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310: A Chainsaw Fight On A Dock!

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35 minutes | Thursday, February 11, 2021
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh discuss: Blackenstein, early Denzel movies, our poster collection, sneaking into R-rated Mayfair movies in high school, Ontario's lack of a rating board, Dune, walking out of movies, Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Risky Business, Shakedown, White Fire, being in the golden age of the restoration of trash treasure cinema, and more! We're still in the trenches of our third round of COVID-19 related lockdown in Ottawa. Stay tuned for updates, and we will keep our fingers crossed that movies will be back on screen in the cinema soon, in February 2021!
38 minutes | Thursday, February 4, 2021
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: working 9 to 5, video store life, Aquaman, movie critics, Burt Reynolds, Mark Hamill, Hal Holbrock, watching the work of a veteran actor for the first time, new condo's being built in the neighbourhood, hopes for screening the new Nicolas Cage movie, and more! We're still in the trenches of our third round of COVID-19 related lockdown in Ottawa. Stay tuned for updates, and we will keep our fingers crossed that movies will be back on screen in the cinema in February 2021!
45 minutes | Thursday, January 28, 2021
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: The Littlest Hobo, The Beach Combers, Walker Texas Ranger, Lethal Weapon 5, kid actors with three names, weird sequels, Donald Sutherland, Danny DeVito, Deep Rising, Joe Dante, vintage Mayfair schedules, the Psycho franchise, and more! We're still in the trenches of our third round of COVID-19 related lockdown in Ottawa. Stay tuned for updates, and we will keep our fingers crossed that movies will be back on screen in the cinema in February 2021!
34 minutes | Thursday, January 21, 2021
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh check in from separate lockdown locations, and chat about: bad movie nights, Wing Commander, The Guyver, straight to vhs movies, Darkman sequels, Dr. Giggles, Ewoks movies, movies we would have screened if lockdown hadn't interfered, Star Trek, The Mandolorian, pre-internet spoilers, vintage Mayfair schedules, and more! We're still in the trenches of our third round of COVID-19 related lockdown in Ottawa. Stay tuned for updates, and we will keep our fingers crossed that movies will be back on screen in the cinema in February 2021!
37 minutes | Thursday, January 14, 2021
This week Eric and Josh check in from separate lockdown locations, and chat about: silver linings, cinema repairs, Friday the 13th Part III plans, Memories of Murder, Sundance Film Fest, virtual cinema, The Beatles, old timey radio shows, hot Dr. Pepper, Robocop 2 trading cards gum, and more! We've just had our third round of COVID-19 related lockdown extended in Ottawa. Stay tuned for updates, and we will keep our fingers crossed that movies will be back on screen in the cinema in February 2021!
33 minutes | Thursday, January 7, 2021
This week, Josh and Lee chat about: lockdown delayed film shoots, Martin Cove, catching up on cinematic classics, The War of the Worlds, Tom Cruise, the evolution of location / backlot / stagecraft film production, Michael Keaton Batman, inviting the mayor and prime minister to visit, and more! We're still in our third round of COVID-19 related lockdown to ring in the New Year. Stay tuned for updates, and we look forward to hopefully seeing you again in the cinema in January 2021!
38 minutes | Wednesday, December 30, 2020
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: the lack of snow, lockdown acclimation, Paul Verhoeven, Let The Right One In vs Let Me In, the new Black Christmas, underproduced female action figures, Jamie Lee Curtis, new world box office / distribution, cheaper Hollywood movie budgets, and more! We're in our third round of COVID-19 related lockdown to wrap up 2020. Stay tuned for updates, and we look forward to seeing you again in the cinema in early 2021!
35 minutes | Thursday, December 24, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: going into a 3rd lockdown, Christmas Jewish wishes, Christmas morning gifts, learning stuff from comic books, It's A Wonderful Life, Mayfair's tv Christmas movie fame, being a movie extra, and more! As of December 26th, 2020, we are back into lockdown for an unknown amount of time...hopefully only a couple of weeks! Stay tuned for info on our next schedule, which fingers crossed will be on our screen sometime in January 2021!
35 minutes | Thursday, December 17, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh discuss: generous patrons, watching R-rated movies thanks to VHS, Crossroads, West Coast Video, prudish Siskel & Ebert, Excorsist III, colourized movies, other Mayfair's, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday December 18th - Thursday December 24th: Another Round, I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight, Prince Of Darkness, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water, Gremlins, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and It's A Wonderful Life!
39 minutes | Wednesday, December 9, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: the Mayfair's 88th birthday, future set movies, Jeopardy, the Bytowne's closure, Warner Bros distribution plans, Steven Soderbergh, Christopher Nolan, Bloodshot's new normal box office success, Ontario's lack of a ratings board, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday December 11th - Thursday December 17th, 2020: Splinters, Tenet, The Warriors, and Die Hard!
33 minutes | Wednesday, December 2, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: Kevin Smith, Joe Rogan, Netflix symbiosis, Oscars 2021, alternate universe casting, Christopher Nolan sound design, Saturday Morning cartoons inspired by R-rated movies, Archie crossovers, Muppets, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 4th - Thursday December 10th: Mank, Tenet, Robocop, Black Bear, and Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan!
40 minutes | Wednesday, November 25, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: snowfall, cinema rentals, video games, digital movie distribution, false claims at visionary status, watching documentaries without knowing actual history, sports movies, Quentin Tarantino books, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday November 27th - Thursday December 3rd: Percy, Ammonite, Zappa, Possessor, and Saturday Night Sinema!
40 minutes | Wednesday, November 18, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: digital restorations, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, anthologies, physical media, Bruce Willis, Ron Howard and Bryce Dallas Howard, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday November 20th - Thursday November 26th: Vanguard, The Last Vermeer, Hillbilly Elegy, Psychomagic: A Healing Art, and the Ottawa Adventure Film Fest!
40 minutes | Thursday, November 12, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: the Ottawa Adventure Film Fest, Polar Express, a new Frank Zappa doc, Nic Cage, pan and scan, Kim Cattrall, 3D movies, and more! They also mention the movies screening from Friday November 13th - Thursday November 19th: The Climb, Crecsendo, Friday The 13th Part II, The Holy Mountain, Action USA, and Vanguard!
39 minutes | Thursday, November 5, 2020
This week, Eric and Josh finish recording a podcast right before news hit that the cinema can re-open on Saturday November 7th! Instead of that, they chat about advent calanders, Mall anger, art installations, autographs, limited edition collectibles, Episode One merch, digital content, The Polar Express, Die Hard, and more! This was the 4th podcast recorded during Lockdown Part 2. We'll be back to a slightly more normal podcast next week!
54 minutes | Thursday, October 29, 2020
This week, Eric, Sam, and Josh chat about: War of the Worlds, first childhood horror movies watched, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, corner store video stores, Vincent Price, Ed Wood, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Halloween candy, Josh's new comic book projects (Flip volume 2, and Damned, Cursed Children), and more! We're in COVID-19 Lockdown 2 Week 3. Stay tuned for updates about our return, hopefully in November 2020!
40 minutes | Thursday, October 22, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: American Rickshaw, Janet Jones, thinking all movies are great when you're a kid, the He-Man/She-Ra movie, Tron, Sleepy Hollow, James Wan, Treat Williams, Anaconda, Greg Sestero in The Haunting of Bly Manor, ghosts, our generous patrons, and more! We're in COVID-19 Lockdown 2 Week 2. Stay tuned for updates about our return, hopefully in November 2020!
40 minutes | Thursday, October 15, 2020
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: round 2 of covid-19 lockdown, our epic Friday The 13th Fest, journalistic integrity, silver linings, kitties and puppies, chaos theory, Exorcist II, Batman & Robin, Star Trek: Generations, Hellraiser's, and more! As mentioned, we're back into another round of being on lockdown. Stay tuned for updates on our return!
37 minutes | Wednesday, October 7, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: I Know What You Need short film indiegogo campaign, covid era weddings, friends in commercials, the Polkaroo's secret identity, midnight movie history, mob distribution of movies, the Monster Mash, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday October 9th - Thursday October 15th, 2020: Saturday Night Sinema, The Artist's Wife, El Topo, A Nightmare On Elm Street, and Nadia, Butterfly!
33 minutes | Thursday, October 1, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: impending lock-down possibilities, Rocky Horror, that wearing masks shouldn't be difficult, various Pinocchio movies, elevated horror vs horror vs thriller classifications, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday October 2nd - Thursday October 8th, 2020: The Keeper, The Tobacconist, 8 1/2, and Rosemary's Baby!
39 minutes | Thursday, September 24, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: a bunch of movie franchises (Alien, Predator, Terminator, Child's Play), George A. Romero, movie development hell, M. Night Shyamalan, Gone Girl, Jane Fonda, Touched By An Angel, Clark Kent / Superman, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday September 25th - Thursday October 1st: The Personal History Of David Copperfield, Radioactive, They Live, Barbarella: Queen Of The Galaxy, and Saturday Night Sinema!
37 minutes | Thursday, September 17, 2020
This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: retirement parties, more lock-down possibilities, Clue, weekly program fliers, Game Of Death, Empire Records, the future of coin and paper money, Bernard Herrmann, movie budgets, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday September 18th - Thursday September 24th: Come And See, Hope Gap, The Rest Of Us, and Peninsula!
42 minutes | Thursday, September 10, 2020
This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: endless amounts of content to watch, Slaughterhouse-Five, Cruel Jaws, The Asylum movies, Single White Female, bad movie nights, Elizabethtown, Gremlins stickers, Thriller, scary E.T., and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday September 11th - Thursday September 17th: Military Wives, How To Be A Good Wife, Game Of Death, and Bill & Ted Face The Music!
41 minutes | Friday, September 4, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: movie timeline futures, The Running Man, ghost writers, William Shatner, Ben Affleck audio commentaries, Disney live action remakes, Tom Cruise, the sophomore jinx, Dougray Scott Wolverine, Wild Things, knockoff sequels, Pacific Heights, and more! Plus, they mention the films screening from Friday September 4th - Thursday September 10th, 2020: Dave Not Coming Back, Enter The Dragon, Summerland, and A Clockwork Orange!
41 minutes | Thursday, August 27, 2020
This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: new movies being released post lock-down, All The Money In The World, same plot movies being released at the same time, scary underwater movies, seat-belts, watching VHS movies on a bus trip, being a latch-key kid, Tim Burton, Jeff Speakman, and more! Plus they mention the movies screening from Friday August 28th - Thursday September 3rd, 2020: The Great Green Wall, The Burnt Orange Heresy, The Way Of The Dragon, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, Saturday Night Sinema, and the stay-at-home Mayfair Virtual Cinema presentation of My Lucky Stars!
36 minutes | Thursday, August 20, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: being back from lock-down for a month, Spice Girls, the Raptors, post lock-down film shoots, rescheduled Hollywood releases, Neil Breen, different Kermit the Frog's, Maniac Cop, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday August 21st - Thursday August 27th: The Empire Strikes Back, Fist Of Fury, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Nomad: In The Footsteps Of Bruce Chatwin!
37 minutes | Thursday, August 13, 2020
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: Halloween, Outbreak, Contagion, business safety measures, The Empire Strikes Back, classic spoilers, Heritage Minutes, the bizarre cinematic legacy of Bruce Lee, knockoff VHS movies, Dawn of the Dead, Quentin Tarantino, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday August 14th - Thursday August 20th: Arab Blues, Brotherhood, Pulp Fiction, and The Big Boss!
33 minutes | Thursday, August 6, 2020
This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: retro vs premiere screenings, John Saxon, cannibal movies, Hollywood's horrible history with animals, White God, Mothra, the Disney Vault, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, advance tickets, and more! They also mention the movies screening from August 7th - 13th, 2020: Made In Italy, Joan Of Arc, Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla, and The Empire Strikes Back!
39 minutes | Thursday, July 30, 2020
This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: Siskel & Ebert, Guillermo del Toro, Hellboy, movie cars, comic con celebs, Boba Fett, Taika Waititi, Jaws mayors, Godzooky, Muppets, and more! Plus, they discuss the movies screening the week of Friday July 31st - to Thursday August 6th: Jurassic Park, Docteur?, Seberg, and Destroy All Monsters!
31 minutes | Thursday, July 23, 2020
This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: online dating, zoom interviews, comic book spinner racks, the Mayfair's first week post-lockdown, 1980s movie channels, tv movies, Roger Corman, the Disney Vault opening up, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday July 24th - Thursday July 30th: Abe, First Cow, The Karate Kid, The Thing, Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster, and Saturday Night Sinema!
310: A Chainsaw Fight On A Dock!
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