Episodes

Monday Feb 10, 2025
FF 175: Our Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2024! (w/Mark Wanner & Hayden Gilbert)
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
It's the Final Feast!
On the final episode of the podcast, host Matt Bledsoe is joined by returning guests, Mark Wanner & Hayden Gilbert, to look back on the movies of 2024!
They each share their 10 favorite movies of the year, as well as some honorable mentions!
Thank you all for listening over the past few years, and we'll see you around!

Sunday Feb 09, 2025
FF Bonus: Hangin' with Mr. Walker!
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
On this special bonus episode, Matt is joined by his friend Ken Walker (host of the Kenny Steps into Movies youtube channel) to talk about Ken's first time watching the cinematic classic Road House, some other things they've watched recently, and look ahead at some 2025 movies and discuss what they're looking forward to seeing!

Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
On this week's episode, host Matt Bledsoe is joined by friends Carmelita Valdez McKoy James Coddington and Preston Mitchell, as they share their favorite discoveries of 2024!
Following up last week's discoveries episode with even more great recommendations to check out, with more favorite first time watches from the past year! These are all pre-2024 movies, and they hit on all sorts of different genres and eras of film!

Monday Jan 06, 2025
FF 173: Our Favorite Discoveries of 2024 (w/Daniel Epler & Keith Rich)
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
On this week's episode, host Matt Bledsoe is joined by friends Daniel Epler and Keith Rich, to talk about their favorite discoveries of 2024!
They go around and each share their top 10 favorite first time watches from the past year! These are all pre-2024 movies, and they hit on all sorts of different genres and eras of film! An episode with lots of great recommendations to check out!

Monday Nov 11, 2024
FF 172: 24 hours of 1999! (Carmelita Valdez McKoy & Larry Sternshein)
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
On this week's episode, host Matt Bledsoe is joined by frequent guest Carmelita Valdez McKoy, as well as Larry Sternshein, host of the Reel Early podcast to plan a 24 hour marathon of 1999 movies!
Matt, Carmelita, and Larry each make their picks from a great year in movies to try and program 24 hours of films!
Enjoy this celebration of the 25th anniversary of a fantastic year in film!

Thursday Oct 31, 2024
FF 171: Halloween Hangout! (w/Cris Hurtado, Keith Rich & Daniel Epler)
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
On this episode, host Matt Bledsoe is joined by Cris Hurtado (host of the Figure out films youtube channel) Keith Rich (Host of the Varsity Cinema Podcast) and Daniel Epler (host of the Cobwebs Youtube Channel) to wrap up the spooky season by discussing some of the movies they watched during October and to walk through and break down the 24 hour horror marathon they all attended at the Music Box theater in Chicago!

Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
FF 170: Exorcist 3! (w/Carmelita Valdez McKoy & Max Deering)
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
On this episode, host Matt Bledsoe is joined returning guests Carmelita Valdez McKoy and Max Deering (of Action for Everyone) to talk about William Peter Blatty's Exorcist 3!
They discuss Blatty adapting and directing his own work, the powerhouse performances, capturing the feel of dreams in movies, and so much more!

Monday Sep 30, 2024
FF 169: Our Top 5 Directors! (w/Carmelita Valdez McKoy & Preston Mitchell)
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
On this episode, host Matt Bledsoe is joined by returning guests Carmelita Valdez McKoy and Preston Mitchell, as they each run down their top 5 favorite directors!

Monday Sep 23, 2024
FF 168: Edge of Tomorrow! (w/James Coddington, Andy Gorham, and Max Deering)
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Monday Sep 23, 2024
On this episode, host Matt Bledsoe is joined by Max Deering (Action for Everyone podcast), Andy Gorham (The Imperial Scum podcast) and James Coddington, to talk about Edge of Tomorrow from 2014!
They discuss how well the movie executes the "Groundhog Day" premise, Tom Cruise playing against type and how he allows his co-stars to shine, the career of director Doug Liman, and more!

Monday Sep 16, 2024
Monday Sep 16, 2024
On this episode, we continue the Master Carpenter series, our ongoing series on the films of director John Carpenter, by discussing Memoirs of an Invisible Man!
Host Matt Bledsoe is joined by Daniel Epler, host of the Cobwebs Youtube channel, and Jason Dubray, host of the Shelf Shedding movie show, to talk about one of the more interesting entries in Carpenter's filmography.
They discuss how the film mixes different genres, the special effects, the performance of Chevy Chase and how he impacts the movie, the difficulties that Carpenter had with the stars and the studio in making the movie, and so much more!