CRWN Cinema Podcast

In this episode, Kade is joined by special guest fiancée Mercedes to watch, "Rambo: First Blood." "First Blood" is about a Vietnam veteran and drifter John J. Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) who wanders into a small Washington town in search of an old friend, but is met with intolerance and brutality by the local sheriff, Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy). When Teasle and his deputies restrain and shave Ramb...

In this episode, Kade and Gray watch "Se7en." The 1995 movie directed by David Fincher that is as dark as it is good. It's about retiring police Detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) tackles a final case with the aid of newly transferred David Mills (Brad Pitt), they discover a number of elaborate and grizzly murders. They soon realize they are dealing with a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) who...

We just watched, Gladiator. The 2000 classic starring Russell Crowe, directed by Ridley Scott, and composed by Hans Zimmer. Gladiator is set in Roman times, and the story of a once-powerful general forced to become a common gladiator. The emperor's son is enraged when he is passed over as heir in favour of his father's favourite general. He kills his father and arranges the murder of the general's...

In this episode, Kade and Gray watch the 2022 multi-award winning movie, "Everything Everywhere All At Once". It's about: When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, an unlikely hero must channel her newfound powers to fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

In this episode, Kade and Gray sit down to react to, "They Cloned Tyrone." "They Cloned Tyrone" is about a series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy.

In this episode, Kade and Gray watch "Dazed and Confused" This coming-of-age film follows the mayhem of a group of rowdy teenagers in Austin, Texas, celebrating the last day of high school in 1976. The movie follows, student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks, and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach de...

In this episode, Kade and Gray sit down to react to the classic movie they just watched, "The Fast and The Furious." "The Fast and The Furious" is the 2001 movie that set off one of the biggest movie franchises to hit the theater. The original follows undercover cop, Brain O'Conner as he infiltrates a Los Angeles street-racing crew suspected of big-rig hijackings and unexpectedly falls for the gan...

In this episode, Kade and Gray sit down to react to the movie they just watched, Collateral by Michael Mann starring Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise. Collateral is the 2004 movie based in LA where taxi driver Max is offered $600 to make 5 extra stops by the sharp-suited Vincent. Sounds good until Vincent turns out to be a merciless hitman and each one of those stops involves a hit. As the night goes on,...

In this episode, Kade and Gray sit down to react to the movie they watched, "Planet Terror." Planet Terror is a 2007 American horror comedy film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. Set in Texas, the film follows the survivors of a biochemical outbreak as they battle zombie-like creatures and a rogue military unit. Check out CRWNCINEMASHOP.COM

In this episode, Kade and Gray are joined by special guest Mercedes (Kade's fiance) to react to the movie they just watched, "Barbie" (2023). "Barbie" is the latest Greta Gerwig movie about Margot Robbie's Barbie struggling with the reality of being a woman in the real world. It follows Barbie and Ken having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. Howeve...

In this episode, Kade and Gray sit down to react to the movie they just watched, "Oppenheimer" (2023). "Oppenheimer" is Christopher Nolan's most recent masterpiece following the story of Robert Oppenheimer's endeavor to create the atomic bomb. During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team...

In this episode, Kade and Gray react to the movie they just watched, "Death Proof." "Death Proof" is Quentin Tarantino's 5th film starring Kurt Russel. Kurt Russel plays, Stuntman Mike, a psychopathic killer whose weapon of choice is the stunt car he drives that has been death proofed... for the driver. Bodies pile up from Stuntman Mike's high-speed violence until he finds an unsuspecting group of...

In this episode, Kade and Gray sit down to react to the movie they just watched, Guy Ritchie's The Covenant. The Covenant, a 2023 American war film, was written and directed by the English filmmaker Guy Ritchie. The movie is about a local interpreter working with the US military during the war in Afghanistan who goes through hell to save the almost dead Sergeant, John Kinley, across miles of gruel...

In this episode, Kade and Gray sit down to react to the movie they just watched, "Snatch." "Snatch" is a movie from 2001 written and directed by Guy Ritchie. It follows the illegal boxing promoter, Turkish, who convinces the big-time gangster, Brick Top, to place bets on their new boxer, Mickey, after their original fighter is sent to the hospital. Mickey doesn't throw the fight which pisses Brick...

In this episode, Kade and Gray sit down and react to the movie they just watched, Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse. Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse is the second installment of the animated Spiderverse movies. This two-part sequel follows Miles Morales as he is reunited with Gwen Stacy and is catapulted across the multiverse. He meets the team of Spidermen who protect their very existence but...

In this episode, Kade and Gray sit down to talk about the movie they just watched, "Bloodsport." Bloodsport is a 1988 martial arts movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Jean-Claude plays the U.S Soldier, Frank Dux, who sneaks away to Hong Kong to fight in the secret underground full-contact martial arts tournament, The Kumite. Dux attempts to win The Kumite to honor the man who taught him how to b...

Kade and Gray sit down and react to the movie they just watched, "Sisu." Sisu is a 2022 action movie directed by Jalmari Helander⁠ about a legendary WWII soldier who has turned his back on the war and tries his luck at gold mining. After hitting the jackpot, he heads to the nearest bank hundreds of miles away to collect his cash. However, on the journey, he crosses paths with Nazi soldiers who att...

Kade and Gray sit down to talk about the movie they watched, "Taxi Driver." Taxi Driver is a 1976 movie directed by Martin Scorsese about a disturbed loner that feels disgusted with the city he lives in, New York. He finds a beautiful woman who volunteers for a presidential candidate's campaign which sparks his obsession with saving the world. He then plots to assassinate a presidential candidate...

In this episode, Kade and Gray talk about the movie they just watched, "The Machine". "The Machine" is the movie based on Bert Kreischer's hit stand-up comedy story that started his comedic fame. The Machine is an action comedy that feels like the movies we used to laugh to years ago. In true 'Bert Kreischer Fashion,' Kade and Gray had a little more fun making this one.

In the debut episode of The CRWN Cinema Podcast, Kade Harvey and Gray Pittman sit down to talk about the movie they just watched, "Air." Air is the movie about Nike's revolutionary partnership with Michael Jordan starring Matt Damon and directed by Ben Affleck.