This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Mayfair co-owner Ian Driscoll!
They discuss: The Ottawan Best of Ottawa award win for the cinema and silver medal for the podcast, Margaret Atwood, Santa visiting the cinema, horrible AI slop, Jurassic Park, The Scorpion King, The Last Showgirl, our big screen DVD holiday fireplace, The Running Man, The Cultural Gutter book (which features writing from Ian), and more!
They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 5 - Thursday December 11: The Baltimorons, Tangerine, The Thin Man, Bugonia, Seven Minutes In The Closet (a short from the Mayfair's own Tatum Thompson, screening before Tangerine on December 5), The Polar Express, and the Sunday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party!
They neglect to mention The Mastermind returning for an encore week, that last minute booking happened after the recording.
You can always check mayfairtheatre.ca for up to date showtimes and Coming Soon listings.
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560: Technical Difficulties.
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Usman from the Reeled In podcast!
They discuss: Camp Rock, Toy Story, radio vs podcasts, Bruce Campbell, Clerks, Tangerine, Touch Of Evil, Disney's Zombies franchise, Anatomy Of A Fall, Marty Supreme, Free Solo, and more!
They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday November 28 - Thursday December 4: Meadowlarks, The Mastermind, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Good Boy, Saturday Night Sinema, The Smashing Machine, and Mountains On Stage: Winter On Stage 2025!
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559: My Alien Friend.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: knitting at the Mayfair, Mayfair ghosts, T-800 at the Mayfair, unwanted library donations, Encyclopedias, abandonned VHS movies, the Ben Solo movie, shelved movies, found footage movies, The Long Walk, Mayfair holiday season programming, and more!
They also mention movies screening the week of Friday November 21 - Thursday November 27: Jay Kelly, It Was Just An Accident, One Battle After Another, The Room, Cassandra, Shelby Oaks, Pariah Dog, A Dog's Purpose, and Best In Show!
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558: It's All Made Up.
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Sam from the Mayfair's Absent Friends Shadow Cast, to celebrate surviving another year of Halloween Month Rocky Horror Picture Show screenings!
They also discuss: Vincent Price on The Muppet Show and Scooby Doo, people listening to the podcast, people getting caught trying to sneak in beer, trick or treaters, Satanic panic, Crispin Glover, being left handed, the Disney Vault, Freddy Got Fingered, and more!
Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday November 14 - Thursday November 20: Left-Handed Girl, No! YOU’RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance, It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine., What Is It?, Audiophile, It Was Just An Accident, The Long Walk, and The Nest!
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557: They Can't Hear You, They're Books.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: daylight saving time, audio books, Them!, The Phantom Menace, the Somerset Theatre, Netflix, Crispin Glover, and more!
They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday November 7 - Thursday November 13: Train Dreams, One Battle After Another, Lesbian Space Princess, Saturday Night Sinema, The Blue Trail, and The Cruel Sea.
They neglect to mention Weapons, which got booked after the podcast recorded. You can always check mayfairtheatre.ca for up to date info on current and coming soon movies!
The Mayfair Theatre Podcast is a weekly show that takes you behind the scenes of one of Canada's oldest, and Ottawa's oldest movie theatre - open since 1932!