Andrew Watches Movies

Welcome to Andrew Watches Movies. This week, we are gonna talk about Mank, Spontaneous, Spiral, Shutter, Synchronic, and The Sentinel. That's a shitload of S movies. Must be a glitch in the matrix.  Email the show- Andrewwatchesfilm@gmail.com

Andrew is back for a second week in a row with some great movie recommendations. Films covered this week: I Care A Lot (Netflix), Nomadland (Hulu), One Night in Miami (Amazon), Braid (Amazon), Stepbrothers (rental), River's Edge (HBO Max). Biggest lesson learned: Keanu Reeves might be our most moral actor, forever showing society the way.  Email the show: AndrewWatchesFilm@gmail.com

Sorry for the hiatus, y'all. Anxiety and such. I'm back now with a new episode covering The 40 Year Old Version (netflix), Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar (rental), Judas and the Black Messiah (HBO), Willy's Wonderland (rental), PG: Psycho Goreman (rental), and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.  Email the show: AndrewWatchesFilm@gmail.com The cinematic adventures will continue soon...

Due to an abundance of time on his hands, Andrew has decided to explore some interesting trilogies whether directly related, thematically, or tangentially. "The Raid: Redemption", and "The Raid 2" were 2 of the greatest action movies of all time. Much of the cast followed this up with "The Night Comes for Us". All three are highly recommended and covered on this episode.

Join Jess and Andrew for their discussion on two movies in the Cineplexes and two movies that can be enjoyed from the comfort of your home. We love uncovering hidden gems, and this year's "Lifechanger" qualifies as a big one. This is streaming on VOD, and we suggest you give it a chance. It's low budget, so judge it on the ideas instead of the money it took. "If Beale Street Could Talk" was our favorite movie of the year, join us for our discussion on it.  "Green Book" is either a uniter of a film or a sanitized lifetime movie that you can take your Grandmother to. You be the judge.  Netflix's "Dumplin" is something we should have hated, but we didn't. Watch Jennifer Aniston play the best "Rachael Green" she has in years.

Join Jess and Andrew for a discussion on Wong Kar Wai's masterpiece "In the Mood for Love". This heartbreaking film was the selection for our "Wheel Assignment" last week. If you are unfamiliar, we have a prize wheel with movie selections on it. We spin it each week to get a selection for our "movie club". In a perfect world, everyone would be watching this along with us. We invite you to join along. 

Jess and Andrew decided to put something fun together this year. The Oscars are a mess, and the Golden Globes are out of their minds, so we decided to put together an awards show of our own this year. We want you all to join us in voting. Please send ballots to Andrew@AndrewWatchesMovies.com they can be found here: https://www.andrewwatchesmovies.com/single-post/2018/12/29/The-Andrew-Watches-Movies-End-of-Year-Awards The deadline for Ballots is February 1st, the show will be produced slightly after. Thank you all!

2018 was one of the best years for Horror all time. Join Jess and Andrew as they share their top 25 horror films of the year. 

Happy New Year everyone! This date also marks our 1 Year Anniversary for the podcast. We thank all of you who listen now and appreciate your support. We hope to grow this bigger in the new year. Join us for our top 25 film lists of the year. This one covers all films. We will have a Horror Podcast later in the week. 

Today, on the 3rd day of our 31 Films of Halloween journey, we are going to take a look at an under appreciated horror film, one that went completely under the radar...wait..."Scream"? Well, people have seen that. Looks like we are re-visiting a Halloween season favorite with "Scream". Tis the season for Pop Secret, and your favorite Ghost Faced villains.  Andrew also watches what ended up being the only chapter of the "Masters of Horror" series that he didn't like, "Dance of the Dead". If there's only 1 bad episode out of 26, that is one hell of an average, so this is in no way an attempt to disparage the wonderful series. 

Welcome to our favorite time of year at Andrew Watches Movies. Today marks day 1 of our journey through the month of October. Today, we are going to revisit one of the most maligned sequels of all time. The Great Joe Bob Briggs once said that this was the worst sequel of all time. We think that isn't a fair assessment anymore, and only applies to those who were upset it didn't feature Michael Meyers. For what it is, it's a great addition into what should have been an anthology film series. The Boogeyman just had a hold that was too strong for us all.  Andrew is also here as your guide through the anthology series "Masters of Horror" from creator Mick Garris. The obsession with this show is strong, and begins "On and Off a Mountain Road".  Join us again tomorrow for "Tales from the Darkside", and another entry in the "Masters of Horror" series. 

The Wheel is a segment that we do at Andrew Watches Movies every week (unless school pushes it back a little for Jess). It's a "movie club" we are trying to start on the show, and hope that people follow along with. There are 18 choices The Wheel, and last week it landed on "Diabolique", which is streaming on Filmstruck and Amazon Prime. Andrew was extremely excited to show this to Jess for the first time, as watching someone else try to guess what is going on, and how it will end is just as much fun as watching the film itself.  We hope that you enjoy this mini episode, and join us on our October Journey. We will be doing a 31 days of October list with write ups and podcasts for each and every film. Follow along at AndrewWatchesMovies.com. 

Join Jess and Andrew as they travel to the cineplex to see "Assassination Nation". This was a criminally underseen film its first weekend, and I hope some good word of mouth can help it recover for week 2. This is one hell of a satire of our messed up society.  Andrew also gets a chance to see "A Simple Favor" a fantastic comedy that the studios attempted to disguise as a thriller in the trailers.  AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film diary:  https://letterboxd.com/andrewmartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Mike Dietrich's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/ Nothing Left Song for Y'All https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI0r5JiU00c

Preparing for the October/Shocktober season, the vault is being cleared. Films covered are:  In the Mouth of Madness- Jess and I cover the last great film John Carpenter has made so far. This one is streaming on Shudder, and is a must see for all Carpenter/Horror fans. Phantasm- The 1979 classic has a restored version on Shudder, and holds its place in the annals of Horror history.  Emelie- Every parents worst nightmare is contained within this little indie thriller streaming on Netflix.  Pyewacket- In the wake of "Hereditary" we uncovered some other gems involving conjurings. This was a standout.  Odd Thomas- Fun film from Anton Yelchin on Netflix.  House on Willow Street- A film on Netflix with some great cover art, and nice horror effects to match I Saw the Devil- A fantastic game of cat and mouse, a Korean thriller that would hold its own against "Silence of the Lambs".   

This episode, we are doing a little bit of "Fall Cleaning" with an wide array of films that have been sitting on the shelf for us for too long. We have a HUGE October coming up, so I want to clean out our backlog before the month starts. On this episode, we are going to be visiting the "Puppet Master" hotel for the latest chapter of the series, "The Littlest Reich". This may be the most fun film in the entire franchise. "The Babysitter" on Netflix was the latest film to distract Jess, and keep her up late watching instead of working on homework. "Kill List" was one that deserved a huge mention, but just hasn't fit into an episode. Happy to include it here. "Society and The Wraith"- was a fun as hell Midnight Mutant type double feature that I'm happy to finally share with everyone. Both are on Shudder, and are surprising. Especially Society. OMFG.  "Stepfather"- is a visit to classic 80's camp with Terry O Quinn as our guide. It's on Amazon, and is required viewing. Slice- New Release from A24 that was part of a double feature...maybe the weaker part.  Strange Nature- A New Eco-Horror film coming this week to theaters that is a good one for the left leaning Horror Heads to check out.  High Tension- Jess and I pay off our Wheel assignment with High Tension, which may have started out way stronger than it finished. Trigger warning for fans of this film: we may not have liked it very much, maybe not at all.   

Join Jess and Andrew on their journeys to the Cineplex. This week, Andrew got a chance to see a showing of the limited release "Blaze" from Writer/Director Ethan Hawke. This is a film that deserves a wider release, which is a theme with this episode. Every one of these has too limited of a release right now. We got to see the new film about Lizzie Borden from Chloe Sevigny, and Kristen Stewart. This film is also extremely limited right now, playing in 4 theaters nationwide.  The real crime is that "Mandy", the new masterpiece starring Nic Cage, was only playing in 1 theater NEAR Los Angeles. Jess and I had to drive two and a half hours round trip to see this, and it was worth every minute of that drive to experience it on the big screen. We also watched it again on VOD that night, so it's a film that will stick with us eternally after seeing it.  AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film diary:  https://letterboxd.com/andrewmartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Mike Dietrich's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/ Nothing Left Song for Y'All https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI0r5JiU00c

Jess and Andrew got the chance to pay off The Wheel with a viewing of Charlie Chaplin's 1940 film, "The Great Dictator". This important film has a beautiful transfer that can be seen on Filmstruck.com. We also got the chance to see 1987's "Predator" on the big screen in advance of the sequel coming out this weekend. Judging from the critic's reviews of the new one, it's abysmal...and they're completely wrong about it. "The Predator" from writer/director Shane Black was a blast, one of the most fun gore fests to grace the screen in a long time. Disregard everything negative you're hearing about it, and just go see it for yourselves.  AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film diary:  https://letterboxd.com/andrewmartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Mike Dietrich's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/ Nothing Left Song for Y'All https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI0r5JiU00c

On this episode, Andrew takes a look at a new B-Horror film with a limited theatrical release this weekend, "The Basement" starring Mischa Barton. It may be a bit close to last year's "Split", but damn was it entertaining.  "The Domestics" was another really good Grindhouse type film that came out earlier this summer, and one that is an excellent choice on VOD right now.  "Slice" is a new Comedy/Horror(?) that comes to streaming this weekend. Many will probably like it, but Andrew might not be counted amongst their club.  After watching the Religsploitation film "The Nun", Jess and Andrew thought that it was a good idea to catch up with their Catholic Lore with "Novitiate". This episode is rounded out with some good old fashioned nihilism with Michael Fassbender in "Eden Lake", another in a series of films that ensures Jess will never have children.  AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film diary:  https://letterboxd.com/andrewmartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Mike Dietrich's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/ Nothing Left Song for Y'All https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI0r5JiU00c

This week, Jess got dragged to see the new Religsploitation movie that dominated the box office; "The Nun". Unfortunately, this was the only movie Jess was able to attend, so you're stuck with Andrew for "Blood Fest" (VOD), "Five Fingers for Marseilles" (Limited Theaters, VOD), and "Boarding School" (VOD). It's a shame that Jess was only able to join us for "The Nun", as the others were also really good, but that was a damn good conversation.  Please check out our Poster Giveaway Contest: https://www.andrewwatchesmovies.com/single-post/2018/09/10/Poster-Giveaway-910-916AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film diary:  https://letterboxd.com/andrewmartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Mike Dietrich's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/ Nothing Left Song for Y'All https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI0r5JiU00c

*Stay after the review for an interview with John Ortiz, who was one of the stars of the film. Huge thank you to Greg Srisavasdi from DeepestDream.com and the podcast CinemAddicts for setting the interview up. I'm very grateful for the opportunity.*  Jess and I have seen the low reviews for the film, and could not disagree with them more. On our podcast she gave it 4 out of 5 stars, and I gave it 3.5 out of 5. Both of those would be positive reviews from some picky moviegoers. We were both distressed to see how low the other critics have this; almost like they entered their screenings with their minds already made up, and just needed to fill in a couple blanks for their snarky reviews. I don’t normally put out a plea for moviegoers to straight up disregard critics on a film, but I am here. “Peppermint” was a blast if you’re looking for some quality entertainment this weekend that doesn’t take itself too seriously, but also doesn’t ignore economic issues, or injustices that happen to regular people. I’m pretty sure audiences are going to come out positive on this, and it’s just going to further the chasm between audiences and critics, showing that many are out of touch with what really gets audiences to cheer when the lights come back up from a good film. I’m happy that Jess and I can both enjoy the arthouse fare, but still enjoy a kick ass action film like “Peppermint”.