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.
Kyle and James have a messy breakup while discussing the low-budget horror box-office phenomenon Obsession, then lament the misguided relationship comedy-horror Over Your Dead Body.
The guys wander the liminal halls of podcasting with Backrooms expert New Zach, then run down their favorite rooms in movies.
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.
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.
Zach and Galen join James and Kyle for a special multi-generational spoiler review of the latest in the Mario movie franchise, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – then the guys rundown their favorite Mario characters and test their Mario knowledge in a round of Mario Trivia.
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.
Kyle and James discuss everything that happened at the 98th Academy Awards, then criticize a foreign drama that feels tailor-made to win at the Oscars.
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 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.
Kyle and James criticize the 2nd film in the 28 Years Later trilogy, then run down the interesting spoiler-filled scenes and themes of The Bone Temple. Send your Top 10 of 2025 films to heyguys@cinereelists.com to be included in next episodes listener aggregate list.
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 are joined by long-time listener and Yautja expert Troy Carruthers to discuss Predator: Badlands, the latest entry in the sci-fi action franchise – then dissect and reassemble Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of the classic movie monster Frankenstein.
James is joined by Yorgos Lanthimos expert Logan to criticize his latest conspiracy thriller Bugonia, then the guys rank their favorite films from the aforementioned genre.
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.
