Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! It's wrestling month here in May 2024 and we're reviewing films about FAKE ASS WRESTLING! To start the month off, Jeff selected a Sylvester Stallone written by, directed by and starring film "Paradise Alley". Tune in to find out what we thought of this old ass movie and if Stallone is a good director. IMDB synopsis "Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brot...
May 02, 2024•57 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House as we close out, probably, our most spectacularly themed month! During this month of April 2024, we've been reviewing movies that have literal dragons in them or have the word "Dragon" in the title...to close out the month we reviewed the 2023 Best Animated Film Oscar Nominated film "Nimona"! Did it hit the theme? Who knows. Was it good? Hell yes! Tune in to find out what Mark & Jeff thought of this one...oh yea, and it's a draft episode! Anywhere you ge...
Apr 25, 2024•56 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Chugging along here in "Dragon" month of April 2024...we're reviewing films that have either literal dragons in them or have the word "dragon" in the title. This week we reviewed the 1996 film "Dragonheart" starring Dennis Quaid, the voice of Sean Connery, David Thewlis, and Jason Isaacs. Tune in to find out if this one stands the test of time and why David Thewlis is just so good in everything he does! IMDB synopsis "The last dragon and a disillusioned dragon-slaying Knight must cooperate to st...
Apr 18, 2024•40 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! It's DRAGON month, baby, which means we're reviewing films that either have a literal dragon in them OR we're watching films with the word "dragon" in the title...either way, it's a shitty theme. Who cares. This week we reviewed the 2002 prequel "Red Dragon" directed by Brett Ratner and starring Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Harvey Keitel, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Tune in to see what we thought about this one! IMDB synopsi...
Apr 11, 2024•53 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! It's April 2024 and we're celebrating with movies either about dragons or have the word "dragon" in the title...it's the price you pay when the creative department has hit a lull! This week we reviewed the 1993 biopic "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" starring Jason Scott Lee as the titular character, as well as Lauren Holly! Tune in to find out what we thought of this one... IMDB synopsis "A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar." Mus...
Apr 04, 2024•56 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Welcome back Draft Housers! We're wrapping up "March Madness" month for March 2024 with our review of the 2020 Ben Affleck film, "The Way Back". Tune in to find out what we thought of this one...and stick around because it's draft night baby! IMDB synopsis "Jack Cunningham was a high school basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption." Music this month is ...
Mar 28, 2024•42 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're in the thick of March Madness month here on the pod...is your bracket busted yet? Don't worry, ours is too...this week we reviewed the 1994 basketball film "Blue Chips" starring Nick Nolte, Shaq O'Neil and Penny Hardaway! Tune in to find out what we thought of this one and does it really hit the theme? IMDB synopsis "A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive." Music this month is b...
Mar 21, 2024•42 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Welcome back Draft Housers! It's March 2024 and we're in the thick of tournament time which also means "March Madness" which also means basketball month on the podcast! This week we reviewed the 2023 sleeper film "Air" directed by and starring Ben Affleck, also starring Matt Damon, Jason Bateman and Chris Tucker! Tune in to find out if this film hit the monthly theme, what's Jeff's favorite basketball memory, why Ray Allen isn't in this movie and more! IMDB synopsis, "Follows the history of spor...
Mar 14, 2024•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 10
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! It's March 2024 and this month we're in "March Madness" as we review basketball films exclusively! To start the month off we reviewed the 1998 Spike Lee Joint "He Got Game" starring Denzel Washington and Ray Allen. Tune in to find out if Spike Lee is one of the goats, if he's on Jeff's Mount Rushmore, and why Mark could watch anything with Denzel in it...everywhere you get pods! IMDB synopsis "A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a...
Mar 07, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're wrapping up "Adam, Eve, or Steve Rom Coms" month for February 2024 with our review of the 2010 Amy ADAMs romantic comedy, "Leap Year"! Tune in to find out what we thought of this one and if it is truly a "romantic comedy"...plus it's draft night! IMDB synopsis "Anna Brady plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy on February 29, leap day, because, according to Irish tradition, a man who receives a marriage proposal on a lea...
Feb 29, 2024•46 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're winding down "Adam, Eve, or Steve Rom Com" month here in February 2024 with our review of the 1987 Steve Martin romantic comedy, "Roxanne" also starring Daryl Hannah and Rick Rossovich. Tune in to find out if this one still holds up, why Mark doesn't like Steve Martin, and if the 80's were truly films best era. Anywhere you get pods! IMDB synopsis "The large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but anot...
Feb 22, 2024•46 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're cruising along to the sound of LOVE in "Adam, Eve, or Steve Rom Coms" month here in February 2024! This week we reviewed the 2019 "romantic-comedy" Marriage Story starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, and Ray Liotta. Tune in to find out why this doesn't hit the theme but turns out to be one of the best films we've watched! IMDB synopsis "Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying toge...
Feb 15, 2024•54 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're cruising along with "Adam, Eve, or Steve Rom-Coms" in the month of February 2024! This week we reviewed the 2012 film "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" starring Steve Carrell, Keira Knightley, Adam Brody, and Martin Sheen. Tune in to find out if this one hit the theme and what we thought! IMDB synopsis "As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his h...
Feb 08, 2024•47 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! It's the month of February 2024, which means it's the month of LOVE which also means we're reviewing romantic-comedies with the theme of "Adam, Eve, and Steve" rom-coms! This week we kicked things off with the Steve Martin rom-com from 1984 "The Lonely Guy" starring himself and Judith Ivey. Tune in to find out if this one is a classic rom-com or if it's just an excuse to be dumb. IMDB synopsis "A writer for a greeting card company discovers the struggles an...
Feb 01, 2024•40 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We've come to the end of "Movies Directed By & Starring the Same Actor" month, but we do so triumphantly with the Danny Devito vehicle from 1989 "The War of the Roses" starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny Devito. Tune in to find out if this one should have stayed in "Erotic Thriller" month of if we hit the sweet spot for this revenge classic! IMDB synopsis "A married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicio...
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 4
It's a special episode! In this episode Mark recaps the big snubs of the 2024 Oscar nominations announcements. Who are the front runners? Who doesn't really stand a chance? Who is just happy to be there? Tune in! Follow the podcast across all social media! Twitter Instagram TikTok YouTube Follow our hosts on Twitter! Mark - @iheardyouliked Jeff - @PodcastsbyJeff
Jan 24, 2024•27 min
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! It's "Movies Directed By & Starring the Same Actor" month and this week we reviewed the comedy classic, "Tropic Thunder", directed by and starring Ben Stiller...but also starring Jack Black, Brandon Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Matthew McConnaughey, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Nick Nolte, and...last but not least, Tom Cruise! Tune in to find out if this one still holds up and whether or not it's on the Rushmore of comedy films. IMDB synopsis...
Jan 18, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're in week number 2 of "Movies Directed By & Starring the Same Actor" with our review of The Quest directed by and starring none other than Jean Claude van Damme! Tune in to find out if this is another JCVD classic or is this just a Bloodsport copy? IMDB synopsis "A group of gentlemen of fortune visits a legendary "Lost City", located in Tibet. They plan to steal a priceless statue "Golden Dragon" during the martial arts tournament." Music this month...
Jan 11, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 2
New year, same podcast! Welcome back Draft Housers! It's year #4 of the podcast and this month we're kicking off the year with "Films Directed By & Starring the Same Actor"...this week we reviewed the Casey Affleck trifecta - directed, written, and starring - film "Light of My Life". Tune in to find out why Jeff hates Casey Affleck but maybe loved this movie, why Mark thinks this one is already a top 5 film of the year, and why films as intimate as this one are so rare. Anywhere you get pods...
Jan 04, 2024•56 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Happy New Year, Draft Housers! It's the last episode of 2023 and the last episode of the month, which means we had to drop the ball in style! This week we reviewed, as part of "R-Rated Christmas Films", the 1980 lesser known title "New Year's Evil" starring no one you know and directed by no one you've seen before. Tune in to find out if this one is a stepping stone for more successful slasher films or if this one is garbage. IMDB synopsis "During a New Year's Eve celebration, a Los Angeles disc...
Dec 28, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 52
Merry Christmas you Draft Housers! We're wrapping (get it?...) "R-Rated Christmas Movies" month up with the 2017 Christmas-themed Zombie Musical...Anna and the Apocalypse! Starring Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, and Sarah Swire. Tune in to find out why Zombie Musicals should happen more often, when are we getting Anna and the Apocalypse 2, and is this one of the greatest Zombie films ever made? Let's go! IMDB synopsis "A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - f...
Dec 21, 2023•50 min•Season 4Ep. 51
Ho, ho, ho Movie Draft Housers! We're counting down to Christmas with our review of the 2005 under-the-radar classic Santa's Slay during "R-Rated Christmas" month! Tune in to find out why Bill Goldberg is actually a pretty convincing Santa, why more low-budget films should just be smarter, and how does Santa really feel about boobs. Tune in! IMDB synopsis "Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he becomes the giver of toys and happiness. But when the bet is off, he retu...
Dec 14, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 50
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! It's holiday season here on the podcast and to get into the spirit of Christmas, we're reviewing "R-rated Christmas Movies" for the month of December 2023! We start off the month with the surprisingly good film Fatman from 2020 starring Mel Gibson as Santa & Walter Goggins as the villain (duh...). Tune in to find out if this one makes it on the Mount Rushmore of Christmas films, the Rushmore of Mel Gibson films, and just exactly what is the best Mel Gib...
Dec 07, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 49
Welcome back Draft Housers! We're wrapping up "Movies About Toys" month here on the podcast with, perhaps, the best film of 2023! We reviewed Barbie from 2023 starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. The film is directed by Greta Gerwig. Tune in to find out if there's a greater movie about toys ever made, if Ryan Gosling is indeed the GOAT, and if Margot Robbie is as good as everyone said she is in this! Oh yea, and it's draft night! We're drafting R-rate Christmas Films... Music this month is b...
Nov 30, 2023•58 min•Season 4Ep. 48
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're giving THANKS this week as you eat your turkey and stuffing and enjoy all the desserts...as we're winding down "Movies About Toys" month! This week we reviewed the holiday classic Jingle All The Way from 1996 starring everyone's favorite Christmas hero Arnold Schwarzenegger! Tune in to find out why Jeff hates Christmas (movies), why Mount Rushmore should have six heads on it, and where this one falls on the list of all time greats. Tune in! IMDB synop...
Nov 23, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 47
Welcome back Draft Housers! We're chugging right along during this month of Thanks with our theme of "Movies About Toys" with our review of the 1989 shitfest Puppet Master. It's directed by some dumb dude and stars a bunch of nobodies. Tune in to find out why you should avoid this one at all costs and just how bad the bad movies we review really are! IMDB synopsis "Psychics find themselves plotted against by a former colleague, who committed suicide after discovering animated, murderous puppets....
Nov 16, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 46
Welcome back Draft Housers! We're in the thick of "Movies About Toys" month here on the podcast with our review of the 2007 mega-hit Transformers directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox. Tune in to find out why Jeff hates LaBeouf, the Michael Bay Mount Rushmore, is Megan Fox a good actress, and more! IMDB synopsis "An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a t...
Nov 09, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 45
Welcome back Draft Housers! It's a new month, which means a new theme for the podcast and this month we're watching films that are either based on toys or feature toys in the them (not hard, right?)...to kick the month off we watched the 2011 Shawn Levy directed sci-fi boxing film - loosely based off of the Rock'em Sock'em Robots line of toys - Real Steel starring Hugh Jackman and Evageline Lilly. Tune in to find out why Jeff's Grover voice also sounds like Macho Man Randy Savage, why Mark finds...
Nov 02, 2023•42 min•Season 4Ep. 44
Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're wrapping up "Creature Feature" month with the sequel without having watched the original (just kidding, Mark watched the first one right before we recorded...) Critters 2: The Main Course directed by Mick Garris and starring no one you know. Tune in to find out just how professional we are, why the acoustics sound weird in the room, and just what happens when you try to emulate Gremlins. IMDB synopsis "Eggs of the small but voracious alien creatures c...
Oct 26, 2023•56 min•Season 4Ep. 41
Welcome back Draft Housers! We're in the thick of Creature-Feature month and this week's episode we review the A24 Icelandic film Lamb from 2021 starring Noomi Rapace and some other people with very long names that are hard to pronounce. Tune in to find out why this one fits the theme, what would happen if Jeff or Mark had a Lamb-baby in their homes, why Jeff hates pretentious arthouse films (mainly A24...according to him) and more! IMDB synopsis "A childless couple discovers a mysterious newbor...
Oct 19, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 42
