It’s our first installment of Movie Mailbag Monday. In this mini-episode, we answer questions from you, our dear listeners! For this installment, it’s really one big question: What are our all-time favorite films? The answers may surprise you!
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Tonight’s Cinemavino continues our look at all-time Oscar snubs. For part three, we tackle a David Fincher classic–Zodiac. It’s engrossing, intelligent true crime epic, centered on the hunt for one of our country’s most famous serial killers. An all-star cast delivers incredible performances, and Fincher creates an atmosphere of genuine suspense, despite this being based on…
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Tonight’s episode of Cinemavino continues our series on the best films to be completely snubbed by the Oscars. Rounders survived so-so reviews and box office to endure as an all-time cult classic. At the very least, John Malkovich should’ve snagged a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His work here is scene stealing and tremendous. To pair…
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Tonight, Sean and I take a look at one of the biggest releases of the year: Matt Reeves’ reboot of The Batman. We have slightly different opinions of the finished product. This podcast is mostly spoiler-free, but the last few minutes *might* contain a few mild plot hints. Don’t worry–we’ll give you a heads up before…
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This mini-episode continues our look at Vox Machina, the new animated series on Amazon. Machina drops in 3 episode chunks, so tonights discussion will cover the 4th, 5th, and 6th episodes of the first season. As always, SPOILERS ABOUND, so proceed with caution.
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We continue our look at The Book of Boba Fett, now streaming Disney+. Here, we cover episodes 4 & 5. One is a filler, the other is a killer. We’ll let you figure out which is which. SPOILERS ABOUND! Proceed with caution. For vino, we sample Chateau Greysac, a classic Merlot-based Bordeaux that will pair nicely with…
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For the new year, we will take a look at some of the most acclaimed movies of 2022. This starts with Adam McKay’s broad satire, Don’t Look Up. Sean and Travis really enjoyed, while I was more on the fence. As for vino, I decided on an old standby: Domaine de Salvard’s Cheverny. As Up looks at the end…
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We’re gonna kick off this season with a series of very different Christmas flicks. That begins with The Holiday, a prototypical offering of Hollywood schmaltz. It was written and directed by Nancy Meyers (What Women Want, Something’s Gotta Give), who has a strong command of frothy rom-coms. In fact, she might be the best this side of…
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For this week’s Cinemavino, Sean and I continue our look at Peter Jackson’s mammoth documentary, The Beatles: Get Back. Jackson did an outstanding job of ironing 160 hours of raw footage into three coherent acts. Not surprisingly, part II takes the Beatles into some of their darkest depths, as they try to bring George Harrison back into…
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The Beatles are my all-time favorite band, and I’ve spent my life as a walking encyclopedia of their music and history. Like millions of fans, their music has changed my life. Long story short: This isn’t just another podcast for me. I’ve been pumped for Peter Jackson’s documentary since I saw his work on They Shall…
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