Cinemondo Insider Movie Reviews Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk talk about the Nicolas Cage movie COLOR OUT OF SPACE . Based on an H. P. Lovecraft story about a strange, gene-altering, hallucination-inducing meteorite that crashes on the front lawn of a nice, calm farmhouse owned by a nice, normal family… no… actually it’s Nicolas Cage’s family, so you know there’s already odd stuff going on even before the trippy, interst...

Send us Fan Mail Writer/Director/Musician Al White joins the Cinemondo gang for a discussion about his gorgeous little film, STARFISH , which we feel a little bad for giving a less than 5 star review. Al tells us all about what’s involved in making a film where you’re in control of almost every aspect of the production - aside from writing and directing, Al does animation, music and evidently has...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang takes a deep dive into the HBO series THE OUTSIDER. With only a few more episodes left, we discuss what’s going on so far with this 10 episode series based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. So far we’re only 7 episodes in, so this is a “so far” review of the series. We talk about what we’re liking about the series, and what story elements have been alt...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang takes a long, pensive look at Brad Pitt in AD ASTRA. Written and directed by James Gray , it’s a trek across the solar system though struggles and troubles you might imagine would stand in the way between a man who feels abandoned by his father… if said father was on a space station orbiting the planet Neptune! Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones and not nearly enough Do...

Send us Fan Mail Was Mike Flanagan 's DOCTOR SLEEP a successful sequel to Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick 's THE SHINING? Did it pay respects to the book or the film or both? Or neither? How does a filmmaker find the courage and the skill to make a sequel to one of the most beloved horror films of all time? Well, first you get the book that the author wrote as a sequel to his own film a...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk welcome special guest,Jeff McCarty, who joins us for a discussion about the Oscars and some really great films that came out in 2019 including ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD, PARASITE, 1917, THE IRISHMAN and others. We go through the categories and try to figure it all out. Are we right? Are we way off? One thing for sure is 2019 was a great year for movies. S...

Send us Fan Mail We take a look at Robert Eggers ’ latest THE LIGHTHOUSE which stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as a couple of salty sea dogs tending a secluded lighthouse in what might just be the Twilight Zone. It’s a beautifully photographed black-and-white film shot with vintage lenses with careful attention paid to period details not just in the set dressing and wardrobe, but with the...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk talk about the latest wild ride from Korean director Bong Joon-ho , the impossible to describe PARASITE . Hopefully you can see this film without knowing much about it before you start watching. Definitely one to see before listening to this episode of the Cinemondo Podcast, because this episode is heavy with the spoilers… because this amazing film is impossib...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang talk JOKER starring Joaquin Phoenix with Special Guest Lisa Fancher and take on the hype and controversy around this notorious comic book-based film. Golden Globes and boffo box office unusual for an R-rated film. It’s violent and bizarre, sad but ultimately uplifting… no, wait… it’s not uplifting. It’s a grim fairy tale about mental illness and the struggles so...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang takes a good, long look at the year 2019 in movies and TV. Our favorites and our recommendations and what we loved. We run the spectrum from fantasy TV series to documentaries and dramas and horror and science fiction and super heroes. Music composed and performed by Burk Sauls. Join Cinemondo and over a hundred thousand podcasters already using Buzzsprout to ge...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang answers some listener mail and examines the fascinating work of Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo . Definitely a creative force to pay attention to. We discuss the ups and downs and backwards and forwards of his time travel thriller TIMECRIMES and try to unravel the looping chronology that results if you’re not using your time machine responsibly… COLOSSAL , a L...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk welcome the amazing Ashleigh and Bryan of the YouTube channel video series, Always Believe , to talk with us about being fans, following your heart and building your own dreams. We discuss all things Mandalorian, Baby Yoda and STAR WARS plus cosplay and Disneyland and how fun and powerful it can be to always believe in your own thing. Ashleigh and Bryan are kn...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk talk about the latest Quentin Tarantino film ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD starring Brad Pitt and Leonardo DeCaprio. I think we can all agree that this is definitely an eye-candy film for people who have an interest in Hollywood and the classic era of TV and the general history of the entertainment industry in this town. Every so often there’s an earthquake o...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang of gangsters talk about the new Martin Scorsese movie THE IRISHMAN. Over three hours of the good stuff from the master of mobster mayhem. We go into the story and the production and address some of the criticisms we’ve heard. We heap praise on the cast which includes Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci and just about all the other cast members, too. The writ...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk welcome extremely busy actor Justin Welborn ( Justified, The Final Destination ) to the podcast. It’s so often true that the most evil and despicable characters in movies are the nicest people in real life. Justin confirms this theory while giving us all a look into his craft and the nuts and bolts of acting and all the unseen work and struggles behind being a...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo Gang does a 'segment' show where Kathy talks about the promotional materials for American Horror Story . Mark gets deep into the philosophy of how we watch films, and how the entire concept of seeing movies has changed in recent years. And Burk brings up another oldie, but seriously, this one is definitely worth your time. A classic old, black and white Ita...

Send us Fan Mail Cinemondo welcomes Emmy winning and Academy Award nominee, documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick (The Invisible War, Twist of Faith, The Hunting Ground, The Bleeding Edge ), to the podcast. Kirby takes us deep into the his process from concept to completion, and all the details that make documentary filmmaking so difficult and simultaneously so rewarding. Kirby’s films have tacked some...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk talk about the newest Kaiju film, GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS . We talk about the old Japanese Kaiju films and how this one compares. We go back in time to the classic Toho GODZILLA films and how Godzilla went from being a blindly destructive radioactive bad guy to being the much-beloved giant he is now. Do you sympathize with movie monsters? Do you agree wi...

Send us Fan Mail One more podcast leading into Halloween: what’s scarier, a giant spider hiding in the bath tub or not getting all your shots on the first day of shooting? The Cinemondo gang welcomes independent filmmaker Micah Gallo to discuss his film, Shout! Factory's ITSY BITSY and what’s involved in making an independent film. We get the inside scoop on how Micah took on the monumental t...

Send us Fan Mail Lorna Sullivan joins the Cinemondo gang for another episode. This time we’re doing Halloween-themed Mystery Date, with some odd coincidences and connections. Kid actors… rats… and some discussion about what we should be watching at this time of year. Sure, you can watch HALLOWEEN again on Halloween, but you’re going to want to trust us on a few somewhat odd choices that might turn...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo Gang welcomes special guest Lorna Sullivan all the way from Jolly Old England to discuss the horrors of HAMMER and AMICUS FILMS ! The classic, gothic, violently full-color horror films that gave us all nightmares as kids… DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN and THE MUMMY … and their various sequels. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and some of the greatest writers and directors i...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk run down Stephen King’s list of his 22 favorite films of all time. One by one, and we’ve seen almost every one of them. King is one of those writer/creators who always recommends the good stuff. You can trust the guy. There’s a bit of old and quite a few new films and some are a little unexpected. What makes a movie worthy of being on Stephen King’s Favorites...

Send us Fan Mail Another Mystery Date episode with special guest Lisa Fancher. The Cinemondo gang surprise each other with some good stuff you need to see… or maybe something we DARE you to watch all the way through. Can you handle John Travolta in dreadlocks? Can you stand the terror of hillbillies and experiments gone awry? Can you bear to revisit one of the earliest examples of the modern True...

Send us Fan Mail The Cinemondo gang welcomes the mighty David Yow to the studio. David is the front man for bands like Scratch Acid , The Jesus Lizard , and even Flipper . And he still manages to find the time to act in some excellent films such as SOUTHBOUND , UNDER THE SILVER LAKE and Netflix's I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE . We talk about music and movies and what it mean...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy, Mark and Burk welcome the almost impossibly energetic Tony Valenzuela to the studio to talk about his various feature films and the creation of BlackBoxTV . From a dream to reality, Tony gives us a master class on how to actually DO those things you keep saying you should be doing. Jump right in and follow your dreams. Expect failures and learn to live with them. Tony’s a f...