Cinematic Savants

This week we're showing love to the legend, Macolm Jamal-Warner, who tragically passed away this week. Shawn gives us his thoughts of Ironheart and how it compares to previous Marvel shows. We give our final thoughts on Happy Gilmore 2, which releases this week on Netflix and Fantastic Four: First Steps. This is a huge release for Marvel so can they finally get the First Family of Marvel right...

This week on Cinematic Savants we're catching up on a lot of topics and reviews. We go over the verdict of the Diddy trial and how it will impact his future. Tommy and Ryan give reviews for the Ironheart show on Disney+. We all give our reviews of Jurassic World: Rebirth and Superman. Shawn also goes over the hill for the team to watch the latest Tyler Perry release of Madea's Destination...

Cinematic Savants is back with updates from Shawn on his busy wedding weekend and our thoughts on themed/ destination weddings. Ryan leads off with his early review for Ironheart on Disney+ (18:49). Shawn steps out of his comfort zone to watch the Max documentary Surviving Ohio State (28:01). Tommy binges Landman on Paramount+ starring Billy Bob Thornton (33:01). Ryan and Tommy give their reviews...

This week on Cinematic Savants we discuss the latest cinema news of the week, which includes Tyler Perry's lawsuit and rumors of Kevin Fiege stepping down after Avengers: Secret Wars. Also, to cap off the first half of the year, we're giving our Top 5 movies of the year.

We start off this week by saluting all the dads for the upcoming Father's Day weekend and we give our opinion on who was the greatest TV Dad of all time (23:36). Tommy has reviews for 2 shows starring Danny McBride, Vice Principals and Righteous Gemstones (30:58). Ryan gives his thoughts on a new show he is binging, The Rookie (41:06). We all give our reviews on the spinoff release from the Jo...

This week on Cinematic Savants we have Tommy's review of Mickey 17 on HBO Max (16:03). Shawn reviews the latest horror movie Bring Her Back (25:15) and the documentary on Netflix, Shooting Guards (42:00). Ryan goes over the hill for the Savants to watch The Karate Kid: Legends (47:05). Tommy gets a nice surprise from the movie Novocaine on HBO Max (55:25). We give our thoughts on the Happy Gil...

Savants start off by recapping their Memorial Day weekend and Shawn vents about his road rage in Ohio, but this week is all about the legend, Tom Cruise. We each give our reviews for what is the last entry to the Mission: Impossible franchise starring Tom Cruise. Did it deliver or the action and incredible stunt work accustomed to? Did the storyline work for us? Is this really the last Mission: Im...

Ryan leads off this week with his review of Havoc, newly released film starring Tom Hardy (14:06). Shawn gives an update on the Freak Off Trial of Diddy (19:49). Tom Cruises' final Mission: Impossible film is releasing this weekend, and we give our thoughts on the franchise and The Final Reckoning (54:08). We get sidetracked with the Caitlin Clark/ Angel Reese rivalry (1:05:39). Final Destinat...

The most anticipated release of Thunderbolts* has Cinematic Savants split on reviews of The New Avengers. Did Marvel deliver on restoring the reputation of the MCU? Does this get us excited for the upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps release in July? With the Diddy sex trafficking trail starting this week, we discuss what could happen with the hip hop mogul. Also, this week we entertain the debat...

Tommy and Shawn start off the episode with their preview of Thunderbolts* releasing this weekend. We give our fan theories of what could happen and is this finally the movie that will bring the Marvel fans back. Praise is given to Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan for the massive success of Sinners with only a 6% drop at the box office for its 2nd week out (17:06). Are end credit scenes getting o...

The Savants get caught up with each other after taking a last week off due to Tax Day sneaking up. Ryan gives a light review of Black Bag, starring Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, and Pierce Brosnan (24:50). Shawn gives reviews for Drop, One of Them Days, Mufasa, and Companion (28:40). Tommy gives a quick grade of The Last of Us and One of Them Days (56:23). Shannon Sharpe got into some troubl...

We start off the show with Shawn winning his NCAA work bracket. Shawn gives his review of Lady in the Yard (10:33). Tommy has thoughts on Wicked, which just released on Peacock (18:02). Tommy and Ryan have a conversation on what "Woke in Hollywood" really means (28:15). Shawn was not of fan of the Y2K movie (41:35). Ryan gives us his thoughts on the Apple+ show with Seth Rogan, The Studi...

This week Shawn gives his review of documentary of Jared from the Subway commercials on what led to this 15-year prison sentence for pedophilia. Tommy has reviews for A Complete Unknown, starring Timothee Chalamet and The Electric State, starring Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown. Thoughts on the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement from Marvel. Ending the episode with a Soundtrack Trivia for Sha...

The Savant Boys start off the week with Shawn making us aware about the attack on Tesla owners after recent remarks coming from Elon Musk. Shawn and Tommy give their reviews on the latest live action remake of Snow White. A lot of criticism has come its way from the "woke" angle is takes on the modern version of this story to the backlash of using CGI for the dwarfs to the stars bad mout...

This week on Cinematic Savants Shawn starts with a review for a documentary on Max, Kobe: The Making of a Legend (15:17), which covers the legend as a kid all the way through to his tragic passing from a helicopter crash with his daughter. Diddy does a phone interview defending Kanye West (27:00). Review for A Real Pain, Anora, and Heart Eyes (34:35). Tommy does a game of Cinema Pick 'Em for M...

This week on Cinematic Savants Shawn starts us off with a review of the Documentary series on Max, We Beat The Dream Team (12:20). A story of collage players that scrimmaged against The Dream Team prior to the Olympics and destroyed them. Tommy has a review for what he believes is the worst comic book movie ever made, Hellboy: The Crooked Man on Hulu (25:41). Ryan started on the Daredevil: Born Ag...

This week Tommy starts of this week with a review of his newest binge, Ballers starring The Rock (9:27). Ryan gives his thoughts of Just One of Them Days, starring Keke Palmer and SZA (24:21). Tommy and Ryan get sidetracked on who is the more popular rapper in the world, 50 Cent or Jay-Z (36:29). Oscars Awards recap (53:30). Shawn prepared a game for us on who we would do against some horror icons...

We start of the show with Tommy's recap of the Cobra Kai series finale on Netflix (4:14). Season 3 of Reacher on Amazon Prime was released this past week and Tommy is loving this show (22:23). Shawn attempts to watch Conclave, but he has some gripes (24:44). Tommy reviews his date night movie from this past week, Love Hurts starring Ke Huy Quan (44:12). Big news from Lucas Films, Kathleen Kenn...

This week on Cinematic Savants we start off with us being way too immature to have a conversation about a rapper named Big Dank getting a Lyft driver fired because he said she was too big to get in his car, so we have thoughts. We give the audience a recap of Captain America: Brave New World. Did this movie do its job on "bringing Marvel back" or did it miss the landing? Shawn has a revi...

We start off this week with a recap of the Super Bowl, which featured a highly entertaining halftime show from Kendrick Lamar. We discuss if someone like him was worthy of a halftime performance and if other rappers could do a solo show. We also prepare for the arrival of Captain America: Brave New World coming to theaters this week and we have a lot of thoughts and theories and what to expect. Al...

We start the off with a huge Happy Birthday to Mr. Ryan Winters who finally joins the 40 Club with Tommy and Shawn! We give our thoughts of the Luka trade to the Lakers, which we believe a documentary will be made on this event. Try to make some sense of the Blake Lively lawsuit against her director/costar. Review of the much anticipated Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer and how this movie will...

The Cinematic Trinity is back! Ryan returns to give his take on Wolf Man (5:10). Shawn steps out of his comfort zone to watch The Wild Robot (13:25). Tommy backtracks to give his review of Carry On available on Netflix and Civil War on Max (18:18). Tommy gives is thoughts on the Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy documentary on Peacock (40:28). Shawn gives Ryan the All-Time Villian Battle (1:09:03). W...

This week on Cinematic Savants we start with prayers to California residents who are suffering from the wildfires (18:06). We give our thoughts on Donald Trump's inauguration (7:58). SPOILER ALERT we give our breakdown review of Squid Game 2 (25:56). Juror #2 on Max (51:56). Subservience and Back in Action on Netflix (56:06). Shawn reviews Wolfman (1:14:10).

Holiday break is over and Cinematic Savants is back! We start off by recapping a few movies we caught during the break towards the end of the year. Shawn reviews Nosferatu (5:38), and a spoiler-free review of Squid Game Season 2 (10:45). Tommy gives reviews for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (16:05), The Substance starring Demi Moore (21:40), and Homestead (35:56). We discuss the Teaser Trailer for Superman...

This is it for 2024! We've had a great on Cinematic Savants watching a lot of great movies this year (along with some bad ones) and it's time to give our Top 5 lists for the best movies that have come out this year. We're also recapping the worst movies of the year, so tune in and enjoy the episode. Merry New Year!!