The Seat Struck Movie Podcast

"Woke up this morning, just like two seconds ago, and there are piles of rocks outside of our tent."

Tune in next week for GINGER SNAPS (2000), a Canadian cult classic about werewolves and puberty!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:35 THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

00:45:15 Our Ratings for THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT

00:53:45 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "Rustin Parr" by Adam Wingard [BLAIR WITCH (2016) OST]; excerpts from THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT

Outro: "The House in the Woods" by Adam Wingard [BLAIR WITCH (2016) OST]

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to SPOOKY CANON MONTH, boils and ghouls! This month on the Seat Struck Movie Podcast, we've selected four of our favourites to discuss and ring in the Halloween season. First up is Quinn's choice, the 1987 horror comedy cult classic: THE MONSTER SQUAD. We talked about the first time we watched this film, our favourite scenes, its effectiveness as a kids movie and its love for classic Universal Monster movies, and circled back to some discussion on 50s nostalgia through an 80s lens. Before all that though, we discussed the end of the writers' guild strike and gave a few spooky recommendations.

Next week we will return with special guests to discuss THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:00 WGA Strike is over!

00:05:18 New release chatter (Saw X, Castlevania: Nocturne; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar)

Spooky Fall Recommendations:

00:09:55 Talk to Me, and some extended recommendations (Quinn)

00:13:00 Insidious: The Red Door (Simon)

00:14:39 Saw; The Faculty (John)

00:20:40 THE MONSTER SQUAD Discussion

00:46:19 Our Ratings for THE MONSTER SQUAD

00:50:54 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: The Monster Squad Rap - Michael Sembello

Outro: Rock Until You Drop - Michael Sembello

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Join John, Curtis, and Katie for the back to school/spooky season crossover episode covering 1982's punk-fuelled CLASS OF 1984, starring Timothy Van Perry King, Lisa Langlois, Roddy McDowall, and a young Michael J. Fox. The gang chats about the news of the week and their latest spooky watches before diving into the film. They chat about the film's Canadian filming location, its outlandish plot and representation of punk, young Michael, and more.

Tune in next week as the boys take on MONSTER SQUAD!

SPOOKY WATCHES

CURTIS: Trollhunter (2010)

JOHN: Cabinet of Curiosities (TV Series); Grave Encounters; Grave Encounters 2; 28 Days Haunted (Netflix Series)

KATIE: There's Something Wrong with the Children (TV Series)

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:28 News of the Week

00:09:50 Spooky Watches

00:17:35 CLASS OF 1984 (1982) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

00:41:12 Our Ratings for CLASS OF 1984

00:43:45 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "UK 82" by The Exploited

Outro: "I Am the Future" by Alice Cooper (CLASS OF 1984 OST)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

Support Curtis's run for cancer research here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/curtis-first-marathon-42k-for-cancer-research

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

To celebrate the new school year, we're kicking off the first of our two part BACK TO SCHOOL miniseries by discussing the iconic 70s comedy musical: GREASE. This was one of John's favourites, so he went into detail about why this was such a beloved movie for him growing up. We talked about 1950s nostalgia reguitated for the 70s; the film's satirical and dreamy tone; and some of our favourite scenes. Before all that though, we discussed what movies we've watched recently.

Next week we will return with the second part of the BACK TO SCHOOL series, discussing the 1982 horror comedy CLASS OF 1984.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

What we watched last week

00:05:33 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Curtis)

00:08:00 Curse of the Blair Witch (Curtis)

00:08:55 On The Basis of Sex (Curtis)

00:09:42 Leviathan The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (Curtis)

00:10:47 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Simon)

00:11:20 Blue Beetle (Simon)

00:11:37 Wild Men... and Wild Boys (Simon)

00:13:00 Wes Craven's New Nightmare (John)

00:18:356 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (John)

00:22:15 Castle Freak (John)

00:24:53 Massacre at Central High (John)

00:27:06 GREASE Discussion

00:57:00 Our Ratings for GREASE

00:59:20 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro and Outro: Grease - Frankie Valli

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

Rotten Tomatoes article: https://www.vulture.com/article/rotten-tomatoes-movie-rating.html

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

Support Curtis's run for cancer research here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/curtis-first-marathon-42k-for-cancer-research

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

"Look, Anita! Puppies everywhere!"

Next week we will return with the first of a two part BACK TO SCHOOL series, discussing the 1978 musical GREASE.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction (and some 10 Dalmatians preview chatter)

00:02:09 Lost in Translation at 20

00:05:23 Rotten Tomatoes discussion (article link in the notes below)

00:15:21 Film Fest chatter and films we want to watch (Priscilla; Juliet of the Spirits; Microwave Massacre; Evil Does Not Exist; Poor Things)

00:21:28 Sudden Fury (John)

00:20:50 The Tunnel [2011] (Quinn)

00:22:53 To Live and Die in L.A. (John)

00:27:00 TAR (John)

00:30:55 Tenebre (John)

00:35:52 101 DALMATIANS discussion

00:57:00 Our Ratings for 101 DALMATIANS

01:08:54 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "Cruella De Vil" song - Scene from 'One Hundred and One Dalmatians'

Outro: Who Let the Dogs Out? - Baha Men

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

Rotten Tomatoes article: https://www.vulture.com/article/rotten-tomatoes-movie-rating.html

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

Support Curtis's run for cancer research here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/curtis-first-marathon-42k-for-cancer-research

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

“You're gonna need a bigger boat."

Celebrate 100 episodes of the Seat Struck Movie Podcast with John, Curtis, and Quinn as they take on the classic 1975 beast from the deep film JAWS! After discussing the latest news, they chat about Bruce, masculinity, Spielberg's rise to the top, Quint and Hooper, the idiot mayor, the source material, the USS Indianapolis, and more.

Happy 100th episode, Seat Struck Movie Podcast, and special thanks to you, devoted listener, for listening. Next week, the boys will look at the animated Disney favourite 101 DALMATIANS.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:17 News of the Week

00:17:04 JAWS (1975) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

01:05:15 Our Ratings for JAWS

01:09:42 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "Main Title" by John Williams (JAWS OST); excerpt from JAWS

Outro: "End Title" by Basil Poledouris (JAWS OST)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

Support Curtis's run for cancer research here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/curtis-first-marathon-42k-for-cancer-research

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

This week on the podcast, John and Curtis dive in to what is perhaps the career apex of Ridley Scott, his sword and sandals epic and Best Picture winner at the 2001 Oscars—GLADIATOR. This was the first Ridley Scott movie that we remember releasing, so we spent some time discussing our first time watching this movie and how much of an impact it had upon release and on a subsequent generation of blockbusters. We went into the historical reference points and themes of the film, and what we liked about the characters and setting. Before getting to all that, we did a news of the week recap and talked a bit about what we watched last week.

We will be back after a couple of weeks for our EPISODE 100 SPECTACULAR!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction (and some Gladiator preview chatter

News of the Week

00:08:25 New Releases (The Last Voyage of the Demeter)

00:10:00 RIPs (William Friedkin, Robbie Robertson, and Linda Haynes)

00:14:15 Talk to Me sequel announced\

What We Watched

00:14:49 Captain Fantastic (Curtis)

00:16:44 Mona Lisa Smile (Curtis)

00:18:15 The Cobbler (John)

00:21:28 Sudden Fury (John)

00:23:52 The Many Saints of Newark (John)

00:29:20 The House with a Clock in Its Walls (John)

00:30:22 Pacific Rim (John)

00:31:56 Wild at Heart (John)

00:33:50 GLADIATOR discussion

01:10:00 Our Ratings for GLADIATOR

01:13:00 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: What More Can I Say - Jay-Z

Outro: Now We Are Free - Original Score from 'Gladiator'

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

"Do you want to live forever?"

Join Simon, Curtis, and John as they take on Simon's first eva canon pick: 1982's swords and sandals fantasy classic CONAN THE BARBARIAN, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman, James Earl Jones as Thulsa Doom, Mako, and more. Before the discussion, they also touch on the news of the week, including recent celebrity deaths (RIP Paul Reubens aka Peewee Herman, Euphoria's Angus Cloud, and Mark "Hector Salamanca" Margolis) and new releases, such as the abysmal THE MEG 2. The boys discuss what makes CONAN special, its legacy, the film's themes and philosophy, how it launched Ahnald's career, and more.

Tune in next week for even more Ridley Scott as they take on a little film you might not have heard of: 2000's GLADIATOR!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:54 News of the Week

00:11:11 CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

01:02:45 Our Ratings for CONAN

01:07:14 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "The Orgy" by Basil Poledouris (CONAN THE BARBARIAN OST)

Outro: "Theology / Civilization" by Basil Poledouris (CONAN THE BARBARIAN OST)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

SEMPER MOVIES! Quinn, Curtis, and John are united and ready to discuss the infamous Scott picture, G.I. JANE! You may have only heard of this film from a snarky Oscars joke, but this Demi Moore/Viggo Mortensen picture is the real deal. We talk about the revelatory Moore performance; its feminist chops; Ridley doing Tony; and the jingoistic and questionable politics, particularly as it exists as a piece of pre-9/11 ephemera. Before that we talk some news of the week, including: new releases; strike delays; streaming woes; extended Barbie talk; and we touch on the death of Sinéad O'Connor.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

News of the Week

00:03:10 New Releases (Talk to Me; The Haunted Mansion)

00:05:23 Barbie's Box Office Bonanza

00:07:00 Strike delays

00:07:30 Peacock down $3 billion

00:11:00 RIP Shuhada' Sadaqat (Sinéad O'Connor)

00:14:50 More Barbie talk

00:20:45 G.I. JANE discussion

00:46:00 Our Ratings for G.I. JANE

00:50:11 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Main Theme - from G.I. Jane OST

Outro: "The Future is a War" by Auntie Christ

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Quinn, Curtis, and John return to the Ridley Scott watch series with 1996's twinkfest WHITE SQUALL, starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Philippe (of CRUEL INTENTIONS fame). The boys begin by discussing the news of the week, including Barbenheimer, the writer's strike, and more. Then they discuss the film, including Boomer leads, links to Dead Poets Society and Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," and the story's actual history.

Stay tuned for next week's watch series addition: 1997's GI JANE!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:11 News of the Week

00:28:12 WHITE SQUALL (1996) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

00:48:30 Our Ratings for WHITE SQUALL

00:55:00 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "White Squall" by Stan Rogers

Outro: "Valparaiso" by Sting

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.