Moviesucktastic
427 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 15 ratingsMovieSucktastic is the movie review podcast that isn't afraid to occasionally stray from the path. Hosted by film fanatics Joey and Scott,
MovieSucktastic includes features like the Finger List, Cinematic Confessional, and Movie Viewing Challenges. All kinds of films are discussed and dissected,
with a special loving emphasis on bad movies. Want to hear what an out of work writer prone to ranting and an IT Tech with an exhaustive memory think about your
latest Netflix rental? You've come to the right place.
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Episodes
Episode 411: Oscar Talk: Oscar Wrap Up Show (2023)
March 14, 2024 12:45 - 33.2 MBOur 2024 Oscar wrap up show. We discuss all the winner and losers and who guessed more right on their ballots. Scott or Joey?
Episode 410: Oscar Talk: The Zone Of Interest (2023)
March 14, 2024 11:27 - 34.9 MBThe Zone Of Interest is so good that you may need a repeat viewing. Also, the better the sound system, the better the experience. Truly engulfs you.
Episode 409: Oscar Talk: Poor things (2023)
March 14, 2024 10:25 - 31.8 MBAnother Best Picture nominated film. While the opening had us almost leaving, the rest of the film makes up for it. Enjoyable.
Episode 408: Oscar Talk: Anatomy Of A Fall (2023)
February 22, 2024 14:21 - 35.6 MBThis isn’t a whodunit whatsoever. Go into the film knowing that and you’ll walk out enjoying it. Mostly a French speaking film, it’s a truly well made and acted film. Even the dog should get an Oscar nom.
Episode 407: Oscar Talk: Killers Of The Flower Moon (2023)
February 22, 2024 12:16 - 32.5 MBMartin Scorsese is a master filmmaker, no doubt about that. This film is extremely well made. While we did like it, does it really need to be three and a half hours?
Episode 406: Oscar Talk: The Holdovers (2023)
February 15, 2024 20:45 - 37.2 MBWill Paul Giamatti win best actor for this role? Joey thinks so. The film itself is also very good.
Episode 405: Oscar Talk: American Fiction (2023)
February 15, 2024 18:55 - 31.2 MBAmerican Fiction is the type of film that delivers drama and funny throughout. Best Picture? Probably not but very good otherwise.
Episode 404: Oscar Talk: Maestro (2023)
February 08, 2024 15:17 - 40 MBBradley cooper acts and directs this biopic about Leonard Bernstein. Very well made and quite good. Listen in as we talk about it.
Episode 403: Oscar Talk: Past Lives (2023)
February 08, 2024 10:44 - 40.7 MBAwkward silence and staring happen quite often in this film. Just watch the trailer and prepare yourself.
Episode 402: Oscar Talk: Barbie (2023)
February 01, 2024 16:14 - 36.5 MBThe second film we review is Barbie. While Joey enjoyed the movie he doesn't feel it's best picture material whereas Scott loved it and hopes it wins.
Episode 401: Oscar Talk: Oppenheimer (2023)
February 01, 2024 11:54 - 38.5 MBThe first film we review is Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. What Joey believes will be this year's winner for Best Picture. Scott, not so much.
Episode 400: Oscar Nominees (2023)
January 25, 2024 10:24 - 85.3 MBWe talk about all the Oscar nominated films for 2023. What will win, what will not. Who's right?
Episode 399: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
September 21, 2023 11:34 - 67.4 MBWhat is likely the final installment with Harrison Ford, this is a very good movie. The first 25 minutes being an old school Jones movie was excellent. Everything it needed to be.
Episode 398: The Car (1977)
August 24, 2023 20:55 - 54.2 MBThis film shouldn't be as good as it is. When a demonic car starts killing people in a small town people think it's just some killer. That isn't the case an no one knows why.
Episode 397: The Hearse (1980)
July 19, 2023 18:23 - 49.3 MBEver feel like you're being watched? Someone is following you? The entire town hates you? Well, that's the main storyline of this film. Oh yeah, and ghost sex.
Episode 396: Latitude Zero (1969)
June 29, 2023 21:34 - 72.5 MBWe didn't expect to have as much fun with this as we did. Underwater adventures, Atlantis esque utopia, ageless citizens and a flying lion griffin thing.
Episode 395: The Dark (1979)
June 22, 2023 13:52 - 62.5 MBA low budget horror film that feels like it pivots right from the get go. It's not all bad but certainly not all good.
Episode 394: M3GAN (2022)
June 06, 2023 10:16 - 78.4 MBWe needed to find out what all the fuss was about. We're a little late but don't worry. We dig James Wan but this isn't the comedic horror masterpiece it's made out to be.
Episode 393: Oscar Talk: Avatar The Way Of Water (2022)
March 09, 2023 23:56 - 57 MBJames Cameron has some crazy spell on moviegoers. They know the first film was mediocre and they knew this was the same. Still made 2 billion dollars. It is pretty though.
Episode 392: Oscar Talk: The Fabelmans (2022)
March 09, 2023 21:32 - 33.6 MBSteven Spielberg's biopic about his life growing up in NJ, Arizona and California that set the path for cinemas most famous and revered film maker.
Episode 391: Oscar Talk: Triangle Of Sadness (2022)
March 02, 2023 12:54 - 52.6 MBShip of Fools meets Lord of the Flies in Ruben Ostlund's Oscar-nominated film about the true love shared between a young male model and his diminutive toilet maid. This episode is dedicated to Vera.
Episode 390: Oscar Talk: Women Talking (2022)
March 02, 2023 11:29 - 27.1 MBJoey and Scott discuss the importance of Women Talking, the Oscar-nominated film adaptation of the Miriam Toews novel. Fellas! What's with all the raping?
Episode 389: Oscar Talk: Elvis (2022)
February 22, 2023 15:14 - 26.6 MBIn this year's Oscar-nominated biopic, Baz Lurham is Strictly Elvis all the way, with Austin Butler taking care of business as the King. Joey and Scott - self-identified Beatles people - discuss.
Episode 388: Oscar Talk: Tar (2022)
February 22, 2023 14:54 - 31.3 MBTodd Field steps out of the Bedroom and into the arena of power-struggles and public opinion. Joey and Scott mull over the sociopolitical implications of groomers performing accordion solos to artificially depress real-estate values.
Episode 387: Oscar Talk: The Banshees Of Inisherin (2022)
February 09, 2023 12:11 - 48.7 MBMartin McDonagh's Oscar-nominated existential black comedy about destructive relationships and improper use of sheep shears. Joey and Scott discuss the film's impact on Ireland Tourism.
Episode 386: Oscar Talk: Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
February 09, 2023 10:21 - 47 MBSpoiler Alert! Joey and Scott both loved this Oscar-nomination-sweeping film - Scott cried A LOT - and spend the entirety of this episode gushing over the awesomeness every single aspect of the film.
Episode 385: Oscar Talk: Top Gun Maverick (2022)
February 02, 2023 16:56 - 28.7 MBTune as Scott expresses his frustration to Joey at not being able to trash what turned out to be a well-made and thoroughly entertaining unworthy Best Picture Oscar-nominee. Better than the original. Fight me.
Episode 384: Oscar Talk: All Quiet On The Western Front (2022)
February 02, 2023 16:21 - 21.5 MBWe go critical all over this adaptation of the iconic anti-war novel, with Scott focusing on Edward Berger's alterations to the source material, and Joey focusing on how beautiful the war looks. (Scott wrote this).
Episode 383: Oscar Nominees (2022)
January 26, 2023 15:24 - 42.9 MBScott and Joey talk about all of this years 10 best picture nominees and all of the other categories as well.
Episode 382: January Movies (2023)
January 19, 2023 21:14 - 94.8 MBThis year's crop of January films aren't as bad looking as we're used to. Listen in as we watch, get banned from YouTube and talk about this years flicks.
Episode 381: Green Room (2015)
December 15, 2022 18:21 - 39.8 MBA punk rock band fronted by Pat (Anton Yelchin) witness a murder after a performace in what turns out to be run and attended by all nazis/white supremacists.
Episode 380: Chompy And The Girls (2021)
December 08, 2022 13:27 - 60.5 MBFor a film that had such a low budget, actual care was taken in all the writting, acting and pacing. Well made and fun.
Episode 379: Barbarian (2022)
November 10, 2022 12:47 - 83.7 MBWhen a woman gets a house on airbnb and there's already someone living there, things get a bit interesting but not in the way you think. A must watch.
Episode 378: Jeepers Creepers Reborn (2022)
November 03, 2022 22:37 - 85.2 MBWe review Jeepers Creepers Reborn but explore and talk about the enire franchise as a whole.
Episode 377: Halloween Ends (2022)
October 27, 2022 12:57 - 58.6 MBThere's a lot of complaints about the new Halloween Ends film. We don't know why. We weren't confused by the title.
Episode 376: The Munsters (2022)
October 20, 2022 16:37 - 39.8 MBRob Zombie is very hit or miss in his films. This is no exception. What'd you'd expect is a film as close to the 60's show but what you get is too much Zombie flair.
Episode 375: Hellraiser (2022)
October 13, 2022 11:47 - 53.9 MBOnly so often does a reboot or remake rival and or is better than the original. This is one of those cases. A must watch.
Episode 374: Willy's Wonderland (2021)
October 06, 2022 19:27 - 23.4 MBCan Nic Cage do no wrong these days? Whether you like his films or not one usually takes away something special from it. This film is no different. It's everything you want from a Nic Cage movie and more.
Episode 373: X (2022)
October 06, 2022 17:23 - 39.6 MBTaking place in the 70's a group of porn filmmakers rent a guest house in Texas to shoot their movie. Things get weirder the longer they stay including the owners. This is art house horror, it drags on and you wish for more but not in a good way.
Episode 372: The Black Phone (2021)
September 29, 2022 13:24 - 60.1 MBThis episode we review The Black Phone. Based on the novel by Joe Hill and directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange) about a serial killer dubbed The Grabber who is terrorizing and killing the town's kids. We really liked this one.
Episode 371: Prey (2022)
September 29, 2022 10:21 - 60.7 MBWe kick off our return from hiatus with reviewing horror movies all October. This episode we review the film Prey. Is this the best Predator film ever made? Check in and find out.
Episode 370: Oscar Talk: Licorice Pizza (2021)
March 17, 2022 20:41 - 32.6 MBWhat a frustrating film Licorice Pizza is. I don't remember my teen years being THIS frustrating. While it's a well-made movie, I feel I need to watch it a couple of more times to truly make sure if I like it or not. As of now that a no.
Episode 369: Oscar Talk: Belfast (2021)
March 17, 2022 19:21 - 25.6 MBWhen Director Kenneth Branagh was growing up he lived in Belfast Ireland. This is a movie that close to his heart as it's mostly a biopic about him and his family. Shot in Black and White (while unnecessary) is a beautiful film and very well made.
Episode 369: Oscar Talk: Belfast(2021)
March 17, 2022 19:21 - 25.6 MBWhen Director Kenneth Branagh was growing up he lived in Belfast Ireland. This is a movie that close to his heart as it's mostly a biopic about him and his family. Shot in Black and White (while unnecessary) is a beautiful film and very well made.
Episode 368: Oscar Talk: CODA (2021)
March 10, 2022 18:45 - 34.5 MBIf you don't think this film will bring you to tears or have an emotional spark then think again, or you might be dead. In CODA (Child Of Deaf Adult) the story is one of hope and hopelessness. A very good film and a recommended watch.
Episode 367: Oscar talk: King Richard (2021)
March 10, 2022 17:21 - 32.6 MBWill Smith might have just won an Oscar for this role of Richard Williams. Not only was he excellent in the film but the movie was very good too. Will he win? We'll find out on Oscar night!
Episode 366: Oscar Talk: Dune (2021)
March 03, 2022 11:23 - 39.6 MBThe once thought unfilmable novel of Frank Herbert's Dune has been made, again. This time it was in the hands of the truly magnificent Denis Villeneuve. One of the best films in this years crop for sure.
Episode 365: Oscar Talk: West Side Story(2021)
March 03, 2022 10:23 - 54.6 MBWest Side Story is a remake no one asked for. With that said, it's well made and most of the time well-acted. Still, no one cares.
Episode 365: Oscar Talk: West Side Story (2021)
March 03, 2022 10:23 - 54.6 MBWest Side Story is a remake no one asked for. With that said, it's well made and most of the time well-acted. Still, no one cares.
Episode 364: Oscar Talk: Don't Look Up (2021)
February 24, 2022 22:35 - 36 MBWhile watching Don't Look Up you can’t help but laugh at so much. In the same instance you have to step back and think to yourself that this film is probably playing more like reality and when that sets in, oh boy, that feeling sucks big time.