Considering the Cinema Ep. 072: The Weekly Watchlist – Chekhov’s Gun

Great news! Considering the Cinema episodes are finally back, and we will earnestly strive to release them weekly! Jason Pyles (aka Jay of the Dead), his co-host, Mack Robins (aka Mackula), and the esteemed host of The DVD Infatuation Podcast, Dave “Dr. Shock” Becker will bring you a new, short-form format called THE WEEKLY WATCHLIST, which should release on Fridays. Here’s how it works: Jay, Mack and Dave have zero “movie-watching homework.” We are completely free each week to watch whatever we want from any era, year, genre, country, etc! We can finally go through our own personal watchlists and catch up with the films we’ve been meaning to see. So, every week will be vastly different. Let us know what you think of this format. Join us!

Notes: This episode is dedicated to The Wise One, Dr. Rick Moody. It was recorded on June 30, 2024, and it released on August 9, 2024.

Jay of the Dead also hosts a WEEKLY HORROR MOVIE PODCAST with Mister Watson at Horror Movie Weekly.com. And of course, every Horror fan should check out Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, The Gold Standard of Horror Movie Podcasts.

Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can email Jay, Mack and even Dr. Shock at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment in the show notes for this episode.

SHOW NOTES: Considering the Cinema Ep. 072: The Weekly Watchlist

[ 00:00:01 ] – Introduction
– This episode is dedicated to The Wise One, Dr. Rick Moody
— Jason welcomes Mack and Dr. Shock
— Reminiscing on our most recent CTC episode together: Ep. 064: Safety Last!
— The subjects of “Cinemania” are a little too close to home for us…
— Jay, Mack, Dave are scarily obsessed with movies
— PREFACE: The Concept of CTC’s “The Weekly Watchlist” episode format

[ 00:08:43 ] – Jason’s Weekly Watchlist:

Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Jason = 7.5 ( Strong Rental )

Concept Discussion:
Chekhov’s Gun

Raging Boll (2010)
Jason = 7 ( Strong Rental but Jay Owns It )

– Wikipedia’s List of films featuring eclipses

[ 00:19:06 ] – Mack’s Weekly Watchlist:

— Mack does the quite literal “Movie Minute” on his brother’s podcast
— All four of Mack’s films this week are streaming on Tubi
— Mack’s Goal: Watch a Feature Film From Every Year of Cinema History!

Broken Blossoms (1919)
Mack = 71 out of 100

Stella Maris (1918)
Mack = 79 out of 100

Straight Shooting (1917)
Mack = 81 out of 100

Prehysteria! (1993)
Mack = 31 out of 100 ( Avoid )

[ 00:28:37 ] – Dave’s Weekly Watchlist:

— Dave randomly opens to a page of four movies (he hasn’t seen) in his big movie binders

American Girl (2002) (aka Confessions of an American Girl)
Dave = 7 ( Rental )

Colette (2018)
Dave = 7 ( Rental )

Cookie (1989)
Dave = 8.5 ( Strong Rental )

Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Dave = 8.5 ( Strong Rental )

Wrap-Up

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