Thank God For Movies

October is dead and gone, but  Overlord  brings some gore-infused horror back to the big screen right on time for the holidays. The Cinemaholics review this new WWII historically revisionist war movie (but with Nazi zombies) from director Julius Avery. Plus we review  The Grinch ,  Widows ,  Outlaw King , and  The Front Runner . Ep. 90 Show Notes: 00:04:35 &ndash...

Is  Bohemian Rhapsody  Freddie Mercury's real life, or is it just fantasy? Well, the Cinemaholics are caught in a landslide of controversy surrounding Fox's new biopic starring Rami Malek about the iconic band's rise to fame in the 70s and 80s. Also in this show, the gang reviews  Suspiria ,  The Nutcracker and the Four Realms , The   Haunting of Hill House ,  Wildlif...

Get ready for one badical review. This week, we discuss the new A24 coming of age skater film written and directed by Jonah Hill and starring Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Katherine Waterston, and a host of talented newcomers. Later in the show, we also review "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,"  Johnny English Strikes Again , "Red Dead Redemption 2," and "Kidding." Ep. 88 Show Notes: 00:04:0...

Is  Halloween a trick...or treat? This week, we review the latest followup to the 1978 classic horror film of the same name, directed this time by David Gordon Green with Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle reprising their roles as original final girl Laurie Strode and unkillable serial killer Michael Myers. We also review  The Hate U Give ,  Apostle , and more! Ep. 87 Show Notes 00:01...

Drew Goddard directed and wrote this new neo-noir thriller about one night gone horribly wrong at a hotel with some disturbing, dark secrets. Starring Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, and more, this ensemble piece had all of us at Cinemaholics talking, so we decided to do a special Last Call episode to give the film it's due. See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

The review has landed, but does  First Man  have wings? That's what we're here to find out. Damien Chazelle's latest film promises to be his prestige hat trick at the Oscars, with starring roles for Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy that might be out of this world. Also in this week's show, we review some new Netflix movies like  Hold the Dark  and  22 July , plus new seasons fo...

T.J. Wolsos, cofounder of PixarPost.com , joins Jon Negroni for our latest Happy Hour topic: are the best Pixar films behind us? Jon and T.J. discuss the current state of Pixar Animation Studios, from their work culture and recent scandals to the actual movies they have slated for the next decade. This is one conversation about Pixar you don't want to miss. Thumbnail artwork by Zohar Lazar. L...

Get ready to sink your teeth into our double feature review of  Venom and  A Star is Born , this week's double wide release. Is  Venom  too toxic for audiences? And should moviegoers get loud for the latest remake of  A Star is Born ? Also, stay tuned for our exclusive interview with Joe Morton, star of the new CBS show "God Friended Me." Ep. 85 Show Notes 00:02:25 –...

Welcome to our first ever Cinemaholics Happy Hour, a new bonus episode series where one of us sits down with a special guest to discuss just one topic that's on our minds. This week, Cinemaholics host Jon Negroni sits down with Alisha Grauso to discuss the controversy surrounding Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn and his recent firing from Disney. Jon and Alisha chat about how this will...

We're breaking the "pattern" this week and we just might lose our minds reviewing  Maniac , the new limited series on Netflix directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. We also air our interview with Karey Kirkpatrick, the director of  Smallfoot , then review the film ourselves along with  Hell Fest ,  The Hate U Give ,  Night School , and plenty mor...

It's finally time for our long-anticipated Q&A episode! We gathered questions from Cinemaholics listeners all across the internet and did our best to answer them. We discussed our most overrated and underrated films, debated which decade of film is better than the other, relived our final Blockbuster Video memories, and a whole lot more. It's a packed episode filled with passionate dialogue ab...

Did Eli Roth's first foray into children horror films tick us off? Or were we spellbound by the performances of Jack Black and Cate Blanchett? Tune in to hear our thoughts on The House with a Clock in Its Walls , a new adaptation of the popular book series from the 1970s. And stick around as we also review  Mandy , Assassination Nation ,  Life Itself , and more. Ep. 83 Show Notes: 0...

With the debut of Shane Black’s The Predator, we here at ATAIG decided to do what we normally do and take a look back at the entire Predator series leading up to this point. We revisit the original classic, the lesser-known sequel, the notorious crossover, the even MORE notorious crossover, the other lesser-known sequel, and the latest controversial installment in theaters now. There are ple...

If it bleeds, we can review it! This week, we're discussing  The Predator , the sixth film featuring the iconic alien hunter introduced in 1987's  Predator , this time directed by Shane Black. We also discuss some big announcements for the podcast moving forward, plus we mini review  A Simple Favor ,  White Boy Rick ,  The Nun , and more. Ep. 82 Show Notes: 00:03:41 &ndash...

You voted, we listened! This week we're doing our full preview of the Fall movie season, from September all the way through November (cut off date is December 1st, even though that's still "technically" considered Fall). We discuss our most anticipated films coming out, as well as our honorable mentions and a few notable films none of us are all that interested to see.  Ep. 81 Show Notes: 00:...

There's a lot of discussion to be found in  Searching , a new "screen life" found footage film starring John Cho and Debra Messing. But is it really the next step in films about technology we've been, ahem, searching for?  SHOW NOTES: 00:07:05 –  Off-Topics and this week's movie news 00:34:10 –   Searching review 01:10:56 –  Mini Reviews: T...

Get ready to put a sock in it. Our featured review this week is  The Happytime Murders , a new raunchy puppet film from Brian Henson. Featuring special guests Matt Serafini and Chris Sheridan ! SHOW NOTES 00:02:29 –  Off-Topics:  Happy Death Day Sequel Scoop, More MoviePass Drama, Danny Boyle No Longer Directing Bond,  Big Bang Theory  finally ends 00:17:35&nbsp...

Our featured review this week is  Crazy Rich Asians , starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, and a massive all-Asian ensemble cast in what could be the summer's biggest and best romantic comedy. We also review  To All the Boys I've Loved Before ,  Alpha ,  Disenchantment  Season 1, and  Mile 22 . SHOW NOTES 00:04:00 –  MoviePass is chargi...

This week, we dive into the campy Jason Statham shark/monster movie  The Meg , chat about the new Oscars category a little, and review  Crazy Rich Asians ,  Like Father ,  BlacKkKlansman ,  Better Call Saul  Season 4, and  Demetri Martin: The Overthinker. SHOW NOTES: 00:04:10  –   New Oscar category? 00:14:10 –   The Meg  Feat...

With the recent release of Mission: Impossible – Fallout , we here at ATAIG thought it would be the perfect opportunity to trace the lineage of the series, from 1996 to 2018 and try to figure out just why this franchise has managed to keep going strong. We talk about the ones that worked (five of them), the one that didn’t quite work (one of them), all of the crazy stunts, and all of t...

Hide your honey, the Cinemaholics are back this week to review  Christopher Robin , the new Disney live-action movie based on the characters of the classic children's stories featuring Winnie the Pooh. SHOW NOTES: 00:02:05 –   Christopher Robin   Featured Review  00:27:35 –  Mini Reviews:  The Spy Who Dumped Me, BlacKkKlansman, Sharp Objects, Don...

In this week's episode, should you choose to listen to it, we review  Mission: Impossible – Fallout , the latest in the action-blockbuster spy series starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. We also review  Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, Luke Cage Season 2 on Netflix , Who Is America, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, and Damsel. SHOW NOTES: 00:09:10 –  ...

This week, we review Eighth Grade and do a sneak peek review of Mission: Impossible - Fallout . We also review Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again , The Equalizer 2 , Unfriended: Dark Web , and Blindspotting . SHOW NOTES: 00:03:10 –  Off-Topics: San Diego Comic-Con, James Gunn firing 00:18:45 –   Eighth Grade  Featured Review  00:43:10 –  Mini Revi...

Special guest Aaron Dicer of SiftPop and CinemaSins joins the show for the first time to help us review  Skyscraper , the latest movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. We also review  Eighth Grade ,  Sorry to Bother You ,  The First Purge , and more. 00:05:00 –  Off-Topics: AMC A-List, What is your favorite movie of 2018 (so far)? 00:18:35 –  ...

In what is undoubtedly our longest episode to date, we decided (against our better judgment) to revisit all five movie in the Jurassic Park franchise, from the original 1993 film all the way to the newly released Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, we dissect the few successes and many failures of the series thus far. Needless to say, we have plenty of agreements, disagreements, and insights alon...