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Today we start our Selected Christopher Nolan series attempting to speed-run to The Odyssey as quickly as possible! Nolan's first non-micro budget feature, Memento, kicks us off. One of Conor's favorite movies, we break down the plot, structure, and what it all means. The rest of the series will consist of The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Oppenheimer, and The Odyssey. Very e...

We have made it to Disclosure Day! This marks the end of our Spielberg Through the Decades series with our 2020s pick, the new film in theaters. The film received mixed reviews from audiences, and pretty good notices from critics, but how did we feel it stacks up to Spielberg's filmography? Stay tuned to the end of the show to hear our rankings of all of Spielberg's films that we've se...

Bonus Episode! The Fabelmans represents a huge revelation point in Steven Spielberg's career as he directly looks at his own childhood. The film is starting to now be held up as an overlooked gem in his filmography, but do we agree? Come back for our 2020s pick for Spielberg Through the Decades as we wrap it up with Disclosure Day!

Been a while since our last episode. Oops. We're back with our 2010s pick in our Spielberg Through the Decades series, Lincoln! This portrait of the 16th President garnered a lot of Academy Award attention in its day, but does it hold up now? Come back next episode for our bonus review of The Fabelmans before Disclosure Day!

We're back with our 2000s pick in our Spielberg Through the Decades series, A.I. Artificial Intelligence! The project began as a film by Stanley Kubrick that Spielberg took over after Kubrick's death in 1999. Seen as an underrated gem in his filmography by many, the crew takes a look at the film in a modern lens with AI starting to take over every aspect of society. Come back next episode...

A long time passed between our '80s selection, E.T., and now our '90s selection, Saving Private Ryan, for our Spielberg Through the Decades series, including Spielberg winning Best Director at the Oscars. The film we're reviewing has become THE World War II movie that people think of in the last almost 30 years since it's release, but does it hold up? Next episode, we'll be cov...

We're back with Spielberg Through the Decades with our '80s selection, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial! Instead of us going with the aliens, the aliens come to us this time. This film lives in the hearts of many many audience members, but does it hold up for us who haven't seen it since we were small children? Come back next episode for our '90s selection, a much different film, Saving...

We start our Spielberg Through the Decades series leading up to his new film, Disclosure Day, with his seminal 1977 film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. This marks his first foray into alien encounters, but most certainly would not be his last. In fact, next episode for our '80s selection we will discuss E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. Following that is our '90s pick, Saving Private Ryan!

Wahoo! We're back with our continued series of reviewing the Super Mario Bros. films. The sequel to the 2023 smash film hit theaters last week, and we have our thoughts ready for you. Did this film elevate itself above the first film or fall flat on it's face? Come back next week as we start our Spielberg Through the Decades series with our 1970s pick, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

A lot happened with the Scream franchise between VI and 7, and now we are here finally with our thoughts on the new film! After a quick recap of the events that led to this being the movie that we got, the gang breaks down the movie itself and whether we want to see this franchise continue with Scream 8 potentially. This wraps up our Scream series for now, assuming 8 takes a few years to get to th...

Only 14 months after the requel, we got a sequel to the requel with Scream VI. This time, Ghostface takes Manhattan after following the Carpenter sisters and the Meeks-Martin twins to the Big Apple. This turned out to be the last film with Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega, and did we think they went out on a narrative high note? Come back next episode as we discuss the long dreaded follow up, Scre...

A long awaited debate. We have finally reviewed the 2022 requel, Scream. Is it a modern classic of the slasher genre or just a retread with boring characters? Come back next episode as we review Ghostface takes Manhattan a.k.a. Scream 6!

We are back with our Top 10 Films of 2025 just in time for this Sunday's Academy Awards. Did the Academy's taste overlap with ours? Listen to hear our favorite films of the year. Coming up, we have the last few episodes of our Scream series!

Re-upload to fix audio issue: 11 years after the release of the "final" Scream film, the franchise sliced it's way back into theaters with Scre4m! The fourth entry of the franchise unexpectedly ended up being Wes Craven's final film before his death in 2015. The film is an oddity in the franchise as almost a stand alone in between two distinct phases of the franchise. Do we think...

Back in 2000, people believed that the Scream series came to a conclusion with the release of Scream 3, the capper of a trilogy. While that didn't end up being the case, the film still acts as the conclusion to the original trilogy of films. Does the film hold up in 2026? Come back next episode for Scream 4 (aka Scre4m)! Note: Audio on this episode got a little messed up and isn't our usua...

Dimension saw the instant success of the original Scream over Christmas of 1996 and ran to get a sequel into production. A year later, Scream 2 hit the big screen. Does the film feel like a rush job almost thirty years later? Come back next episode for the concluding chapter in the original Scream trilogy with Scream 3!

RE-UPLOAD DUE TO COPYRIGHT ISSUE. Brendan, Conor, and Ryan break down the year in film with a few awards, their worst of, and their 20-11 picks for the best films of 2025! Come back next time for our top 10 picks as well as the start of our Scream series very soon.

Wes Craven's now seminal meta slasher hit the big screen 30 years ago this year, and we're set to review all of the films in the series leading up to new one. First up, the one that started it all! Come back next episode for Scream 2!

For our 200th episode, we break down one of the highest grossing films of the year with Avatar: Fire and Ash! Cameron's third film in a planned series of five has not made the money its predecessors have, but did it work for us? Thank you for listening to our 200th episode of CTP! Come back next week as we start our Scream series with the 1996 original!

It took James Cameron 13 years to get the sequel to the highest grossing movie of all time to the big screen, but for 20th Century Studios/Disney it was worth the wait. The film became the 3rd highest grossing film of all time in 2022 into 2023. Now, we're here to discuss how the film holds up to repeat viewing before we head back to theaters for Avatar: Fire and Ash! Join us next episode for...

It took James Cameron 12 years to get another epic film to the big screen from 1997 to 2009, but when he did, it was literally the highest grossing movie of all time with Avatar! Now, we venture to Pandora in preparation for the new film Avatar: Fire and Ash. Did the 2009 original hold up all these years later? Come back next episode for the 2022 follow-up, Avatar: The Way of Water!

Guillermo Del Toro finally got his vision for an adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel to the big screen (or small screen in your home) this past year. It's Brendan's birthday pick and we're here to review it! Come back next episode as we start up our Avatar series with the 2009 original!

Five Nights at Freddy's grossed almost $300 million dollars at the box office in 2023, and two years later the sequel hit the big screen to the tune of $225 million so far. Brendan and Conor are huge fans of the game and break down the movie from a critical lens and as super fans while Ryan gets confused. Come back next episode for either GDT's Frankenstein or the start of our Avatar serie...

Happy New Year from CTP! We're back to wrap up our Now You See Me series with the newest film now available on streaming. This was a modest hit at the box office, but was it a hit with us? Come back next episode as we review Five Nights at Freddy's 2, and go back and listen to our review of the first film before so!

The Horsemen are back (without Isla Fischer)! This time they're throw into a heist with big importance dealing with tech security. Does this sequel work for us compared to the first film? Come back next episode as we discuss the new film in this series, Now You See Me: Now You Don't (aka Now You 3 Me).