Cinema Joes

On this very special episode, Justin, Alex, and Noah celebrate six years of Cinema Joes by welcoming back 24 former guests to share their favorite movie going moment of the last six years. The Joes also provide their Top 5 Favorite Films they covered on the show, before taking a walk down memory lane with clips from past episodes. PROGRAMMING NOTE: Cinema Joes is going on indefinite hiatus effecti...

Welcome to Cinema Joes’s 6th Annual Oscar Nominations Reaction Special! The Joes, joined as always by ThePopBreak.com Film Editor Marisa Carpico, get into all of their thoughts on the major Oscar storylines this season, including pleasant surprises, snubs, the state of the best picture race, and a few bold predictions, while also taking a brief look back at what they had to say about last year’s O...

Happy New Year! The Joes have gathered together to celebrate the year that was. Listen along as they break down the best Big Budget, Small Budget, & Foreign Language films of the year before spending some time discussing some of their favorite performances of the year. Favorite Big Budget Films Justin - Nope Noah - Prey / Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Alex - The Woman King / Avatar: The Way o...

This week, Justin and Alex welcome back to the show for his seventh appearance It Pod to Be You's host Manish Mathur to return to the world of Pandora and review James Cameron's decade plus in the making Avatar sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water. Join our fearless podcasters as they explore the oceans of Pandora with Jake Sully and his family, marvel at the majesty of the world, debate over whether...

Happy Thanksgiving! The Joes have gathered together with one of their favorite returning guests, ThePopBreak.com ’s Editor in Chief Bill Bodkin. Bill was kind enough to take a break from hosting the Socially Distanced , TV Break , and Bill vs The MCU podcasts to help us break down one of the biggest cinematic events of the year, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Bill and the gang discuss their feeli...

Co-hosts Justin Mancini & Noah Franc could not be here with us today, but, Alex welcomes onto the show Tyler McCarthy , one half of the great Pop Break bad romance podcast Not Couple Goals and writer for USAInsider.com ! Tyler is here for another installment in our Flashback series of episodes, where we invite a guest onto the show to discuss one of their all time favorite films, and Tyler has...

This week, Manish Mathur returns to the podcast to discuss Gina Prince-Bythwood’s latest African historical episode The Woman King , starring Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim & John Boyega. We break down the action, drama, and the incredible acting in one of the year’s best films to date. We also discuss other recent releases including Netflix’s Do Revenge and the Drive My...

This week, Justin couldn’t be with us today, but in his place we are excited to welcome back to the pod one half of the great podcasts Blerd Life with My Wife and Blerd Watchers and the twitch channel The Okami Council, it’s Marshall Stevenson! Marshall is joining us here today for another installment in our Flashback series of episodes, where we invite a guest onto the show to discuss one of thei...

This week, the Joes go deeply in depth on the Fall Movie Season. Alex, Justin, and Noah go through the release calendar month by month discussing the big budget tent poles, festival favorites, awards bait, and the potential hidden gems to be on the lookout the fall! Time Codes provided with highlights from each month: September (3:00) Saloum Medieval Moonage Daydream The Woman King Do Revenge God’...

We are officially in the summer doldrums of movie calendar, and, for Cinema Joes, that means finally paying off this years Oscar bet. As loyal listeners already know, every year Alex, Justin, and Noah try to guess who will win and who will lose at the Academy Awards. This year, Justin took home the top prize by guessing the most categories correctly, and that means we are watching a film of his ch...

This week, George Heftler returns to the podcast to discuss Jordan Peele’s latest sci-fi horror picture NOPE , starring Daniel Kaluuya & Keke Palmer. We break down the thrills, chills, and social messaging embedded in this unlikely alien adventure. We also discuss other recent releases including Not Okay and Azor and the classic documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot. ———————————————————————————...

This week, Alex, Justin, and Noah have reassembled for the first time this summer, just like the broken shards of Mjölnir, in order to pay tribute to the gods and review the latest MCU offering Thor: Love & Thunder. But even with three hosts on hand, we needed to welcome a fourth to our fellowship of podcasters, and, we were so happy for Josh Sarnecky ,  the host of The Anniversary Brothe...

Summer movie season is upon us, but in between Marvel events and Sundance darlings, we thought we’d invite a friend of the show, Justin Moore of Justin Watches Movies , to take a trip to a world of pure imagination as we discuss one of his all time favorite films Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971) . Don’t forget to follow the show  @CinemaJoes  on Twitter and follow our hosts...

This week, we are down one Joe, but, in his stead, we are happy to welcome back onto the podcast Courtney Stevenson , the incomparably talented podcast host of Blerd Life with My Wife and Pop Break TV’s Blerd Watchers . She is joining us today as we review the Sundance darling dejour Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) , written, directed by, and starring young newcomer Cooper Raif, alongside Dakota Johnso...

DisneyPlus has everyone talking Star Wars with the latest episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi, so we decided to bring on Michael T. Ford III , host of The Racial Draft Podcast , to discuss his favorite Star Wars film and one of his all time favorite films period, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. We discuss Michael’s strong personal attachment to the film, dating back to when he was invited to the...

This week, the Joes sit down and preview all the summer movie season has in store for us this year. Alex, Justin, and Noah go through the release calendar month by month discussing the big budget tent poles and the potential hidden gems to be on the lookout this summer! Time Codes provided with highlights from each month: May (4:45) On The Count of Three The Innocents Men The Valet Chip ’n Dale: R...

This week, the doctor is in, as we review Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Directed by OG Spider-Man director Sam Raimi, written by Michael Waldron, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, and Xochitl Gomez. Multiverse of Madness continues the MCU’s Phase 4, which got started in earnest with DisneyPlus original series WandaVision, and also hel...

Today we are very excited to welcome on to the show the founder of Daytime Confidential & Geek Confidential , Luke Kerr! Luke is joining us today to help kick off the summer movie season with one of his favorite blockbusters of all time, 1997’s SciFi Action Adventure film The Fifth Element, starring Bruce Willis, Mila Jovovich, Chris Tucker, and Ian Holm. Don’t forget to follow the show ...

Welcome back to Cinema Joes! With Director Richard Linklater flashing back to the 1960's Apollo Space Program for his latest Netflix film Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood earlier this month, we decided to flashback to a film near and dear to our own coming of age story, 2014’s Boyhood, starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, & Ethan Hawke. To help us take a look at the film, which took...

It’s finally here! Turning Red, the latest from Pixar Studios, was released recently, and we are so excited to welcome Live, Laugh, & Lovey’s titular host Lovey McPherson onto the pod to help us review it. Before we get into all the giant pandas, boy bands, teen crushes, and bffs Turning Red has to offer, we check in on some things we’ve been watching recently including The Lost City , Bel-Air...

Welcome back to CinemaJoes! It’s hard to believe that summer movie season could be kicking off already…especially since it is March…but it certainly feels that way this week as Justin and Alex welcome a dynamic duo of an all together different sort, Marshall & Courtney Stevenson of the podcast Blerd Life with My Wife and Pop Break TV’s Blerd Watchers , onto the pod to review Matt Reeves’ three...

This week, we are going to continue looking back at the past just a BIT longer as we take some time out of the late winter film festivities to celebrate our FIFTH anniversary! That’s right, we’ve taken five trips around the sun since we reviewed 2017’s Beauty & The Beast and the world and we have changed quite a bit since then. We get a bit self indulgent and nostalgic, talking about our podca...

This week we are joined by ThePopBreak.com’s Film Editor and all around Oscar expert Marisa Carpico to break down the highs and lows of the 2021 Oscar nominations. We discuss our pleasant surprises, our biggest disappointments, our bold predictions, and our Best Picture winners! Follow Marisa on Twitter , Instagram , & Letterboxd , keep up with her film reviews at The Pop Break , and find her...

Welcome back to the second half of our 2021 year in review! Last episode we gave the highs and lows of the films released in 2021. This time around, we are cracking those media diaries to talk about the films we watched in 2021 that were NOT released in 2021. Categories include our favorite classic films, our favorite recent films that should be classics, our favorite rewatches, and the actors and...

Welcome back to another January edition of CinemaJoes! Last episode we reviewed the two big blockbusters that helped close out 2021. Now, we have compiled a list of all our highlights from the year, including the best blockbusters, small/mid-budget films, international releases, and world class performances. One of us even auditions for House of Gucci 2! Make sure to check back in two weeks for Pa...