Cinema Squares

Join Tom and Alec this week as they review this Charlton Heston classic! Back in the day, this film won 11 Academy Awards. It is remembered for the incredible practical effects and wonderful storytelling. Do the practical effects hold up? Is it still a good movie by today’s standards? Tune in this week to find out!

The Squares are back!! But not on our normal Monday release day. If you check the calendar, you’ll see that today is April 1st, and on this day, the Squares review a film they wouldn’t typically give the time of day.  This year’s April Fool’s Film is Oscar-Winning, KPop Demon Hunters. This film took Netflix by storm in 2025. Will Tom and Alec jump on the bandwagon? Tune in and find out!!

Join the Squares this week for a surprising personal pick from Tom! Here the squares take a look at this wild Australian classic and ask an important question. Is the Mad Max franchise one of the most underrated franchises out there? Tune in and find out!

The Squares are 10 episodes away from 100 films reviewed! Tune in this week for a recap of the previous 10 films and some movie recommendations from the fans! Having done 90 film reviews at this point, the Squares have gotten some fun new opportunities lately. Recently, Alec had the opportunity to watch a screener of the film Gunfighter Paradise. The film premiered in New York and Los Angeles last...

Tom and Alec enjoyed book so much, they wanted to review two versions of film adaptations! Tune in this week as they take a look at a recent French adaptation of the exciting story!

The squares received a recommendation to review this movie back in a previous mailbag episode. It took a little while to get to it, but Tom and Alec wanted to read the book first! They do that, and now they are ready to review the film and see how the adaptation holds up! Tune in this week for a fun one!

It has been over 40 episodes since the squares reviewed Star Wars. It is about time they get to Empire! Many folks have this as the best Star Wars movie, and it is #15 on IMDB’s Top 250 List. Will the Squares agree with this praise? Tune in and find out!

This week, join Tom and Alec as they review Mel Gibson’s follow up to The Passion. Is it as ambitious as The Passion? Maybe not…but this movie is still quite ambitious. This film has its fair share of fans and critics. Many critics don’t love the historical inaccuracies and violence in the film. What will the Squares think? Tune in and find out!

Tom and Alec are reviewing another Nicolas Cage film! There are not many movies out there like this one. Is this fun comedy a better film than The Rock? Tune in this week and find out!

Join Tom and Alec this week as they review the first foreign film to ever win Best Picture at the academy awards! Will this recent movie live up to the hype? Tune in this week to find out!

Join the Squares this week as they review a non-western Clint Eastwood movie! Clint has many iconic movie roles, but Dirty Harry is probably one of his most iconic! Will this movie hold up as well as the other Clint movies Tom and Alec have reviewed? Tune in and find out!

Join the Squares this week as they kick off the new year with a movie that begs the question…are we living in The Matrix? The Matrix is one of the most iconic films of the late 1990s and has one of Keanu Reeves’s most popular movie roles! Does this movie still hold up in the year 2026? Tune in this week and find out!

Is the Grinch Jim Carrey’s most iconic role? He has had so many great roles but this one definitely stands out! Tune in this week as Tom and Alec go through this charming Christmas movie!

The Squares have hit the 81 episode mark! The past 11 movies had a wide variety of genres. We had horror with Spooktober, comedy movies, action movies, and Christmas movies! Tune in here for a recap of movies 71-81 and some mailbag items from the fans!

The Squares review everyone’s favorite Christmas movie this week! Bruce Willis stars in this action packed film from 1988! Full of one-liners, action, and a great villain, this movie has all the key things needed in an 80s movie. Tune in this week to hear what Tom and Alec think of this classic!

The Squares are kicking off the Christmas Season with their first “Christmas” movie of the year! Some people say that Lethal Weapon perfected the buddy-cop movie. The film has action, humor, and some real family heartfelt moments. Will the Squares agree on their scores for this one? Tune in and find out!

Is this the sequel that is better than the original? That is what many people believe and that is the question the Squares are going to answer for you all today! Both The Godfather Parts I & II are regarded as two of the best movies of all time! Tune in this week to see if this sequel still holds up!

Join Tom and Alec this week as they review one of the most iconic science fiction films of all time! There are some great scenes with practical effects, and maybe a scene or two with some practical effects that are a little dated. Join the squares this week as they take a look at this classic!

The Squares are back to reviewing the classic black and white movies this week! This 1950 classic gives an interestingly dark look at aging in Hollywood. Tune in this week to see what Tom and Alec think of this one!

Spooktober is officially over and the Squares are kicking the next block of movies off with a personal pick from Tom. Tommy Boy is one of the most adored comedies ever made. It has some famous one-liners and some genuine heartfelt moments. Join the Squares this week as they go through this wonderful film! 

The squares closed out last year’s Spooktober reviewing John Carpenter’s Halloween, and they are closing this year with John Carpenter’s The Thing! One of the most iconic horror films of all time, and it has some of the most creative practical effects in any film. Is this Carpenter’s best film? Tune in this week and find out!

Last week, the squares reviewed Psycho. This week, they are reviewing American Psycho! The movies are very different, but will American Psycho get as much praise from the squares? Tune in this week and find out!

The squares are midway through Spooktober and it felt like a good time to review one of the most iconic horror films of all time! Psycho is the second Hitchcock film the squares reviewed and is often credited as the first slasher film. Tune in this week as the squares review this classic!

Spooktober is back folks! The squares have some fun spooky movies lined up for this month, and they are starting out with something they haven’t done before. The original Nosferatu is a German silent film based off Dracula by Bram Stoker. This movie has a fun history to it, and is one of the most iconic horror movies of all time! How does a 100-Year-Old silent horror movie hold up? Tune in this we...

Join the squares this week as they review their second Kurosawa film! Rashomon is credited by many as the reason the Academy created the “Best Foreign Film” category at the Oscars. Do the squares think the film holds up? Tune in and find out!