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What Is A Movie?

What Is A Movie?

Dan tries his darndest to help Kevin, a man who has somehow never seen a movie, understand what a movie is. Uploads biweekly on Thursdays.

tv & film film reviews

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44:53

The Lost Boys

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2024/11/14

Vamp Quest continues and we're fast forwarding all the way to the late 80s. Time to dive into a most beautiful and incredible house of cards - The Lost Boys. Schumacher, Sutherland, melodrama, and Coreys galore!For a fun drinking game, drink every time Kevin says "vibes".You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

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37:00

Nosferatu

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2024/10/31

We're back for a new - spooky - season. It's Vampire Season, baby.Kicking it off we're digging into the classic granddaddy of film vampires; Nosferatu. Cue the overture, it's time to suck some blood.Happy Halloween, y'all!You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

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59:16

The Florida Project

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2024/09/26

It's the finale of our Tour DeFoe! Our last stop: Florida. Hop on in, we're going to Disney and it's totally gonna break your heart.We chat about sad movies, childhood summertime, and rank our opinions on the whole Dafoe season.---Content warning: discussions of poverty, pedophiles, & sex work.You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

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41:48

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

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2024/09/12

We all live in a yellow submarine.(editor's note: it's pronounced anjelica 'hyoo-ston' but we say 'huss-ton' here. oops.)You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

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58:01

Spider-Man (2002)

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2024/08/29

GODSPEED, SPIDER-MAN!As we continue to barrel through our Tour Dafoe, we take a lil stop at 2002's Spider-Man. We got Tobey, hamfisted "romance," and appx. 40% Raimi. Thwip thwip, baby.And, get this - they say that a hero could save us. Me? I'm not gonna stand here and wait.You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

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53:38

The Last Temptation of Christ

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2024/08/15

The Summer Of Dafoe (or whatever we're calling this season) continues! Parables, sin, humanity, and superman - oh my!You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

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63:52

Platoon

What Is A Movie? ·

2024/08/01

We're back with a new season! This time we're competing in the Tour De Dafoe - a dive into the prolific career of one Mr. Willem Dafoe. First up, it's 1986's Platoon and all the complicated feelings that a war movie can drum up.Is this a movie worth making? How should we grapple with our past crimes? Perhaps most importantly: would you smoke from the barrel of Willem Dafoe's weed gun?You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

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60:20

Space Jam: A New Legacy

What Is A Movie? ·

2024/06/27

COME ON AND SLAM AND WELCOME TO THE JAM.We've arrived at the end of the New Season, let's celebrate in style. Tie those laces, get on the court, but don't you dare mention video games. It's Space Jam 2 time!Let's chat about vanity projects, bad animation, cash grabs, corporate self hatred, and try to decide.... Is This A Movie? Also: the Best and Worst of our New Season.Everybody get up, it's time to slam now, we got a real jam goin' down. Welcome to the Space Jam. Here's your chance, do your...

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55:04

Synecdoche, New York

What Is A Movie? ·

2024/06/13

Warehouse? There house!You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

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65:15

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

What Is A Movie? ·

2024/05/30

Join us on a bold New experiment as we dive into the middle of a series that Dan has previously seen none of. Hop on, spider-monkey, we're going back to 2009 and re-litigating the Team Edward v. Team Jacob debates of old.CW: discussions of domestic abuse, gaslighting, & misogynyYou can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

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38:54

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

What Is A Movie? ·

2024/05/16

Our New Season continues! This time it's also secretly a Sequel Season and what better to take us there than our good friends Dick Miller and the Gremlins.Let's chat about sequels, Christopher Lee, the ol bait & switch, and the good goofs we find along the way.You can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@gmail.com

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50:51

Escape From New York

What Is A Movie? ·

2024/05/02

It's high time for something New. Join us as we venture into a New season - nay, a New era - of What Is A Movie. Today we Escape from New York and chat about pulp, plisskin, politics, and the joys of well-executed creative theft (lookin at you, Metal Gear Solid).Welcome to: Season Four - The New Season---Going forward we'll be doing shorter, more frequent seasons. Same episode format but now we'll gather 5 films/episodes under some thematic banner (genre, director, title, etc.), take a b...

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38:14

Persona

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2024/04/18

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The Last Airbender

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2024/04/05

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48:52

Cage Match V: The Finale

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2024/03/28

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Cage Match V: Pt.3

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2024/03/21

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57:57

Cage Match V: Pt.2

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2024/03/14

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61:18

Cage Match V: Pt.1

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2024/03/07

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56:10

Defending Your Life

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2024/02/14

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63:38

Inside Llewyn Davis

What Is A Movie? ·

2024/01/27

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