Moma: Movies & Marketing

He’s been making movies for 20 years. But how strong is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s film career?SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

After a year without summer movies we’re back drafting our (suicide?) squads of summer movies we think will make the most bank at the U.S. box office.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

They’re dying to save the franchise. Can the marketing for The Suicide Squad (2021) make us forget the horrors of watching Suicide Squad (2016)?SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

Many people rely on Rotten Tomatoes for their movie-watching decisions. But what does a Tomatometer score really mean? We conduct a test.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

He’s made more than a dozen movies in the past three years—most of them completely bonkers. But what if Nic Cage’s recent films had to fight each other to the death?SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

We talk about our personal experiences renting out movie theaters for private watch parties.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

No, we’re not talking about the biggest birds to ever grace the big screen. We’re talking about movies that crashed and burned the hardest at the box office.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

Sometimes you don’t even have to see the movie to scream. In honor of the Halloween season, we share our picks for the four most frightening movie trailers of all time.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

We travel through time with Bill & Ted’s latest adventure—sharing our excellent expectations before the movie, some radical reactions while watching, and our post-viewing takeaways on whether this trip was worth the 30-year wait.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

Since the pandemic has put the brakes on the current summer movie season, we decided to look back on some of the high and lows of summer movies past.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

With the short- and long-term future of summer movies currently hanging in the balance, we forecast whether the blockbuster season can return to its former glory.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

With the coronavirus throwing the film industry for a loop in 2020 and possibly well beyond, we talk about what the future of movies might look like (on an old voicemail messaging system) and why we enjoy them in the theater.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

Do you have questions about The Rise of Skywalker? While we love us some Star Wars, we couldn’t help but question this movie at a breakneck pace, in honor of the movie itself.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

With society disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, what else can we do except talk about movies where viruses break out and disrupt society?SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

From The Hustler to Hoosiers to Happy Gilmore, we make our picks for the all-time greatest sports movie ad slogans.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com or at MOMApodcast.com.

Will The Hurt Locker get blown away when we rewire the 2010 best picture race a decade later?SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. or at MOMApodcast.com.

As we move into a new decade, we explore how movies from previous decades imagined the future.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote on the movie's marketing effort(s) via the episode's webpage.https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/movies-set-in-the-future/

Any movie can be about Christmas, but what movies have done the best job injecting the holiday spirit into their trailers? SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote on the movie's marketing effort(s) via the episode's webpage.https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/top-5-merriest-christmas-movie-trailers/

From Friday The 13th to Flatliners to The Darkness, we reflect on the meaty movie career of actor Kevin Bacon.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote on the movie's marketing effort(s) via the episode's webpage.https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/is-everything-better-with-kevin-bacon/

As the blockbuster season comes to a close, we crown the champion of our annual box office challenge and discuss the summer’s hits and misses.SHOW NOTESGet visuals, links and show notes from this episode at speakinghuman.com. You can also vote on the movie's marketing effort(s) via the episode's webpage.https://thinkmonsters.com/speakinghuman/media/moma-movies-and-marketing-podcast-2019-summer-movie-champion/