Movie Show Theater: The Podcast

Jimmy Malone

We are a couple of Illinois natives, lifelong friends, and purebred cinephiles who are thoroughly fascinated by all things film, and we seem to gain some kind of insight out of every movie we watch(good or bad). We started five years ago in Peoria, Illinois, huddled around one microphone in my dining room, and now we live in Chicago and geek out about movies a few times a month. Check us out or get a hold of us to join us in the studio to talk shop with us on the air!

  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    #87- Go (1999)
    Do you remember this iconic movie poster? I bet you had the soundtrack or had a friend who did. We re-watched this cult classic from 1999 and we're so pleased to report it's WAY better than we remembered, but then again, I was 15 when I watched it and understood so little about the story. You can stream it for $4 on Amazon Prime or iTunes if you need a refresh then join us for this episode!
    2 July 2024, 8:50 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    #86- SCREAM (1996)
    This 1996 horror movie COMPLETELY resuscitated the slasher genre, reignited Wes Craven’s career, and introduced screenwriter Kevin Williamson (Scream 2, Scream 3, I Know What You Did Last Summer, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, The Faculty, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Cursed)! It's also responsible for injecting the 'Who's the killer' trope back into horror as well as using humor to breathe humanity into the story's characters. Also it's BRUTAL even by today's standards. Also Scream 1-4 are all streaming on MAX! Can you tell we love this movie? Music composer and fellow scary movie buddy CJ Johnson joins me to help break it all down!
    10 June 2024, 3:30 am
  • 19 minutes 32 seconds
    #85- The Mummy (1999)
    After recently watching a 25th anniversary theatrical screening of The Mummy (a movie I already loved), I haven't been able to shut up about it (just ask my wife). I think it's time we had a little talk about what made this movie work so well in 1999 and why it not only holds up 25 years later, but is actually a better constructed story than most modern movies releasing in 2024! Join me shall you?
    1 June 2024, 6:20 pm
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    #84- Donnie Darko (2001)
    It’s been ALMOST 25 years since this cult classic was released & we thought it was finally time to determine if Donnie Darko is deep or dumb or possibly BOTH?! How does it hold up in 2024? The answer might surprise you! I connect with my original podcast crew, Stu & Ben to help me figure out what EXACTLY this movie is about. We also uncovered a few things you might not know about the pretentious mystery that is Donnie Darko.
    7 May 2024, 11:17 am
  • 14 minutes 39 seconds
    #82- American Movie (1999)
    American Movie is a documentary released in 1999 and has changed my life in many ways, I wish I was kidding! This heartbreaking, harrowing, and hilarious journey into one man's quest to make a short film won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1999 and is truly unlike anything I've ever seen!
    3 April 2024, 12:30 am
  • 51 minutes 34 seconds
    #81- BEST OF 2023
    It's our New Year's Eve show so OBVIOUSLY we're talking favorites here. Director/Producer Corey Gilbert & Composer/DP CJ Johnson join me with their #1 favorites for the year. It was such a great year for movies, so let's get crack in!
    31 December 2023, 4:19 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    #80- SE7EN (1995)
    Let's ring in the summer season with this gross, dark, masterpiece of a film. Co-Owner of P3 Mediaworks production company Corey Gilbert joins me to pick apart this 90's classic from David Fincher! After watching it 8+ times, I still pick up tidbits of foreshadowing and so much layered storytelling that just begs to be picked apart, so let's go do just that! And hey.. thanks for the support!
    13 July 2022, 10:12 pm
  • 50 minutes 20 seconds
    #76- HEAT (1995)
    It's the 1st episode of our 7th season and we may (or may not) have found our 1st 'PERFECT MOVIE'! So what IS a perfect movie and what makes THIS one a perfect movie? Corey Gilbert is a producer/director/co-owner of P3 Mediaworks, a production company here in Chicago, IL, and he's here to help us understand what flawless storytelling looks like. HEAT was released 27 years ago (almost to the day) and it's never looked better or held more relevancy.
    7 January 2022, 1:20 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    #75- THE MATRIX (1999)
    To capitalize on The Matrix Resurrections coming to theaters and HBO Max on December 22nd, we decided it was time to revisit The Matrix from all the way back to the year 1999. Ben and I were the PERFECT demographic for the release of this landmark film, but how does it hold up in 2021? We were both surprised for very different reasons. You can check out the original three movies on HBO Max!
    23 November 2021, 6:05 pm
  • 48 minutes 2 seconds
    #74- TOTAL RECALL (1990 VS. 2012)
    Filmmaker Dakota Kuhlmann joins us to pick apart one of the titans of science fiction cult classics. Do you remember the 2012 Total Recall? Was it remake? Was it a reboot? Was it a reimagining? What's the difference and how can you even tell? Maybe it holds up better than the original. Maybe you forgot how super decent it actually is. Then again, maybe it IS as bad as you remember. Either way, join us as we compare it to one of the weirdest, wildest, and most fun movie of 1990.
    2 November 2021, 3:31 pm
  • 48 minutes 16 seconds
    #73- HALLOWEEN (1978)
    For our 2021 Halloween Special, I decided to coerce my non-horror movie loving wife to watch what some would consider THE horror movie standard. How does HALLOWEEN look in 2021? Was it scarier than she thought it would be? Was it more fun than she thought it would be? What worked and what didn't? Although this movie is timeless in my mind's eye, I can't be oblivious to its faults and shortcomings even for 1978. Listen if you dare, but remember.. "It's halloween, I guess everyone's entitled to one good scare."
    22 October 2021, 2:14 pm
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