Cinema Bums

The Cinema Bums are back to welcome in the most wonderful time of the year: Bumtober! We have taken 32 listener-submitted films and entered them into a month-long bracket battle. The winner will be covered on the podcast in 2024! This year, there's a new twist: a chance for the Bums to cover a single movie that does not cleanly fit into a larger movie series. Vote on our Instagram story @CinemaBum...

The Cinema Bums are joined by DeAndre Weaver to discuss the brand-new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! The animated sequel to 2018's Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse bets big on more superheroes, more art styles, a darker tone, and a bold cliffhanger. Does it live up to the legacy of the original and stand on its own two feet? Tune in to hear Wade ask the question about Hobie an...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Zane Hollomon to #RememberTheName! For this year's April Fool's Day Special, the trio are discussing Super Mario Bros., the infamous 1993 live-action disaster, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the new animated blockbuster. Did you know that both of these movies are actually in the Richard Jewell series? We're discussing it all in our longest episode ever, including th...

The Cinema Bums are joined by DeAndre Weaver to discuss The Get Down! The trio review "Where There is Ruin, There is Hope For a Treasure", the pilot episode of Baz Luhrmann's musical Netflix series about the birth of hip-hop in the Bronx in the 1970's. What does the show's initial reception tell us about the state of streaming TV, and where does it sit within Baz's filmography? Tune in to hear Wad...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Kurt Uskar and Oscar Meyers to discuss the 2023 Academy Awards! The infamous duo is back to recap the Oscars battle between Everything Everywhere All At Once and All Quiet On the Western Front, reveal who made the most correct predictions, bemoan the treatment of current miniseries subject Baz Luhrmann, and crown the Most Metal Movie of 2022. All that plus The Whale a...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Jonathan Thor Raines for a spoiler-filled discussion of Scream VI! The new entry in the classic meta-horror series stars Jenna Ortega and arrives in theaters a mere 14 months after last year's triumphant reboot, but does it live up to the legacy? Tune in to hear Wade explain Sidney's absence, Emmet lead a six-focused quiz game, and Thor reveal a classic movie referenc...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Kelly Lee to discuss Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby! The trio dives deep on the film's soundtrack, the Oscars attitude towards Baz, Leonardo DiCaprio's filmography, 3D movies, F. Scott Fitzgerald's marriage, and much more. Tune in to hear Emmet revive an old segment, Wade prepare for party time, and Kelly age out of...

In 2012, Wade and Emmet met and quickly became best friends. From very early on, Wade knew one surprising fact: that Emmet loved the movie Australia. The three-hour-long 2008 historical epic from director Baz Luhrmann "taught Emmet what love was". A decade later, Wade has finally seen Australia too. The results are shocking. Thank you for listening, and please enjoy!

The Cinema Bums are joined by Kurt Uskar and Oscar Meyers to discuss the 2023 Academy Award nominations! The dynamic duo break down all the Oscar surprises, snubs, and suspicious nominees before predicting the winners of every major category. Tune in to hear about current miniseries subject Baz Luhrmann's treatment, the absence of Nope, and a mind-melting Best Picture prediction. Thank you for lis...

The Cinema Bums discuss Baz Luhrmann's third film, the glitzy musical Moulin Rouge! This spectacular extravaganza jumps back and forth between Nicole Kidman singing and dancing her way to a Best Actress nom and a seriously sad framing device with Ewan McGregor. But does heartbreak feel good in a place like this? Tune in to hear Wade talk about the film's Broadway adaptation and Emmet lead a tragic...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Austin Spero (aka Reese Havoc ) to discuss Baz Luhrmann's second film, the extravagantly titled William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. This high school English class favorite is a monument to the 1990's, maximalism, and a young Leonardo DiCaprio. Does it still hold up today? Tune in to hear Emmet react to Hugh Jackman returning as Wolverine, Wade reveal the secret kidn...

The Cinema Bums dance into the new year by discussing Strictly Ballroom! The Australian indie film was a smash hit when it premiered thirty years ago, launching the film career of new miniseries subject Baz Luhrmann. In this episode, the Bums break down Baz's history, the rocky road to releasing this movie, and what defines his distinct style. Tune in to hear Wade accuse The Monkees of being a CIA...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Laura Bennett to discuss their favorite new releases of 2022! On this Holiday Special, our trio walks through the year in film, crowns the best in horror, evaluates the state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and recommends a gigantic amount of new movies all while developing a brand new (chopped up) rating scale. Tune in to hear Wade take a ride on the AmbuLAnce, Lau...

After an unexpected hiatus, the Cinema Bums are back! We're kicking off our return to new weekly episodes with a discussion of the other Jordan Peele film of 2022, Wendell and Wild! This stop-motion Netflix movie comes from Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline, which finds the Bums sharing what films scared them as children, trying to explain a very complicated plo...

The Cinema Bums recorded a special episode together in person to celebrate the beginning of this year's Bumtober Bracket! We have taken 32 listener-submitted film series and turned them into a month-long battle. The winner will be the first new series we cover next year in 2023! Vote on our Instagram story @CinemaBums every day of October starting at 10:00am EST to help choose the listener's champ...

The Cinema Bums rank all thirteen Spider-Man films they reviewed for Web Head Summer! They also compare the many different iterations of the character on screen and pick their favorite villain, love interest, Aunt May, and more. The Bums even cast their eyes forward and make some official predictions for the future of the series and what might happen in Avengers: Secret Wars. Stay tuned until the...

It's all led to this: at the end of Web Head Summer, the Cinema Bums finally discuss Spider-Man: No Way Home. This blockbuster finale to the Tom Holland run features the biggest Villain Report ever, a shockingly similar plot to X-Men (2000), and the return of Tobey "Big Eyes" Maguire. Does it still work (and make sense) as a movie underneath all the hype? Tune in to hear Emmet request Rhino and Wa...

The Cinema Bums discuss the penultimate movie in their Web Head Summer miniseries, Spider-Man: Far From Home! In this episode, we're asking all the hard questions: Does having a secret identity put your loved ones at risk? Is Jake Gyllenhaal's best performance in The Sack Lunch Bunch? Has Spider-Man seen the "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" music video? Tune in to hear Emmet lead a (time) travel...

The Cinema Bums continue their Spider-Man series with the second-highest-grossing film ever made, Avengers: Endgame! The dust has finally settled on this gigantic MCU blockbuster and the Bums are here to discuss it all: Tony's many goodbye speeches, the unhinged end credits, Black Widow's brutal fate, the incomprehensible time travel rules, and Hawkeye's questionable haircut. Tune in to hear Wade...

The Cinema Bums return to their Jordan Peele miniseries to discuss his brand-new summer blockbuster, Nope! After a year of counting down the weeks until its release, the Bums have finally seen the film and dive deep into the performances, real life inspirations, hidden meanings, genre mix-ups, and mysterious shoes. Tune in to hear Wade reveal a hidden message in the film's poster and Emmet share h...

The Cinema Bums discuss the first animated theatrical Spider-Man movie, Into the Spider-Verse! This underseen gem broke new ground in both animation and the Spider-Man film series. The Bums cover some of the innovations along with the film's comedy, the last decade of Best Animated Oscar winners, and, yes, Spider-Ham. Tune in to hear Wade share his Aunt May theory and Emmet become captivated by To...

The Cinema Bums return to their Taika Waititi series to discuss his new film, Thor: Love and Thunder! It's a jam-packed episode as the duo break down a meta reading of the movie, update their Taika rankings, take a guest-submitted quiz about Twitter weirdos, and review Top Gun: Maverick. Tune in to hear Wade spotlight Chris Hemsworth's buns and Emmet explain how he became a local superhero. Thank...

The Cinema Bums discuss "the first half of the MCU season finale," Avengers: Infinity War! In this propulsive crossover, Spider-Man does something we've never seen before on screen: he dies. The Bums break down his arc in this film, as well as those of Thor, Thanos, and the Guardians of the Galaxy. Tune in to hear Wade read the Vivo song titles in a Zoe Saldaña-based quiz and Emmet reveal the real...

The Cinema Bums discuss Tom Holland's first solo outing as Peter Parker, Spider-Man: Homecoming! The Bums break down how director Jon Watts crafts a comedy out of Peter's tragic luck, as well as evaluating Michael Keaton's performance, dissecting the Miles Morales connections, and playing a movie-accurate game of "Kiss Marry Kill" with the Avengers. Tune in to hear Wade reveal which high schooler...

The Cinema Bums discuss Tom Holland's first outing as Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War! True to the title, the Bums cannot see eye-to-eye on this 2016 superhero threequel - is it a melodramatic masterpiece or an overblown bore? Tune in to hear Wade uncover Tom Holland's theatrical background and Emmet pose some hard moral questions about a very hypothetical string of murders. Thank you for l...