Cinema Shrinks

Join us this summer blockbuster season as we discuss the career of Steven Spielberg and the complicated family drama that informed it, culminating in the autobiographical film  The Fabelmans.  We also talk about the convoluted plots of  Hook  and  The Terminal , and learn how Jim almost got into a fight at a movie theater during  Lincoln. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copy...

Get full on with Jim and Paige in their 25th(!) episode, discussing weird bikes and midwestern love triangles in the HBO limited series, DTF St. Louis Warning: This episode includes discussions about self harm. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Become whole with Jim and Paige as they discuss all the things avoidant attached people will do besides therapy in the 2025 Dave Franco/Alison Brie body horror film,  Together . WARNING: FULL SPOILER DISCUSSION Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Happy Holidays! Join Jim and Paige as they discuss the true holiday classic, Eyes Wide Shut. Topics include: high society sex cults (obviously), what "hot wife" means (according to Paige), and what really is at the end of the rainbow. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Join Jim & Paige as they explore love triangles in the afterlife in the new A24 romantic(ish) comedy(?)  Eternity . Disclaimer: We mention it pretty late in the episode, but this is a spoiler filled discussion, as usual. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Play hide n' seek with Jim and Paige as they try to find meaning in crazy nepo families and questionable traditions in the 2019 horror comedy, Ready or Not. Music by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kyrylo Momot⁠⁠⁠⁠  from  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠⁠ No Copyright Music.

Join Jim and Paige as they discuss small town drama,1800's love triangles, and the live action Super Mario Bros. movie for some reason,  as they cover the 2004 M. Night Shyamalan MASTERPIECE (fight me), The Village. Music by  ⁠⁠Kyrylo Momot⁠⁠  from  ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠ No Copyright Music.

Join Jim and Paige as they discuss the murky waters of testosterone fueled relationships and try to juggle Paul Rudds  in  Friendship (2024)  and  I love you, man. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Jim and Paige are back to discuss heights, hairlines, and satin sheets in the 2025 romantic drama, Materialists. Listener warning: This episode contains brief discussions of sexual assault Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Join Jim and Paige as they talk sex work, Russians, and the difference between documentaries and fiction while examining the 2024 Oscar Darling, Anora (and a rant or two about The Florida Project). Warning: the episode contains discussions of sexual assault. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Join Jim and Paige as they collect an obscene amount of Healthy Choice pudding and discuss the trippy 2002 Adam Sandler led hidden Gem, Punch-Drunk Love. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Join Jim and Paige at Denny's (it's an American Institution!) as they discuss the 1994 Christmas Classic, The Santa Clause. Topics include; divorced dads, more therapist slander in the 90's,and  the real origin of Santa Claus (the person, not the Clause).Warning: this episode contains open conversations about Santa Claus (in case you have any younglings around). Music credits: Royalty Free Music -...

Happy Halloween from Cinema Shrinks! Join Jim and Paige in the red room as we discuss (in painful detail) each member of the Crain family (and Paige's conspiracy theories about big mold), from 2018's Netflix horror/drama series: The Haunting of Hill House, loosely based on the book of the same name by Shirley Jackson. Warning: This episode includes discussions about sexual assault, drug abuse, and...

Join Jim and Paige for a spooky edition of Cinemmmmaaaaa Shriiiiiinnnnkkkksssss as we tackle the 1995 hit. Casper; another questionable 90's family film that tackles the familiar childhood concepts of ghost therapists, questionable age gaps in relationships, manipulation tactics, and mysterious evil uncles with names that would never make it in 2024. Music by  Kyrylo Momot  from  Pixabay No Copyri...

Join Jim and Paige on a trip to the Jungle, as they fight off monkeys, mosquitos, old white men, and the crushing inevitability of time while they discuss the surprisingly deep 1995 family adventure/fantasy film, Jumanji.   Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Join Jim and Paige across 3 films  on a 20 year journey filled with bad decisions, lots of walking, fake phone calls, and an abundance of Ethan Hawke  in "The Before Trilogy" (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight). Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Join Jim and Paige as they volley back and forth on topics such as: throuples, Churros, and a bangin' soundtrack while discussing the 2024 erotic romance(?)/thriller(?)/Tennis film(?) Challengers. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Join Jim and Paige as they the roll out of a car and unravel the intricate relationships, weird age gaps, and skewed messages of Crazy Stupid Love. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Join Jim and Paige as they dive into the multiverse and tackle the multitude of parallel relationships, find meaning in "Racacoonie", and examine the love and loss in a hot dog finger universe, in 2022's Best Picture winner, Everything Everywhere all at Once. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Join Jim and Paige as they ignore all warning of the Medjai, and explore the ancient love and sandy sexual tension in the 1999 (but definitely takes place in the 1920's) cinematic masterpiece, the Mummy, and struggle  to recall very important plot details, as we were too distracted by all the hot people.  Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Jim and Paige return to discuss Goofy's life as a single dad, his obsession with the electric chair, and the allure of faux 90's pop group, Powerline, as a driving force of chaotic plot antics.  Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Join Jim and Paige on a wooden door somewhere in the Atlantic as they discuss whose hearts will go on in the classic 90's romance/tragedy phenomenon, Titanic. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

Join Jim and Paige in the circle of trust as they discuss the dysfunctional early 00’s comedy hit, Meet the Parents. Music credits: Royalty Free Music - Old Hollywood - No Copyright Music - Audio Bazar

TRIGGER WARNING: We do talk about suicide in this episode, which can be distressing. Please skip this episode if that feels too distressing. If you need resources or support go to 988lifeline.org, or, for 24 hour free crisis counselling in the United States, the number for the crisis line 988, please look after yourself. Join Jim and Paige as they discuss the relationships, deaths, and denizens of...

TRIGGER WARNING: We do talk about suicide and domestic violence in this episode, which can be distressing. Please skip this episode if that feels too distressing. If you need resources or support go to 988lifeline.org, or, for 24 hour free crisis counselling in the United States, the number for the crisis line 988, please look after yourself. Jim and Paige return to discuss the 2014 pulpy mystery...