#403 – Top 10 Last 10 (w/ Rico & Jessica)
James is joined by special-guest hosts Rico and Jessica of the Always the Critic Podcast to run down the last 10 films they’ve seen in order of preference, then play a quick movie game.
#402 – The Lighthouse, Jojo Rabbit (w/ Corey & Andrew)
James is joined by special-guest hosts Corey Pierce and Andrew James to discuss the controversial new release films The Lighthouse by writer/director Robert Eggers (The Witch) and Jojo Rabbit by writer/director Taika Waititi (Boy, Thor:Ragnarok), then the guys play a musical movie game.
#393 – Games: 28 Words Later, My Kid Could Paint That
James and Zach play some old-school CRL movie games!
#386 – Games: The 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of the 21st Century
Zach and James take turns trying to identify the 100 greatest movie quotes of the 21st Century (according to Thrillist).
#378 – Avengers: Endgame, Top 10 Franchises, MCU Trivia Challenge (w/ Evily)
Resident MCU expert/superfan Evily returns to the show to discuss the end of the end (but also a beginning) of Avengers: Endgame, then the trio run down their 10 favorite film franchises, and end the show with a spirited round of Marvel-related trivia.
#374 – Us, Games: The Big Short, Jacob’s Ladder (w/ Jim Laczkowski)
Zach and James are joined by special guest Jim Laczkowski, creator of the Now Playing Podcast Network, to discuss Jordan Peele’s latest horror/thriller/mystery film Us – and then play some movie games of old and new. Follow Jim: Letterboxd – Twitter Follow Cinereelists: Facebook – Twitter Follow James: Letterboxd – Twitter Follow Zach: Letterboxd – Twitter Support the show on Patreon. Subscribe: iTunes / RSS 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…
#371 – Captain Marvel, Games: Movie Bluff, Memento (w/ Omar)
Zach and James are joined by special-guest Omar to discuss the latest MCU film Captain Marvel, recap the recent Oscar telecast and reveal how our picks panned out, and finally – play some movie games! Captain Marvel spoilers at the end of the show!
#361 – Aquaman, Aquaman Trivia (w/ Mohsen)
Mo joins us for his tenth time, this go around is to discuss the latest in DC entertainment, Aquaman.
#360 – Games: Christmas Movie Trivia Challenge (w/ Nathan)
Returning guest Nathan join James and Zach to celebrate the holidays with a round-robin style Christmas movie trivia challenge.
#358 – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Games: The Shootist, Phantom Thread
Zach and James get vocal on The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the new western anthology film from the Coen Bros, then try out a new movie game they quickly deem poorly conceived and pivot to a recently listener suggested game.
#356 – Games: MovieWed (w/ Meghan & Kyle)
Meghan and Kyle find out if they are marriage material, movie-wise that is.
#355 – A Pastry Chef’s Top 10 Food Movies, Movie Grudge Match (w/ Meghan & Kyle)
Professional pastry chef Meghan joins the guys to run down her favorite “food movies” – then challenges Zach to a movie trivia grudge match, pitting her knowledge of the Disney film Sleeping Beauty against Zach’s knowledge of Disney’s Robin Hood. Also, Kyle is there.
#353 – Three Identical Strangers, A New Movie Game!
First we talk spoiler-free about the documentary “Three Identical Strangers,” then we play a new movie game Zach came up with, tentatively called “The Progressively Harder Movie Trivia Challenge.” And we started recording at 1am and so by the time we’re playing the game, Zach is a little loopy and it’s amazing.
#343 – Crazy Rich Asians, Better Luck Tomorrow, Listener Email
James and Zach visit (and re-visit) Singapore via the romantic-comedy Crazy Rich Asians, contrast the hyped film with MTV Films’ little-known 2002 gem Better Luck Tomorrow – both of which famously feature an all Asian cast and are set in modern times – and finally answer some recent listener email including a twist on a classic movie trivia game.
#335 – First Reformed (w/ Amanda), Games: Movie Bluff
Zach and James are joined by Amanda to discuss the challenging religious film First Reformed by director Paul Schrader (writer of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ) and then play a long-anticipated round of Movie Bluff!
#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.
#304 – DCEU Trivia Challenge Battle Royale with Cheese (w/ Mohsen)
James administers a 30-question DC trivia contest between Mohsen and Zach.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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?
#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.
#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.
#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!