Cinema Joes

This week, we ring in 2022 with two of the biggest and most highly anticipated blockbusters of 2021, Spider-Man: No Way Home and The Matrix: Resurrections. To help us sort through the future of franchise cinema, at least as it relates to these two films, we bring in special guest Matt Farley of Marvel Guides . Together we dive deep into both films and how they each tackle the legacy of franchise f...

In honor of West Side Story (which we were not able to see), Joes take time out of their mad dash to see the best films of the year to discuss the year in musicals! 2021 featured an exciting and diverse array of movie musicals and we dive into them all by discussing the best and worst the year had to offer. Below is a list of our categories and our selections, but make sure to tune in to hear the...

Welcome back to another of our special Flashback episodes where we bring on a friend of the show to discuss one of their all time favorite films. This week, Alex was joined by Marvel News Desk host Caleb Borchers to discuss the Humphry Bogart & Lauren Bacall starring, film noir classic The Big Sleep (1946) . Don’t forget to follow the show  @CinemaJoes  on Twitter and follow our host...

This week, we are back after our extended Thanksgiving break with a special guest Mike Schindler , of TheNerdParty.com & Film Damage Podcast , as we break down his all time favorite filmmakers all time best film, at least according to him. That's right, we are here today to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's somewhat controversial magnum opus of paternalistic recriminations Magnolia (1999) . Don’t...

This week, the Joes are joined by returning guest Manish Mathur to dissect the polarizing new Marvel Cinematic Universe film from Academy Award winning director Chloe Zhou, Eternals (2021) starring a sea of familiar faces including Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Selma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie. They discuss the romance, the plot twists, the millennia-long narrative, whether it deserv...

This week, Justin, Alex, & Noah welcome Pat Pannell onto the show to discuss her favorite film Elia Kazan’s 1954 Best Picture Winning Film On The Waterfront, starring Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, and Karl Malden. Don’t forget to follow the show  @CinemaJoes  on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Hosts' Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops  - ...

This week, film lovers' favorite time of the year is here! It's officially Fall Movie Season, and the Joes have you covered. Justin, Alex, & Noah run through their most anticipated films on the fall release schedule this year, and also take a few minute up top to reflect upon how their wide-eyed optimism for Summer Movie Season actually played out. Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes o...

This week, Justin, Alex, & Noah discuss Destin Daniel Cretton’s foray into super heroic filmmaking, Shang Chi & The Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). We discuss the star turn of Simu Liu as the titular hero as well as his stellar supporting cast lead by Tony Leung, Awkwafina, & Michelle Yeoh. We also break down the benefits of the third act spectacular, the character-driven action set pi...

This week, Noah leads Justin and special guest host Aaron through a wide ranging discussion on the Japanese Anime property Neon Genesis Evangelion. They get into the production history of the series, before going in depth on how they feel about this classic Anime property which has spanned television and film over the years. Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hos...

This week, Justin, Alex, & Noah welcome special guest Bill Bodkin , Editor in Chief of ThePopBreak.com to discuss James Gunn's return to the big screen, The Suicide Squad (2021) . All four of us have a blast breaking down the highs and lows of this R-rated super hero spectacular from hell, including our favorite members of the vast ensemble, our love of unconventional pets, and the surprising...

Every year, the Joes place a bet on how many Oscar predictions they get right, and the winner gets to force the losers to watch a movie of their choice. This year, Noah's Best Editing pick put him over the top, and he finally got a chance to make Justin & Alex watch his all time favorite film, Milos Forman's 1984 Best Picture winning film Amadeus, starring F. Murray Abraham In their Full Discl...

This week, Justin & Alex welcome special guest Alan Sarapa to discuss the latest entry into Phase 4 of the MCU, Black Widow. They discuss the surprisingly intimate character moments and the exciting introduction of Florence Pugh to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They also break down which actions scenes worked and why, in addition to their feelings regarding the future of Marvel as Phase 4 con...

We (almost) all saw a movie in an actual theater this week! After a year and a half, we went back to the movies for Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jon M. Chu's musical In The Heights with friend of the show Manish Mathur. We discuss how well Chu and company adapt the stage musical for the silver screen; whether the romances at the heart of the film land; who our favorite members of the ensemble were; an...

We were promised two MCU movies this summer! Obviously, real life got in the way, but that doesn't mean the Joes have to settle for only one MCU-related episode for Summer 2021. Instead, they welcomed The Pop Break's Managing Editor and Socially Distanced co-host Al Mannarino onto the pod to run through their favorite underrated Marvel movies, if such a thing could even exist. Films Discussed incl...

This week, the Joes kick off the summer movie season by running down the movies they are most excited to watch each month (including May...because, life got crazy). Check it out! Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Hosts' Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Hosts' Writing Justin’s Blog - Ju...

Tonight is Oscar’s big night, and to celebrate The Joes are discussing the surprising Oscars’ juggernaut Nomadland, directed by Chloe Zhou and starring Frances McDormand as Fern, a woman who takes to the American countryside in her van as she deals with the loss of her community and the death of her husband. The film is nominated for SIX Oscars, including Best Picture. The Joes break down everythi...

Franchise installments and Oscar hopefuls were nowhere to be found for most of 2020, and that left a ton of time to catch up on all those films we'd been putting off. In the second half of our 2020 retrospective, we skim the cream of the crop from our non-2020 film diaries to breakdown everything we caught up with. From our favorite classics, modern classics, and rewatches, to which actors and fil...

This week we are joined to 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 h...

Happy New Year....er, well, happy March anyway! We've spent the last few months catching up on all that cinema had to offer, and we are now ready to present our slightly belated Best of 2020 show. We throw a lot of movies at you in this one, so below we have compiled a list of all our highlights from the year and where you can catch up with them. In the meantime, enjoy and check back next week for...

Happy Valentine's Day! As a special Valentine's Day gift, we are closing out our Fall of Favorites series with one of cinema's greatest couples, Jesse and Celine, in the timeless classic about existential dread creeping in at the moment your life no longer feels like your own Before Sunset. This 2004 Richard Linklater masterpiece, starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Deply, is a the middle film in Linkl...

Today, in our penultimate episode of our Fall of Favorites series, we welcome back friend of the show Manish Mathur to discuss the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece Vertigo , starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. This film has spent much of the last decade at or near the top of the "greatest films ever made" list, but can it live up to the hype? Manish helps Justin & Alex breakdown this classi...

What a week...If you are like us and need a dose of positivity to help survive to the weekend, come join us as we check in with The Best Little Horror House in Philly's George Heftler and his favorite film Paddington 2, directed by Paul King and starring Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Gleeson, and Hugh Grant! Check out the Rundown below and don’t forget to follow the show @Ci...

Happy New Years! Pop Break TV's Josh Sarnecky helping us ring in 2021 with his all time favorite film, the 1946 Frank Capra holiday classic It's A Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore. Check out the Rundown below and don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops...

This week our Fall of Favorites series kick off the holiday season with an unofficial holiday classic, as we are joined by The Pop Break’s Lovey McPherson to discuss the 1988 Eddie Murphy RomCom Coming to America. Check out the Rundown below and don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Br...

This week our Fall of Favorites series is back after taking November off. We are sure this one was worth the wait, as we are joined by The Pop Break’s Editor in Chief Bill Bodkin to discuss his site's name sake and his favorite film of all time the 1991 surfer/bank robber classic Point Break, starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze and directed by Academy Award Winner Kathryn Bigelow. Check out t...