Kyle stops by the the show for a solo-cast with James in the which the guys discuss Pacific Rim Uprising, then challenge each other to watch and discuss 4 movies from their long-neglected watchlists.
James is joined by Liam O’Donnell – the writer/director of Beyond Skyline, aka the sequel to an alien-invasion film from 2010 that nobody expected a sequel from – much less a great one! Seriously, Beyond Skyline is great sci-fi, martial arts, alien punching fun and Liam gives us the blow-by-blow of how he took his series from a 13% RT score for the original Skyline to a 73% for the sequel. Plus the guys discuss the late-90’s genre-mashing Arnold Schwarzenegger film End of Days! Also, iTunes is running a special on Beyond Skyline – rent it now for only $.99…
Zach returns for one-week only from globe-trotting trip #1 to discuss his adventures in Africa and India, run down the movies he’s recently watched on planes, and generally catch up on the world of film with James as his guide (it’s ok to be worried for him). Also, the guys reveal how they fared with their Oscar picks!
James is joined by Joe Grabinski of the hilarious twitter account “Amazon Movie Reviews” (@AmznMovieRevws) to discuss his insane viral success, his process in selecting the best of the worst in online movie reviews, and what the future holds for his beloved novelty account. Plus the guys discuss Moon director Duncan Jones’ latest sci-fi effort MUTE. Spoilers after the music!
Robert Jones, movie-mashup maestro, joins James to rank and discuss the last 10 films they watched.
James is joined by Movie-mashup editor Robert Jones to discuss his popular YouTube channel, the process he uses to create his videos, as well as the latest Alex Garland film Annihilation. Stick around for spoilers after the music!
James is joined by returning guest co-host Paul from the Countdown Podcast to discuss the new Marvel film Black Panther as well as quick-rank all 18 MCU films. Stick around for spoilers after the music!
James is joined by guest co-host Ryan from the Circle of Film Podcast to rank and discuss the last 10 movies they’ve seen.
Zach & James reveal their highly-anticipated Super Bowl LII predictions, then talk about some movies.
James and Zach discuss the 2018 Oscar nominations and choose who will and should win, reveal the CRL listener’s favorite 20 films of 2017, and then discuss the Oscar hopefuls The Post (directed by Steven Spielberg) and Phantom Thread (dir by Paul Thomas Anderson).
Zach and James are joined by special guest Kyle to rundown the complete filmography of auteur director Stanley Kubrick, then the guys rank all 13 applicable films!
Zach and James ring in the new year by discussing and ranking the last 10 movies they’ve seen.
The war on Christmas continues and thus so does our tradition of watching several Christmas movies we haven’t seen and then talking about them. This year with someone who continues to haven’t seen them to this day.
James and Zach discuss the new Greta Gerwig directed drama Lady Bird which is currently the most-reviewed film on Rotten Tomatoes to remain at 100%, then run down their top 10 films that don’t deserve to appear on the infamous review aggregator site’s Top 100 Movies of All Time list. If you’re interested in signing up for MoviePass, you can use our referral link here if you want. Follow Cinereelists: Facebook – Twitter James: Letterboxd – Twitter Zach: Letterboxd – Twitter Support the show on Patreon. Subscribe: iTunes / RSS Have a film suggestion you think we’ve never seen…
James and Zach are joined by special-guest Luke to discuss the 2017 remake of Murder on the Orient Express, then the trio run down their favorite “whodunit” movies.
James and Zach celebrate 300 episodes by adding 100 more to their list of Favorite Films of All Time. This episode covers 201-250 and last week’s episode rounds out the top 300.
James and Zach talk The Florida Project and Florida-set films, all while recording in Florida.
Zach and James take on A Ghost Story, their third horror movie in a row, featuring a very spooky performance by Casey Affleck. Then, they run down a related list.
James and Zach actually review a horror film, then discuss some recent listener email.
Zach and James prepare for a hurricane by discussing and ranking the last 10 movies they’ve seen.
James and Zach have some fun with imperfect new Luc Besson sci-fi romp Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, compare it to Nolan’s war meditation Dunkirk, and then discuss Luc Besson’s other notable films.
Zach and James deep dive an episode of a popular children’s television show (at listener request), then discuss the new Kathryn Bigelow film Detroit and round out the episode with lists of their Top 10 Movie Titles That Are A Place!
James and Zach discuss the positive merits of Dunkirk and yet still manage to disagree on why its great, then play a few old-school CRL games.
Zach and James reveal the most popular movies of every year since they were born (according to Letterboxd) that they have NOT seen. Blind spots are brought to light, arguments are had, films are added and bumped up the old watchlist. Did we blow by something we should definitely see? Hit us up at heyguys@cinereelists.com and make the case!
James and Scotty get caught in Spider-Man: Homecoming starring Jon Favreau, the first multi-studio effort to be integrated into the Marvel Cinemtatic Universe, then discuss their favorite 3rd films and franchise and non-franchise reboots and remakes (or something). Also, watch for spoiler chat at the end!
