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Direct to Audio: A Movie Discussions Podcast

Spencer Mattinson

A place to talk about movies! Weekly discussions about everything from your favorite movies, rankings, series breakdowns, film history, and more.

tv & film

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01:32:11

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

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2025/01/13

What better way to start off the new year than with chaos only rivaled by that of the real world? Gremlins 2: The New Batch is one of the most anarchist sequels to ever exist, and Max, Liz, and Host Spencer try to parse through this movie with enough decorum to make Brainy Gremlin proud. As is the running joke in this episode, THIS. MOVIE. HAS. EVERYTHING: A 24 hour yogurt shop, Science Twins, Gomez Addams trying to fix a water fountain, a vegetable gremlin, and an opening sequence literally taken

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01:33:38

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

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2024/12/27

As the opening song goes, "It's that time, Christmas time is here!" Well... it was, and we are all dealing with the after effects. The last episode of 2024 and of Season 9 brings us Max and host Spencer talking about the Holiday Classic that brings chaos to Christmas for the Griswold family. We hope you had the hap-hap-happiest holiday, and that this can act as a nice cup of eggnog in your Marty Moose cups.

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00:39:42

The Direct to Audio Christmas Movie Game 2

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2024/12/20

It's the Holiday Season, and what better way to celebrate it than by making friends and family compete in a Christmas Movie Game Show for the listeners! Cindy returns, Matt joins for the first time, and Theresa is here with host Spencer to play basically (but not really because we changed some stuff) jeopardy all based on Christmas movies. We obviously know not everyone can see every movie, but we tried to cover the bases on questions... so, good luck!

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01:45:21

The Great Christmas Movie Draft(s)

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2024/12/09

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Pod! Max and Liz join in for the GREAT CHRISTMAS MOVIE DRAFT(s). This episode more stuffed than a Christmas Stocking, as there are 3 drafts within this episode! First, the 3 wise people of the pod draft 5 movies with "Christmas" in the title. Second, they draft animated holiday movies: 3 from before 2000 and 2 from 2000 to now. Lastly, they make the ultimate Christmas Party guest list with 4 Holiday movie characters and 1 wild card.

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01:18:57

Movies We're Thankful For

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2024/11/27

It's Thanksgiving week, and that means it's time to give thanks! Theresa and Host Spencer give 10* (let's be honest the asterisk is that they clearly go over and start just listing off people and movies at the end) movies that they are thankful for existing. Grab the leftovers and let's dig in to both those and this episode.

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00:51:13

Let's Play Scattergories AGAIN!

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2024/11/18

Liz, Max, & Host Spencer needed a game episode to get their mind off things, so that is what we did! 3 rounds, tons of categories, and no scattering in sight.

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00:59:13

Leftover Candy

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2024/11/01

With Trick or Treating all done, and Spooky Season for the pod sadly in the rearview, it's time to go into our collective trick or treat bucket (or pillowcase) and see what candy is left from the Halloween celebration! Stephanie, Damien, Theresa, and Host Spencer have a round table chat where they pull spooky season/ Halloween prompts from a bucket and talk about everything from favorite candy, to the perfect spooky movie marathon, to blind ranking Halloween themed topics.

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01:36:03

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

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2024/10/25

The curtain is soon to close on this year of Spooky Season for the pod, so why not go out with a bang! er, maybe a chandelier crash? Host Spencer has his rootin' tootin' partner Theresa join in to discuss one of her favorites, the modern retelling of the Andrew Lloyd Weber stage production of Phantom of the Opera... which had a few horror movies in the past... which were adaptations of a book. Look it's spooky enough and it's fun to talk about and there's a good amount of singing. Enjoy!

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01:39:07

Let's Rank the Scream Franchise

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2024/10/18

*ring ring* What's your favorite scary movie? A line asked by all, and answered by the pod... as long as it's a part of this franchise. Morgan & Jamie join host Spencer to discuss the Scream franchise from worst to best based on their average review score. 6 movies, hundreds others referenced, and it all starts with a phone call that changed horror forever. We discuss Sid, Gale, Dewey, the core 4, the Ghostfaces, and the way that each film is a delightful look in at where horror is at each time

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01:47:53

The Spooky Season Horror Character Bracket 4:...

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2024/10/11

March ain't the only time of year for brackets, as the Podcast's annual tradition returns. 64 competitors ALL randomly paired to fight to see who is the Spooky Season supreme slasher, but this time around we have some twists, as we will now be adding specific horror locations for these fights. Will environments change the battles? Will some characters just forfeit (spoiler... it happens this time around)? Listen and follow along to the biggest celebration in horror in one place, and prepare for the

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01:17:30

Let's Discuss Our First Time: Psycho (1960)

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2024/10/04

Spooky Season takes a detour for the night at the Bates Motel, as Theresa joins the pod to discuss her first time watching the absolute Horror Classic with a capital C, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Coming in knowing nothing, we talk about the shower scene that possibly started an entire genre, one of the most iconic scores of all time, and the crazy marketing campaign that Hitchcock went all out for. This is honestly one of the most important movies of all time, and we are so excited to finally invite

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01:13:36

Tourist Trap (1979)

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2024/09/27

Spooky Season's last stop in September is aptly named, as the pod detours to Tourist Trap! Caught in the tail wave of 70s slashers that don't quite know the formula just yet, this movie is surprisingly scary with some decent acting to boot. Liz and Host Spencer talk all about this one, and try to modernize it in the end by doing a modern requel. (If this happens we want 50% of the credit.)

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00:41:35

Film Class: A Tribute to Wes Craven

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2024/09/20

The Master of Horror deserves his own episode, and for this Film Class, Host Spencer discusses the career of the iconic director of almost 40 years. From the 70s grindhouse style, to the 80s slashers, to the 90s meta slasher, Wes was a part of decades of horror, and we pay homage to one of the greatest to ever do it. For Wes.

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01:23:13

Jason X

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2024/09/13

It's officially Friday the 13th again, and in Spooky Season too?? What a gift. For this, you are also treated to a gift: Jason in space. It's the one we ALL have seen and we ALL have heard about, so join Host Spencer and guest Steven as they discuss why hockey gets outlawed, how nanobots kinda suck, and how this movie is all about one thing: the kills.

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00:37:12

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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2024/09/06

After 36 years... the Juice is Loose! The newest addition to the legacy sequels is finally here, as Beetlejuice gets his second coming on the big screen. Just like all the other legacy sequels, the old meets the new as Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci, and Justin Theroux join Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, and of course Tim Burton in the newest tale to the underworld. Host with the Most Spencer gives his honest review of the Ghost with the Most's return, so

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01:33:29

Fright Night Double Feature (1985 & 2011)

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2024/08/30

We welcome you into our Podcast's Spooky Season (just in case you are a vampire and need permission), to join us for a compare and contrast for the ages! Max, Liz, and Host Spencer are stepping in for Peter Vincent (take the night off David Tennant and Roddy McDowall) to discuss these horror comedies and what makes them so similar and so different.

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00:35:33

Alien: Romulus

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2024/08/23

I mean, these franchises just have to keep releasing movies to make the pod's ranking episodes outdated huh (thanks Halloween, Wes Anderson, Marvel & now Alien). HOWEVER... this might be the best of the bunch. Alien is back under Fede Alvarez's eye, and boy oh boy does it deserve a theater viewing. Listen after viewing and enjoy, because in space no one can hear you scream but you can hear this podcast.

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00:40:39

Let's Play Movie Scattergories!

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2024/08/16

I think everyone knows the podcast loves a game, so why not try something new! Steph, Dame, and Theresa are back with host Spencer to play Scattergories, but with a twist. Three rounds, each with a similar style to the original game: contestants are given a letter of the alphabet and 10 categories, and you must give answers that start with that letter. 1 point for each right answer. Someone else said the same answer? YOU GET NOTHING. YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY SIR. Let the games begin!

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01:13:12

Deadpool & Wolverine

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2024/08/05

Well, you HAD to know this was coming. The biggest movie, the biggest podcast (don't look that up), and the biggest guests (that is true), as Steph, Dame, the Rootin' Tootin' Partner T, and host Spencer jump BACK into the multiverse to discuss the MCU debut of 2 of the best case superheroes of all time... and maybe a few more fit that bill that also appear in this movie (not you Chris, at least not for him). Let's all digest this together, and live in the world Deadpool has now

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01:42:08

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

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2024/07/29

Summer is (sadly) almost over, and we all know the horrible feeling of the freedom winding down to go back to school or regular life. LUCKILY, this movie captures that feeling perfectly, as well as every other feeling that a camp spoof movie could capture. Max & Host Spencer discuss how ahead of its time this movie was, and how it has one of the greatest casts comedy has ever seen... plus a sentient can of vegetables.

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