Cinemondo Insider Movie Reviews Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Midnight Mass Review - Mike Flanagan Does It Again.  Kathy, Mark and Burk take a deep dive into Mike Flanagan's new Netflix series, Midnight Mass. Yes there will be SPOILERS so we beg of you - watch the series first before watching this video. Going into it clueless is essential. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/CinemondoPodcast Become a Patron on P...

Send us Fan Mail Giri/haji Review -  義理/恥 - Epic Mob Series! We review a forgotten gem - a BBC series picked up by Netflix set in London and Tokyo recommend to friend a recent guest, screenwriter Les Bohem!  It features an ensemble cast including Takehiro Hira, Kelly Macdonald, Yōsuke Kubozuka, Will Sharpe, Masahiro Motoki, Justin Long, Anna Sawai, and Charlie Creed-Miles. Subscribe to our YouT...

Send us Fan Mail Malignant Review  - James Wan - Cut Out the Cancer! Cinemondo's Malignant Review is here! One of the latest WB to HBO Max streaming big releases is James Wan's MALIGNANT.  Is the controversy deserved? Where do we land on it? This review contains SPOILERS. This film is best viewed knowing nothing so don't ruin the surpise with spoilers. Watch first then listen to our...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy and Mark discuss a film they both really liked: LOVE AND MONSTERS. Directed by Michael Matthews, it's a lower budget Paramount release that no one saw - it was released in October 2020. But we hope it finds a new life on streaming - currently on Hulu. It's super fun, sweet, a touch of heart and great monsters and action. A true popcorn flick with a winning star tur...

Send us Fan Mail Star Trek - Space Seed Review | Rewatch Classic! Cinemondo explores the Khan origins in this  episode from Star Trek Season 1 - Space Seed. Ricardo Montalbán was so good that one of the most memorable Star Trek films was built around him. Oh the passion and the arrogance! Mark Maddox joins us for the this in depth look at Star Trek Space Seed. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 70s Movie Trailers: Airport! Airport 1975!! Airplane!!! - Trailer Reaction. Airport ushered in a wave of 70s disaster movies and was a huge hit so they followed with three sequels, including AIRPORT 1975. Ripe for satire, AIRPLANE came along in 1980 and everyone laughed at the silliness of it. We take a look at all three trailers. Fly with us, won't you? Subscribe to our YouT...

Send us Fan Mail Cinemondo spoke to Tara Shayne, the star and producer of ALEX/OCTOBER, which premiered at the DANCES WITH FILMS Festival at the TCL Chinese Theaters in Hollywood. We ask her all kinds of questions about starting an indie film project from the beginning to showing it at a prestigious theater. It's lively and fun! Music composed and performed by Burk Sauls. Subscribe to our You...

Send us Fan Mail Cinemondo looks back at three movie trailers from the 1970s that celebrate the toughness, the grit and the streetwise humor of New York City. THE SEVEN-UPS, THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE and THE FRENCH CONNECTION. Classic gritty crime classics. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/CinemondoPodcast Become a Patron on Patreon Join Cinemondo and over a hun...

Send us Fan Mail Richard Matheson - Top 10 Best Films of Matheson. Richard Matheson was a screenwriter, novelist and short story writer.  We focus on our Top 10 List of great contributions on the latest edition of the Cinemondo Podcast. These are TV shows and movies that remain favorites of ours today. Please join us as we delve deeply into the mind of Richard Matheson. Music composed and performe...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk chat with screenwriter, author and former Sparks bassist Les Bohem and discuss life in showbiz. Les gave us some great insight into the world of screenwriting for big studio films such as DAYLIGHT, DANTE'S PEAK, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET:THE DREAM CHILD, and more. Plus, we hit on his work as bassist for Sparks in the 1980s highlighted in the new Sparks docu...

Send us Fan Mail The Future Of Film Is Female - Caryn Coleman Interview. We chat with longtime friend, Caryn Coleman, founder and film programmer for THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE, a groundbreaking program that advances gender parity in the film industry by amplifying all women & non-binary filmmakers through our short film fund, commitment to exhibition, & community building programs. Visi...

Send us Fan Mail Cinemondo pays their respects to the legendary Hollywood TV and film director Richard Donner . Donner was an American filmmaker whose notable works included some of the most financially-successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. These included such films as The Omen , Superman , Scrooge d, Lethal Weapon and The Goonies . His television credits are iconic episodes of The Twilight Zon...

Send us Fan Mail  Kathy, Mark and Burk go black and white with their choice for favorite movie scenes. Mark discusses Anthony Perkins chilling final scene in Psycho. Kathy swoons over the final shocker scene in the epic silent film, Pandora's Box. Night of the Hunter's poetic, stylized pursuit is Burk's choice. What are some of your favorite scenes? Let us know! Music composed and p...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk discuss the French thriller, MEANDRE, directed by Mathieu Turi and starring Gaia Weiss.  What happens when you wake up in a claustrophobic nightmare and have to navigate elaborate and deadly booby traps along the way? This is a film that can be interpreted in a few different ways. Therefore, it's a great film for Cinemondo to discuss and dive into. And th...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk find two scenes in the category of their choice.  Mark finds two scenes that feel dreamlike: Inception and Prince of Darkness . Kathy uncovers toxic office politics in American Psycho and Wanted . Burk calls on Misfits and Rosemary's Bab y for riveting phone booth conversations. What are some of your favorite scenes? Let us know! Music composed and perfor...

Send us Fan Mail A stunner of a debut from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud, takes an almost surreal dive into the sad life of a delusional young woman (Morfydd Clark) and the way others perceive her descent into the darker aspects of faith. Beautifully realized with a great cast all around. Recommended. Music composed and performed by Burk Sauls. SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains MAJOR...

Send us Fan Mail Favorite Scenes From Movies! We embark on a new series of videos highlighting our favorite scenes from movies and TV.  Breaking down some favorite movie scenes - Kathy, Mark and Burk each pick a personal favorite scene and discuss it. This time we talk about Ari Aster's Hereditary, Gareth Edwards Godzilla , and Orson Welles' Touch of Evil . Music composed and performed b...

Send us Fan Mail Favorite Scenes From Movies! We embark on a new series of podcasts highlighting our favorite scenes from movies and TV.   Breaking down some favorite movie scenes - Kathy, Mark and Burk each pick a personal favorite movie scene and discuss. We talk about John Carpenter's Starman, George Miller's Twilight Zone The Movie segment and Sunset Boulevard.  Music composed and pe...

Send us Fan Mail Three-time Emmy-nominated Bob Richman, a veteran cinematographer of iconic documentary films, joins us and discusses his involvement in the three PARADISE LOST documentaries, METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER and his many other works. He also talks about how he works behind the camera, following the story as it happens and how it is quite different than shooting narrative fiction. M...

Send us Fan Mail The Serpent True Crime Series Review. This new Netflix crime drama is based on the true story of serial killer, Charles Sobrahj, a conman who murdered countless young travelers in Bangkok, Thailand in the 1970s. It stars rising star, Tahar Rahim, as Charles Sobhraj.  Charles Sobrahj and his girlfriend, Marie, spent most of the 1970s poisoning, robbing and killing unsuspecting &quo...

Send us Fan Mail Bob Odenkirk is fantastic in NOBODY, a non-stop action film from the minds behind the JOHN WICK series. If a barrage of beautifully staged fistfights and gun battles are your thing, and you like Odenkirk in an atypical role then NOBODY is a film you should check out.  Music composed and performed by Burk Sauls. SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains MAJOR SPOILERS which means impo...

Send us Fan Mail Jason Figgis and John West join us from Ireland and the U.K., respectively, to discuss how they created their film company, Figgis-West Productions, and their latest haunted house film,  WINIFRED MEEKS. Jason has directed many films and documentaries while John has written books about ghosts and hauntings. Music composed and performed by Burk Sauls. SPOILER WARNING: This episode c...

Send us Fan Mail Alyse Ardell Spiegel joins Kathy, Mark and Burk discuss editing documentary films. Alyse has edited many docs, including THIS IS CONGO, PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY and the HBO series I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK about the Golden State killer and the late Michelle McNamara's search for justice. The work of the editor often goes unsung, but great storytelling comes from taking...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Bonfiglio - Director - On Directing Obama, Letterman, Seinfeld, et al. Bonfiglio is the director behind Jerry Before Seinfeld, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Barack Obama), and Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh among many others. Bonfiglio joins Kathy, Mark, and Burk for a discussion about documentary filmmaking. Bonfiglio met Kathy and Burk while w...

Send us Fan Mail Film producer, Sean Sorensen, stops by (remotely) to say hello and discuss the movie business. His film credits include, MAYHEM (Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Dallas Roberts), BLACK AND BLUE (Naomie Harris, Frank Grillo, Tyrese Gibson) and the upcoming WORTH (Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan) that deals with the aftermath of 9/11.  Sean is passionate about storytelling; it&a...