Mixed Reviews

Mixed Reviews

Tom McMahon and Jackson Brotherton are both amateur filmmakers who discuss what makes a movie good or bad. Every week they look at a new film and discuss, from both a Filmmaking and film viewing perspective, why a viewer would like or dislike aspects about a movie.

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May 10, 2023 42 mins

This week, we are looking at "Baby Driver", directed by Edgar Wright. We chat about the shooting for style, and storytelling through visuals and music.

Hosted by Tom McMahon and Jackson Brotherton with Asha Joseph

Edited & Mixed by TheOldManDave

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This week, we are joined by Actor, Mattea Brotherton! Mattea brings us their all-time favourite movie, "The Breakfast Club", directed by John Hughes. We chat about the acting process, and how good writing and good improvisation can make a movie!

Hosted by Tom McMahon and Jackson Brotherton with Asha Joseph

Edited & Mixed by TheOldManDave

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March 8, 2023 44 mins

This week, we are joined by Actor and Writer, Devon Graye! Devon brings us the 2014 thriller, "Gone Girl", directed by David Fincher. We chat about how crucial good exposition can be, and how the imagination from our childhoods can create great stories!

Hosted by Tom McMahon and Jackson Brotherton with Asha Joseph

Edited & Mixed by Jackson Brotherton

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February 23, 2023 33 mins

This week, to give our editor a few weeks off, we sat down and chatted. It turned out to be an hour of pure chaos, but we answered some of our Patrons questions, and told some stories.

Hosted by Tom McMahon and Jackson Brotherton with Asha Joseph

Edited & Mixed by Jackson Brotherton

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This week, we are joined with guest Jordan Vairo who has picked “Back To The Future” from Robert Zemeckis. We talk about how a cult classic is made, and how amazing screenwriting can be!

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January 25, 2023 50 mins

This week, we are joined with guest Adam Sourges who has chosen to discuss, The Northman, directed by Robert Eggers. We talk about how a movie can be an epic through both visuals and story telling, and how attention to detail can make a film 10000 times better.

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This week, we are watching ONE of Asha's (and Jacksons) favourite movies, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, directed by and starring Ben Stiller. We talk about how imagination can be shown on film, and how character development can be visual.

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This week, to wrap up the Christmas season, we looked at Asha's favourite Christmas movie, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, directed by Larry Roemer & Kizo Nagashima. We talk about how influential a movie can be, and how a movie can mean whatever you want it to mean.

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December 14, 2022 41 mins

This week, for the Christmas season, we looked at “The Polar Express”, directed by Robert Zemeckis. We talk about how one of the first fully motion captured movies can be so creative and oddly off-putting.

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This week we looked at “Everything Everywhere All At Once”, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. We talk about how a movie can be so groundbreaking and find new ways to tell stories visually.

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August 4, 2022 59 mins

This week we looked at “Parasite”, directed by Bong Joon-Ho, and took some time to hear what you thought of the movie!

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Edited & Mixed by Trent Martin

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July 20, 2022 70 mins

This week we are joined by our “girl in the chair” Asha, as we looked at "The Batman", directed by Matt Reeves, and what made it one of our favourite films of the year, that we may never watch again.

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July 6, 2022 44 mins

This week we sit down and discuss what makes "Us", directed by Jordan Peele, both good and bad. 

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June 5, 2022 1 min

We haven't finished our trailer yet, but wanted to share with you the concept of our show!

So here is a clip from our first episode where we were explaining the premise!

Hope to see you July 6th!

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