The Seat Struck Movie Podcast

Happy New Year! Curtis and John close out 2023 by discussing another entry in the Ridley Scott watch series, his 2006 Euro wine romcom A GOOD YEAR! Before that, we also chat about some recent flicks we watched. John and Curtis also met up the night prior, so we talk a bit about our bar crawl and our experience at the Mayfair Theatre's monthly secret screening at Saturday Night Sinema.

Next week, we will likely be back to chat another Scott film, his first picture with another Scott family icon in Denzel Washington, for 2007's AMERICAN GANGSTER.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:42 New release (Griselda)

What We Watched This Week

00:02:35 Godzilla Minus One (Curtis)

00:05:38 Tantura (John)

00:10:48 Dark Days [2000 (John)

00:16:19 Massacre Mafia Style (John)

00:21:33 The Spider Labyrinth (John and Curtis)

00:24:59 A GOOD YEAR Discussion

00:37:19 Our Ratings for A GOOD YEAR

00:39:13 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "Wisdom" by Marc Streitenfeld (from A GOOD YEAR)

Outro: "The Wedding Samba" by Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra (from A GOOD YEAR)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Also check out Quinn's NEW YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@seatstruck

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.

Curtis, John, and special guest Victor dig into Ridley Scott's medieval Crusades masterpiece KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (2005), starring Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, David Thewlis, Edward Norton, and more. They chat about the influence of Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy and its pre-GAME OF THRONES portrait of the Middle Ages; portrayals of the Middle East in the context of the War on Iraq and 9/11; the extended cut vs the theatrical cut, medieval accuracies; and more. Before they discuss the film, the boys chat about the News of the Week, including the latest movie releases and news plus what they watched.

Tune in next week for another Ridley Scott watch series installment with A GOOD YEAR!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:36 What We Watched This Week/News of the Week

00:15:25 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (2005) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

00:47:50 Our Ratings for KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

00:51:08 Coming Up Next!

NEWS OF THE WEEK

WHAT WE WATCHED THIS WEEK

CURTIS: none

JOHN: A Little Princess; The Land Before Time; Spoonful of Sugar

Victor: Dr Who (Season 2; 2006); Sweeney Todd: The Demon of

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "Rise a Knight" by Harry Gregson-Williams (KINGDOM OF HEAVEN OST)

Outro: "Ibelin (Reprise)" by Harry Gregson-Williams (KINGDOM OF HEAVEN OST)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Also check out Quinn's NEW YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@seatstruck

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.

Also check out Victor's YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGASCbaMgve6dYdlRybVgcQ

"Welcome to the party, pal"

To celebrate Christmas, Curtis and John joined to discuss a movie that is now infamous for sparking endless "is it a Christmas movie or not?" debates, and to celebrate the 35th anniversary of John McClane saving hostages held at the Nakatomi Plaza: the action classic DIE HARD! Since Curtis was in New Hampshire visiting his family over the holiday season, we were also joined by his Aunt Nathalie and cousin Victor to talk about one of their favourite holiday classics. Before we got to the main movie, we discussed a few news items and dive into what we watched this week.

You'll hear from us again before the end of the year, as we will be doing another entry in our Ridley Scott watch series chatting KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:50 New releases (The Boy and the Heron, Wonka, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget"

00:04:50 Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount merger talks

00:06:45 RIP Andre Braugher

00:07:31 Trailer for Alex Garland's Civil War

00:08:55 Saw XI announcement

What we watched this week

00:09:53 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Curtis)

00:14:24 Candy Land [2022] (Curtis)

00:16:30 20 Days in Mariupol (Curtis)

00:18:11 The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (John)

00:24:19 The Boy and the Heron (John)

00:27:35 The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (John)

00:29:34 If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? (John)

00:33:48 DIE HARD discussion

01:03:36 Our Ratings for DIE HARD

01:09:27 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Die Hard Theatrical Trailer

Outro: "Ode To Joy (Alternate)" - Michael Kamen (for Die Hard the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Also check out Quinn's NEW YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@seatstruck

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.

Curtis, John, and Quinn return to the Ridley Scott watch series to discuss his 2003 crime comedy, MATCHSTICK MEN. We spend A LOT of time talking about Nicholas Cage, our favourite scenes, and how much of a departure it is from the regular Ridley Scott fare. Before we discuss the film, we chat about some news of the week, including the latest movie releases, and discuss what we watched this week.

Next week we will return for a selection from Quinn's canon, discussing William Friedkin classic: THE FRENCH CONNECTION.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:48 New releases (Saltburn; Godzilla Minus One; Wish; Good Burger 2)

00:08:22 New FURIOSA trailer

00:10:06 Happy 86th Birthday, Ridley Scott

00:11:35 Twitter Topic of the Week: What are your favourite Nicholas Cage movies?

What we watched this week

00:16:04 Frankenhooker/Eraserhead double feature (Quinn)

00:18:18 Doctor Sleep Director's Cut (Curtis)

00:20:34 May December

00:27:00 Frybread Face and Me (Curtis)

00:23:31 The Batman (John)

00:30:30 Lake Michigan Monster (John)

00:33:49 Godzilla Minus One (John)

00:38:46 MATCHSTICK MEN discussion

00:55:04 Our Ratings for MATCHSTICK MEN

00:58:32 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "This Town" by Frank Sinatra

Outro: "Matchstick Men Theme" by Hans Zimmer (From the Matchstick Men OST)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Also check out Quinn's NEW YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@seatstruck

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.

"Everybody out! There's no more trees and the birds have stopped singing."

Curtis, John, and Quinn dive into Ridley Scott's action-packed 2001 war film BLACK HAWK DOWN, starring basically every actor from the Noughties. They chat about the Battle of Mogadishu, the story and cinematography, and the political climate at the time (9/11, the War on Iraq, war in Afghanistan, etc.). Before they discuss the film, the boys chat about the News of the Week, including the latest movie releases and news plus what they watched.

Tune in next week for another Ridley Scott watch series installment with MATCHSTICK MEN!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:08 News of the Week

00:12:15 What We Watched This Week

00:30:58 BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

01:05:40 Our Ratings for BLACK HAWK DOWN

01:10:21 Coming Up Next!

NEWS OF THE WEEK

WHAT WE WATCHED THIS WEEK

QUINN: The Hunger Games; Fruitvale Station

CURTIS: Sex Education (Season 4); The Heilwald Loophole (Video Game)

JOHN: Spiral: From the Book of Saw; Killers of the Flower Moon

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "Barra Barra" by Rachid Taha (BLACK HAWK DOWN OST)

Outro: "Leave No Man Behind" by Hans Zimmer (BLACK HAWK DOWN OST)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Also check out Quinn's NEW YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@seatstruck

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.

"It seemed like a good idea at the time."

John and Curtis take a bite out of Ridley Scott's 21st-century offerings with the excellent but underrated HANNIBAL (2001), the sequel to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (not about the Carthaginian general and the elephants lol). They talk about Scott's dark and disturbing imagery, Mason Verger, the terrifying man-eating pigs, comparisons with Thomas Harris' novel, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, and the HANNIBAL TV series, giallo influences, and how Clarice evolves and changes as a character. Before they discuss the film, the boys chat about the News of the Week, including the latest movie releases and news plus what they watched.

Tune in next week for another Ridley Scott watch series installment with BLACK HAWK DOWN!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:55 News of the Week

00:22:40 What We Watched This Week

00:46:37 HANNIBAL (2001) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

01:19:12 Our Ratings for HANNIBAL

01:26:57 Coming Up Next!

NEWS OF THE WEEK

WHAT WE WATCHED THIS WEEK

CURTIS: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors; The Old Oak; Pig Killer (2022); Five Nights at Freddy’s; The Stones and Brian Jones; Thanksgiving

JOHN: Vampire Hunter D; Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies; The Spy Who Loved Me; The Dark, Sad Life of Boogie 2988; Chained; Lyle

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Excerpt from HANNIBAL (2001)

Outro: "Vide Cor Meum" by Patrick Cassidy (HANNIBAL 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.

"Life is never dully when you're with Sully."

Curtis presents his latest spooky canon pick with Luca Guadagnino's 2022 cannibal romance film BONES AND ALL, starring Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, and Taylor Russell, with the usual suspects John and Quinn as well as special guest Nikki from the Serial Napper True Crime Podcast. The crew chat about their latest spooky watches and new movie releases before doing a deep dive into the film. They talk about poverty and homelessness, cannibalism and queerness, the chemistry between the leads, stalkers, the book that inspired the film, and what "bones and all" really means.

Stay tuned next week as the cannibalism/spooky season/Ridley Scott series continues with 2001's HANNIBAL!

NEWS OF THE WEEK

SPOOKY WATCHES

NIKKI: Trick 'r Treat (2007); The Ring

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:48 News of the Week (Movie Releases, Spooky Watches)

00:26:47 BONES AND ALL (2022) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits, creeps)

00:58:59 Our Ratings for BONES AND ALL

01:03:54 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "Death Bells" by MXXN (MURDER HOUSE OST); excerpt from BONES AND ALL;

Outro: "Famous Last Words (An Ode to Eaters)" by Ethel Cain

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.

Check out Nikki's true crime podcast Serial Napper (@serialnappernik on IG) on YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts

https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper

https://open.spotify.com/show/7dq1B8ZgbnasS8yf7p30Jw

Happy Halloween, boils and ghouls! To conclude the spooky season, John and Simon return back to the series we covered in detail last November, and discuss Jamie Lee Curtis' return back to the franchise: HALLOWEEN H20! This was a first time watch for the both of us, so we first started the episode talking about our memories of this film and note its importance to the series. Afterwards, we get into some news of the week and John shares what spooky films he watched on his NYC trip (include a WORLD PREMIERE of a new horror film! Yes, Seat Struck does journalism, folks). Afterwards, we got into the film and gave our scores.

Next week we will be discussing (possibly with a special guest) the 2022 Luca Guadagnino film BONES AND ALL.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:04:01 New releases (Dicks: The Musical; Five Nights at Freddy's; Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor)

00:07:40 A new documentary produced by Daniel Radcliffe.

00:09:12 RIPs (Richard Roundtree, Matthew Perry, Richard [not Gretchen, as John mistook...] Moll)

00:10:17 SAG strike article by Fran Drescher

00:12:01 NYC trip spooky movies (The Thing; The Shining; The Exorcist; Hell House LLC: The Carmichael Manor):

00:19:12 HALLOWEEN H20 discussion

00:32:28 Our Ratings for HALLOWEEN H20

00:41:45 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Halloween H20 TV Spot

Outro: Halloween H20 Theme - H20 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.

Simon and Curtis take on the disgusting 2006 body horror film SLITHER on this week's spooky episode. The boys chat about new movie releases and their latest spooky watches before diving into the film. They discuss Michael Rooker, those awful slug things, parasitology books, Troma Films, Five Nights at Freddy's, and more.

Stay tuned next week for a return to the HALLOWEEN movies with HALLOWEEN: H20.

NEWS OF THE WEEK

SPOOKY WATCHES

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:15 News of the Week (Movie Releases, Spooky Watches)

00:16:36 SLITHER (2006) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

00:31:02 Our Ratings for SLITHER

00:33:49 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "Foggy Memories" by Jeff Danna and Akira Yakaoka (SILENT HILL 2006 OST)

Outro: "Three Days in the Terminal" by Orchid Mantis

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.

John, Curtis, and special guests Ryan and Becca dive into the Canadian cult horror classic (and one of Curtis's all-time favourites) GINGER SNAPS (2000) on the podcast this week. The Fantastic Four talk werewolves, feminism, the challenges of being a teenage girls, its Canadiana, comparisons with BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, and how the film subverts tropes and expectations. They discuss the News of the Week and latest movie releases, as well as their spooky watch favourites, before talking about the film.

Spooky Canon Month continues next week with Simon's spooky pick: 2006's SLITHER!

NEWS OF THE WEEK

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:28 News of the Week

00:25:30 GINGER SNAPS (2000) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

00:59:42 Our Ratings for GINGER SNAPS

01:03:21 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "Hamburger Lady" by Throbbing Gristle; excerpts from the GINGER SNAPS Official Trailer

Outro: "Secret" by Fog Lake

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.