Eye of the Storm Movie Podcast
Join us for in depth conversations about current movie releases and older favourites with a focus on story. We focus primarily on horror, science fiction and superhero movies. Check out the video podcasts, clips and back episodes going back to 2023 on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@EyeofTheStormMoviePodcast Or subscribe to our RSS feed if you listen on other podcast platforms: https://www.spreaker.com/show/6583079/episodes/feed If you like our takes on movies and enjoy our conversations, please tell a friend. If you hate what we do, please tell an enemy.
Episodes
May 1, 2025 • 55 mins
This week we review and discuss The Accountant 2, an action thriller movie directed by Gavin O'Connor and starring Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal and Cynthia Addai-Robinson, about a neurodivergent accountant hit man who investigates a series of murders related to human trafficking.
We discuss our reaction to the movie's handling of the theme of found family, ask whether that theme is able to support the movie in a satisfying way, why the...
We discuss our reaction to the movie's handling of the theme of found family, ask whether that theme is able to support the movie in a satisfying way, why the...
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April 28, 2025 • 46 mins
In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.
This week we revisit Psycho from 1960, a psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles and Janet Leigh, about an encounter between on-the-ru...
This week we revisit Psycho from 1960, a psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles and Janet Leigh, about an encounter between on-the-ru...
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April 24, 2025 • 68 mins
This week we review and discuss Sinners, a period horror movie directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld and Miles Caton, about twin brothers in 1930s Mississippi who return to their hometown to start again, only to be confronted by a supernatural evil.
We discuss our reaction to the film's portrayal of Jim Crow era Black American culture, we try to make sense of the metaphor surrounding Blues music a...
We discuss our reaction to the film's portrayal of Jim Crow era Black American culture, we try to make sense of the metaphor surrounding Blues music a...
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April 21, 2025 • 39 mins
In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.
This week we revisit Godzilla from 2014, a kaiju monster film directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen and Ken Watanabe, about an American soldier attempts to re...
This week we revisit Godzilla from 2014, a kaiju monster film directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen and Ken Watanabe, about an American soldier attempts to re...
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April 17, 2025 • 51 mins
This week we review and discuss Drop, a thriller movie directed by Christopher Landon and starring Meghann Fahy, Violett Beane and Brandon Sklenar, about a widowed mother who receives threatening messages during her first date in years, which cause her to question her date and fear for her safety.
We discuss our reaction to the movie's treatment of domestic violence, its use of blackmail as an allegory for domestic violence, whether...
We discuss our reaction to the movie's treatment of domestic violence, its use of blackmail as an allegory for domestic violence, whether...
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April 14, 2025 • 38 mins
In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.
This week we revisit Cube from 1997, a science fiction horror film directed by Vincenzo Natali and starring Nicole de Boer, David Hewlett and Julian Richings, about seven individuals trapped i...
This week we revisit Cube from 1997, a science fiction horror film directed by Vincenzo Natali and starring Nicole de Boer, David Hewlett and Julian Richings, about seven individuals trapped i...
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April 10, 2025 • 50 mins
This week we review and discuss Death of a Unicorn, a horror comedy movie directed by Alex Scharfman and startring Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega and Tea Leoni, about a father and his daughter who accidentally kill a unicorn, causing them to be hunted down by its parents.
We discuss our reaction to the movie's handling of themes such as privilege and healthcare, why this movie has received a bad to mixed reception, why it tries to do too m...
We discuss our reaction to the movie's handling of themes such as privilege and healthcare, why this movie has received a bad to mixed reception, why it tries to do too m...
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April 7, 2025 • 34 mins
In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.
This week we revisit Paycheck from 2003, a science fiction film directed by John Woo and starring Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart and Uma Thurman, about an engineer who after completing a project f...
This week we revisit Paycheck from 2003, a science fiction film directed by John Woo and starring Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart and Uma Thurman, about an engineer who after completing a project f...
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April 3, 2025 • 56 mins
This week we review and discuss The Woman in the Yard, a psychological horror movie directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili and Russell Hornsby, about a widowed single mother who was disabled after a car accident that killed her husband, when a mysterious woman draped in black appears in the front yard, claiming that "Today's the day".
We discuss our reaction to the movie's handling of its t...
We discuss our reaction to the movie's handling of its t...
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March 31, 2025 • 38 mins
In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.
This week we revisit Evolution from 2001, a science fiction comedy directed by Ivan Reitman and starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones and Julianne Moore, about a group of scientists who inves...
This week we revisit Evolution from 2001, a science fiction comedy directed by Ivan Reitman and starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones and Julianne Moore, about a group of scientists who inves...
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March 27, 2025 • 46 mins
This week we review and discuss The Alto Knights, a biographical cime drama film directed by Barry Levinson starring Robert DeNiro, Robert DeNiro and Debra Messing, about the rivalry of two mob bosses as one tries to retire from a life of crime and the other tries to make a name for himself.
We discuss whether the movie's nonlinear storytelling worked for us and why the ending is by far the best part, how it stacks up against other ...
We discuss whether the movie's nonlinear storytelling worked for us and why the ending is by far the best part, how it stacks up against other ...
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March 24, 2025 • 39 mins
In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.
This week we revisit Incantation (咒), a 2022 Taiwanese religious folk horror found footage movie based on Buddhist ideas and teachings, about a woman who is cursed by an evil deity and tries t...
This week we revisit Incantation (咒), a 2022 Taiwanese religious folk horror found footage movie based on Buddhist ideas and teachings, about a woman who is cursed by an evil deity and tries t...
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March 20, 2025 • 45 mins
This week we review and discuss In The Lost Lands, a science fiction/ post apocalyptic movie based on a George R.R. Martin short story of the same name, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista, about a witch and a hunter who venture into the dangerous Lost Lands to find a shapeshifter's skin for a queen.
We discuss why we keep trying and failing to like action schlock like In The Lost Lands, what...
We discuss why we keep trying and failing to like action schlock like In The Lost Lands, what...
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March 17, 2025 • 41 mins
In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.
This week we revisit the classsic ghost horror movie "The Fog" from 1980 directed by John Carpenter, starring Adirenne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis and Janet Leigh, about a town that is attacked ...
This week we revisit the classsic ghost horror movie "The Fog" from 1980 directed by John Carpenter, starring Adirenne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis and Janet Leigh, about a town that is attacked ...
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March 13, 2025 • 55 mins
This week we review and discuss episodes 1 and 2 of Daredevil: Born Again by Dario Scardapane and starring Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio and Ayelet Zurer. Years after the events of Season 3 of Daredevil, Matt Murdock has given up vigilantism to focus on practising law when Wilson Fisk returns and is elected mayor of New York on an anti vigilantism platform.
We discuss our impressions of the series based on the first two episodes, w...
We discuss our impressions of the series based on the first two episodes, w...
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March 10, 2025 • 43 mins
Join us for a new series we're calling "Superhero Hall of Fame" in which we go back to classic superhero movies and ask whether these movies hold up and whether the superhero genre has anything going for it, or whether it was all a fad.
This week we look at The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart and Heath Ledger, in which Batman battles the Joker for the soul of Gotham City.
We discus...
This week we look at The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart and Heath Ledger, in which Batman battles the Joker for the soul of Gotham City.
We discus...
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March 6, 2025 • 51 mins
This week we review and discuss The Gorge, a science fiction action horror romantic comedy directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Miles Telley, Sigourney Weaver and Anya Taylor Joy about two depressed snipers who sign up for guard duty at a monster filled gorge.
We discuss what The Gorge does right and what it does wrong, why it has received such a negative audience reaction that is in our opinion mostly unjustified, how the movi...
We discuss what The Gorge does right and what it does wrong, why it has received such a negative audience reaction that is in our opinion mostly unjustified, how the movi...
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March 3, 2025 • 42 mins
In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.
This week we revisit the science fiction movie "Moon" from 2009 directed by Duncan Jones, starring Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey and Kaya Scodelario, about a helium miner on the moon who discover...
This week we revisit the science fiction movie "Moon" from 2009 directed by Duncan Jones, starring Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey and Kaya Scodelario, about a helium miner on the moon who discover...
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February 27, 2025 • 55 mins
This week we review and discuss The Monkey, a horror comedy directed by Osgood Perkins and starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslany and Elijah Wood, about a family that is cursed by an evil monkey toy that causes death and suffering in that family across the generations.
We discuss how the monkey treats its topic of generational trauma and abuse and whether it lives up to the weight of those topics, how the movie compares to the Stephen...
We discuss how the monkey treats its topic of generational trauma and abuse and whether it lives up to the weight of those topics, how the movie compares to the Stephen...
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February 24, 2025 • 42 mins
Join us for a new series we're calling "Superhero Hall of Fame" in which we go back to classic superhero movies and ask whether these movies hold up and whether the superhero genre has anything going for it, or whether it was all a fad.
This week we look at Batman Begins directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson. Batman Begins follows the transformation of Bruce Wayne into Batman as he...
This week we look at Batman Begins directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson. Batman Begins follows the transformation of Bruce Wayne into Batman as he...
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