Magic at the Movies

Mike Schindler, Film Programmer at Classic Cinemas (US), movie enthusiast and all-around good guy discusses current movie releases at Classic Cinemas in this short and fun podcast.

Magic at the Movies is a arts podcast hosted by Classic Cinemas, with 126 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Classic Cinemas hosts Magic at the Movies, a arts show with 126 episodes published.

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  Episode #127

  127: Baseball Fever!

  Sep 30, 202616 minS1

  Contact the Show! As October moves onto this week’s calendar, Mike Schindler touts the early access screenings of Verity and talks up Tom Cruise’s performance in Digger ... but what Mike REALLY wants to talk about is his beloved White Sox pennant sprint and how it gets him thinking about the BEST baseball movies ever made. Which films make his list? Will you agree, or will you think his off-the-pole homer was really a foul ball? Only you can decide. Join us with Mr. October himself... Mike Schindler.

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  Episode #126

  126: A MARVEL-OUS TOP TEN

  Sep 23, 202627 minS1

  Contact the Show! Mike takes a trip into the MARVELous universe of MARVEL for a deep dive into AVENGERS: ENDGAME ENCORE . He explores Infinity Vision and what it takes to meet the standards for those theatres, including the fact that all of our XQ and GDX auditoriums have met, and in most cases exceeded, the requirements. Mike has also taken another look at the film, which might be his sixth screening by now, and digs into all the ingredients that make ENDGAME such a great movie. But he also looks at what ENDGAME does beyond its own story, serving as the perfect off-ramp from one era of the MCU and the runway toward the end-of-year's most anticipated sequel, DOOMSDAY. And to round out the full Marvel picture, Mike has organized the Marvel movies into a Top 10 , complete with his rationale for each selection. See if you agree!

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  Episode #125

  125: Just Playing Games

  Sep 16, 202623 minS1

  Contact the Show! Mike is back, and this week he phones a friend: his old projectionist pal Max. The two get together to talk about the upcoming Resident Evil , the latest big-screen trip into the world of video games. With Zach Cregger, the filmmaker behind Barbarian and Weapons , at the helm, Mike and Max are feeling some serious tremors in the horror-verse. Could this be the Resident Evil movie that finally shatters expectations and reinvents the franchise? And if it does, could it open the door for a whole new generation of stalled-out, stale video-game IP to get the big-screen treatment it deserves? Join Mike and Max as they figure out what's playing this week, what you should see, and what you might want to avoid.

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  Episode #124

  124: No Plan, Just Movies

  Sep 9, 202621 minS1

  Contact the Show! Mike was at a loss for a podcast topic this week, so he did what any cinephile would do: texted his movie-loving friend group and asked them what he should talk about. What followed was less of a plan and more of a cinematic road trip with several unexpected detours. Mike covers the movies opening this week, including HOPE, PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 and THE OASIS documentary, before somehow finding the back roads to the first time he saw STAR TREK, the time he took a friend visiting from Texas to five movie theatres instead of Chicago landmarks, and a breathless round of promotion for podcasts that aren't even Magic at the Movies. There was his plan. Sort of. Mike had fun. You will too.

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  123: Late Summer: Long Live the Classics

  Sep 2, 202621 min

  Contact the Show! Mike sits down to talk about his love affair with late-summer cinema, that wonderful stretch when the biggest blockbusters take a breather before the holiday season arrives, giving moviegoers a chance to discover, rediscover and fall in love with movies that have already had their moment in the spotlight. For theatres, it’s an opportunity to bring repertory titles back to the big screen, and Classic Cinemas is happy to take advantage of it. Naturally, Mike spends some time talking about the bigger picture... before getting wonderfully sidetracked by a weekend-long 60th anniversary celebration of his beloved Star Trek series, La La Land , the 40th anniversary of the 1986 animated Transformers movie, Avengers: Endgame , and plenty more. Because sometimes the best time to fall in love with an old movie is when everyone else is waiting for the next new one.

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