Thanks Filmspotting!
Way back in July 2005, I posted about my rising interest in podcasts and listed some of my favorites. One of those was a movie review podcast called Cinecast, which, for someone like me who's always loved movies, seemed to match most of my sensibilities and even give me some insight into movies that I had either never heard of or just hadn't been able to see. I'd been listening for the past couple of years from a distance, not really engaging the hosts Adam and Matty (and previously Sam) or the community around the show, now called Filmspotting.
Recently, however, I decided to at least take part in some way and submit my answers for their Massacre Theater contest, where the hosts act out a scene and listeners are asked to guess which movie the dialogue is from. Personally, I love movie trivia, and for a while there, I would just listen and say "oh, I know that one!" and that'd be the end of it, but last week, that all changed.
I sent in my answer for last week's show and without really thinking I'd have a chance of winning, just kind of dismissed it altogether. Over the weekend, I had downloaded the show, but it sat on my iPod until I got in the car last night, when I pulled it up to listen to during the drive home.
And whaddya know...I heard my name. I won! A free DVD of my choice, courtesy of Filmspotting! i had to rewind just to be sure I wasn't hearing things, and sure enough, they said it again. Rewind. Again!
So, thanks to the guys at Filmspotting for putting out such a great show every week and providing an alternative to the more mainstream movie critics and reviews, for keeping things light and fun, and of course, for introducing listeners to films that might have gone overlooked or been long forgotten.
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