Cinema Psychos Movie Reviews

This week, as we are creeping ever closer to Halloween, we decided to take a long hard look at the horror film landscape over the peast 15 years and break down some of our favorites to his the silver screen.  Not only will this episode be filled with some deep genre analysis but also will have the double effect of making you go "where the hell did the time go!?!?!"   DISCORD!!!  Take the conversat...

This week, we are taking a deep dive into the hilarious and underrated film "Death Becomes Her." Joined by special guest Anastasia Elfman, they discuss the film's star-studded cast, its groundbreaking special effects, and its darkly comedic brilliance. Through laughter and nostalgia, they share their love for this cult classic and their desire for more films with its wit and originality. Whether y...

This week on episode 287 of the cinema psychos show, we are coming to you straight from the 2023 Eerie Horror Fest to discuss Evil Dead Franchise; A film franchise that not only launched the careers of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, but also gave us a perfect example of how to tell a cabin in the woods horror movie. But what is it about this franchise that makes it such a horror icon?   Is it the i...

IT'S FINALLY SPOOKY SEASON!!! This week we are kicking off our favorite time of the year with the review of the wacky b movie, Deadly Friend from 1986 with our new friend, special effects makeup artist, Sarah Schuck! The film by Horror Maestro, Wes Craven serves as his pallet cleanser from the world of Freddy by giving us the world of B B the robot and an equally robotic Kristy Swanson in her firs...

Do you remember 1995?  We sure do!  This week as we close out Dystopian, 90's, Sci-fi, Cyber Punk Month, we are revisiting what people thought teens would do with a Packard Bell PC that cost 2k from Circuit City in 1995....HACK THE PLANET!  We're talking about of course Hackers starring Johnny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie.  A movie that we think has some kind of a message, but gets kinda muddled...

This week, we are heading again to 1995 to review Johnny Mnemonic. A movie that feels a bit like a chipotle burrito, jam packed filled with brain implants, yakuza assassins, a global pandemic created by "technology", a cyborg dolphin, and yea....Henry Rollins is in it too. But is this movie really all that terrible? Are there any redeeming qualities to a film that has the pedigree of William Gibso...

Continuing on with our 90's Cyber Punk Dystopian Future Month, we've got another cult classic from Virtuosity Director, Brett Leonard. It's the 1992 VR Thriller, The Lawnmower Man starring awesome character actor, Jeff Fahey and a not-quite-James Bond; Pierce Brosnon. This movie tried to show us the 2 true horrors of the 90's, 32 Bit VR games and DRUGS!!! Lawnmower Man tells the story of Jobe, a h...

What happens when the big bad in a VR video game made up of 150 maniacs escapes to the real world "future" of 1999 as a nano bot blue goo android?  You get the shoot e'em up chase movie, Virtuosity starring Denzel Washington and a pre-gladiator Russell Crowe (which this might actually be his best performance outside of the 2020 film "Unhinged").  Joining us in VR land this week are fellow movie po...

This week, we are joined by some serious talent.  FRZY, Pittsburgh's very own Emmy Award winning rapper, Guiness World Record Holder for Longest Freestyle Rap, Derby Car Driver, and soon to be headliner in a join performance with The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra joins us to talk all about The Blackening, Director Tim Story's (of Fantastic 4 fame) new horror comedy that is now out on Blu-Ray and s...

This week, we are joined by The Art Director for The upcoming Eerie Horror Fest, Monster Mark Kosobucki as we review one of George A. Romero's early classics, The Crazies.  A movie that seriously has a totally different meaning in light of the past few years with the Covid-19 Pandemic, The Crazies is a tale of a small town in Western Pennsylvania that becomes infected by a bio weapon from the US G...

This week, we are returning to our well of dark comedies and misunderstood misfit movies to analyze one of the darkest comedies to come out of the "edgy" and "extreme" 1990's- Very Bad Things.  A movie that plays to the trope of a bachelor party gone horribly horribly wrong and illustrates the lengths that people will go to avoid consequences.  Starring Daniel Stern of Home Alone fame, future Iron...

This week, we are reviewing the second half of the cinematic phenomena known as "BARBENHEIMER"!  And while Barbie was a celebration of a cultural icon going through an existensial conflict; Oppenheimer is very much the story of humanity's existential nightmare caused by the birth of the atomic bomb during World War 2.  Helmed by one of Cinema's biggest champions and featuring a massive cast of ama...

This week we are back from a 1 week hiatus which just so happened to include one of the biggest cinematic viewing events of the year:  BARBENHEIMER!  And in celebration of the story of the Atomic Bomb and with us being Kenough, we are taking a look at BARBIE!  A movie that manages to rise above it's source material to be a film that speaks to the legacy of the character among women as well as mana...

Do you like movie reviews with a heavy does of comedy? We'll we're The Cinema Psychos Show!  We are indie filmmakers, Brian Cottington and John Wooliscroft who each week deep dive your favorite movies and filmmakers (both bad and good) with our own brand of vulgar-yet-smart film criticism.   Follow us where ever you get your podcasts or reach out to our website  https://cinemapsychosshow.com   DIS...

Buckle up for a roller-coaster ride as we embark on an excavation of the latest Indiana Jones adventure – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. With a treasure map in one hand and a sense of humor in the other, we scrutinize the controversy surrounding the digital de-aging of Harrison Ford, marvel at the plot twists, and contemplate the wisdom of the movie's third act.  But we're not stopping the...

Get ready for a blast from the past as we hit the rewind button all the way back to the summer of '89 on this episode of the Cinema Psycho Show. Remember when the release of Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Ghostbusters 2 had us all queuing up for movie tickets? Those were the days when original ideas, groundbreaking special effects, and memorable marketing campaigns took cinema by...

Gather round, superhero fanatics! Ever thought about the cost of producing a blockbuster like "The Flash" and the lack of substantial return on investment? We pull back the curtains on the economics of superhero movies in a lively discussion that ranges from the controversy surrounding Ezra Miller to the quality of VFX in this DC production. We've got a lot to unpack here, including our candid rea...

"Evil Dead Rise" is a gory and intense entry in the Evil Dead franchise. Directed by Lee Cronin and produced by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, the film follows Beth as she visits her sister Ellie during a challenging time for their family. The movie is known for its excessive blood and gore, staying true to the franchise's signature style. As an earthquake strikes, the kids discover the Book of the...

Happy Father's Day (a day later!) PsychosNation!  In honor of all our dads, this week we are returning to really the only horror franchise centeted around dear old dad...The Stepfather franchise with 1989's Stepfather 2!  This movie sees the return of Terry O'Quinn's Jerry Blake again on the hunt for the perfect family only this time it takes him to a hollywood backlot....I mean family friendly Pa...

This week we were completely ready to just talk about the newest entry into the ever complicating web known as the MCU, but we hit a major milestone...WE REACHED 100,000 ALL TIME DOWNLOADS!  To our listeners, a serioius thank you for listening week after week, sharing episodes with friends and family, and being the life blood that makes this podcast what it is.  To our past guests, collaborators,...

This week, we've got a special treat for you all.  The past month, we've been working with The 48 Hour Film Project - Pittsburgh, the city chapter of the world wide contest of filmmakers who all compete on a given weekend to produce a short film from the ground up within 48 hours based on a provided character, prop, and line of dialogue.  This year, we assisted in hosting a live stream for their w...

This week's movie is one that we have actively avoided since 2016.  This week, we are tackling, with the help of Dustin and Nathan of The Silver Lining's Playlist Podcast, 2011's Jack & Jill.  A movie so bad that it hurts our brains.  Why does this movie suck so bad you might ask?  Could it be the fact that Adam Sandler plays a female version of himself who's running gag is farting and pooping in...

This week, after a bit of a break for our live show for the 48 hour film project in Pittsburgh, we are back to look at a filmmaker that has managed to constantly merge genres with a massive talent in using all the tools of the trade to visually tell a story.  We're talking about Edgar Wright.  The filmmaker behind Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Baby Driver.  A technical wizard and a master of fi...

This week after our descent into the Breenpocalypse (seriously check episode 267 for our therapy session) we needed a serious pallete cleanser.  For us that came in the form of the 2004 film, The Ladykillers.  Deridded by critics and fans of the often celebrated Cohen Brothers, this remake of the 1955 british comedy about criminals robbing a casino by tunnelling through an elderly woman's basement...

"Please God make it stop.."  Those words were inside our heads the entire time that we watched this week's movie, Twisted Pair.  A movie by our favorite cultivator of cinematic crap, Neil Breen.  And boy oh boy, this one was bad.  Never did we think that we would long for the days of tuna, laptops, and magic rocks...but leave it to everyone's favorite god, alien, humanoid, cyborg-jesus; we started...