#260 – Moana, Moonlight
James and Zach discuss two recent Oscar-nominated film that begin with the letters “Mo”.
#259 – Havana, Oscar Nominations, Hidden Figures, Patriots Day
Zach and James are back from a short trip to Havana to bring you our Academy Award picks (hint: La La La La La Land), then discuss two current films, Hidden Figures and Patriots Day. If you want to see pictures from our trip, you can see them here. Have a film suggestion you think we’ve never seen and want us to discuss on the show? Send your pick to heyguys@cinereelists.com and one of us WILL watch it and discuss it on a future next show… or send a comment, suggestion or criticism and we’ll discuss that as well!
#258 – The 2016 Movie Hangover
Zach and James go deep into the year that was 2016 with listener favorites, loads of alternative year-end lists from the guys, NEW New Year movie resolutions, and an overview of what to expect in cinemas in 2017. Warning: This episode holds the NEW world record for the most movie lists contained in a single podcast. Probably. Special thanks to our Patreon Supporters who helped us finally get new recording gear – Specifically thanks to Matt, Mindy, Scott, Ryan, Scotty, Roger, Botond, Adem, Justin, Micheal, Catarina, Miran, Mathew, Thomas, and Andrew!
#257 – Top 20 of 2016
James and Zach count down their 20 favorite movies of 2016, as well as their greatest disappointments, films they regret not having seen before making their list, and more.
#256 – Last 10 Top 10
It’s time for another Last 10 Top 10. This time our lists are filled almost entirely with 2016 movies!
#255 – Top 10 Movies With 3 Letters in the Title (w/ Jason)
On a very special episode of the podcast… Jason Pyles of Movie Podcast Weekly and the Horror Movie Podcast sits in with Zach and James to run down their 10 favorite films that happen to have just three letters in the title. What defines a letter? Let the debate begin!
#254 – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (w/ Kevin)
Special-guest Kevin joins Zach and James to discuss the new Star Wars spin-off/prequel Rogue One, then play a quick game of Last Man Standing. Spoiler free chat at the beginning, spoiler-filled chat from minute 32 on!
#253 – Christmas Movies: Mixed Nuts, Love the Coopers
For the 3rd year in a row, we take some time this holiday season to watch some Christmas movies. Although we weren’t able to go through 10 Christmas movies like we normally would, we both picked a movie that neither of us had seen and talk about them on the show.
#252 – Games: My Kid Could Paint That, Last Man Standing
We go back to our roots and work through the alphabet in Last Man Standing and also have a fairly tame round of My Kid Could Paint That.
#251 – Last 10 Top 10
It’s time for another Last 10 Top 10. This time our lists are filled almost entirely with 2016 movies!
#250 – Quarter K Celebration (w/ Luke, Mohsen & Josh C.)
Two Hundred and Fifty Episodes! To celebrate we invited some of our favorite frequent guests for a casual roundtable chat about what they’ve seen most recently, what they’ve seen that they the most passionate about (good or bad) and end it with a smorgasbord of theater experience stories before putting each other to the test in an extended series of increasingly intense movie games. Here’s to the next 250!
#247 – Listener Email, Games: Outta Time
James and Zach read and discuss emails from listeners including several controversial topics such as audio books, marriage proposals and the emotional resonance of Arrival. Also, they play a movie game.
#246 – Hacksaw Ridge, Arrival
Zach and James discuss the new Mel Gibson directorial effort Hacksaw Ridge, then go deep on Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival in both non-spioiler and spoiler discussions.
#245 – Games: Last Man Standing, Movie Bluff (w/ Evily)
Evily joins us again to play Last Man Standing with Marvel characters, then the Cinereelists’ original game Movie Bluff.
#244 – Doctor Strange, Top 10 Favorite MCU Characters (w/ Evily)
Now the latest in the chain of Marvel juggernauts to take the box office by storm, we have a low-key discussion of Doctor Strange, a stark difference from the other, “more grounded” MCU movies that usually carry the banner. We’re joined by special guest Evily, who was quick to profess her extreme love for Marvel. We follow that up with a list of our favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe character performances.
#243 – Hunt For the Wilderpeople
Zach returns to the US and thus the podcast just in time to discuss the New Zealand charmer Hunt for the Wilderpeople, among other things.
#238 B – A Quick Podcast Update (w/ Superfan Mindy)
James fills you in on the current going-ons with the podcast, his Fantast Movie League strategy, and future podcast plans etc – then Zach is joined by Superfan Mindy live from Europe with an update on his trip!
#237 – The Magnificent Seven, Top 10 Westerns (w/ Roger aka James’ Dad)
James is joined by special-guest co-host Roger – who just happens to be James’ real-life Dad! Together they discuss the recent remake of the western classic The Magnificent Seven, discuss Roger’s affinity for old-west based films and TV, then run down James’ personal Top 10 Westerns.
#235 – Games: My Kid Could Paint That / Fantastic Four
James and Zach combine two movie games into one in an epic mega game of My Kid Could Paint That and Fantastic Four.
#234 – Sully, Tom Hanks Lists (w/ Adam & Matt)
Adam & Matt from The Pilot Podcast join Zach & James of the Cinereelists podcast to discuss the aviation-centric film Sully, then run down some Tom Hanks-centric lists.
#233 – Don’t Think Twice (w/ Luke)
Luke came on the show and filled James’ very large shoes to help co-host a discussion with Zach on Mike Birbiglia’s latest film, Don’t Think Twice. Then we talk a little bit about improv and the desire to create, and run down our top five lists, Luke’s Top 5 Movies that have a fictional version of a clearly real thing, and my Top 5 Movies about Comedians.
#232 – Games: Last Man Standing, 1996 Quiz (w/ Listener Megan)
Listener Megan is back to play some movie games with us. Because she’s a marine biologist, we play Last Man Standing with the category “Movies that feature a marine mammal.” Then Zach gives James and Megan the ultimate 1996 quiz…how well do you remember that year?
#231 – Top 10 Forgotten Films of 1996 (w/ Listener Megan)
We continue to work our way through the 1990s by listing off our Top 10 Forgotten Films of 1996. We tried to pick movies that we think are definitely worth a watch, yet no one is really talking about them any more. We are joined by longtime listener Megan who brings a top ten list of her own. Fun fact: Megan and Zach actually used to do a podcast of their own 7 years ago! It’s no longer available on iTunes, but you can hear the first three episodes of the Yes We Would podcast by becoming a Patreon subscriber.
#230 – Last 10 Top 10
It’s time again for another Last 10 Top 10 list, and so James and Zach run through the last ten movies they have each seen and rank them against each other.
#229 – Games: Chain Reaction; Me, Myself, and iRate (w/ Andrew James)
Andrew James, co-host of Cinecast at Row Three, joins us again to play some movie games. Can he break out of the “High School Musical” doldrums? Did Zach give “8 1/2” the Fellini Flop? Does James secretly like “Singin’ in the Rain?” There’s only one way to find out.