Repeat Viewing - Why People Rewatch Movies

In our triumphant (?) return from hiatus, we tackle the elephant in everybody's room, and what we are watching to fill our time whilst indoors for the immediate future. We each talk about a film we finally watched after meaning to for a long time, Hostiles & Us, respectively. Plus, we discuss sagas and trilogies in detail via directors Peter Jackson & Yip Wai Shun (Wilson Yip), and several films by both, including LOTR/Hobbit, the Frighteners, King Kong, SPL/Killzone, Flashpoint and the new release Ip Man 4. Also there is a bonus dive into Wong Kar Wai. It's a recommedation bonanza for your quarantine viewing pleasure! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends. Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

On the eve of the saga finale, we thought it might be fun to remind you of our stance on the new trilogy, and Rian Johnson's divisive middle entry. We suspect we, and Johnson, will be vindicated when the results are in from episode IX. Enjoy the conclusion to the Skywalker story, and may the force be with you. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

We continue our de facto Political Commentary block with Rod Lurie's keenly observed film from 2000, the year right before our new age of politics was truly born. We discuss the reflections of our current political climate, the parallels to Barack Obama (who was a complete unknown at the time), and compare the spin factor and tactics to our previous episode of Bob Roberts & Wag the Dog. It's straight from current headlines, and another film that is there to help us all see through the fog of propaganda. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

IMPEACHMENT SPECIAL! We look at two films that brilliantly showcase the playbook of spin from both politicians and media alike. It's a compare & contrast made just for us with (the lost gem) Bob Roberts and Wag the Dog both striking the same chords, while revealing different elements of the well-spun media and rhetoric barrage we all endure on the daily. The results are entertaining and quite literally shocking! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your pals! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

We cover our first original film for a streaming platform, with Eddie Murphy's new comeback, "Dolemite is my Name!" We talk about the social and creative themes of the film, as well as it's place among the works or director Craig Brewer and writers Scott Alexander & Larry Karazewski. Then we go full tilt into the cast and production design, with a keen eye, of course, on the return performance of Murphy himself, but also stand out Wesley Snipes. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

Part 2 of our Halloween double-feature, once again, pits two opposite styles of adaptation against one another, in another faithful vs funny compare and contrast. Can the melodrama of Kenneth Branagh live up to the standard of not just the companion, Coppola produced Dracula, but that of the comedy classic by Mel Brooks & Gene Wilder? Listen to find out! Plus find out where in the Frankenstein mythos we place Young Fronkensteen and so much more!! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with your movie pals! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

Part 1 of a Halloween Double Feature block tackles the most classic, and probably most filmed screen villain of all time. Dracula goes by many names; the Prince of Darkness, Vlad the Impaler... and his names are almost as numerous as the number of adaptations of Stoker's classic novel. We explore some reasons for that, and look at the flexibility of the story while we peel apart the many layers of Francis Ford Coppola's epic/operatic version, and Mel Brooks'... less-so version. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with your pals! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

*Re-posted to allow for a Joker podcast binge. We continue our discussion of the Joker with a seminal entry into his lore, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, featuring a bravura performance by Mark Hamill as the Clown Prince of Crime. We break down many reasons it is still one of the best, not just animated, but best Batman films overall. We also run down a list of favorite and not so favorite other Batman animated films that came after Mask of the Phantasm. For fans of the Bat, and newcomers alike. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with your pals! Please follow the show on twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod, and follow us on Facebook!

*Re-posted to allow for a Joker podcast binge. In advance of the new Joker origin film, starring Joaquin Phoenix, directed by Todd Phillips with Martin Scorcese producing, Seamus & Kraig run down the list of actors who have played the iconic role so far, and discuss hopes for the new interpretation. Plus, there is plenty of Batman talk, and overview discussion on the DCEU in general. Plenty of details to keep the Bat-nerds happy, but informative enough for those who few who may be unfamiliar with the Joker canon and character. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please kindly rate, review, and share! Please follow the show on twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod, and follow us on Facebook! Intro theme by Samuel Oak.

Society doesn't get off easy as Seamus & Kraig dive into why Joker happened, and why a film like it must exist in this day & age. Plus it's an obvious connection to pair it with Taxi Driver, but even beyond the street level stories and amazing lead performances, the depth of similarities are astonishing, and the conversation follows suit! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with your movie pals! Please follow the show on twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod, and follow us on Facebook!

After 3 years of being prodded by Seamus, Kraig FINALLY watches Swiss Army Man, and the two share a high energy dissection of this weird and very special film. Specifically the question of metaphor is broken down in insanely interesting detail-- from details provided by the filmmakers and they way they told this complex tale. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with your movie loving people! Please follow the show on twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod, and follow us on Facebook!

Continuing our new trend of getting personal about film, we take it to a whole new level in this off the rails vod-cast tackling that most personal of experiences: heartbreak. Using the sharp examples of 3 classic male-centric rom-coms, Better Off Dead, High Fidelity & Forgetting Sarah Marshall, we examine our own recent histories with romance and break-ups, and get to the heart of why these particular films are the best example of it in regards to our own experiences. Plus, drunken ribbing, insults and threats against personal safety. As promised, a whole new (hilarious) level. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film community! Please follow the show on twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod, and follow us on Facebook!

We take a new personal turn with our movie podcast and dive into an EXTREMELY formative early film experience. Our talk centers on the particular creative influence this film had, and the fact that the influence has persisted to this day. If you're a filmmaker, you will relate to and delight in this episode for extra special reasons, and regular listeners will get a kick out of how revealing this episode becomes! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film community. Please follow the show on twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod, and follow us on Facebook!

We conclude our No Capes Allowed block with a spotlight on the first filmmaker to truly utilize the visual potential of a comic and collaborate with it's creator, Terry Zwigoff. Known now for Bad Santa, Zwigoff actually cut his teeth on this de facto trilogy about creative outsiders, and left his mark on comics without ever making one himself. This epic conversation takes many surprising turns, and is without a doubt our most personal episode to date! If you're a creative, you will probably really connect to this one. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with your community. Please follow the show on twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod, and follow us on Facebook!

Our "No Capes Allowed" block continues with a meditation on American Violence, featuring two wildly different yet parallel portraits of fathers trying to protect their families from the fallout of their own brutal lives. The filmmaking is as diverse as the approach to subject, and we dig deep into the work of both Sam Mendes and David Cronenberg to reveal their subtle motivations and the hidden themes they wield. We also discuss the powerful casts of both films, including Ton Hanks, Paul Newman, Daniel Craig, Viggo Mortenson, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, and the delightfully odd William Hurt. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with you film community. Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod.

Our No Capes Allowed block continues with a deep dive into dueling visions of the same character, from two drastically different eras of filmmaking, with two lead actors who could not be more distinct from each other, to say the least. It is no challenge to compare and contrast these related-yet-vastly-separate films using the standard of the incredibly cool and incisive, long-running comic book Judge Dredd, from 2000ad in the UK, and it is a perfect example of why we love doing this show! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with you film community. Please follow the show on twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod, and follow us on Facebook!

We continue our No Capes Allowed block with a dive into the world of dueling bands and young love, with one from the Archie-verse, and one from the Oni-verse (not a thing). Josie and Scott Pilgrim are two strangely similar films on almost every level, so we share quite a dive into these multi-leveled culture bob-ombs. Plus, two such creative films are the exact fuel we need for a great talk about filmmaking! Hope you watched ahead boys n girls! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing it everywhere. Please follow the show on twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod, and follow us on Facebook!

No Capes Allowed continues with our spotlight on graphic novelist Frank Miller, and the two adaptations of his work that changed the game for comic book movies, Sin City and 300. We discuss how both intensely testosterone packed, delightfully violent, and surprisingly deep films, are also visually compelling and unforgettable in many ways. We also discuss Frank Miller as a creator, and what sets his projects apart from other comic books and their adaptations, besides the common lack of capes. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with your community. Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

In the first episode of our new block "No Capes Allowed," we travel the wasteland with two sci-fi graphic novel adaptations, Tank Girl & Snowpiercer. We take a super deep dive into their surface similarities,  follow the tracks as they diverge wildly in execution, and we devolve into film conspiracy theory & laughs as each film reveals it's secrets. Naturally we make a point of page to screen comparisons, discovering some fascinating details along the ride. All aboard & buckle up! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing! Please follow the show on twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod, and follow us on Facebook!

As a celebration of the release of Avengers: Endgame, we finally discuss the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, covering favorites & least faves, casting, stories, filmmakers and more. Plus, we have a fiery talk about the newest edition to the MCU, Captain Marvel. Although we no doubt left plenty out, we cover a lot of ground, comparing the whole canon so far, and ranking Captain Marvel among the films before it. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing. Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!