Cinepunx

Every time I write an intro for this podcast there is a voice in my head that just wants me to write the Boys II Men intro from Motown Philly, which I definitely have done before so it would not even be an original idea. WELCOME TO A BRAND NEW EPISODE OF CINEPUNX! This is a very special episode featuring something we don’t usually do on this show, AN INTERVIEW! Josh Ruben joins Lou Diamond P...

Hey, hello, and welcome buds to your favorite podcast’s favorite podcast, CINEPUNX! On this latest and possibly greatest episode we dive into our cinematic loves from last year, exploring the films that gave us something to think about with our very good friends and really the best sound engineer ever, Sharkey of MECHANICAL SHARK MEDIA!  The format of this particular year end round up is dif...

MERRY BELATED HOLIDAY TIMES!! When you are recording a podcast, sometimes you need to record significantly in advance to get an episode out by a certain date. Especially around the holidays when folks have so much other stuff going on. We didn’t do that, but we did spend some time exploring two AMAZING MUPPET CHRISTMAS CLASSICS! We were blessed to be joined by the man himself, one of the tru...

HO HO HO AND MERRY CINEPUNX-MAS? I dunno, we are back, it is a new episode of your favorite film and culture podcast, CINEPUNX, and we are getting into the Yuletide fun with two seasonal films! Yes on this episode we are delving into our problematic past with TRADING PLACES and embracing our violent and sentimental present with VIOLENT NIGHT!  Don’t give up on that Christmas spirit friends,...

WE ARE FINALLY RETURNED! Friends, I will not waste your time with apologies for our absence, I know they do nothing to assuage your pain and agony without the sound of our voices in your ear holes. If you are at all connected to our socials you know I have been sick for over a month, and it has been awful. Still, we do feel bad, and we hope this episode finally arriving will help! On this spectacu...

OUR CINE-WEEN CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS SPOOKY CONTINUES WITH THIS SPINE TINGLING EPISODE! We were so excited to welcome fellow cinepunk and charming co-host of the TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE PODCAST, Charles Perks! Charles is great and has some fun and strong opinions to share with us about horror and cult cinema. His podcast is more popular than ours so I am sure you all know who he is, but if fo...

WELCOME TO A NEW SPOOKY EPISODE OF CINEPUNX! (haunting background noises) I am creeptacular host Liam O and I am so excited to usher you into the terrifying presence that is Cinepunx at HALLOWEEEEEENNNNNN! On this bone chilling episode we decided to examine two brand new horror films, with predictably mixed results! DEADSTREAM and HELLRAISER (22) Though I cover horror every episode of Horror Busin...

UNANIMOUS GOLDMINE ALL! Welcome to a brand new and mildly exciting episode of your favorite unpredictable podcast, CINEPUNX! On this glorious episode we take a programming suggestion from one of our PATRONS to cover two sci-fi films focused on black characters, one classic 80s sci-fi and one exploring a modern afro-futurism. THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET and NEPTUNE FROST Big thanks to our frien...

AT THIS POINT WE ARE OUT OF CONTROL OVER HERE! Can you believe we have another episode of your absolute FAVORITE film podcast ready to go this soon from our last one? Insane right? Keep this up and we will start giving all those big name podcasts a run for their money! WATCH OUT ROGAN WE ARE COMING FOR YOU YAH JAG OFF! Ok so, on this awesome episode we are joined by Joey Hernandez of the amazing b...

HEY LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY UNCLE CINEPUNX, HE WOULD GET MAD ABOUT THE MOST INSANE STUFF AND IT SOUNDED A LITTLE SOMETHING LIKE THIS! Oh hello friends and welcome to episode 157 of Cinepunx, on which we explore to filmed performances of actors performing solo, that is 1987’s Swimming To Cambodia featuring Spalding Gray and 1991’s Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll  featuring Eric Bogosian. B...

FRIENDS, WE HAVE RETURNED, WITH TWO WILD MOVIES TO DISCUSS WITH OUR NEW FRIEND PETE! Hey y’all, thanks for coming back to spend some time with us around the ole dinner table discussing to deeply interesting but also disturbing films, Eraserhead and Crumb We were so grateful to welcome Pete from the awesome IN SEARCH OF TRACKS podcast to join us, and we were very glad he chose two engaging fi...

A DEVILISHLY HAUNTING NEW EPISODE OF CINEPUNX IS HERE TO LURE YOU TO YOUR DOOM! That was maybe more intense than it needed to be, but it is also true, we are truly back and this time discussing two Claire Denis films, Beau Travail and Let the Sunshine In   This is our first excursion into the filmography of Claire Denis as a show, and Josh’s first at all! As usual we did our WACK AND ON TRAC...

HEY FRIENDS WELCOME TO A BRAND NEW EPISODE OF CINEPUNX! JOINS US ON OUR JOURNEY INTO NOSTALGIA WITH AND ALL JOHN CANDY EPISODE!! Long time listeners to the show will know that we have been trying to establish themes of episodes. Basically, while our guests continue to determine the content of the episodes they guest on, we are alternating between new to us stuff, exploratory episodes, and then stu...

AN EPIC AND ASTOUNDING NEW EPISODE OF CINEP[UNX IS HERE, CRASHING INTO YOUR EARHOLES! Fam, you know what it is, we are back and this time with an amazing guest! Mike Dikk of THE FIRST SEVEN INCH CLUB PODCAST joins us and frankly introduces our ignorant asses to two amazing films we think you should watch asap, THE BLACK TAVERN and THE GOD OF COOKERY! \ Mike was a perfect guest, and we cannot expre...

The time has finally come for us to embark on an epic Samurai adventure! Here it is friends, the new episode of your favorite semi-serious film podcast, Cinepunx, and to be honest neither of these very good samurai films are particularly epic but they are very very good. Samurai films are a genre that we have not spent a ton of time exploring, and even calling “samurai” a genre is a bi...

WE GOT A NEW JAWN FOR YOU, CHARLIE KAUFMAN STYLE! Yes on this exciting new episode we are joined by our friend and yours Willow Brazuk of the band SNOWING and of course of COASTER PUNX, to discuss two important Charlie Kaufman joints ADAPTATION SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK   We were so thankful to have Willow as a guest, she is a real gift and a kindred spirit! Check out her band and her coaster acco...

Well, what do you know? Here it is, our 150TH EPISODE! On this momentous occasion we talk about two films by the same directing team, one of which ranks among the best movies we have ever seen, the other we feel conflicted about. CAN YOU GUESS WHICH IS WHICH? That is right we are discussing the new film Everything Everywhere All At Once and Swiss Army Man , both films directed by “The Daniel...

THE CINEPUNX FELLAS GO ITALIAN! On this very continental and cultured episode we discuss an Italian film maker that, for some reason, we have not given their time yet, Michelangelo Antonioni! While I have mentioned before my respect and confusion at his film The Passenger,  I had never seen the three films we discuss today before watching for the episode, and Josh had only seen one! As we dive int...

I GOT SO MUCH BATMAN ON MY MIND, REFUSE TO LOSE, HERE’S YOUR TICKET, HEAR DAN SCULLY GET WICKED! Hi friends, we have returned with a new and fun episode of your favorite inconsistent film podcast, CINEPUNX! On this episode we have special guest, friend of the show, real life movie bud, and hilarious nice guy DAN SCULLY!   He joins us to discuss two films featuring the greatest detective in t...

HERE IT IS, A NEW EPISODE OF CINEPUNX EXPLODING UNTO YOUR PODCAST DIAL! Hey friends, welcome to this action packed, Sly Stallone filled episode of Cinepunx! On this episode we were so excited to welcome Michael Viers of the Shamelist Picture Show podcast! Mike has been a friend and supporter for some time, and wanted to come on to talk about an area he felt he could learn more about, and that was...

HERE WE GO AGAIN, ANOTHER EXCITING AND SPECTACUALR EPISODE OF CINEPUNX! We are here, doin the damn thing, talking about two Body Horror classics that ask question not only about human existence, but about or relationship with technology as well TESTUO THE IRON MAN (1989) CRASH (1996) We discuss in detail on the episode how we ended up here, as well as how recent film Titane   figures into our thin...

HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FIENDISH FRIENDS AND WELCOME TO EPISODE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE OF CINEPUNX! On this amazing episode we start the first of a series of conversations around films we feel deep nostalgia for as we discuss 1982’s Conan The Barbarian and 1988’s Bloodsport ! I don’t think there is a lot I need to say here in the notes other than we discussed just a few of our favo...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, CINEPUNX FANS AND FRIENDS! Josh and I are back with a cheery and uplifting holiday themed episode for you, featuring our good friend and collaborator, Adrianna Gober! LOL/JK! The episode is good, but our two films are anything but fun! On this episode, we discuss THE SEVENTH CONTINENT and BREAKING THE WAVES. Look, we understand that maybe the week of Christmas, you were not expecti...

*Both the words “bonus” and “new” in this title feel at least mildly disingenuous. Ok friends, here is what happened. Josh and I felt like we had both seen a few newer films that we wanted to give a larger amount of time to for discussion. So, after we recorded our last Cine-Ween episode we did this “NEW” MOVIE ROUND UP bonus jawn. Well, unfortunately, it ended...

LOOK OUT! IT’S ANOTHER SPOOKY AND HAUNTING EPISODE OF YOUR FAVORITE GHOULISH PODCAST, CINEPUNX!! On this spooked out spectacular the fellas are discussing two vampire classics sure to haunt your dreams: FRIGHT NIGHT (85)  & NEAR DARK (87) We have a lot to say during the episode about our personal lives, vampire films, and new music we love. Speaking of music, our intro music is Sparks fr...