Episode 186 – The Shallows and The Legend of Tarzan

the-shallows-posterShould you wade out into The Shallows or will it that just come back to bite you? Find out on this week’s episode! We’re quite chatty this week with listener feedback, what we’ve been watching, and some bonus topics after the end of our outro.

Show Notes:

  • Intro
  • Listener Feedback:
    • Joep’s catch up! (0:02:18)
    • Tommy has some bad news… (0:05:00)
  • What We’ve Been Watching:
    • Willie: Orange is the New Black Season 4, Stephen King’s It (1990) (0:18:28)
    • Alex: Pawn Sacrifice99 HomesHello, My Name is DorisJane the Virgin Season 1, Casual Season 2, Game of Thrones Season 6, The Legend of Tarzan (0:30:05)
  • Anton Yelchin has passed away. (0:42:12)
  • Full Review: The Shallows (0:49:16)
  • Outro
  • Extra discussion: Robert Rodriguez, 4Dx theaters, and the Machete Order of Star Wars (1:14:18)

Make sure you check out AMC’s Preacher and then give a listen to our new podcast Gone to Texas! Now available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and Google Play Music.

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Music and artwork were made for us by @ChonConstantine on twitter.

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Episode 185 – Finding Dory, The Conjuring 2, and The Ides of March

doryconjuremarchA grab-bag for this week! While Alex is still out of town, the film nerds discuss two recent movies in Finding Dory and The Conjuring 2 as well as an older film in The Ides of March. We also talk about collecting and pose a new Genie question!

Show Notes:

  • Intro
  • On movie (and other nerdy) collections (0:02:11)
  • Genie question: What three locations from movies and TV (fantastical or not) would you want to visit? (0:11:51)
  • Review Roundup!:
    • The Ides of March (0:29:58)
    • The Conjuring 2 (0:40:15)
    • Finding Dory (0:51:38)
  • Outro

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Music and artwork were made for us by @ChonConstantine on twitter.

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Episode 184 – Netflix’s Bloodline Season 2

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Let me tell you somethin’, it’s time to talk about season 2 of Netflix’s Bloodline with Jon and Bryan of the Midwest Game Nerds Podcast!

Show Notes:

  • Introduction
  • Full Review: Netflix’s Bloodline Season 2 (0:01:42)
    • Spoilers start: (0:08:01)
  • Outro

Make sure you check out AMC’s Preacher and then give a listen to our new podcast Gone to Texas! Now available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and Google Play Music.

Use this link to shop on Amazon and have part of the proceeds of the sale go to the Midwest Podcast Network!

Music and artwork were made for us by @ChonConstantine on twitter.

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Give us a call and leave a voicemail at (248) 733-5MFN or (248) 733-5636!

We’re also on Instagram (Username: MFNPodcast) and Vine (search for Midwest Film Nerds Podcast)!

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Episode 183 – Warcraft

warcraft posterDid Duncan Jones scrounge up enough resources to build a great Warcraft movie? Find out on this week’s episode! We also discuss other video game movies, both good and bad.

Show Notes:

  • Intro
  • Video game movie discussion! (0:03:20)
  • Full Review: Warcraft (0:18:30)
    • SPOILER ALERT: (0:44:44)
  • Outro

Make sure you check out AMC’s Preacher and then give a listen to our new podcast Gone to Texas! Now available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and Google Play Music.

Use this link to shop on Amazon and have part of the proceeds of the sale go to the Midwest Podcast Network!

Music and artwork were made for us by @ChonConstantine on twitter.

Follow the show and Alex on twitter.

Give us a call and leave a voicemail at (248) 733-5MFN or (248) 733-5636!

We’re also on Instagram (Username: MFNPodcast) and Vine (search for Midwest Film Nerds Podcast)!

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Episode 182 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Out-of-the-Shadows-poster-700x1092In this episode find out if you should keep yourself in the dark when it comes to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows! We also congratulate Joep and Eva on their wedding and talk about what we’ve been watching!

Show Notes:

  • Intro
  • What We’ve Been Watching:
    • Nick: Fantastic Four (2015) (0:03:48)
    • Tim: Now You See Me (0:10:29)
    • Willie: Jaws: The Revenge again? (0:14:38)
    • Alex: Comedy Bang Bang! Season 5 Premiere (0:15:50)
  • Listener Feedback:
    • David Steel’s movie prop picks! (0:16:38)
  • In honor of Joep and Eva getting married, movies we like that involve weddings! (0:20:03)
  • Full Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (0:35:00)
    • SPOILER ALERT: (0:54:53)
  • Outro

Make sure you check out AMC’s Preacher and then give a listen to our new podcast Gone to Texas! Now available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and Google Play Music.

Use this link to shop on Amazon and have part of the proceeds of the sale go to the Midwest Podcast Network!

Music and artwork were made for us by @ChonConstantine on twitter.

Follow the show and Alex on twitter.

Give us a call and leave a voicemail at (248) 733-5MFN or (248) 733-5636!

We’re also on Instagram (Username: MFNPodcast) and Vine (search for Midwest Film Nerds Podcast)!

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Episode 181 – X-Men: Apocalypse

cf7kkqeuuaeqameIs X-Men: Apocalypse an unmitigated disaster or can Charles and Erik save the movie themselves? We also talk about our favorite movie props, Spawn, and more!

Show Notes:

  • Intro
  • Listener Feedback:
    • Tom writes in! (0:01:40)
  • What We’ve Been Watching:
    • Nick: The Running Man (0:04:15)
    • Tim: Spawn (0:00:00)
    • Willie: Jaws: The Revenge, That 70’s Show Mom’s Got A Date With A VampireEddie’s Million Dollar Cook-OffMy Best Fiend (0:14:40)
    • Alex: You’re the Worst Seasons 1 & 2, Bloodline Season 2 premiere, Game of Thrones Season 6 (0:21:02)
  • Movie props we would buy if money was no object (0:23:10)
  • Full Review: X-Men: Apocalypse (0:37:47)
    • SPOILER ALERT: (0:59:47)
  • Outro

Make sure you check out AMC’s Preacher and then give a listen to our new podcast Gone to Texas! Now available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and Google Play Music.

Use this link to shop on Amazon and have part of the proceeds of the sale go to the Midwest Podcast Network!

Music and artwork were made for us by @ChonConstantine on twitter.

Follow the show and Alex on twitter.

Give us a call and leave a voicemail at (248) 733-5MFN or (248) 733-5636!

We’re also on Instagram (Username: MFNPodcast) and Vine (search for Midwest Film Nerds Podcast)!

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Episode 180 – Keanu and The Nice Guys

nice-guys-poster-600x889Does The Nice Guys finish last? Find out on this week’s episode! We also talk about Key and Peele’s Keanu, top 10 horror movies of the 2010s, and Summer movie wager statistics!

Show Notes:

  • Cold Open: Recent uptick in jokes at Detroit’s expense in movies.
  • Intro (0:01:40)
  • Willie and Tim’s Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s (0:08:32)
  • Summer Movie Wager Statistics(0:17:00)
  • Willie’s Review of Keanu (0:21:57)
  • Full Review: The Nice Guys (0:33:37)
    • SPOILER ALERT: (0:50:44)
  • Outro

Make sure you check out AMC’s Preacher and then give a listen to our new podcast Gone to Texas! Now available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and Google Play Music.

Use this link to shop on Amazon and have part of the proceeds of the sale go to the Midwest Podcast Network!

Music and artwork were made for us by @ChonConstantine on twitter.

Follow the show and Alex on twitter.

Give us a call and leave a voicemail at (248) 733-5MFN or (248) 733-5636!

We’re also on Instagram (Username: MFNPodcast) and Vine (search for Midwest Film Nerds Podcast)!

Send comments, feedback, “Food for Thought” questions to feedback(AT)midwestfilmnerds(DOT)com.

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Episode 179 – Money Monster

moneymonstersmallShould you buy or sell on Money Monster? Find out on this week’s episode! We also talk about Goon, we play tagline takedown, and much more!

Show Notes:

  • Intro
  • Listener Feedback:
    • Tom on Nick and Captain America: Civil War (0:08:27) (Civil War SPOILERS from 0:9:10 to 0:11:30)
    • Joep on The Dark Tower audiobooks (0:13:47)
  • Nick and Tim talk Goon (0:19:15)
  • Tagline Takedown! (0:29:06)
  • Full Review: Money Monster (0:34:41)
    • SPOILER ALERT: (0:53:32)
  • One last Doug Benson IMDb Game (1:09:50)
  • Outro
  • Alex is kind of a jerk. (1:17:14)

Use this link to shop on Amazon and have part of the proceeds of the sale go to the Midwest Podcast Network!

Music and artwork were made for us by @ChonConstantine on twitter.

Follow the show and Alex on twitter.

Give us a call and leave a voicemail at (248) 733-5MFN or (248) 733-5636!

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Bonus Episode: Interview with Disasterpeace (Composer of It Follows)

disasterpeaceAlex got a chance to sit down and talk with Disasterpeace (Rich Vreeland), the man who composed the soundtrack of It Follows! In the interview we discuss how Rich got into music, what led him to making music for video games, how he came up with the unique score for It Follows and more!

You can find Disasterpeace’s music and blog where he discusses everything we talked about and more in even more detail at www.disasterpeace.com

Music for this episode is by Disasterpeace and is titled “Jump Error” from the album Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar.

Many thanks again to Rich for taking the time to talk to me!

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Episode 178 – Captain America: Civil War

civil-war-poster-3Does Captain America: Civil War turn podcast brethren against each other? Find out on this week’s episode! We also talk about listener feedback and play Super Hero Movie Mash Up!

Show Notes:

  • Intro
  • Listener Feedback:
    • Gordan writes in! (0:02:12)
  • Super Hero Movie Mash Up! (0:07:06)
  • Full Review: Captain America: Civil War (0:17:14)
    • SPOILER ALERT: (0:43:31)
  • Outro
  • Talk on The Dark Tower (1:27:39)

Use this link to shop on Amazon and have part of the proceeds of the sale go to the Midwest Podcast Network!

Music and artwork were made for us by @ChonConstantine on twitter.

Follow the show and Alex on twitter.

Give us a call and leave a voicemail at (248) 733-5MFN or (248) 733-5636!

We’re also on Instagram (Username: MFNPodcast) and Vine (search for Midwest Film Nerds Podcast)!

Send comments, feedback, “Food for Thought” questions to feedback(AT)midwestfilmnerds(DOT)com.

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