#333 – Incredibles 2, Top 10 Gap Sequels
After 14ish long years, Pixar’s The Incredibles has a sequel, and we’re here to discuss it, along with our Top 10 Gap Sequels (sequels that came more than ten movies after their respective predecessors).
#332 – Ocean’s 8, Top 10 Movies with Numbers in the Title
Zach and James talk about the new edition to the Ocean’s franchise, Ocean’s 8, plus we both made lists of our Top 10 Movies with Numbers in the Title.
#329 – Top 10 Movies We’d Rather Watch A YouTube Clip of Rather Than Watch Them Again
James and Zach play clips from movies they no longer want to see in full, and rank them, naturally.
#328 – Top 10 Last 10
Zach and James rank and discuss the last 10 films they watched, including a plethora of in-theaters-now films, documentaries, and a cult horror film from 1983.
#327 – Avengers: Infinity War & Trivia (w/ Evily)
Marvel Cinematic Universe superfan Evily returns to the show to dissect the many, many, many dissectible aspects of Avengers: Infinity War – then takes on Zach in another round of Marvel-related trivia, hosted by James, naturally.
#326 – Chappaquiddick, Listener Email, Game: Outta Time
James and Zach discuss the new drama Chappaquiddick, based on Senator Ted Kennedy’s infamous car accident that took the life of Mary Jo Kopechne, a young campaign strategist. The guys then dive into some long-overdue emails from listeners, and end on a return of an old show favorite movie trivia game – Outta Time.
#325 – Ready Player One, A Quiet Place
Zach returns again to join James in reviewing and discussing the Steven Spielberg directed IP-mashup Ready Player One and the Jim from The Office directed horror-thriller A Quiet Place.
#321 – Zach Returns (Briefly)
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!
#315 – Hostiles, Top 10 Westerns
Zach & James reveal their highly-anticipated Super Bowl LII predictions, then talk about some movies.
#314 – Oscar Picks, 2017 Listener Aggregate, The Post, Phantom Thread
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).
#313 – Filmography of Stanley Kubrick (w/ Kyle)
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!
#312 – The 2017 Movie Hangover
Zach and James go deep into the year that was 2017 with loads of alternative year-end lists from the guys, NEW New Year movie resolutions, and an overview of what to expect in cinemas in 2018. Special thanks to our Patreon Supporters – Specifically thanks to Matt, Mindy, Scott, Ryan, Victoria, Scott, Roger, Josh, Catarina, Allan, Botond, Justin, Matthew, Michael, Adem, Thomas, Andrew, and Troy!
#311 – Top 20 of 2017
James and Zach count down their 20 favorite movies of 2017, as well as their greatest disappointments, films they regret not having seen before making their list, and more.
#310 – Top 10 Last 10
Zach and James ring in the new year by discussing and ranking the last 10 movies they’ve seen.
#308 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (w/ Kyle)
It’s finally here: Episode VIII has arrived. Does it reach the heights of the original trilogy, or does it wallow in the depths of the prequels? Does it follow the predictable pattern of The Force Awakens, or does it forge a new path into uncharted space? Special-guest Kyle rejoins us to talk about the film, with lots of spoilers to go around because we really wanted to dive in deep. Also Kyle’s father checks in to share his experience from watching the original trilogy in theaters to now watching the latest installment. Sidenote: We had a heck of a time…
#307 – The Disaster Artist, Top 10 Worst Acting Performances
We talk about The Disaster Artist, the new James Franco film based on the origins of the infamously-bad film “The Room.” Then we count down our top 10 Worst Acting Performances.
#306 – Lady Bird, Top 10 Movies From The Rotten Tomatoes Top 100 That Don’t Deserve To Be There
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…
#305 – Listener Email
Zach and James read and discuss some recent listener email.
#304 – DCEU Trivia Challenge Battle Royale with Cheese (w/ Mohsen)
James administers a 30-question DC trivia contest between Mohsen and Zach.
#303 – Justice League (w/ Mohsen)
Mohsen comes back on the show to talk Justice League with us.
#302 – Murder on the Orient Express, Top 10 Whodunits (w/ Luke)
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.
#301 – Thor Ragnarok, MCU Trivia Battle (w/ Evily)
We had Marvel Superfan Evily back on the show to talk about the third (and best) Thor movie, Thor Ragnarok. Then James pits Zach vs Evily in a Marvel Cinematic Universe Trivia Battle of Champions.
#300 – Our 300 Favorite Films of All Time – (Part 2)
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.
#299 – Our 300 Favorite Films of All Time – (Part 1)
In our continuing series of listing our favorite films, we prepare for our 300th episode by listing half of our top 200-300 favorite films.
#298 – The Florida Project, Top 10 Movies Set in Florida
James and Zach talk The Florida Project and Florida-set films, all while recording in Florida.