Synopsis
The Mayfair Theatre Podcast is a weekly show that takes you behind the scenes of Ottawa's oldest movie theatre(open since 1932!)
Episodes
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194: Demented & Evil & Crazy!
22/11/2018 Duration: 35minThis week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: lack of daylight hours, visiting New York City, Neil Breen, the L.A. fires, the long lost Romero project, Italian non-sequels, Degrassi, Wes Craven / Shocker, and more! Plus, (because this one was recorded very ahead of the weekly schedule finalization), they mention only some of the following movies screening from November 23rd - 29th, 2018: Mid 90;s, Hard Eight, Beautiful Boy, Take It Our In Trade, The Great Buster, Steamboat Bill Jr, and Saturday Night Sinema!
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193: What's Happening?!?
14/11/2018 Duration: 33minThis week, Eric and Josh chat about: sadly small turn-out's for Canadian films, Cinema Clock lies, that we can't afford to sell tickets for 25 cents, the Kevin Smith event that never was, Neil Breen aftermath, Stan Lee sadness, and the new Shooting Guns album! And, they mention the movies screening the week of November 16th - 22nd: Free Solo, All About Nina, Bel Canto, Our Hospitality, Suspiria, College, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Plus, there were numerous technical difficulties, see if you can find the 5 times that the podcast koncked out during the recording!
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192: Somehow Geekier!
09/11/2018 Duration: 35minThis week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: mermaids, musicals, Disney, nostalgic commercials, there not enough hours in the day to watch stuff, that big screen horror and comedy is better than home viewing, stressful climbing movies, the terrifying Polar Express, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of November 9th - 15th, 2018: Free Solo, Crazy Rich Asians, Crown And Anchor, The General, Texas Cotton, and Twisted Pair!
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191: A Little Wild!
01/11/2018 Duration: 36minThis week, Eric, Anya, and Josh chat about: a busy Halloween Month, visiting Philadelphia, MST3K, Raffi, Greg Sestero & Retro Puppet Master, novelizations, Ralph Bakshi's birthday, and dating! Plus, they had to multitask the podcast while a bunch of phone calls were coming in...count the edit points! And, they mention the movies screening from November 2nd - 8th, 2018: The Wife, The Sisters Brothers, The BIll Murray Stories, Three Ages, and The Room!
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190: Hockey Mask Killer!
24/10/2018 Duration: 32minThis week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: wanting to ask the Disney CEO some questions, the increasingly complicated DC slate of movies, successful and failed shared universes, lazy titles, weird franchise rights issues, Christian Slater relations, and wrapping up Halloween Month! They also mention the movies screening from Friday October 26th - Thursday November 1st: The Wife, The Sisters Brothers, Colette, The Exorcist, The Shining, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ghostbusters, and Young Frankenstein!
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189: A Bold Stance!
18/10/2018 Duration: 38minThis week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh are joined by Lorenzo and Mike from the Embarrassing Humans Podcast! They chat about L.A., The Good Son novelization, Space Jam, Jurassic Park, comedy movie sub-genres, their upcoming presentation of Young Frankenstein, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from October 19th - 25th, 2018: Colette, Anthropocene, White Boy Rick, The Hollow Child, Twisted Pair, and The Room!
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188: We Fit In Well With The Garbage!
11/10/2018 Duration: 32minThis week, Andrew and Josh are joined by Sam and Cassia from the Absent Friends Shadowcast! We discuss they're upcoming marathon run of 7 Halloween Month performances of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, avoiding the Disney Vault, the meaning of blockbuster, Rocky Horror VHS, and they swerve off topic with their worship of John Waters. They also mention the films screening from October 12th - 18th: The Children Act, 1945, Blackkklansman, Mandy, Knuckleball, Matangi / Maya / M.I.A., and The Big Lebowski!
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187: World Altering Thing!
04/10/2018 Duration: 33minThis week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: last minute box office rushes, director jail, TV edits, Ed Wood's legacy, and more! Plus, they discuss the movies screening the week of October 5th - 11th, 2018: Mandy, The Children Act, Blackkklansman, 1945, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Mamma Mia, and the Women's Adventure Film Tour!
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186: You're A Monster!
27/09/2018 Duration: 32minThis week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh discuss: tornados, black-outs, a visit from the co-director of Summer of 84, the glory of Nicolas Cage, sleepwalking performances from Bruce Willis, Christopher Lee golden years, distribution frustrations, and they ponder the curiosity of people bragging about stealing movies via torrents. Plus, they mention the movies screenings from September 28th - October 4th: The Children Act, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Venus, Saturday Night Sinema, and Mandy!
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185: I'm Still Cool! I Have Tattoos!
20/09/2018 Duration: 36minThis week, Eric and Josh chat about: watching movies with your parents, feeling bad about ratings keeping kids from seeing movies, eating decades old cereal and gum, and more! Plus, they discuss the movies screening from September 21st to 27th, 2018: Eighth Grade, The Children Act, Mama Mia! Here We Go Again, Incredibles 2, Summer of 84, The Room, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Deliverance!
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184: The Scariest One Of Them All!
14/09/2018 Duration: 36minThis week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: rental nights, false movie listings, Batman and Superman movies, Oscar award switch-ups, how to pronounce Bill Nighy, Dig Dug high scores, dreams of booking a Nic Cage movie, tease a visit from Greg Sestero, and more! Plus, they discuss the movies screening from September 14th - 20th, 2018: The Bookshop, Eighth Grade, We The Animals, We're Still Together, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party!
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183: I Walked By, They Looked Old
05/09/2018 Duration: 35minThis week, Andrew, Eric, Melissa, and Josh chat about: movie marquees, multiplexes, comic cons, the Degrassi legacy, Baywatch Nights, visiting L.A., Kane Hodder, and more! Plus, they discuss the movies screening from September 7th - 13th, 2018: Le Brio, Eighth Grade, Three Identical Strangers, Sicario: Day Of Soldado, The Bookshop, and The Last Movie!
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182: Psycho Pike!
30/08/2018 Duration: 39minThis week, Eric, Anya, and Josh chat about: the aftermath of the Winona Ryder Fest, ponder on what order to watch Star Wars, go behind the scenes of writing Twitter reviews, the genius of Woody Harrelson, better scriptwriting via life experience, visiting Newfoundland, and the horrors of dating! Plus, they discuss the movies screening August 31st -September 6th, 2018: Three Identical Strangers, Eighth Grade, Puzzle, Trench 11, and Solo: A Star Wars Story!
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181: Four Year Old Furious!
22/08/2018 Duration: 35minThis week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: the sad depletion of movie theatres, their first movie going experiences, cereal toys, armchair programming, the Alvin & The Chipmunks franchise, and more! Plus, they discuss the movies screening the week of August 24th - 30th: Ocean's 8, Cielo, BuyBust, Reality Bites, and Saturday Night Sinema!
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180: On The Ball!
17/08/2018 Duration: 32minThis week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: the weird rules of ratings board decisions, how to film a robbery / and then commit an actual crime, the most recent Blair Witch, Topps Comics, recent Mayfair screenings of Hereditary and Don't Worry He Won't Get Far On Foot, and more! They also discuss the movies screening the week of August 17th - 23rd, 2018: Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Three Identical Strangers, Generation Wealth, King Cohen: The Wild World Of Filmmaker Larry Cohen, and Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood! Plus, the Winona Ryder Film Fest continues with Bram Stoker's Dracula, and our 108th Consecutive Month screening The Room!
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179: I Don't Know Where I Am!
10/08/2018 Duration: 38minThis week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: the T2 arcade game, Mortal Kombat, tornado warnings, cinematographer Dean Cundey, Samuel L. Jackson, overly expensive distribution fees, cartoonist John Callahan, the Psycho remake, the Batman movie that almost was, podcast logo's, and more! They also discuss the movies screening the week of August 10th - 16th, 2018: Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Three Identical Strangers, Leave No Trace, Ocean's Eight, Don't Worry He Won't Get Far On Foot, The Crescent, Edward Scissorhands, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show!
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178: That Better Be True!
02/08/2018 Duration: 36minThis week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: weddings, Lee's Land of the Dead connection, George Romero / Mr Rogers, Tobe Hooper, young Spielberg, the stressful shoot = good movie theory, the Disney / Fox movie repercussions, Hudson Hawk, family obligations causing missed movie watching, incorrect movie listings, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday August 3rd - Thursday August 9th: Leave No Trace, Won't You Be My Neighbor, Three Identical Strangers, Poor Boy, Fireworks, and Heathers!
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177: Check Your Own Damn Phone!
27/07/2018 Duration: 36minThis week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: our listeners, people who come into movies late, retro studio logo's, movie shoot locations, Mystery Science Theatre robots, thriller vs horror classifications, and more! Plus, they chat about the movies screening from Friday July 27th - Thursday August 2nd, 2018: Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts, Gauguin: Voyage To Tahiti, Hereditary, Three Identical Strangers, Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2, and Saturday Night Sinema!
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176: The Greatest Generation
20/07/2018 Duration: 39minThis week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: Mr Rogers, double-bills, Generation X, timeless movies, movies that almost were, board game adaptations, basketsball, KISS, Kim Cattrall, Josh pitches his idea for a Magic 8 Ball movie, and more! Plus, they chat about the movies screening from July 20th - 26th, 2018: Won't You Be My Neighbor?, First Reformed, Ideal Home, Jackie Brown, Detroit Rock City, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show!
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175: Nobody's Complained Yet!
12/07/2018 Duration: 37minThis week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: Robocop sequels, the troubles of the DC Cinematic Universe, kid actors growing up, Star Wars jerks, the Look Who's Talking trilogy, Josh confirms that Michael Bay did not ruin his childhood, they reminisce about the very 1st Mayfair Theatre podcast, and more! Plus, they chat about the films screening the week of July 13th - 19th, 2018: First Reformed, Won't You Be My Neighbor, Hotel Artemis, Pulp Fiction, The Night Eats The World, and Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda! (They forgot to also mention that it's the 107th Consecutive Month screening The Room!)