Garbage Town: The Movie Review Podcast

Ryan, Tyler and Tom are joined by Laura Elizabeth and Brandon Hackett to discuss one of the biggest bombs of the previous decade - “Cats”! Ryan asks if its possible to rescind Tom Hooper’s Oscar for the King’s Speech, Brandon turns out to be an expert on Cats the musical, and everyone chooses their very own “jellicle” cat names! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Tom and Ryan had the Canadian premiere of their short film "Don't Sneeze" at this year's Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival, but they also got to be a part of the festival media day! So instead of taking down Hollywood films, we’re going to talk to amazing independent filmmakers this week and next week giving you a peek behind the curtain!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom are back together and they’re reviewing a movie everyone thinks is either dangerous or a masterpiece for some reason: “Joker”! Tom’s mad at the movie for its portrayal of mental illness, Ryan’s disappointed by its lack of a plot, and Tyler gets mad at it for being a comic book move a fun character that is somehow boring! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket

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Tyler’s away, so Ryan, Tom and Laura are here to see the worst opening movie in John Travolta’s career: “The Fanatic 2019”! We all agree that this movie is not only offensive, but it’s dangerous, we imagine a world where Fred Durst is a genius and all his choices have meaning, and we play “f*ck, marry, kill” with the lead characters of this “film”! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a rental!

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We’re going after our first independent film, because Ryan has volunteered his own! That’s right, Allan Cooke and Adam McNamara are joining Tyler and Tom to review “Holy Hell (2015)”! Our hosts agree that this movie Is definitely worth purchasing from holyhell.ca, we discuss jokes that don’t age well between 2013 (when the movie was shot) and 2019 (now that the film’s been released), and Ryan gives us the answer to every question he can that won’t ruin his career! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a purchase! SPOILERS: It’s totally worth purchasing at holyhell.ca!

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Tom and Ryan world premiered a short film at GenreBlast this year, but they also got to be a part of the festival media room! So for the second week, instead of taking down Hollywood films, we’re going to talk to amazing independent filmmakers! In this second part (of 2) we chat with the festival directors behind GenreBlast, and two groups of awesome filmmakers and screenwriters!

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Tom and Ryan world premiered a short film at GenreBlast this year, but they also got to be a part of the festival media room! So instead of taking down Hollywood films, we’re going to talk to amazing independent filmmakers this week and next week giving you a peek behind the curtain! In this first part (of 2) we chat with Michelle Iannantuono of Octopunk Media, and film directors Ben Moody and David Palamaro!

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Tom’s booked up working on a Garbage Productions secret project, so Ryan and Tyler are on their own to check out “Angel Has Fallen”! Our hosts agree that this movie Is not nearly as good as “Olympus Has Fallen”, Ryan really hopes it will end with Gerard Butler becoming President, and everyone is horrified that it’s now called the “has fallen series”! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a rental!

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Tyler’s back from his vacation, so all three of of our hosts journey to the beginning of the millennium and wrasslin’s darkest timeline for “Ready to Rumble (2000)”! Our hosts agree that this movie Is horrifically homophobic and actively anti-woman, Ryan still likes the first twenty minutes, and Ripley’s farts are so nasty we have to pause recording! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a rental!

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On a Special Event Episode, Tom and guest James Wallis discuss Summerslam 2019 and the state of the WWE with the usual Garbage Town format and flair!

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Tyler and Tom return to a film of childhood at their Patreon’s request and revisit “Small Soldiers"! Our hosts all agree the toys are dope but the humans are boring, Tyler reminisces about his love of the Gorgonite characters as a kid, while Tom unleashes his unending hatred of them! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a rental!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom journey into 1984 at their Patreon’s request and check out, “Dune (1984)”! Our hosts all agree the movie simultaneously has too much and not enough story, Ryan gives the best trivia roundup he’s done yet, and Tom can’t get over how many things David Lynch added to the film’s already bonkers script! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a rental!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom journey into 1991 at Tyler’s request and review the Kevin Costner classic, “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”! The team universally agree the movie should dial its rape notch down to zero, Tom (not having seen the film before) can’t believe how miscast Kevin Costner is, and Ryan accidentally rented the extended version so he got an extra fifteen minutes he really didn’t want! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a rental!

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Ryan and Tom journey into European side of the spider-verse, with “Spider-Man: Far From Home”! We agree that the movie starts a little slow, we express a great deal of love for Zendaya’s performance as MJ, and the director of Amazing Spiderman 2, Marc Webb, drops by to give his review! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Ryan and Tom journey once again into haunted doll town, and the Conjuring Universe, with “Annabelle Comes Home”! We agree that it’s not terrible, but it’s definitely not good. Our hosts try to remember what happened in the other Conjuring films, and Ryan struggles to remember this movie’s title! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Tyler and Tom learn to fear smart home technology and evil dolls in the remake of 'Child's Play'! We enjoyed some of the kills, found the technology panic tiresome, and Tom learned a valuable lesson about Jack Black! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom check out the fourth film in a franchise we all love: “Men in Black: International”! We compare it to Dark Phoenix more than we expected to, we ship several of the characters in this iteration and in previous MIB films, and we get into the elaborate background of why this movie failed before it was even released! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom check out the final film in the X-Men saga: “X-Men: Dark Phoenix”! We struggle to find anything about the movie we like, we can’t believe they hired the same screenwriter as “X-Men: The Last Stand” which TELLS THE SAME STORY, and we give this film the lowest score of any movie since Tom joined the show as a regular host! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket (spolier alert: you should)!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom join our special guest Alex Kerr for a journey into Kaiju-land, in “Godzilla: King of Monsters”! We all want wish the movie had more monsters and less humans, we theorise that the entire cast is made up of the fifteenth choice for each role, and we find out that in real life it’s illegal to destroy the CN Tower or the Empire State Building in a movie! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom journey into a 50/50 episode on the latest live-action Disney remake: “Aladdin (2019)”! We’re all disappointed by the music in the film, we can’t believe how bad the Jafar is, and Ryan argues that Guy Ritchie should retire from filmmaking! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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The television event “of a lifetime” has come to an end, so Ryan, Tyler, Tom and Perrie Voss are discussing the final season of “Game of Thrones”! It’s our first ever TV episode (which is why it’s so long… there’s so much story to cover in season 8)! Everyone agrees the season isn’t perfect, no one is thrilled with the series’ portrayal of women, and we get a positive review from Drogon himself! Give us a listen and find out if you should spend hours listening to us, instead of spending even more hours watching Game of Thrones Season 8!

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The Russo brothers have declared an end to their moratorium on spoilers, so Ryan, Tyler and Allan Cooke are checking out the final movie of the MCU’s phase whatever: “Avengers: Endgame”! All of our hosts think the movie is good but have issues with its use of time travel, we all agree it should have given the female characters way more presence, and we get into an elaborate debate about the sexual proclivities and abilities of the Hulk! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom are reunited, so they check out a Paul Bettany classic: “Priest”! Everyone thinks the movie is terrible, multiple theories about why Paul Bettany agreed to be in the film are presented, and all three of our hosts take turns pitching titles for non-existent sequels! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself a watch on Netflix!

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The paranormal procedural gauntlet continues as Tom and Tyler tackle 2005's Constantine, the most important super hero franchise to discuss this week. Tyler forgot how long it is, Tom is pretty sure he's been watching this same movie for weeks and presents a wacky John Wick theory.

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Tyler and Tom are joined by Megan Miles to check out "Hellboy (2019)”! Tom busts out his comics, Tyler wants more metal, and Miles wants to burn the whole damn thing down. Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Ryan and Tom are joined by Alessandra Ferreri to check out the latest remake of a Stephen King classic: “Pet Sematary (2019)”! We get bogged down by the fact the villain’s powers don’t make sense, Ryan loves the first half of the movie while Tom and Alessandra don’t really like any of it, and Alessandra objects strongly to the film’s pointless use of a dumb-waiter! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Ryan, Tyler, Tom and our Jordan Peele correspondent, Ruth Goodwin, do a 50/50 episode on the maestro’s second film: “Us”! We all agree it’s worth seeing in theatres, we find ourselves in a heated debate over which characters knew what and when, and we find Ryan’s own Tethered in an internet review! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Because their Patreon demanded it, Ryan, Tyler and Tom are doing a 50/50 episode on the latest Marvel film: “Captain Marvel”! We all agree this film is not deserving of the internet hate or trolling it’s been getting, we do have some issues with the story structure and delivery, and we engage in a debate about “how much space cat is too much space cat”! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom bring back their Tyler Perry Correspondent, Brandon Hackett, to journey into the latest Tyler Perry Masterpiece: “A Madea Family Funeral”! We’re all disappointed Madea didn’t die, we find most of the plot to be extremely problematic, and for the first time ever, the gang gets through Plot Relay without needing Ryan to say anything! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Ryan, Tyler, Tom and Megan Miles journey into another classic selected by our Patreon: “Space Jam”! Tyler suggested the movie because he remembered liking it a decade ago, we’re all were shocked to discover the film is completely missing a second act, and everyone is horrified by how much it sexualizes Lola Bunny! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself a watch on Netflix!

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Tom is away so Ryan, Tyler and Megan Miles check out a manga adaptation penned by James Cameron: “Alita: Battle Angel”! Tyler loves the film’s style but describes it as having a “poo-poo no-no script”, the whole panel is disappointed that the movie needlessly sexualizes its female lead, and we can’t believe its “ending”! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom, after more than a year of waiting, finally check out the mafia movie distributed by MoviePass for almost four whole weeks: “Gotti”! Tyler can’t ignore John Travolta’s wigs, Tom and Ryan rename all the supporting characters after the Hollywood doppelgängers they’re cast to look like, and despite Ryan’s endless love for John Travolta, he can’t help but describe the movie as “relentlessly boring”! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself a viewing on Netflix!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom, after a vote by our Patrons, check out a sequel in the franchise that won’t stop spying: “Mission: Impossible 2”! We all agree the movie might have been directed by an AI that studied Hollywood garbage, Tyler desperately tries to keep Ryan and Tom on track as they invent a fictional morning radio show, and the film was so terrible we straight up forgot to do Positive Reviews! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a rental!

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Tom and Tyler revisit an old favourite (or in Tom's case, an old nemesis): The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! Literary characters abound, nothing really happens, but we sure do like practical effects. Tom airs old grievances, Tyler gets some book learning, and they both dunk on Sean Connery. Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Rob Bril joins Ryan and Tyler and Tom to watch the sequel to a horror film where the twist was it was also a sequel “Glass”! We all agree first that the story of the film is terrible, second, that despite the story James McAvoy’s work is excellent, and third, Werner Herzog returns for Positive Reviews! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Megan Miles joins Ryan and Tom to review the holiday box office smash “Aquaman”! Ryan is thrilled that the film thinks it’s cool without any sense of irony, Megan leads a shared charge against the movie’s terrible treatment of its female characters, and Tom starts an aqua-pun spree that just won’t quit! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Brandon Hackett joins Ryan, Tyler and Tom to review a 2013 holiday classic “A Madea Christmas”! Brandon improvises new musical intros for almost every segment, we have totally different opinions in fixing Hollywood’s, and we spend more time debating the value of Tyler Perry’s career than discussing the actual movie! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a rental!

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Megan Miles joins Ryan, Tyler and Tom to review a sci-fi/fantasy film that asks the question on everyone's minds, what if cities could eat each other? That's right folks, it's “Mortal Engines”! The entire panels' opinions on the film differ wildly, but we all agree the story sucks. Tyler realizes that Minions may have caused the apocalypse, and Ryan introduces a game of “ridiculous character name or ridiculous actor name”! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom review a terrible sequel to a Christmas classic “Jingle All The Way 2”. We’re all disappointed by the film’s treatment of women, we’re shocked that it fails to reference the previous Jingle All The Way even once, and Ryan suggests that Larry the Cable Guy is Will Sasso in a new costume! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a rental!

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Ryan, Tyler and Tom watch Netflix’s latest attempt at a genre Ryan refers to as “Santa is real movies”: “The Christmas Chronicles”. We’re all surprised by the appearance of elves in the third act, every panel member predicts an Action-Hero Santa and we get something else altogether, and in “Positive Reviews” we all attempt to impersonate Kurt Russell and fail spectacularly! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Tom McGee joins Ryan and Tyler to watch Hollywood’s latest reboot of a franchise that has rarely rebooted well: “Robin Hood (2018)”. The entire panel have wildly different takes on how good the film is, we desperately try to nail down what technology is available in Notthingham, and we attempt (and fail) to list all of the movies this film is ripping off! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Emma Mackenzie Hillier joins Ryan and Tyler to watch Hollywood’s latest attempt to produce a nazi/zombie crossover film: “Overlord”. We’re all shocked the movie has NO sense of fun whatsoever, we can’t believe how late the monsters appear in the story considering how prominently they’re advertised, and the film inspires Tyler to coin the term “snot-zi”! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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Jamie O’Connor joins Ryan and Tyler to experience the last, horrifying film of this year’s Jamie O’Ctober: “Russell Madness”. Tyler declares the production company that made the film “a blight on the world”, Ryan is overjoyed by how terrible the monkey is at acting, and Jamie keeps trying to turn this episode into a review of Brandon Lee’s “The Crow”! Give us a listen and find out if you should save yourself the cost of a ticket!

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