The Penn Cinema Podcast

Things appear to be looking up as we get get whispers of things moving and shaking in the exhibition world once again. The boyzos also take a look at 2004's The Motorcycle Diaries, plus there's some grade A letters from the audience this week.  Next week we'll be exploring each other's top 10 movies of all time. What's on your top 3 list? Let us know at Podcast@PennCinema.com   Don't forget to che...

The quarantine is starting to get to the boys as they both fight off the stir crazies. We start off the show with big time Dune news and bring it all home with some hilarious letters from listeners. Let us know how you're keeping busy with the lock down and hopefully make us laugh at Podcast@PennCinema.com . 

Did you know that Moonstruck's original title was "The Bride & The Wolf"? That and so much less on this week's Episode (Epi. 63/3) of The Penn Cinema Podcast when we cover the evolving movie news as well as David's thoughts on one of Penn's all-time favorite movies.... MOONSTRUCK (1987).

This episode we take a look into the insane plot of 2014's Predestination. Also along the way we dip into some of the limited movie news circulating out there. Next week we'll be going over one of Penn's favorite films; Moonstruck.  Do you have a suggestion for a movie we should watch during this off season? Or maybe there's a question about the theater business you've always wanted to ask. Go ahe...

We try using new space age technology to record this week while keeping appropriate social distance. So please excuse some of the audio bumps while we work out the best way to do this. The movie world has slowed down a bit, but there's still some news and trailers to take a look at. We also get into how we're coping with all this time in quarantine.  We hope you're all staying safe out there and k...

We try and start things off on a lighter note this week with out new segment Who's Fibbin' Harder? Each of us brought some news to the table, but we also brought one straight up lie mixed in? Can you catch us Fibbin'? Should we do this bit again? Let us know at Podcast@penncinema.com . Also this episode we take a more somber look at how the industry is coping with the onset of the Covid19 outbreak...

Our feelings for Emma couldn't be more earnest even if she had been the one to match us with her movie this week. When we're not raving about Emma we did into some opinions on movie going etiquette and the truth is revealed about who REALLY watches AppleTV. Plus Penn is featured on the cover of a limited edition special release of one of his favorite magazines.  Spoilers for Emma: 58:11 - 1:03:56

The hype was real so we had to make time for the Invisible Man this week. Was it as good as we expected? Well that remains to be seen...or rather heard. Also this episode we check out some oddly similarly themed movie trailers bringing Penn to admit he wears Scaredy Pants.  Spoilers for the Invisible Man: 53:54 - 1:02:48

Just when you thought you were only getting one review this week BAM! We hit you with a two for one deal that can't be beat. We break down Bad Boys For Life and The Assistant, plus there's a bunch of trailers that might not look good but still have us wanting to see the movie. All this and more as we introduce our first weekly question: Should we watch Deadwood? Let us know your thoughts at podcas...

This week we gave ourselves 4 movies to randomly choose from and review: Downhill, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Photograph, and Fantasy Island. Which one did we each choose? Did we see all four movies? Has the best picture of 2020 been found already!? You'll just have to listen to find out.  Also this week there are about 384093805984 new trailers to review. So prepare yourself for a journey of unparal...

With no other new movies this week Birds of Prey still falls a little flat. But why? Audience who turn out seem to like it. Put on your investigation hats cause we're gonna dig into this one! Also, we take a quick look at the Oscars to see how our picks matched up to the winners.   Birds of Prey Spoilers: 45:03 - 52:28 Email the show: podcast@penncinema.com

It's time once again to break down what's going to go down at the Oscars this year. Are we clairvoyant? Is is possible to perfectly predict all the winners? Only on way to find out on this weeks episode. Also we learn just how psyched Penn is for a new Peewee Herman movie and we've got a trailer of the week for the record books.  Don't forget to enter to win a $100 Penn Cinema gift card with our O...

We're back in the studio and excited to talk about that movie with Mick Jagger in it, if Star Wars won the Grammy for best picture, and how Penn has discovered his new favorite director. Also we take a look at The Gentleman, a movie that may warrant a second viewing. But why!? Don't forget to enter to win a $100 Penn Cinema gift card with our Oscar competition.  Enter Here The Gentleman Spoilers:...

We're live from Zoetroplis Cinema Stillhouse for our first anniversary show! Join us as we and the audience count down our top ten movies of 2019 and take a quick look at what's just over the horizon for 2020.  We want to give a big thank you to all of you who came out to celebrate with us! And an extra special thank you to Zoetropolis for hosting! It's been a wild and fun year and we're even more...

LIVE SHOW JANUARY 19th, 2020 @ ZOETROPOLIS STILLHOUSE 1:30pm-3:30pm More show info here. Oh boy, you never thought it'd come to this, but Penn does some fact checking on David's big groundbreaking news. Who will be proven right and who will eat their words? A mystery of the ages! Also, Is there a new movie news correspondent and is 1917 better then Uncut Gems? All this and more will be vaguely ans...

Have you ever hated something, like deeply hated something, yet you can't help but also love that thing for how much it makes you hate it? That's Uncut Gems. It doesn't make sense. Join us as we try to wrap our brains around what that means. Sure in a world where Uncut Gems exists anything is possible. For example; You say New Mutants is getting released in April 2020? Can't be, it just doesn't ma...

Join us as we navigate that awkward era of time between Christmas and New Years where everything feels like it just happened or is about start happening. We've got some mostly mundane trailers as well as some release date announcements that feel like they're a year away until you realize 2020 is upon us. But the big news is how well Little Women is performing beyond projections. Crank up the volum...

The end of an era has finally come. Is it enough to win back the hearts of those beaten down by the atrocities that are The Last Jedi? Could some very outspoken haters find their hearts melted and a loving spark reignited? You'll have to listen to this striaght from another galaxy episode to find out! Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Spoilers: 56:15 - 1:22:54

We've been talking about The Rise of Skywalker pretty much since the very first episode, but now it's time for one final discussion before it hits theaters. Could this be the biggest climactic event ever? How many villains will there be? Where's Chewy? All this and more will be asked and vaguely answered. Because I mean, we haven't seen the movie yet.  Let us know you Star Wars predictions and rev...

Hollywood comes our swinging super hard this week with some amazing trailers! You better believe we're ready to dig into all that content. Also; big news from the set of Avatar, the worst movie of 2019 hits theaters, and after Penn's big dark secret revelation last week David returns the favor with one of his own. As an added bonus, could this officially be called our first musical episode? You'll...

Big things are on the horizon as we prepare for the holiday season. Elizabeth Banks upset that no one has seen her latest movie sets out to become truly invisible. Penn reveals his deep dark Star Wars secret. And we get the story of how am HBO show was filmed in the ol' Ketchum manor!

The moment Penn has been building us all up to is finally here! The Irishman is playing in select theaters. But is it worth all this hype? Penn takes a break from his big trip to Praha to give us his breakdown of the film. Also this week Elizabeth Banks doesn't know how to own failure and there might be big Robocop news.  Spoilers for The Irishman: 54:40 - 59:43

We've got a fun episode for you this week as we dive into birthday shenanigans, Venom 2 news, and some of the most groundbreaking journalism we've every brought to your ears. Also Penn tries to make us think he doesn't care when in reality he cares way to much about all the things.    Ford v Ferrari Spoilers: 52:08 - 59:06

We take a look back at the fun we had last week at the live show and mull over what we'll do different next time. Also, David sets out to annoy Penn with some hot off the press Witcher news, but Penn's not having it. He comes back with a rejuvenated vigor for The Last Jedi and David's about to get taken down a peg. For our review this week we have Parasite. You need to see this movie. Seriously. G...

We did it! We went out in public and didn't get chased back into our cave. Let's put that in the books as a win. For real though we held a super fun live event at The Red Rose International Film Festival. A couple guests from the film industry stop by to talk shop, concrete proof that Pirate Dave exists is revealed, and David gets dragged across the coals for his lack of Star Wars love.  A big tha...