CineMates

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake braves his surgery to talk with Mike about the newest Mike Flanagan Netflix project ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’. The two talk about their favourite characters, performances and kills, along with deciding what really is Flanagan’s best show? The two also talk about what they watched, including the “death of Bill Burr’s career”, Daisy Jones &amp...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake and Mike dive into a week of spooky horror, from The Mummy (2017) to Evil Dead Rise to every single thing in-between. Jake breaks down Dumb Money and Boiling Point (2023) as Mike talks Gen V and more Christian movies…finally, the duo talk about Marvel’s revamping of the television department after firing everyone who worked on Daredevil: Born Again...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake and Mike go into the wacky world of Wes Anderson with the 4 anthology short films that were released on Netflix based on Roald Dahl stories. Has Jake forgiven Wes Anderson after Asteroid City or is he still burnt out of his style? Elsewhere, Mike breaks down Midnight in Paris and his fun way of watching Love is Blind as Jake braves the Supes world...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake and Mike brave the internet and fight each other on their 2011 Oscars awards takes as they re-award who they think were the best of the best for the year 2011! This is one of those infamous years where The King’s Speech beat out The Social Network and the duo look to see what really should have won 0:00 - Intros & Oscars Re-Award Series: 2011 O...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake recaps a busy weekend at TIFF with reviews of American Fiction, The Holdovers and The Boy and the Heron and more. As well, the duo go over Mike’s addiction for Planet of the Apes and the random assortment of YA films that he watched in his “boys week”. Finally, the two talk Paul Giamati and just about the dumbest things you can think of. CineMates...

Did you miss us? Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake and Mike look into the box office for the weekend and discuss The Nun II’s surprising opening for the weekend. As well, the duo talk music (?) for way too long before jumping into Jake’s reviews of two TIFF films: Hit Man and Next Goal Wins before the duo close it out with Mike’s newest dives into Apple’s TV streaming service. Good...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake and Mike brave the heat and the countless technical issues to discuss Barbie officially kicking Mario off as king for the #1 film at the box office for 2023 with their recap of a busy Labour Day weekend. Of course, because Mike is a co-host, there comes some online hate so Jake reads “Who Slandered Mike” before the two talk about the countless film...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake and Mike recap the weekends box office as Gran Turismo looks to replace the Beetle of Blue as the #1 film at the box office. Elsewhere, Mike hates Beard from Ted Lasso, and hates Riverdale even more. Finally, Jake recounts his nightmares from Requiem for a Dream as the duo prepare for Slotherhouse and One Piece hitting the screens this week. Come o...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake goes on a rant on Warner Brothers and Hollywood refusing to pay their actors and writers as Dune Part 2 gets delayed. In lighter action, the duo hit the race track to review ‘Gran Turismo’, and they may be more excited about it than you think? Finally, Jake recounts the legacy of Bray Wyatt within wrestling after his tragic passing as the duo talk...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake & Mike recap this weekends box office as Blue Beetle takes over Barbie’s #1 spot for the first time in five weeks! Also, 2019 Movie draft! The duo enlist Liam and Anthony to talk all things 2019 and boy do things get heated when Mike decides to screw with Jake the entire time. To finish things off, Jake reads all the hate messages Mike has been...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake & Mike fly their way to the theatre to watch the newest DC Universe film Blue Beetle, and discuss their thoughts and give some insights to the futures of comic book films. Elsewhere, the mates look into Jake’s biggest blindspots as he gives his reviews of Silence of the Lambs & Good Will Hunting. A bite sized edition for the size of a beetl...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake & Mike fill everyone in on the past week of cinema, from a sleepier week at the box office with two new releases sinking, to Spider-Verse having a different digital cut of its film to late night television? This weeks certainly ain’t lacking any action. 0:00 - Intro and what Comic Books we want to be adapted properly 10:41 - Box Office Recap fo...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake & Mike look into the weekend box office as Barbie and Oppenheimer continue to break records, and the Meg makes a splash at the international box office. Elsewhere the duo talk about what they watched for the weekend, which includes talks of Muppets, Infinity Pool, Theater Camp and…Riverdale? A fascinating episode like always. 0:00 - Intro ...

Welcome to a new episode of CineMates, where Jake & Mike enlist Daytime Emmy award winning animator Jeff Collins (The Last Kids on Earth, The Lion Guard, Rick & Morty) and storyboard artist Emily Steckly (Cocomellon, The Vindicators, Pine Cone and Pony) to talk about their career, the future of animation after Spider-Verse’s success, and why Disney Pixar need to reboot their direction. Not...

Welcome back to CineMates, where Jake and Mike review the newest horror film “Talk to Me” in theatres, and Jake enlightens Mike on what the film actually means. As well, they continue to look into the smash records of Barbie and Oppenheimer with the box office results for the weekend of July 28-30 and Jake decides to go at people for their takes for The Haunted Mansion’s poor box office debut. The...

Welcome back to CineMates, where Jake and Mike look into the smash records of Barbie and Oppenheimer with the box office results for the weekend of July 21-23 and discuss Mike’s weird habits of CAM videos. They also go over Jake’s favourite TV shows of the year so far, and get into wild debates over some awful takes that Mike throws into the universe. Finally, like always, the CineMates recap what...

YOUTUBE NOW LIVE! LINK IN DESCRIPTION! Welcome back to CineMates, where Barbenheimer is real and we’ve seen both! You know exactly how this episode is going: we go in-depth on both movies, including the monumental weekend ahead for cinema lovers, and every single thing we thought of each movie! It’s a massive episode and one that you NEED to listen to NOW! Let’s go! 0:00 - Intro and general though...

Welcome back to a special preview episode for Barbie and Oppenheimer, as Jake and Mike discuss which movie you should see this weekend and why! Elsewhere the duo looks over the box office for the weekend and discuss the dollar dollar bills being brought in by Mission: Impossible!  0:00 Intros 1:40: Barbie & Oppenheimer preview 27:27 Box Office rundown for weekend of July 14th 40:34: What...

Welcome back to CineMates, where Jake and Mike choose to accept the mission that is Tom Cruise trying to save cinemas once again as ‘Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part I’ crashes its way into cinemas. They also look into the Further with ‘Insidious: The Red Door’, as Jake brings up yet another horrifying theatre experience that is even scarier than the movie itself. Elsewhere, the duo discu...

Welcome back to CineMates, where they have seemed to clear their curse (for now). In this episode, Jake recounts his movie theatre experience and finds parallels in his strange weekend and the rise of Sound of Freedom, and the duo discuss the two newest R-rated comedies Joy Ride & No Hard Feelings and discuss whether or not there’s appetite for all types of comedies at the box office, and if t...

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Welcome back to CineMates, where Jake and Mike clearly need help and motivation to continue with their journey down HBO's The Idol, and enlist fashion expert Madeline Barnes to help discuss the memed E2 "Double Fantasy". They then dive into the newest season of Netflix's "Black Mirror" before Jake goes on a rant on why Black Mirror just isn't the same anymore. As always, they discuss what's coming...

Welcome to the first episode of Cinemates, where hosts Jake and Mike take a deep dive into all things cinema. Featuring two full-time hosts and a revolving door of guests, Cinemates promises to take an honest and entertaining look into the newest TV Shows and Films in a new golden age of cinema era.  In Episode One, the hosts digest whatever the heck TV put out with The Idol - the newest and...