Middle of the Row

Hello everyone and welcome to The Greatest Thing About Knock at the Cabin... With some new M. Night out with Trap, I’m putting out our episode of his last film that’s been sitting around in the unreleased archives. I think we are on the high end of appreciation for this one (I also think I was sick?), but we talk about greater meaning, great performances and how Night’s strengths and weaknesses come through in another good entry from him. I’m (Your Name Here) and I want to talk about The ________ thing about.... Download. Listen. Enjoy! Show Notes: (Time:Stamp) Talking M. Night, Bautista, & General Thoughts, Star Ratings... (0:01:00) Star Ratings & Start of Spoilers, Real or Not?… (0:22:00) Diving Deeper Into Deeper Meaning… (0:30:00) Finding Tension In The Truth... (0:43:00) @middleofrow #nothe

Hello everyone and welcome to The Greatest Thing About The Marvels... The most recent MCU entry, all the reworking of The Marvels might make even more sense to the MCU as it was probably re-jiggered along with the plans for Deadpool & Wolverine. We are all much bigger fans of The Marvels than its reputation that quickly set in at its release; that I think you can safely say was carried out by some bad faith actors. So consider this the beginning of the reclamation of The Marvels! Let’s go! Download. Listen. Enjoy! General Thoughts And Context For The Marvels... (0:00:00) Diving Deeper Into What’s Missing... (0:17:30) Star Ratings and MCU Rankings (0:22:00) Spoilers for The Marvels, Diving Into The Ending (0:26:15) The Refreshing Thing About The Marvels and Future Talk... (0:31:30) @middleofrow #nothe

Hello everyone and welcome to The Greatest Thing About Mad Max: Fury Road.... As we get ready for Furiosa this week, we decided to go back to the film it’s a prequel to! Two of us think this is a 5 star classic, but that doesn’t mean we spend the whole time gushing and raving about the incredible filmmaking. We discuss some shortcomings, how it feels like it could have gone deeper and I compare George Miller to Wes Anderson. Come and listen to find out why. Download. Listen. Enjoy! Show Notes: (Time:Stamp) General Thoughts... (0:01:00) Favorite Bits... (0:13:30) Some Frustrations?... (0:32:00) @middleofrow #nothe

Hello everyone and welcome to The Greatest Thing About Poor Things… The podcast might be coming back? IDK, we have tons of backlog, and hopefully this is the first of many more episodes to start rolling back onto this feed. We are back with Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, his latest film and one of the better films of 2023 from where I’m sitting. We discuss Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo greatness, the ethics of brain transplants and all things Willem Dafoe. Download. Listen. Enjoy! Show Notes: (Time:Stamp) General Thoughts… (0:01:00) Star Ratings/Spoilers (0:20:00) @middleofrow #nothe Support us on Patreon! Subscribe on iTunes, find us on Spotify, Amazon, Luminary, Stitcher, Google, Tune In, iHeartRadio, maybe elsewhere. Want some more Middle of the Row in your life? Follow the site @MiddleofRow, Zac @ZacOldenburg, Lauren @BewareOfTrees, & Ben @WeirdestWizard.

Hello. We are still a podcast. And this is yet another attempt to get these things out of the pipeline again. We have Middle of the Row & The Greatest Thing About... for days, and I hope this fall to get more to you all. This release is for The Mitchells vs. The Machines, which I’m timing with TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, as they share a director/writer in this film’s co-director/writer Jeff Rowe. Let’s call it a good excuse. The Middle of the Row: The Podcast will still have counting numbers, but won’t be in order, fyi. Anyways, cross those figures. Download. Listen. Enjoy. The Categories: (Time:Stamp) 8 Words or Less, The Elevator Pitch, Why So & So, General Thoughts, (1:00) Spoiler! You Gotta See This, Let’s Talk About That Ending..., Performance Piece (20:00) Repeat After Me, But, Why?, The Hot Take Theater, Expert Opinions, The Upgradeables, To Infinity & Beyond?, Bonus Rounds/Catch All, One Last Pitch..., Star Ratings (34:00) @middleofrow #nothe

One of many from the archives, essentially, even though this is the first release of the podcast! The Black Phone, I thought was a bad movie, and I think I brought Lauren and Ben down with me along the way? Take a listen for yourself, as we ask a lot of questions about this quite weird, silly and not that scary movie! General Thoughts, Star Ratings, crapping on Peacock (it’s gotten better) (0:01:00) Spoilers for The Black Phone (0:18:00) The Categories: The Confounding Thing About… (0:19:00) The Ridiculous Thing About... (0:23:00) The Confusing Thing About... (0:27:45) The Uncomfortable Thing About... (0:32:00) @middleofrow #nothe

Today I am talking with Aisha Sultan. Aisha is a syndicated columnist based at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where they’ve been writing for more than 20 years. Her work focusing on education and parenting has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, CNN, and The Washington Post. "Education, Interrupted" is her second documentary, and follows the experience of a mother of three young children navigating virtual school during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. It premieres at the Saint Louis International Film Festival on Saturday, November 3rd. Film Synopsis: Witness the devastating disruption of schooling through the eyes of an unforgettable family. Tyra Johnson is a devoted and determined mother fighting to maintain her children's education in one of the country's most poverty-stricken ZIP codes, which was hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Find more from Aisha Sultan on her website, Twitter, Instagram, or STLToday. Find more about the St. Louis International Film Festival including the schedule of films here. Follow me on Twitter@anotherRahulJ.

The week we are discussing The Greatest Thing About... Prey! This Predator prequel has nothing to do with previous films outside a couple nods and a Predator showing up, but it’s a fresh take on the format that is overcoming the stink of its previous entry. Taking the film back to the 18th century and giving the film a female lead are a great start, while director Dan Trachtenberg gets to show off his action chops outside of a bunker. Amber Midthunder is going to be a star and Predators are little B’s. We all agree on that. Download. Listen. Enjoy! General Thoughts (0:01:00) Star Ratings/Spoilers (0:26:00) Categories: The Uncomfortable Thing About... (0:26:30) The Satisfying Thing About... (0:34:00) The Weirdest Thing About... (0:40:20) Ben Comes Up With Predator Sequels (0:47:00) @middleofrow #nothe