Movieland Podcast
by Eric Smith
Join Eric Smith as he takes an in-depth, and sometimes humorous, look into some of the most popular film series of all times as well as looks into other forms of entertainment such as TV, music, books and video games. Feel free to reach out to him at [email protected]!
Episodes
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S4E7 - Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Join Eric in Movieland as it's back to Crystal Lake to witness Jason resurrected from his watery grave and take on forgettable, one-dimensional teens and a girl with telekinetic powers! Listen as Eric raves about Jason's awesome new look while also complaining about the film's many shortcomings...
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S4E6 - Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Join Eric in Movieland as he goes back to Crystal Lake for a sixth time. Listen and he discusses the many movie references this sequel makes, talks about the enjoyment of Thom Matthews take on Tommy Jarvis as well as the likable cast. He also discusses the different looks of Jason and constantly...
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S4E5 - Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (Re-Upload)
Join Eric in Movieland as we go back to Crystal Lake for what is arguably the most divisive movie in the franchise! Listen as he discusses the highs and many, many lows of the film, finds an interesting connection between a couple of minor characters to characters in Smokey and the Bandit, loses…
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S4E4 - Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (Re-Upload)
Join Eric in Movieland as he takes another trip to Crystal Lake where Jason finally gets his comeuppance...for a little bit anyway. Listen as Eric criticizes the film's many faults, talks about the complexities of Corey Feldman, tries to make sense of the convoluted story, comments on the gooey...
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S4E3 - Friday the 13th Part 3 (Re-Upload)
Join Eric in Movieland as he travels back to Camp Crystal Lake where more sexed up teenagers are bumped off one by one and Jason gets a new look...all in glorious 1980s 3D! Listen as Eric discusses the highs and lows of the film, pokes fun at the 3D effects, gets grossed out by a couple of minor...
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S4E5 - Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Join Eric in Movieland as he discusses the polarized fifth entry in the franchise! As in previous episodes, Eric not only takes a look at the cast and crew of the film but also provides some key reviews and box office receipts of the film itself. Also listen as he discusses the few highs and many...
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S4E4 - Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Join Eric in Movieland as he takes a look at the fourth entry in the film where Jason supposedly dies...again. Listen as he discusses the highs and lows of the film, blames the writing for being the downfall of this film, marvels at Crispin Glover's wacky dancing, questions the decisions of many…
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S4E3 - Friday the 13th Part 3
Join Eric in Movieland as he takes a look at the franchise's only 3D entry. Listen as he discusses the highs and lows of the film, including the questionable 3D moments (and missed opportunities), questions Jason's inconsistent strength and marvels at the random characters in the film. Questions…
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S4E2 - Friday the 13th Part 2
Join Eric in Movieland as he travels back to Crystal Lake and discusses the appearance of a lumbering hillbilly wearing a potato sack on his head (as if we don't know who that is). Listen as he discusses the highs and many, many lows, including the film's incessant need for padding, the pointless...
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S4E1 - Friday the 13th (1980)
Join Eric in Movieland as this season, he skewers and admires the Friday the 13th franchise! On this episode, Eric travels to Crystal Lake and discusses the highs and lows of this landmark film that spawned an undying franchise and loyal fan base. Listen as he challenges his sanity over the...
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Movieland Podcast Season 4 Trailer
Join Eric in Movieland as he tackles the entire Friday the 13th franchise.
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Who Will Win? The Oscar Picks
On this bonus episode in Movieland, Eric dives deep into the nominations of the 98th Annual Academy Awards, and provides his picks on who he thinks will win. He makes some surprise picks while also discussing some of the impactful performances throughout each category. Questions or comments? Send...
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Worst Movies of 2026
On this bonus episode in Movieland, Eric reflects back on the year by providing his picks for the absolute worst films of 2025. Included on the list are some major disappointments, unfunny comedies, un-thrilling horror films and unnecessary sequels and remakes. Questions or comments? Feel free to...
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S3E14 - Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
On the season finale here in Movieland, Eric takes a look at the (for now) final entry of the Police Academy series, a film that was barely seen by anyone that's not a diehard Police Academy fan. He discusses the very few highs and many, many lows about the film as he fights to retain his sanity...
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S3E13 - Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
This week in Movieland, Eric discusses the sixth entry in the long-running comedy franchise. Considering it his personal favorite of the franchise, he does still discuss the highs and lows, and reminisces about some of his favorite childhood moments. He also comments on it featuring two comedic...
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S3E12 - Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
On this episode in Movieland, Eric dives into the fourth Police Academy sequel where they get some sun and take on diamond thieves! Listen as Eric points out the misleading subtitle, notices a serious lack of laughs, which keeps making him think of other, more classic films. He also wonders what...
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S3E11 - Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Join Eric in Movieland as he discusses the third sequel in the seemingly neverending comedy franchise. Eric discusses the few highs and many lows of this humdrum sequel. Also listen as Erpresses his disappointment in the lack of originality and laughs while also showing his discontent with the...
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S3E10 - Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Join Eric in Movieland as he discusses the third entry in the Police Academy series! Listen as he discovers this entry suffers from a serious case of sequel-itis and gets upset over some incredibly dumb scenes. He discusses the highs and lows of the film (mostly lows) and credits the actors…
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Movieland Interviews: Brad Jones aka The Cinema Snob
Join Eric in Movieland for this exclusive bonus episode. Brad Jones, more popularly known as The Cinema Snob, takes some time off of his business schedule to visit Movieland. Listen as Eric gets excited that Brad has actually heard of his hometown, Dwight, Illinois! Among the topics of discussion...
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S3E9 - Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Join Eric in Movieland as he continues his Guilty Pleasure Movie trip with the first of many Police Academy sequels! Listen as he discusses the few highs and many lows of the film, wonders why Fackler was hired, remarks about some of the dumber moments of the film and remarks on the lesser...
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S3E8 - Police Academy
Join Eric in Movieland as he discusses a wacky comedy that became so popular, it spawned six sequels, a TV show and an animated series! Listen as Eric discusses the highs and lows of the film, comments on the hidden genius of the comedy and the way it presents its characters, while also remarking...
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S3E7 - Sudden Death
Join Eric in Movieland as he discusses the 1995 action film that's been dubbed "Die Hard in a stadium." Listen as he discusses the highs and lows of the film, remarks on the entertaining fight sequence between Jean-Claude Van Damme and someone in a penguin costume but also questions the plot…
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S3E6 - Ski Patrol
Join Eric in Movieland as he discusses his latest guilty pleasure, an underrated early '90s comedy in the vein (and from the minds of) Police Academy! Listen as he discusses the highs and lows of the film, talks about the funnier moments that he enjoyed as a kid, points out the lack of context…
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S3E5 - Speed Zone (Cannonball Run III)
Join Eric in Movieland where he continues his guilty pleasure season by discussing the awful, and forgotten, third entry in the Cannonball Run franchise, released in the U.S. as Speed Zone. Listen as he discusses the film's many lows and gets infuriated the countless unfunny jokes, the wasted…
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S3E4 - Cannonball Run II
Join Eric in Movieland as he discusses this turkey sequel from 1984. The original A-list cast returns to deliver bad jokes and race...or lack thereof. Listen as he discusses the mostly lows of the film, remarks at the unfunny running gags, the reuse of jokes from the first film and how...
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S3E3 - The Cannonball Run
Join Eric in Movieland as he continues his season on Guilty Pleasure movies. In this episode, he discusses the 1981 road comedy, which features more A-list stars than it does laughs. Listen as he talks about the highs and lows of the film, drools over some cars, marvels at some of the poorly...
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S3E2 - Girl Happy
Join Eric in Movieland as he discusses Guilty Pleasure movies! This week, he tackles the low-budget Elvis musical where Elvis does (almost) all the singing! Listen as he discusses the highs and the lows of the film, remarks about the hilariously fake instrument playing as well as the blatant…
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S3E1 - Plan 9 From Outer Space
Join Eric for this exciting Season 3 with a rebranded name! This season, he tackles guilty pleasure movies, movies that are bad (or not as good) but we still enjoy them. For the first episode, he tackles the ultimate guilty pleasure, "so-bad-it's-good" movie. Ed Wood's magnum opus of…
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Season 3 Promo
Season 3 Promo. This season Eric Smith takes a look at guilty pleasure movies, movies that aren't particurlarly great (or even good) but we still have a soft spot for them and enjoy them for one reason or another.
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Movieland Podcast Trailer
Come join Eric Smith on a journey through Movieland as he goes in depth on film: the great, the good and the...not-so-good.
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SmithFlix QuickFlix - Santa Claus in the Movies
Join Eric for this special Christmas bonus episode where he quickly discusses some of the iconic--and some obscure--Santa Claus' portrayed in movie history! Listen as he picks though them and offers few criticisms, even including some character that only dressed up as Santa. Feel free to comment…
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S2B6 - Worst to First: Halloween "Final" Girls
Join Eric for another bonus episode as he counts down his list of the least effective to the best of the Final Girls from the Halloween franchise. Listen as he lays down why each one deserves its ranking and continues to have issues with the character arc of the Laurie Strode character from the...
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S2B5 - The Case Files of Michael Myers Part 3: The Green/McBride Timeline
Join Eric on Part 3 of this Season 2 bonus episode where he humorously breaks down Michael's kills across Halloween 2018 and its sequels, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends. Feel free to comment at [email protected].
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S2B4 - The Case Files of Michael Myers Part 2: The Rob Zombie Timeline
Join Eric for Part 2 of The Case Files of Michael Myers where he takes a humorous look at the kills Michael performs in the 2007 Halloween remake and its 2009 sequel. Feel free to comment at [email protected] or wherever you listen.
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S2B3 - The Case Files of Michael Myers Part 1: The Original Timeline
Join Eric on this special Season 2 bonus episode where he breaks down Michael Myers' kills. He kicks this off with Part 1, that covers the original timeline films of Halloween, Halloween II, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Halloween: The Curse…
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S2B2 - Worst to First of the Michael Myers Masks
Join Eric for this special bonus episode as he ranks the many, many, many masks Michael Myers wears throughout the entire franchise. He even includes all of the masks worn in Halloween H20! Feel free to send your comments to [email protected].
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S2B1 - Worst to First of the Halloween Movies
Join Eric as he ranks all the Halloween movies from the worst to the best! Feel free to send comments to [email protected].
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S2E13 - Halloween Ends
Join Eric on Halloween for the Season 2 finale as he delves into the dullest Halloween film, Halloween Ends. Listen as he picks apart the film and its plot holes, takes issue with their being a serious lack of Michael Myers IN A MICHAEL MYERS FILM, begins to go nuts over the fact that nothing...
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S2E12 - Halloween Kills
Join Eric as he takes a look at the legacy sequel's sequel, Halloween Kills which, despite the title doesn't actually involve the holiday killing anyone. Listen as he begins to lose it over the film's multiple plot holes, questions the thought process of certain characters and is puzzled by the...
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S2E11 - Halloween (2018)
Join Eric as he takes a look at the legacy sequel bearing the same name as its predecessor and one which that felt it was a good idea to ignore all other sequels, including Halloween II! Listen as he tries to make sense of that decision to ignore the previous sequels and points out the numerous...
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S2E10 - Halloween II (2009)
Join Eric as he takes a look at the second--and--final film in the Rob Zombie Halloween universe. Listen as he get infuriated by the film's convoluted plot and shoddy editing. He also wonders why they have Michael Myers aimlessly wandering around in the middle of nowhere for the majority of the...
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S2E9 - Halloween (2007)
Join Eric as he takes a look at Rob Zombie's remake of one of the greatest horror films of all time. Listen as he points out the film's numerous plot holes, believes Michael Myers can teleport in this universe as well, takes serious issues with the film's bloated runtime, remarks at the terrible...
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S2E8 - Halloween: Resurrection
Join Eric as he delves into the awful Halloween sequel that attempted to bring Michael Myers into the dot com era. Listen as he blasts apart the numerous plot holes in the film, rips into the one-dimensional characters, takes issue with the terrible plot and gives us his opinion on the latest…
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S2E7 - Halloween H20
Join Eric as he discusses the latest seventh Halloween installment, one that marks the triumphant return of Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode (who changed her name to Keri Tate) and one that decided to retcon the franchise. Listen as Eric wonders what Michael Myers has been up to for 20 years as...
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S2E6 - Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Join Eric as he takes a look at the studio-massacred sixth entry in the franchise. Listen as Eric rips apart the numerous plot holes, takes offense to the "paying homage" to John Carpenter by naming a terrible character after him, gives his thoughts on the latest mask, questions how Michael Myers...
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S2E5 - Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Join Eric as he delves into one of the weakest entries where Michael allegedly gets revenge (on who or what is never explained). Listen as he questions Dr. Loomis' bedside behavior, points of the lack of attempt to "humanize" Michael Myers as was envisioned by the director, tries--and fails--to...
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S2E4 - Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Join Eric as he discusses the return of Michael Myers after the Myers-less Halloween III. Listen as he questions how Michael Myers and Dr. Loomis survived the explosion from Halloween II, ponder whether or not Michael was actually in a coma for 10 years, questions a kid's choice of Halloween...
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S2E3 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Join Eric as he takes a look at the Michael Myers-less in-name-only sequel that was supposed to kick off an anthology franchise. (You can guess how well that went.) Listen as Eric rips into the plot and overly complicated plan by the villain, criticizes the overuse of title cards and gets...
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S2E2 - Halloween II (1981)
Join Eric as he discusses the inferior sequel, Halloween II. Listen has he rips into the plot, which has more holes than swiss cheese. He also questions the methods of the doctors employed in Haddonfield and tears apart some of the film's dumbest moments.
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S2E1 - Halloween (1978)
Join Eric as he kicks off Season 2 discussing one of the most classic horror/thrillers of all time. Listen as Eric marvels at the spectacular nuances of the film as well as some of its extraordinary achievements while also getting upset over some of the film's slightly more ridiculous moments.…
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About this show
Join Eric Smith as he takes an in-depth, and sometimes humorous, look into some of the most popular film series of all times as well as looks into other forms of entertainment such as TV, music, books and video games. Feel free to reach out to him at [email protected]!
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