Forgotten Video Store: The Fake Movie Review Show
A movie review show, but the movies are fake and we’re making them up as we go. The finest podcast for fans of movies, comedy, storytelling, and of course video stores. Pairs best with sauvignon blanc. Want to be a guest on Forgotten Video Store? Send David Murto a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/17659252493182286f925b519
Episodes
Stop me if this sounds familiar: A big-city career woman returns to her small hometown during the holidays, and her mom tries to set her up with a local guy. But this local guy has a big red coat and a long white beard and is hundreds of years old! Biomedical scientist Dr. Bethany Carboneau returns to the video store to examine the Hallmark Christmas romance "Fill My Stocking" in the season finale of "Forgotten Video Store!"
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Could a scrawny, cabbage-soup-poor kid like Chandler Dimples ever make the Santa School soccer team? Will Candace Cane, the prettiest girl in school, ever notice him? Or will toxic mold claim his life and the lives and everyone he loves? Gorgeous young North Hollywooders Isabelle Carasso and Roger Carnow take a trip to the video store to rent the 1980s holiday favorite "Santa School!"
A private dick is tracking down a mystery dame, but every witness he interrogates claims they've already had this conversation. Is this detective just really forgetful? Emmy-winning writer Matt Price ("Regular Show") visits the Forgotten Video Store and rents the lost film noir masterpiece "Already Told You Everything." Happy Noir-vember to all!
Episode artwork incorporates photography from the New York Public Library and Nereid ...
A regular dude who runs a movie meme instagram account gets in WAY TOO DEEP with some of Hollywood's most dangerous power players! St. Paul comedian Tido Maldonado takes a trip to the Forgotten Video Store to rent the ripped-from-the-headlines thriller "@cinemafoo."
Would a gradeschool outcast who's obsessed with dinosaurs fit in with... a group of dinosaurs??? Independent filmmaker Luke Matthews (writer/director of the new film "Tricks Can Go Wrong") takes a trip to the video store to rent the forgotten 1990s children's dinosaur fantasy adventure "DinoDoor"!
Episode artwork incorporates photography by Denny Muller, Engin Akyurt, and Leo Visions.
You know all those flashy billboards with the personal injury lawyers? One brave documentarian is going to find out who's the best billboard lawyer in all of Los Angeles!
A 1980s New York punk finds himself in Hell, and LOVES IT! Returning champion Sam Rodriguez of the American Cinemateque takes another trip to the video store, and this time rents a diabolical creature feature featuring the Devil, monstrous bugs, and one of the best of the Hollywood Arquettes!
There's a new baby at the daycare, and this one's a little different! Jason Stein, host of the "Dads from the Crypt" podcast, takes a trip to the video store to rent the 1980s movie that addresses two things he's an expert in: parenthood and horror!
Slasher icon Jason Voorhees has been to Manhattan, Hell, Space, and even Freddy Krueger's Dream Realm. So where is there left for him to go, except THROUGH TIME? Biomedical scientist Dr. Bethany Carboneau swings by the video store to rent the long-lost 13th installment in the Friday the 13th saga!
What if your insurance was so good that your doctor decided to do ALL the procedures on you? Portland musician Rentz Leinbach joins David at the video store to rent the 1980s body horror "You've Met Your Deductible." Welcome to Four Weeks of Spooks!
Have you ever wanted to start all over again, as a baby with all the knowledge and skills of a full-grown adult? Entertainment news journalist Mike Celestino returns to the video store to rent the metaphysical mind-trip movie "To Be Young Again."
"Die Hard" meets "Predator" meets "The Hunt for Red October" meets "Ocean's Eleven" meets "8 1/2" meets "The Studio." Writer-producer-actor Devin Das joins David to rent and discuss the greatest action movie of all time!
What do our clothes get up to when we leave for the day? Cole Geryak (writer of Extinct Attractions) joins David to rent this bizarre animated adventure from the Weinstein Company.
James Blunt's hit song comes to vivid and sensual life! Writer-producer-actor-nicest person on earth Monica Sherer joins David to rent this English romantic drama/thriller/head-trip!
The 1990s internet was a spooky place! Actor and improv comedian C.B. Mullen joins David to rent the original screenlife movie, in which a teen boy accidentally downloads a secret message that sends him on a dangerous online quest.
A simpleminded southern man unwittingly influences American history, from the OJ case to COVID-19. Find out how "life is like an edible arrangement" as Milwaukee comedian Jihan Batuman joins David to rent this historical-revisionist piece of Americana.
Meet the wacky creatures that inhabit Jupiter's moon Io as animator and children's book author/illustrator Harley Scroggins ("Little Monster Needs a Nap," "The House on Merryhill") joins David to rent this 1960s science fiction adventure! Space submarines! Volcanoes! A scientist chimpanzee!
NSYNC's breakup, the wardrobe malfunction, the DUI: find out why none of it was Justin Timberlake's fault. Hollywood music supervisor Mike Turner joins David to rent the unreleased musician biopic about the man who brought sexy back.
It's the funnest day of the year in elementary school: Bookfair Day! But this is no normal bookfair. Portland filmmaker and comedian Luke Zwanziger joins David to rent this 80s kids' adventure!
Could Jodie Foster's super librarian ever love Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's hulking security guard? Find out with David and his new friend Noboru Ito as they rent the 2002 romantic comedy "Dewey Belong Together?"
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