This week, Eric and Josh discuss: new neighbours, community support, multiplex new release exclusivity, Mandy, Rifftrax, Friday The 13th, Twilight, limited edition DVD's, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and more!

Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 12 - Thursday May 18: Mafia Mamma, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Cocaine Bear, The Evil Dead, Saturday Night Sinema, and Dosed: The Trip Of A Lifetime.

427: Did You Hear That Kaiju?

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: secret rental screenings, Ottawa International Animation Fest, Masaaki Yuasa, Odd Burger, Robert Downey Jr, Cillian Murphy, The Coral, Academy Awards, John Larroquette, and more!

Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 29 - Thursday October 5: Scrapper, Oppenheimer, Carlos, Half Hour Of Horror, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Saturday Night Sinema, My Name Is Eftyhia, Searching For Rodakis, Killer Joe, and Suspiria with Live Music by Goblin!

447: There's Too Many Words.

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Andrew Brannen, co-host of the Pause It For Me podcast, and director of the (coming soon to the Mayfair) movie Coffee To Cocktails!

They discuss his adventures in making the movie, and also chat about: Clerks, The Blair Witch Project, movie continuity, Star Trek IV, Back To The Future II, The Disaster Artist, and the Palm Dog Award!

They also mention the movies screening from Friday November 10 - Thursday November 16: The Persian Version, Anatomy Of A Fall, The Room, Stop Making Sense, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Messiah Of Evil, Saturday Night Sinema, and Coffee To Cocktails!

453: Cinematic Integrity.

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Sam from the Absent Friends Shadow Cast for a Rocky Horror Picture Show / Halloween aftermath discussion.

They also discuss: The Wizard Of Oz, vegan pizza, Elvis Presley, 1970s New York City, Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Hebrew Hammer, and more!

And, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday November 24 - Thursday November 30: May December, Priscilla, Who's Yer Father?, The Warriors, Saturday Night Sinema, and Gun Crazy!

455: Shock And Scandal.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: buying booze, border crossings, weird swag, Secret Santa, Wu-Tang Clan, Vinegar Syndrome, sleepovers, the Mayfair's 91st birthday, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 1 - Thursday December 7: Priscilla, The Smell Of Money, The Christmas Martian, American Graffiti, Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party, Playback, and Mountains On Stage!

456: Humblebragging

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: office parties, Free Comic Book Day, The Polar Express, private rentals, Lil' Avalanche, real time movies, The Golden Globes, American Genre Film Archive, The Cryptid Factor, social media, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 15 - Thursday December 21: Testament, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Bernadette, Don't Open Till Christmas, Saturday Night Sinema, It's A Wonderful Life, and Relax I'm From The Future!

458: A Good Sneak Around.

This week, Eric and Josh ring in the new year of 2024 and discuss: the future, Jason X, Demolition Man, Blade Runner, ChatGPT, cinema rentals, New Year's Eve, Across The Spider-Verse, The Blair Witch Project, Home Alone, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 5 - Thursday January 11, 2024: Eileen, Dream Scenario, A Haunting In Venice, Opening Night, Miracle Valley, Big Shark, and The Room!

461: Game The System.

This week, Eric, Lee, and Josh are joined by long time Friend-of-Mayfair Greg Sestero!

We discuss his directorial debut with Miracle Valley, his involvement in the development of Big Shark, his upcoming movie Forbidden Sky, and The Room. 
We also chat about Enter The Drag Dragon, Communion, a UFO night tour, Breakdown, It Follows, The Marfa Lights, dub vs subtitles, Ben Quadinaros, and more!

Plus, we mention the movies screening from Friday January 12 - Thursday January 18: The Boy And The Heron, The Holdovers, Saltburn, Pink Flamingos, The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie, and Saturday Night Sinema!

462: Shark Adjacent.

Thie week, Eric and Josh discuss: winter weather hitting, Weeping Angels, Daleks, Strike Force Five, Pistol Shrimps Radio, paranormal activity, dubbed vs subbed movies, The Cell, Daft Punk, Bill Plympton, Paycheck, the Batman 89 comic, and more!

Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 19 - Thursday January 25: The Boy And The Heron, The Holdovers, Multiple Maniacs, Silent Night, and Gloria!

463: Cookies For Breakfast.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: getting a new tattoo, staff scheduling chaos, matte paintings, behind the scenes, Lord Of The Rings, Free Solo, Rowdy Roddy Piper, colour to black & white movies, Big Shark, Academy Awards, pizza, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 26 - Thursday February 1: Monster, The Iron Claw, Godzilla Minus One, Enter The Drag Dragon, Love Streams, Cry-Baby, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Saturday Night Sinema!

464: You're The Mr. Godzilla.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Godzilla Minus One, Enter The Drag Dragon, getting recognized by podcast listeners, the Oscar nominations, Nimona, Flamin' Hot, Netflix, and more!

They also mention movies screening the week of Friday February 2 - Thursday February 8: The Boy And The Heron, Koyaanisqatsi, and In The Heat Of The Night!

They neglected to mention 11th hour bookings of Freud's Last Session, and Mad Dog Morgan, but you can always find updated movie listings at mayfairtheatre.ca

465: I've Never Fought A Godzilla.

This week, Eric and Josh chat about: leap years, Y2K, Dark Shadows, retro Marvel Star Wars comics, Tubi, The Battered Bastards Of Baseball, Damnation Alley, Sharknado, Godzilla, Ultraman, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 9 - Thursday February 15: Freud's Last Session, The Braid, The Room, Zombie, Moonstruck, Once Within A Time, Casablanca, and Saturday Night Sinema!

466: I'm Almost Classic Now.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: poor office lighting, high school friends, Gitanes Burger, ghosts, Fifth Avenue Cinemas, video stores, shoplifting, A Death In The Family, Secret Wars, The Thomas Crown Affair remake, the Oscars, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 16 - Thursday February 22: Ru, How To Have Sex, A Page Of Madness, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Big Shark!

Because the recording happened before the schedule was finalized, they neglect to mention that The Boy And The Heron, and The Braid are returning for a few more screenings.

467: It's The Ghosts.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: movie extras, theme songs, St. Elmo's Fire, Disney's Dinosaur, Madame Web, Fantastic Four, silent film / live band, Rock 'n' Roll High School, receiving a Big Shark standee, and more!

They also mention the movies screening from Friday February 23 - Thursday February 29: Ru, The Zone Of Interest, The Sweet East, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Super Secret Saturday Night Sinema, and Rollerball!

468: Movies Are Movies.

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Mayfair co-owner Ian, to discuss our world premiere screening of the movie that he wrote called The Path Of Totality!

They also chat about: social media stress, Frogman, John Carpenter, Anaconda, Rialto Pictures, Canadian content, Moonstruck, The Believers, The Thomas Crown Affair, Baywatch Nights, Kolchak, Solar Babies, Gordon Lightfoot, and more!

Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 1 - Thursday March 7: The Zone Of Interest, Drugstore June, the 2024 New York Cat Film Fest, The Fog, and The Path Of Totality!

(They neglect to mention The Teachers' Lounge, which got booked in the 11th hour, after the podcast recorded. You can find info on all the movies at mayfairtheatre.ca)

469: Don't Do This, Tony!

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: The Fog, Dune Part II, distributor snubs, listening to movie scores, movie trailers, Avatar, and more!

Plus they mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 8 - Thursday March 14: 500 Days In The Wild, Perfect Days, The Room, Escape From New York, Saturday Night Sinema, The Boy And The Heron, One From The Heart: Reprise, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, and the 96th Annual Academy Awards!

470: Constant Bear Attacks.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: daylight saving time, Rogue One, Young Guns, The X-Files, Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner music, Halloween movie novelizations, King Kong and Godzilla, Spider-man, Avatar, the Mothman, Return To Oz, and more!

Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 15 - Thursday March 21: Spider-man: Across The Spider-verse, Perfect Days, The Taste Of Things, The Thing, the 2024 New York Dog Film Fest, Frogman, and the Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party!

471: Some Kind Of A Joke.

This week, Eric, Josh, and (special guest) Brad discuss: HMV, Vertigo Records, LaserDiscs, Attack Of The Clones, Wonder Woman, Hugo, King Kong, Super 8, Saturday Night At The Movies, The Petrified Forest, Super 8, broken laptops, and more!

They also mention the movies screening from Friday March 22 - Thursday March 28: They Shot The Piano Player, Cinema's First Nasty Women, Archangel, This Isn't The End, The Taste Of Things, Big Shark, Riddle Of Fire, and Christine!

472: Do We Get Cake Now?

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Eric's brother Richard! They discuss: Calgary cinemas and film fests, digital vs physical media, Waydowntown, scurvy, Cinema's First Nasty Women, movies with live musical accompaniment, neighbourhood video stores, B.A. Johnston, and more!

They also mention the movies screening from Friday March 29 - Thursday April 4: American Fiction, Poor Things, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, They Live, Stopmotion, and Saturday Night Sinema!

473: Everyone Loves Dogs.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: April Fool's Day, Montreal food, front row seats, Saturday Night Sinema, Knightriders, Le Samourai, Artic Monkeys, and more!

Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday April 5 - Thursday April 11: Poor Things, American Fiction, Carol Doda Topless At The Condor, The Room, The Crazies, The South, and Rocky Road To Berlin!

474: Random Side Note.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: April Fool's Day, Friday The 13th: The Series, Freddy's Nightmares, Fright Flicks trading cards, John Constantine, Shadows Of The Empire, variant comic covers, Poor Things, Risky Business, Arcadian, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday April 12 - Thursday April 18: The Taste Of Things, The Old Oak, Dawn Of The Dead, Enter The Clones Of Bruce, Saturday Night Sinema, Twelve Tales, and Mamma Mia Sing-A-Long!

475: Apropos Of Nothing.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Beastie Boys, Elf, strange bus passengers, the Monroeville Mall, Cutthroat Island, Batman And Robin, Man Of Steel, Dark Shadows, Earth Day, Rainbow War, and more!

They also mention the movies screening from Friday April 19 - Thursday April 25: One Life, Remembering Gene Wilder, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Maniac, Sting, The Condor And The Eagle, and Mountains On Stage!

476: Pirates And Explosions.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the eclipse, Salem, Blair Witch movies, The Running Man book vs movie, Blumhouse Productions, Fantasy Island, Five Nights At Freddy's, Tommy Wiseau, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday April 26 - Thursday May 2: Omen, Big Shark, Saturday Night Sinema, Knightriders, UOttawa Cinema Club: Student Short Film Fest, The Liberation Men, and Radioactive: The Women Of Three Mile Island.

They neglect to mention Wicked Little Letters, and One Life, which were booked after the podcast was recorded. Listings can always be found at mayfairtheatre.ca!

477: They Swung For The Fences.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Free Comic Book Day, Big Shark, Escapade Music Fest, theft, Needful Things, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Crazies, Dawn Of The Dead, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 3 - Thursday May 9: Wicked Little Letters, Problemista, Club Zero, Le Samouraï, and Sherlock Jr. and One Week – with Live Music by the VOC Silent Film Harmonic!

478: Vigilante Justice.

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by a special guest, Eric's dad!

They chat about: Buster Keaton, silent films vs talkies, Häxan, 15 cent movie tickets, Westerns, serials, Star Wars, The Wizard Of Oz, Them!, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 10 - Thursday May 16: Irena's Vow, Common Ground, Femme, The Room, Sasquatch Sunset, Purple Noon, and Saturday Night Sinema!

479: The Extra Penny.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Eric's dad, Star Wars, Roger Corman, When A Stranger Calls swag, estate sales, our partially missing Big Shark standee, Look Who's Talking, Fallout, Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, and more!

Plus they mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 17 - Thursday May 23: The Red Circle, The Wizard Of Oz Sing-A-Long, Pulp Fiction, The Liberation Men, and Kim's Video!

They neglect to mention Irena's Vow, and Wicked Little Letters, which got booked after the recording. But, both are movies returning for encore weeks, so they were discussed previously!

480: Is That A Spoiler?

This week Eric and Josh discuss: Unfrosted, Madame Web, Poor Things, Dawn Of The Dead: 3D, Friday The 13th Part 3: 3D, Deadpool, the closing of The Comic Book Shoppe, Mayfair T-shirts, Werner Herzog, Siskel & Ebert, Kazam, Houseguest, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 24 - Thursday May 30: Aggro Dr1ft, Big Shark, The Big Lebowski, Saturday Night Sinema, Love Lies Bleeding, and Red Sun.

They neglect to mention The Promised Land, and Wicked Little Letters, which got booked and held over after the podcast recording. But, you can always check current movie listings at mayfairtheare.ca!

481: Life Is Hard.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: bus schedules, Saturday Night Sinema, Casablanca, The Great Glebe Garage Sale, The Colonial Theatre's Blobfest, The Great Escaper, The Trip, Stop Making Sense, and more!

They also mention movies screening the week of Friday May 31 - Thursday June 6: Civil War, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Late Night With The Devil, and Santo Vs. Doctor Death!

They neglect to mention Anselm, which got booked after the recording. But, showtimes and upcoming movies can always be checked at mayfairtheatre.ca!

482: Doing Laps And Screaming.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: wedding anniversaries, pedal pub bikes, the return of the Big Shark standee, what's behind our screen,  Mayfair t-shirts, the final days of The Comic Book Shoppe, Furiosa, comic book movie spin-offs, Mike Flanagan's new Exorcist movie, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 6 - Thursday June 13: It's Such A Beautiful Day, Dune: Part Two, The Road Warrior, The Big Bird Cage, and Motherload!

They neglect to mention Wildcat, and the blu-ray release screening of Enter The Drag Dragon, which got booked after the podcast recording.

But, you can always check listings at mayfairtheatre.ca!

483: Drive-In Trash.

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: John Wayne, the Bridges family, Leslie Nielsen, Liam Neeson, box office numbers, Bruce Willis, The Fall Guy, appointment television, Late Night Horror, Monty Python, and more!

They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 14 - Thursday June 20: Evil Does Not Exist, The Great Escaper, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, Targets, The Room, Saturday Night Sinema, and The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert

484: I Don't Trust Hollywood.

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