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Cheapseat Reviews
by Mountain Ear Studios
Exploring the Hollywood film industry for the greater good! With Shawn Allred, Sam Vegter, and Andrew Jimeson www.cheapseatreviews.libsyn.com@Cheapseatcast Facebook.com/cheapseatreviews
Episodes
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Episode #498 With Honors (We finally did it)
1994's With Honors Convinced his thesis will have him graduate with honors from Harvard University, a stuffy student finds himself at the mercy of a homeless man's demands when he holds the papers hostage. We finally did this! Sorry Alan, but here it is! Enjoy! Oh and we had a good time with it...
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Episode #496 Indiana Jones 5 and the Dial of Destiny (Our version is better)
2023's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history. This movie isn't as bad as the 4th one but its not great either. We spend the last 10 minutes of the show making revisions that make…
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Episode #497 Star Trek Generations (Space Tesseract)
1994's Star Trek Generations With the help of long presumed dead Captain Kirk, Captain Picard must stop a deranged scientist willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter a space matrix. This movie means a lot to Shawn. Yes, we know it's not a great movie, but it's the first film his…
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Episode #495 1917 (A brilliant one shot)
2019's 1917 April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap. This film is a 2 hour one shot and its brilliant in how it's...
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Episode #494 Jojo Rabbit (gut punch)
2019's Jojo Rabbitt A young German boy in the Hitler Youth, whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator, is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. We had so much fun with this film. It's smart, it's clever and heartfelt. You will cry at the end....
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Episode #493 Hobo With a Shotgun (Finally did it!)
2011's Hobo with a Shotgun A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun. We finally reviewed this crazy film. Tabby from the Gray's Taproom joined us to chat about what an over the top film it is. Cheapseat Reviews the...
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Episode #492 Friday the 13th 2 (No mask)
1981's Friday the 13th Part 2. Five years after the events of the first film, a summer camp next to the infamous Camp Crystal Lake is preparing to open, but the legend of Jason is weighing heavy on the proceedings. Jenn from My Streaming Bubble joins us to chat about this cult classic. We were...
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Episode #491 The People Under the Stairs (Field and stream bondage collection)
1991's The People Under the Stairs When Fool breaks into the home of his family's landlords, he discovers that they have mutilated several boys and kept them imprisoned under stairs. As Fool attempts to flee, he meets their daughter, Alice. Can Fool and Alice escape? We re-live Sam's youth with...
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Episode #490 Evil Dead (2013)
2013's Evil Dead Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead...
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Episode #489 Highlander (Lego Sword)
1986's Highlander An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize". Cameron joins us for the last time to review one of the ultimate Sword and Sorcery flicks. Does it hold up? Is it good? Does it have...
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Episode #488 Ghost Town the Movie (Shawn's movie)
2007's Ghost Town the Movie Dean Teaster's 'Ghost Town The Movie', is a unique "Eastern" Western. It is N.C. native Dean Teaster's tribute to his father Robert Doyle Teaster and "Ghost Town In The Sky" theme park. This is a film that Shawn worked on as a boom operator in his film days. Yes, this...
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Episode #487 Aliens (Nuke it from Orbit)
1986's Aliens Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring. This movie was picked because it was Shawn's first R rated film. Is it as scary as I remember? No,...
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Episode #486 Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning (Mission Impossible Ultron)
2023's Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands. We start our final 15 episodes with a bang and lots of running and cool stunts. Join us as we review the most recent Mission Impossible film. This movie…
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Episode #485 A Goofy Movie (Duck Sales)
1995's A Goofy Movie When Max makes a preposterous promise to a girl he has a crush on, his chances to fulfilling it seem hopeless when he is dragged onto a cross-country trip with his embarrassing father, Goofy. We end our summer break month with a fun film from our youth. A goofy movie is a...
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Episode #484 Heavyweights (Thats NC!)
1995's Heavyweights Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that it is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor. This fun Disney film brought back lots of nostalgia for the both of us. Andrew loves this...
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Episode #483 Friday the 13th (Sans Jason)
1980's Friday the 13th A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer. Andrew and I watch for the first time, and were completly surprised by the fact that Jason wasn't in this film. How…
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Episode #482 The Sandlot (C.R.S.)
1993's The Sandlot In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures. The first of our month long series of Summer Break Movies. The Sandlot is a fun and nostalgic film for Andrew and Shawn. There's very...
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Episode #481 Rebel Moon 2 (My Deer Robot)
2024's Rebel Moon 2 Kora and surviving warriors prepare to defend Veldt, their new home, alongside its people against the Realm. The warriors face their pasts, revealing their motivations before the Realm's forces arrive to crush the growing rebellion. We end our month of Star Wars adjacent…
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Episode #480 Explorers (Are they dating now?)
1985's Explorers A boy obsessed with '50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what? Shawn relives a childhood film with this 80's...
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Episode #479 the Black Hole (All robots go to Hell)
1979's Disney's The Black Hole A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole. Week 3 of our Star Wars Adjacent films continues with this old film Shawn watched in his youth. Join us as we find out just how much this film doesn't hold up....
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Episode #478 Battle Beyond the Stars (Wet bar on his crotch)
1980's Battle Beyond the Stars A farm boy recruits a band of outlaws to save the planet Akir from forces that threaten to wipe them out from the face of the universe. A battle stretching beyond the stars begins here. This low budget sci fi version of Seven Samurai is, well, a low budget version…
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Episode #477 Rebel Moon (Cup Cup Banks)
2023's Rebel Moon - Part one: A child of fire When a peaceful settlement on the edge of a distant moon finds itself threatened by a tyrannical ruling force, a stranger living among its villagers becomes their best hope for survival. On our first episode of our month of Sta Wars Adjacent films.…
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Episode #476 Pokemon: Detective Pikachu
2019's Pokemon: Detective Pikachu In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective. We wrap up family movie night month with this fun buddy cop film, starring Ryran Reynolds and Justice Smith. This film has it's...
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Episode #475 Slumberland (Dream Inception)
2022's Slumberland A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again. This fun take on dreams could have been so much better....
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Episode #474 TMNT Mutant Mayhem (Not my TMNT)
2023's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem The Turtle brothers work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants. Cowabunga dudes, we review the newest vision of the TMNT franshize. This film is a new origin story of the classic turtles. The art style is unique…
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Episode #473 Mulan: 2020 (Get my Sultan's name out your mouth!)
2020's Mulan To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China. This live action remake of the 1998 anumanted film, is not the same type of remake like the others. This movie takes more risks and...
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Episode #472 Blue Beetle (Kinda Iron Man)
2023's Blue Beelte An alien scarab chooses Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the recent college graduate with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle. We end our month of DC film reivews…
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Episode #471 Black Adam (Duck Tails)
2022's Black Adam Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods--and imprisoned just as quickly--Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world. We continue with our review of DC films with Black...
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Episode #470 Shazam: Fury of the Gods (Furry of the Gods)
2023's Shazam: Fury of the Gods he film continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word "SHAZAM!" is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam. Andrew and Shawn dive in to the sequel to the fun Shazam film staring Zachary Levi. Is it as good as the…
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Episode #469 Aquaman 2 (Weird CGI Faces)
2023's Aquaman 2 Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother. They must protect the kingdom. The final installment of the DCEU did not...
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Episode #468 Lightning Jack (Themes and Variations)
1994's Lightning Jack Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist. Andrew and Shawn watch a film from...
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Episode #467 The Hitman's Bodyguard (La Cucaracha)
2017's The Hitman's Bodyguard One of the world's top bodyguards gets a new client, a world class hitman who must testify at the International Criminal Court. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial alive and on time. Shawn loves this film, but did he hype…
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Episode #466 Johnny Dangerously (Watch A-long)
1984's Johnny Dangerously Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills. As we're short staffed this week, Andrew and Shawn do a watch a-long of a early 80s comedy that Shawn has seen some of. This...
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Episode #465 Barbie (Hi Ken)
2023's Barbie Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans. We were all surprised by how much we loved this…
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Episode #464 Lift (Needs more funny)
2024's Lift Follows a master thief and his Interpol Agent ex-girlfriend who team up to steal $500 million in gold bullion being transported on an A380 passenger flight. We review this Netflix original film starring Kevin Hart and a bunch other people. We all thought the film would be funny and...
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Episode #463 Renfield (Ska!)
2023's Renfield Renfield, Dracula's henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them. We reviewed this very fun vampire flick thats kinda a sequel to the 1930's Dracula. Did Shawn pick...
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Episode #462 Weird (Happy 10th Anniversary)
2022's Weird: the Al Yankovic Story Explores every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle. We start the new year with a movie about an artist near and dear to...
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Episode #461 Violent Night (Goodbye '23)
2022's Violent Night When a group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family, Santa Claus must step in to save the day (and Christmas). This fun, violent and surprisingly heart filed film was a treat to review. We hope you enjoed this and look forward to seeing you in 2024 Cheapseat...
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Episode #460 Jingle All the Way (Favorite Christmas Movies)
1996's Jingle All the Way A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one. Andrew and Shawn go down memory lane with this 96 film. We also discuss…
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Episode #459 Across the Spiderverse (Sacred Spreadsheet)
2023's Across the Spiderverse Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero. We review the middle film in…
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Episode #458 Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (Cool Nicknames)
2023's Guy Ritchie's The Govenant During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain. We differ on this movie, it's a good war movie but it's not as much of a Guy Ritchie movie as we may have wanted. There's lots of...
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Episode #457 Moneyball (Coughman)
2011's Moneyball Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players. We review this baseball film, written by Aaron Sorkin, a favorite of Shawns. Do we all like baseball or films...
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Episode #456 Upgrade (S.P.A.M.)
2018's Upgrade Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant. This episode, we Upgrade our show by adding little AI to our...
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Episode #455 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (it's short)
2023's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Chronicles a variety of stories, but the main one follows Henry Sugar, who is able to see through objects and predict the future with the help of a book he stole. The team reviews this Wes Anderson short film, based on the Roald Dahl short story. This is…
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Episode #454 Halloween Ends (Finally)
2022's Halloween Ends The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode comes to a spine-chilling climax in the final installment of this trilogy. It's over, it's finally over. The last of a new trilogy that was 40 years in the making, is here. The final show down between Laurie Strode and Michael…
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Episode #453 Hereditary (Gabriel Burn)
2018's Hereditary A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences. A genuine scary movie for Cheap Scare Reviews! Sarah from the Bird in the Hand Podcast joins us for this Ari Aster film. This movie is beautifully shot and well made. It has layers in it that make it a clever...
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Episode #452 Nope (Nope)
2022's Nope The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery. We review this Jordan Peele film about an alien who eats people. This movie wasn't what we thought it was going to be, and thats not always a bad thing. Cheapseat Reviews the…
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Episode #451 Army of Darkness (Captain Supermarket)
1992's Army of Darkness A sardonic hardware store clerk is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead so he can return home. Mike and Tabby join us from the Gray's Taproom Podcast. We all love this movie, whats not to love?! This...
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Episode #450 The Lost City (use the other 10%)
2022's The Lost City A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure. Jenn from My Streaming Bubble joins us to review the Action Rom Com The Lost City. It has a Romancing the Stone vibe…
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Episode #449 Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Roll a Dirty 20)
2023's Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. This movie took us all by surprise! This fun romp through a fantasy world...
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