Cinemondo Insider Movie Reviews Podcast

Send us Fan Mail We dig into SPUTNIK, a Russian sci-fi horror hybrid directed by Egor Abramenko. Cosmonaut Konstantin - the lone survivor of Russian space mission, returns to earth from orbit and brings along an alien parasite… and as we all know, alien parasites are going to cause trouble. It’s just how they are. It’s what they do. We love seeing films from countries other than the USA, and this...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang takes a close look at some films on Shudder. HOST … a “found footage” style scare film directed by Rob Savage. Set in England the film is about a creepy Zoom seance that goes all awry with a malevolent demonic manifestation that could have been totally avoided with a little more respect for the Astral Plane (drink your shot now)… and a wonderfully moody film fro...

Send us Fan Mail Writer/director Drew Thomas joins the Cinemodo gang for a fascinating discussion about his crime drama THE MONGOLIAN CONNECTION which he shot on location in Mongolia. Maybe you think that sounds easy and like no big deal, but you’d be wrong. Drew takes us through some harrowing production stories and proves once again that commitment to an idea and a good script can result in an a...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang discuss one of their favorite filmmakers:  Brian DePalma . We take a close look at some of his classics like OBSESSION , DRESSED TO KILL , BLOW OUT and BODY DOUBLE and the ups and downs of his impressive career crafting sometimes impossibly complex films that almost demand multiple viewings. He gathers A-List actors like Michael Caine , John Travolta , Angie Dic...

Send us Fan Mail W HAT'S T HAT F ILM?! Ever had a vague memory of a film from your past that you just can't place? This is the debut episode of our special new podcast where Kathy, Mark and Burk investigate a cold case from special guest, Los Angeles artist and Kathy's husband, Chad Robertson . You may remember Chad from Episode 35 where we dissected Netflix's horror film about...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk get all mixed up and confused by Denis Villeneuve’s doppelgänger drama ENEMY starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal. What would you do if you discovered that you have an identical duplicate? Would you assume that it’s your twin or that some odd supernatural force had split you into two completely separate replicas of yourself? What if you had the same ex...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang with special Guest Lisa Fanche r discusses Jaques Demy ’s 1969 MODEL SHOP, starring Gary Lockwood. It i s slice of life that still rings true all these years later and takes us on a trip down the streets and boulevards and avenues of Los Angeles, California. The city that stars in so many films, but which films about this city get it right? Which filmmakers real...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Mystery Date time! Without dropping too many spoilers, each member of the Cinemondo gang brings up a film the other 2 may not know about. It’s a mystery! This time we look into some impressive early special effects makeup work from Oscar winner Rick Baker (in a film that might not be very special itself), THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN ;  a documentary about the early stages of m...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy Mark and Burk take a trip to the wild, sketchy side of town with Paul Hackett and Jeff Lebowski…. the persecuted heroes of Martin Scorsese 's AFTER HOURS and Coen Brothers ' THE BIG LEBOWSKI respectively. Two movies about characters who find themselves descending deeper and deeper into weirdness and suffering as they struggle to survive and find their way home. Do...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk welcome prolific actor, musician, songwriter and voice-over artist JOHN BISHOP to the podcast. John’s experience in film and television is legendary, and he’s got those fantastic Hollywood stories and tons of great advice. John’s been a part of countless film and television projects from GRIZZLY ADAMS (when he was 8 years old), through FLASHDANCE and GREY’S AN...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk talk about coffee and the philosophy and engineering behind a good cup… and then we take a close look at a new film from Korean filmmaker Heo Jong-ho. The film is called MONSTRUM and it’s set in the 1500s during the reign of King Jungjong, but don’t let that turn you away… It’s a classic monster movie - as you may have guessed from the title, and we recommend...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk celebrate the spectacular all-star, all-singing, all-dancing 100th episode of the Cinemondo Podcast by talking about a hundred movies!! Almost. We take on a collection of top 10 lists of Hollywood films organized into categories and we go through them one by one and discuss whether or not we agree… and why. The classics are all here, of course, but there’s a f...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk take a close look at a low-budget film that takes us from the inner mind to the Paradox Theater. THE VAST OF NIGHT is a new film with an old vibe, and it proves that you don’t need a huge budget to tell an ambitious period story. This film is set in the late 50s and deals with the kinds of science fiction scares that were giving people the creeps in those days...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang takes another trip to Paris to check out Louis Malle’s 1958 jazzy crime drama ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS. This one has everything you want in a noir film from the beautiful femme fatale Jeanne Moreau to the classic bad choices that lead to devastating mayhem, unexpected plot twists that take the story down tangents you never saw coming, tragic Parisian street crook...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk do a deep dive into GOOD TIME, the 2017 film from Josh and Benny Safdie starring Robert Pattinson. It’s a great throwback to the gritty crime films of the 70s, and reminds us a bit of early Scorsese. Robert Pattinson keeps surprising us with the range he’s been showing in his post-TWILIGHT films. It’s almost making us want to go back and reassess those films.....

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk dig into some more lockdown suggestions in the form of television. Does SUPERNATURAL deserve all that devotion? Is OZARK really all that? Or are you going to trust your friend at work who insists that GAME OF THRONES is boring because it’s all about goblins and witches and cute little gnomes, or are you going to listen to your friends at Cinemondo when they te...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk talk about a few films you might have missed, and what the concept of “escapism” means in a time of quarantine. We’re recommending some slightly under the radar films like one Kathy recommends called THE ROOM , but not the THE ROOM you think! Mark tells us about a fascinating film called FREAKS that seems to have some relevance to present times, and Burk revis...

Send us Fan Mail We have talked about Mike Flanagan ’s films ( Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Gerald's Game, Oculus ) a lot over the years, so when he puts out a list of movies he’s been watching during the lockdown, we take notice.. and we totally steal it and do a whole episode about it. We go down the list and discuss our own opinions about these films, and guess what? Flanagan is r...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang welcomes special guest, writer, director, producer Charles Hood. Charles talks with us about his film A NASTY PIECE OF WORK , a twisted and hilariously dark episode of Hulu’s INTO THE DARK.   We also talk about his dark comedy, NIGHT OWLS, starring Adam Pally and Rosa Salazar . We get into the various inspirations and ideas that spark the creative process and we...

Send us Fan Mail We take a close look at a strange, and very disturbing film, VIVARIUM , directed by Lorcan Finnegan , which looks like a sci-fi movie but comes across more as a horror film… but one with a bizarre twist. The monster isn’t what you might expect. We go into the Spoiler Zone here so make sure you watch the film before listening. And it’s the kind of film you should probably see befor...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang discusses Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsk y's HBO true crime documentaries PARADISE LOST 1, 2 and 3 . Kathy and Burk, along with their friends Grove Pashley and Lisa Fancher, became part of these films and helped start a worldwide movement that was instrumental in freeing Damien Echols , Jason Baldwin and J essie Misskelley from prison in Arkansas. But the...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang welcomes Nyasha Hatendi to the studio for a deep dive into his astounding performance as Wilson Clowes and Pooka… the erratic naughty/nice toy/creature in POOKA ! In this Christmas-themed installment of the INTO THE DARK series, Nyasha runs the gamut of emotions and characters in this one role and tells us all about how it all came to be. We get into inspiration...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk are obeying the “Safer at Home” mandate and self-isolating during the present health crisis. We discuss the new film THE HUNT , released as a first run on streaming by the studios. Can it work? It's a good time to sit in front of the TV and catch up with movies and TV shows. The Cinemondo gang gives some suggestions for what to watch and how to stay sane...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang welcomes special guests Max and John from the excellent Hold My Popcorn Podcast . These guys do a movie podcast… and so do we! So naturally we should gang up and talk about a few of our favorite things together. On this episode we get into the idea of Favorite Scenes…. those film moments that move us or shake us up or impress up with technical skill. Historical...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk take a field trip to an actual moving picture theater in Pasadena, California to see THE INVISIBLE MAN . It’s a new take on the old H. G. Wells story about an invisible stranger, and an update on the old Universal film from 1933. Starring Elisabeth Moss and directed by Leigh Whannell . How do filmmakers take an old story and update it to be relevant in 2020? D...