#291 – Logan Lucky, Ingrid Goes West, Top 10 Acting Performances Against Type
We tackle two movies today with actors that are stepping outside their comfort zones, Logan Lucky and Ingrid Goes West, both comedies yet very different movies.
#290 – Summer Catch-Up (Kong: Skull Island, Snatched, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword)
James and Zach catch-up on some films that they missed earlier in the year. We discuss Kong: Skull Island, Snatched, and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.
#289 – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (vs. Dunkirk)
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.
#288 – Catherine’s Toy Farm, Detroit, Top 10 Movie Titles That Are A Place
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!
#287 – Dunkirk, Games: 28 Words Later & Fantastic Four
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.
#286 – The Most Popular Movies We Have Not Seen
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!
#284 – Baby Driver, Listener Email
James and Zach discuss the latest Edgar Wright film Baby Driver, then discuss some recent listener email.
#279 – Filmography of Steven Spielberg (Part 1)
Since we’ve seen all of Steven Spielberg’s impressive filmography, we decided to go through each of his films chronologically and discuss them. And decide how Spielbergy each one is. We split this into two parts because it’s already really long!
#278 – Top 10 Forgotten Films of 1999 (w/ Kyle)
We conclude our series of going through the forgotten films of the 1990s with a great episode on the films of 1999. Guest and friend of the show Kyle joined us with his list!
#277 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Last 10 Top 10 (w/ Evily)
While James is still in England, we had a special guest help co-host the show with me this week! Evily, who was last on to talk about Dr. Strange, came back and discussed Marvel’s latest, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. We begin the show with a spoiler-free discussion, then cut to a pre-recorded message from James about the film (again, without spoilers), and come back to have a spoiler-filled chat about the film. Finally, we end with our own Last 10 Top 10 lists.
#276 – Games: The Moviewed Game, Me, Myself, & iRate (w/ Victoria and Dan)
Our friends from across the pond are back to play some Friday games with us. We start with the Moviewed Game (or as they call it, Mr. and Mrs. Smith), then play a round of Zach’s toilet game, Me, Myself, & iRate.
#275 – Top 10 “So Bad They’re Good” Movies (w/ Victoria and Dan)
Victoria and Dan are long-time listeners visiting Florida on holiday from London, so we had them on the show to talk about their Top 10 Favorite “So Bad They’re Good” Movies. Honestly, if you haven’t seen any of these movies, do yourself a favor and check them out. They really are fun watches despite being terrible, terrible movies.
#274 – Colossal, Anne Hathaway’s Filmography
We caught a screening at the Florida Film Festival for Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal this weekend, so we discuss this genre-twisting sci-fi comedy drama (spoilers saved til after the closing song). Then we go through Anne Hathaway’s filmography.
#273 – Listener Email, Games
Back with a Friday Games episode. We start off with Listener email, including a new mailbag jingle and a listener-suggested game to play. Then we play a few rounds of Fantastic Four. Brian’s Top 50 Films of 2016 Can you solve these 10 Movie Puzzles?
#272 – Bokeh, The Discovery
We talk about two new sci-fi movies on VOD today. Bokeh tells the story of a young couple on vacation in Iceland who wake up to find everyone else has disappeared, and The Discovery has Jason Segel and Robert Redford coming to terms with discovering a proof of the afterlife. We saved spoilers until the end so feel free to listen until the end music even if you haven’t seen them yet.
#271 – Top 10 Last 10
Zach and James rank and discuss the last 10 movies they watched, regardless of genre or decade or anything that would make sense.
#270 – Ghost in the Shell, Top 10 ScarJo Movies
James and Zach hack away at the Ghost in the Shell remake and then go all crash override on their Top 10 Scarlett Johansson Movies.
#269 – Life, Top 10 Space Thrillers
Zach and James debate the merits of Life (the movie, not in general) and then run down their favorite space-set thrillers.
#268 – Beauty and the Beast, Top 10 Princess Movies (w/ Hannah)
Disney has released it’s latest live-action remake of a beloved animated classic and this one is taking the box office by storm. Special guest Hannah joins us on the show to discuss the film and find out how it stacks against the original. Then we each count down our Top 10 favorite movies with a princess in them.
#267 – Logan, Hugh Jackman’s Filmography
Zach and James reconvene in Florida to discuss Logan – the latest and (supposedly) last of the stand-alone Wolverine films – and then run down the filmography of the film’s star Hugh Jackman.
#265 – Top 10 Forgotten Films of 1998
We continue our series by going through the forgotten films of 1998.
#264 – The Lego Batman Movie, Settling Arguments (w/ James’ Dad)
First we discuss the The Lego Batman Movie, then James plays audiotape of his father being asked the question, “Can you name a movie starring Matt Damon?” Can he do it? What about the other actors James asked him? Also, we listen back to the evidence to get to the bottom of Biopic/Byopic.
#263 – John Wick Chapter 2, Top 10 Action Movie (1st) Sequels
After seeing the original John Wick, both of us we’re pretty excited to see the recently-released sequel, John Wick Chapter 2. In this episode, we discuss the film, along with each of our Top 10 Action Movie (1st) Sequels.
#262 – Listener Email
James and Zach attempt the long-overdue reading and discussing of listener email.
#261 – The Founder, Top 10 Biopics
We discuss The Founder, a movie about Ray Croc and the founding of McDonald’s, then count down each of our favorite biopics, all while playing a ridiculous game that we’re not even sure who won. Enjoy!