Cinema Psychos Movie Reviews

This week, we are sitting down with actor, author, and filmmaker, Liz Drummer who details her work with her directorial debut film, Tribute Night.   A   film about a group of horror movie fans who go on a killing spree in the vein of their favorite horror movie icons.   Liz breaks down her filmmaking process, trials, and tribulations as a first time filmmaker.  Check out Vincent Didiano on the POV...

Just like Quentin Tarantino numbers his films, we too are numbering our episodes!   This week, we are presenting the 145th episode of The Cinema Psychos Show!   And just like Tarantino brings in special guest directors, we are bringing in fellow podcaster, Vincent Didiano of POVincent Podcast to break down the 9th film of Tarantino's filmography, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.  Check out Vincent D...

This week, we are wrapping up our very long and exhaustive look back at the work of one Steven Spielberg. We are analyzing his filmography from 1992 up until the present with Ready Player One. There are hits, misses, pop corn faire, and Oscar bait during this time period with such notable films like Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, and one of his most well known clunker Indiana Jones and The Kingd...

This week we are breaking into part one of a two part retrospective on the directing talents of Steven Spielberg.   A man who authored some of your fondest childhood films including Indiana Jones, E.T., and Jaws.   He remains one of the most prolific filmmakers who has often has pushed the medium by infusing personal character driven stories with at times nostalgia, tension, or deep personal drama...

Happy 4th of July folks!   In honor of America's birthday, we are breaking out the hot dogs, fireworks, and killer sharks with a review of Stephen Spielberg's JAWS.   John and Elaine as the question, what makes this movie so special?   Is it the acting, mechanical sharks that didn't work, cinematography, or something else completely.   Or is this movie simply a Roger Corman film with money.   We'l...

This week, we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Tim Burton's Batman.   A film that had a very real and long lasting impact on both John and Brian as filmmakers.   So we will be relishing this review as we break down what works and what doesn't in a film that at the time was controversial.   The casting of a "comedian" in Michael Keaton in the titular role of a brooding and dark Bruce Wayne/B...

This week we are back with a two part review and interview of the new indie drama, Luke & Jo.   The film explores the existential crisis that occurs when two struggling creative people, seemingly made for each other, meet at the wrong times in their lives and are fundamentally changed.   Directed by Joshua Overbay and starring Andie Morgenlander and Erik Odom, the film features haunting cinematogr...

This week we are digging for buried treasure in our cat liter box and taking a look at the dried up turd that was 2004's Catwoman.   A movie that is a far cry from the massive world building superhero behemoths that we have today.   Just one year before Batman Begins, Catwoman unleashed a hailstorm of terrible acting, terrible CGI, terrible story, and an example of one of the worst edited films ev...

Happy Mother's Day folks!   This week we are heading to sunday brunch with one of Hollywood's most notorious actresses and mothers; Joan Crawford.   A woman who optimized Hollwood royalty during the golden age of cinema with such films as Mildred Pierce and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.   But behind the glitz and glamor were allegations of child abuse from her adopted daughter, Christina.   And...

This week we are breaking down the culmination of 22 movies over the course of 11 years.   We are talking of course about Avengers: Endgame.   After last summer's surprisingly dark climax, Infinity War, theories have been abound on how the remaining survivors of Thanos' snap would not only deal with loss but also "avenge" their fallen heroes and half the universe that was dusted.   This will be a...

WARNING!  THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME.  SEE THE MOVIE FIRST BEFORE LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE.   This week we are breaking down the culmination of 22 movies over the course of 11 years.   We are talking of course about Avengers: Endgame.   After last summer's surprisingly dark climax, Infinity War, theories have been abound on how the remaining survivors of Thanos' snap wou...

Check out Texas Cotton today on  Amazon Prime  and  Youtube We are back this week after a 3 week hiatus.   This week we are breaking down the indie neo noir/western film, Texas Cotton.   We had the good fortune to see this film back in November and got to meet Director, Tyler Russel and star, George Hardy.   You may remember George from a little known cult film called TROLL 2!   While Texas Cotton...

Got a movie you want us to review or feedback on the show? Contact us cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com Happy April Fools Day Psychos Nation!   We are breaking out all of our gags, pranks, and jokes this week as we review a movie that went out of it's way to prank it's audience.   We are talking about the 1986 classic, "April Fools Day."   A slasher movie that either left you angry and asking for your m...

Help support the final push for completion funding that Preacher Six needs.  Consider donating to their Go Fund Me Campaign This week, we are sitting down with an exclusive interview with Kyle Hester, the Producer/Lead Actor behind a new indie horror/action film on the horizon, Preacher Six.   Kyle breaks down his experience as a working actor in Los Angeles and how those experiences helped him cr...

Got a movie you want us to review or feedback on the show? Contact us cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com Marvel is back at it again this week with a film that we had all been waiting for since Nick Fury pulled out a beeper as he turned to dust in last year's Avengers: Infinity War.   We are of course talking about Captain Marvel, the newest entry into Marvel's ever growing and ever dizzying domino rally...

Got a movie you want us to review or feedback on the show? Contact us cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com This week, we venturing back to 1997 with a review of probably one of the best films to come from genre director, Paul W. S. Anderson: "Event Horizon".   Also known as "Hellraiser in Space" or that other movie you might remember that looks eerily similar to "Alien"; complete with Giger visuals, sleepi...

Got a movie you want us to review or feedback on the show? Contact us cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com This week we were going to bring you the second horseman of The Breenpocalypse, "Double Down".   However due the difficulty and cost of attaining a copy of most of Neil Breen's films, we are instead bringing you a review of probably the worst direct to video rip off of an already terrible movie franch...

Got a movie you want us to review or feedback on the show? Contact us cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com If you didn't get enough of our M.Night Shyamalan love fest from last week, well friends, we've got a twist for you!   This week we are breaking down the filmmaker's rise, fall, and somewhat debatable rise and fall again from a filmmaker who was hailed as the next coming of Hitchcock but has yet to fu...

Got a movie you want us to review or feedback on the show? Contact us cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com SPOILER ALERT!   What do you get when you combine the culmination of 19 years of hype from a director who still believes that he is the second coming of Hitchcock with a story that ultimately wastes the talent of it's cast and the time of it's audience?   You get the M.Night Shyamalan opus, "Glass."  ...

Got a movie you want us to review or feedback on the show? Contact us cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com In a world in which our current events exist within a 24 hour news cycle and truly tragic events turn into books, tv specials, and movies literally within a matter of months; we decided to take a step back and ask the question, How soon is too soon for a real tragedy to be adapted to film?   What ethi...

Got a movie you want us to review or feedback on the show? Contact us cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com This week, We are back for Part 2 of our review of 2018: The Year of the Floating Dumpster.   And while last week our focus was on some of the news worthy bits, obituaries, and box office; this week is all about the absolute best and worst films to rear their heads out of the floating dumpster.   Stra...

Got a movie you want us to review or feedback on the show? Contact us cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com This week, we are finally taking a stab at reviewing the year that was 2018.   While we've used metaphors like a nuclear holocaust to describe a year in the past, no metaphor felt more true and of course more Pittsburgh than the floating dumpster.   And what is in our floating dumpster this year you a...

Got a movie you want us to review or feedback on the show? Contact us cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com This week, we are hitting the new year running with a fantastic interview with a man who is an expert in the history of strange and unusual cinema.   Mike Vaughn is the author of "The Ultimate Guide to Strange Cinema".   The book is a literal compendium of the bizzaro world of underground and cult fil...

Welcome to 2019!   What better way to kick off the new year than with an exclusive interview with Julie Austin, the inventor, author, public speaker, CEO of Creative Innovation, and lead actress of the 1989 cult film, Elves!   Julie gives us a behind the scenes look at her rise from indie actress to world renown inventor and public speaker.  Check out more from Julie Austin Creative Innovation - W...

Got a movie you want us to review or feedback on the show? Contact us cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com This week, we are joined by Travis Ayers (AKA Travey Valley) with a special live event episode as we introduce Video Valley III at Row House Cinema in Pittsburgh, PA.   The film we introduced was the 1987 recently discovered cult film, "Miami Connection".   A film that literally feels like the brain c...