For their final episode, Adam and Luke decided to watch two recent releases which stood out to them. They ended up finally watching the most two different films possible but they had a great time.  The ending music for this episode is from Boom Blox, Adam and Luke's beloved video game.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-den/support

Adam and Luke are joined this week by their boss/editor-in-chief Corryn Brock who wanted to talk about her favorite movie, Fear. They also threw in Legally Blonde as another iconic installment in the Reese Witherspoon cinematic universe.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-den/support

Basketball season may be over, but these movies are great all year round. Adam and Luke chose to watch two entirely different basketball movies which highlight the different ways and reasons people love the sport.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-den/support

Time travel is a common trope but it can easily get bogged down in details and technicalities. Both Looper and Terminator avoid this trap with fast-paced, action heavy storytelling, but the stories they tell are pretty different in tone. Adam and Luke are back to sci-fi to discuss the best and worst parts of each movie.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-den/support

This week, Adam and Luke are joined by their first guest in a while: assistant photo editor Rob Le Cates. All three of them watched Harry Potter as children, so revisiting the series brought back memories... and made some negative parts of the series stand out. Either way, the series is a fun romp through a magical world of wands and brooms which is very entertaining if you can look past certain aspects.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-den/support

Adam and Luke decided to do a second week focused around female directors and ended up choosing two movies which are pretty heavy with political commentary. American Psycho is well known and has multiple interpretations, while Promising Young Woman (a much more recent movie) is very direct in its messaging. The guys also ended up talking about Fleabag, but that's just because it's so good. Spoilers for Promising Young Woman! There will be a warning before you hear them, but be aware.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-den/support

In honor of Women's History and Awareness Month, Adam and Luke decided to choose two movies which were directed by women. Coincidentally, they hadn't seen either of these movies. While The Power of the Dog didn't strike the same chord for them that it did for many reviewers, they both greatly enjoyed Nomadland. Listen in to find out why! This episode does include spoilers for both movies; the spoilers for The Power of the Dog are pretty major. Also, we apologize for any repetitive statements- we had to re-record a segment of audio and we aren't sure if we hit the same topics or not.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-den/support

Everybody is tired of remakes by now... but maybe there's one exception to the norm of bad ones. The original West Side Story has plenty of decent elements, but Adam and Luke find that the 2021 film makes many improvements. We'll be taking a break next week during spring break, so this episode is a little bit longer to tide you over! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-den/support

Adam and Luke are once again watching sci-fi movies, which once again exemplify completely different forms of the genre. Annihilation is adjacent to horror and fantasy, full of otherworldly concepts and dark imagery. The Martian, on the other hand, features entirely feasible concepts and upbeat, comedic storytelling.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-den/support

Animated children/family movies, especially Pixar films, formed many beloved and shared childhood movies for the last couple generations. Adam and Luke each picked a favorite to watch and of course ended up loving both of them. Tune in for their arguments on why The Incredibles and Ratatouille are some of the greatest movies of our time.  A portion of the review from Ratatouille which they talked about is at the very end of the podcast so you can hear for yourself! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-den/support