Captive Audience

Captive Audience is more than just a movie podcast. It taps into why we watch movies--to keep up with what's new in pop culture, to experience something for the first time, and to share that experience with friends and loved ones.

Captive Audience is a reaction video in podcast form with hosts Edwin Janes, Sean Roney, and Alex Ward. The unique format allows us to keep up with what's new, catch up on classics, and share films that are near and dear to our hearts. Movies can feel very solitary, especially if we're just watching Netflix at home. But at times the best parts of movies comes from sharing them with other people. It can be laughing in the theater with the rest of the audience, debating with friends, or simply asking, 'So, what did you think?' once the credits roll. This podcast gets at why we watch movies, and as cliche as it may sound, how shared experiences bring people together.

TV & Film
1
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
""Before we went up the first time, you couldn't turn invisible. Ben wasn't a rock. And Johnny never caught fire."
72 min
2
Superman (2025)
"Maybe that's the real punk rock."
82 min
3
Varsity Blues (1999)
"I don't want your life!"
70 min
4
Interstellar (2014)
"Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here"
89 min
5
Before Sunrise (1995)
"Drop a tear in my wineglass. I'm a fantasy parade. Don't you know me? Don't you know me by now?"
66 min
6
Memories of Murder (2003)
"I only beat you up because I care about you."
71 min
7
NOW PLAYING: Nosferatu
"I have seen things in this world that would have made Isaac Newton crawl back into his mother's womb!"
48 min
8
True Romance (1993)
"We got everything here from a Diddle-Eyed Joe to a Damned-If-I-Know."
77 min
9
Citizen Kane (1941)
"If I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man."
73 min
10
NOW PLAYING: Gladiator 2
"“The gates of hell are open night and day; smooth the descent, and easy is the way."
68 min
11
Mary and Max (2009)
"You are my best friend. You are my only friend."
77 min
12
It Follows (2014)
"It's slow, but it's not dumb."
87 min
13
Death Becomes Her (1992)
"Can you just not breathe?"
71 min
14
Movie 43 (2013)
"It's your HPV Veronica, I'm just carrying it."
81 min
15
Escape From New York (1981)
"It's Snake."
81 min
16
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
"His soul's still dancing."
94 min
17
Moana (2016)
"I'd rather be shiny!"
65 min
18
Street Fighter (1994)
"If good men do nothing, that is evil enough."
83 min
19
The Godfather Pt. II
"You should let me wet my beak a little."
104 min
20
The Five-Year Engagement
"But Elmo says it's been almost five years! You either love him or you don't!"
78 min
21
When Harry Met Sally...
"I'll have what she's having."
87 min
22
The Godfather
"Leave the gun, take the cannoli."
102 min
23
Your Name.
"Wherever you are in the world, I swear I'll find you again."
71 min
24
NOW PLAYING: The Fall Guy
"They were trying to kill me. And not in the fun way."
68 min
25
Contact
"They should have sent a poet."
111 min