MoviePod: A Reclaimed Cinema Podcast

"Friends through eternity, loyalty, honestyWe'll stay together through thick or thin"In what might be the funniest MoviePod episode yet, we are cracking into the wide world of Vinegar Syndrome releases and covering the orphan and kung fu-heavy tale of friendship known as Miami Connection.This Orlando (NOT Miami) made movie had a ridiculed local release in the 80s and wasn't revisited until the 21st century. Music from this movie was used in Far Cry: Blood Dragon and the sincere earnestness of the film has enchanted bad movie aficionados for years now. Y.K. Kim's film is an absolute blast that everyone should watch.

I spent 11 days at the 11th edition of London, Ontario's Forest City Film Festival! I saw a ton of great local and international films from new and upcoming film makers. I got the chance to hang out with old friends and new as the energy of the festival took a big leap this year. Tune in to listen to my thoughts on many independent films and some bigger international films that I did not see at TIFF.Movies discussed with their timestamps:Intro (00:00)The Stunt Driver (03:42)Thunder Queens (05:54)Her Last Supper (08:31)Torus (10:05)Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney (11:37)Death Has No Master (13:36)Seahorse (15:23)Dolphin Flip (17:11)Room (2015) (19:01)Ten Years On: The Yazidi Genocide (20:56)Fatherland (22:44)Rose (24:53)Fjord (26:45)Josephine (29:01)The Debut (30:48)Everytime (32:43)Atonement (34:26)Tender Loving Care (36:53)Iron Boy (38:33)Run Terry Run (39:47)Nina Roza (41:06)Peril at Pincer Point (42:45)Nuisance Bear (44:16)La Gradiva (45:46)The full movie of 10 Years On: The Yazidi Genocide can be found here.MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by BirdRespecter

Neither of Rob Zombie's Halloween movies received much critical fanfare. People found his approach to making Michael Myers a deeper character to be unnecessary and Zombie's typical filmmaking style was seen as off-putting. However, his sequel has gained a better reputation over time as people have have appreciated the increased violence and psychological tension.Maeve is back to discuss what I believe is by far Rob Zombie's best film. Join us for a good discussion on the film and tune in for the live reaction when I reveal that I think The Whale is a good movie. MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by BirdRespecter

The second follow-up to William Friedkin's horror masterpiece had high expectations but didn't quite become the critical bounce back as expected from the reviled Exorcist II: The Heretic. Overtime William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III is now widely considered the best sequel in the franchise it features what is considered to be one of the greatest jump scares in horror history.I'm joined by Tim and Tommy from Haven't Scene It to talk about this fascinating and atmospheric film. That is, until the episode goes off the rails with extensive discussion on Fat Russell Crowe in The Pope's Exorcist. Our discussion on The Pope's Exorcist is continued on their podcast with another episode that goes hilairously off the rails as we just pitch superior Pope's Exorcist sequels.The Exorcist III was written and directed by William Peter Blatty. It stars George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson, Nicol Williamson and Brad Dourif. It also features cameos from Patrick Ewing, Fabio, and Samuel L. Jackson.You can follow Haven't Scene It on Twitter. You can also follow Tim's account and Tommy's accountMoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by BirdRespecter

MoviePod's third and final TIFF 2026 episode is finally here! I'm joined by Dalton Pike to discuss the rest of the films that we saw this year including my personal favourite film of the festival, Possible Love, and some heavy hitters such as Minotaur, Ken Russell's The Devils, Danny Boyle's Ink, Look Back, All of a Sudden and the People's Choice Midnight Madness winner:Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney.The movies discussed are timestamped as followsIntro (00:00)Minotaur (06:51)Bucking Fastard (24:13)Black Sunflowers (32:13)Being Heumann (37:00)Josephine (48:04)Gentle Monster (54:48)Nobody's Violence (58:23)Ken Russell's The Devils (1:00:08)The Face of Horror (1:10:45)God Bless You, Mr. Kopu (1:16:09)The Diary of a Chambermaid (1:18:10)Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney (1:20:18)Misty Green (1:27:52)All of a Sudden (1:34:19)Bitter Christmas (1:41:11)Look Back (1:43:35)Whatcha Want (1:44:31)Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo (1:51:33)The Liberation (1:54:00)Possible Love (1:56:21)Ink (2:03:20)You can find Dalton on ⁠Letterboxd⁠. On top of being a top tier cinema programmer at ⁠Hyland Cinema⁠ he hosts ⁠Sick Flicks ⁠ and ⁠Outside the Frame.MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Please rate, review and subscribe! Send any feedback, questions or good movie-related stories to [email protected] by BirdRespecter

By popular demand: MoviePod is talking Digger.Kevin and I ended up talking about Digger for an hour before another recording. Luckily I hit the record button so we just made it an episode. He's a defender and I'm a heavy detractor. Since this recording he has watched it again and is a bigger fan of Digger Rockwell in Alejandro González Iñárritu's polarizing film than even before. This is a discussion that is full of spoilers. We also discuss satire and the general online chatter about Digger. Kevin Tuck is an independent filmmaker. You can check him out on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ as well as his ⁠⁠website.⁠⁠ Torus premieres on October 20th at Wolf Performance Hall in London, ON as part of Forest City Film Festival. Tickets can be purchased ⁠here⁠ and the Torus Instagram account can be found⁠ here⁠.MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by BirdRespecter

Friend of the show Kevin Tuck created a microbudget indie sci-fi film called Torus that will be having its world premiere at the 2026 Forest City Film Festival in London, Ontario later this month. I got a chance to ask him some questions about independent filmmaking and the ambition of making science fiction on a low budget.We also preview some other local independent films that are playing at FCFF that caught our eye.Kevin Tuck is an independent filmmaker. You can check him out on ⁠Instagram⁠ as well as his ⁠website.⁠ Torus premieres on October 20th at Wolf Performance Hall in London, ON as part of Forest City Film Festival. Tickets can be purchased here and the Torus Instagram account can be found here.MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by BirdRespecter

Andrew Joe Potter is back on the show to discuss even more festival releases in MoviePod's second of three episodes dedicated towards the Toronto International Film Festival. Movies discussed are listed here with timestamps:Intro (00:00)Bunker (03:34)La Bola Negra (10:49)Hombre al agua (23:10)Love is the monster (26:56)Musk (28:42)The Smell of Apples (35:41)Brace Your Heart (38:00)Elsinore (39:25)I Am Mario (46:10)Babies (48:13)Phoolan (53:25)Tehran, Under the Skin (56:07)Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother (57:59)The Daughters of Abraham (1:06:07)Anchors Aweigh (1:09:11)Vintage Violence (1:12:04)HALF (1:15:27)Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney (1:16:48)River (1:19:36)We Are All Strangers (1:22:37)Ah Girl (1:26:47)Fjord (1:27:55)Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (1:37:55)MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Please rate, review and subscribe! Send any feedback, questions or good movie-related stories to [email protected] by BirdRespecter

I am joined by Matt Fresh from Stand N' Watch and GG Tribune to discuss our TIFF experience in the first of the three MoviePod episodes dedicated towards the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. Click the timestamps to jump to specific movies we talk about:Intro (00:00)Zack Snyder's The Last Photograph (07:34)Rogue Trooper (15:56)Wild Horse Nine (20:53)Club Kid (24:33)I Play Rocky (29:15)Everybody Wants to Fuck Me (32:37)Wild Wild East (35:26)Conversation with the Sea (39:09)13 in Gaza (40:02)Our Loves (41:53)All That She Wants (47:49)The Beloved (52:02)The City of the Living (57:01)Gail (01:01:45)Girl Group (01:07:51)Julián (01:11:43)Tangles (01:15:09)Mu Yi and the Handsome General (01:17:24)L'AUTRE (01:21:34)Salvation (01:23:54)Infinitely Dense (01:27:18)Smudge the Blades (01:29:16)Strong Son (01:33:14)Stuffed (01:34:27)The Violinist (01:37:08)Sunburn (01:38:31)Toy Gun Bandit (01:42:32)You can follow Matt on ⁠Bluesky⁠. You can check out his podcast ⁠Stand N' Watch⁠. You can also check out our comedy satire work on ⁠GG Tribune⁠.MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Please rate, review and subscribe! Send any feedback, questions or good movie-related stories to [email protected] by BirdRespecter

There's a new Resident Evil movie by Zach Cregger coming out this week so MoviePod is returning to the Biohazard well. Maeve is back on the show to discuss Paul W. S. Anderson's best Resident Evil film, the fifth one, Retribution. This movie has a fascinating video game logic to it. The stylized action stands out and the movie is just a real riot of fun. If you have not seen the other movies in the franchise, this is still a film worth checking out. It's got Leon S. Kennedy, Barry Burton and Ada Wong!Resident Evil: Retribution stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Kevin Durand, Sienna Guillory, Shawn Roberts, Aryana Engineer, Colin Salmon, Johann Urb, Boris Kodjoe, and Li Bingbing.MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Please rate, review and subscribe! Send any feedback, questions or good movie-related stories to [email protected] by BirdRespecter