Mayfair Theatre

Andrew, Lee, Josh, and 1st timer Ian chat about meeting Michael Parks in Austin, meeting Roger Ebert at Cannes, and not meeting a drunk Tom Skerritt, ponder the fate of franchises ranging from Terminator to Godzilla to Independence Day, and contemplate what to do for the 100th screening of The Room. We also bring up this week's movies: Maudie, Their Finest, The Promise, Get Out, Jackie Boy, Hounds Of Love, and The Room! Plus, Lee does a pitch perfect impression of Data from The Next Generation.

This week, Andrew, Anya, Lee, and Josh chat about the flood bringing weather that has hit Ottawa, Lego road-trips, the Star Wars / Maudie connection, movie ad's, new wave cinema, Imax lies, Christopher Nolan / James Bond hopes, John Waters graveyard requests, super fans, Zaphod's memories, and Twin Peaks. We also mention the movies screening this week: Maudie, Their Finest, The Dinner, Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent, and Free Fire! Plus, we can't stop reminiscing nostalgically / besmirching the legacy of VHS

Andrew, Lee, and Josh chat about Star Wars even more than usual, due to Lee's recent trip to Star Wars Celebration! Plus, a grab bag of topics ranging from Ottawa's Star Wars connection, why weekly programming is better than monthly, Lee's chats with Stephen McHattie, Jonathan Demme, horror vs thriller, working in video stores, and studio's finding talent from indie films instead of music video's. They also briefly remember to mention this week's movies: Maudie, A United Kingdom, Kong: Skull Island, and Saturday Night Sinema! And, a couple of stellar Michael Caine impersonations!

This week, Josh is joined by a pair of Friends-of-Mayfair neighbours, Mark and Kevin from House of Targ! They chat about the secret origins of the greatest pinball / arcade / rock & roll bar in the universe, being Sega kids, CJ Ramone, Dig Dug high scores, and the tradition of horrible video game movies! Plus, a quick mention of the movies screening the week of April 21st, 2017: The Zookeeper's Wife, Maudie, T2: Trainspotting, Life, Wilson, Rocky Horror, and Bad News Bears!

Andrew and Josh have a G Rated episode because Lee is off in Florida at Star Wars Celebration! We actually don't get too far off track, and chat about the movies screening the week of April 14th: Personal Shopper, The Last Word, All These Sleepless Nights, The Blackcoat's Daughter, The Big Lebowski, The Room, and The Lego Batman Movie! Plus, we discuss the weird world of comic con's, the success of our first Collective Arts Brewing / Smoque Shack Movie Night, Josh admits he wants to see at least one of the Twilight movies, and some of our favourite filmmaker's get mentioned in the mix (George Romero, Joe Dante, George Miller). Plus, listen to Josh and Andrew confusingly try to deduce what the hell Snap Chat is!

Andrew, Lee, and Josh chat about the movies screening the week of April 7th, 2017: Kedi, Lego Batman, Land Of Mine, I Am Not Your Negro, The Void, David Lynch: The Art Life, and Eraserhead. Plus, American presidential politics, Lee hopes to have dinner with Forest Whitaker in Florida, Josh ponders confronting Spielberg about Transformers, Shia LaBeouf has a world record flop, and expensive action figures. And, why is it that directors don't matter for publicity anymore?

Andrew, Lee , and Josh chat about social media miscommunication, attention spans, texting during a movie dealbreaker, ad campaigns, and ponder why a person would leave a movie before it's over. Also, talk of the movies screening the week of March 31st: La La Land, The Sense Of An Ending, The Lure, and Window Horses. And, upcoming movies: The Void, and David Lynch: The Art Life. Plus, why are we are we unable to screen a movie that shot in Ottawa?

Andrew, Lee, and Josh talk about fire alarms, free tickets, 35mm vs digital, the legacy of Power Rangers and its connection to a great long lost action film. We chat about the films screening the week of March 24th: the held over La La Land and Looking For Infinity, Ottawa Premiere of Donald Cried, the kitty cat doc Kedi, John Wick: Chapter 2 (and the origins of its director), Saturday Morning Cartoons, and the greatest Saturday Night Sinema ever. Plus, Lee ruins our chances of a G rating.

Andrew, Lee, and Josh chat about some of the movies screening the week of March 17th, 2017: Hidden Figures, La La Land, Silence (which leads to Scorsese / Color Of Money worship), and M Night redemption with Split! Not too surprisingly, a whole bunch of Star Wars / Rogue One geek conversation too. Also, we ponder if anyone out there is a real fan of Avatar, and if there will ever be a new original Hollywood franchise again. Plus, Tommy Wiseau approves of The Disaster Artist bio-pic! PS - If you miss Saturday Night Sinema on March 25th, you'll regret it for the rest of your life!

Andrew, Lee, and Josh chat about advanced screenings, getting noticed by distributors, our demographics, being an art-house waiting to happen, and why La La Land takes precedence over Star Wars (in our box office, but not in our hearts). Plus, we mention Hello Destroyer (our Ottawa Premiere this week), the 91st consecutive month screening The Room, Hidden Figures, Moonlight, The Salesman, Sing, and Rogue One!

Andrew, Lee, and Josh chat about Bill Paxton, the Oscars, Star Wars Lego, one of our favourite Michael's (Keaton), and our least favourite Michael (Bay). Plus, mentions of our four movies screening this week: Moonlight, The Salesman, Toni Erdmann, and Paterson.

Andrew, Lee, and Josh get amazingly off-track, confused of the timeline, realize they shouldn't speak to each other except for on the podcast, and barely talk about upcoming movies. The annual Oscars party, and the Ottawa Premiere's of XX and Dark Night are mentioned. Patterson (a movie which we were to screen this week, that as fate would have it got delayed) side-tracks to illogical harsh feelings towards Adam Driver, Police Academy, VHS, virtual reality, and first movie dates. Plus, as per tradition, we burn bridges with multiplexes, Vin Diesel, and Zack Snyder!

Josh checks in for a quick mini ep for the schedule of February 17th - 23rd, with a recording delayed due to constant noise of circling snow-plow's. It's a week jam packed with 10 movies (which might be a record): Moonlight, Fences, 20th Century Women, Another Evil, Julieta, Miss Sloane, Moana, Rocky Horror, Last Chance, and E.T.! We'll be back next week with a full length Oscar themed episode!

This week Josh is joined by Sam and Mark, veterans of the Absent Friends Shadowcast! Hence, we talk a lot about The Rocky Horror Picture Show. We also chat about movie's screening the week of February 10th - 16th: Oscar nominees Fences, 20th Century Women, and Moonlight, the Ottawa Premiere of They Call Us Monsters, the 90th consecutive month of The Room, and a Kids Club presentation of Race For Your Life Charlie Brown! We've also got a pair of extra special Valentine's Day screenings, Casablanca, and The Love With (another Ottawa Premiere)! Plus, why have there only been two movies that have become true cult phenomenons in the past 40 years?

Andrew, Lee, and Josh chat about movies screening from February 3rd to 9th, mostly a batch of highly acclaimed hold-over's: Jackie, Neruda (2nd weeks!), Lion (5th week!), Manchester By The Sea (6th week!), and the highly anticipated Ottawa Premiere of Kung-Fu Yoga. Plus, we get distracted with a whole bunch of Jackie Chan worship, admire the work of Chris Miller / Phil Lord, burn Zack Snyder bridges again, and have exciting news about our washrooms.

Lee and Josh multitask a podcast recording while a press screening happens in the theatre, chatting about movies screening from January 27th through February 2nd: Lion (5th week!), Kids Club presents Superman, Saturday Night Sinema, Jackie, and Neruda (a rare cinematic happening of having the Ottawa Premiere of two movies from the same director on the same day!). Plus, a bunch of Superman talk, reminiscing on horrible movie going experiences, and burning bridges with Vin Diesel and Zack Snyder!

Andrew and Josh are joined by special guest Ryan, from The Comic Book ShoppeCast! We chat about movies screening January 20th - 26th: Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, Lion (3rd week!), Manchester By The Sea (5th week!), Ultraman X / Ultraman Ginga S double bill, and The Room (89th consecutive month!). Plus, we discuss why bad movies make a ton of money, the brother's Affleck, the difficulty of seperating the person from the artist, and more! Don't miss out on our ShoppeCast friends special live 100th episode event - for more info: http://bit.ly/2jzcmR3

Andrew and Josh welcome fellow Mayfair crew member Anya to the podcast for the first time, as they chat about movies screening from January 13th - 19th: Manchester By The Sea, Lion, Krisha, Nocturnal Animals, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Freddy Vs Jason. Plus, we completely forget to mention that it's our 100th episode!

Happy New Year! Andrew and Josh chat about three movies at the Mayfair this week: Manchester By The Sea, Lion, and Railroad Tigers. Plus, they discuss some of their favourite movies of 2016. And, Josh typecasts Chris Pine (who comes up in conversation by being in one of the movies from the Best Of list), because he is too handsome.

Andrew and Josh get together to chat about a bunch of movies that we're screening this week, over the Holiday Season: Moonlight and Manchester By The Sea return for 2nd weeks, family matinees of Storks and Miss Peregrine's Post For Peculiar Children, American Pastoral, Christine (not the John Carpenter one), and the Ottawa Premiere of The Autopsy Of Jane Doe.