The Cinema Craptaculus Podcast Network

Tara, Adam & Dave feel the need, the need for speed! Nope, not Top Gun: Maverick – it’s SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2! Here’s how —IMDB describes the movie: After settling in Green Hills, Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) is ready for more freedom, and Tom (James Marsden) and Maddie (Tika Sumpter) agree to leave him home while they go on vacation. But, no sooner are they gone, when Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) c...

One man wants the key to control the emotions of humankind and will disregard scientific ethics in order to get it. It’s Chris Hemsworth in SPIDERHEAD! Here’s the rapid recap to catch you up! In the near future, ambitious Pharma-bro Abnesti (Chris Hemsworth) runs clinical trials of his mood altering drugs on imprisoned convicts. But this is no ordinary prison – there are no cells, no real rules, n...

Stand-Up comedian and former backup dancer Kim McVicar joins Tara & Dave for this Boy Band mash-up of three 90’s mega boy bands combined! Like some teen idol Voltron this is a mega boy band movie! Featuring - A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough, and Nick Carterfrom Backstreet Boys. From NSYNC it features Joey Fatone, and Chris Kirkpatrick and finally, bringin’ the heat, it’s Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees Well...

Summertime! Movie time! Couch time? Wait, aren’t we all heading back to the cinemas now, or are we watching at home? The Geeks tackle this dilemma and preview the love and the thunder awaiting moviegoers to infinity and beyond! iTunes https://apple.co/34WS22m Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6JkObSg6o3RdKcSmJ5zeZ3?si=qO56jiXeTueoRIvQYZCEsQ Twitter @Craptaculus Instagram @ CinemaCraptaculus "S...

The Cinema Craptaculus Crew is doing a flyby over the original 1986 action classic TOP GUN in time for our collective return to the DANGER ZONE with Top Gun: Maverick! Here’s the Rapid Recap to catch you up! Lt. Pete Mitchell code name Maverick (played by Tom Cruise) is, like his name, a maverick when it comes to being a Navy Pilot! Now he’s flying high in Navy’s Fighter Weapons School with the be...

Is the romantic comedy making a comeback? Did it never really leave? Why does Smoore think When Harry Met Sally is overrated? Will the Geeks say anything to get back to sweet home Alabama during 500 days of Summer, or will there be a failure to launch? Find out as the Expanded Universe debates the rom-com! iTunes https://apple.co/34WS22m Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6JkObSg6o3RdKcSmJ5zeZ3...

Adam, Tara & Dave launch into the movie that succinctly describes the plot in two words because calling it “That time the Moon almost hit the Earth” would have been too long – it’s Roland Emmerich’s latest disaster porn - MOONFALL Here’s how —Centropolis Entertainment describes the movie: In Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collisi...

Lindsay Lohan plays two sisters – one Angelic good, the other a stripper from the wrong side of the tracks. It’s not a torture porn inspired sequel to THE PARENT TRAP, nope, it’s I KNOW WHO KILLED ME! Here’s how IMDB describes the movie: Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan) is an average upper middle class girl. One night, she unexpectedly disappears. Two weeks later she is found unconscious in the midd...

How big of an iceberg did the S.S. Netflix recently hit? The Expanded Universe Geeks take an in-depth look at what’s going wrong and what’s going right with the king of streaming services and its competition in the streaming wars! iTunes https://apple.co/34WS22m Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6JkObSg6o3RdKcSmJ5zeZ3?si=qO56jiXeTueoRIvQYZCEsQ Twitter @Craptaculus Instagram @ CinemaCraptaculus...

Tara, Dave & Adam head to the theaters for NIC ‘EFFFFFFFFFFIIIIINNNIINGGGG CAGE!! It’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Here’s how GOOGLE describes the movie: Unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, actor Nicolas Cage (played by Nic Cage) accepts a $1 million offer to attend a wealthy fan's birthday party. But this isn’t any regular fan, this is Javi (Pedro Pascal) a suspected arms dealer a...

Ty Freer joins Steph, John and Dave for a wade into an….erotic? Thriller? Ben Affleck is obsessed with snails and the boyfriends of his flirtatious wife in this Hulu Original erotic thriller – DEEP WATER! Here’s the Rapid Recap to catch you up! Retired and super rich robotics engineer VIC (Ben Affleck) spends his days watching his promiscuous Sexy Wife™, MELINDA (Ana de Armas) befriend boys as he...

Adam, Tara & Dave trip into the underworld for this 1993 trans-pacific thriller where the title kind of says it all – AMERICAN YAKUZA! Here’s how Wikipedia describes the movie: When Nick Davis (Viggo Mortenson) leaves prison, he is hired to work in a warehouse owned by the Japanese Yakuza. When the place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia led by Dino Campanela, Nick rescues and saves the life of Sh...

The Debate Crew enters a world of espionage as Matt Godecker declares the best. James Bond film is NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN. But he goes up against Cinema Craptaculus' very own "M", John H.H. Ford! They debate the villains, the action and character development and themes?! With 60 years of James Bond movies at his fingertips, John looks to take down Matt's amazing claim that NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN is...

When we get together to record, sometimes there’s things that have nothing to do with the show, but we want to share it anyway. In this 5 minute cutting room floor clip, Tara opens up about her love for James McAvoy, Adam proposes a new true crime podcast and Dave can’t remember Hugh Jackman’s name. It’s a lot going on in 5 minutes! “Carpentune” Intro and outro music composed & performed by Gregor...

Tara, Adam & Dave aer genre bending our way all the way to Mars in a rom-com/sci-fi that proves even in a gravity free environment, opposites attract! It’s MOONSHOT! Here’s how IMDB describes the movie: This romantic comedy with a sci-fi twist, is set in a future where Mars is terraformed and colonized by the best humanity has to offer. When two very different college students , Walt (played by Co...

The geeks celebrate Womens’ History Month with a tribute to all their favorite action heroines. From Foxy Brown to Princess Leia to Ripley to Furiosa, the Expanded Universe traces the evolution of some of the most memorable onscreen women of action! iTunes https://apple.co/34WS22m Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6JkObSg6o3RdKcSmJ5zeZ3?si=qO56jiXeTueoRIvQYZCEsQ Twitter @Craptaculus Instagram...

Steph, Dave & John are joined by Steve Silverman (World Gone Good) to take on a little Ryan Reynolds gone good in the Netflix Original, THE ADAM PROJECT! What is better than 1 Ryan Reynolds? How about one Ryan Reynolds, a young Ryan Reynolds and Mark Ruffalo for the dad? Netflix worked up a little movie called THE ADAM PROJECT! Here’s the Rapid Recap to catch you up! Sometime in the near future, l...

Tara, Adam & Dave watched a movie that asked the questions, what if a freshwater lake had Sharks in it? And what if the sharks weren’t the real monsters? And how many sharks does it take to be in a lake before the public starts wondering why there’s sharks in the lake? Don’t go to bed early, because it’s SHARK NIGHT! Here’s how IMDB describes the movie: Seven college students go to a lake house in...

Wayne, from the show FLORIDA MEN ON FLORIDA MAN, joins Dave, Tara & Adam for a movie about the future, the past and the present! Well today we’re bringing together the best..? of Florida and Los Angeles, as University of Miami grad meets Hollywood in one single man – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson – but as we’ll see, if the man the Rock “was” meets with the man the Rock “is” then it’s the end of realit...

The Oscars are coming up and the Geeks vent their ire as to WHY no superhero or action film was nominated for Best Picture while doing their best to sift through the many films audiences flocked to – their couch to watch? Yes, the streaming world has taken over the Academy Awards, and the Expanded Universe definitely want their say! iTunes https://apple.co/34WS22m Spotify https://open.spotify.com/...

Steph, John & Dave head to the Lonestar State for a gory night of horror! They say that everything is bigger in Texas, and it looks like that applies to plot holes too! The chainsaw-wielding, face-wearing mass murdering Leatherface is back in Netflix’s bloody reboot/remake/resequel/ redo TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE! This newest addition to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise takes place nearly 50 ye...

Grab a drink, sit back, but don’t relax. Because tonight Tara, Adam & Dave are talking about the possessed murdering lay-z-boy from New Zealand - KILLER SOFA! Here’s how Wikipedia describes the movie: Jack, a disgraced Rabbi, comes across a reclining chair containing a dybbuk inside. After the recliner is sold to Francesca, Jack, alongside his voodoo sorceress partner, must try to find out where i...

Join Steph, John & Dave for a movie that feels as long as the title suggests and has a cast twice as big – it’s MARVEL’S ETERNALS! After the events of AVENGERS: ENDGAME, the MCU reveals that there are ancient, super powered aliens who have lived on Earth in hiding for thousands of years. Sent by the Celestials to eliminate the Deviants, the Eternals accomplished their mission in the 1500s. Without...

Wait, so comic book franchises don’t actually get rebooted because each one exists in a universe alongside another? Christian Bale’s Batman could have cocktails with Ben Affleck’s Batman? Wait, HOW many Spider-Men and Wonder Women and X-Men are there? There could be a million Tony Starks? Is your head exploding? The Geeks are gonna help you out as they decipher the madness of multiverses! Cinema C...

It’s ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND meets BLADE RUNNER meets longest game of memory ever played – Adam, Tara & Dave watched the sci-fi film noir movie - REMINISCENCE! Here’s how IMDB describes the movie: Nick Bannister (Hugh Jackman) a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is changed by new client Mae (Rebecca Ferguson). A simple case becom...