Cinemavention
76 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago -The Cinemavention podcast reviews and discusses classic movies and TV shows that Willie "WScottis1" Scott is seeing for the first time that he should've seen long ago. Join Willie and his guests who have seen the movie or TV show before as they have an intervention about what Willie hasn't seen, a Cinemavention! Get bonus content on Patreon
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Episode 76: Quiz Show (1994)
June 01, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBTo hear extra bonus content with Willie and Jamey having an extended conversation about game shows, support the show today at patreon.com/WScottis1! For seventy grand, Herb, you can afford to be humiliated. In honor of National Game Show Day, we are joined by the Cinemavention intro voice Jamey Lewis, host of The BVJ Show to talk about the movie Quiz Show. This film is a dramatization of the real life story of the rigging of the game show Twenty One, but did they get all the details right? ...
Episode 75: Avengers: Endgame
May 31, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 165 MBProducer's note: At times, there might be discussion and potential spoilers of other Marvel movies in this episode. Avengers assemble! We've made it, it's time to watch Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in theaters, but before we do, we've got some unfinished Avengers business to take care of. Naaim Siddiqi from the Rain Delay Radio podcast is back to cover part 2 of the Infinity War story, the 3 hour masterpiece, Avengers: Endgame. This movie is set in 2023 despite being released in 2019, not...
Episode 74: Avengers: Infinity War
May 28, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBProducer's note: At times, there might be discussion and potential spoilers of other Marvel movies in this episode. Kick names, take ass. As we get ready for Guardians 3, we have now reached the final movies of Phase Three, arguably the most important MCU movies. We begin with Avengers: Infinity War and we are joined by Naaim Siddiqi from the Rain Delay Radio podcast. Naaim explains to us why this is his favorite Avengers movie because of how it can tell a bunch of different stories and sti...
Episode 73: Thor: Ragnarok
May 24, 2023 23:00 - 58 minutes - 81.5 MBProducer's note: At times, there might be discussion and potential spoilers of other Marvel movies in this episode. Yeah, it’s called the... uh... Revengers! Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast joins us as we continue our Guardians 3 Marvel watch-through and this time we're covering a Thor movie, specifically Thor: Ragnarok. This movie showcases Loki in a very different light than The Avengers and we've come up with the term "anti-villain" to describe him, we'll explain. Plus, Kent ...
Episode 72: Captain America: Civil War
May 23, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 95.4 MBProducer's note: At times, there might be discussion and potential spoilers of other Marvel movies in this episode. So, you like cats. Our Marvel journey to fulfill our quest to watch Guardians 3 in theaters continues with Jeffrey Sax joining us to discuss the movie Avengers: Civil– oh sorry, Captain America: Civil War. While there might be a story reason for why this movie is a Captain America movie, it turns out that there were a lot of internal politics between different movie studios th...
Episode 71: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
May 22, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBProducer's note: At times, there might be discussion and potential spoilers of other Marvel movies in this episode. How do we know who the bad guys are? If they're shooting you, they're bad. To get ready for the theatrical release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, we are going back and watching some important Marvel movies. Our first one is Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Tom DiGianvittorio joins us to reminisce about the glory days of being able to watch an MCU movie standalone an...
Episode 70: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
May 05, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBProducer's note: At times, there might be discussion and spoilers of other Star Wars movies in this episode. No, I am your father! It's Star Wars Day and we are joined by Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast to continue our Star Wars series of episodes. This time, we'll be discussing the 2nd movie released, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. While this movie appears on the surface to just be a Luke Skywalker training session, could it just be more of a reinforcement to m...
Episode 69: Deadpool
February 14, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 95 MBI'm living to 102 and then I'm dying like the city of Detroit. This year's Valentine's Day movie is Deadpool and we are joined by regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles to discuss it. Deadpool is a very unique superhero, err, antihero movie that has so many 4th wall breaks and self aware moments. The story also jumps forward and backward a lot, but Willie explains why this wasn't a problem for this particular movie for him. Plus, we look back at the Deadpool x Fortnite collaboration and ...
Episode 68: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
February 14, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBIce cream! Regular Game Night contributor Brian Kofford joins us to talk about the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the fact that this movie arguably doesn't have a plot at all and Willie compares it to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Does that make the movie age poorly as a result? Plus, at first it may seem that the whistler guy who says he's seen Bigfoot during the Air Force press conference is a complete non sequitur but we realize that he may have single-handedly made the entire last ...
Episode 67: The Matrix
February 13, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBBuckle your seatbelt, Dorothy, 'cause Kansas is going bye-bye. This week we are talking about the movie The Matrix with the founder of Scynewave Engineering Ki Scyne. What exactly is The Matrix? We see it in the movie, but does Willie actually understand what it is? Scyne helps us try to understand it using lucid dreaming and live concerts in Fortnite as examples of what The Matrix is like. Plus, Scyne got to be a character in The Matrix Online game that the directors of the movie say is tec...
Episode 66: The Hunt for Red October
February 12, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBI will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that? We are joined by regular Game Night contributor Jeffrey Sax to discuss the movie The Hunt for Red October. What happens when you know so much about submarines that you unknowingly figure out information about them that is classified? That's the exact scen...
Episode 65: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
February 10, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 94 MBI'm going after that truck. How? I don't know, I'm making this up as I go! Tom DiGianvittorio joins us to discuss the film Raiders of the Lost Ark the first Indiana Jones movie in the franchise. There is a hilarious scene where Indiana Jones is about to fight this swordsman and shoots one pistol shot that ends the fight pretty fast. That scene was filmed that way on purpose and the reason why is a lot less funnier. Plus, the tone shift in Indiana Jones and Marion's conversation leaves a lot ...
Episode 64: Demolition Man
February 09, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 89.9 MBWe're police officers! We're not trained to handle this kind of violence! A first time guest has joined us, Bob Callahan is here to talk about the movie Demolition Man and how this futuristic looking town looks like the perfect utopia at first, but very quickly you find out that it's quite the opposite in fact. That's just San Angeles, but what about the other states in the US in this universe, are they living the same dystopia that San Angeles is? Plus, we go over the weird relationship tha...
Episode 63: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
February 07, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBTed, you know, if I die, you can have my Megadeth collection. But dude, we are already dead. We are joined by regular Game Night contributor Brian Kofford to discuss the sequel movie Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and he has an interesting observation about the famous air guitar riff that Bill and Ted constantly perform. De Nomolos was annoyed by the sound of it but presumably only Bill and Ted can hear it. We go over a small detail in the movie that could explain why he can. Plus, we have a sad...
Episode 62: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
February 01, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBIt's so dumb. Oh, it's so dumb, it's brilliant! No! It's just dumb! Samuel Lewis of The Samcast Network joins us to talk about the movie Glass Onion and the fact that there are so many layers (no pun intended), smoke screens and diversion tactics that make this mystery just as fun as the last one and we go over all the things you might've missed if you only watched the movie once. Plus, everyone seems to think that Detective Blanc is gay. Sam doesn't think so and provides some alternate cont...
Episode 61: Children of Men
January 30, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBCan I shoot? I got a clean shot. *thud* F**k off. We are discussing the movie Children of Men this week with Brandt Hughes from the YouTube channel Emergent Beacon. Brandt brings up a quote from a previous episode of this show where Willie says he doesn't like ambiguity in movies, and Brandt challenges Willie's thinking that perhaps there's specific ambiguity that Willie doesn't like. Plus, the cinematography of this movie is exquisite and Brandt talks about the long continuous shots that ar...
Episode 60: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
January 30, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBYes, I got a penis. We are joined once again by regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles to discuss the second film in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Is it better than the first Guardians film or does it fall victim to the sequel curse. Willie also makes the argument for why this Guardians movie hinges entirely on Rocket stealing the batteries and why that one story plot makes him frustrated as a viewer. Plus, we make our Vol. 3 predictions but unfortunately Willie’s going to have ...
Episode 59: House Party (1990)
January 25, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBNow, why would you call his mother a garden tool? Curtis Laraque joins us this week to talk about House Party and how this movie perfectly captures what life was like post 80s into the early 90s, and a lot of things have changed. Unfortunately, there are some things that haven't, including many instances of police brutality that are featured in this film. Plus, Kid's dad has a great dynamic with his son and we go over how amazing their relationship is and we present the case for why the last...
Episode 58: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
January 23, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBTo get the full director's cut edition of this episode with extra bonus content, support the show today at patreon.com/WScottis1! Tell him yes on one and no on two. This week we are covering the movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension with Kevin Fournier from the Going Through Who podcast and we talk about the incoherence of this movie and why it may be hard to follow basic plot points of this film, although we explain why it's a miracle that it makes an ounce of se...
Episode 57: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
January 10, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBTo get the full director's cut edition of this episode with extra bonus content including an extra preshow excerpt, support the show today at patreon.com/WScottis1! I'm in lesbians with you! We are joined by returning guest Naaim Siddiqi from the Rain Delay Radio podcast and we talk about the differences between being a geek and being a nerd, and yes there is a difference. Plus, there is some weird intricacies in generations between Millennial and Gen Z and Willie talks about how he doesn't...
Episode 56: Gremlins
January 08, 2023 00:00 - 49 minutes - 68.9 MBBright light! Bright light! The holiday season has drawn to a close this year and we have one last holiday movie we're going to talk about with Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast, and the movie is Gremlins. While this story may be a very simple story to follow, we explain why it's still a fantastic story and why sometimes the best movies are often the simple ones. Plus, find out the one scene in this movie that completely messes with the flow of the story, seems out of place and lea...
Episode 55: Die Hard 2
December 26, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBThe Cinemavention podcast will be recorded LIVE at 3:30pm EST on December 31 as a part of the Diamond Club New Year's Eve Streamathon! We'll be raising money for sick kids and making sure no one has to spend New Year's Eve alone for 27 hours ringing in the New Year in every time zone! What do you call that s**t? Self defense. It was 2 years ago today that the Cinemavention podcast began by discussing the movie Die Hard with Anthony Lemos as the guest. Today we return to the franchise that s...
Episode 54: The Santa Clause
December 25, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBYou look pretty good for your age. Thanks, but I'm seeing someone in wrapping. Our holiday movie watching season rolls on and the creator of the modern version of Showbot.tv, Preston Monroe is here to talk about the movie The Santa Clause. We go over the intricacies of this movie's portrayal of Santa Claus and how this movie walks the line very well between portraying Santa Claus as real and Charlie having doubt about Santa's existence. Plus, Preston's office Christmas parties aren't as craz...
Episode 53: Elf
December 12, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBBye Buddy. Hope you find your dad. Continuing our holiday movie watching, this week we are joined by regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles to talk about the movie Elf and how this movie is celebrating its 20th anniversary next year. It has now been described as a classic holiday movie, but has it reached Charlie Brown, Rudolph, and Frosty status? Plus, Dolan did the math on how long it took Buddy to walk from Santa's Workshop to New York City and has Baby, It's Cold Outside been un-canc...
Episode 52: Home Alone
December 05, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBKeep the change, ya filthy animal. It's the month of December which means it's time to cover holiday movies here on Cinemavention and we begin with the film Home Alone and Samuel Lewis of The Samcast Network is here to talk about it. This movie has arguably stood the test of time and is the most successful Christmas movie in the box office. It would take 21 years for this movie to be dethroned as the highest grossing live-action comedy film, not just Christmas live-action comedy films. Why i...
Episode 51: Napoleon Dynamite
November 28, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBYour mom goes to college. We are joined by both Anthony Lemos and Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast and the Diamond Club Streamathon to talk about the film Napoleon Dynamite. There are people who say that there is no point to this movie, Willie disagrees with that opinion and says that there is. We answer the question of what the point of Napoleon Dynamite really is once and for all. Plus, we talk about how this movie is so accurate for its time down to the technology, the school a...
Episode 50: Planes, Trains And Automobiles
November 24, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBYou can start by wiping that f***ing dumb-ass smile off your rosy f***ing cheeks. Tom DiGianvittorio joins us to celebrate Thanksgiving by watching the movie Planes, Trains And Automobiles and we tell our worst traveling disaster stories that certainly pale in comparison to the number of things that go wrong in this movie. Plus, we compare our own travel experiences to the ones shown in the film and there is a major goof in the Wichita airport scene, see if you can guess what it is. Tom's L...
Episode 49: Purple Rain
November 20, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBIf you are a victim of a domestic violence situation, there are resources that can help get you out. Please reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline available 24 hours a day at TheHotline.org or by calling 1-800-799-SAFE. If you are having suicidal thoughts, there is help out there for you. Please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline available 24 hours a day at SuicidePreventionLifeline.org or by calling 1-800-273-8255. Your lips would make a lollipop too happy....
Episode 48: Airplane!
November 17, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 92.9 MBHave you ever seen a grown man naked? Clyde Harvey from The VOD Squad is here to talk about the movie Airplane! and how this entire movie is an exact parody of the film Zero Hour down to the writers using the exact same script just with a few modifications. With that in mind, is it still necessary now to watch Zero Hour after watching this film? Plus, we go over our favorite jokes and references in this movie and does Microsoft Flight Simulator count as flying experience? Every Joke from ‘A...
Episode 47: Dr. Strangelove
November 14, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBGentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. We are joined by Allen Roth and Tom DiGianvittorio to talk about the movie Dr. Strangelove and how the Cold War theme of this movie is an interesting watch in 2022 with the Ukraine war happening. We compare the two wars and talk about what's changed between the two. Plus, find out the movie prop that almost got the movie crew in trouble with the US government and the one real life tragedy that changed a single word in the movie. Alle...
Episode 46: Idiocracy
November 09, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 96.7 MBWelcome to Costco. I love you. Regular Game Night contributor Brian Kofford is here to help us celebrate the midterm elections here in the US by talking about the movie Idiocracy and how it serves as a cautionary tale for the state of our country's current politics but it didn't use to be that way, how exactly did we get this divisive in the US? Plus, you could technically classify this as a time travel movie and we talk about the things that they might have guessed correctly a little too so...
Episode 45: The Nightmare Before Christmas
November 05, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBSally is the only sane person in this insane asylum! This week we are covering the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas with Stephanie Cafferty and Kim aka Wondermom and we discuss how this movie brings back the nostalgia that the Millennials are craving and why it's fun to relive your old childhood movies and TV shows. Plus, Sally is not the lovable character everyone thinks she is on the surface and while she may be the one who's captured, we talk about the messed up things she does to her...
Episode 44: Hackers
November 02, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 124 MBHack the Planet! We are joined by regular Game Night contributor Jeffrey Sax to discuss the movie Hackers and we get into how Jeff got into technology and how it led to him owning his own network and computer security company. Plus, we speculate whether you can still be arrested by the federal government if you don't hack across state lines as Phreak kept claiming and did this movie predict ransomware? TEDxSanAntonio - Brian Brushwood - Social Engineering - How to Scam Your Way into Anythin...
Episode 43: Halloween (1978)
October 31, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBS**t! I have a place for that. Stephanie Cafferty makes a triumphant return to the show to talk about the movie Halloween and whether continuity is the Achilles' heel of this entire movie. Plus, find out why Willie's major problems with the movie all have to do with Annie, but it's not the character herself and Michael Myers gets his eye poked by both a knitting needle and a coat hanger and he gets shot so many times yet still survives, is Michael Myers superhuman? Stephanie's Links: Twitt...
Episode 42: Saw
October 30, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBFirst dead body I've ever seen. Look different in real life. They don't move. Samuel Lewis of The Samcast Network is here and he's never seen the movie Saw before but there's a good reason why, he's representing a movie watcher who doesn't usually like watching horror films and it's Willie's job to convince him to watch it. This movie was a controversial pick to discuss on Cinemavention and we will be spoiling this movie like we always do, but it's highly encouraged for you to listen to this...
Episode 41: The Evil Dead (1981)
October 22, 2022 23:00 - 49 minutes - 68.8 MBLook! I’m getting out! I don’t care what happens to her...I’m getting the hell out of here. Regular Game Night contributor Brian Kofford is back with us again to talk about the movie The Evil Dead. In this episode, Willie discusses his problems with the lack of a telephone to call the police or even the lack of an alternate road to get to the latest town to call for help, but Brian explains how this movie is actually more believable than horror films today. Plus, did you know that this movie...
Episode 40: Final Destination
October 18, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBTo get the full director's cut edition of this episode with extra bonus content, support the show today at patreon.com/WScottis1! If you wanna waste your life...then you can just drop f***ing dead. *thud* Regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles is back to begin our spooky month of movies, beginning with Final Destination. Did you know that this movie was originally written as an X-Files episode? Was it a mistake to stretch a TV episode into a full length feature film instead? Plus, an al...
Episode 39: Grease
September 21, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBTell me about it stud. Samuel Lewis of The Samcast Network rejoins us, this time to talk about the musical turned movie Grease and how this movie brings back so many memories of previous movies we’ve covered on this show as well as many high school memories. How accurately did this movie portray a typical high school year and does it hold up today? Plus, what is the message that this story is trying to send and is it the right one? RIP Olivia Newton-John. Paramount Plus Sets Cast for 'Greas...
Episode 38: 2001: A Space Odyssey
July 31, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBOpen the pod bay doors, HAL. I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. We are joined by Matthew Ross from The VOD Squad to discuss the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. This movie doesn't have any of the fancy CGI of today's movies, and we discuss whether the practical effects of this movie still work 50-60 years later. Plus, Matt and Willie debate whether the pacing actually helps the story or not and we compare IBM's Watson to HAL 9000, a supercomputer that won a rap battle against Steve Jobs...
Episode 37: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
July 26, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBI don't know how to put this, but I'm kind of a big deal. Sarah Lane from the Daily Tech News Show and Have Such A Good Day joins us to talk about Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and we talk about how this movie exposes how sexist news stations in the 70s used to be through the use of comedy, but do the jokes still land in 2022? Plus, Sarah tells us how she got into broadcasting and how playing around with a camera and microphone as a kid got her to where she is today and it turns out ...
Episode 36: Office Space
July 24, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBUh oh, sounds like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays! We are joined by Preston Monroe, the creator of the modern version of Showbot.tv to discuss the movie Office Space! We talk about how this movie has all the tropes of working an office job from the printer constantly not working to the cat and mouse game of having to bounce back and forth from HR to the boss and back to HR to address an issue. Preston shares his own stories from working an actual office job and how they compare to the ...
Episode 35: Mad Max: Fury Road
July 20, 2022 11:00 - 55 minutes - 77.5 MBWitness me! *thud* Mediocre! We are joined by the founder of the Frogpants network Scott Johnson to discuss the movie Mad Max: Fury Road! We talk about how there aren't many details given about who Mad Max is, the universe he's in and why he's on the run from Immortan Joe, Scott explains why the lack of information and context actually makes the movie more enjoyable for him. Plus, we speculate whether Immortan Joe is a king, a dictator or is he actually a god and Scott has mentioned many tim...
Episode 34: The Fifth Element
July 14, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBI am a meat popsicle. Brian Kofford joins the show to discuss The Fifth Element and it's another opportunity to talk about what Hollywood thought the future would look like in 2263. With discussions ranging from predicting the future before smartphones, all the way to flyup food carts, is there anything they got right or will this movie be a laughing stock in 2263? Plus, why don't Cornelius and David trust Korben right away and try to follow through with the plan without him and have power d...
Episode 33: The Addams Family (1991)
July 13, 2022 03:45 - 55 minutes - 77.8 MBAre the cookies made from real Girl Scouts? Fresh off of her stint as an America's Next Top Podcaster contestant, we are joined by season 4 runner up September McCrady to discuss the movie The Addams Family. We talk about the comic strips and television series that preceded this movie, is the movie an homage to those previous mediums or is it a whole new take? Plus, there is one particular moment in the movie where you know for sure that Gordon is actually the real Fester, we'll tell you wha...
Episode 32: Independence Day
July 09, 2022 03:45 - 55 minutes - 78.1 MBI ain't heard no fat lady! Forget the fat lady. You're obsessed with fat lady. Drive us out of here! Anthony Lemos from the Ritual Misery podcast joins the show as we discuss the movie Independence Day and we discuss from a military perspective why it seems that Captain Hiller is the only one to eject out of his fighter jet and why it's important for military members to not give up until there's no other option on the table. Plus, politicians do be lying sometimes and this movie perfectly sh...
Episode 31: Waiting...
July 05, 2022 23:00 - 49 minutes - 68.7 MBShe broke the cardinal rule. Don't f**k with people that handle your food. We are joined this week by Internet superstar Justin Robert Young to discuss the 2005 independent film Waiting... and we recount some of our own restaurant stories and rank which restaurant job is the best to work. Plus, do restaurant workers have it easier than retail workers and are dumpster meetings a real thing? Justin's Links: We're Not Wrong World's Greatest Con Politics Politics Politics Great Night Twitc...
Episode 30: Black Panther
June 30, 2022 23:00 - 51 minutes - 72.5 MBWakanda forever! This week we are concluding Marvel Month on Cinemavention by talking about the movie Black Panther. We are joined by Owen JJ Stone from IQMZ.com and we talk about how T'Challa's bloodline keeps winning the throne of Wakanda but we theorize on what happens if someone from another tribe wins. Can it still be called the Black Panther? Plus, what happens to the Black Panther powers moving forward now that the flowers that give the powers have all been burned and what exactly is ...
Episode 29: Guardians of the Galaxy
June 29, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBWe are Groot! Marvel Month on Cinemavention continues on and we have our very first in studio appearance in the show's history from regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles at the 2rd annual Turtle Daze in Fort Wayne! This week we talk about the movie Guardians of the Galaxy and how Thanos is in both the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy universes. Do The Avengers know about The Guardians of the Galaxy and are the two universes connected? Plus, Willie argues that Drax the Destroyer is r...
Episode 28: The Avengers (2012)
June 12, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBAvengers Assemble! We are continuing Marvel Month on Cinemavention by talking about the biggest MCU movie in the franchise, The Avengers! We are joined by Naaim Siddiqi from the RBaseball Weekly podcast and we talk about why we skipped a lot of the movies in Phase 1 of the MCU. Is it possible to do so or is some of the backstory of previous movies needed to understand this movie? Plus, betcha didn't know that NASA is the government agency that has the most influence in Hollywood movies beati...
Episode 27: Iron Man (2008)
June 06, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBWhat am I supposed to tell the press? Training exercise. Isn't that the usual BS? It's the start of Marvel Month on Cinemavention, and to kick things off, we are joined by Jeffrey Sax and Tom DiGianvittorio to discuss the movie Iron Man. Spoiler alert on Willie's opinion about the movie since he forgot to mention it during the episode, he gave the movie a thumbs up, but could the MCU as we know it existed without Iron Man doing well in the box office? Plus, these terrorists at first glance s...