The Escapist Movie Podcast
By The Escapist
The Escapist Movie Podcast, hosted by Jack Packard and Darren Mooney.
The Escapist Movie PodcastAug 30, 2021
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Ted Lasso and the Onslaught of Optimism
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast, Darren, Jack and Marty discuss Ted Lasso. This will also be the final episode of TEMP as we go on hiatus for a bit and retool the show and come back with something brand new!
Aug 30, 202101:06:48
The Suicide Squad Accomplishes Its Mission
Darren and Jack breakdown their thoughts on The Suicide Squad in the latest episode of The Escapist Movie Podcast.
Aug 17, 202101:11:48
Will Black Widow Have Us Russian Back to Cinemas?
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast, Jack, Darren and special guest Richard Newby are discussing Black Widow.
Jul 17, 202101:23:58
Censor is a Celebration of and Exploration into Classic "Video Nasty" Horror
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast, Jack and Darren discuss Censor (2021) and Amusement Park (1973).
Jul 05, 202101:26:02
Is 'In the Heights' a Summer Highlight?
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast, Jack, Darren and Stacy discuss In The Heights.
Jun 20, 202101:17:35
Does Army of the Dead Bite Off More Than It Can Chew?
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast, Jack, Darren and Lee take a deep bite into Zack Snyder's 'Army of the Dead'.
Jun 07, 202101:14:42
Talking The Expanse and Retro Sci-Fi with Ty Franck
The Escapist Movie Podcast returns to the main channel with a super exciting debut episode speaking with the co-writer of The Expanse, Ty Franck.
May 29, 202152:43
Investigating Knives Out
Jack and Darren discuss the recent casting news for Knives Out 2 and what they liked / disliked about the original movie.
May 23, 202101:32:05
TENET and 2020's Not-busters
Jack, Darren and Lee finally sit down to talk about TENET and the not-busters of 2020.
May 16, 202101:39:55
Paddington 2 is Objectively Better Than Citizen Kane
Jack and Darren discuss Citizen Kane, Paddington 2 and the weird cultural obsession with Rotten Tomatoes.
May 09, 202101:25:17
Is Mortal Kombat a Knock-Out?
Jack, Darren and Jesse breakdown the Mortal Kombat movie to figure out if it's so bad that it's actually kinda good?
May 02, 202101:27:26
All Hail Judas and the Black Messiah
Jack and Darren discuss Promising Young Woman, Judas and The Black Messiah and Chaos Walking in today's episode of The Escapist Movie Podcast.
Apr 17, 202101:30:32
A Monster of a Godzilla vs. Kong Podcast
Jack, Darren and Liz discuss Godzilla vs. Kong in this monster of a podcast episode.
Apr 09, 202101:22:08
Sound of Metal & The Oscars
Jack, Darren and Stacy discuss Sound of Metal, The Oscars and more!
Apr 02, 202101:04:41
Let's Talk About Zack Snyder's Justice League
Jack, Darren and Lee breakdown and discuss Zack Snyder's Justice League.
Mar 26, 202101:22:41
Stop the Oscar, I Wanna Get Out
Jack, Darren and special guest, Raymond Creamer from Wisecrack, discuss the Oscar nominations and their favorite movies from last year.
Mar 17, 202101:28:30
Does Raya and the Last Dragon Capture that Classic Disney Magic?
Jack and Darren discuss Coming 2 America and if it's a worthy successor to the original, along with a discussion on Raya and the Last Dragon and recapturing the classic Disney magic.
Mar 10, 202101:22:20
If You're Not Watching The Expanse You're Missing Out
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast, Jack & Darren discuss the Spy Kids Reboot, Raya and The Last Dragon and Disney's weird decision around it's pricing model and lastly, if you're not watching The Expanse, you damn well should be.
Feb 08, 202101:22:21
Why Ruin a Cap on a Perfectly Good Tenure?
Rumors are swirling that Chris Evans is looking to return as Captain America again...but should he?
Jan 23, 202101:16:59
The Mandalorian Season 2 Finale Discussion
Jack and Darren discuss the upcoming Rubik's Cube movie, Soul and the season 2 finale of The Mandalorian.
Jan 09, 202101:37:50
Wonder Woman 1984 is Anything But a Wonder
It's all about Wonder Woman 1984. Is it bad? Is it cheesy? Is it still pretty good? Yes!
Jan 02, 202101:53:24
The Great Die Hard Debate
Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Jack and Darren debate in this week's The Escapist Movie Podcast.
Dec 26, 202001:06:57
An Ever-Escalating Series of Star Wars
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast, Jack Packard, Darren Mooney and special guest, Elijah Beahm discuss Disney's Investor Days, R-Rated Justice League and Tom Cruise...just in general.
Dec 19, 202001:29:46
Is HBO Max Going to Change Cinema As We Know It?
This week with Jack Packard, Darren Mooney, and special guest, Maggie Iken.
Warner Brothers plans to dump all it's 2021 movies to HBO Max, then a coming-of-age teen rom-com meets a slasher in the delightful "Freaky", and lastly a family Christmas movie that features a creature is 2015s, 'Krampus'.
Warner Brothers plans to dump all it's 2021 movies to HBO Max, then a coming-of-age teen rom-com meets a slasher in the delightful "Freaky", and lastly a family Christmas movie that features a creature is 2015s, 'Krampus'.
Dec 12, 202001:51:33
Unwrapping a Star Wars and Netflix Christmas
This week with Jack Packard, Darren Mooney, and special guest Matthew Razak.
The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special is cute but cynically only exists for cross promotion. The Christmas Prince on the other hand is cheap and joyful and hopefully will bring about a Netflix Holiday extended Universe.
The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special is cute but cynically only exists for cross promotion. The Christmas Prince on the other hand is cheap and joyful and hopefully will bring about a Netflix Holiday extended Universe.
Dec 05, 202001:26:54
Why Is It So Hard to Make a Good Predator Film?
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast, Darren, Jack and Stacy Grouden discuss why it's so hard to make a good Predator film and other topics!
Nov 29, 202001:33:09
he Only Thing Horrifying About New Mutants is How Bad It Is
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast, Jack, Darren and special guest Maggie Iken discuss Wonder Woman 1984 heading to streaming platforms, the unnecessary Uncharted movie, the remake of The Guilty and of course, The New Mutants.
Nov 22, 202001:25:13
25 Years After Toy Story, We're Still In Love With Pixar
The Escapist Movie Podcast, this week with Jack Packard, Darren Mooney, and KC Nwosu. We talk Pixar's legacy and Toy Story's… stories, Then look at "A Quiet Place" and why it's absolutely not a franchise. Finally it's The Mandalorian, at least the first 3 episodes.
Nov 14, 202001:43:24
The Multigenerational Legacy of Sir Sean Connery
The Escapist Movie Podcast, this week with Jack Packard, Darren Mooney, and special guest, Stacy Grouden discusses the legacy of Sir Season Connery.
Nov 07, 202001:29:05
Director News & Digging Deep on the Manda-lore of The Mandalorian
This week on the Escapist Movie Podcast, Darren Mooney and Jack Packard talk about directors directing movies then Star Wars and The Mandalorian.
Oct 31, 202001:35:25
We Finally Have An Excuse To Re-Watch Willow
This week on The Escapist movie Podcast, Darren Mooney and Jack Packard discuss a sliding scale of child appropriate topics. Disney Plus updates its content warning for its old and racist cartoons. The announcement of the new Willow series gives us an excuse to re-watch Willow. The new adaptations of The Witches fails to scare and overall falls flat.
Oct 24, 202001:19:10
The Excellence of The Haunting of Bly Manor
This week we talk about Disney distracting their shareholding from all the layoffs by bolstering Disney Plus. Jamie Foxx and other Spider-Men might infect the MCU multiverse. And finally a lot of gushing over The Haunting of Bly Manor.
Oct 17, 202001:10:03
Hubie Halloween, The Witches and Possessor Uncut
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast; Bob Chipman, Jack Packard, and Darren Mooney continue talking about Spooky Movies.
Oct 10, 202001:16:27
Three Overlooked Horror Movies You Should Watch
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast, Bob Chipman, Jack Packard, and Darren Mooney go down the decades for some Horror movie recommendations. 2020's "Blood Quantum" is a standard Zombie flick from a fresh perspective, "In the Mouth of Madness"(1994) is an eerie John Carpenter movie that has plenty of gooey puppets, and "House"(1985) is a rare example of a monster as a LITERAL metaphor.
Oct 03, 202001:20:07
Enola Holmes, WandaVision and Antebellum Spoilers
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast: Enola Holes is as pleasant as it is predictable. A mind bending dive into the stories that WandaVision will pull from and what it means for the future of the MCU and ALL SPOILERS TALK for Antebellum.
With your hosts Bob Chipman, Jack Packard, and Darren Mooney.
With your hosts Bob Chipman, Jack Packard, and Darren Mooney.
Sep 26, 202001:38:47
The Devil Antebellum, Mandalorian, and Pushbacks
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast: The Devil All the Time, Antebellum, The Mandalorian, and More schedule reshuffling.
Sep 19, 202001:17:26
Mulan, Dune and The Academy
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast, Jack, Bob and Darren discuss Mulan, the new Dune trailer, and the Academy Awards.
Sep 12, 202001:09:46
Chadwick Boseman And Broken Time
Jack, Bob and Darren talk about the life and legacy of Chadwick Boseman and a host of other movie topics.
Sep 05, 202001:01:60
It's All About DC FanDome
The Escapist is excited to share a brand new podcast featuring Jack Packard, Bob Chipman and Darren Mooney as they get together each week to discuss the latest in movies and television.
Aug 30, 202001:10:35