Mashley at the Movies

Michael Myers is back, and he's looking for Laurie Strode. Halloween H20 features one of the several Michael vs. Laurie showdowns we've had over the years. As he has for the past several years, Grant joins us on Halloween to talk about one of the Halloween movies. This time, it's the seventh film in the franchise.

This concludes 13 Days of Halloween for 2025. Thank you for listening!

A man and his sister run a modest hotel with a deadly secret. Sean is back with us to discuss 1980's Motel Hell, in this year's penultimate 13 Days of Halloween episode!

Dark's Pandemonium Carnival arrives in a small town, and soon sinister things begin to happen. Aaron joins us to discuss the film adaptation of the Ray Bradbury classic. 

One year after tragedy befalls one of them, a group of girlfriends venture into some caverns in a national park, where the real nightmare begins. Ryan joins us to talk about the The Descent.

Larry joins us to discuss the second entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, as our 13 Days of Halloween series continues.

In upstate New York on Halloween 1962, a boy witnesses a 10-year-old murder. Lady in White is a film from Matt's youth, and we're looking forward to talking about it on today's 13 Days of Halloween episode! 

The iconic comedy duo of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello meet the Frankenstein monster in this 1948 horror comedy. Not only that, they also meet Dracula and the Wolfman, too! Our resident "old movie weirdo" Will McKinley joins us for this episode.

Sean is back to talk with us about an... interesting film from 1980. It's Fade to Black, and we have thoughts. 

Baron Frankenstein is up to his old tricks in this Hammer Horror film. Ashley & Matt discuss The Revenge of Frankenstein in this episode.

A family moves to seemingly normal California town but, unfortunately  for them, the place is overrun by vampires. Garret joins us to talk about the 1980s gem The Lost Boys, as our 13 Days of Halloween series continues. 

Before he won an Academy Award for Parasite, Bong Joon Ho wrote & directed The Host, a 2006 monster movie about a creature that emerges from the Han River in South Korea. Aaron joins us to talk about this film, as part of our annual 13 Days of Halloween series.

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They may have moved, but the Freeling family hasn't escaped the supernatural forces that are after Carol Anne. Grant joins us to discuss one of his favorite horror films, as our 13 Days of Halloween series continues. 

Our annual 13 Days of Halloween series returns! This year, we kick things off with George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead. Sean joins us to talk about this 1978 zombie classic. 

Virtual beings from the Grid are being brought into our world, and things aren't going well. Add to that an AI being who is becoming sentient, and another layer is added. Tron: Ares carries on from the world created in the 1982 film, and Matt & Ashley are here to review it.

Our trivia series returns! In celebration of all things October and Halloween, this edition of Mashley Movie Trivia is all about horror films! Sean (our resident horror movie expert) joins us, and he faces off against Matt. Who will win? Listen and find out!

It's October, so we've got a special spooky Criterion episode for you! Ryan joins us to discuss the 1932 German gothic film classic, Vampyr.

Real life husband & wife Justin Long and Kate Bosworth play a married couple who, along with their (in-movie) daughter are under siege from a pack of wild, dangerous animals in the Hollywood Hills. Matt & Ashley review the new movie Coyotes in this episode.

Ashley & Matt review the new Paul Thomas Anderson joint, One Battle After Another.

(Almost) the whole cast & crew are back for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, a fitting send-off for the characters we've come to know and love over the course of the TV series and previous two films.

Matt & Ashley review the new movie in this episode.

Two guys - one gay, one straight - meet in a support group for twins whose other twin has died, and a wonderful friendship develops. For a time...

Ashley & Matt review the new movie Twinless in this episode.

A group of pensioners living at a retirement home spend their free time solving cold cases. Things become a little more immediate when a new murder hits pretty close to home. Rachel joins us to review The Thursday Murder Club, now streaming on Netflix.

Aaron joins us to talk about the new Darren Aronofsky dark comedy/crime thriller Caught Stealing. 

Ashley & Matt review The Map That Leads to You, a new romantic film about two young people who meet and fall in love while traveling through Europe.

In this episode, Ashley & Matt discuss a slasher flick from 1989 - Rush Week. We also talk about how there's not much out at theaters currently that piques our interest, hence devoting an episode to a 36-year-old movie.

It's another edition of our 'catch-up' series, where we periodically spend an episode reviewing multiple new(er) films we've watched but haven't talked about yet on the podcast. In this episode Ashley, Matt, Aaron and Ryan discuss F1: The Movie, Friendship, and The Naked Gun (2025).

Garret joins us this episode to talk about Weapons, a new horror/thriller where a classroom of students disappear from their homes overnight, leaving the town of Maybrook reeling and looking for answers. 

Oh, Hi! is a new film that's supposed to be a rom-com? A thriller? A dark comedy? Something else? Ashley, Matt and Rachel aren't exactly sure what it's trying to be, but we definitely have opinions about it.

The New York Times recently published their list of the 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century. The list has drawn conversation amongst film fans, and the NYT encouraged folks to draw up their own Top 10. Enter Ashley, Matt and Ryan. We've made our own lists - our 10 favorite films of the 21st century (so far).

In this episode, Ashley, Matt, Aaron and Rebecca review the new MCU joint, Fantastic Four: First Steps. 

Pete Davidson stars as a Max, a troubled young man assigned to do community service at an old-age home. There he begins to suspect sinister goings-on. Matt & Ashley review the new movie, The Home. 

Our Double Feature segment is back! This is where we talk about two movies in one episode -- films that are connected in some way, shape or form.

For this episode, the connection is Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn! They starred in two movies together (in 1978 and 1980), and Ashley & Matt talk about them here.

James Gunn's long-awaited reboot of the Superman franchise (and the DC cinematic universe) is finally here! Ashley & Matt review new Superman in this episode.

We're 10,220 days into the zombie rage virus apocalypse, and the UK has been quarantined, with survivors left to fend for themselves. Aaron joins us to review the new movie 28 Years Later. You can click below to listen to the episode.

Just in time for July 4th weekend is Jurassic World: Rebirth. This time around, in a novel departure from the franchise formula, we see big name stars being chased by dinosaurs! So... yeah. Matt & Ashley review the latest Jurassic entry in this episode. 

Celine Song cements herself as one of our favorite filmmakers! The writer/director of Past Lives is back with Materialists. It's a love triangle rom-com as only she could do. You can listen to the episode to hear our thoughts.

As Pride Month draws to a close, we wanted to devote a Criterion episode to a Gregg Araki film, as he's associated with the New Queer Cinema movement. We chose 1997's Nowhere, a fun, bizarre, subversive disaffected youth movie that just screams 1990s.

Our celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month continues as Larry joins us to review the new(ish) movie, A Nice Indian Boy.

We kick off our series of episodes celebrating Pride Month with a review of the new movie, Young Hearts, a beautiful film set in the Belgian countryside.

Rachel joins us to review the new indie film, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. Camille Rutherford stars as Agathe. She works at a bookstore in France, and does some creative writing in her spare time. She ends up going to England for a two-week Jane Austen Residency program, all the while trying to figure out her life.

In case you hadn't heard, there's a new Karate Kid movie in theaters. Ashley, Matt and Scott review Karate Kid: Legends in this episode.