Thursdays with Moire or the Pretentious Asshats of Cinema

On our second open-ended discussion on the channel, it's all about the infamous House Of Mouse and how they're recent choices have affected streaming services and arguably cinema as a whole. Hosted once again by the fantastic Canadian filmmaker Darryl Ayles, and we will be joined by our very good friend Tad Belan for this episode!

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On this episode of Thursdays With Moire, we're doing our part and taking war into space. And by that, I mean we'll be watching a trio of Sci-Fi war films and screaming about them into the endless void of space in the hopes of finding people who will listen. We'll be joined by filmmaker Stephen Beason once again as we focus on Paul Verhoeven's cult classic Starship Troopers, Neil Blomkamp's Halo movie..... I mean District 9, and the underrated 2014 box office flop (unfortunately) All You Need Is Kill. Or Edge Of Tomorrow. Or Live, Die Repeat. Ah, fuck it, it's that Tom Cruise sci-fi war movie, you get the gist. Paris when it sizzles.   

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TIME STAMPS: 

0:00 Episode Starts/Introduction 

8:09 Starship Troopers (Major Spoilers) 

48:10 District 9 (Major Spoilers) 

1:28:50 Edge Of Tomorrow/Live Die Repeat (Major Spoilers) 

2:00:00 Episode Wrap-Up/Future Plans for the Channel

As Remembrance Day has now passed, I believe that while the sacrifices of our own soldiers were hard enough; we need to understand that they were far from the only casualties lost to war. And over on the next podcast of Thursdays With Moire, we're joined by our good friend Stephen Beason to explore the German perspectives during WW1 and WW2 through different lenses. From the adaptation of the 70s cult classic Cross Of Iron, to Atom Egoyan's overlooked film Remember, and closing it off we'll be discussing the recent 2022 reboot of the classic story All Quiet On The Western Front. So if you have the time, then please, join us as we further delve into the impact that war had not just on other countries but on cinema as a whole.  

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TIME STAMPS: 

0:00 Moment Of Silence/Episode Introduction

11:55 Cross Of Iron (Major Spoilers) 

51:00 Remember (Major Spoilers) 

1:20:26 All Quiet On The Western Front [2022] (Major Spoilers)

Join us for the first open panel discussion on the Prestigious Connoisseurs Of Content! With new projects and an unpredictable schedule from our jobs, my co-host Devon King and I have decided to have our Thursdays With Moire episodes every other week instead of every week. With that in mind, on this episode, we've decided to parttake on an open discussion involving Blonde and the challenges of adapting books, celebrities, and real events onto the silver screen or the TV screen.  Darryl Ayles and his lovely fiancee Jamara Forbes are both incredibly talented filmmakers and proud owners of Orange Hat Film Productions in London, and they were more than happy to lead this discussion along with coming up with the idea in the first place. Along with the dynamic duo; we're also joined by the likes of Nova Scotian artist Arron Kramers, London cinematographer and filmmaker Mason Buchko, and more!  

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On the last Halloween episode of Thursdays With Moire, it's time to witness true change. And by change, I mean bodies being ripped to pieces and forming into something you barely even recognize. On this episode we're joined by not just one, but two guests! American filmmaker Stephen Beason, along with model and film connoisseur Kristen Greedy both join the discussion on an intriguing lineup of horror cinema! From David Cronenberg's classic remake of The Fly, the Canadian cult Werewolf/Puberty classic Ginger Snaps, and top it off we will discuss the controversial French Torture film Inside. So grab your Halloween candy, throw on some spooky lighting, and check out the last spooky episode of the year!  

P.S.: We forgot to mention this on the episode, but let's give a huge shoutout to Arron Kramer's for designing the incredible thumbnail art for this episode!  

TIME STAMPS: 

0:00 Episode Start/Introduction 

4:28 The Fly (Major Spoilers) 

43:10 Ginger Snaps (Major Spoilers) 

1:24:20 Inside (Minor Spoilers) 

1:41:30 Episode Wrap-Up/ Future Plans for the Channel  

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What time is it? It's Morbin' time! Because over on Thursdays With Moire, it's time to morb into a vampire and discuss three very different pieces of vampiric cinema for the third episode celebrating the spooky month on October! American filmmaker Stephen Beason will be joining us once again as we discuss the original 1920's silent film classic Nosferatu (And hopefully the Werner Herzog version too), Francis Ford Coppola's first foray into horror with Bram Stoker's Dracula, and of course, the most movie of all time. A movie that had a budget, characters, and cinematography. The one and only..... MORBIUS! So tune in however you can and get your fangs ready for an episode all about vampires!  

P.S.: We've experienced quite a few sound issues and background noise during this livestream throughout, so apologies in advance! 

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TIME STAMPS: 

0:00 Episode Start/History With Vampires 

23:03 Nosferatu (1922, Minor Spoilers) 

57:15 Bram Stoker's Dracula (Major Spoilers) 

1:29:10 Morbius (Major Spoilers)

2:03:08 Episode Wrap-Up/Next Episode Info

Next time, over on the Thursdays With Moire film podcast, it's time for the second episode celebrating the month of terror and the first episode that's a part of our "Horror From A Hat" duo. For these episodes, we had our discord group all vote for a horror movie to be selected. And then we randomly picked six of their choices, three of which made it onto the episode this coming Thursday! American filmmaker Stephen Beason and very talented animator and artist Drew Adams will both be joining us for an episode centered around Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes, Hellraiser (the original and potentially the reboot if we have time), and James Wan's Insidious! So what are you waiting for? Come open up the podcast and see what pleasures lay in wait for you!

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TIME STAMPS: 

0:00 Episode Starts/Introduction 

8:40 Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes (Major Spoilers) 

44:22 Hellraiser [1987] (Major Spoilers) 

1:15:48 Hellraiser [2022] (No Spoilers, Ian and Stephen only) 

1:21:30 Insidious (Major Spoilers) 

1:53:28 Episode Wrap-Up/It's Morbin' Time!

Well, to celebrate the spookiest month of the year, it's time to look at the horror genre and how it reflects the real world. Or other horror movies. Ah hell, let's test our movie knowledge and please Ghostface with the 101st episode of the Thursdays With Moire film podcast! On this episode, it's all about Meta Horror films! Starting with John Carpenter's cult classic In The Mouth Of Madness, the infamous meta horror classic Scream is up next, then to close everything off it's time to play a round of Bodies Bodies Bodies! So let's stab our best friends, write about it, and have our novel adapted into a movie for the latest over on Thursdays With Moire!

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TIME STAMPS: 

0:00 Episode Start/Updates on Future Content 

10:40 In The Mouth Of Madness (Major Spoilers) 

41:38 Scream [1996] (Major Spoilers) 

1:12:05 Bodies Bodies Bodies (Minor Spoilers, Stephen Beason joins the discussion) 

1:36:46 Episode Wrap-Up/Next Episode Info

On the epic conclusion of Fringes Of The Empire, our miscreants and sith lords finally come face to face with the Inquisitor herself along with an armada of Death Troopers. Who will survive? Who will stand tall? Who will be free? Tune in to find out!  

This will be a three part Mini-Campaign set in the excellent Star Wars 5th edition ruleset. Each episode will first stream live on Twitch every Sunday starting from 3:00 PM- 6:00 PM EST. From then on, each episode will then be uploaded unto our Youtube channel, along with our Spotify and Anchor channels for your listening pleasure! However you choose to watch or listen to our series, we hope that you enjoy your time on the darker side of the force!  

STARRING: 

Arron Kramers as Kaliban Rawh the Human Sith Guardian 

Devin Rutter as S3-XY the Class 2 Droid Engineer 

Devon King as Juju Tabootie the Gungan Sith Sentinel/Beserker 

Richard Doan as Canderous Breiz the Devaronian Fighter 

Stephen Beason as Dice the Kushiban Scholar 

Tad Brock as Thaddeus the Chiss Operative

Well guys, I can't believe it, but we are up to our 100th episode over on the Thursdays With Moire film podcast! And to celebrate my co-host Devon King, guest filmmaker Stephen Beason are coming together for a very special episode. Because haven't you ever wondered how a film would fare differently with some tweaks to the story? Have you ever had a fan fiction or a fan narrative from your favorite or least favorite stories? Well, this episode is all about discussing three different films that we have our own separate ideas on how to re-structure and re-contextualize these narratives to potentially make them more interesting. For example, as a huge Greek Mythology fan, I decided to take on Disney's Hercules; as a fan of music, Devon King decided to talk about the infamous Bohemian Rhapsody; and as a fan of crime thrillers, Stephen Beason decided to dissect a 2009 writer's strike victim by the name of Law Abiding Citizen. So we hope to you join us and listen in one way or another, but either way, thank you all so much for supporting our channel over the years! Here's to 100 more episodes and 100 more strange topics in the future! Cheers!   

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TIME STAMPS: 

0:00 Episode Starts/Thanking the Audience + Future Plans 

10:15 Hercules + Ian's Hercules re-write (Major Spoilers) 

50:18 Law Abiding Citizen + Stephen's Law Abiding Citizen re-write (Major Spoilers) 

1:19:43 Bohemian Rhapsody + Devon's Bohemian Rhapsody re-write (Major Spoilers) 

1:56:46 Episode Wrap-Up/Next Episode Info