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Movie Trap
by Kristian Boruff
Three friends duel in a best of three movie challenge where the winner picks the next theme!Kristian Boruff, Russell Carlsen, and Zach Powers host.
Episodes
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Possession (1981)
We round out this round with Zach's pick, "Possession". We cover all of the weirdness in this incredibly odd horror film. Also, dear listeners, this is the last episode for awhile. It has been a very fun run, but real life commitments have forced us to put a pause on the show. This isn't good…
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Pearl (2022)
🎬 Welcome to Movie Trap - An Average Podcast for Film Reviews! 🎬 In this spine-chilling episode, we dive deep into the eerie world of horror as we review the bone-chilling movie "Pearl"! Join us as we dissect every dark and haunting aspect of this cinematic masterpiece, directed by the renowned...
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Significant Other (2022)
Welcome to Movie Trap, where we bring you thrilling and captivating stories that will leave you on the edge of your seat! In our latest film, "Significant Other," prepare to embark on an unforgettable journey filled with suspense, paranoia, and unexpected twists. When a couple finds themselves...
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
In this episode of The Movie Trap podcast, hosts Kristian Boruff, Zach Powers, and Russell Carlsen dive into the 2011 film "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". They discuss the film's intricate plot, strong performances from its cast (including Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, and Tom Hardy), and the unique...
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Pontypool (2008)
The Movie Trap Podcast is a show exploring the world of film. Pontypool is a philosophical zombie film exploring the power of language in a small Canadian town. #PontypoolMovie #ZombieHorror #PowerOfLanguage Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ►...
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Bonus Interview with Pontypool (2008) Screenwriter Tony Burgess
Join Kristian Boruff of The Movie Trap podcast as he sits down with Tony Burgess, the talented screenwriter behind the chilling horror film 'Pontypool' (2008). In this interview, Burgess discusses why there is a surprising appearance of a musical version of 'Lawrence of Arabia' in the film.…
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Theme is movies based off an adaptation you have read. Zach starts this round off strong with The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff Carlsen ►...
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RRR (2022)
This special round brings us a three hour movie about Indian political heroes that involves people throwing tigers, motorcycles, and the occasional flashy dance moves. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ►...
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Elf (2003)
Years after a night of passion, a father is confronted by his emotionally disturbed son in New York. Starring James Caan and Will Ferrel Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff Carlsen ►...
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Trick R' Treat (2007)
Spooky season is still happening, or at least it is on our release schedule! Come join us for Trick R' Treat and a special guest appearance by super fan Melo! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ►...
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Monster House (2006)
Carlsen's big pick for Movies that fall on or around Halloween (we recorded a little late) is Monster House! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff Carlsen ►…
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Long Hot Summer (1958)
Carlsen's pick for our Summer theme.
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Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
This movie is so hot, wet, American, and summer. This is out Summer movies theme. Strap on those sweatabands and get ready to perspire in the warm glow of this 2001 comedy starring more people that I care to type. Lots of famous faces. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ►...
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Purple Rain (1984)
"Cause Prince is bad and I'm looking forward to seeing the movie. The movies gonna be rough. Y'all gonna see it tommorrow. Movies tough. Have some fun. Bye bye." - Eddie Murphy at the premiere of Purple Rain on MTV Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ►...
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Batman Forever (1995)
Powers returns to the scene of the crime and forces Carlsen to churn through his best remembered childhood trauma of having his birthday ruined by Batman Forever (1995). Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ►...
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Judgement Night (1993)
Description: This movie is a big fart, but it has Everlast as an actor and the soundtrack is Carlsen's perfect soundtrack. You can quote this podcast description. Judgement Night is Russell's favorite bad-movie-with-a-good-sound-track sound track. Eaty a biscuit Grammar.ly Please comment about...
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Breaking Away (1979)
Boruff picked a bicycle movie about Bloomington, Indiana. Whelp! There are some AI movie posters in this one at least! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff Carlsen ►...
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There Will be Blood (2007)
Zach Powers pick is There Will Be Blood which famously lost to No Country For Old Men. Will be agree that blood is thicker than crude oil or these accents? Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ►...
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Fargo (1996)
William H Macy, Steven Buscemi, and Peter Stromare try to kill people over less and less money while Frances Mcdormand tries to stop them. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff Carlsen ►...
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Icarus (2017)
Carlsen picks Icarus for our theme of films that swap genres. True to the theme, it starts as a Supersize Me-style documentary before turning into a much scarier and more timely documentary. Spoiler warning, we get a little political because Vladimir Putin uses the Olympic wins to bolster Russian...
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
"African-American teen sweethearts Fonny and Tish are ripped apart when Fonny is wrongly arrested for the rape of a Puerto Rican woman because of the machinations of a racist cop. A pregnant Tish relies on her Harlem community while seeking justice for Fonny. " -TV Guide We are in the last round…
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Widows (2018)
Four Chicago women who have lost their spouses to crime and are saddled with the fallout of their husbands' criminal ways decide to take matters into their own hands when they band together to try and forge a new future for themselves. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ►...
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Please pardon our Covid Delay
Zach got tickets to the Backstreet Boys reunion tour and he's still recovering. But on the good side, Carlsen has a new computer and mixer, so he's in HD.
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Movie Trap Classic: Gremlins And Temple Of Doom
This recording is from our previous podcast in 2011, "The Film Concussion"
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Gremlins (1984)
Per TV Guide, "If you keep the cuddly little critters out of the light, don't get them wet and, no matter how much they beg, never feed them after midnight, all will be well. But fail to follow those rules and they turn into vicious little monsters that wreak havoc on a small town during the...
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Cool Runnings (1993)
Cool Runnings is a Disney children's sports comedy movie from 1993 about the Jamacian bobsled team crashing. What else can be said? We fill the time! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff...
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A League of Their Own (1992)
Description: Zach had never seen this and did he love it? Well, give this episode a listen to find out! A League of Their Own according to TV Guide, "A look at the first women's professional baseball league focuses on the rivalry between sisters on the same team and their washed-up, hard-drinking...
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Slapshot (1977)
We watch the hockey comedy classic Slapshot and we all react to edgy comedy from 1977. (It's a bit...) Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff Carlsen ► https://twitter.com/RussellCarlsen...
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His House (2020)
Winner Winner "His House" Dinner. Zach Powers won our spooky movie around so we are watching a recent horror movie that has gone underappreciated. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff...
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Diabolique (1955)
This French thriller really something-something HOLY MOLEY THERE IS A DEAD GUY IN THE TUB! We had an audio issue this week (Thanks Zoom), we'll be back on our quality audio next time.
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The Old Dark House (1932)
Is The Old Dark House (1932) scarier than This Old House? Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff Carlsen ► https://twitter.com/RussellCarlsen Powers ► https://twitter.com/Powerswerth Music…
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Curse of the Cat People (1944)
This movie is so far from correctly named that we aren't even sure this counts as a horror film. Welcome to the first of our Scary movie round! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff Carlsen…
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Clockwork Orange
Yarbles! Bolshy great yarblockos to thee and thine! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff Carlsen ► https://twitter.com/RussellCarlsen Powers ► https://twitter.com/Powerswerth Music by…
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Forgotten masterpiece: Sorcerer (1977)
No one remembers William Friedkin's best movie. 🚚 Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap are: Boruff ► https://twitter.com/kboruff Carlsen ► https://twitter.com/RussellCarlsen Powers ► https://twitter.com/Powerswerth Music by Harry...
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Reservoir Dogs
Stuck in the middle with us! Please tell us what you think! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap ********************************************* We have a NEW EPISODE every OTHER FRIDAY! ********************************************* TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Movie Trap...
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Dick Tracy (1990)
Warren Beatty confounded the world and us with a brightly lit ode to a very old comic book. This film is too strange to safe more than we watched it and there was a lot of creepy makeup. Please tell us what you think! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap...
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Howard The Duck
Lea Thompson and Tim Robbins are the best part of this movie. This movie asks what sex with a duck is like if the duck comes from a species of ducks with boobs, but this is just a boy duck so no boobs, but I remember this being a scaring memory from my childhood. Why did the lady want to kiss the...
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The Mummy (2017) on The Movie Trap
Failed franchises is our new theme. Boruff picks the most mild example, The Mummy (2017) starring Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella as various mummies. Spoiler warning, this movie surprises no one. Please tell us what you think! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap...
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It's A Wonderful Life (1946) on Movie Trap
Boruff picks out It's A Wonderful Life to find out what dark and evil things lurk in Bedford Falls. (Turns out to be Christmas) Co-hosts Zach Powers and Russell Carlsen run through the streets screaming to assist. We cap this round of glaring omissions in our film literacy with a vote on which…
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Say Anything (1989)
Power has taken us into the heart of "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel playing from a Boombox held aloft by John Cusack since it is an early meme. We are all surprised that Ione Skye is the real lead character. Please tell us what you think! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap...
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Good Will Hunting (1997)
We watch a math genius fail upwards in this Gus Van Zant directed movie. It'll be ok! Applesauce. Please tell us what you think! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap ********************************************* We have a NEW EPISODE every OTHER FRIDAY!...
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9 To 5 (1980)
Sarah Malouff joins us as we all sip from the cup of ambition known as 9 to 5. Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton work together to overthrow the patriarchy of Dabney Coleman. Please tell us what you think! Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap...
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Communion (1989)
"Here I am, I'm naked. I'm Naked! I'm talking to you like you were real. Go to Hell! Can we talk this over? Looks like we're gonna sing White Christmas!" - Christopher Walken as Whitley Strieber We're joined by Kris' wife Sarah to discuss Communion (1989) based off the book about a claimed alien...
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Bugsy Malone (1976)
For this round our significant others are picking what movies we watch! Shannon has picked Bugsy Malone! She joins us as we attempt to parse a crime musical directed by Alan parker (The Wall) starring a tiny Scott Baio (Zapped!) and Jodie Foster (Taxi Driver). Also, Dexter Fletcher (Rocket Man,...
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Cross of Iron (1977)
What will happen in the tie breaking vote for the best Sam Peckinpah film. What will win? Cross of Iron, The Wild Bunch, or Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia? We should have watched Convoy... Who do you think should have won? Please subscribe so we can get a custom URL or even turn on...
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The Color Out Of Space (2019)
Boruff just can't stick to a simple task. He was asked to pick out a film about being stuck in a place and he decided Richard Stanley's psychedelic vision of Lovecraft's short story was just the ticket. They are stuck at the farm, we suppose. Click to Subscribe to the video version on Youtube ►...
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Three friends duel in a best of three movie challenge where the winner picks the next theme!Kristian Boruff, Russell Carlsen, and Zach Powers host.
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