At this point, we really felt that Movie Moan, as a weekly podcast, had run its course and decided to end it in April that year with an epic 4 hour finale, which is still one of, if not our best show.

But we still had a new X-Men movie to cover, the box office shows to do, and the Hobbit trilogy to finish reviewing so, yes indeed, we did continue to do shows sporadically all the way till the end of the year.

And at the end of the year, we announced that we were bored of being away and decided to come back for a rebooted podcast in 2015.  We were indecisive.  What can we say?

Movie Moan - The 2014 Season

2013 was hands down my favorite year for the podcast.  Some of our best ever shows can be found this year.  We had a regular rotation of guests to keep things fresh.  We had some of our most fun discussions.  And, of course, this was the year of 'Man of Steel' and, by extension, the year of Supermoan; our ultimate Superman retrospective.

Movie Moan - The 2013 Season

Join Phil Gee, Jamie Williams, Shawn Robbins of Box Office.com, and 'The Weekend Warrior' Ed Douglas as we predict on the domestic box office of each year's biggest films..........and occasionally get things right.

Movie Moan - The Box Office Prediction Shows

If there is anything that defines the years of work we have dedicated to podcasting, retrospectives and love of film, then it is this; our ultimate retrospective look at the Superman film series.

We can also say in all modesty that this is our most celebrated piece of work.  Something about the mix of podcasters we assembled for this series, the different perspectives we brought to the films, and the way we bounced off eachother made this series really work.  We are proud to bring it to you again.

Supermoan - The Ultimate Superman Retrospective

This week's episode is a movie tagline producing factory all by itself.  Phil comes up with the perfect one for 'Ant-Man', Gabe figures out the perfect way to market 'Jurassic World' is to tell the mass public that they don't deserve it, and the title of the show is the one to be used for the inevitable Dumbledore prequel movie.

So join Phil, Jamie, the always hilarious Gabe Toro and the incessantly delightful Jen Mayhew as another near two hours of Movie Moan fun.

This week, Phil and Gabe come to blows on whether Ron Howard's latest film 'Rush' is a thoughtful character study or a dressed up 'jocks vs. nerds' movie.  Gabe always reviews the 150 minute (with one plot twist per minute guaranteed) 'Prisoners'.  Jen gives us the lowdown on 'Fantastic Beats And Where To Find Them'.  Phil tells us why there's the smallest chance that Marvel Studios knows what they're doing by moving 'Ant-Man' to Summer 2015.  And we wonder aloud if 'Jurassic World' really is the best film title of all time.

Note:  Movie Moan is a non-profit entertainment podcast.  All video, images and/or music used is the respective property of the individual copyright holder and is replicated here only in the context of 'fair use', allowing for the purpose of reporting, education, criticism, and/or humour.  No infringement of copyright is intended.

Movie Moan Podcast - It's Not Gay...IT'S MAGIC (Rush review, Ant-Man, Jurassic World)

It's time for another round of the best (and perhaps only) Box Office prediction interactive game in the movie podcast world.......and YOU can take part.

So get your game faces on and join your regular Movie Moan competitors Phil Gee, Jamie Williams, and Mr. Box Office.com himself Shawn Robbins as we predict the US domestic box office on all of Winter 2013's big movies, and how much they will make up the cut off date of January 31st 2014.

As explained in the show, if you want to take part and potentially be a 'web winner' then all you need to do is lay out your own predictions in the comments section.  Just lay them out by film title in the following order with your prediction next to it:

1. Ender's Game
2. 12 Years A Slave
3. Thor: The Dark World
4. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
5. Frozen
6. Black Nativity
7. The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
8. Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
9. Saving Mr Banks
10. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
11. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
12. 47 Ronin
13. Grudge Match
14. American Hustle
15. The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

Best of luck!

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Movie Moan Podcast - The Winter 2013 Box Office Prediction Power Hour

We're back for the new year but we're not going to be sticking around for too long.  We have a very important announcement to make about the future of entertainment as presented by Phil Gee and Jamie Williams.  And it's at the end of the show so feel free to skip straight to it.  I hope you understand what we're doing but if you do have any questions then please feel free to ask me in the comments section below or on Twitter.

And once you've rewound back to the start of the show you can join us as we pick the most important films we saw in 2013, consisting of our favourite film, the worst film, the most surprising film, and the most disappointing film of the year.

Plus, Phil shares a story of how he became more than just a man.  He became........a legend.........for an hour.


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Movie Moan Podcast - The End Is Nigh (sort of)

It's not a prediction, nor a forecast.  It's a debate to settle once and for all........and a man's life is at stake.

Namely our special guest Mr Randall Maynard who swears that, if the Marvel Cinematic Universe falls apart anytime soon, he will kill himself.

Those are the stakes this week as prosecuting attorney Jamie Williams tries to make the case once and for all that the comic book movie genre has reached its peak and will end very shortly making way for an implosion of the current studio system and a way forward for more original productions.

Standing opposed is hotshot defence lawyer Phil Gee who stands utterly opposed to this argument and will provide strong and damning evidence that proves the genre will survive and thrive, specifically because the alternative, the end of blockbusters as we know them, is not an option.

Providing sound and wise judgement over the proceedings is the honourable Spencer Perry who will decide the final verdict and we find out who has won........and who is dead.

It's the debate to end all debates.  Whether you're sick of comic book movies or devour them, you'll want to listen.

And there's even time for some Movie Moan randomness as we listen to what the guys sound like when they're just chatting before the show starts and don't think that Phil is recording them.

Legal Note: Movie Moan is a non-profit entertainment podcast.  All video, images and/or music used is the respective property of the individual copyright holder and is replicated here only in the context of 'fair use', allowing for the purpose of reporting, education, criticism, and/or humour.  No infringement of copyright is intended.

Movie Moan Podcast - The End Of The Comic Book Movie

...well you'll have to listen to the show of course but Gabe Toro has the scoop on the film that will literally cause the end of cinema.  There will be no need to make any more films once it has been unleashed, assuming you don't die of a heart attack from sheer hype before you even get the chance to see it.

Speaking of which, we at the Movie Moan podcast, consisting this week of Gabe, Jamie Williams, Spencer Perry, the enchanting Jen Mayhew, and myself, are sick of unsubstantiated and out of control rumours being treated as facts and scoops.  We have become beyond gullible as a community.  As such, this week we will each unleash the rumours we wish we could sit back and watch people fall for; rumours that are utter horse poop but that I know you will wish were true.

And on top of all of that, we course talk about WB's utter stupidity and ball dropping, the gay Doctor Strange that will never be, Spike Jonze's 'Her', controversy with Matthew Mcconaughey, the Academy Awards actually making some good selections this year, and the whole issue of why modern motion pictures made in the last decade just don't seem built to last.

Oh, and if you want to skip to the end first to hear me go nuclear on my local movie theatre for sabotaging my screening of 'The Wolf Of Wall Street' then I won't hold it against you.

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Movie Moan Podcast - And The Last Film Ever Made Will Be...

Here it folks; the show you were supposed to get last week.  And it's a corker that could shake the foundations of the planet.

This week we turn one of Phil's rants into deed and action for a change.  Since we're banging our heads against the wall for Warner Bros. to start multi-tasking and, y'know, actually craft a DC cinematic universe by producing more than one film at a time, we decided to prove that you could still make a traditional Superman sequel for next summer and still have 'Batman Vs. Superman Vs. The World' out for the year after.

Over the course of the next two hours, you will get to hear something seldom done in the movie podcast arena; Phil, Jamie, and special guest Mr Randall Maynard will band together to write a treatment for the Superman sequel we deserve live on air.  By the end of the show, we will have battled through the rewrites, studio notes and toy deals and come up with something we can all agree would be a solid next step in the new Superman's cinematic adventures.

Feel free to dream of the movie we have made (since it will never be) or curse our names and pitch us something better in the comments section.  Either way, tell us what you think  Enjoy!

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Movie Moan Podcast: Pitch Of Steel (aka We Write The New Superman Movie On Air)

Oh, it's like we never left.  

This week we pay homage to the way things used to be on this show when Phil Gee and Jamie Williams were joined every week by their faithful companions Captain Ed Hocken of Police Squad and the wise and sage Mr Lou Sytsma.  You knew where you were then.  It wouldn't be more than a minute after saying hello before you were discussing Law & Order and swapping Youtube links.

After months, maybe even years away, we reunited this week for a special show to do all that again but to let you hear it.  So join us this week for an uncut glimpse into what a regular two hour conversation between these four guys sound like.

Amidst all the chaos are such topics as Phil's review of 'Robocop' (2014), Jamie's review of 'The Lego Movie', the TV dub of 'Die Hard With A Vengeance', the Rocky & Bullwinkle movie, The Wolverine, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, why Scorcese hasn't won more Oscars, and MTV Liquid Television. 

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Movie Moan Podcast: Those Were The Days (with the old Movie Moan gang)

What do I need to say?  

Let battle commence one more time as Phil, Jamie, and 'The Knowledge' Mr Shawn Robbins of BoxOffice.com look back on their, sometimes wildly inaccurate, box office predictions for the Winter movies of 2013 and see who emerges as the victory.

And let me tell you folks at home who played along and submitted your own predictions, there has never been a closer battle between you lot.

So join us over the next three hours to see who is right, who is dead, and who has won a copy of 'Batman The Movie' (1966) on DVD with the really inappropriate TDK inspired cover.

Legal Note:  Movie Moan is a non-profit entertainment podcast.  All video, images and/or music used is the respective property of the individual copyright holder and is replicated here only in the context of 'fair use', allowing for the purpose of reporting, education, criticism, and/or humour.  No infringement of copyright is intended.

Movie Moan - The Winter 2013 Box Office Results Spectacular

You asked for it. Here it is.

Every half hour discussion Jamie and I did on every official James Bond film from 1962 to 2002, from 'Dr. No' to 'Die Another Day', is now available in audio form.

Just listen in spats. You'll be fine. Or use the time stamps I've prepared for you:

Dr. No - 1:56 mins
From Russia With Love - 26:26 mins (a little audio distortion on this one - apologies)
Goldfinger - 52:52 mins
Thunderball - 1:14:02 mins
You Only Live Twice - 1:32:55 mins
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 1:51:39 mins
Diamonds Are Forever - 2:16:07 mins
Live And Let Die - 2:34:12 mins
The Man With The Golden Gun - 2:59:24 mins
The Spy Who Loved Me - 3:23:05 mins

Movie Moan Special - The Ultimate Bond-A-Thon Part 1 (1962 - 1977)

You asked for it. Here it is.

Every half hour discussion Jamie and I did on every official James Bond film from 1962 to 2002, from 'Dr. No' to 'Die Another Day', is now available in audio form.

Just listen in spats. You'll be fine. Or use the time stamps I've prepared for you:

Moonraker - 1:55 mins
For Your Eyes Only - 23:36 mins
Octopussy - 45:34 mins
A View To A Kill - 1:07:26 mins
The Living Daylights - 1:32:14 mins
License To Kill - 1:59:00 mins
Goldeneye - 2:20:04 mins
Tomorrow Never Dies - 2:45:38 mins
The World Is Not Enough - 3:06:48 mins
Die Another Day - 3:29:40 mins

Movie Moan Special - The Ultimate Bond-A-Thon Part 2 (1979 - 2002)

Join Phil Gee, Jamie Williams, Shawn Robbins, and Ed Douglas as they reunite to do battle once again and predict the box office on the most interesting, packed and competitive summer movie season we've seen since.......well, since the last time they made an Avengers movie.

Over the next, near three hours, we'll be predicting the US domestic gross on 16 of the summer's biggest films (yes, we had to let 'The Man From UNCLE' go, I'm sure you'll forgive us).

But don't just watch the show, TAKE PART!  We want your predictions.  Just cast your eyes on the list below, go to the comments section of this episode on Think McFly Think, paste in the list, and put your numbers next to it.  The prize is my eternal respect.  C'mon, that's priceless:-

1. Avengers: Age Of Ultron (May 1st) - 8:18
2. Mad Max: Fury Road (May 15th) - 23:24
3. Pitch Perfect 2 (May 15th) - 33:46
4. Tomorrowland (May 22nd) - 41:29
5. Poltergeist (May 22nd) - 55:10
6. San Andreas (May 29th) - 1:04:05
7. Jurassic World (June 12th) - 1:08:48
8. Inside Out (June 19th) - 1:21:51
9. Ted 2 (June 26th) - 1:33:41
10. Terminator: Genysis (July 1st) - 1:42:46
11. Minions (July 10th) - 1:53:54
12. Ant-Man (July 17th) -2:01:53 
13. Pan (July 24th) - 2:11:34
14. Pixels (July 24th) - 2:18:54
15. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (July 31st) - 2:26:33
16. Fant4stic (August 7th) - 2:36:38

Best of luck everyone.  We'll see you in September for the results.

Movie Moan's Summer 2015 Box Office Predictions Spectacular (audio Version)

Note: The opening credits are a little quiet in terms of audio but the rest of the show is fine.  Don't crank it up too high.

It's time to see just how wrong we were.

Join the box office predicting team of Phil Gee, Jamie Williams, Ed Douglas, & Shawn Robbins as we reflect back on 16 of the Summer's biggest films and find out who came closest to predicting what they would actually gross.........even if that means being $400 million out.  Just skip to the section on 'Jurassic World' to see what we mean.

Most importantly, we tally up the scores for all of our web participants who took part in the game.  Make sure you all watch the video version if you did.  If you won a round then you'll get to see your name in bright neon lights; what a treat.

1.  Avengers: Age Of Ultron - 4:50
2.  Mad Max: Fury Road - 9:52
3.  Pitch Perfect 2 - 15:55
4.  Tomorrowland - 19:24
5.  Poltergeist - 25:42
6.  San Andreas - 28:53
7.  Jurassic World - 35:00
8.  Inside Out - 43:53
9.  Ted 2 - 52:35
10.  Terminator: Genysis - 58:50
11.  Minions - 1:05:08
12.  Ant-Man - 1:10:08
13.  Pan - 1:14:10
14.  Pixels - 1:16:56
15.  Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - 1:22:25
16.  Fant4stic - 1:30:26

And finally, some early box office predictions for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' - 1:36:02

Movie Moan's Summer 2015 Box Office Results Show (audio Version)

Does this show need a long winded blurb?

I don't think it does.  So join me, Mr. Box Office.com Shawn Robbins, and the new challenger Ed Douglas as we battle through the closest race that has ever been run in all the years we've been doing our Box Office specials.

Now let us see who is right, and who is dead.

Movie Moan - Summer 2013 Box Office Results Spectacular

Join us tonight as we uncover the mystery that has nobody dared unveil until now......nobody ever credited as a film director has ever directed that film.  We directed 'em.  I mean, if you think about it, what kind of name is Kinka Usher.  There's no way that's a real name right?

Joining Phil and Jamie this week are our regular Movie Moan friends Jen Mayhew and Gabe Toro as we review 'Kick Ass 2', they try to describe the 'experience' that is Lee Daniels' 'The Butler' and we jump from random topic to random topic to make up for lack of interesting news.

It's random, it's fun, it's Movie Moan......and you wouldn't have it any other way.

Movie Moan - I Directed Mystery Men So Screw All Of You

It's the debate that will rage on for decades: what did you think of the twist?

If you saw Iron Man 3 (judging by the $176 million worth of tickets sold), you know what we're talking about. To those spoiler sensitive chaps, our lips are sealed in this text.

Joining the British Gentleman Agent Phil and his loud-mouth sidekick Jamie this week are special guests Justin Korthoff and Randall Maynard.

It's a full-blown spoiler-filled discussion about the beginning chapter of Marvel's Phase 2. Everything is covered from that twist-that-shall-not-be-named, who Jamie was relieved to see alive at the end more than any other character, Phil actually disagreeing with Randall (What a bastard!) and this possibly being the end of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark.

Movie Moan - The Mandarin Debate

The UK is getting blessed with quite a few summer blockbusters opening here before they do in the States.  I'll soon be bringing you early reviews for 'Star Trek Into Darkness' and 'Fast & Furious 6'.  But the summer always starts with a Marvel movie so joins us this week as I give my first thoughts on 'Iron Man 3'.

Jamie Williams holds down the fort this week since I couldn't join the main podcast and is joined by the delightful Spencer Perry, writer for comingsoon.net, superherohype.com, and shocktillyoudrop.com.

6:55 mins - 'Pain & Gain' - Best Picture Of the Year - for your consideration.

18:30 mins - Everyone wants to be the next 'The Avengers'.

23:20 mins - ...especially 'Star Wars'.

26:15 mins - Coulson Lives......in a very predictable way.

31 mins - More Marvel Phase 2 & 3 predictions.

38:20 mins - Phil reviews 'Iron Man 3' - spoiler free honestly, trust me, give it a listen, pleeeeease!

Movie Moan - Review Nuuuuummmmber 1

We may have done our massive James Bond retrospective last year but there was a piece of unfinished business.  We never discussed the unofficial 'Thunderball' remake from 1983, 'Never Say Never Again', a film which really could have been something special.......if they hadn't fucked it up.

But, as an experiment, Jamie and Phil have decided to do a whole audio commentary for the movie and you know the kind of random utterances that can occur when these two dudes get together.  Harvey Fierstein, fine Atari products, horse death, the Village People, Sean Connery's Jewish stunt double, wishing the film to be over and talking about Kickstarter instead; all are covered in Movie Moan's first audio commentary.

Let us know what you think and, if you liked it, we may do more on a slow news week.  Just remember, it was our first time so go easy on us.

Movie Moan Audio Commentary - Never Say Never Again (1983)

...just one example of the bunny trail one can go off on in discussing a single insignificant line of dialogue in Star Wars and how there is certainly some potential to expanding that story with solo films.  So are me, Jamie and Gabe Toro (for the ten mins of the show he is able to appear for) completely happy about it.

Of course not.  This is Movie Moan:

5:30 mins - Wedge?  Porkins?  Lobot?  IG-88?  Yak Face?  Which character needs their story told in the first installment of 'Star Wars Origins'?

23:40 mins - Which blockbuster 30 second spot won the Superbowl and how badly did WB drop the ball by not showing up?

34:10 mins - Duncan Jones directing 'World of Warcraft'?  It'll probably never happen but let's play along for now.

46 mins - Plaaaaaaaaaanet Huuuuuuuuuuulk..........IN SPAAAAAAAAACE!

Movie Moan - Is The Academy Run By The Galactic Empire

It's time for Jamie, Phil and special guest Shawn Robbins from BoxOffice.com to do battle once more as they see how well they did in predicting the US box office grosses for the movies of Winter 2012.

It's not about whether Phil won, it's about whether he got any right.

The second, and far more important, question is how did you at home do?  We'll be picking a 'web winner' for the closest prediction from those who contributed their own last October.

And if you want to skip ahead to a specific film (probably cause you thought you won that one), here are the cliff notes:

4:55 mins - Wreck It Ralph
12:10 mins - Flight
18:20 mins - Skyfall
27:30 mins - Lincoln
32 mins - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II
39:30 mins - Rise Of The Guardians
45:40 mins - Life Of Pi
49:30 mins - Red Dawn
51:35 mins - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
65:35 mins - Monsters Inc. 3D
70:40 mins - Zero Dark Thirty
76:10 mins - Jack Reacher
82:10 mins - This Is 40
88 mins - Django Unchained
96:25 mins - Les Miserables

Movie Moan - The Winter 2012 Box Office Results Show

Took you long enough Disney.

Assembled this week to discuss with Phil and Jamie the news we've all been waiting to pounce on and criticize are Gabe Toro, film critic for The Playlist & Jump Cut Junkies, the man of tomorrow Justin Korthof, the man who has to make a point before Jamie interrupts, Randall Maynard, and the one and only Mr Robert Meyer Burnett.  Movie Moan Friends - GO FOR IT!

5:50 mins - Is Abrams the right choice?  Did he bother to let Paramount know he was doing it? Can a great movie bring burned out adults back into Star Wars?  What about that release date?  And can Randall get an opportunity to speak?

45:20 mins - Since Justin is here, we have time to dredge up some 'Justice League' news now that the roster of Super Friends hitting the big screen has been announced.  So, one more time, is a team movie before solo ones the right way to go?

62:10 mins - Phil has time to mention the epic battle that will be next week's show and the Superman Lives documentary that needs your dollars right here.

Movie Moan - Well It's About Time

This week's show has to go down on record as the most long winded we've ever done and there have been some doozies.  But this week has seen both the end of UK high street DVD stores for good and confirmation that nobody, not even Criterion, gives a shit about decent supplemental features anymore. 

Let the diatribe begin (accompanied by the soothing sounds of the score to 'Heaven's Gate'):

4:25 mins - Capt. Ed Hocken explains why you will never get to see the newest gem out of Sundance; 'Escape From Tomorrow'.

8:10 mins - Mr Gabe Toro, film critic for The Playlist & Jump Cut Junkies drops by to review 'The Last Stand'.  It's not as good as 'Eraser' apparently.

16:15 mins - Gabe also blows the lid on the greatest secret Hollywood doesn't want you to know about - 'Triplets'.

19:15 mins - And Gabe rounds off his trilogy of awesome with his thoughts on 'Broken City', a film he would walk ten blocks to see (but no more than that).

27:40 mins - Jamie, Phil and Hocken all finally sit down to try and watch the Criterion release of 'Heaven's Gate' with varying degrees of success.

72:35 mins - With the seeming demise of HMV and Blockbuster in the UK, Phil asks why older people like his mother should be forced to adapt to an online only business model of renting films.

Movie Moan - Streets Of Rant

Hi everyone!  Please accept my sincere apologies for any unnecessary delay in the return of the Movie Moan podcast.  Rest assured, we are now full steam ahead bringing you a new show every week throughout 2013.

But we've still got a mountain of 2012 Christmas releases that we need to say our piece on, and take a last chance to reflect on the year as a whole.  Plus, there's the unfinished business of a certain 80's cult movie we've been meaning to review.  So join Jamie, Hocken & Phil for an uncut 150 minutes of...

2:45 mins - New Year hugs all around as the friends for eternity discuss loyalty, honesty and sticking together through thick and thin.

10 mins - Capt. Hocken and Phil review 'Gangster Squad' and you are invited to take a shot of liquor every time we mention a moment you've seen in another film.

28:30 mins - Jaaaaaaaaack Reacher, WAH WAH WAAAAAAAAH!

37:20 mins - Jamie uses that pesky thing called logic to tell us why, boringly and predictably, 'Lincoln' will sweep the Oscars this year.

47:50 mins - Hocken and Phil retort with why 'Zero Dark Thirty' should be winning.

65 mins - We each pick our favorite film of 2012.

90:15 mins - We each pick the worst film of 2012 (from people that luckily didn't see that many).

99 mins - We each pick the most disappointing film of 2012 (Jamie didn't pick Avengers, Spider-man or Hobbit so feel free to listen).

112:50 mins - We each pick the most surprising film of 2012 and are pretty much united in our opinion.

126:26 mins - Hocken and Phil try to decode the entity that calls itself 'Miami Connection' (I'd call it a movie but that would imply it has structure and plot).

Movie Moan - New Year Clusterfuck

As promised a few weeks ago, Phil, Jamie, and the master of predictions Mr. Shawn Robbins of BoxOffice.com have returned to do battle once more in an epic show which we are proud to present in our classic Movie Moan format of full-on video enhanced glory.

I'm sure you folks know the drill by now (and I explain it all again in the show anyhow).  We've cast our eyes at 15 of this Winter's biggest film releases, covering November and December, and will each make our prediction on each film's US domestic gross.  For some reason, Phil thought this would be a tighter show than the summer version; fat chance of that.

So don't forget to join in too.  Leave your predictions in the comments section below and if you could present it in a nice little list like the one you see below it would be a big help to me when collating the results for February's follow up.  If you want to skip to a specific prediction then here are the cliff notes:

5:10 mins - Wreck It Ralph
14:35 mins - Flight
21:40 mins - Skyfall
36:10 mins - Lincoln
46:25 mins - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II
56:15 mins - Rise Of The Guardians
64:50 mins - Life Of Pi
71:10 mins - Red Dawn
75:15 mins - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
92:40 mins - Monsters Inc. 3D
97:55 mins - Zero Dark Thirty
101:10 mins - Jack Reacher
106:40 mins - This Is 40
107:20 mins - Django Unchained
112:50 mins - Les Miserables

NOTE: Shawn is so deseperate to win on his crazy Hobbit prediction that he emailed me after we recorded to qualify his answer further.  So here it is:

"The Hobbit goes as Howard Shore goes. I'm a believer in strong musical scores either carrying an otherwise mediocre movie and/or elevating a great movie to an even higher status. Without him, as great as LOTR is, it would lose a lot... and I think a similar principle applies for the Hobbit movies. He's the John Williams to this franchise's Star Wars. The question is how strong his new score will be."

Movie Moan - The Winter 2012 Prediction Power Hour (Or Two)

Sorry TDKR, your time is up and the books are closed. 

Back in April, Kristina, Jamie, Phil and Shawn Robbins of BoxOffice.com placed their bets on the specific domestic box office grosses of the Summer 2012 movies (or at least the ones we though bore mentioned, which embarrassingly did not include 'Ted') and it's time to see who has won, and who was so badly beaten that they will never do this again.

But your imaginary money is on the line too because YOUR predictions have been tallied up as well and we have picked a 'Web Winner' for each film.  Enough stalling; let the games begin: 

6:05 mins - The Avengers
13:35 mins - Dark Shadows
21:45 mins - The Dictator
25:05 mins - Battleship
29 mins - Men In Black 3
33:45 mins - Snow White & The Huntsman
39:35 mins - Prometheus
48:55 mins - Rock Of Ages
53 mins - Brave
58:45 mins - G.I.Joe Retaliation
61:20 mins - The Amazing Spider-man
69:30 mins - Ice Age: Continental Drift
71:40 mins - The Dark Knight Rises
78:35 mins - Total Recall
80:10 mins - The Bourne Legacy
89:40 mins - The Expendables 2

Movie Moan - The Summer 2012 Predictions Results

You asked for it, you got it.  Movie Moan proudly presents a full 80 minute, spoiler filled, show exclusively on the subject of 'The Amazing Spider-man'.  Nuff' said.

Except that we are joined by a brand new and very special guest; Mr Pietro Filliponi, editor and big cheese at The Daily Blam.

Shawn Robbins of Box Office.comalso joins Phil, Jamie and Kristina (in the short time we can get her before her Skype connection cuts out):

5:14 mins - Our initial thoughts and those of one child traumatized by the Lizard.

11:30 mins- Garfield vs. Maguire and the place of the modern nerd in society.

23 mins- Stone vs. Dunst.

28:25 mins - The Lizard, plus is Aunt May the shadowy figure in the final scene?

32:30 mins- A special episode of 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' as we put Uncle Ben's killer on trial (since Spidey never caught him in this film).

41:20 mins - Why does love in the movies have to be earned?

49:10 mins- Would New York really love Spidey?

56:10 mins- Pietro goes head to head with deadly supervillain Captain Nitpicker (otherwise known as Phil).

65:35 mins - The bad marketing and how it didn't make much difference box office wise at all.

73 mins - The one thing we want from a sequel.

Movie Moan - The Divisive Spider-Man

Sigh, we're really sorry to do this to you again folks but we couldn't bring you the promised Bond-A-Thon this week (you were counting down the days for it weren't ya?).  But I always try to give you some content each week, no matter what.

So, before the main event next week reviewing 'that' film, please enjoy our gushing look back at one of our favorites in the action adventure genre 'The Mask Of Zorro' (1998).

Movie Moan - The Poke Of Zorro

The lead character in Pixar's 'Brave' is just another person you can add to the long list of names Jamie can't pronounce. At least he got to see the film. The European territories had to make do 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'. Capt. Ed Hocken forced us to watch a Michael Bay movie, and yet another crew of talented filmmakers have completely missed the point of 'Judge Dredd'. Sigh!

To cheer us up, we've brought back the delightful company of AICN writer Mr Alan Cerny aka Nordling, a man more qualified to talk about Pixar than most since he's actually been there:-

4:20 mins - Our thoughts on the 'Monsters University' teaser trailer (and speculation on how Boo just might make an appearance in a thoroughly disturbing way).

9:40 mins - Alan, Kristina & Jamie review 'Brave'as well as the short film preceding it; 'La Luna'(aka Super Mario Galaxy).

35:05 mins - Alan, Jamie & Phil review 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' (the real 'The Untold Story' of the summer).

49:10 mins - We cast our thoughts on the trailer for 'Dredd 3D'. Judgement is, indeed, coming.

58:25 mins - Capt. Ed Hocken joins us to choose his next summer blockbuster of old; 'The Rock (1996)'.

Movie Moan - Do The MacaMerida

IT HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS BEGUN!

Phil, Kristina and Jamie reunite to do battle once more as they look at each of the summer blockbusters in detail one more time and place their bets on just how much money each will bring in.  Will 'The Dark Knight Rises' cross $500 million?  Will 'Battleship' make a tenth of that?  Do kids love 'The Amazing Spider-man' enough for the web slinger to survive against the competition this year?  Which insane prediction of Phil's will make us drop our mics?  Most importantly, will Kristina win this time?

Also joining us this year is professional help in the form of Writer for BOXOFFICE.com and Founder of BoxOfficeTheory.com, Shawn Robbins!

And in case you want to skip to a specific prediction, here are the cliff notes:

5 mins - The Avengers
13:35 mins - Dark Shadows
21:10 mins - The Dictator (which changed its release date to May 18th right after we recorded)
29:30 mins - Battleship
37 mins - Men In Black 3
43:10 mins - Snow White & The Huntsman
51:55 mins - Prometheus
63:25 mins - Rock Of Ages
68:45 mins - Brave
78:50 mins - G.I.Joe: Retaliation
86:15 mins - The Amazing Spider-man
97:50 mins - Ice Age: Continental Drift
102:40 mins - The Dark Knight Rises
118:20 mins - The Bourne Legacy
125:25 mins - Total Recall
132:50 mins - The Expendables 2

Movie Moan Summer 2012 Prediction Power Hour

We are once again humbled and honoured to be joined by DVD/Blu Ray producer & filmmaker Robert Meyer Burnett as we enjoy a laidback discussion on some of his favourite experiences working in the industry producing supplemental material for DVD projects such as 'The Lord Of The Rings: Extended Editions', 'Tron' and 'Superman Returns', as well as exploring why studios are not as invested today into producing top quality catalogue releases, the films we're still waiting to get that proper treatment, the future of home media beyond Blu Ray, and close with a sneak peak at the project he is currently working on; the upcoming Blu Ray releases of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'.

Movie Moan - An Evening With Robert Meyer Burnett

'Chronicle' is a found footage movie.  'Man On A Ledge' is in the same league as 'The Negotiator'.  'The Amazing Spider-man' is the Spidey movie we've always been waiting for.  There was always more than one Jason Bourne?  Lies, LIES, LIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!

On this week's episode of Movie Moan, Jamie, Kristina, Ed and Phil sort out the truth.  Here are the cliff notes:

5 mins - All four of us review 'Chronicle', a film so much better than a found footage movie.

20:30 mins - Phil tells 'Man On A Ledge' to take a friggin jump.

33:35 mins - A rather lengthy disection on the new 'The Amazing Spider-man' trailer.

55:55 mins - And a shorter one (cause it's only a teaser) on 'The Bourne Legacy' trailer.

Movie Moan - Movies Are Made Of Lies

It's official.

Nobody has to listen to any of Jamie's claims ever again. For the second time this summer, he's gone against his own promises and watched a movie he claimed he wouldn't. That's right, he sat through Transformers: Dark of the Moon.  Be warned, by the end of this week's show the relationship between Jamie and Phil will be forever changed.  Here's what is on docket for this show:

3 mins - Transformers: Dark of the Moon review (includes exclusive footage of Michael Bay's cut of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King).

35:30 mins - Trailer reactions to War Horse (aka Jamie Vs. Everyone Else).

39 mins - Trailer reactions to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (aka support your British film industry).

41:35 mins - Trailer reactions to Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (aka where's Ving Rhames?).

47:40 mins -Trailer reactions to Paul 'weak-shit' Anderson's The Three Musketeers (aka Jamie goes too far).

Movie Moan - Trash Talk, Trailers & Transformers

According to Queen Kristina's sources, that's the title being used for some of the international markets on Captain America. Hmm, sounds about right.

Speaking of the Devil's work, Jamie has committed blasphemy and actually walked out of a Pixar movie...only to return after 20 minutes. Here's what is on this week's menu:

3 mins - Jamie's Cars 2 review.

13:20 mins - Please rise for our national anthem - the new Captain America trailer.

21:30 mins - We play the common sense police over the supposed theory that Warner Bros. will make Green Lantern 2.

26:20 mins - The new Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer that was...surprisingly great

30:10 mins - The British Gentleman Agent lets it all out over the news of I, Claudius being remade.

42:20 mins - The "Moan of the Week" with Kristina's pick – the underrated, but very charming Stardust from director Matthew Vaughn.

Movie Moan - Captain America: The Great Satan

This is what happens when Queen Kristina isn't around. The conversation gets...out there, or in the case of Jamie, the status of whether Tim Curry in Legend would be charged with statutory rape. Were Lord Darkness somehow able to appear on Law & Order. Don't blame them! They didn’t make the damn movie!

The Movie Moan crew this week (Phil, Ed, Lou & Jamie) instead fill out the near two-hour podcast discussing the forthcoming films for 2011. What they looking forward to, what they aren't, what will work, what won't and so on.

Movie Moan - 2011 Preview And The Devil's Sex Life

Because they didn't dare go against the thoughts/opinions of everyone else on the Internet, this week's edition of Movie Moan is nothing more than endlessly praising Christopher Nolan. So this whole podcast is about how wonderful the one they call Nolan is.

Seriously, Phil, Ed and Jamie give their thoughts on Inception. Yes, they all loved it, and yes, this is a spoiler-filled discussion on everything ranging from performances to their individual takes on what happened. If you haven't seen it yet, listen at your risk. But we urge you to hold off until you check out the movie.

The rest of this week is the usual week in review with film-news. Everyone's reactions to Green Lantern and Thor pictures, updates on Superman: The Man of Steel, Mark Ruffalo as the new Hulk, Aaron Sorkin writing/directing The Politician and the fate of Mission: Impossible IV.

All of that, and Phil gives a special shout-out to the faithful listeners.

Movie Moan - The Nolan Show

"I will NOT introduce my kids to this Superman" - Justin Korthof

"How many movies have we seen where heroes kill villains and don't start pussying out and crying at the end?" - Jamie Williams

"I just love that the next shot is Clark trying to hitch a ride from a truck.  Why didn't you just steal the one you impaled you silly shit!" - Phil Gee

"There's serious shit going on Phil.  You can't put it into little boxes, man" - Randall Maynard

"This idea that Superman has to save people is ludicrous"  - Robert Meyer Burnett

Those are just some of the gems that lie in store for any of you who are willing to put your evening plans on hold and join us for the next four hours as we undertake our biggest podcast to date and hold Superman's first cinematic reboot up to intense scrutiny to see if it is built to stand the same test of time as its 1978 predecessor, or whether its flaws are great enough to sink it completely.

By the end of the show, every member of the group will have formed their final, definitive opinion of the film, to be carved on a stone tablet for all time.........and maybe, just maybe, one person's score may go up or down.

Supermoan - Man Of Steel (2013): The Full Epic Discussion

...or to give it's other title; ' When Jamie Met Phil'.

After seven years of build-up, Phil bought one of the most expensive cinema tickets of all time just to see 'Man Of Steel' in New Orleans with Jamie and finally meet the Ebert to his Siskel.  We invite you to join us over the next 100 minutes for hugs, sights, stabbings, jazz weddings, K-Mart's, and two viewings of the film with our immediate reaction.

By the end of it, gifts are exchanged, tears are shed and lives are changed.

If this feels more like a home movie at times than a review, that was intentional.  We wanted our long time listeners to feel what it was like to be with us on this trip and we hope we succeeded.  Enjoy!

Supermoan - Man Of Steel (2013): Our First Review

"Excuse me gentlemen, before you help this man with a heart attack..."

Phil has finally had it with this character.  We've seen Christopher Reeve's Clark Kent/Superman do some terrible things before but he takes it to the giddy limit in his final film outing; brain warping Lois Lane, playing both his personas off her and Mariel Hemmingway in a twisted double date, almost killing a gym teacher, allowing a subway train driver to die, and finally, of course, forcing the hand of the World Super Powers into kickstarting nuclear Armageddon.

But though we're finding it hard to love the character, we find it easy to love the film.  So join Phil Gee, with Jamie Williams, Justin Korthof, and Randall Maynard as we lovingly guide you through the earnestness, the nostalgia, the Nuclear Men, the great story trying to get out, and those other-worldly special effects in, what is arguably, a better film than 'Superman III'

It's our greatest adventure......and it's for all of you.

Supermoan - Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987)

"SCREW YOU BRAD!"

Why did Superman kill General Zod with a disturbing smile on his face?  Why did he kill Lex Luthor in the Donner Cut?  Why won't he stop killing people?

That's just one of the themes we cover on this epic 105 minute joy filled analysis of the prototype comic book sequel that influenced all that came after it.  You wouldn't be watching 'Iron Man 3' this weekend if it didn't exist.

Joining Phil and Jamie again for the second installment of our ultimate Superman retrospective are Justin Korthof and Randall Maynard.

Other topics covered include Zod worship, similarities with Total Recall, the random crazy powers, the final fates of Otis and Miss Tessmacher, Brando's floating pervert head, spot Lobot, the 'Big Jesus', how we would have ended the film, and Phil's homemade fan edits that have to be seen to be believed.

As the film's original trailer said; "if you've only seen the first part, you haven't seen the best part".

Supermoan - Superman II (1980)

"I don't know Robert, you sound more like Duff Man than Superman"

This week begins the Movie Moan podcast's biggest ever project, the one it's all been leading up to.  Anyone that knows me, knows the reason I am on the internet and part of film geek culture period is because of Superman.  In television, he has appeared in more iterations than most other characters put together.  As a film character, he continues to provide one of the most fascinating production histories of all time.  As a film series, we have a collection of movies which, good or bad, each made a significant contribution to influencing the slew of comic book movies made today.  As an

Superman deserves no less than a proper dissection of every one of them.

So, as we build to the release of 'Man Of Steel' join the Movie Moan crew as we first take an exhaustive, informative, loving, and hilarious look at each of the Superman motion pictures.  Following the release of the new movie, we will then move to television, animation, and maybe a little something else too.

This particular video has been released before as a rough cut but has been pruned and cleaned up following your wonderful feedback and is ready to enjoy as the finished product.  Even if you saw it the first time, it begs to be seen again.

And if you enjoyed it, trust me, it's only going to get better as the weeks go on.  Enjoy!

Supermoan - Superman The Movie (1978)

"He was gone for five years, she waited a week or two in."

It is the 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' of Superman films.  It is at once a crazy sequel/remake/retcon hybrid which drowns in plot holes and slavish devotion to the previous movies, but it is also the completely unique vision of one filmmaker.  It is both genius and frustrating, touching yet cold, richly thematic yet never hits the marks it truly needs to resonate.  It tugs at the heartstrings but never makes us soar.  It is a film of infinite contradiction.  It is 'Superman Returns' and it demands a double length episode just to cover all of it.

Just like our first piece on 'Superman The Movie', this week's episode isn't so much about laughs and nostalgia, but a thought provoking analysis on what the character of Superman means to us and what we expect from a modern cinematic interpretation. 

And just like that first discussion, we've brought back the Supermoan all stars to cover it; Robert Meyer Burnett, who was on the set of 'Superman Returns' every day to bring us all of the behind the scenes video content, and who has the perspective of what the film should have been, and what the sequel could have been; Justin Korthof, whose life was changed when he got the opportunity to play host to Bryan Singer's web blogs in the build up to the release of the film on BlueTights.net; and of course the never ending battle for truth, justice, and all that stuff is fought once again by Randall Maynard, Jamie Williams, and myself.

I really hope you enjoy this one cause I've worked on it for so long that I can't tell if it's good anymore.

Supermoan - Superman Returns (2006)

After two years of podcasting and friendship, it was bound to happen. Phil and Jamie have gotten into a full-fledged argument over a movie. Shockingly, it had nothing to do with James Cameron's Avatar. Instead it was all about Excalibur. Weird, huh? Nonetheless, the two discuss Avatar after the now 15 years worth of hype. All the while, Ed and Lou sit on the sidelines and ask questions now and then.

Even more surprising was the number of big news-items that also hit this week. Did that have to do with the awesomeness that is Avatar? The world may never know. The group talks about the rumors of Spider-Man 4 (or Spider-M4n as it's apparently spelled) being "indefinitely delayed."

Coincidentally (or maybe not), Tobey Maguire is rumored to be in discussions to headline The Hobbit as Bilbo Baggins. Bryan Singer returns to the X-Men franchise to helm X-Men Origins: First Class. Can he "save" the film series he established? Will anyone outside of the Internet fanbase care? The troubles on Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is briefly discussed as well.

All of that plus our heroes' reactions to this week's new trailers including Iron Man 2, Clash of the Titans, Robin Hood, Shrek Forever After, Alice in Wonderland and, of course, Hot Tub Time Machine.

Movie Moan - The Game Changer

Because the Thanksgiving holidays are upon us, there isn't too terribly much news to report this week. Regardless, your pals at Movie Moan (Phil, the "mean" Ed and Jamie) are here to supply your weekly podcast needs. However due to the afore-mentioned lacks of news, the guys spend most of the hour bullshitting off-topic and so on.

Our heroes talk about the latest round of Spider-Man 4 rumors, Preacher being adapted for the big or small screen, the never ending "Will Khan appear in Star Trek 2?" question and and the Twilight phenomenon (with the $140 million opening of New Moon and all). In between those topics come conversations about the Macy's Day Parade, movies opening on Christmas Day in the U.S. vs. them opening in the U.K. on Boxing Day, Thanksgiving memories and Super Mario Brothers Wii.

Ed gives us his thoughts on G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and how it made a decade too late. Jamie recreates a meeting between McG and HitFix big-cheese Drew McWeeny and discovers how 2012 is a "prequel" to District 9. It all makes sense now.

Movie Moan - Three Men And A Lot Of Bullshit

That's it, ladies and germs. The 2009 Summer Movie Season is officially over with this weekend's releases of Final Destination 4 and Halloween II. Phil, Ed and Jamie reflect on the past four months worth of films and compare their initial predictions back in April to what ultimately went down.

They were right on some items (Transformers and Potter sequels easily owned), off on others (Jamie calling Land of the Lost one of Will Ferrell's biggest hits? Ouch!) and some genuine "Who saw that coming?!?" (The Hangover's $420 million box-office!) In between is our heroes usual off-topic bullshit discussions including just how many films have been shot near Ed's home (but yet he didn't appear on screen), Jamie does his Harold Ramis impression and Phil's hope of hopes that HellBoy III will some day get made.

All of that plus why seeing a non-Pixar animated film by yourself is socially-unacceptable, revisionist history with just how many good movies Heath Ledger was in, why Oliver Stone's W would have been better as a Muppet movie and just how modern-day Nazis are offended by their depiction in Inglorious Basterds.

Movie Moan - Some Logic To Jamie's Bullshit

We've talked about it for what seems like forever, folks, and now it's here. Phil and Jamie give their box-office predictions for Summer 2009 on this week's Movie Moan.

Joining our heroes on this week's special edition is TMT co-owner/operator Peter Georgiou to add his own special insight regarding the matter - aka tell us just how wrong (or in Jamie's case) right said predictions are.

Sadly, audio issues prevented Phil from staying for the entire podcast. So Jamie and Peter moved on ahead (as per Phil's blessings!) But fear not, like James Bond, Phil Gee will return.

Movie Moan - Summer 2009 Box Office Prediction Edition

We come at last to the great podcast of our time.  The ultimate Harry Potter retrospective begins right here and right now.

Whether you're all worn out from a midnight screening or are counting down the hours till you see the final chapter, this was made just for you.

Join us now as the Movie Moan gang of Potterphiles, Queen Kristina (the one who has read the books), Jamie Williams (the one who can't read at all) and Phil Gee (the British one) take you through an in-depth retrospective of every film in the series.

Consider this special show our gift to every Harry Potter fan, young and old, as we all say goodbye to a cinematic phenomena the likes of which we may never see again:

2:30 - The Philosopher's Stone
26:22 - The Chamber Of Secrets
50:12 - The Prisoner Of Azkaban
1:10:30 - The Goblet Of Fire
1:33:05 - The Order Of The Phoenix
1:57:05 - The Half Blood Prince
2:25:50 - The Deathly Hallows Part 1
2:52:43 - The Deathly Hallows Part 2

Movie Moan And The Deathly Chamber Of The Order Of The Half Blood Philosopher Prisoner's Goblet

Yup, yup, yup; let's go everybody.

Movie Moan has returned in a limited capacity and this podcast is just a test recording to see if our equipment was still working and whether Phil and Jamie could still spontaneously bounce from topic to topic without taking a breath for two hours.  The answer to both of those questions is a resounding yes.

So join us as we try and cover the topics which defined movie news for the last three years that we've been away as well as get prepped for our upcoming Summer Box Office Prediction show coming this April.

Movie Moan - Is This Thing Still On?

Join Phil Gee, Jamie Williams, Edward Douglas and Shawn Robbins as they do battle over which films (whether released by Disney or not) will make the most coppers this Summer.  And when we say 'join us', we mean it.  You can take part.  Just put your predictions in the comments section below using the following layout and put your number next to each film:

1.  Avengers: Endgame
2.  Pokemon: Detective Pikachu
3.  John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
4.  Aladdin
5.  Godzilla: King Of The Monsters
6.  Rocketman
7.  X-Men: Dark Phoenix
8.  The Secret Life Of Pets 2
9.  Men In Black International
10.  Toy Story 4
11.  Spider-Man: Far From Home
12.  The Lion King
13.  Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
14.  Dora And The Lost City Of Gold
15.  Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
16.  The New Mutants

*  Apologies for the poor audio quality on Jamie's end.  Hopefully, it doesn't affect your enjoyment of the show too much.

Movie Moan's Summer 2019 Box Office Predictions Special

It's been more than three years since Phil Gee, Spencer Perry and Randall Maynard got together to talk about comics and comic book movies.  It was a time when there was still healthy competition between the various properties.  Now we find ourselves in a world where Marvel rules and nobody else wants to try.  Coke has bought Pepsi.  

So it looks like we have a lot to catch up on.  Join us as we discuss:

7:35 - The current state of comic book movie news and the difference between the world of leaked scripts and set photos we grew up to the world of today where nothing leaks at all.

17:13 - The death of the independant comic book movie and what the hell happened with Hellboy.

36:23 - The return of James Gunn but will The Suicide Squad be different from Guardians Of The Galaxy......and do we want it to be.

48:42 - Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  Let's fill those release dates.

1:11:00 - Wonder Woman 1984

1:21:20 - It doesn't matter if Quentin Beck is lying about the Multiverse.  It's what Sony wants.

1:31:30 - Shazam 2, Black Adam, or both.

1:36:50 - Our in memorium for Daredevil, the triumphs of Season 3 and the utter failure of The Defenders.

2:02:35 - Watchmen comes to television.

2:12:00 - The Marvel Disney Plus shows promise to expand the MCU like never before.  But will it work as well as it has with Agents of SHIELD (which is to say, not at all)?

2:30:50 - Are they ever going to make another Justice League movie?

2:42:15 - Our thoughts on Avengers: Endgame and, looking back on this 22 film saga, how tight or messy was the storytelling and the continuity on reflection?  But mainly, how awesome was Avengers: Endgame?

Movie Moan - The Marveling At The Future Reunion Show

Do you believe anything is possible?  If you don't, watch this show and you may change your mind.

After years of sucking at predicting the domestic box office grosses of Summer blockbusters and taking it like a champ, Phil Gee has finally got the hang of the game.  So strap in as he takes on professional box office predictors Edward Douglas and Jamie Williams (with Shawn Robbins of Box Office.com looking on) and gives them the fight of their lives.  For once, it is not a sure bet who will win.

And if you don't care about that, maybe you are one of the people who took part in the game back in April and made your own predictions.  We've collated your results and will announce the web winners throughout the show.  Good luck!

Movie Moan's Summer 2019 Box Office Results Show

You know the deal; Phil Gee, Jamie Williams, Edward Douglas & Shawn Robbins do battle once more to see who can, this time, accurately predict the domestic box office grosses of 12 of this Winter's biggest films.  Can Terminator: Dark Fate do better than Genysis (it couldn't do worse right?)?  Can Frozen II be an even bigger success than the original?  Will the epic conclusion to the Star Wars saga have box office to match its concept?  Will Ed ever shut up about Cinema-Con?

Whether you agree or disagree with what we say, we want to hear from you.  Just comment on this show and lay out your own predictions and you'll be mentioned in next year's results show.  You might even win the game.  Good luck!

Terminator: Dark Fate - 8:15
Doctor Sleep - 24:19
Midway - 32:12
Charlie's Angels - 39:20
Ford v Ferrari - 59:18
Frozen II - 72:54
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood - 92:05
Knives Out - 102:17
Jumanji: The Next Level - 114:11
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker - 124:56
Cats - 152:30
Spies In Disguise - 168:52

Movie Moan's Winter 2019 Box Office Prediction Special

Sorry to keep you waiting folks.  Phil, Ed and Shawn are back to present the results of the Winter 2019 Box Office Predictions Game, for ourselves and for our web participants.  

And since this is normally the time when we would have recorded the Summer 2020 predictions, we will take a little time to reflect on the state of the world and the state of film.  In these uncertain times, I hope we can provide you with at least two hours of light relief.

Movie Moan - Unfinished Business

But don't switch off.  Give us a try.  Join Phil Gee, Matt Thompson, Jen Mayhew and Spencer Perry as they sit down to try and take their minds off the current pandemic world by discussing their thoughts on post pandemic video game.

We start by talking about the game......as a game, how it plays, how it surpasses the first game on a technical level in so many ways.  We also ask the big question - are we supposed to feel bad for killing the NPC's?  If so, why did they make it such fun?

We then try and loosely tackle our thoughts on the story, its pacing, what we expected it to be versus what we got, did we get enough Joel in the story, and how are we supposed to feel about Ellie at the end of it.

And we have just enough time to decry the perceived mental state of the planet Earth when it still finds the time to send death threats to people who made a video game they didn't enjoy.  

I would say that the podcast really is designed for people familiar with the games and probably won't be too accessible for those who aren't so feel free to skip it if it's not your thing.  Otherwise, hope you like the show!

Just What The World Needs - Another 'Last Of Us Part 2' Podcast

Phil Gee is joined by Mr Spencer Perry and Mr Randall Maynard for the first of three Movie Moan specials we have for you this Holiday season.

The three of us would normally reflect on a year of comic book movies but we can't really do that in a pandemic world.  So instead we discuss topics such as:

*  Would we pay 30 dollars to watch 'Black Widow' today?

*  The validation of a Hawkeye TV show.

*  What if the 'What If' animated series had different animation styles for different episodes (and one of them was done like a 1960's Marvel cartoon or like the 1989 X-Men pilot)?

*  Which leads to an outpouring of love for Marvel animation including the cartoon you've never heard of...........Solarman!

*  If 'Thor: The Dark World' had been a TV series, would we have stuck with it till the end?

*  What are the chances that 'The Suicide Squad' opens with a homage to the helicopter scene from 'Predator'?

*  Why can we sit through bad comic book movies in a theatre but they become unwatchable at home?

*  The horrible consequences of the HBO Max decision on avoiding movie spoilers.

and plenty more.  Hope you've got the next three hours free!

Movie Moan - Did You Know They Made A Billy Zane Phantom Action Figure?

Phil Gee is joined by Mr Jamie Williams and Mr Ed Douglas for the second of three Movie Moan Holiday specials we have for you.  Usually we get together to predict on the Summer and Winter blockbuster box office but, since we haven't been able to do that this year, we've decided to talk about the following:

*  Can we even predict box office grosses for movies next year (the ones going to HBO Max anyway)?

*  Is 'The Batman' the secret weapon WB will use to get everyone back into theatres in 2022?

*  Movie Theatre chains being the architect of their own demise (aka. ten reasons why we still hate going to the movies, pandemic or not)

*  Hey, don't forget about us - HBO Max isn't available outside of America.

*  and Phil's crazy but brilliant idea what never happened - the movie theatre chains offering food delivery.

Movie Moan - How About AMC Home Delivery?

For the last of our three podcasts created for the Holidays, you can join Phil Gee, Jen Mayhew, and Spencer Perry to reflect back on the best video games of this year (since we can't really do a best films of the year discussion).  

We each pick our favorite game of the year, our personal favorite game of the last 7 years from the previous console generation, the game we are most looking forward to in the future, and we each pitch you our dream video game that has yet to be conceived by mortal game programmers.

Movie Moan - Microsoft Superman Flight Simulator

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