Cinema Bums

The Cinema Bums are joined by Irene Polk to start their new miniseries covering all of the films written by Jordan Peele! They kick things off with the Key and Peele action comedy Keanu in this cat-tastic episode. The trio discusses Jordan's improv history, the hints of horror in his comedy writing, and talk a surprising amount about Jurassic Park. Tune in to hear Wade reveal this movie's unexpect...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Zane Hollomon for their first-ever April Special! They discuss the 2019 Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell and it's 2020 Kenneth-Branagh-directed sequel Artemis Fowl. They are here for one reason and one reason only: to #RememberTheName. Thank you for listening, and please enjoy!

The Cinema Bums have now finished their miniseries on Greta Gerwig! Listen in to hear their rankings of her films and final thoughts on the series overall. Stay tuned until the end to hear a particularly intense piece of listener feedback and the reveal of their next miniseries. Thank you for listening, and please enjoy!

The Cinema Bums are joined by Adam Hobbs to discuss Greta Gerwig's radical adaptation of the 1869 classic Louisa May Alcott novel Little Women! The Little Men dive in deep on the Bhaer issue, Emma Watson's post-Harry-Potter career, and how making a cast of your foot actually works. They also take a Buzzfeed quiz revealing which Little Woman they each are. Tune in to hear Wade complain about STARZ,...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Anterior Leverett to discuss Greta Gerwig's classic Lady Bird! The trio discusses mother/daughter relationships, as well as debating the need for likeable characters, sharing their experiences with Peter Hedges, and finally, at long last, getting to Everyday Chalamet. Tune in to hear Wade test his knowledge of famous mother/daughter actors in a fun quiz, Emmet jump on...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Kurt Uskar and Oscar Meyers to discuss the 2021 Academy Award nominations! Listen in to hear their analysis and predictions, along with rage about Trolls World Tour being snubbed for Best Picture and a surprise cameo from Treason to explain My Octopus Teacher. Thank you for listening, and please enjoy!

The Cinema Bums are joined by Jenna Thiel to crown Mistress America! The trio discusses Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach's second writing collaboration, a full-on comedy about being a freshman in college and navigating a new older sister relationship. Listen in to hear Emmet explain the history of Taxi Driver Medallions, Wade lead a thrilling game about the pageant history of Miss America, and Jenna...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Chisom Awachie to discuss Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach's first collaboration, Frances Ha! This film is all about being an artist struggling to make it in your late twenties, something none of our trio can relate to at all. They also discuss Adam Driver, Tyler Perry, and whether every cat needs a cat buddy. Tune in to hear Emmet take issue with the Manic Pixie Dream...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Ashlyn Uribe to break down Greta Gerwig's final mumblecore film: Nights and Weekends! The trio discuss long-distance relationships and reconnecting with your exes in this fun chat. They also dive deep into some refreshments, as you can hear from the ice cubes clattering in the background of the entire episode. We sincerely apologize for that. Something about watching...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Kate Evans to take the stairs and begin their new miniseries on the films of Greta Gerwig!  While discussing her screenplay debut, they break down Gerwig's personal history and her involvement in this strange genre of mumblecore films.  Listen in to hear Wade unearth a mysterious old website in an effort to make some sense of this film, Emmet lead us in a rousing game...

The Cinema Bums have finally finished their first miniseries: all of the X-Men films! On a fun, loose episode, they give their personal rankings and final thoughts on the series. Stay tuned until the end to hear the reveal of their next miniseries!

The Cinema Bums are joined by Patrick J. Turner, Jr. to tackle the final movie in the X-Men series: The New Mutants! That's right, the Bums have finally done it - this is the last X-Men movie they ever have to watch, and also the first one Patrick has ever seen! This film is truly wild, but it has an important message to share with the world: that everyone has two bears inside of them. Listen in t...

The Cinema Bums are joined again by Beth Fletcher to finish what she continued: the Decades Quadrology! That's right - our trio has become the first three people in history to ever watch Simon Kinberg's directorial debut  Dark Phoenix . Listen in to hear Emmet attempt to start an online movement to Release the Kinberg Cut, Wade analyze the deeply subtle symbolism in this very deep movie, and Beth...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Laura Bennett for another go-around with the wise-cracking, bad-acting, wildly-popular, facepalm-inducing Deadpool! If you saw any X-Men movie, it is statistically most likely to be this one. The Behind the Scenes Drama on this sequel is thick, and the reactions to it from the Bums are all over the place. Along the way, they are paid a surprise visit by the Academy Aw...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Kelly Lee for the big one: Logan !  This brutal Western was critically acclaimed, widely beloved by viewers, and remains the only superhero film ever nominated for a screenplay Academy Award.  It is also a hard R-rated movie where, as Emmet points out, "the violence is very violent."  This rewatch finds one of the Bums appreciating the movie's merits in a newfound way...

The Cinema Bums are joined by director extraordinaire Beth Fletcher to discuss X-Men: Apocalypse , the widely reviled film which Emmet declares "the greatest movie ever made."  The longest and least-coherent entry in the longest and least-coherent superhero series leaves Wade dazed and confused and Beth refusing to rate it either a Flop or a Bop.  Listen in to hear Emmet describe watching the enti...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Chandler Pennington in a significantly censored episode to unpack the infamously uncensored Deadpool .  This film was highly controversial at the time and leaves the Bums divided even today.  Luckily, Chandler has come to defend Deadpool 's honor and extoll the virtues of R-rated movies - even ones you awkwardly watch with your parents.  Listen in to hear Emmet risk i...

In a super-sized New Year's Special, the Cinema Bums are joined by Zane Hollomon to discuss the time-traveling, timeline-correcting halfway point of the X-Men series: Days of Future Past .  The Continuity Corner is renovated into the Continuity Condo for this episode, as the Bums spend a huge amount of time and effort trying to make sense of just what actually happens in this movie and what it mea...

The Cinema Bums are joined for a fun, loosey goosey Holiday Special by the Roommate Bums, Kelly Lee and Laura Bennett !  There are no X-Men in sight this week as the gang raises a toast to the year in movies that was.  In the first section of the podcast, the Bums discuss missing movie theaters, why so much Broadway came to the big screen, and dare to ask the question: did Disney start COVID-19? ...

The Cinema Bums are joined by Isaac Beckner for a trip to Japan!  The Wolverine , James Mangold's 2013 dry run for  Logan , is all about parkour and built with the Bechdel Test in mind. Listen as Emmet desperately tries to keep the show on the rails while Wade runs through all of Darren Aronofsky's films and Isaac speculates about what he's getting for Christmas. The Bums also discuss Yukio, Wade'...

The Cinema Bums are joined by the talented and lovely Ahna Demaro for a collective thirst watch of 2011's prequel reboot  X-Men: First Class . This film is considered the high water mark of the series, and it started the careers of Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, and Nicholas Hoult - but does it hold up today? Tune in to hear Wade break down the most metal aspects...

The Cinema Bums are joined by their first-ever guest: Treason !  The infamous memester hops on to discuss this infamous meme of a movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.  This film has it all: Ryan Reynold's first appearance as Deadpool, a young Troye Sivan as Baby Wolverine, an absurd amount of helicopters, Hugh Jackman's naked buns, Vietnam war crimes, Will. I.Am as Lil Nas X, high Jane Austen melodram...

The  Cinema Bums  finish up the original X-Men trilogy with  The Last Stand , a film so famously horrible that the rest of the series is defined by its legacy.  The Bums break their own brains trying to parse through the two dueling storylines at play and figure out why third movies are so hard to get right.  Elsewhere, listen as Wade recounts a fateful sleepover encounter, Emmet cancels the Oscar...

The  Cinema Bums  are back to talk about the famous classic  The Empire Strikes Ba - uh, we mean,  X2!   Listen in as best friends Wade and Emmet try to avoid offending dozens with their examination of this 2003 blockbuster's status as one of the best films of all time.  Emmet also rails against the MCU, much to Wade's horror, and both of the Bums go off on little brother snitch Ronnie, who they h...

The  Cinema Bums  try their hand at podcasting by delving into the longest-running and least coherent cinematic universe: X-Men!  In their first-ever episode, best friends Wade and Emmet stumble into such light and frothy topics as Bryan Singer's sexual abuse allegations, the racial history of the Best Actress Oscar, and Dougray Scott's fateful motorcycle accident.  Nevertheless, it's a fun chat,...