
Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit (SVU)
Filmspotting: SVU was a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Alison Willmore and Matt Singer focusing on the world of online movies. Part of the Filmspotting family of podcasts.
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Jun 9, 2015 • 1h 17min
SVU #87: Big Trouble in Little China / '80s Movies That Are Being Remade
With Alison missing somewhere in the back alleys of San Francisco, Matt co-hosts this week's SVU with special guest Matt Patches from Esquire.com and the FIGHTING IN THE WAR ROOM podcast. They discuss BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA and – inspired by the news this week that Dwayne Johnson is going to remake the John Carpenter classic – talk about Hollywood's current obsession with '80s reboots and recommend a few of the movies targeted for remakes you can rent or stream at home right now.
Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable and SundanceNow Doc Club.
Opening Break
The Nightmare Results Timbuktu
Queue Shots: ’80s Movies That Are Being Remade
Kickboxer Flight of the Navigator National Lampoon's Vacation The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad
Listeners Choice Review
Big Trouble in Little China
Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases
Matt: The Aviator / Seven Psychopaths / Sense8
2 Listener Recommendations
Matt: Tinga Tinga Tales and Rastamouse / The Brain Hack and C (299,792 km/s)
1 Random Film From Our Queues
Matt: Another Woman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 29, 2015 • 1h 47min
SVU #86: Tomorrowland / Top 5 Streaming Sci-Fi Movies
Director Brad Bird has given us an Iron Giant, a Mr. and Mrs. Incredible, and a Rat Chef… what awaits in TOMORROWLAND? Matt and Alison do a little SVU/Filmspotting "Original Recipe" crossover to review Bird's latest and share their Top 5 Streaming Sci-Fi Movies.
This episode is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable.
:00-0:39 - Sponsor:39-27:09 - Review: "Tomorrowland"Hot Chip, "Love is the Future"28:27-33:22 - Movies On Demand33:22-48:59 - Cannes Recap48:59-56:48 - PollsHot Chip, "Huarache Lights"57:59-1:40:40 - Top 5: Streaming Sci-Fi1:40:40-1:44:49 - Close / Outtake
LINKS
- Alison at Cannes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 12, 2015 • 1h 21min
SVU #85: All Good Things / The Jinx / True Crime Movies
Don't blink or you'll miss all the fun; on the latest episode, Alison and Matt get down and Durst-y by reviewing ALL GOOD THINGS, director Andrew Jarecki’s fiction film about the life of real-estate heir Robert Durst, and THE JINX, Jarecki’s documentary mini-series of the same story. Plus, they also recommend more true crime movies you can rent or stream at home right now.
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Opening Break
Maggie 5 Flights Up Welcome to Me
Queue Shots: True Crime Movies
Serpico Auto Focus Catch Me If You Can The Snowtown Murders
Listeners Choice Review
All Good Things
Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases
Matt: Exit Through the Gift Shop / Wes Craven's New Nightmare / 8 1/2
Alison: The Homesman / Winter Sleep / Closed Curtain
2 Listener Recommendations
Matt: Oculus / Resident Advisors
Alison: The Lizzie McGuire Movie / Charlie Victor Romeo
1 Random Film From Our Queues
Matt: The Punk Singer
Alison: Beyond Clueless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 28, 2015 • 1h 23min
SVU #84: Starry Eyes / Avengers: Age of Ultron / Movies About Hollywood
Filmspotting: SVU *is* big! It's the streaming movies that got small! And on this episode of SVU, we take a journey to the dark side of show business for a podcast recommending movies about Hollywood. That's inspired by Matt and Alison's Listeners' Choice review of the Hollywood horror movie STARRY EYES. All right Mr. DeMille, we're ready for our close-up.
Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable.
Opening Break
Mommy Adult Beginners Lost River
Queue Shots: Movies About Hollywood
Ellie Parker The Running Man The Player Maps to the Stars
Listeners Choice Review
Starry Eyes
Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases
Matt: They Came Together / FUBAR: Balls to the Wall / Nurse
Alison: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night / The Babadook / The Substitute
2 Listener Recommendations
Matt: Mondo Hollywood / Short Film Masterpieces
Alison: 10 Years / The Spirit of the Beehive
1 Random Film From Our Queues
Matt: Explorers
Alison: The Honourable Woman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 14, 2015 • 1h 36min
SVU #83: Marvel's Daredevil / Movies About Blindness
They are the podcasters without fear: Matt and Alison. And this week on SVU, they dive into Marvel's new DAREDEVIL series for Netflix. Plus, they'll recommend other films featuring blind protagonists that you should have on your radar, all of which are available now to rent or stream at home.
Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable.
Opening Break
Big EyesAlex of VeniceFar From Men
Queue Shots: Movies About Blindness
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire FestivalsProofBlind FuryThe Eye
Listeners Choice Review
Marvel’s Daredevil
Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases
Matt: Actress / Stop Making Sense / Hercules in New York
Alison: Tracks / Starry Eyes / Tusk
2 Listener Recommendations
Matt: The Parallax View / The Noah
Alison: DiG! / Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
1 Random Film From Our Queues
Matt: 30 For 30: Broke
Alison: The Heart Machine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 2, 2015 • 1h 23min
SVU #82: Conspiracy Thrillers / Three Days of the Condor
Did you hear that clicking in your earbuds? Yep, your iPhone has been bugged by forces far greater and more dangerous than you could possibly imagine. Conspiracies are real – at least on the new episode of SVU, where Alison and Matt review THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, and recommend other classic paranoid thrillers you can watch at home right now.
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Opening Break
The Riot ClubBluebirdLast Knights
Queue Shots: Conspiracy Thrillers
SecondsCapricorn OneWorld on a WireThe Conversation
Listeners Choice Review
3 Days of the Condor
Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases
Matt: Life Itself / Memories of Murder / Mad Men: Season 7, Part 1
Alison: World of Tomorrow / Clean / The Zero Theorem
2 Listener Recommendations
Matt: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night / Los Angeles Plays Itself
Alison: It's Such a Beautiful Day / The Bletchley Circle
1 Random Film From Our Queues
Matt: Labyrinth
Alison: Wetlands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 18, 2015 • 1h 20min
SVU #81: House of Cards (Season 3) / Recent TV Recs
My fellow Americans, it's time to go back to the White House, where President Frank Underwood and First Lady Claire Underwood fend off rivals both foreign and domestic in the third season of HOUSE OF CARDS. Matt and Alison review Netflix’s hit show, and then recommend some more current and recent television shows you can watch online right now.
Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable.
Opening Break
Spring Tracers The Cobbler
Queue Shots: Recent Television
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries The Jinx Dead Like Me The Last Man on Earth
Listeners Choice Review
House of Cards: Season 3
Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases
Matt: Listen Up Philip / Roger & Me / Eurocrime!
Alison: Force Majeure / The Puffy Chair / Mary, Mother of Jesus
2 Listener Recommendations
Matt: Of Miracles and Men / Undead
Alison: Women Aren’t Funny / The Mule
1 Random Film From Our Queues
Matt: The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Alison: Boy Meets Girl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 3, 2015 • 1h 24min
SVU #80: Predestination / Ethan Hawke Movies
Prepare for a journey to the past, all the way back to last weekend, when Matt and Alison convened to record their review of the time-travel thriller PREDESTINATION. Plus, your hosts travel back into the history of Ethan Hawke's work onscreen, recommending some of his other genre movies available to rent or stream at home right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 17, 2015 • 1h 32min
SVU #79: 50 Shades of Grey / Joe (2013) / Southern Movies
Get ready for the most hospitable episode of Filmspotting: SVU yet, as Matt and Alison share their streaming recommendations for movies set in the South. Plus, a discussion David Gordon Green's JOE, starring Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan, and a bonus review of the much-discussed new film 50 SHADES OF GREY.
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Opening Break
Accidental Love Wild Card The Rewrite
Queue Shots: Southern Movies
The Order of Myths Vernon, Florida The Long, Hot Summer Body Heat
Listeners Choice Review
Joe
Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases
Matt: Jacques Demy on Criterion / Batman Returns / Bosch: Season 1
Alison: Mood Indigo / Cairo 678 / Stray Dogs
2 Listener Recommendations
Matt: The Grifters / The Bad News Bears
Alison: Wild Style / Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
1 Random Film From Our Queues
Matt: Sherlock
Alison: The Greatest Show on Earth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 3, 2015 • 1h 19min
SVU #78: Robot Movies / Automata
Warning! Warning! Danger Will Robinson (and other podcast listeners with different names)! The latest episode of Filmspotting: SVU is all about movies featuring robots. Plus, Matt and Alison (or a pair of incredibly lifelike cyborgs) review AUTOMATA, the indie sci-fi film starring Antonio Banderas.
Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable.
Opening Break
The Overnighters Why Don't You Play In Hell? The Voices
Queue Shots: Robot Movies
Hardware Westworld Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Ghost in the Shell
Listeners Choice Review
Automata
Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases
Matt: Chef / Lawrence of Arabia / Red Hollywood
Alison: The Interview / Memento Mori / Obvious Child
2 Listener Recommendations
Matt: Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart / Predestinatio
Alison: The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears / Stanley Kubrick's Boxes
1 Random Film From Our Queues
Matt: The Dark Crystal
Alison: A Price Above Rubies
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