What Is A Movie?
Dan tries his darndest to help Kevin, a man who has somehow never seen a movie, understand what a movie is. Uploads biweekly on Thursdays.
Episodes
Giallo Season continues with Dario Argento's first foray into the genre. Let's dive in and get trapped in a... colorful mystery.
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Welcome to Giallo season.
We've got a great slate of five films queued up this season to dive in and get to know one of Dan's favorite genres. Bava, Argento, and more, oh my!
Up first, the OG itself - Blood and Black Lace. Get your detective hat on, friends, it's time to unpack some technicolor murders.
You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com
It's finale time, baby! Time to wrap up Cage Match 6 with the match of the century; but first, a losers bracket.
The Main Event:
Dream Scenario v. Longlegs.
Featuring special guests Jon Waugh and Erin Sheehan
Find Jon's on his other podcast: Damn That Television! and at thecollectiveexamplesofnerdery.wordpress.com
You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com
Semi-finals time, baby.
Dude Division:
Longlegs v. Zandalee
Dad Division:
Dream Scenario v. The Weather Man
Featuring special guests Jon Waugh and Erin Sheehan
Find Jon's on his other podcast: Damn That Television! and at thecollectiveexamplesofnerdery.wordpress.com
You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com
The 6th season of Cage Match continues!
This time we're unpacking the incredible films contained within the Dude Bracket. The most-hated films of the year are discussed, winners and losers decided, and the coveted Cage Match Victor title draws ever nearer.
Today: Dude Cage, Round One.
(1) Longlegs v. (4) Tokarev (aka Rage)
(2) Prisoners Of The Ghostland v. (3) Zandalee
Featuring special guests Jon Waugh and Erin She...
Oh lord, The Cage Match is back.
Time for our annual March Madness Nicolas Cage bracket! For your listening pleasure, this year we've collected 8 films across two divisions: Dude Cage v. Dad Cage.
Today: Dad Cage, Round One.
(1) Dream Scenario v. (4) Pay The Ghost
(2) The Weather Man v. (3) The Humanity Bureau
Featuring special guests Jon Waugh and Erin Sheehan
Find Jon's on his other podcast: Damn That Television! an...
It's time to recap a Truly Bizarre Year!
Join us as we reminisce the auxiliary media we experienced across the year. There are some true gems and some True Gems™️ in here.
Behold, the Grand List of Media Discussed:
Poor Things
Black Narcissus
Dune 2
TMNT (90)
Will & Harper
I Saw The TV Glow
Godzilla -1
Shin Godzilla
Furiosa
Twisters
Inside Out 2
Merry Nosferatu-mas!
Robert Eggers' Nosferatu is finally here and so our Vampire Season has come to a close. Time to hang with some Swedish children, joyfully traipse through every vampire trope in the book, and unpack the trauma of bullying.
We'll catch you in our next season after a brief break!
You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com
We're goin back to two of our favorite boys - Nosferatu and Willem Dafoe!
Join us as we re-imagine the filming of Nosferatu through the lens of the oddest German accents ever recorded.
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Happy Thanksgiving - hope y'all have a lovely dinner and don't have to suffer any vampires at your table.
We've brought in our good friend and resident Rice scholar, Jon Waugh, to walk us through the magic of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt's homoerotic tension.
Check out Jon's podcast Damn That Television and follow him everywhere @jonwahizzle
You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.c...
Vamp Quest continues and we're fast forwarding all the way to the late 80s. Time to dive into a most beautiful and incredible house of cards - The Lost Boys.
Schumacher, Sutherland, melodrama, and Coreys galore!
For a fun drinking game, drink every time Kevin says "vibes".
You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com
We're back for a new - spooky - season. It's Vampire Season, baby.
Kicking it off we're digging into the classic granddaddy of film vampires; Nosferatu. Cue the overture, it's time to suck some blood.
Happy Halloween, y'all!
You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com
It's the finale of our Tour DeFoe! Our last stop: Florida. Hop on in, we're going to Disney and it's totally gonna break your heart.
We chat about sad movies, childhood summertime, and rank our opinions on the whole Dafoe season.
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Content warning: discussions of poverty, pedophiles, & sex work.
You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com
We all live in a yellow submarine.
(editor's note: it's pronounced anjelica 'hyoo-ston' but we say 'huss-ton' here. oops.)
You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com
GODSPEED, SPIDER-MAN!
As we continue to barrel through our Tour Dafoe, we take a lil stop at 2002's Spider-Man. We got Tobey, hamfisted "romance," and appx. 40% Raimi. Thwip thwip, baby.
And, get this - they say that a hero could save us. Me? I'm not gonna stand here and wait.
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The Summer Of Dafoe (or whatever we're calling this season) continues! Parables, sin, humanity, and superman - oh my!
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We're back with a new season! This time we're competing in the Tour De Dafoe - a dive into the prolific career of one Mr. Willem Dafoe. First up, it's 1986's Platoon and all the complicated feelings that a war movie can drum up.
Is this a movie worth making?
How should we grapple with our past crimes?
Perhaps most importantly: would you smoke from the barrel of Willem Dafoe's weed gun?
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COME ON AND SLAM AND WELCOME TO THE JAM.
We've arrived at the end of the New Season, let's celebrate in style. Tie those laces, get on the court, but don't you dare mention video games. It's Space Jam 2 time!
Let's chat about vanity projects, bad animation, cash grabs, corporate self hatred, and try to decide.... Is This A Movie? Also: the Best and Worst of our New Season.
Warehouse? There house!
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Join us on a bold New experiment as we dive into the middle of a series that Dan has previously seen none of. Hop on, spider-monkey, we're going back to 2009 and re-litigating the Team Edward v. Team Jacob debates of old.
CW: discussions of domestic abuse, gaslighting, & misogyny
You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com
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