20 year-old Jeffrey Simmons and 21 year-old Austin Kilheeney battle it out during their new podcast “Re-Right.” 

The podcast is a comedic, unscripted, debate-driven audio show where the two hosts rewrite disappointing films with ambitions to make them better. 

“Last year we only published reviews. This year we’re looking to produce audio and video content as well,” said Zakiyyah Madyun, sophomore film student and Editor-in-Chief of JPH’s online magazine CinemaStilo. 

The John P. Harris Society (JPH), Point Park’s film club, recorded the first episode of their new weekly podcast this semester in efforts to advance their content production and audience size. 

“It’s gonna be mean,” Kilheeney said. 

Dark foam padding decorates the walls and enhances the acoustics of the white, soundproof room where the two movie fanatics anticipate the argument they have been preparing for all week. 

Kilheeney and Simmons share a crude sense of humor, where the punchlines they include in their rewritten scripts are comparable to the lines they toss at one another in the debate. 

Each week, Kilheeney and Simmons invite a new moderator to join them in a one hour discussion, who will choose whether Kilheeney or Simmons created the better rewritten script that week. The weekly moderator also has the privilege of choosing which bad movie is up for examination. 

The 2015 Adam Sandler film “Pixels” was the focus of their pilot episode, and was picked by Scott Kidwell, the head of JPH’s Screening Committee. 

The film currently scores five out of 10 stars on IMDb and is linked to hundreds of brutal reviews. The two hosts defend their own reconstructed versions of the failing summer flick in the first episode of the podcast. 

Kilheeney feels he is right, but Simmons disagrees, having similar comments about his own reliability. 

“In my heart, I know I’m right.” Simmons said. 

The comedic duo have been dreaming of creating a podcast for years and are thankful to the members of the John P. Harris Society that helped make their dream a reality. 

“We are incredibly grateful for everyone at JPH. Especially to Zakiyyah and Scott,” Kilheeney said. 

Scott Kidwell, previous organizer and host of last year’s JPH podcast, hopes to see the show change from different years. 

“I’d like to see the show get off the ground better than last year’s did,” Kidwell said. 

JPH’s online magazine operates as a crowdsourced journal that considers all things related to film. CinemaStilo is inspired by the revolutionary film magazine of the French New Wave called “Cahiers du cinéma.” 

Madyun believes a larger variety of content will increase readership. She hopes this podcast will help her reach her goal of connecting with every student interested in film. 

The new podcast will be available on the CinemaStilo website and on streaming services such as SoundCloud later this week. 

“Anyone who is interested can contribute to the magazine as well,” Madyun said. 

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