Cinema Wellman

Welcome aboard Wellman Airlines as we take a look at 10 kind of essential "Airplane Movies!"  Are they all smooth flights? No. Not at all. Are they all great movies? Nope.  We hope you set all that aside and climb aboard! The beverage cart does not stop!

Welcome to the Cinema Wellman confessional as we admit what some may have been saying all along...we know nothing about film. Three films that have combined to lead us to this conclusion.  We are not "breaking up" with film, we're just admitting we don't understand sometimes. read: cinemawellman.com watch: @YouTube

Hey, do you want to see a priest kind of turn into a velociraptor while also being just a run of the mill murderer? Or would you like to see Satan possess a nun, a young girl, and a great white shark? If you said yes (for some strange reason), then this episode is definitely for you since we can safely tell you that you don't want to see EITHER of those things! It's "Which Was Worse...

Another month has passed us by, and all I have to show for it is seeing 65 movies. Here are the best & worst of those 65, and many of them were made by women which is fitting since March was Womens History Month! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @youtube 

Join us as we celebrate Women's History Month by taking a look at seven women currently making history in the film world! Oscar nominees & winners as directors, producers, and writers! Bigelow, Campion, Gerwig, and more! Thank you, ladies! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @YouTube

Join us as we celebrate the great Gary Oldman and his ability to portray real people in critically acclaimed films. Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and many more! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @YouTube

Join us in Cinema Wellman as we do a full-blown post-mortem on Oscar 96! Don't worry, it's not too messy.  The Academy actually agreed with 8 of Cinema Wellman's Choices, which we will take as a win! All 23 categories revisited, and it'll only take about 13 minutes of your time. :) read: cinemawellman.com watch: @youtube

The 96th annual Academy Awards are Sunday night! There are 10,500 members of "The Academy." Cinema Wellman is NOT one of them, but that didn't stop us from casting our votes! Here are our 23 choices in the order in which they'll be presented Sunday night. Will Godzilla Minus One  get our vote for Best Visual Effects? Seriously? Tune in. They're not all that obvious! read:...

It was only 29 days, but we have some films worthy of discussion. Some bad, some good, as always. My renewed AMC A-List Stubs membership is paying off, as three of the four best films for February were AMC screenings! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @youtube

Welcome to the Cinema Wellman Celluloid Monkey House! King Kong, Planet of the Apes, Sylvio, and Gibby! We will take a look at all sorts of movie monkeys this week, including monkeys that DON'T murder people! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @YouTube

We have screened all 10 Best Picture nominees and have done our best to rank them! For only the 4th time since the Academy ruined things and doubled the number of BPNs, we didn't dislike any of the movies! Amazing! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @YouTube

Join us as we take a look at a handful of excellent films whose subject matter makes them difficult to watch more than once.  I love watching movies over and over again, but for these films...Once was more than enough.  All wonderful, all involve some "heavy lifting."  read: cinemawellman.com watch: @YouTube

Join us in Cinema Wellman as we include post-apocalyptic Italian films with Lassie, ducks, Tina Louise, forest fires, and Godzilla. It was quite a month! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @YouTube

The 96th Academy Awards nominations were announced Tuesday, and there are only three movies that we are opposed to screening! Not bad since there were 53 total films nominated. Cinema Wellman breaks down the ballot along with where to see the nominated films if that's your bag. read: cinemawellman.com watch: @YouTube

As we await a double blessing in the Cinema Wellman family, we thought it would be a great idea to take a look at some movies about babies! These little humans have been changing lives since the beginning of time! We'll take a look at 11 "Baby Movies" that celebrate (for the most part) babies! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @YouTube

Join us in Cinema Wellman as we take a look at old(er) movies and how they reflected the times in which they were made. We don't always see things we like in that mirror. Read: cinemawellman.com Watch: @YouTube

Join us as we get into the time machine and look at movies of the past and how they mirrored society.  We don't always like what we see in that mirror. read: cinemawellman.com watch: @youtube 

Cinema Wellman opens Season 3 with a rundown of 9 films screened in December. Four made the naughty list, and five made the nice list! And one features 30-foot-tall teenagers menacing a town! That you should see! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @YouTube

On this last day of 2023, we break down the Cinema Wellman movie stats of the year! It's all here, and I'm probably the only one who is interested in it, but...it's all here.  read: cinemawellman.com watch: @YouTube Everyone here at Cinema Wellman would like to wish you and yours a happy, healthy, and safe 2024!

Please join us for a special holiday episode as we read letters from listeners asking Santa Wellman for things they'd wish movies would stop doing.  Even though we cannot guarantee any wishes coming true, we can certainly wish along with you. Everyone here at Cinema Wellman wishes you and yours a safe, healthy, and happy holiday season!  Happy Holidaze from Cinema Wellman!  read: cinemawellma...

Join Cinema Wellman as we serve up a trio of Holiday Stockings that are packed to the brim with coal. We'll try to determine "Which Was Worse?" as we compare  The Mean One ,  Santa Claws , and  Jack Frost . All bad, but one must be worse! Tune in to find out! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @youtube

Join us as Cinema Wellman presents their choices for a "Mt. Rushmore" of films directed by Stanley Kubrick. Who will make our Top 4? The Shining ? 2001: A Space Odyssey ? Full Metal Jacket ? None of the above?!? Tune in to find out. Read the official blog of Cinema Wellman: cinemawellman.com Watch us on YouTube

The leftovers may be long gone, but there's more November in store as Cinema Wellman unveils their Best & Worst of the month! We hope you had a great Thanksgiving! November was a great month here, except for  Money Plane.  :)

Join us for a special (and brief!) episode on Thanksgiving Day. We here at Cinema Wellman just wanted to do a quick rundown of things we are thankful for; and you are among them! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @youtube listen: @spotify

Join us in the City of Light for 10 movies you can watch that will make you feel like you've visited Paris! Kind of.  Maybe, if you have a lot of champagne.  Spoiler Alert: there will be rats preparing gourmet dishes! read: cinemawellman.com watch: @youtube