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It’s Friday! Time for another installment of Considering the Cinema’s THE WEEKLY WATCHLIST! Here in Episode 081, your hosts — Jason Pyles, Mack Robins and Dave Becker — discuss the losses of James Earl Jones and David Bordwell. Mack tells you about his new goal to watch one film 100 times! We also reveal which films we’ve seen the most, as well as our Desert Island Picks! Jason rants about the shameful ad-whoring on Roger Ebert.com. And of course, we bring you reviews of the movies we’ve been watching lately! Join us!
Note: This episode was recorded on September 9, 2024, and it released on March 14, 2025.
THE WEEKLY WATCHLIST is the type of episode where we simply talk about whatever we’ve been watching lately from our own, personal watchlists. Here’s how it works: Jay, Mack and Dave have zero “movie-watching homework.” We are completely free each week to watch whatever we want from any era, year, genre, country, etc! We can finally go through our own personal watchlists and catch up with the films we’ve been meaning to see. So, every week will be vastly different. Let us know what you think of this format.
Jay of the Dead also hosts a WEEKLY HORROR MOVIE PODCAST with Mister Watson at Horror Movie Weekly.com. And of course, every Horror fan should check out Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, The Gold Standard of Horror Movie Podcasts.
Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can email Jay, Mack and even Dr. Shock at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment in the show notes for this episode.
SHOW NOTES: Considering the Cinema Ep. 081: The Weekly Watchlist
[ 00:00:01 ] – Introduction
– Jason welcomes Mack and Dave
– Jason is under the weather.
– Talk of fashionable Blu-ray cases
– The loss of James Earl Jones
[ 00:06:18 ] – Mack’s Weekly Watchlist:
– Mack’s Goal: To Watch One Movie 100 Times: Jurassic Park (1993)
– “1,001 Movies That You Must See Before You Die” by Steven Jay Schneider
– Mack’s Watchlist Organizational Structure
– The IMDb Top 250 list, how it changes over time, and how Mack is going through it
– Dr. Shock has the IMDb Top 250 list from 2002; The Top 10 back then…
– Which movies we’ve seen the most!
– Our Desert Island Picks
– Two different versions of the AFI Top 100 list
[ 00:27:08 ] – Jason’s Weekly Watchlist:
– Jason rants about the sad state of Roger Ebert.com and its oppressive ads onslaught
– Jason spotlights “The Film Snob’s Dictionary” by David Kamp and Lawrence Levi, the cinephile equivalent of Strunk and White
– Dr. Shock’s movie recommendation: Outlander (2008) Jason = 7 ( Rental )
– Lamenting the loss of David Bordwell: A Brief Tribute
– Bad Words (2013) Jason = 7 ( Rental )
[ 00:43:12 ] – Dave’s Weekly Watchlist:
British Movies From the 1970s:
– The Squeeze (1977) Dave = 7 ( Rental )
– Villain (1971) Dave = 8 ( Rental )
– Fear Is the Key (1972) Dave = 9 ( Buy the Arrow Blu-ray! )
Wrap-Up
Links for this episode:
Catch up with Mack here:
– Horror podcast: Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies
— IMDb.com Page: Mack Robins
Catch up with Dr. Shock here:
– Horror podcast: Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies
— Blog: DVD Infatuation.com
— Podcast: The DVD Infatuation Podcast
— Horror podcast: Land of the Creeps
— Podcast: The Illustrated Fan
— Movie Podcast Weekly has returned for MONTHLY releases
— Listen to Jay of the Dead’s Horror Movie Weekly with Mister Watson every Sunday!
Jay recommends Nate Johnivan’s music:
— Spotify Playlist
— Quarantine Dream iii
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