Episodes

  • A Long Road to Spider-Man: No Way Home

    A Long Road to Spider-Man: No Way Home
    Jul 26 2024
    Dipping back into the MCU one more time this week, for the film that feels closest to Deadpool & Wolverine, Spider-Man: No Way Home. This 2021 film was the first big dip into the multi-verse in the MCU and stands as the best version of it still, I think. We are all pretty big fans of this one and I was the highest on it when we recorded (probably still as well?). Anyways, it was fun to revisit our excitement around this time and wondering where all of this was going to take us, and us being somewhat right and way wrong! Peter 3 forever! Download. Listen. Enjoy. The Categories: (Time:Stamp) 8 Words or Less, The Elevator Pitch, Why So & So, General Thoughts, Star Ratings (0:00:00) Spoiler Specifics and Diving In Deep (0:15:50) You Gotta See This, Let’s Talk About That Ending..., Performance Piece (0:33:30) Repeat After Me, But, Why?, The Hot Take Theater, Expert Opinions, The Upgradeables, To Infinity & Beyond?, Bonus Rounds/Catch All, One Last Pitch... (0:57:00) @middleofrow #nothe
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • The Greatest Thing About... The Marvels

    The Greatest Thing About... The Marvels
    Jul 24 2024
    Hello everyone and welcome to The Greatest Thing About The Marvels... The most recent MCU entry, all the reworking of The Marvels might make even more sense to the MCU as it was probably re-jiggered along with the plans for Deadpool & Wolverine. We are all much bigger fans of The Marvels than its reputation that quickly set in at its release; that I think you can safely say was carried out by some bad faith actors. So consider this the beginning of the reclamation of The Marvels! Let’s go! Download. Listen. Enjoy! General Thoughts And Context For The Marvels... (0:00:00) Diving Deeper Into What’s Missing... (0:17:30) Star Ratings and MCU Rankings (0:22:00) Spoilers for The Marvels, Diving Into The Ending (0:26:15) The Refreshing Thing About The Marvels and Future Talk... (0:31:30) @middleofrow #nothe
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    48 mins
  • The Greatest Thing About... Logan

    The Greatest Thing About... Logan
    Jul 23 2024
    Hello everyone and welcome to The Greatest Thing About Logan... We are back again and we are getting hyped for Deadpool & Wolverine by digging into the unreleased archives (a lot of those) to bring out the episodes related to this film. Logan is the last proper appearance of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, in what was supposed to be his send off with the character, and the fact that he’s coming back gives me some hope for that movie! We have a wide range of opinions on this one, so tune in to see who likes it and who doesn’t (spoiler, I bet you’d be right if you guess). Download. Listen. Enjoy! General Thoughts... (0:00:00) Digging Into Our Disagreements... (0:17:30) Talking About X-Men (0:30:00) @middleofrow #nothe
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    49 mins
  • The Greatest Thing About... Mad Max: Fury Road

    The Greatest Thing About... Mad Max: Fury Road
    May 19 2024
    Hello everyone and welcome to The Greatest Thing About Mad Max: Fury Road.... As we get ready for Furiosa this week, we decided to go back to the film it’s a prequel to! Two of us think this is a 5 star classic, but that doesn’t mean we spend the whole time gushing and raving about the incredible filmmaking. We discuss some shortcomings, how it feels like it could have gone deeper and I compare George Miller to Wes Anderson. Come and listen to find out why. Download. Listen. Enjoy! Show Notes: (Time:Stamp) General Thoughts... (0:01:00) Favorite Bits... (0:13:30) Some Frustrations?... (0:32:00) @middleofrow #nothe
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    45 mins
  • The Greatest Thing About... We're All Going to the World's Fair

    The Greatest Thing About... We're All Going to the World's Fair
    May 12 2024
    Hello everyone and welcome to The Greatest Thing About We’re All Going to the World’s Fair.... We recorded this awhile ago, but with director Jane Schoenbrun’s latest I Saw the TV Glow just going wide this weekend, now seemed like the time to release it in this catch up phase! We have a really lively discussion on this film, a movie none of liked above it being OK, but we do talk about a lot of really good and interesting things going on in this movie and it made me want to re-watch it! It was nice to hear my prediction that Schoenbrun would level up nicely with her next film has panned out (I Saw the TV Glow is pretty damn good!). Download. Listen. Enjoy! Show Notes: (Time:Stamp) General Thoughts... (0:01:00) Star Ratings & Spoilers (0:16:00) @middleofrow #nothe
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    39 mins
  • The Greatest Thing About... Poor Things

    The Greatest Thing About... Poor Things
    May 6 2024
    Hello everyone and welcome to The Greatest Thing About Poor Things… The podcast might be coming back? IDK, we have tons of backlog, and hopefully this is the first of many more episodes to start rolling back onto this feed. We are back with Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, his latest film and one of the better films of 2023 from where I’m sitting. We discuss Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo greatness, the ethics of brain transplants and all things Willem Dafoe. Download. Listen. Enjoy! Show Notes: (Time:Stamp) General Thoughts… (0:01:00) Star Ratings/Spoilers (0:20:00) @middleofrow #nothe Support us on Patreon! Subscribe on iTunes, find us on Spotify, Amazon, Luminary, Stitcher, Google, Tune In, iHeartRadio, maybe elsewhere. Want some more Middle of the Row in your life? Follow the site @MiddleofRow, Zac @ZacOldenburg, Lauren @BewareOfTrees, & Ben @WeirdestWizard.
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    42 mins
  • Middle of the Dial: Ep 12 - Song Trader 2024

    Middle of the Dial: Ep 12 - Song Trader 2024
    May 5 2024
    Song Trader, Episode 2 featuring: Caleb, Lindsay, and Meg Follow Caleb on Twitter: @CKPNW Follow Lindsay on Twitter: @lindsayfickas Follow Meg on Twitter: @megannnkoontz Follow me on Twitter: @anotherRahulJ @middleofrow #nothe
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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • MOTR vs. The Mitchells vs. The Machines

    MOTR vs. The Mitchells vs. The Machines
    Aug 13 2023
    Hello. We are still a podcast. And this is yet another attempt to get these things out of the pipeline again. We have Middle of the Row & The Greatest Thing About... for days, and I hope this fall to get more to you all. This release is for The Mitchells vs. The Machines, which I’m timing with TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, as they share a director/writer in this film’s co-director/writer Jeff Rowe. Let’s call it a good excuse. The Middle of the Row: The Podcast will still have counting numbers, but won’t be in order, fyi. Anyways, cross those figures. Download. Listen. Enjoy. The Categories: (Time:Stamp) 8 Words or Less, The Elevator Pitch, Why So & So, General Thoughts, (1:00) Spoiler! You Gotta See This, Let’s Talk About That Ending..., Performance Piece (20:00) Repeat After Me, But, Why?, The Hot Take Theater, Expert Opinions, The Upgradeables, To Infinity & Beyond?, Bonus Rounds/Catch All, One Last Pitch..., Star Ratings (34:00) @middleofrow #nothe
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    56 mins