Episodes
Feb. 19, 2025
Total Recall is a Mind-Bending Classic | Review
Welcome back! Our Sci-Fi Series has been a lot of fun, and we're concluding with an all-time classic: Arnold Schwarzenegger's action epic, Total Recall ! It was a huge hit on release, and opinions of it have only grown si…
Feb. 12, 2025
Star Trek Doesn't Get Better than Wrath of Khan | Review
Hey, and welcome back to Cinemavino ! This week, our Sci-Fi Series continues with a host favorite, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . We're Trek nerds, so this episode has a special place. This sequel had an interesting pro…
Feb. 5, 2025
Blade Runner is Incredible Sci-Fi | Review
Hello everybody! We’re back! After a two week hiatus due to illness, Cinemavino is back to full strength. That means our Sci-Fi Series is back on track. This week, we can one the greatest and most influential flicks of t…
Jan. 29, 2025
A Look Back: Dark City
Hey! Unfortunately, due to my own illness, we'll have to hold off for one more week on our sci-fi series. Thank you all for being patient and sticking with us! In the meantime, enjoy another episode from 2021, in which we ta…
Jan. 22, 2025
A Look Back: Aliens
Hello! Our Sci-Fi series will be a little off, as I've got two sick babies at home. I always want to make sure you guys get the best (and best-sounding) version of Cinemavino , so we'll continue with Blade Runner next Wed…
Jan. 15, 2025
Alien Might be the Scariest Movie Ever | Review
Hello! Part 2 of our Sci-Fi Series features one of the greatest ever: Ridley Scott’s horror classic, Alien . Longtime listeners might be shocked we’ve never gotten around to this all-timer. No one was more shocked than w…
Jan. 9, 2025
The Road Warrior is an Action Masterpiece | Review
Welcome back! Hope you all had a great New Year holiday, and thank you for coming back for 2025. For January, we're kicking a sci-fi series. Many of these entries will shock you that we haven't already done them. That goe…
Jan. 1, 2025
A Look Back at When Harry Met Sally | Review
Hello, and Happy New Year, everyone! We hope your 2025 is off to a great start. We're off this week, but this will be a good time to catch up on an episode you may have missed. There aren't many true NYE movies out there, …
Dec. 25, 2024
The Holdovers is an Instant Christmas Classic | Review
Welcome and Happy Holidays! This episode will air on Christmas Day. Whatever that day means to you, we hope you're happy and healthy, and we thank you for spending a little of it with us. This final Christmas installment f…
Dec. 18, 2024
Scrooged is a Sarcastic Christmas Miracle | Review
Seasons greetings! We hope y'all are warm and safe, and all ready for the upcoming holidays. Part 3 of our Christmas Series takes us to a sardonic 80s classic--Bill Murray's Scrooged. It's a gnarly, sarcastic update on A…
Dec. 11, 2024
Eyes Wide Shut is Really a Christmas Movie | Review
Welcome! Part Two of our Christmas Series takes us to a surprising movie: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut . This was a troubled production--even by Kubrick's legendary standards--with lots of backstage intrigue, especial…
Dec. 4, 2024
The Long Kiss Goodnight is a Hidden Christmas Classic | Review
Can you believe it's already December?? Our annual Christmas Series will feature a few unorthodox selections, just to keep things spicy. We'll start things with a 90s cult flick that might have slipped under your radar: T…
Nov. 27, 2024
Galaxy Quest is the Funniest Sci-Fi Ever | Review
Welcome back! This week concludes our miniseries looking at comfort movies. For this installment, we discuss a personal favorite, Galaxy Quest ! This 90s comedy classic gently pokes fun at the Star Trek franchise, and fea…
Nov. 19, 2024
The Big Lebowski is the Ultimate Cult Classic | Movie Review
And we're back! After last week's brief break, we're doing a mini-series of comedies to close out November. In light of recent events, all of us here could use some cinematic comfort food. Nothing provides that like The B…
Nov. 13, 2024
A Look Back: Rounders
Welcome back! For this week’s episode, we’ll take a special look back at an episode from 2 1/2 years ago, Rounders! It’s an episode you may have missed, so enjoy! After that, we’ll close out November with 2 classic comedies…
Nov. 6, 2024
Grindhouse is Double the Fun | Movie Review
Welcome the finale of our Halloween Series! For this episode, you get a double feature--Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof and Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror . Both flicks pay homage to exploitation genre of 70s horror. Th…
Oct. 30, 2024
The Exorcist is the Greatest Horror Film Ever | Movie Review
Hey! Our Halloween Series is nearly done, and we're wrapping things up with an all-time classic-- The Exorcist ! It's an iconic experience--disturbing, violent, and brilliantly acted and filmed. Does this film have any bas…
Oct. 23, 2024
An American Werewolf in London is an All-Time Favorite | Movie Review
Welcome back! Our Halloween Series continues in high gear with an 80s cult classic-- An American Werewolf in London! This horror flick has a lot going for it: Elements of comedy, a fast-moving pace, and Rick Baker's stunn…
Oct. 17, 2024
Was Salem's Lot Worth the Wait? | Movie Review
Hey! It's a day late, but never a dollar short... Our Halloween Series continues with a new release--the latest remake of Salem's Lot, based on the classic novel by Stephen King. Filmed in 2021, this movie has languished i…
Oct. 9, 2024
Final Destination is a Goofy Horror Classic | Movie Review
Our Halloween Series continues with a early 2000s classic-- Final Destination ! This flick did surprising box office and inspired a series of sequels, with uneven results. We have very different opinions of this movie. Is …
Oct. 2, 2024
The Faculty is a 90s Cult Classic | Movie Review
Welcome to our Halloween Series! This month, each host will pick an essential Halloween flick for us to screen, and we'll start with a 90s classic: The Faculty ! This teen scream epic stars a who's who of future talent (pl…
Sept. 26, 2024
The American President is a Charming Comedy | Movie Review
Our Presidential Series wraps up with The American President , a fluffy, charming rom-com from Aaron Sorkin ( The West Wing ) and Rob Reiner ( A Few Good Men )! It has an all-star cast, led by Michael Douglas and Annette Be…
Sept. 18, 2024
Lincoln is a Film for the Ages | Movie Review
In this series, we've seen fictional and non-fictional presidents. None of them can match the nobility, brilliance, and complexity of our greatest president. With Lincoln, Steven Spielberg doesn't offer a comprehensive loo…
Sept. 11, 2024
Air Force One is a Corny Action Classic | Movie Review
Welcome! Our Presidential series continues with a 90s action classic--Harrison Ford's Air Force One . It's the only action flick in our series, and we have a fun discussion. How does it hold up? How has 9/11 changed our o…