learned, her hopes for the future, and the way she's found new opportunities.

After the interview, Madison and Tristan discuss some of the movies and shows they've been watching, including a few classic Disney movies, Trap, and more.

We hope you enjoy today's episode with Emmaline Joy, and be sure to share it with friends and anyone interested in acting, theater, and modeling!

--

Links for Emmaline Joy:

--

Fan of The Indie Magazine & Podcast? Show your support by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠donating to our podcast and magazine here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Every little bit helps us continue to provide reviews, interviews, and industry news with those interested in all things entertainment!

What's a scene without a score? What's a video game without its music? For Carlo Tuzza, he asks and answers these questions every day as a composer and professor working mainly with video games. We get talking about the bands and music that influenced him, the excitement of different games and genres, and his work at the university level in Rome.

After the interview, Madison and Tristan discuss some of the movies and shows they've been watching, including Twisters, Motherless Brooklyn, and the Olympics.

We hope you enjoy today's episode with Carlo Tuzza, and be sure to share it with friends and anyone interested in composing and the work of a video game and film composer!

--

Links for Carlo Tuzza:

--

Fan of The Indie Magazine & Podcast? Show your support by ⁠⁠⁠⁠donating to our podcast and magazine here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Every little bit helps us continue to provide reviews, interviews, and industry news with those interested in all things entertainment!

Tristan and Madison Daniels review Apple TV+'s new movie The Instigators, starring Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Hong Chau, Alfred Molina, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jack Harlow, Ron Perlman, Paul Walter Hauser, and many more.

We talk about Boston, some of the best moments in the film, some of the logical loops and moments that made us scratch our head, and how the movie brings it all home.

If you haven't got the chance to watch The Instigators, don't fuh-getta-bout-it! It is now streaming on Apple TV+, so check it out today.

--

Fan of The Indie Magazine & Podcast? Show your support by ⁠⁠⁠donating to our podcast and magazine here⁠⁠⁠.

Every little bit helps us continue to provide reviews, interviews, and industry news with those interested in all things entertainment!