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After two episodes were lost due to technical difficulties, we here at the House of Cinema podcast were beginning to lose our Holiday spirit.
But we are back and with our spirits rekindled mainly because we all forgot how much we love The Santa Clause. Maybe a tad underrated now and over shadowed by movies like The Grinch and Elf, we took the time to discuss what separates The Santa Clause from the rest of the pack.
We discussed:
- Where does The Santa Clause rank amongst other 90s Christmas movies?
- Denny's- a good or bad restaurant?
- How annoying is the E.L.F.S?
- How annoying is Charlie?
- Ranking Christmas elves
and a lot more!
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The celebration of Harry Potter month continues!
Prisoner of Azkaban is largely considered one of the best, if not the best Harry Potter movie and we here at the HoC podcast definitely agree.
We discussed:
- our individual patronum
- ranking movies with time travel elements in it
- discussion of fictional movie jails
- best scenes from HP: PoA
And a lot more!!
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We have officially reached our 60th episode!
To celebrate, we took a slight break from discussing individual movies but to continue the month of celebrating everything Harry Potter, I am joined by film critic, good friend and Harry Potter mega-fan, Claira Curtis, to rank and discuss the top 5 Harry Potter movies!
Some things that we discussed:
- Does Chamber of Secrets really deserve the hate?
- Deathly Hallows P1 vs Deathly Hallows P2
- also Claira gives their top 4(ish) best movies of 2021 so far!
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Happy November! Horror month has sadly come to an end, so to help cure our blues we are dedicating all of November to everything and anything Harry Potter (except the Fantastic Beast franchise).
And what better way to kick off the month and discuss the movie that started it all! We discussed:
- what position would you play in quidditch?
- establishing our houses
- is Harry/Gryffindor insufferable?
- the best fantasy movies of 2001
and a lot more!
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Week 3 of spooky season continues!
This week, co-host Dillon wanted to revisit 28 Days Later, ANOTHER movie from 2002 (this was not planned). 28 Days Later helped breathe fresh air into a fatigued zombie genre and is beloved by all in the House of Cinema crew.
Some things we discussed...
- fast zombies vs slow zombies, which are scarier?
- what do you grab first in an abandoned supermarket?
- does the movie age well?
- ranking classic horror movie creatures
and so much more!!
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Bonus horror movie episode!
I was joined by long time friend and past guest, Nate from @allthingsreviewed_, and we discussed our 5 favorite horror movies...but with a slight twist. We were only allowed to select one movie per decade- 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s.
From giallo to found footage, indie to horror blockbusters- we did our best to narrow down what we thought were some of the best and scariest horror films of each decade.
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Week 2 of Horror Month!
For this week's pick, we are sticking in 2002 but going a little bit scarier than Scooby-Doo. Signs is one of those movies that we deeply feel has aged incredibly well. Can we also get more horror movies about alien invasions?
We discussed:
- what makes the Brazilian birthday party video so scary?
- what is your final meal before an alien home invasion?
- ranking animated alien invasion movies
and so much more!
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We are back! We took a short break but are back just in time for spooky season.
2/3 of the House of Cinema crew love Halloween and horror movies...the other (cough Olivia cough) is not the biggest fan of Halloween and horror movies. So to ease ourselves into the Halloween season, we kicking it off with a fan favorite film, the 2002 live action Scooby-Doo.
It feels like this movie has had a recent resurgence in popularity. Whether its the nostalgia of the early 2000s or James Gunn mentioning an R-Rated cut of this movie exists. Whether the case, we discussed:
- Does this movie hold up still?
- Scooby-Doo- the best TV theme song of all time?
- could anyone else have play Shaggy?
and so much more!!
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We took a week break but are back to celebrate September, a month that symbolizes the end of summer and the start of school. So we decided to some our very favorite movies that revolved around schools and to kick things off, we are jumping straight into Easy-A (2010).
We discussed:
- best Natasha Beddingfield songs?
- Easy-A or Crazy Stupid Love, which Emma Stone rom com do you prefer?
- best movies based off classic literature?
and so much more!
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We have reached the end of Animated August and for the final episode, our very one Dillon has chosen a movie that he feels is an underrated Dreamworks gem.
Lets just say- not everyone agrees but Megamind still boasts an excellent voice ensemble, an original story and some great animated visuals.
We discussed:
- what would a Live Action Megamind really look like?
- could anyone else have voiced Megamind?
- favorite movies where the villain is the hero?
And so much more!
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