Hosts Martin and Gretchen talk movies. Each episode we choose one movie to start the conversation. From there, all movies, genres and topics could come up. It's about the love of films and the love of talking about films with the people we most want to talk with. No criticism. Not reviews. We just love movies and we hope you love the ones we choose to talk about.
Check the Gate
Claim This Podcastby Martin Vavra
5.0(3 reviews)
34 episodes
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YouTube76
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Hosts Martin and Gretchen talk movies. Each episode we choose one movie to start the conversation. From there, all movies, genres and topics could come up. It's about the love of films and the love of talking about films with the people we most want to talk with. No criticism. Not reviews. We just love movies and we hope you love the ones we choose to talk about.
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Publishing Since
2/1/2025
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Recent Episodes
July 28, 2026
Check the Gate - Blood Diner
Gretchen and Martin are excited to have been consistant enough to release on their two week schedule that they brought you a treat of an episode. Maybe. Blood Diner, a schlockfest of a movie that has its passionate fans in the cult classic underground. This film has cannibals, vegan restaurants, a ventriliquist that may have a corpse dummy. Nazi wrestlers. Nazi rockabilly bands. All topped off by what can only be described as a volva mouth on an ancient Egyptian goddess. See, we told you it was a treat of an episode. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/checkthegatepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">checkthegatepodcast </a><br />https://www.checkthegatepodcast.com/
July 20, 2026
Check the Gate - Invaders from Mars
Hey everyone. Gretchen and I watched the 1986 Tobe Hooper attempt at a kid's movie, Invaders from Mars. When the guy who gives you Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist tries to go family friendly, the old ways of filmmaking don't go away quietly. High budget price tag with low budget looks and B-movie acting make this a Tobe Hooper movie for the light weekend viewer.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/checkthegatepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">checkthegatepodcast </a><br />https://www.checkthegatepodcast.com/
June 19, 2026
Check the Gate - Akira Kurosawa's Ran
Hey everyone. Unfortunately, this episode is a mess. I deleted one of the audio tracks on accident. I tried to edit with the remain audio track but it was really bad. In the end, I was only able to salvage audio from the cameras, so this episode is full of room noise that I can't clean up. It's too bad because this is one of my favorite films [Martin] and talking about it with Gretchen is something I have wanted to do for years. I hope that I make up for it in future episodes and that this never happens again. If you want to skip this episode, I understand.<br /><br /><br />https://www.instagram.com/checkthegatepodcast/<br />https://www.checkthegatepodcast.com/
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