Catching Up On Cinema

In this week's episode of Catching Up On Cinema, Kyle and Trevor sit down to review Zack Snyder's, Army of the Dead (2021)! Conceived in the late 2000's as a follow up to Snyder's wildly successful feature directorial debut, Dawn of the Dead (2004), the film spent over a decade in developmental Hell before it's eventual 2021 release to theaters and Netflix. Starring Dave Bautista and an internatio...

It's once again time for Catching Up On Cinema's monthly "Tales From the Shelf" episode! In this installment, Trevor and his buddy brad from the Cinema Speak podcast sit down to swap stories about the movies in their respective collections that boast the most "Artful Aesthetics". Check out Brad's podcast, Cinema Speak on Libsyn at Cinema Speak , or on Twitter and Instagram . Brad's Picks: Manhunte...

In this week's installment of Catching Up On Cinema, Kyle introduces Trevor to Rose Glass' psychological horror film, Saint Maud (2020)! A British A24 production, and considered part of the vaunted “elevated horror” subgenre, the film is a feverish and truly unsettling descent into madness. Headlined by Morfydd Clark as the titular Maud, and featuring Jennifer Ehle as a prickly cancer patient who...

In this episode of Catching Up On Cinema, Trevor is joined by Harrison from the Grief Burrito podcast to review Luc Besson's, The Fifth Element (1997)! Starring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Gary Oldman, the film is a wildly imaginative sci-fi blockbuster with uniquely French sensibility and and aesthetic. Featuring costuming by Jon-Paul Gauthier, design work by Moebius, and a colorful and vari...

In this episode of Catching Up On Cinema, Trevor and his brother Matt sit down to review Darius Marder's 2020 Oscar darling, Sound of Metal (2020)! Headlined by Riz Ahmed, and co-starring Olivia Cooke and 2020 best supporting actor winner, Paul Raci, the film is a weighty but refreshingly organic drama focusing on the events that unfold when a young drummer/recovering addict discovers he is going...

*WARNING!* This episode contains total spoilers for Mortal Kombat (2021) *WARNING!* In a very special Theatrical Edition of Catching Up On Cinema, Trevor and Kyle, and the latter's brother Nik knuckle down to review Simon McQuoid's, Mortal Kombat (2021)! A reboot of the videogame adapted movie series that began with Paul W.S. Anderson's 1995 live action iteration, the film serves the dual role of...

In the finale of Catching Up On Cinema's Action April event month, Kyle and Trevor review Steven Seagal's, On Deadly Ground (1994)! To date the only film directed by Seagal himself, On Deadly Ground is far from the best film in the martial artist turned actor's less than stellar filmography, however it is the film that best represents the man and his oddly specific brand of indulgences and quirks....

*This episode was recorded during a brief stretch of time wherein the absolute best source for physical media news, blu-ray.com, was down* It's once again time for Catching Up On Cinema's monthly Catching Up On Blu-Ray episode! This time around, Trevor is once again joined by his good friend Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast in reviewing the month's physical media releases. Check out Brad's podca...

In this week's installment of Catching Up On Cinema's Action April event, Kyle, Trevor and Matt review Jean-Claude Van Damme's, Hard Target (1993)! The first American production to be directed by prolific Hong Kong wunderkind, John Woo, the film serves both as a showcase for JCVD's talents as a legitimate action star, as well as a solid introduction for Western audiences to Woo's knack for framing...

It's once again time for Catching Up On Cinema's monthly Tales from the Shelf episode! In this installment, Standout Scenes, Trevor is joined by his good buddy Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast in reviewing movies from their collection that have exceptional set piece moments. Check out Brad's podcast, Cinema Speak on Libsyn at Cinema Speak , or on Twitter and Instagram . Find us online at catchin...

In this very special, "theatrical" edition of Catching Up On Cinema, Kyle and Trevor review Adam Wingard's eagerly anticipated daikaiju blockbuster, Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)! The equivalent of The Avengers for Legendary studios' Monsterverse franchise, the film is a briskly paced, crowd pleasing affair that wisely delivers no more or less than it's almost comically simplistic title offers. Probabl...

In this week's installment of Catching Up On Cinema's Action April event month, Kyle and Trevor are joined by the former's brother Nik in reviewing Mark L. Lester and Arnold Schwarzenegger's cheesy action classic, Commando (1985)! Seemingly produced in direct response to the success of the Rambo series, and indeed the emergence of the over-the-top jingoistic action films of the day, the film embra...

This month is Action April at Catching Up On Cinema! Every week we'll be taking a look a blockbuster action flick from the filmographies of some of the greatest stars in action cinema. To kick things off, Trevor and his brother Matt review George P. Cosmatos' mid-80's action classic, Rambo: First Blood Part 2 (1985)! The first of several louder, dumber and more violent sequels to the surprisingly...

It's once again time for Catching Up On Cinema's monthly Catching Up On Blu-Ray episode! This time around, Trevor is once again joined by his good friend Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast in reviewing the month's physical media releases. Check out Brad's podcast, Cinema Speak on Libsyn at Cinema Speak , or on Twitter and Instagram . Find us online at catchinguponcinema.com Follow us on Instagram...

In this week's installment of Catching Up On Cinema's March of the Monsters event month, we review Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi's modern monster classic, Shin Gojira (2016)! Produced only a few short years after the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of 2011, the film boldly reinstates Godzilla's status as the living embodiment of a nation and people's fears and...

Catching Up On Cinema's March of the Monsters event month continues with a review of John Guillermin's King Kong (1976)! The brainchild of prolific Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis, the film is a tepid remake of the 1933 original, swapping stop-motion for suitmation, and the premise of a film project gone wrong to an oil expedition gone bad. Starring Jessica Lange in her cinematic debut, a...

It's once again time for Catching Up On Cinema's monthly Tales from the Shelf episode! In this installment, Blind Buys, Trevor is joined by Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast in sharing stories about movies they've purchased before actually watching the film. Check out Brad's podcast, Cinema Speak on Libsyn at Cinema Speak , or on Twitter and Instagram . Find us online at catchinguponcinema.com Fo...

March of the Monsters continues at Catching Up On Cinema with a review of the original Japanese cut of Ishiro Honda's, King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)! The first Godzilla film to be shot in color, as well as the first to debut many of composer Akira Ifukube's most iconic theme musics for the Big G, the film serves as the prototype for the majority of Show era Godzilla films to come. Officially relea...

March of the Monsters month at Catching Up On Cinema continues with a review of Ishiro Honda's groundbreaking daikaiju masterpiece, Gojira (1954)! A grim, allegorical tale of the horrors of nuclear weapons from a uniquely Japanese perspective, the film is often mistakenly thought of as just another dime a dozen atomic age B-movie, largely due to it's slightly inferior repackaging in the form of th...

This March is "March of the Monsters" month at Catching Up On Cinema! In celebration of the imminent release of Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Trevor and Kyle will be reviewing the titular monster's films all month long. To start things off, the boys sit down to review the earliest film in the chronology of both franchises, Merrian C. Cooper's original King Kong (1933)! Featuring groundbreaking stop mo...

It's once again time for Catching Up On Cinema's monthly Catching Up On Blu-Ray episode! This time around, Trevor is once again joined by his good friend Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast in reviewing the month's physical media releases. Check out Brad's podcast, Cinema Speak on Libsyn at Cinema Speak , or on Twitter and Instagram . Find us online at catchinguponcinema.com Follow us on Instagram...

It's once again time for Catching Up On Cinema's monthly Tales From the Shelf episode! This time around, Trevor and his buddy Brad from Cinema Spea k are joined by Harrison of the Grief Burrito podcast! Pivoting away from the usual Tales From the Shelf format of swapping stories about movie collecting, this month's episode, the Super Turbo Champion: Plus Alpha edition, sees our hosts talking about...

In the final installment of Catching Up On Cinema's Sports Movie Month, Kyle and Trevor get in the cage to review Gavin O'Connor's, Warrior (2011)! Starring Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, and Nick Nolte in an Academy Award nominated performance, the film tells the gritty tale of a broken family that is inexplicably reunited during the events of a high-stakes mixed martial arts tournament. Possessed of...

In this week's installment of Catching Up On Cinema's Sports Movie Month, Trevor introduces Kyle to Ryoo Seung-wan's boxing drama, Crying Fist (2005)! A hitting hitting, dual perspective narrative following the exploits of a washed up amateur boxer (Choi Min-sik) and young, hardscrabble street tough (Ryoo Seung-bum), the film is an exceptional and unconventional sports drama. Equal parts depressin...

The Super Bowl has come and gone, but Catching Up On Cinema's Sports Movie Month continues! In this week's installment, Kyle and Trevor review Oliver Stone's, Any Given Sunday (1999)! Starring Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz and host of other familiar faces, the film is an edgy and scintillating examination of (non-NFL affiliated) professional football. Find us online at catchinguponcinema.com...