Episodes
Oct. 23, 2025
Over the Garden Wall is a Hidden Gem | Review
Welcome! Our Halloween Series continues with Over the Garden Wall. I had never seen it, and knew nothing about it. That makes this episode a pleasant surprise. Patrick McHale's animated gem is a Halloween cult classic. It'...
Oct. 15, 2025
Sinners is a New Classic | Review
Hey! Our Halloween Series is in full swing. For Part II, we look at a 2025 release that became a huge hit: Ryan Coogler's Sinners . It's stylized, frenetic, and lots of fun. Enjoy our review!
Oct. 8, 2025
Scream is a 90s Horror Classic | Review
Hey! Our Halloween Series kicks off with a hit horror flick from the 90s--Wes Craven's Scream . This one has everything, from teen movie icons to self-deprecating satire. It's a fine line between fun and obnoxious, but Cra...
Oct. 1, 2025
A Time to Kill is the Sweatiest Movie Ever Made | Review
Welcome! Our final sweaty movie is absolutely drenched. A Time to Kill is a 90s classic, and it made a superstar out of Matthew McConaughey. We have very different opinions on this one. To pair, we picked another wine desig...
Sept. 24, 2025
Dog Day Afternoon is an All-Timer | Review
Welcome! Our Sweaty Series continues with one of the sweatiest movies ever made— Dog Day Afternoon , starring Al Pacino. The film starts normally, but as Pacino’s bank robbery turns into a lengthy standoff, the characters loo...
Sept. 17, 2025
12 Angry Men is a Cinematic Milestone | Review
Hey! Our Sweaty Series continues with an all-time classic: Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men . It's a classic legal drama and an intense character study. Lumet's minimal approach to the material is ground-breaking. And it's one...
Sept. 10, 2025
Speed is a 90s Classic | Review
We're back! Our Sweaty Series kicks off with a 90s classic-- Speed . This one's got it all, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, a great premise, and goofy action beats. Now, it delivers nostalgia and sheer silliness...
Sept. 3, 2025
A Look Back: Over the Top
Hey! Due to a personal matter, we'll kick off our Sweaty Series next week. In the meantime, enjoy this look back at Over the Top. It's a campy 80s classic, starring Sylvester Stallone and Robert Loggia.
Aug. 27, 2025
A Look Back: Demolition Man
Hello! This week, we'll take a look back at our episode reviewing Demolition Man , recorded three years ago this week. It's a 90s cult classic starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. (And a young Sandra Bullock!) We...
Aug. 20, 2025
The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Review
Hello! Our Fantastic Four series concludes with the most recent--and best--offering: The Fantastic Four: First Steps . With this entry, Marvel's first family enters the MCU. We have an assortment of strong opinions, includ...
Aug. 13, 2025
Fantastic Four (2015) is Cinematic Topsoil | Review
Hello! This week, it's chapter 3 of our Fantastic Four series! Unfortunately, the 2015 version is just awful. In fact, this is strong in the running for worst superhero movie ever. Supposedly this was strictly a business ...
Aug. 7, 2025
A Look Back: Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
Our Fantastic Four series will continue this weekend with the 2015 version, but in the meantime, enjoy this special look back at an episode from 2021. In it, we dissect the cult classic, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil . Enjoy!
July 30, 2025
Fantastic Four (2005) is Supremely Disappointing | Review
Hey! Our mini-series on the Fantastic Four continues with the 2005 adaptation. This is a very different experience from the previous episode. It's bigger, but necessarily better. As you might guess, we have strong opinions...
July 25, 2025
The '94 Fantastic Four is Fascinating | Review
Hello! We're two days late, but not two dollars short! This episode will commence a short run looking at the different cinematic attempts to kick off a Fantastic Four franchise. All this will lead up to the release of Fant...
July 17, 2025
Superman Returns is a Movie That Happened | Review
Welcome back to Cinemavino ! In honor of the release of James Gunn's Superman , we take a look back at Superman Returns. Bryan Singer's is a superhero oddity: It's part legacy sequel and part reboot, and yet does neither wi...
July 10, 2025
Let it Be is the Beatles Epilogue | Review
Hey! Our Beatles Series concludes with Let It Be. For this episode, we review the Peter Jackson's remastered version from Disney+ last year. After years of rugged VHS cuts, it's great to see this in a whole new way. To pai...
July 2, 2025
Yellow Submarine is a Beautiful Animated Film | Review
Hello! Our Beatles Series continues with an animated classic, Yellow Submarine . It\'s a freewheeling piece of psychedelia, and a masterful swirl of pop art, where Andy Warhol meets Fantasia . Find out all sorts of Beatle t...
June 26, 2025
Help! is the Beatles at Their Funniest | Review
Welcome! Our Beatles Series continues with the the band\'s second feature: Help! This is one is in living color, and features a much more absurd storyline. Roger Ebert famously said the band had four seasons. This film capt...
June 18, 2025
A Look Back: Get Back
Hello, everyone! As many of you know, this week was supposed to feature our discussion of Help! Well, I came down with strep throat, so...womp, womp. Good news--I've got the perfect thing to tide everyone over. From 2021, t...
June 13, 2025
Surprise! It's a Friday the 13th Special | Review
Hey all! It's Friday the 13th, and Jason Voorhees' birthday! In honor of the day, we've got a bonus episode of Cinemavino ! For today, we screen the 1989 flick Friday the XIII: Jason Takes Manhattan . But does he? Does he...
June 11, 2025
Is A Hard Day's Night the Greatest Musical Ever | Review
Welcome! This episode kicks off our Beatles series, and we begin with their first film-- A Hard Day's Night . Roger Ebert famously said the Beatles had four seasons, and this film perfectly captures them in spring. They lo...
June 4, 2025
A Look Back: My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Hey! Next week, we're going to kick off a fun series: Beatles movies. First up is A Hard Day's Night . As a Beatlemaniac, I can't wait! In the meantime, let's take a look back at an episode from almost exactly three years...
May 29, 2025
The Dark Knight Rises is a Solid Conclusion | Review
Hello! Our epic trilogy series wraps up with The Dark Knight Rises . Christopher Nolan's epic conclusion isn't perfect, but it's also a great way to conclude this bold, ambitious group of movies. How does it hold up? (Spoiler...
May 21, 2025
The Dark Knight is a Superhero Masterpiece | Review
Welcome! It's the penultimate episode of our Trilogy Series, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. Many critics will tell you this is one of the best comic book movies ever made. How does it hold up? How do we rank it? Find ...