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Your World of CreativityReunion Panel, with Mark Graban, Jeff Leisawitz, and Chris HoodWelcome back to "Your World of Creativity"! In this milestone episode, we reconnect with past guests from various corners of the country to catch up on their journeys and future plans. Join us as we travel to Cincinnati, Seattle, and LA to hear the latest from Mark Graban, Jeff Leisawitz, and Chris Hood.- Mark Graban shares insights from his book "The Mistakes That Make Us" and discusses the importance of learning from mistakes in personal and professional settings.- Jeff Leisawitz talks about his new book, "The Magical Impact of Storytelling," and...
2024-07-1523 min
The Movie Draft House2024 Oscar Nominations Recap - Who Got Snubbed?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!
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2024-01-2426 min
The Movie Draft HouseThe Quest (1996)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 is brought...
2024-01-1145 min
The Movie Draft HouseLight of My Life (2019)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!
IMDB synopsis "A father and his...
2024-01-0455 min
The Movie Draft HouseNew Year's Evil (1980)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 jockey receives...
2023-12-281h 10
The Movie Draft HouseAnna and the Apocalypse (2017)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 - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead...
2023-12-2149 min
The Movie Draft HouseSanta's Slay (2005)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 returns to his evil ways."
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2023-12-1448 min
The Movie Draft HouseFatman (2020)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 Gibson film?
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2023-12-0742 min
The Movie Draft HouseBarbie (2023)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 brough to you by the Montreal, Canada alternative-pop band...
2023-11-3057 min
The Movie Draft HouseJingle All The Way (1996)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 synopsis "A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action...
2023-11-2339 min
The Movie Draft HousePuppet Master (1989)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."
Music this month is brough to...
2023-11-1647 min
The Movie Draft HouseTransformers (2007)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 teenager."
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2023-11-0947 min
The Movie Draft HouseLamb (2021)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 newborn on their farm in Iceland."
Music this...
2023-10-1939 min
The Movie Draft HouseThe Thing (1982)Welcome back, Draft Housers, as we're creeping our way through the month of October 2023, which just so happens to be Creature Feature month! This week we reviewed the 1982 John Carpenter classic The Thing starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, and Keith David. Tune in to find out why practical effects are so cool yet so disgusting, why Total Recall's practical effects are the best, and why Jeff continues to enjoy films made 50 years ago...
IMDB synopsis "A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims."
2023-10-1248 min
The Movie Draft HouseThe Shape of Water (2017)Welcome back to the scariest time of the year, Draft Housers! It's Creature Feature month here on the podcast and, wouldn't you know it, we reviewed some non-scary shit to start us out! From the year 2017, we reviewed the 2017 Academy Award winning film, directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, and Michael Shannon...The Shape of Water. Tune in to find out why Mark and Jeff don't necessarily understand Oscar-bait, why Guillermo del Toro is a Mount Rushmore director, and why "fish sex" is a huge turn off...everywhere you get your pods!
2023-10-0550 min
The Movie Draft HouseDallas Buyers Club (2013)Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're wrapping up Matthew McConaughey month this episode with our review of the 2013 Oscar nominated/Oscar winner film Dallas Buyers Club starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto (Oscar winner!), Jennifer Garner, and Steve Zahn. Tune in to find out why Jeff loves this film, why Jared Leto was the perfect choice for his role, and why method acting sucks (also why Method Man acting sucks too).
IMDB synopsis "In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is...
2023-09-281h 02
The Movie Draft HouseFrailty (2001)Welcome back to The Movie Draft House where we're in the midst of our McConniasance! It's Matthew McConaughey month and we reviewed the 2001 Bill Paxton directed film Frailty starring the man of the hour! Tune in to find out why child actors suck, why Powers Boothe is such a strong name, and exactly why Bill Paxton decided to make this one. Anywhere you get your pods!
IMDB synopsis "A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were...
2023-09-2143 min
The Movie Draft HouseKiller Joe (2011)Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're eating some K Fried C here in our second week of Matthew McConaughey month! This week we reviewed the crazy gun-for-hire film Killer Joe from 2011 directed by William Friedkin (RIP) starring Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, and Gina Gershon...with McConaughey. Tune in to find out why Jeff thinks Matthew McConaughey has the second best ass in Hollywood, why Mark doesn't think wrapping a body up in a blanket and then setting on fire is a smart move, and just how deep can Jeff get a piece of chicken...
2023-09-1449 min
The Movie Draft HouseThe Prestige (2006)Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! It's a special episode this week, as it's not only draft night (!) but it's we also get a personal update from Jeff that may stop your heart, literally.
This week we reviewed the 2006 Christopher Nolan classic The Prestige starring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, Rebecca Hall, and David Bowie. Tune in to find out if this one is on the Mount Rushmore of Nolan films, why you should get your heart checked (if you liked The Fountain), and just how beefcake is beefcake...
2023-08-3157 min
The Movie Draft HouseDouble Impact (1991)Welcome back Draft Housers! We're winding down "actors who play multiple roles in the same film" month and this week we're reviewing the 1991 Van Dammage film Double Impact starring Jean Claude Van Damme as the two main characters - twin brothers! Tune in to find out why Jeff doesn't like it when Mark's internet goes out, what actually happens during a podcast when one hosts' internet goes out, and why Jeff doesn't like the boob corner...
IMDB synopsis "Twin brothers are separated when their parents are murdered but 25 years later they re-unite in order...
2023-08-2449 min
The Movie Draft HouseThe Fountain (2006)Welcome back, Draft Housers! We're in the thick of "actors playing multiple roles" month, and this week the boys reviewed the 2006 Darren Arronofsky directed film, The Fountain. Tune in to find out why Jeff hates this man, why Hugh Jackman can continue to do no wrong, and why this one is gonna on the Rushmore of films we hate!
IMDB synopsis "As a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi."
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2023-08-1746 min
The Movie Draft HouseLegend (2015)Trucking along here in "Actors Playing More Than One Role" month on the podcast and this week the boys reviewed the 2015 gangster film Legend starring Tom Hardy in dual roles alongside Emily Browning and cast of others! Tune in to find out why sometimes films are just good, not great; why Jeff is salty, and aren't you watching on YouTube?
IMDB synopsis "Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s."
Music this month is brought to you by the Los Angeles, California hip-hop duo Flyana...
2023-08-1048 min
The Movie Draft HouseMars Attacks! (1996)New month means new theme! This month - August 2023 - we're reviewing films that have a main actor playing more than one role (more than one character), and to start off the month we're reviewing the classic(?) alien invasion film Mars Attacks! from 1996, directed by legendary filmmaker Tim Burton and starring literally everyone...but Jack Nicholson is the actor playing multiple roles.
IMDB synopsis "Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor." Simple enough.
Music this month is brought to you by the...
2023-08-0356 min
The Movie Draft HouseDisclosure (1994)We've seen a lot through the month of July. Erotic Thriller Month has been very eye opening for us here in the house of draft. Here is one more for the road, and boy does it have everything... except nudity. How is there no nudity? Is that enough to keep Jeff and Mark from completing there first perfect month. (all movies getting recommended) I know my nipples are like pencil erasers just thinking about it.
Synopsis from IMDB: A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both...
2023-07-271h 03
The Movie Draft HouseThe Voyeurs (2021)Oh hey...didn't see you there...let me go put some clothes on. We're back! Week three of "Erotic Thriller" month here at the Movie Draft House and we're super hot and bothered. This week we reviewed the modern erotic thriller The Voyeurs from 2021 starring Sydney Sweeney, Justice Smith, Ben Hardy, and Natasha Liu Bordizzo. It's an Amazon Prime Original. Tune in to find out what body part gets Mark going (hint...it's not feet), why Jeff gets tripped up over whether he should bother his neighbors...morally speaking, and why Jeff hates Chicago. Tune in!
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2023-07-2054 min
The Movie Draft HouseBasic Instinct (1992)When you hear Ford Taurus from Sexbuise come on the radio, you know it's erotic thriller month. So we watched the erotic thriller to end all thrillers. Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone, heat up the screen in Basic Instinct. Paul Verhoeven returns to direct his second rim in a row here in the Draft House. Let's face it, this was hot in the 90's, but it's 30 years later, is it still hoT. HoT with a capital T? Tune in, turn on.
Synopsis from IMDB: A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative...
2023-07-1345 min
The Movie Draft HouseBenedetta (2021)Wooo baby, we're back with a brand new theme for the month of July 2023...and it's a HOT one! This month we're bringing you "erotic thriller" films, and...really we're just reviewing Paul Verhoeven films. It's weird. This week we reviewed the 2021 tits and ass film, Benedetta, starring Virginie Efira, Daphne Patakia, and Charlotte Rampling. It's about lesbian nuns. This episode gets messy. Tune in to find out why Jeff can't watch porn without crying, why Mark's tabs consist of French artwork, and why the most non-porn porn film may also be one of this year's best...
2023-07-0652 min
The Movie Draft HouseTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)This is the end of our first annual Draft a Theme month celebrating our 2nd Anniversary. So we watched a all time classic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Luckly, Mark is available to answer all of your turtle porn needs. I mean it all keeps coming back to how turtles have sex. What the fuck is our problem? Draft Night!!! Open a La Croix and Diet Coke. Let's do this.
Synopsis from IMDB: Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.
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2023-06-2955 min
The Movie Draft HouseI Got the Hook Up 2 (2019)/Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)We're knee deep in draft a theme month. Jeff's turn, so he picked the movies starting musicians theme. What movie should he pick but Spider-man got the hook up 2. No, I mean I Got the Hook Up: Across the No Limit-verse. Right? Also, that movie reference ad for Regal Cinemas is the WORST!
Synopsis from IMDB: Best friends and old-school street hustlers Black and Blue went legit twenty years ago when they opened their family restaurant. But with the health inspector threatening to shut them down, they could lose it all. Now it's up to young scam artists Fatboy and...
2023-06-2255 min
The Movie Draft HouseThere Will Be Blood (2007)Hey Draft Housers! It's week three of our anniversary month and for "Themes of Films We've Already Picked", Mark selected Westerns and the 2007 Academy Award darling There Will Be Blood directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano. Did he hit the theme this time? Tune in to find that out and also why DDL is on the Mount Rushmore of all time actors, why Mark is insecure of Jeff's other podcasts, and just why huge milkshakes are a thing! Tune in!
IMDB synopsis, "A story of family, religion...
2023-06-1558 min
The Movie Draft HouseDouble Team (1997)This is is the first annual draft a theme. We look back at all out past themes, pick 1 per week, then a film to fit that theme. This we Jeff picked, and surprising no one at all, he picked Van Damme week! So do we watch Bloodsport, Kick Boxer, or any of his other classic roles. Nope, were watching Double Team. Van Damme teams up with basketball hall of famer Dennis Rodman to take on Stavros (Mickey Rourke). There is not shortage of plot here. We got secret organizations, tigers, and basketball parachutes. Is this so bad it's good...
2023-06-0858 min
The Movie Draft HouseThe Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)Welcome back! We're new theme cruisin' and this month we've decided to re-draft previous themes each week! Which means it's Nic Cage month (week) again and this week we reviewed the 2022 film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent starring Nic Cage as Nic Cage telling us the story of Nic Cage. The film also stars everyone's favorite dad, Pedro Pascal. Tiffany Haddish also makes an appearance. Tune in to find out why Jeff loves the name Pedro so much, why Paddington 2 is a classic, and who's on the 90's action film stars Mount Rushmore...
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2023-06-0147 min
The Movie Draft HouseSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)We have traversed the multiverse and ended up here. Spider-man, and Spider-man, and Spider Woman team up to fight the mass of humanity that is Kingpin. A story told a thousand times, but is this the best telling of a Spider origin yet? Join us as we gush, and then draft for that start of year 3 of The Movie Draft House.
IMDB Synopsis: Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe, and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
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2023-05-251h 03
The Movie Draft HouseMr. Nobody (2009)Welcome back to the House of Draft as we trudge right along through the multiverse! This week we review the 2009 sci-fi epic Mr. Nobody starring - our boy! - Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Rhys Ifans, Natasha Little, Juno Temple, and Linh-Dan Pham. It's directed by some guy named Jaco van Dormael. Tune in to find out why Jeff will never watch Benjamin Button, why Mark sends eggplant pictures, and if Donnie Darko really is a good movie...
IMDB synopsis "A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to...
2023-05-1856 min
The Movie Draft HouseEverything Everywhere All at Once (2022)In the month of May we are diving in to the multiverse. This stop we get to see Everything Everywhere All at Once. It won all the Oscars. That means it's good right? Well use one of your hot dog fingers to press play on this episode and hang out like a piñata. Mark and Jeff tell you if the hype is justified.
Synopsis from IMDB: A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives s...
2023-05-1151 min
The Movie Draft HouseSource Code (2011)New month new theme Draft Housers! This month we're reviewing films that take place in an alternate uni(multi)verse...or so we think. This week we reviewed the 2011 sci-fi/action film Source Code starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, and Jeffrey Wright. The movie is directed by Duncan Jones (don't look at his filmography...). Tune in to find out why Jeff loves Groundhogs Day and why 90 minute films should be law!
IMDB synopsis "A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find...
2023-05-0453 min
The Movie Draft HouseI Love You, Man (2009)100 episodes of Movie Draft House. Time to celebrate with I Love You, Man. Can Mark and Jeff say it to each other? Let's find out. Crack that Lime La Croix.
IMDB Synopsis: Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But, when his insta-bond with his new B.F.F. puts a strain on his relationship with his fiancée, can the trio learn to live happily ever after?
Music this month is brought to you by the Charlotte, NC alternative rock band Falling Through April w...
2023-04-271h 16
The Movie Draft HouseThe Banshees of Inisherin (2022)Hi friends. We're back with another episode of The Draft House as we transverse through Bromance month. This week we reviewed extremely Oscar nominated film The Banshees of Inisherin from 2022 directed by Martin McDonagh, starring everyone's favorite bros Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, and Jenny the donkey. Tune in to find out why shots of the sweeping Irish countryside are sleep inducing, why incest is bad, and why mutilating yourself rather than just telling someone to fuck off is a bad idea.
IMDB synopsis, "Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one...
2023-04-201h 03
The Movie Draft HouseSee No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)Two absolute legends... watch two absolute legends. Bromance week is keeping love in the air this April. It's Jeff's turn to pick, so you know its the 80's. Slap stick comedy with low stakes story telling makes for a refreshingly brisk watch after last weeks 3 hour epic. But will Mark like it? He doesn't like old movies so probably not.
Synopsis from IMDB: Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening.
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2023-04-1352 min
The Movie Draft HouseRRR (2022)It's another new month here at the Draft House which means a new theme on the pod! This month we're watching "bromance" films - get it? - and to start the month out correct, we reviewed the Indian film "RRR" directed by S.S. Rajamouli (not the steamboat) starring N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, Olivia Morris, Ray Stevenson, and Alison Doody. Tune in this week to discover why Mark wishes he grew up a little Indian boy, why Jeff loves montages, and why RRR is one of the best superhero films of all time!
2023-04-061h 15
The Movie Draft HouseRavenous (1999)Whatever doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger. It's survival horror month here in this drafty house and it's Jeff's week to pick. You know what that means? A movie from the 90's. The boys watched Ravenous, starring friend of the pod, Guy Peirce. Where does this movie rank among Mark's all time favorite films? If you want to find out, grab your favorite cut of formerly alive animal, a tall glass of blood, and enjoy this weeks episode.
IMDB Synopsis: In a remote military outpost in the 19th century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a...
2023-03-161h 00
The Movie Draft HouseThe Revenant (2015)Running through the woods. Dodging bullets, arrows, and BEARS...oh my! We're back in the midst of survival horror month with this week's review of the 2015 Best Picture contender, The Revenant. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, and Will Poulter. Tune in to find out if this week's episode hit the theme, why bear rape is a thing, and what Jeff's favorite DiCaprio film really is...
IMDB synopsis "A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own h...
2023-03-0959 min
The Movie Draft HouseReady or Not (2019)Not sure if you are Ready or Not, but it's Survival Horror month. Join Mark and Jeff as they try to make it through March without having to sacrifice each other to ensure the success of the Draft House. First up... Ready or Not. Want to know how much money Monopoly makes? Sorry we don't know. What we do know is if our lead this week will go to jail after the events of the film. Wanna find out? Press play!
IMDB Synopsis: A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her...
2023-03-0256 min
The Movie Draft HousePoetic Justice (1993)Musicians in Movies month keeps rolling with the beat. This week it's John Singletons Poetic Justice. Tune in to find out which of us has tried Old English. Who Mark thinks is loose, and what Marchs theme will be. Serious question, do mail trucks run on diesel?
IMDB Synopsis: Grieving hairdresser, Justice, goes on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland on a mail truck alongside her friend and a postal worker which she cannot stand
Music this month is brought to you by Charleston, WV hip-hop country artist David Morris with his...
2023-02-1656 min
The Movie Draft HouseHouse of Gucci (2021)We did it, fellow Draft House(rs)! We finally got a film that both Mark and Jeff agreed on! Rejoice with your own Super Mario voice! Tune in this week as we reviewed the 2021 Ridley Scott directed drama House of Gucci starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Al Pacino, and Jeremy Irons. Tune in to find out why Jeff loves Jared Leto (again?), why Mark hates Lady Gaga scenes, why Jeff doesn't want to punch Forest Whitaker in the face, and why going rouge on Twitter is not in the cards for this podcast!
IMDB synopsis..."When...
2023-02-0953 min
The Movie Draft HouseI Got the Hook Up (1998)It sure is hard being a business man! Welcome to The Movie Draft House. New month, as always, means new theme. For February its Movies Starring Musicians month. We start off with Master P, leader of the No Limit Soldiers, and writer of I Got the Hook Up. The boys go to the strip club corner. Mark talks about cell phone tech, and we find out who Lil Bow Wow's dad is.
Synopsis from IMDB: Two small-time scam artists, Black and Blue, sell boomboxes and broken TVs from their van in a parking lot. When a shipment of cel...
2023-02-021h 02
The Movie Draft HouseThe Lost City (2022)Welcome back, Movie Draft Housers! It's the last week of sibling director's month (and it's DRAFT NIGHT!), so you know we had to snap on it. This week we reviewed the 2022 romantic-comedy-adventure film The Lost City directed by Aaron & Adam Nee, starring (the queen) Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, and Brad Pitt! Tune in to find out why Jeff loves good romance films, why Mark loves a good, chiseled ass, and why Jeff continues to draft bad films...
IMDB synopsis "A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt t...
2023-01-261h 01
The Movie Draft HouseMe, Myself & Irene (2000)Knock knock, guess who lurks outside your window? It's those draft house boys, back for week 3 of sibling directors month. This week it's the Farrelly bros. and their 2nd Jim Carrey classic, Me , Myself, and Irene. That's a lot of commas! What's the Jim Carrey Mt. Rushmore of movies? Has Mark ran into issues with poultry while in the field of police work? Stop reading this and give it a listen to find out!
IMDB Synopsis: A nice-guy cop with Dissociative Identity Disorder must protect a woman on the run from a corrupt ex-boyfriend and his associates.
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2023-01-1956 min
The Movie Draft HouseNo Country for Old Men (2007)Hey you draft housers! We're in the middle of "Sibling Filmmakers" month here on the podcast and this week we reviewed the ICONIC drama "No Country for Old Men" from 2007 directed by the Coen Brothers, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, and Woody Harrellson. Tune in to find out why editing is hard, recording is harder, and why Jeff is reluctant to love good films.
IMDB synopsis "Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande."
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2023-01-121h 02
The Movie Draft HouseCursed (2005)As the sun begins to set on 2022, a full moon rises. This week we review Cursed. Ricci has been our focus this month, but leave it to Jessie Eisenberg to try to go full emo and be the center of discussion.
Synopsis from IMDB : A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults who, after being mauled by the beast, learn they must kill it in order to avoid becoming werewolves themselves.
Music this month is brought to you by the hip-hop raggae group Through The Roots with their song "Hot Da...
2022-12-2256 min
The Movie Draft HousePenelope (2006)What happens when you pick an average film as part of Christina Ricci month? Our shortest episode ever! Tune in to find out why Christina Ricci can do no wrong, why we love Tyrion Lanister, why James McAvoy is the best X-Men of them all, and what we're going to do about watching bad films moving forward (hint: nothing).
IMDB synopsis..."A modern romantic tale about a young aristocratic heiress born under a curse that can only be broken when she finds true love with "one who will accept her as one of their own."
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2022-12-1537 min
The Movie Draft HouseRoad Games (1981)Who's ready to learn about bathroom etiquette? When is it ok to speak? Should I pull my pants all the way down at the urinal? If you see a fish shirt and you are curious about what kind of fish is on the fish shirt, what is the proper way to find that information? Mark and Jeff spend this episode taking you through all the possible scenarios you could run in to when using a public restroom. These rules may not apply in Australia though. Oh, we also talking about the movie Road Games.
IMDB Synopsis: A laid-b...
2022-11-1056 min
The Movie Draft HouseThe Munsters (2022)Welcome back to the Spooky Bat House! It's actually Halloween day. To celebrate we look at the "fresh" take on The Munsters, as made by Robert Bartleh Cummings AKA Rob Zombie. It's rated PG?! Lots of color, no gore, and a stand up set done with a metal band. Is it good? Take a listen and find out.
Synopsis from IMDB: Reboot of "The Munsters", that followed a family of monsters who moves from Transylvania to an American suburb.
Music this month is brought to you by the Charlottesville, Virginia alternative hip-hop duo EquallyOpposites with their...
2022-10-3159 min
The Movie Draft HouseBordello of Blood (1996)You bet your ass it's Vampire Month here in the draft house! Did we save the best for last? Well, if you haven't quite gotten enough vamp'n, this weeks film will give you your fill. We watched Bordello of Blood, the second of two Tales from the Crypt movies. The first being Demon Knight. Haven't seen the first one? No worries, neither did Mark. Bordello is a stand alone story. The boob counter was pushed past its limits! I feel like I am forgetting something... oh yeah! IT'S FUGGIN' DRAFT NIGHT!
IMDB Synopsis: The Crypt Keeper returns to tell the story of...
2022-10-271h 13
The Movie Draft HouseMy Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)What's the Spooky Month unless you're watching indie horror films that may or may not be about vampires? This week, as we continued Vampire month here on the podcast, we watched My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To from 2020, directed by first-timer Jonathan Cuartas, starring Patrick Fugit, Ingrid Sophie Schram, and Owen Campbell. This may officially be the longest titled movie we ever watch. Join us as we dive into what constitutes a vampire film, Christmas year-round, Jeff's favorite blood drink, and more!
IMDB synopsis "Two mysterious siblings find themselves at odds over care for thei...
2022-10-201h 05
The Movie Draft HouseLifeforce (1985)Naked Sexy Space Vampires! I mean, if that doesn't pull you in, I don't know what will. Its vampire month here in the house of draft. The boys look at the 1985 Tobe Hooper... classic? Can you even vampire bro? You've seen the wrestling corner, and the police corner. Now prepare yourself for the [redacted] corner. You must be 18 or older to enter and have a valid ID. LFG!
IMDB Synopsis: A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Music this month is brought to you by th...
2022-10-1345 min
The Movie Draft HouseFrom Dusk Till Dawn (1996)Boo! We're back! It's the month of October 2022 and we're fucking around with vampires...This week we reviewed the 1996 horror classic From Dusk Till Dawn, directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, and more! Tune in to find out why - yet again - Jeff hates Quentin Tarantino. Why Mark is down with putting his toes in Tarantino's mouth to get into Hollywood, why we love prosthetics and more!
IMDB synopsis "Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results."
2022-10-061h 12
The Movie Draft HouseLimitless (2011)We have 100% completed drug month! Closing the month with Limitless, where we see the Police Corner return, hear about Hub search history results, and George Clooney deep fakes. It's also draft month, and the boys want dem vampires! Space vampires!!!
IMDB Synopsis: A mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100% of his brain's abilities transforms a struggling writer into a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with many dangers.
Directed by Neil Burger
Starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, and Abbie Cornish
Music this month is...
2022-09-291h 10
The Movie Draft HouseAmerican Made (2017)Welcome back to The Movie Draft House! We're in the highs of drugs month here on the pod (see what we did there??)! This week Jeff and Mark reviewed the 2017 Doug Liman directed action flick American Made starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, and Jesse Plemmons. Tune in to find out why Jeff likes the simple things, why Mark hates planes, and why Doug Liman is no Martin Scorsese.
IMDB synopsis "The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be expo...
2022-09-221h 05
The Movie Draft HouseHalf Baked (1998)It's week 3 of drug month and after last week, experimenting with harder drugs, the boy take it easy with some good ol' marijuana. This episode we spend some time in the police corner, get into bail bonds, and discuss our favorite Chappelle show skit.
IMDB Synopsis: The story of three not so bright men who come up with a series of crazy schemes to get a friend out of jail.
Directed by Tamra Davis
Starring Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Harland Williams, and Jim Breuer
Music this month is brought to you b...
2022-09-1547 min
The Movie Draft HouseRequiem for a Dream (2000)What happens when Jeff has to review a film that he "hates"? He secretly loves...ass to ass! The Draft House is back during DRUGS month - August 2022 - with our review of the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald and Keith David. Tune in to find out why musical compositions are dope (pun intended?), why Jeffy Poopy hates dark films, why Mark is a huge 30 Seconds to Mars fan, and more!
IMDB synopsis "The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are...
2022-09-081h 04
The Movie Draft HouseA Scanner Darkly (2006)Mark and Jeff graduated in August, and are celebrating by going on a drug bender all September by watching movies that focus on drugs and drug use. We start of with Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly. School of Rock this is not. Keanu butters bread, RDJ gets ripped off, and animation causes nausea.
IMDB Synopsis: An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Diirected by Richard Linklater
Starring Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., and Wood...
2022-09-0147 min
The Movie Draft HouseMean Girls (2004)Pomp and fucking circumstance, motherfuckers! The Draft House is graduating this week! We're back with our final episode of the month of August - Back to School month! We're seniors, we're going out with a bang...? This week we reviewed the 2004 cult classic teen movie Mean Girls starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Tim Meadows, and more! It's directed by Mark Waters (wait, the guy who directed Freaky Friday???). Tune in this week to find out why tables do turn 20 years later; is Amy Poehler hot?; is Tina Fey racist?; and more! Plus...it's draft...
2022-08-251h 07
The Movie Draft HouseProm Night (1980)Mark and Jeff are going back to school in August, and nothing says school like the prom. Jamie Lee Curtis brings her slasher pedigree to this 1980 murder who done it. This movie features disco, mean girls, and Slick! Slick has a bad ass conversion van, and this brings back memories for Mark.
IMDB Synopsis: At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.
Directed by Paul Lynch
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2022-08-0445 min
The Movie Draft HouseGhostbusters: Afterlife (2021)Titular Marvel Cinematic Universe actors month creeps into week two. Is Ghostbusters: Afterlife all just nostalgia or is there more to be had in this legacy sequel. The boys discuss if a kid based Ghostbusters movie is a good idea, if Zach Snyder should direct a Spider-man movie, and if Sony is a bad movie studio.
Synopsis from IMDB: When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
Music this month is brought t...
2022-07-1455 min
The Movie Draft HouseExtraction (2020)Land of the free, home of the MOVIE DRAFT HOUSE! We're starting off the month of July 2022 with a literal BANG as we let freedom ring with a new theme! This month we're reviewing films which star a titular Marvel Cinematic Universe actor (think Robert Downey Jr., from Iron Man...but we're not using his bum ass). This week we reviewed the 2020 Netflix original action flick EXTRACTION starring Chris Hemsworth (Thor, duh). It's directed by Sam Hargrave (used to be a stunt man, now he's making fantastic action films
2022-07-0758 min
The Movie Draft HouseLionheart (1990)Tis the end of Van Damme month. Please don't cry. Jeff will do enough of that for everyone. But if you want more, look for 30 days of Van Damme in your podcast app. We close out June with Lionheart. Van Damme and where he hides produce, Paul Rudd and his self affirmations, and it's draft night!
IMDB Synopsis: An Ex-French Soldier begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family.
Music this month is brought to you by the hip-hop artist Norman Sann with his song "Next Plan". It's - lit...
2022-06-3054 min
The Movie Draft HouseUniversal Soldier (1992)CHOO CHOO! You hear that, friends? That's the sound of the Van Damme train on the pod, chugging right along in our anniversary month! This week your boys reviewed the 1992 action "classic" Universal Soldier, directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Patriot, MOONFALL!) starring JCVD (and his ass) & Dolph Lundgren. Tune in to find out why Jeff loves every Van Damme movie so damn much, why Mark hates "classics", a conversation about the best films to blow shit up, and more!
IMDB synopsis..."Two rival soldiers who were killed in Vietnam are brought back to life in a top...
2022-06-231h 04
The Movie Draft HouseTimecop (1994)Van Damme month is great right!? This week them Draft House boys look at 1994's TImecop. It's got the splits, tight pants, and a time machine that disappears when it goes to the past. Best movie so far this month?
Also, Jeff is reviewing even more Van Damme movies over on 30 Days of Van Damme. What an idiot!
IMDB Synopsis: Max Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future.
Music this mo...
2022-06-1653 min
The Movie Draft HouseJCVD (2008)It's anniversary month and all month long we're celebrating with some VAN DAMMAGE! This week we reviewed the 2008 Jean Claude Van Damme film JCVD directed by Mabrouk El Mechri starring - none other than YOUR BOY - JCVD and some other people you've never heard of. Stick around while Jeff reminisces over JCVD, JCVD's ass, JCVD's chest (read: body), subtitle films, why dubbed films are the worst, and more!
IMDB synopsis "Jean-Claude Van Damme gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages situation and reflects about his life during it."
The film is currently streaming on...
2022-06-0945 min
The Movie Draft HousePrivate Parts (1997)It's Actors Playing Themselves month. Can a movie starting Howard Stern as Howard Stern, featuring pornstars, hurtful stereotypes, and pig vomit, also have heart? Mark and Jeff discuss watching movies with there era they were made in mind, our history with talk radio, and a special moment that, after you listen, you will need to buy new earbuds and underwear.
IMDB Synopsis: The autobiographical story of Howard Stern, the radio rebel who is now also a TV personality, an author and a movie star.
Directed by Betty Thomas
Staring: Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Fred...
2022-05-191h 01
The Movie Draft HouseThis is the End (2013)New month, new theme, new music. You know the deal by now.
The theme this month is movies where actors play themselves. Why not go with a movie where nearly every actor is performing as themselves. This is the End shows us what a biblically accurate apocalypse will look like. Stand back Lahaye and Jenkins. Also a classic episode filled with digressions. Enjoying art by canceled performers, Shia Labeouf, and why Grown Ups is a modern classic (or pile of trash)
IMDB Synopsis: Six Los Angeles celebrities are stuck in James Franco's house after a s...
2022-05-0558 min
The Movie Draft HouseWALL-E (2008)As we've come to the end of "films that don't take place on Earth", we mercifully give you a film that, not only starts on Earth...but ends there too! This week we reviewed the "animated masterpiece" (Mark's words) WALL-E from 2008 starring Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, and Jeff Garlin. The film is directed by Andrew Stanton. It's a Pixar film, so you already know! Listen in as we discuss what makes a good robot, what makes a good "animated masterpiece", why consumerism in animated films is bad...and, oh yea...IT'S A DRAFT EPISODE! Stick around as we draft for...
2022-04-2855 min
The Connect2 PodcastEpisode 47: Mark and Jeff’s Top 10 movies of all timeIn this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss their top 10 favourite movies and why they picked them. We also discuss getting over COVID, a couple of DAD jokes, the coffee we are sampling, the treat we had as well as the media we are consuming (Alien Covenant, Better Call Saul, Moon Knight and Picard)
2022-04-2644 min
The Movie Draft HouseSpaceballs (1987)"Movies that don't take place on Earth" month just keeps going doesn't it? Fear not as the Schwartz is strong with this episode. On an unrelated note Mark is on the look out for a VHS player. Please reach out to him @iheardyouliked.
IMDB Synopsis: A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.
Directed by Mel Brooks
Starring Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, and Mel Brooks
Music this month is brought to...
2022-04-211h 04
The Movie Draft HouseMoon (2009)Welcome back to "Space Movies That Don't Take Place On Earth" month! Hey...we did it! We finally (after only one single episode) found a movie that does not have one scene on our good old planet! Rejoice! This week we reviewed the 2009 indie film Moon directed by Duncan Jones and starring Same Rockwell and cancelled-Kevin-Spacey's-voice as a robot. Tune in to find out why we talk about a ton of ass, jizz in space, frankenstein-the-podcast, and what's coming next!
IMDB synopsis "Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on th...
2022-04-1443 min
The Movie Draft HouseChicago (2002)We're closing out Musical Month with "all that jazz..." - sorry - as we review the 2002 hit film Chicago! Tune in to find out why Jeff hates musicals, we BOLO for Renee Zellweger, Wild Things makes an appearance....so does Kevin Bacon's penis. It's a doozy! We're also drafting for next month...
Directed by Rob Marshall starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones, Richard Gere, and John C. Reilly.
IMDB synopsis "Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention."
Music this month has been brought to you by the funk-tronic duo The Floo...
2022-03-3153 minThe Connect2 PodcastEpisode 43: Best and Worst Business Decisions for Mark and JeffIn this episode Mark and Jeff discuss their best and worst business decisions. As usual, we also discuss what we learned this week as well as what media we have been consuming.
2022-03-2951 min
The Movie Draft HouseLittle Shop of Horrors (1986)A movie first. Musical theatre second. Then a movie based on the musical. It's week 4 of musical month and we hop in the time machine back to 1986 and watch Little Shop of Horrors staring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, and Steve Martin. There are also several cameos to boot. Finally, Homeward Bound makes us cry, but were grown ass men and we don't mind that you know that about us.
IMDB Synopsis: A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.
Music thi...
2022-03-241h 02
The Movie Draft HouseTick, Tick...BOOM! (2021)On this week's episode the boys discuss the merits of musical theater, love, romance, John Williams v. Lin Manuel Miranda, Tom Brady and why Jeff is stuck in the past. We continue right along with Musicals month here on the podcast with the review of Tick, Tick...BOOM! from 2021, directed by (first-timer) Lin Manuel Miranda and starring Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesus, and Vanessa Hudgens. Make sure, if you listening on Apple or Spotify, you're leaving us a 5 STAR review! Much appreciated!
Music this month is brought to you by the funk-electronic duo from Kentucky, The...
2022-03-171h 10
The Movie Draft HouseStage Fright (2014)Musical month continues with the most unique movie on the list. A musical and a slasher film all in one movie. No way this can go wrong. What does homely mean? Is Mini Driver in this movie? Is School of Rock a musical? Find out this week.
Directed by Jerome Sable
Staring Minnie Driver, Meat Loaf, Allie MacDonald, and Douglas Smith.
IMDB Synopsis: A snobby musical theater camp is terrorized by a blood-thirsty killer who hates musical theater.
Music this month is brought to you by the funk duo The Floozies from...
2022-03-101h 09
The Movie Draft HouseThe Greatest Showman (2017)YALL...we're back in the month of March 2022 with a brand-new theme! This month we're reviewing musicals and we start the month off with a fucking BANG! Kicking it off with the 2017 hit The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Keala Settle. Join us as we absolutely gush over this one. We pile on The Clouds of Sils Maria and thank Jesus we made it Hugh Jackman's greatest performance.
Make sure you give the video below a watch; you won't be disappointed. Are those goosebumps? Yep!
The Greatest Showman...
2022-03-031h 12
The Movie Draft HouseClouds of Sils Maria (2014)The final week of Make Me Like Them month concludes with the toughest test of all. Kristen Stewart. Jeff is up to the task of making Mark see Kristen Stewart in a new way. Thong, Bush, Tabs, Minnie Driver. Lets go!
IMDB Synopsis: A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Directed by Olivier Assayas
Starting Kristen Stewart, Juliette Binoche, and Chloë Grace Moretz
Music this month is brought to you by the best-friend pop duo Hotel Fiction, from Athens, GA, with the song "Think Twic...
2022-02-2453 min
The Movie Draft HouseLet Him Go (2020)Welcome back! This week, Mark and Jeff continue the month's "theme" of "change my mind on _______" where they each gave the other a list of actors that they typically don't enjoy and the other picks a film that may persuade their opinion otherwise. Confused yet? Us too! This week, Jeff gave Mark the actor Kevin Costner and Mark selected the 2020 revenge thriller Let Him Go. The film is directed by Thomas Bezucha and stars Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Lesley Manville, and Jeffrey Donovan. In this episode we discuss rigor mortis, Diane Lane on the Hub, emotions, and so much more...
2022-02-171h 19
The Movie Draft HouseShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)It's the last episode of The Movie Draft House for 2021 and our longest episode yet. Don't worry we'll be right here January 6th with the first movie of our western month. Before we do any of that we need to finish the year. Martial Arts Month closes with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. When Daddy Ten Rings starts hearing voices, he decides its time to go to a jungle made out of scaffolding. We also rank our top and bottom 5 movies of the podcast. Then we wrap up with our draft for January's Western Month.
IMDB Synopsis: Shang...
2021-12-301h 32
The Movie Draft HouseBest of the Best (1989)It's martial arts month, so you know what that means. Two knuckleheads debating about the best sportscasters. Also we spend time talking mullets, montages, and eyepatches. Jeff reaches back to his formative years and forces Mark to watch Best of the Best from 1989. Would this movie benefit from more or fewer montages? Is James Earl Jones a martial artist? Can you have a tournament with just two teams?
IMDB Synopsis: A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country - can they...
2021-12-231h 03
The Movie Draft HouseRomeo Must Die (2000)This week...in the midst of Martial Arts month...we thought we'd continue our mini-hot streak of reviewing fantastic films with the 2000 Jet Li "classic" Romeo Must Die, which also stars Aaliyah (RIP), DMX (also RIP), Delroy Lindo, Anthony Anderson, and Isaiah Washington. Tune in to find out why Jeff hates nudity - specifically boobs - and stick around for a bit of sampling by the artist Dirty Jeff. It's a five-episode month, so strap in.
IMDB synopsis "An avenging cop seeks out his brother's killer and falls for the daughter of a businessman who is involved i...
2021-12-1653 min
The Movie Draft HouseThe Raid: Redemption (2011)Mano a mano = hand to hand. Just one of the many things you'll learn this December as we continue martial arts month. In 2011, Gareth Evans directed Indonesian film The Raid: Redemption. 10 years later two knuckleheads spend an hour raving about it. Mark becomes the king of hyperbole, and Jeff can't find the words to discuss his man crush on Mad Dog.
Music this month is brought to you by The Schizophonics, a rock and roll band from California bringing you blended sounds inspired by Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, and Iggy Pop, with the song "Something's Got to Give"! Find their musi...
2021-12-0955 min
The Movie Draft HouseKarate Kid (2010)It's a new month which means new theme! December's theme on the pod is "Martial Arts" films and we've started off the month with a BANG! or a THWAP! or POW! You choose... This week we reviewed the 2010 remake of the Karate Kid starring Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraj P. Henson, and Wenwen Han. It's directed by Harold Zwart.
IMDB synopsis..."Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master."
Come for the Jackie Chan gushing, stay for the oral history of J...
2021-12-0259 min
The Movie Draft HouseSnake Eyes (1998)Happy Thanksgiving!
In the last episode of Cage month the boys roll the dice and hope it doesn't come up snake eyes. Will we finally get Nick Un-Caged? This week Mark and Jeff discuss the value of proper security systems, Gary Sinise and the parallels to Ransom, and Mark learns the pedigree of Brian De Palma.
Also... IT"S DRAFT NIGHT!
Synopsis from IMDB: A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.
IMDB synopsis "Haunted by the patients he failed to save, a monumentally burned-out...
2021-11-251h 00
The Movie Draft HousePig (2021)Welcome back, congregation! So happy you could join Pastor Mark and Reverend Jeff as we invite you, once again, to the Church of Cage. It's November and that means new theme! This month's theme is Nicolas Cage and we've lined up some bangers for your ears! This episode Mark and Jeff review the 2021 indie film Pig directed by Michael Sarnoski, starring Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, and Adam Arkin.
IMDB synopsis: "A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped."
Come for the...
2021-11-041h 22
The Movie Draft HouseMisery (1990)It's almost Halloween, and it's the last week of Psychological Horror/Thiller month. Does Kathy Bates deserve her Oscar? What was with the Sheriff's storyline? What is hobbling? Mark and Jeff take you through the 1990 Stephen King classic Misery where James Caan and Kathy Bates talk in a room for several hours. Sounds kind of like a podcast. Also the guys award a celebrity "friend of the show" status. You will never guess who.
Synopsis from IMDB: After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he i...
2021-10-281h 05
The Movie Draft HouseNightcrawler (2014)This week's episode - staying with the monthly theme of "psychological horrors" - Mark and Jeff discuss the 2014 thriller Nightcrawler. Directed by Dan Gilroy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, and the late Bill Paxton (RIP). This week Mark brings back "Police Corner" and we discuss tactics, Jeff's driving, Jeff being the fuzz, Jeff realizing he shouldn't be a cop, and a great ending! Come for the review, stay for Jeff swooning over Dan Gilroy.
IMDB synopsis "When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line betw...
2021-10-211h 01
The Movie Draft HouseMighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1994)September is Over-the-Top Villain's month, and now its morphin time! The reason we are all here is to watch Paul Freeman portray the nefarious Ivan Ooze. There is only one group of 20 something teenagers that can stop him. Rocky, Aisha, Tommy, Kimberly, Billy, and Adam. The POWER RANGERS. Hey Amy Jo Johnson. :D (Waves)
Synopsis from IMDB: A giant egg is unearthed at a construction site and soon opened, releasing the terrible Ivan Ooze, who wreaks vengeance on Zordon for imprisoning him millennia ago. With Zordon dying and their powers lost, the Rangers head to a distant planet to find the...
2021-09-3049 min
The Movie Draft HouseThe Devil's Rejects (2005)In this week's episode we Mark and Jeff review the the 2005 horror "classic" The Devil's Rejects directed by Rob Zombie. We discuss how much Jeff loved this film, we talk wearing people's faces, the "wrestling corner" makes its return, and we discuss why fornication with chickens is gross but maybe not in Louisiana? This one's a BANGAR!
IMDB synopsis - "The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target."
Starring - Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, and William Forsythe
This month's mu...
2021-09-2354 min
The Movie Draft House9 (2009)In the last episode of the month of August - "Lord of the Rings Actors in Other Films" - Mark and Jeff discuss the animated 2009 film 9 and all things animation, why Jeff hates all movies, why Elijah Wood isn't really a "leading actor" in any of his movies....AND WE DRAFT FOR SEPTEMBER!
IMDB synopsis for this movie..."A rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation." Starring Elijah Woods, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly, and Martin Landau.
Our music this month is brought to you by the Jacksonville, Florida...
2021-08-2652 min
The Movie Draft HouseEncino Man (1992)Lord of the Rings Actors in Other Films continues as Mark and Jeff weez every last bit of grindage out of Encino Man. So cool your nugs and chill your melons, and don't harsh our gig so hardcore cruster.
Encino Man was directed by Les Mayfield and stars our LOTR star Sean Astin (Dave) who finds a caveman while digging a pool. He and his friend Pauly Shore (Stoney) are surprised to find the cave man is very much alive and looks like that guy from The Mummy.
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Pod - @moviedrafthouse
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Je...
2021-08-191h 07
The Movie Draft HouseTroy (2004)Continuing the month of August's theme of "Lord of the Rings Actors in Other Films", in this episode, Mark and Jeff step back into 8th Century BC in the time of Homer and the Trojans and their horse(s?). They review the Wolfgang Petersen film Troy starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Peter O'Toole, Brian Cox, Orlando Bloom, Rose Byrne, Diane Kruger and a ton of other people you probably recognize. Tune in for a new features on the podcast, "Jeff's Wrestling Corner" and "Mark's Childhood Memories".
IMDB synopsis:
"An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Tro...
2021-08-121h 06
The Movie Draft HouseUncut Gems (2019)This month's theme - July - is "comedians in serious roles" and what better way to start the theme than to review The Safdie Brother's 2019 thriller Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Julia Fox, LaKieth Stanfield, and Kevin Garnett. Tune in as Mark and Jeff go back and forth about why this film is a classic...or not (also why Sandler was snubbed for awards consideration for his role)? The film is streaming on Netflix.
Catch the podcast on Twitter at @moviedrafthouse (peep the name change) or if you want to email the show you can do so at das...
2021-07-011h 17
The Movie Draft HouseThe Clovehitch Killer (2018)This episode Jeff drafted The Clovehitch Killer. It's currently on Netflix. Mark and Jeff go over Dylan McDermott excellent turn as a dad/boy scout leader/possible serial killer.
Catch us on Twitter @draftmoviehaus (give us a follow while you're there!)
We're also going to be featuring a different independent music artist each month with our pods. This month's artist is the band Causa, an alt-indie act (think Kings of Leon and Silversun Pickups). Their debut EP "Learn to Fall" is out now anywhere you listen and download music (we've linked to their Spotify page). If you like them and want...
2021-06-0352 min