Eye of the Storm Movie Podcast

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

June 15, 2025 45 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 Jurassic Park, a 1993 science fiction movie directed by Steven Spielberg and Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson and Sam Neill, in which wealthy businessman John Hammond and ...
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This week we review and discuss Clown in a Cornfield, a slasher horror movie directed by Eli Craig and starring Katie Douglas, Aason Abrams and Kevin Durand, in which the teenagers of a rural town are hunted by killer clowns.

We discuss how the movie delivers on the promises made by its name, how it is actually a timely allegory for globalisation and generational grievances and resentment, why the social commentary worked for us in ...
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June 8, 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 The Returned, a 2013 Spanish-Canadian zombie thriller directed by Manuel Carballo and starring Emily Hampshire and Kris Holden-Ried, about a physician and her infected hus...
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June 4, 2025 52 mins
This week we review and discuss Karate Kid: Legends, a martial arts drama movie directed by Jonathan Entwhistle and starring Jacke Chan, Ben Wang and Ralph Macchio, in which Li, a kung fu prodigy who, after moving to New York and confronting with a local karate champion, receives help from his former master Mr. Han and karate sensei Daniel LaRusso.

We discuss how character is both the movie's strong suit and it's biggest weakness th...
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This week we review and discuss season 2 of Star Wars: Andor, a science fiction spy thriller series directed by Tony Gilroy and Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgard and Adria Arjona, in which thief-turned-rebel spy Cassian Andor during the formative five years that lead to the events of the two films, exploring how he becomes radicalized against the Galactic Empire and how the wider Rebel Alliance is formed.

We discuss whether season 2 liv...
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This week we review and discuss Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, a action spy movie directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atweell and Angela Bassett, in which Ethan Hunt and his Impossible Mission Force team unite to prevent the Entity, a rogue AI, from unleashing global destruction against humanity.

We discuss whether this movie delivers on its promises of breathtaking stunts and action set pie...
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May 25, 2025 44 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 28 Weeks Later, a postapocalyptic zombie film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and starring Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne and Idris Elba, about the efforts of United State...
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This week we review and discuss Final Destination: Bloodlines, a supernatural horror movie directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein and starring Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Tony Todd and Brec Bassinger, about a college student who inherits visions of a previous premonition that averted a deadly structural failure in 1968 from her dying grandmother and is warned that Death is coming for her family.

We discuss why this movie is so successful...
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May 18, 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 28 Days Later, a  postapocalyptic zombie film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris and Christopher Eccleston, about a bicycle courier who awa...
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May 14, 2025 54 mins
This week we review and discuss The Surfer, a psychological thriller movie directed by Lorcan Finnegan and starring Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon and Miranda Tapsell, about a man who plans to surf at an idyllic beach with his son but becomes thwarted and tormented by the locals.

We discuss why this movie may be the most polarising one we've reviewed so far, our interpretation of the movie's themes of ambition and compromise, what we ...
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In this week's movie conversation we talk about our reactions to watching Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg and Hayley Atwell, after not having seen a Mission: Impossible Movie in over a decade.

We talk about our memories and expectations for a Mission: Impossible movie, how we felt about the storytelling, characters and practical action of Dead Reckoni...
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May 8, 2025 62 mins
This week we review and discuss Thunderbolts*, a superhero movie and 36th film in the MCU, directed by Jake Schreier and starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, about a group of antiheroes that are caught in a deadly trap and forced to work together on a dangerous mission to defeat the Void.

We discuss our reaction to the movie's attempt to revive the MCU, whether it delivers on the character focus that we've...
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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 Shutter Island from 2010, a neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley, about a Deputy ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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