Cinemaholics
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Oscars 2023 – If We Picked the Winners!
March 20, 2023 17:23 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBOscars season is over, but we're just getting started. That's right, it's time for our annual "If We Picked the Winners!" episode, inspired by the Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel broadcast from the 80s and 90s (which is our intro music). And yes, we usually do this episode before the official ceremony, but you'll have to listen to find out about all that drama. We go over the nominations for the Academy Awards (Oscars 23) and pick our own winners in each category, plus this year we have the oppo...
Scream VI
March 16, 2023 06:55 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBYou wanna listen to a review of a scary movie? Well, too bad. We're reviewing Scream VI this week, which is only allegedly scary. That's right, a new Scream movie has hit cinemas just a year after the "legacy sequel" of Scream V or Scream (2022), you get the idea. Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega return for another slasher mystery matchup against Ghostface, this time in New York City! Hope you have fun. Intro Music: “Japan” by eldlofi Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton ...
Creed III
March 08, 2023 20:20 - 44 minutes - 41 MBIs Creed III a knockout for the trilogy? That's right, the Rocky franchise is back, this time with Michael B. Jordan directing and adding some anime influence to the fight choreography. Jonathan Majors is here, too, and we definitely have some thoughts on the evolution of these movies and where they might go next. Also, Jon is back from his vacation in Japan, so take a look at this week's theme music. It's about as subtle as a Rocky movie. Intro Music: “Japan” by eldlofi Links: Follow us ...
Cocaine Bear
March 06, 2023 20:58 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBSpecial guest Mike Overhulse from the Mad Men Men podcast joins the show while Jon is on vacation and thank goodness. Jon can't handle Cocaine Bear. He's not cool enough to hang at that Cocaine Bear party. Elizabeth Banks, director of Cocaine Bear, went out of her way to leave Jon off the invite list for Cocaine Bear. Fortunately, Will and Mike are here to talk about Cocaine Bear. Intro Music: “I Didn’t” by Phlocalyst & Sátyr Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check ou...
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
February 19, 2023 18:50 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBHoney, Marvel shrunk our expectations! This week on Cinemaholics, it's time for another movie set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The 31st one, to be exact. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania sees the return of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) bringing the whole fam (Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathryn Newton) on a cross-dimensional trek through the Quantum Realm. Only to go toe-to-toe with the next big Marvel baddie, Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors). ...
Skinamarink
February 16, 2023 07:21 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBSome people would say Cinemaholics is a nightmare, too. This week on the show, we finally review Skinamarink, an experimental micro-budget indie horror film that has seen relatively huge box office success thanks to a viral online push. And now it's on Shudder! We start the show with a brief review of Magic Mike: The Last Dance, which Will recently watched. Plus we relitigate our long-standing debate on whether or not it's sacrilegious to watch horror movies in the morning. Show Notes: 00:...
Knock at the Cabin
February 09, 2023 08:13 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBSure, we're split on this movie, but it's not the end of the world...right? This week on Cinemaholics, we review Knock at the Cabin, the latest feature film from writer/director M. Night Shyamalan, which is based on the book The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul G. Tremblay. Starring Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Rupert Grint, and more, Knock at the Cabin sure has a lot of critics answering the door in some way or another. But what do we think? You'll have to "Make The Cho...
80 for Brady
February 08, 2023 06:40 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBSpecial guest Cory Woodroof joins the show for a bonus review of 80 for Brady, a new senior comedy produced by Tom Brady that is all about...Tom Brady! Taking a step back in time to the 2017 Super Bowl, when Brady was still with the New England Patriots, 80 for Brady is more than just a vanity project. It's a vanity project from Paramount Pictures! The film stars Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field, along with Billy Porter, Rob Corddry, Alex Moffat, and (you guessed it) Guy...
Infinity Pool and Sundance 2023
February 01, 2023 17:12 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBBrandon Cronenberg is back at Sundance with Infinity Pool, which just hit theaters and is already making a bloody splash. We discuss our varying opinions on his sci-fi horror follow-up to Possessor, which stars Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, and Cleopatra Coleman. We kick off the show this week with some off-topics, including listener feedback for Women Talking, a listener request to quickly chat about Bones and All, and our coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Intro Music: “I Didn'...
Women Talking and the 2023 Oscar Nominations
January 26, 2023 19:11 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBWe're pulling a Ben Wishaw this week and talking when we're not supposed to. That's right, Women Talking just hit wide release, so it's time for our belated review of the star-studded Sarah Polley film recently nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars, with standout performances from Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and plenty more. And speaking of the Academy Awards, we discuss the announced nominations and which films we haven't seen yet, what didn't mak...
Top 10 Films of 2022
January 19, 2023 06:39 - 1 hour - 101 MBWith a new year upon us, it's time to reflect back on our favorite movies of 2022. As usual, we discuss which films fell into our respective lists and why, plus we dig into honorable mentions and general thoughts on the year at large. From intimate animated re-imaginings like Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio to the long-awaited return of Todd Field with Tár, 2022 had no shortage of stellar movies to sift through. Especially if you wanted to see them in a packed theater. Intro Music: “Freddo E...
A Man Called Otto
January 12, 2023 20:59 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBThe Upside called and wants its January counter-programming American remake marketing campaign back. That's right, we're reviewing A Man Called Otto this week, which hits wide release tomorrow through Sony/Columbia. The Pittsburgh-set movie stars Tom Hanks as (you guessed it) Otto, and the Cinemaholics have a wonderful time debating Hanks' performances over the last year. We also discuss (briefly) Marc Forster's filmography thus far and how this new movie compares to A Man Called Ove, the or...
M3GAN
January 10, 2023 16:33 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBThis year's January horror blockbuster isn't child's play. Dollhouse? No, it's from Blumhouse! That's right, this week we're welcoming M3GAN into The Hollywood franchise family. Directed by Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) and written by Akela Cooper (Malignant), M3GAN stars Allison Williams as a genius toy inventor who tests out a life-size doll with artificial intelligence on her depressed niece (Violet McGraw). Hijinks ensue! We discuss the film's surprisingly brilliant marketing campaign, a...
The Whale
January 07, 2023 20:16 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBThe Whale stars Brendan Fraser in his triumphant return to the big screen, but it's also a notable return for Darren Aronofsky, whose last film mother! (2017) still has a lot of folks scratching their heads. No matter. Based on the 2012 play by Samuel D. Hunter (who writes the screenplay for his own adaptation), The Whale has emerged as an awards favorite for Brendan Fraser and A24, as well as a notable showcase for Sadie Sink and Hong Chau. But critics are certainly split. Are the Cinemahol...
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
January 04, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBLooks like the Shrek franchise still has a few lives left. This week on the show, special guests Matt Serafini and Chris Sheridan of It Ain’t Ogre ‘Til It’s Ogre return to Cinemaholics yet again to help us review Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, the sequel(?) spinoff(?) to Puss in Boots from 2011. Almost everyone is a huge fan of the DreamWorks movie, which is getting lots of love from fans and critics. But one contrarian has their claws out for this one, so we should all be praying for mercy....
Babylon
December 28, 2022 20:14 - 1 hour - 66 MBDamien Chazelle is back, and he sure isn't silent. This week on the podcast, we review Babylon, the latest film from the director of La La Land, Whiplash, and yes, First Man, a movie that did come out. Babylon is a super-long ode to the silent film era of Hollywood and making movies in general, which is definitely original. The movie stars Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Brad Pitt, and many more. We also open the show with some conversation around the box office for Avatar: The Way of Water, whi...
Avatar: The Way of Water
December 16, 2022 07:08 - 1 hour - 80 MBWe're blue and we're feeling all right. That's right, we're reviewing a James Cameron film for the first time on Cinemaholics! About time. Avatar: The Way of Water (or Avatar 2) is the sequel to Cameron's titanic hit that wasn't Titanic. Will it be the highest grossing movie of all time, just like its predecessor? We discuss the film's story and buzzed-about spectacle effects, but we also kick off this week's show with an extended segment about the "streaming wars." Has the golden age of str...
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
December 14, 2022 07:30 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBHollywood has been on a Pinocchio tear lately, but we might've found the good one. This week on Cinemaholics, we're reviewing Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, a stop-motion animated version of the classic tale set in 1930s and streaming on Netflix. We kick things off with what is most likely our first conversation about football on this podcast (don't worry, it's brief). And we do a short segment on why awards-season movies are struggling to gain traction at the box office this year. Show No...
Violent Night
December 06, 2022 17:59 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBSpecial guest Matt Donato joins us this week for a Christmas movie. But not just any Christmas movie. David Harbour plays a butt-kicking Santa Claus in the ultraviolent Violent Night, an action-comedy send-up to classics like Die Hard and Home Alone. Are we on the naughty list when it comes to liking this movie for its sick pleasures? Either way, this movie isn't getting a lump of coal from either of us this week. Violent Night is now playing in theaters, distributed by Universal. Intro Mus...
Glass Onion, The Fabelmans
December 03, 2022 17:04 - 2 hours - 114 MBWe have a double bonus review for you all this week, but with a twist. In addition to reviewing Glass Onion and The Fabelmans, we discuss Hollywood's ongoing box office woes, particularly when it comes to Netflix's business model and Disney's rough rollout of Strange World. First up, we discuss Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the spinoff/sequel of Knives Out, also directed of course by Rian Johnson and featuring the return of Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, the world's greatest detective no...
It Ain't Cinemaholics 'Til It's Cinemaholics
November 30, 2022 19:37 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBOn our 300th episode of Cinemaholics, we're doing something even weirder than usual! It's time for a crossover with our friends Matt Serafini and Chris Sheridan over at It Ain't Ogre 'Til It's Ogre. We chat about the movies and pop culture we've discussed over the last several years, podcasting in general, and a bunch of other random stuff. It's a fun time. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholic...
Disney Channel’s Theme: A History Mystery – Interview with Kevin Perjurer, Creator of Defunctland
November 28, 2022 23:37 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBOn a special bonus episode of Cinemaholics, Cory Woodroof and Jon Negroni sit down with Kevin Perjurer, creator of the popular YouTube channel, Defunctland. Perjurer recently released his latest feature-length documentary, Disney Channel's Theme: A History Mystery, which uses modern noir storytelling to investigate the origins of a particularly notorious theme song. We also chat about the artistic legacy of documentary filmmaking, the future of YouTube-based videos, and even some mild chatte...
The Menu
November 24, 2022 02:30 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBSpecial guest Ema Sasic joins us this week for a feast of a bonus review. That's right, we're discussing The Menu, a dark comedic thriller directed by Mark Mylod (Succession) and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult, and plenty more. We kick off the show with a brief appetizer covering some awards season releases we currently have our hungry eyes on. As for the review itself, this is a spoiler-free discussion, but after we play the Rotten Tomatoes Game, we give you a head ...
The Banshees of Inisherin – Talk About an Irish Goodbye!
November 22, 2022 17:56 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBWe’ve been counting down the days to this review on our fingers. That’s right, it’s time for our long-awaited, belated review of The Banshees of Inisherin, the latest film from Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri). Set on a fictional island off the coast of Ireland circa 1923, The Banshees of Inisherin stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as best friends who stop being friends one day for reasons one of them can’t understand. It’s basically a prophecy for ...
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Is This Your Sequel?
November 15, 2022 18:24 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBSpecial guest Adonis Gonzalez joins us this week for a review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the sequel to Marvel's Black Panther from 2018. Since Chadwick Boseman's tragic death in 2020, many have wondered what the future of this franchise might hold without its main star, even with much of the rest of the cast returning along with Ryan Coogler as director and co-writer. As always, we end the show with the Rotten Tomatoes Game and mull over what we might review next week. Intro Music: ...
TÁR — Cate Blanchett Keeps Raising the Bár
November 08, 2022 20:01 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBTodd Field is back, and so are we. In his first film since Little Children in 2006, the acclaimed director is already taking Oscar season by storm with TÁR, a psychological drama starring Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, one of the most interesting movie characters of the year. We kick off the show this week with some big news, and no not just about pizza wars. We also catch up on some of the films we've seen lately and what we're hoping to catch by week's end. We're not exactly podcasting maest...
Decision to Leave – Oldboy, New Tricks
November 01, 2022 16:45 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBPark Chan-wook is here to stay. That's right, this week we're reviewing Decision to Leave, the latest film from Park Chan-Wook, director of Oldboy, Stoker, and The Handmaiden. We discuss this South Korean neo-noir mystery thriller starring Park Hae-il as a murder-obsessed police detective struggling to control his attraction to a suspect in a murder investigation (Tang Wei). But we of course kick off the show with voicemails from the listeners and some brief chitchat about what's playing in ...
House of the Dragon – Featuring Maester Julia Teti
October 28, 2022 22:33 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBHouse of the Dragon just finished its first season, and special guest Julia Teti is here to talk about it! Building off of the massive success of HBO's Game of Thrones (that last season, besides), House of the Dragon returns viewers to the world of Westeros, based on the novels by George R.R. Martin, specifically as a prequel series set nearly 200 years before the adventures of Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen. We discuss how House of the Dragon differs from its predecessor, either successful...
Black Adam – We Live in a Justice Society
October 26, 2022 05:06 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBIf you say "Shazam," you know us Cinemaholics will show up, albeit as the darker, grittier versions of ourselves. Are we smelling what the Rock is cooking in his cinematic kitchen this time? That's right, Dwayne Johnson is officially a live-action superhero (though when hasn't he, really?), making his DCEU debut in Black Adam. But this isn't your older brother's best friend from college Dwayne Johnson. No, he's glowering. Oh, and murdering people a lot. Hear what we have to say about this mo...
Halloween Ends – Is this a trick or treat?
October 19, 2022 18:06 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBGive me some good film to eat. Speaking of food, before we get into our review of Halloween Ends — the third in David Gordon Green’s requel trilogy — your two least favorite film review podcasters discuss the Pizza Wars. Which of the big four is the least bad? It’s our contentious and most disgusting debate yet. And then we talk about Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Myers and Halloween and franchises and all that other holiday goodness. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – The Pizza Wars 00:11:05 – Hallow...
Amsterdam – David O. Russell, Where Art Thou?
October 11, 2022 22:35 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBSpecial guest Mike Zur joins us this week to review Amsterdam, the latest film directed and written (and produced) by David O. Russell. Starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, and many many other familiar faces, the film has been tanking at the box office, marking a true low point for the once celebrated director. But what do the Cinemaholics think? Who cares? Because at the beginning of the show, we talk about what's really been on everyone's mind this week, at least ...
Bros – Not a Straight Up Rom-Com
October 06, 2022 00:55 - 42 minutes - 39 MBJust a couple bros over here, talking about Bros, a new romantic comedy directed by Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Neighbors) and starring and co-written by Billy Eichner (who also serves as executive producer). Eichner plays a depressed podcaster — save the jokes, they're too easy — who reluctantly starts up a relationship with a guy who is seemingly his opposite, played by Luke Macfarlane. Intro Music: “Kizakura” by No Spirit, Sátyr & Phlocalyst Links: Follow us on Twitter...
Smile – Turn that Trauma Upside Down
October 05, 2022 01:22 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBWe're smiling though our hearts are aching. That's because this week on the show, we're reviewing Smile, a new horror film from Parker Finn in his feature directorial debut. Starring Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, and Jessie T. Usher, Smile won big at the box office this weekend, right on time for spooky season. We kick off the show with some conversation around the box office results and why we think Bros underperformed (review coming soon). Also, Will takes us aside for a brief chat about two ...
Don't Worry Darling – Welcome to Unpleasantville
September 28, 2022 05:22 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBHarry Styles over substance? Now that's Olivia Wilde. Don't worry, darling, we're almost Florence Pugh with these puns, even though we're on a Nick Kroll. We promise to stay in our Kiki Layne...we know you Chris Pine for them. That's right, this week we're stepping into a strange and dangerous place...the second film directed by Olivia Wilde! Don't Worry Darling is a psychological thriller that has been the talk of tinsel town since its gossip-fueled premiere at the Venice International Film...
The Woman King – Why It Rules
September 21, 2022 02:42 - 59 minutes - 55 MBAin't nothin' in the rulebook says a woman can't be king. That's right, this week we're discussing The Woman King, the latest film from Gina Prince-Bythewood, director of Love and Basketball and The Old Guard. Her latest is an action war epic released through Sony and starring Viola Davis as the seasoned leader of an all-female warrior unit protecting the West African kingdom of Dahomey in 1820. Lashana Lynch plays one of her most gifted fighters, along with Thuso Mbedu as the troublesome up...
Disney's Pinocchio (2022) – Boy Story
September 17, 2022 21:34 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBWe're getting three Pinocchio movies this year for some reason, so this week on the show we're talking about the one from Robert Zemeckis. Now streaming on Disney+, Pinocchio is a live-action remake of the 1940 classic that gave the mouse house its theme song. But can we see the corporate strings on this, ahem, wooden straight-to-streaming rehash starring Tom Hanks, Cynthia Erivo, and Luke Evans, featuring the voice talents of Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Keegan-Michael...
Barbarian – Zach Cregger's Twisted Bottle Flick
September 14, 2022 03:25 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBSpecial guest Ryan Oliver joins the show this week for a bonus review of Barbarian, the newest film from Zach Cregger of Whitest Kids U Know Fame and of course, like we all remember in detail, Miss March. The horror film stars Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård and Justin Long, and many critics are considering it this year's Malignant. Is that an accurate assessment? Hell if I know, since I wasn't on this recording and haven't seen the movie. But I'm sure Will Ashton and Ryan Oliver have a wo...
Funny Pages – Is Owen Kline Drawing from His Own Life?
September 06, 2022 19:09 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBThe dream of the 90s (or early 2000s?) is dead in Funny Pages. That’s right, we’re discussing the feature directorial debut of Owen Kline, son of Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates. Co-produced by the Safdie Brothers, Funny Pages is a grimy dark comedy from A24 starring Daniel Zolghadri (Eighth Grade) as a teenage cartoonist who ditches his boring suburban life to try and make it on his own in the city. We open the show with a quick rundown of how you, the listeners, chose Funny Pages as our revie...
Three Thousand Years of Longing – George Miller Djinned up a New Movie
August 30, 2022 15:36 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBWe're here to grant your cinematic wishes. Though based on this week's box office, you wished for a different movie...This week we're covering George Miller's latest film since Mad Max: Fury Road, the "existential adult fairy tale" Three Thousand Years of Longing, which stars Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba. We begin the show with some off-topics, including Jon's more positive take on Bodies Bodies Bodies, plus some chit chat around what we should review next week and what we missed in August. ...
Beast & Bodies Bodies Bodies – 90-minute Thrills and Kills
August 23, 2022 22:12 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBSpecial guest Michael Guarnieri joins Cinemaholics to (in Will's words) "replace Jon Negroni while he's still on his honeymoon for some reason, what a clown" (again, Will's words). First up, Idris Elba! He's in a new thriller called Beastfrom Universal and director Baltasar Kormákur, and it's been getting surprisingly solid reviews considering its release schedule, but are the Cinemaholics going wild about it? Next up is Bodies Bodies Bodies from A24, the much-talked-about dark horror comedy...
The Rehearsal – Nathan For You...Or Against You?
August 16, 2022 04:12 - 1 hour - 62 MBThe Rehearsal is a new HBO series from the mind of Nathan Fielder, whose Comedy Central show Nathan For Youcontinuously tested the limits of what you can get people to say and do when you put a camera in front of them. Fielder's perhaps twisted mission to break the rules of television has got us wanting to break some rules, too, which is why we're talking about a show this week instead of a movie! Intro Music: “Cloud Bossa” by Jazzinuf Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton...
Bullet Train – All Aboard the Murder Express
August 05, 2022 17:02 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBA star-studded R-rated action comedy blockbuster that isn't a sequel? Or part of a larger franchise? Without superheroes? From David Leitch, the uncredited co-director of John Wick? And Brad Pitt as the lead? Being funny? And you said this isn't from Tarantino? Or Guy Ritchie? You said it's called Bullet Train? Sony made this?! Are you sure this isn't a franchise? Oh, it's based on a book? Does it read the room? No one seems to care? Oh, some people care? Did she care when she broke my heart...
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – The Best Summer Movie No One Watched
August 02, 2022 18:01 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBWhat if A24 made a Toy Story movie? It probably wouldn't be too different from their latest indie darling, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, directed and co-written by Dean Fleischer Camp. Based on Camp's viral YouTube videos from over a decade ago — with Jenny Slate returning to voice Marcel and co-write the screenplay — Marcel the Shell is probably the most millennial movie we've seen lately, but apparently no one else caught it on the big screen this summer based on the box office tally. Bu...
Nope – Jordan Peele's Don't Look Up
July 26, 2022 16:44 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBHold your horses. Special Guest Adonis Gonzalez rides into the show on the internet equivalent of horseback this week to talk with us about Nope, a new sci-fi horror film directed and written by Jordan Peele. Is it as good as Get Out and Us? We'll have to discuss. Don't worry, we open the show with a spoiler-free conversation about the film, then we play the Rotten Tomatoes Game and finish things out with a special spoiler section. Intro Music: “Truly Another Classic (feat. Yasper)” by Glim...
Where the Crawdads Sing – A Bogged Down Adaptation
July 19, 2022 19:18 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBSpecial guest Trisha Ashton joins us for the first time to help us review Where the Crawdads Sing, which is the film adaptation of the bestselling novel by Delia Owens. Trisha doesn't just boast being related to cohost Will Ashton, she is also an expert on the book, so she helps us unpack the differences and expectations between the two formats. The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kya, a recluse in the Carolina marshes who gets caught up in a murder mystery during the late 1960s. Intro Musi...
Thor: Love and Thunder – Why are Critics Love and Hate?
July 12, 2022 17:44 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBSpecial guest Bryan Young (/Film, Full of Sith) rainbow bridges their way to the show this week to help us stormbreak new ground on Thor: Love and Thunder, the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and fourth Thor film (amazingly). Chris Hemsworth is still Thor, no surprise there, but we do see the return of some other familiar faces — Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Taika Waititi as Korg, and Jane Foster as...the Mighty Thor?! Plus some new faces include Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butc...
Minions: The Rise of Gru – The One Where Minions Reproduce
July 05, 2022 23:17 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBSpecial guests Matt Serafini and Chris Sheridan join us for Vol. 2 of this week's episode of Cinemaholics. No, they're not speaking gibberish, they're just tying to contain their excitement for Minions: The Rise of Gru, the Illumination sequel to the Minions movie from 2015, which itself was a prequel within the Despicable Me franchise. Well, our despicable three begin the show with an impromptu discussion of Lightyear, which is tanking at the box office while the Minions are cleaning house....
Stranger Things 4 – Running Up that Bill
July 04, 2022 20:15 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBSpecial guest Aaron Dicer checks in from the podcast equivalent of the Upside Down to talk all things Stranger Things. We open this week’s show with some kitchen table chit chat about the future of podcasting and audio content, then break down our general thoughts on why Stranger Things has been such a cultural phenomenon. With all that out of the way, we finally dig into Season 4 spoiler-free, talk about Vol. 2, and discuss the future of Stranger Things with Season 5 on the far-off horizon....
Elvis and The Black Phone – Only a Few Hangups
June 29, 2022 19:35 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBThe Cinemaholics are in the building. Metaphorically. We've got two big films to cover this week, starting with Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, a super long, super glam biopic covering the life of the king of rock and roll with Austin Butler and Tom Hanks in lead roles. Next, Scott Derrickson's latest horror in quite a while just came out, and we're answering the call for The Black Phone, which stars Ethan Hawke and is based on a short story by Joe Hill (son of Stephen King). We also open up the show ...
Spiderhead – But also Cha Cha Real Smooth and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande!
June 22, 2022 19:30 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBIt's been a while since we did a "counter programming" episode, covering the three movies released this weekend outside of theaters. We opened the show with a topical discussion about Lightyear's weak box office weekend and the overall direction of streaming releases as alternatives to theatrical event movies. Then we slide into our discussion of Spiderhead, a sci-fi thriller starring Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller, which is now streaming on Netflix. After that, we head over to Apple TV+ f...