MoviePod: A Reclaimed Cinema Podcast

Neither of Rob Zombie's Halloween movies received much critical fanfare. People found his approach to making Michael Myers a deeper character to be unnecessary and Zombie's typical filmmaking style was seen as off-putting. However, his sequel has gained a better reputation over time as people have have appreciated the increased violence and psychological tension.Maeve is back to discuss what I believe is by far Rob Zombie's best film. Join us for a good discussion on the film and tune in for the live reaction when I reveal that I think The Whale is a good movie. MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by BirdRespecter

The second follow-up to William Friedkin's horror masterpiece had high expectations but didn't quite become the critical bounce back as expected from the reviled Exorcist II: The Heretic. Overtime William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III is now widely considered the best sequel in the franchise it features what is considered to be one of the greatest jump scares in horror history.I'm joined by Tim and Tommy from Haven't Scene It to talk about this fascinating and atmospheric film. That is, until the episode goes off the rails with extensive discussion on Fat Russell Crowe in The Pope's Exorcist. Our discussion on The Pope's Exorcist is continued on their podcast with another episode that goes hilairously off the rails as we just pitch superior Pope's Exorcist sequels.The Exorcist III was written and directed by William Peter Blatty. It stars George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson, Nicol Williamson and Brad Dourif. It also features cameos from Patrick Ewing, Fabio, and Samuel L. Jackson.You can follow Haven't Scene It on Twitter. You can also follow Tim's account and Tommy's accountMoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by BirdRespecter

MoviePod's third and final TIFF 2026 episode is finally here! I'm joined by Dalton Pike to discuss the rest of the films that we saw this year including my personal favourite film of the festival, Possible Love, and some heavy hitters such as Minotaur, Ken Russell's The Devils, Danny Boyle's Ink, Look Back, All of a Sudden and the People's Choice Midnight Madness winner:Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney.The movies discussed are timestamped as followsIntro (00:00)Minotaur (06:51)Bucking Fastard (24:13)Black Sunflowers (32:13)Being Heumann (37:00)Josephine (48:04)Gentle Monster (54:48)Nobody's Violence (58:23)Ken Russell's The Devils (1:00:08)The Face of Horror (1:10:45)God Bless You, Mr. Kopu (1:16:09)The Diary of a Chambermaid (1:18:10)Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney (1:20:18)Misty Green (1:27:52)All of a Sudden (1:34:19)Bitter Christmas (1:41:11)Look Back (1:43:35)Whatcha Want (1:44:31)Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo (1:51:33)The Liberation (1:54:00)Possible Love (1:56:21)Ink (2:03:20)You can find Dalton on ⁠Letterboxd⁠. On top of being a top tier cinema programmer at ⁠Hyland Cinema⁠ he hosts ⁠Sick Flicks ⁠ and ⁠Outside the Frame.MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Please rate, review and subscribe! Send any feedback, questions or good movie-related stories to [email protected] by BirdRespecter

By popular demand: MoviePod is talking Digger.Kevin and I ended up talking about Digger for an hour before another recording. Luckily I hit the record button so we just made it an episode. He's a defender and I'm a heavy detractor. Since this recording he has watched it again and is a bigger fan of Digger Rockwell in Alejandro González Iñárritu's polarizing film than even before. This is a discussion that is full of spoilers. We also discuss satire and the general online chatter about Digger. Kevin Tuck is an independent filmmaker. You can check him out on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ as well as his ⁠⁠website.⁠⁠ Torus premieres on October 20th at Wolf Performance Hall in London, ON as part of Forest City Film Festival. Tickets can be purchased ⁠here⁠ and the Torus Instagram account can be found⁠ here⁠.MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by BirdRespecter

Friend of the show Kevin Tuck created a microbudget indie sci-fi film called Torus that will be having its world premiere at the 2026 Forest City Film Festival in London, Ontario later this month. I got a chance to ask him some questions about independent filmmaking and the ambition of making science fiction on a low budget.We also preview some other local independent films that are playing at FCFF that caught our eye.Kevin Tuck is an independent filmmaker. You can check him out on ⁠Instagram⁠ as well as his ⁠website.⁠ Torus premieres on October 20th at Wolf Performance Hall in London, ON as part of Forest City Film Festival. Tickets can be purchased here and the Torus Instagram account can be found here.MoviePod Socials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by BirdRespecter