Myopia: Defend Your Childhood - A Nostalgic Movies Podcast

This week on Myopia Movies we retire horror month and retire the new creepy theme as we watch a busty woman and then her busty puppet try to seduce another puppet. This is what my life has become. We watched The Bride of Chucky, the only movie with the hard hitting real deal facts about what happens if you don't do the dishes.  How will The Bride of Chucky hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Keiko and Matthew    Directed: Ronnie Yu Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, Alexis Arquette, Gordon Michael Woolvett, John Ritter, Kathy Najimy

This week on Myopia Movies, we pay someone to polish our eyes. We watched Pitch Black, proving that with a few filters even YOU can make a movie!  How will Pitch Black hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Keiko, Matthew, Nur   Directed by David Twohy Starring: Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel, Keith David 

This week on Myopia Movies, the host is a big fat person. We watched Silence of the Lambs and we take a cooking lesson! This may be the most awarded film we have talked about in an episode as long as the movie! How will Silence of the Lambs hold up?  Host: Nic Panel: Alex, Keiko, and Matthew   Director: Jonathan Demme Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Charles Napier, Roger Corman, Diane Baker,, Frankie Faison.   

This week on Myopia Movies, Eddie Murphy sucks. We watched Vampire in Brooklyn, a terrible portent of things to come...like the Klumps. How will Vampire in Brooklyn hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Alex, Nur, Keiko, Matt Directed by Wes Craven Starring Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon

This week on Myopia Movies, we get confused at a werewolf movie! We watched Underworld, a movie I would have forgotten if I didn't just listen to us talk about it!  How will Underworld hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Keiko, Nur, and Matthew Directed by Len Wiseman. Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly Note: There are some audio issues here, sorry! 

This week on Myopia Movies, we learn a thing or two about Communism. We watched Hail, Caesar, Channing Tatum's musical extravaganza! How will Hail, Caesar hold up during this Coen Month? Host: Nic Panel: Keiko, Matthew, Alex Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, Frances McDormand, Jonah Hill, Fisher Stevens, David Krumholtz

This week on Myopia Movies, we watch a midwestern classic, dontcha know. We watched the Coen Brothers coldest movie, Fargo. We did it all for a little bit of money.... How will Fargo hold up? Host: Nic  Panel: Lauren and Daniel   Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, , Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell, John Carroll Lynch

In honor of its second week on the top of the charts, we are digging out of the vault the original episode on Beetlejuice from the mind of Tim Burton. I have not seen the new one as of writing this, but suffice to say, I am excited. Enjoy this cleaned up bonus episode! How will Beetlejuice and this 10 year old episode hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Daniel, Jon, Emily Steve   Directed by Tim Burton Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Glenn Shadix

This week in Myopia Movies, we have a bit of a musical moment! We watched O Brother, Where Art Thou?, I too am a man of constant sorrow, with knees and a lower back of constant sorrow as well.  How does O Brother, Where Art Thou? hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Nur, Matthew, Keiko   Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter,  Chris Thomas King, Charles Durning, Michael Badalucco, Ed Gale, Frank Collison

In honor of the passing of the late and great James Earl Jones, I have dug out of the old archives the Sandlot and cleaned it up. As our own baseball season is winding down, nice to reminisce about the boys of summer and one of the greatest voices to grace the silver screen.  As an aside, my own voice on this track sounds unrecognizable, yeesh.  How will the Sandlot on this 10 year old episode hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Scott, Billy, Daniel   Directed by David Mickey Evans Starring: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Art LaFleur, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Brandon Quintin Adams, Grant Gelt, Shane Obedzinski, Victor DiMattia, Denis, Karen Allen, and the late great James Earl Jones

This week, we learn the tragedy of high prison recidivism. We watched Raising Arizona, Everybody freeze. Everybody down on the ground! How will Raising Arizona hold up?  Host: Nic Panel: Lauren and Daniel Directed by: Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray, Frances McDormand, Randall 'Tex' Cobb

In honor of the long weekend, we start Coen Brothers month early with The Big Lebowski. This week in Myopia Movies, I nearly have a stroke trying to not quote the entirety of the movie.  How will the The Big Lebowski hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Candace, Keiko, and Matthew    Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, Mark Pellegrino, Peter Stormare, Flea, John Turturro

This week on Myopia Movies, you find out that you are my number one guy! We watched Batman (1989), why doesn't Batman dance any more? Remember the Bat-tu-si? Where does he get all those wonderful toys?  How will  Batman (1989) hold up?  Host: Nic Panel: Matthew, Keiko, Nur   Director: Tim Burton Starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Bassinger, Robert Wuhl

Welcome to Myopia Movies! This week we revisit a very early episode that I first watched for this show! John Carpenter is in rare form directing this throwback comedy! We watched Big Trouble in Little China!  How will Big Trouble in Little China hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Charlie, Keiko, Candace, and Matthew Director: John Carpenter Starring: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong, Kate Burton  

This week on Myopia Movies, we buy Sword brand guns! We watched Romeo + Juliet, where the Hawaiian shirts are flowing, Mercutio is recreating Rocky Horror and the music is silly. Where for art thou, Postlethwaite? How will Romeo + Juliet hold up? Directed by Baz Luhrmann Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Diane Venora, Harold Perrineau

This week on Myopia Movies, we celebrate the start of season 11 with a revisited episode of Jim Carrey's the Mask! Somebody, stop us! Please, 11 years is so long for this nonsense! How will The Mask hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Nur, Keiko, Matt, Alex   Directed by Charles Russell Starring: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni, Ben Stein

This week on Myopia Movies, we are trying to stay on our feet! This week would be our 10th Anniversary Episode, but we are on vacation with a file issue! I cannot fix it from here, so I am rereleasing the episode from 6 years ago that Matt talks about all the time! Enjoy The Guyver!   Host: Nic Panel: Matt

This week we watch the British version of Spy Hard, but you know, good. Could've used a "Weird" Al song though....we watched Johnny English! How will Johnny English hold up? Host: Jon Panel: Nic, Daniel   Directed by Peter Howitt Starring: Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Tasha de Vasconcelos, Ben Miller

This week watch some classic James Bond, Casino Royale! No, not the good one, the Woody Allen one. You read that right.  How will Casino Royale hold up?  Host: Jon Panel: Nic, Daniel Directed by Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston Starring: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Orson Welles, Joanna Pettet, Woody Allen, Deborah Kerr, William Holden

This week we do the Avengers movie everyone thinks of, the one with Ralph Fiennes. We watched The Avengers (1998), man, when Sean Connery does spite, he really nails it.  How will The Avengers (1998) hold up? Host: Jon Panel: Nic, Steve, Matthew   Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Patrick Macnee, Jim Broadbent, Fiona Shaw, Eddie Izzard