Cinephile's Digest

Coming hot on the heels of his huge late-summer hit “Weapons” last year, writer/director Zach Cregger is back already with his take on the horror video game franchise, “Resident Evil”. We actually reviewed the original adaptation years ago on the DIE!gest (peep the feed), so how does Cregger’s take compare? The answer probably won’t surprise you. 0:00 – Introductions 13:29 – “Resident Evil” Spoile...

Is it dope, or a big fat nope? 0:00 – Introductions 16:51 – “Hope” Spoiler-Free Review 1:00:05 – What We’ve Been Watching

Oscar-nominated director Ridley Scott returns with “The Dog Stars”, yet another adaptation he has directed of a best-selling novel. Does he achieve that same success with his film, or is this a “ruff” one? Lots of good stuff covered in the what we’ve been watching section this week, so make sure you stick around for the second half of the episode. Cheers! 0:00 – Introductions 14:20 – “The Dog Star...

Grab your sour patch kids and fried chicken with all the fixins, because the time has come to discuss perhaps our most anticipated film of the year. Jane Schoenbrun is back with their third feature “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma”, and this one is a doozy. We really, really enjoyed this discussion and we think you will too. 0:00 – Introductions 8:16 – “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” S...

Look, I can’t be assed (or arsed, for our UK listeners) to come up with anything clever for this one. The featured review is David Robert Mitchell’s “The End of Oak Street”. It’s a goddamn dinosaur movie, you know what’s up. The question is simply this: does it rock? Click play and find out. 0:00 – Introductions 8:53 – “The End of Oak Street” Spoiler-Free Review 49:37 – What We’ve Been Watching

For one night only, the gang got together to discuss the new rom-com from Will Gluck, “One Night Only”. Lots of juicy discourse floating around out there regarding this movie, with reception varying wildly across the board. Don’t worry though, we’re here to deliver the definitive take. 0:00 – Introductions 20:12 – “One Night Only” Spoiler-Free Review 1:08:56 – What We’ve Been Watching

Movies are back, babyyyyy!!! Coming hot on the heels of our last ginormous review, we’re following it up with a review of a movie that is breaking box office records left and right. Unfortunately, that does not apply to Gregg Araki’s first feature film in 12 years, “I Want Your Sex”, but us being cinephiles we of course had to make room for a discussion of that too. No, we’re talking of course abo...

If there’s one thing in the world of film that we can dependably count on, it’s that approximately every three years Christopher Nolan gets our butts seated in an IMAX theater for his newest movie. The time has finally arrived to get together to discuss “The Odyssey”, and we’ve got an epic review to match the epic blockbuster. So…is it any good? Listen to find out. 0:00 – Introductions 20:48 – “Th...

You’re invited to listen to us yap about “The Invite” for an hour. And lots of other stuff too. Okay bye. 0:00 – Introductions 24:08 – “The Invite” Review (Spoiler-Free) 1:19:59 - “The invite” Review Continued (Spoilers!) 1:33:29 – What We’ve Been Watching

Disney Pixar is back again to print another billion dollars for their shareholders with the latest installment in their most well-known franchise. “Toy Story 5” is a movie nobody asked for, but the piggies are happily slopping up regardless. So, what Pixar tier does this latest fall in? Upper top tier like the original trilogy? Middle of the mid tier? The dreaded bottom tier?! You probably won’t b...

Paris is out sick this week, but Matt and Travis hold down the fort to talk about the latest installment in the “Scary Movie” franchise. Fans of our show will know we’ve actually spent a loooot of time talking about these movies dating back years, so you know we had to see this one. This time the Wayans are back at the helm, and the results are…let’s just say mixed. Tune in to the review to get th...

A second hype horror movie has hit the South Tower! Last episode it was “Obsession”, and now we’re here to discuss “Backrooms”, A24’s highest grossing movie of all time at the domestic box office after only six days of being in theaters. Lots of hyperbole being thrown around about this one too, but obviously the world was waiting for us to weigh in with the official correct takes about the movie....

People won’t shut up about this new horror movie “Obsession”. Obviously, we’re here to also not shut up about it and blab for almost an hour about the film. So where do we land, are we obsessed with or repulsed by the latest hype horror movie of the year? Check out the review to find out, and since we skipped the segment last episode, the what we’ve been watching section is extra meaty and girthy...

We did it! Took us almost 10 years, but we finally made it to episode 200! So of course we had to go big and reach out to the OG to be our guest host on this one. We’re joined this episode by Tom, original co-host of Cinephile’s Digest! His last official episode was 102, so we’re stoked he was able to join us. To celebrate the occasion, we reached out to you! The listeners! We spend over an hour a...

With a huge milestone just over the horizon, the gang gets together for a little review of David Lowery’s new film “Mother Mary”. Lowery is a bit of a controversial/divisive filmmaker round these parts, so how does the conversation go? Tune in to find out. Plus, hear all the deets about what we have planned for episode 200. Get into it! 0:00 – Introductions 27:59 – “Mother Mary” Spoiler-Free Revie...

Wait, another retro review?! You bet your bottom dollar, and this one gets SPICY. With the 4K re-release of “Fight Club” happening, we decided this would be the perfect opportunity to revisit an iconic film that hasn’t been discussed much at all on this show. As always, we also get caught up on all the other stuff we’ve been watching. Cheers. 0:00 – Introductions 26:15 – “Fight Club” Retro Review...

A24 marketing rocks. Is “The Drama” a drama? I mean sure, kinda, but it’s also a comedy, and “The Comedy” is already a movie so what were they supposed to call this thing? “The Dark Comedy” or “The Edgy Comedy” don’t really have the same ring to it. Tonally, does the final product match the expectations laid out by the several teasers and trailers? Nope, not really, but that’s marketing 101 baby!...

We don’t typically do a ton of retro reviews on this show, but we have a fun one this episode! Join us for an in-depth discussion of Steven Soderbergh’s debut feature film “sex, lies, and videotape”. The aforementioned film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, and this year marks the 35th anniversary of Sundance, so we thought it would be a perfect opportunity to bring back our ongoing draft pro...

Look, I’m all doped up on cold medicine so you’re getting the bare minimum here. You can read, you see the title of the episode, I mean what more do you want? Enjoy our review of “Project Hail Mary”, and enjoy the unparalleled witty banter you’ve come to know and love. K bye. 0:00 – Introductions 22:18 – “Project Hail Mary” Spoiler-Free Review 1:19:21 - What We’ve Been Watching

Okay so the featured review this week is “The Bride!”, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal as her second feature length film. By the way, have you ever tried typing bride? I can’t fucking type it without typing bridge first. Through my entire note taking process, the editing of this episode and now this intro, I still can’t do it right the first time. Just know, every time you see the word “bride” appea...

No featured review on the show this week, but we do have an Oscars 2026 blowout special for you! Long time listeners will know we usually make predictions for the Academy Awards each year and turn it into a competition of sorts, and this year is no different. Join us as we run through the nominations and each select who we predict will take home the golden man. A special prize awaits the losers af...

Get your hogs ready for crankin’ and your clams ready for spankin’. We’ve got a double whammy of steaminess on the show this week, starting with a featured review of the new Emerald Fennell film “Wuthering Heights”. We’re a mixed bag on her work (to put it lightly), so this review was fireworks from the start. And to pair with it, we’re back with our first draft in almost a year. This time we set...

A pedophilic Frenchman made yet another adaptation of Dracula. We talk about it. And other stuff. You know the drill. Get into it. 0:00 – Introductions 16:22 – “Dracula” Spoiler-Free Review 46:24 - What We’ve Been Watching. Original Music provided by Kurt Moren aka Kurt-Pop Demon Hunter https://ofsilent.life/

Paris returns to the mainland from her ocean voyage just in time for us to talk about a movie where a plane full of insufferable douchebags (and Rachel McAdams) leave the mainland via plane and crash land in the middle of the ocean! “Send Help” is Sam Raimi’s return to the horror genre after putting out Disney/Marvel slop for the last 15+ years. Is it a return to form, or the death knell of a has-...

Paris is still sailing the seven seas with the world’s most annoying “elder emos”, so it’s just Matt and Travis holding down the fort again. Of course we had to squeeze in a review of the latest Netflix original for dads, “The Rip”, starring two of Hollywood’s biggest dads. Some copaganda served up with a side of cop slop, just the way we like it. Is it any good? You may be surprised when you hear...