Considering the Cinema Ep. 044: Top 10 Movies of 2020 with the Hosts of Movie Podcast Weekly

Posted on January 5, 2021 by producer

Happy new year! It’s finally 2021! This is our favorite, most important episode of the year! In case you were wondering what a terrible, relatively “movie-less” year like 2020 brought to us in terms of noteworthy cinema, you can hear the Top 10 Movies of 2020, brought to you by your host Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”) and his buddies from Movie Podcast Weekly, including the actor Karl Huddleston, the professional Geek Ryan Elliott of the Geek Cast Live Podcast, and a Guy Named Andy. (William Rowan Jr. is absent during this episode.)

Episode 044 was recorded on January 4, 2021, and it was released on January 5, 2021. This is a hybrid episode brought to you by Considering the Cinema and Movie Podcast Weekly. If you’re a Horror movie fan, listen to Jay of the Dead’s Top 10 HORROR Movies of 2020 episode here.

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Considering the Cinema Ep. 023: Encore – Another Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Decade Show

Posted on April 23, 2020 by producer

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You’re not seeing double. And no, this isn’t a rerun. Yes, you are indeed getting a SECOND celebration of the very best films from 2010 to 2019 — but with three of the most obsessed movie-fan cinephiles you’ve ever heard! Your late night host, Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead“), and Considering the Cinema present Encore – Another Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Decade Show! In Episode 023, Jason welcomes his friends, Dave “Dr. Shock” Becker and filmmaker Mack Robins, to present their Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Decade, as well as their five Honorable Mentions. And since Jason already listed his Top 15 movies of the 2010s during Episode 016, in this episode, he provides his best picks of the decade for 11 through 25. This is a must-listen episode!

Notes about Episode 023: For simplicity’s sake, we are using the year listed on IMDb to determine each film’s year of release. And this episode was recorded in two different sittings, months apart: The first half was recorded on Feb. 8, 2020, and the second half was recorded on April 19, 2020.

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Considering the Cinema Ep. 016: The Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Decade – All Genres

Posted on January 12, 2020 by producer

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Welcome to the podcast episode that has been 10 years in the making… Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Decade – All Genres. In Episode 016 of Considering the Cinema, your host Jason Pyles welcomes his buddies from Movie Podcast Weekly, including the actor Karl Huddleston, the professional Geek Ryan Elliott of the Geek Cast Live Podcast, filmmaker William Rowan Jr. of Movie Moments Podcast and The Sci-Fi Podcast, and a Guy Named Andy. This will be Karl’s last official episode as a full-time podcaster. And for those listeners who are MPW fans, this episode is, in many ways, the Rosetta Stone of MPW podcasting, so it’s a must-listen!

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Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 014: The Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade

Posted on December 27, 2019 by producer

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What are the Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade? Your late-night Horror host, Jay of the Dead, has invited two Horror podcasting legends to help him bring you three lists that will give you the best of the best in Horror cinema from 2010 through 2019. In Episode 014 of Considering Horror Cinema, Jay welcomes The Southern Gentleman GregaMortis from Land of the Creeps horror podcast and the Ghost Hunter Ron Martin from The Resurrection of Zombie 7 horror podcast.

In addition to bringing you our Top 10 lists (which don’t have much overlap, by the way), we also bring you our Horror Honorable Mentions of the 2010s Decade, which would constitute 11 through 15 on our lists, as well as a reflection on the overall decade as we bring you The Best Thing That Happened to Horror in the 2010s and The Worst Thing That Happened to Horror in the 2010s.

This episode is dedicated to Dave “Dr. Shock” Becker.

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Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 013: Jay of the Dead’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2019

Posted on December 24, 2019 by producer

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Merry Christmas! After a long, four-month hiatus, your favorite late-night Horror host Jay of the Dead is back with a vengeance in Episode 013 of Considering Horror Cinema. During this epic episode, you will hear Jay of the Dead’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2019 with help from special guest Lady Phantom of Horror Movie Weekly.com. You will also hear Jay’s Horror Honorable Mentions of 2019, The Most Disturbing Movie Jay Saw in 2019, Horror Guilty Pleasure of 2019, 2019’s Pleasant Surprises / Better Than Expected, Most Overrated Horror Movies of 2019, Biggest Disappointment / Heartbreaks in 2019 Horror, Jay’s Personal Least Favorite Horror Movie of 2019, and a few of our Most Anticipated Horror Movies of 2020.

And releasing very soon in Episode 014: The Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade with GregaMortis and Ron Martin. Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Continue reading →

Top 10 Movies of 2018

Posted on February 4, 2019 by producer

By Jason Pyles

*This column was originally printed in the January 2019 edition of The BP Times newspaper.

During 2018 more than 600 films were released in the United States. I only saw about 150 of those new releases. Therefore, while I admit that my Top 10 Movies of 2018 list isn’t exhaustive, I can assure you that the list below contains my favorite filmic experiences of the year.

10. The Clovehitch Killer – A teenage boy begins to suspect that his very own father might be an infamous serial killer who’s still at large. Is he or isn’t he? You’ll be waffling more than IHOP!

9. Bodied – Asian filmmaker Joseph Kahn’s razor-sharp social commentary doubles as a ruthless and unflinching comedy about a Caucasian dude who’s drawn into the world of battle rap! This film is potentially offensive to everybody, as it explores political correctness, racism and who can say what and to whom. Continue reading →