The guys disclose their thoughts on Steven Spielberg’s latest alien entree Disclosure Day, said to be a spiritual sequel to his 70’s sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind – then ruminate over whether 1997’s Contact is a better “but if they made themselves known” movie exploration.
We couldn’t record a new episode this week so we decided to release this Patreon Aftershow episode from about a month ago in which Zach uses AI to dig through James’ movie-watching habits. Enjoy!
The guys are joined by Star Wars expert Mohsen as they go on a rousing adventure with The Mandalorian and Grogu, then compete against each other with some tangentially-related movie trivia.
Zach and Kyle brainstorm ideas to save the movie theater industry: some sensible, and some wild.
The guys discuss Pixar’s biosphere forward family film Hoppers, then jump into their favorite films that contain a message regarding Earth’s environment.
The guys discuss two movies, one extremely vapid thriller and one extremely interesting romance.
The guys rank and discuss the last 10 movies they’ve seen.
The guys argue over if there should 5 or 10 Best Picture Oscar nominations, then play a few listener-requested old-school Cinereelists movie trivia games.
The guys reminisce about growing up awkward while criticizing the 2025 psychological drama-thriller film The Plague, the directorial debut of Charlie Polinger.
The guys go long when criticizing the science fiction adventure film Project Hail Mary, then on-side kick individual lists of their favorite sci-fi movies that make them feel good.
Join our Oscar pool and win a Cinereelists mug! https://oscarpicks.app/join-group/cinereelists/2568fb16 Zach and James criticize the time travel comedy mockumentary-adventure enigmatically-titled film Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie – then run down their favorite films that leveraged some of the many various creative aspects of guerilla filmmaking.
The guys declare their picks for the 2026 Oscars, then criticize the 2025 international feature film Sirāt.
The guys test each other’s movie knowledge with a round of the classic CRL movie trivia game 28 Words Later.
The guys criticize a pair of recent Oscar nominated films including the low key Portuguese language spy thriller The Secret Agent and Chloé Zhao’s alt-reality Shakespeare family drama Hamnet.
So many lists! Zach, James and Kyle bid 2025 adieu with a plethora of alternative year-end lists, NEW New Year movie resolutions, and an overview of what to expect in cinemas in 2025. This episode has more movie lists than any other podcast episode on the planet – guaranteed! Special thanks to our Patreon Supporters – Specifically thanks to Allan, Justin, Logan, Troy, Scott, Ryan, Marco, Victoria, Mansouri, John, Josh, and Roger!
In celebration of 12 years of podcasting – the guys count down their 20 favorite movies of 2025, as well as their greatest disappointments, films they regret not having seen before making their lists, and much more.
The guys surf the new wave while criticizing Nouvelle Vague, the new Richard Linklater film that tells the story of the production of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 classic Breathless.
The guys compare, contrast, and criticize the first solo films of the directorial duo formerly know as the Safdie Bros.
The guys turn it up to 11 and other cliches while discussing Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, a sequel 40 years in the making – then discuss the varied filmography of the late-great Rob Reiner.
The guys gather a few days before Christmas to criticize the latest entry in James Cameron’s Avatar franchise – Fire and Ash, and wonder whether the flame has gone out.
The guys criticize the latest entry in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out mystery film series, Wake Up Dead Man – then lament the passage of time while discussing the career defining Joel Edgerton performance contained within Train Dreams.
It’s that time of the year again! Time for the guys to round up three Christmas-themed films none of them have seen before, watch them, and criticize them based on overall quality as well as how “Christmassy” they are.
The guys criticize the Finnish action sequel Sisu: Road to Revenge (aka Sisu 2), then rank their favorite revenge movies that are motivated by the manfolk. Movies to pre-watch for the X-Mas episode: ➡️ Oh. What. Fun (2025) … Amazon Prime on Dec 5 ➡️ There’s Something in the Barn (2023) ➡️ The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The guys criticize the latest Stephen King adaptation, then run down their 10 favorite films adapted from the writings of the prolific author.
All three guys recall their personal experience with Kathryn Bigelow’s latest political thriller procedural A House of Dynamite, then run down their favorite “Rashomon Style” movies.
