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!
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Fred, Josh's friend since Grade 9, and they chat about their high school Mayfair glory days!They also discuss: Prince / Batman, Alvin and the Chipmunks, New Jack City, The Killer, The Punisher starring Dolph Lundgren, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, Longlegs, Netflix, Men At Wor…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: comic cons, Dan Parent / Archie Comics, the Spider-man 1970s tv show, movie serials, Walton Goggins, Happy Days, The Truth About Charlie, Repo Man, Pogs, Borderlands, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday August 30 - Thursday September 5: Thelma, Longlegs, Charade, O Lucky Man!, Saturda…
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Friend-Of-Mayfair, Tom Fowler! Tom drops by to chat about his new book, Gamemasters: The Comic Book History Of Roleplaying Games!They also chat about: David Lynch, Whisky Galore, film restorations, Gremlins 2, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, Die Hard, Cannes Film Fest, Young Justice, Beatie Boys, Tomorrow N…
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This week, Eric and Josh chat about: long weekends, Lake Placid, the American Theatre in Canton, the song Barbara Stanwyck by Curl, Oddity, Bush vs Bush X, IF vs If...., Star Trek: Generations, Rotten Tomatoes, Trailer Park Boys, and more!Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday August 16 - Thursday August 22: Close To You, Caligu…
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This week, Eric, Josh, and special guest Emily discuss: public speaking, endless podcasts, our Humphrey Bogart statue, bike lock posts, thieves, Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival, Evening Shade, Poor Things, vintage movie posters, The Rocky Horror Show, X / Pearl / MaXXXine, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday August 9 - …
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Nick to discuss: morning movies, Oddity, Pizza Party board game, vegan dining, Ghostlight, pigeons, Faerie Tale Theatre, The Long Walk, Christopher Lee, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday August 2 - Thursday August 8: The Fabulous Four, Widow Clicquot, MaXXXine, and The Shining!…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: McDonald's movie promotions, Austin Powers, Henry Winkler, Adam West and Burt Ward, Black Scorpion, Mark Hamill, shared universes, Stephen King, The Three Caballeros, National Treasure, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday July 26 - Thursday August 1: Thelma, Ghostlight, The Rocky Horr…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: TMNT: The Last Ronin, Mario Kart, Furiosa, Men In Black, The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas, Shout Factory, Odd Burger, Longlegs, Ocean's 11, Maxxxine, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday July 19 - Thursday July 25: June Zero, Thelma, The Room, I Saw The TV Glow, The Treasure Of The Sie…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Stop Making Sense, Rock 'N' Roll High School, A Hard Days Night, the Billboard charts, Challengers, Basmati Blues, Odd Burger, The Flintstones, Batman Forever, Turkish movie posters, Licence To Kill, Austin Powers, The Last Movie, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday July 12 - Thursday…
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This week, Eric and Josh chat about: camping, horror tv vs horror movies, Jordan Peele, Ultraman, the James Bond multiverse, Odd Burger, Christopher Nolan sound design, Donald Sutherland, Prometheus, Red One, box office conspiracies, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday July 5 - Thursday July 11: Thelma, Tuesday, Stop …
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by special guest Nick to discuss: the Star Wars CommTech Reader, Pogs, cereal prizes, Edmonton Oilers, Donald Sutherland, Ramones, Caligula, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 28 - Thursday July 4: I Used To Be Funny, Rock N Roll High School, Big Shark, and Saturday Night Sine…
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This week Eric and Josh discuss: Enter The Drag Dragon, VHS Star Wars, action figures, Lee Majors, Forbidden Planet, Euphoria, Godzilla Minus One, Johnny Mnemonic, Wild Wild West, vintage posters, Night Shift, and more!They also discuss the movies screening the week of Friday June 21 - Thursday June 27: The Great Escaper, Challengers, The Rocky Hor…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: John Wayne, the Bridges family, Leslie Nielsen, Liam Neeson, box office numbers, Bruce Willis, The Fall Guy, appointment television, Late Night Horror, Monty Python, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 14 - Thursday June 20: Evil Does Not Exist, The Great Escaper, Mad Max: Beyond…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: wedding anniversaries, pedal pub bikes, the return of the Big Shark standee, what's behind our screen, Mayfair t-shirts, the final days of The Comic Book Shoppe, Furiosa, comic book movie spin-offs, Mike Flanagan's new Exorcist movie, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 6 - Thurs…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: bus schedules, Saturday Night Sinema, Casablanca, The Great Glebe Garage Sale, The Colonial Theatre's Blobfest, The Great Escaper, The Trip, Stop Making Sense, and more!They also mention movies screening the week of Friday May 31 - Thursday June 6: Civil War, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Late Night With The Devil…
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This week Eric and Josh discuss: Unfrosted, Madame Web, Poor Things, Dawn Of The Dead: 3D, Friday The 13th Part 3: 3D, Deadpool, the closing of The Comic Book Shoppe, Mayfair T-shirts, Werner Herzog, Siskel & Ebert, Kazam, Houseguest, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 24 - Thursday May 30: Aggro Dr1ft, Big Shark…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Eric's dad, Star Wars, Roger Corman, When A Stranger Calls swag, estate sales, our partially missing Big Shark standee, Look Who's Talking, Fallout, Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, and more!Plus they mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 17 - Thursday May 23: The Red Circle, The Wizard Of Oz …
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by a special guest, Eric's dad!They chat about: Buster Keaton, silent films vs talkies, Häxan, 15 cent movie tickets, Westerns, serials, Star Wars, The Wizard Of Oz, Them!, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 10 - Thursday May 16: Irena's Vow, Common Ground, Femme, The Room, Sas…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Free Comic Book Day, Big Shark, Escapade Music Fest, theft, Needful Things, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Crazies, Dawn Of The Dead, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 3 - Thursday May 9: Wicked Little Letters, Problemista, Club Zero, Le Samouraï, and Sherlock Jr. and One Week – w…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the eclipse, Salem, Blair Witch movies, The Running Man book vs movie, Blumhouse Productions, Fantasy Island, Five Nights At Freddy's, Tommy Wiseau, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday April 26 - Thursday May 2: Omen, Big Shark, Saturday Night Sinema, Knightriders, UOttawa Cinema Club…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Beastie Boys, Elf, strange bus passengers, the Monroeville Mall, Cutthroat Island, Batman And Robin, Man Of Steel, Dark Shadows, Earth Day, Rainbow War, and more!They also mention the movies screening from Friday April 19 - Thursday April 25: One Life, Remembering Gene Wilder, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Maniac,…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: April Fool's Day, Friday The 13th: The Series, Freddy's Nightmares, Fright Flicks trading cards, John Constantine, Shadows Of The Empire, variant comic covers, Poor Things, Risky Business, Arcadian, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday April 12 - Thursday April 18: The Taste Of Things,…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: April Fool's Day, Montreal food, front row seats, Saturday Night Sinema, Knightriders, Le Samourai, Artic Monkeys, and more!Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday April 5 - Thursday April 11: Poor Things, American Fiction, Carol Doda Topless At The Condor, The Room, The Crazies, The South, and R…
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Eric's brother Richard! They discuss: Calgary cinemas and film fests, digital vs physical media, Waydowntown, scurvy, Cinema's First Nasty Women, movies with live musical accompaniment, neighbourhood video stores, B.A. Johnston, and more!They also mention the movies screening from Friday March 29 - Thursday Ap…
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This week, Eric, Josh, and (special guest) Brad discuss: HMV, Vertigo Records, LaserDiscs, Attack Of The Clones, Wonder Woman, Hugo, King Kong, Super 8, Saturday Night At The Movies, The Petrified Forest, Super 8, broken laptops, and more!They also mention the movies screening from Friday March 22 - Thursday March 28: They Shot The Piano Player, Ci…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: daylight saving time, Rogue One, Young Guns, The X-Files, Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner music, Halloween movie novelizations, King Kong and Godzilla, Spider-man, Avatar, the Mothman, Return To Oz, and more!Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 15 - Thursday March 21: Spider-man: Acros…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: The Fog, Dune Part II, distributor snubs, listening to movie scores, movie trailers, Avatar, and more!Plus they mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 8 - Thursday March 14: 500 Days In The Wild, Perfect Days, The Room, Escape From New York, Saturday Night Sinema, The Boy And The Heron, One From The …
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Mayfair co-owner Ian, to discuss our world premiere screening of the movie that he wrote called The Path Of Totality!They also chat about: social media stress, Frogman, John Carpenter, Anaconda, Rialto Pictures, Canadian content, Moonstruck, The Believers, The Thomas Crown Affair, Baywatch Nights, Kolchak, Sol…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: movie extras, theme songs, St. Elmo's Fire, Disney's Dinosaur, Madame Web, Fantastic Four, silent film / live band, Rock 'n' Roll High School, receiving a Big Shark standee, and more!They also mention the movies screening from Friday February 23 - Thursday February 29: Ru, The Zone Of Interest, The Sweet East, The …
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: poor office lighting, high school friends, Gitanes Burger, ghosts, Fifth Avenue Cinemas, video stores, shoplifting, A Death In The Family, Secret Wars, The Thomas Crown Affair remake, the Oscars, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 16 - Thursday February 22: Ru, How To Have S…
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This week, Eric and Josh chat about: leap years, Y2K, Dark Shadows, retro Marvel Star Wars comics, Tubi, The Battered Bastards Of Baseball, Damnation Alley, Sharknado, Godzilla, Ultraman, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 9 - Thursday February 15: Freud's Last Session, The Braid, The Room, Zombie, Moonstruc…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Godzilla Minus One, Enter The Drag Dragon, getting recognized by podcast listeners, the Oscar nominations, Nimona, Flamin' Hot, Netflix, and more!They also mention movies screening the week of Friday February 2 - Thursday February 8: The Boy And The Heron, Koyaanisqatsi, and In The Heat Of The Night!They neglected …
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: getting a new tattoo, staff scheduling chaos, matte paintings, behind the scenes, Lord Of The Rings, Free Solo, Rowdy Roddy Piper, colour to black & white movies, Big Shark, Academy Awards, pizza, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 26 - Thursday February 1: Monster, The Iron …
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Thie week, Eric and Josh discuss: winter weather hitting, Weeping Angels, Daleks, Strike Force Five, Pistol Shrimps Radio, paranormal activity, dubbed vs subbed movies, The Cell, Daft Punk, Bill Plympton, Paycheck, the Batman 89 comic, and more!Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 19 - Thursday January 25: The Boy And …
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This week, Eric, Lee, and Josh are joined by long time Friend-of-Mayfair Greg Sestero!We discuss his directorial debut with Miracle Valley, his involvement in the development of Big Shark, his upcoming movie Forbidden Sky, and The Room. We also chat about Enter The Drag Dragon, Communion, a UFO night tour, Breakdown, It Follows, The Marfa Lights, d…
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This week, Eric and Josh ring in the new year of 2024 and discuss: the future, Jason X, Demolition Man, Blade Runner, ChatGPT, cinema rentals, New Year's Eve, Across The Spider-Verse, The Blair Witch Project, Home Alone, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 5 - Thursday January 11, 2024: Eileen, Dream Scenario,…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Todd McFarlane toys, shipping nightmares, variant comic book covers, A Company of Fools, Grindhouse, Sick of Myself, The Old Way, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 28 - Thursday January 4: Eileen, Dream Scenario, A Woman Under The Influence, Thanksgiving, Mamma Mia! Here We…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: The Bishop's Wife, a 1945 candy bar staff member, pre-smart phone photography, arriving late to a movie, cinema rentals, favourite movies, Netflix, Christmas Evil, Die Hard, Dick Tracy, Copycat, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 22 - Thursday December 28: Society Of The Sno…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: office parties, Free Comic Book Day, The Polar Express, private rentals, Lil' Avalanche, real time movies, The Golden Globes, American Genre Film Archive, The Cryptid Factor, social media, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 15 - Thursday December 21: Testament, The Rocky Hor…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: The Christmas Martian, getting a 1 star review, Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party, people recording the screen, the Palm Dog Award, satanic panic, Die Hard, the Disney Vault, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 8 - Thursday December 14: Fallen Leaves, Kill…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: buying booze, border crossings, weird swag, Secret Santa, Wu-Tang Clan, Vinegar Syndrome, sleepovers, the Mayfair's 91st birthday, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 1 - Thursday December 7: Priscilla, The Smell Of Money, The Christmas Martian, American Graffiti, Saturday Mo…
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Sam from the Absent Friends Shadow Cast for a Rocky Horror Picture Show / Halloween aftermath discussion.They also discuss: The Wizard Of Oz, vegan pizza, Elvis Presley, 1970s New York City, Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Hebrew Hammer, and more!And, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday November 24 - …
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: family reunions, Enter The Drag Dragon, Jumbo Video, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Loki, The Killer, It's A Wonderful Life, Stop Making Sense, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday November 17 - Thursday November 23: Anatomy Of A Fall, May December, Cade: The Tortured Crossing, House O…
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Andrew Brannen, co-host of the Pause It For Me podcast, and director of the (coming soon to the Mayfair) movie Coffee To Cocktails!They discuss his adventures in making the movie, and also chat about: Clerks, The Blair Witch Project, movie continuity, Star Trek IV, Back To The Future II, The Disaster Artist, a…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: working the candy bar, pre-show trailers and ads, Dumb Industries, Friday The 13th Part VI, Greg Sestero, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Giallo movies, backhanded compliments, Noir-vember, Stop Making Sense, Purple Rain, House of 1000 Corpses, leftover pizza, Raymond Scott, and more!They also mention the movies scr…
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This week, Eric and Josh are again joined by Eric's nieces, Abby and Norah! The podcast makes an encore attempt to corner the teen demographic as we discuss: retro Halloween costumes, VCR board games, The Watcher In The Woods, E.T., ParaNorman, big screen Netflix, The Sixth Sense, Fruity Pebbles, The Last Unicorn, Candyman, Barbie, and more!They al…
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Sam from the Mayfair's resident Rocky Horror Picture Show performers, The Absent Friends Shadowcast!They chat about: visiting L.A., Panago Pizza, Thanksgiving, Neil Breen, Mad Magazine, Glen Or Glenda, movie locations travel, colorized movies, Goblin, and more!They also mention the movies screening the week of…
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Sam from the Mayfair's resident Rocky Horror Picture Show performers, The Absent Friends Shadowcast! They chat about: The Phantom Of The Opera, Broadway movie adaptations, The Wizard Of Oz, video stores, Roger Corman, Hammer Horror, Sleepy Hollow, Thanksgiving, Sing Street, John Travolta, and more!They also me…
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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by a couple of members of the band Death Ships to discuss their upcoming Silent Film / Live Band presentation of Nosferatu! They also chat about: The Cat And The Canary, Haxan, Beastie Boys, intermissions, lawn darts, Neil Breen, and more!Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday October 6 - Thursday Oc…
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This week, Eric and Josh discuss: secret rental screenings, Ottawa International Animation Fest, Masaaki Yuasa, Odd Burger, Robert Downey Jr, Cillian Murphy, The Coral, Academy Awards, John Larroquette, and more!Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 29 - Thursday October 5: Scrapper, Oppenheimer, Carlos, Half Hour Of …
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