#52 – Guardians of the Galaxy (w/ Luke)
Special-guest and actor/musician/writer/comic book expert Luke discuss James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy with Zach and James, then the trio quick-rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.
#51 – Games: Last Man Standing, Sophie’s Choice (w/ Jarrett Heather)
Zach and James play a few leisurely movie games with Jarret Heather, director of the amazing “Word Crimes” music video from Weird Al Yankovic’s new album Mandatory Fun – which is currently #1 on the Top 200 Billboard chart!
#50 – Jarrett Heather (Director of “Word Crimes” by Weird Al Yankovic), Top 5 Computer Villains
Everybody shut up! … while Zach and James interview Jarret Heather, director of parody-legend Weird Al Yankovic’s music video “Word Crimes”. Discussion includes how Jarrett came to work with Mr. Yankovic, the process behind creating the kinetic-typography-based video, Jarrett’s love of Tron and direct connection to 2010’s Tron Legacy, and we round out the show with a quick list of the Top 5 Movie Computer Villains. Go buy Weird Al’s new album Mandatory Fun – it’s current #1 on the Top 200 Billboard chart! Follow Jarret Heather: Website – Twitter Subscribe: iTunes / RSS
#49 – Games: Outta Time, 28 Words Later
Welcome to another Friday Games Edition of the Cinereelists in which the guys revisit one of last week’s new rapid-fire games Outta Time and close out the show with the OG CRL showdown 28 Words Later.
#48 – Top 10 Last 10
James and Zach rank the last 10 films they’ve seen including a bunch of documentaries, a film from the early 1900’s, more documentaries, a thriller that involves piano playing starring Elijah Wood, and an Australian genre classic from 1984…
#47 – Games: Outta Time, Sophie’s Choice
Zach and James play two brand new games: Outta Time and Sophie’s Choice. In Outta Time the guys race against the clock to get as many trivia questions as they can in two 5 minute rounds – and in Sophie’s Choice they go head-to-head in a strictly binary competition!
#46 – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Zach and James explore the new Planet of the Apes prequel Dawn of the Planet of Apes which one of them loved, and the other… well – you’ll find out. Also, beware of light spoilers!
#45 – Games: Say Anything, Chain Reaction, Plot Holes
James takes advantage of a sleepy-headed Zach in a trio of nail-biting games. Will the power of Site B be on his side? Only one way to find out…
#44 – Top 10 Last 10
James and Zach rank the last 10 films they’ve seen, including a bunch of new-releases, several films from the 1930’s, a Joe Dante classic, and a Jean-Luc Godard rarity…
#43 – Games: 28 Words Later, Movie Trivia (w/ Eric)
James and Zach bring Eric back as a guest, this time to play some movie games. We have a great round of 28 Words Later as well as some movie trivia.
#42 – Grand Budapest Hotel and the Films of Wes Anderson (w/ Eric)
In Episode #42 we dive into Wes Anderson’s latest film, Grand Budapest Hotel, with special guest Eric! Then we discuss all of Anderson’s (short but impressive) filmography.
#41 – Games: Say Anything, Movie Bluff
James and Zach try to mind-meld in a quick go of Say Anything, then try to fool one another in a few rounds of Movie Bluff.
#40 – 10 Classic Summer Camp Movies
Pack your swim trunks and write your parents because James and Zach watched ten classic Summer Camp movies, chatted about each, and then ranked them in order of least to best. No shrek!
#39 – Games: Plot Holes, 28 Words Later (w/ Keane)
It’s been too long since we’ve had a guest on the show to play some movie games, so we rectified that this week by bringing Keane back to play some games, including the new game, Plot Holes. A quick rundown on how the game works: someone thinks of a movie, the next person has to come up with another movie that shares some similar plot element. The person after that has to come up with another movie that shares a different plot element with the most recently-named film. And so on. See how we did in episode #39…
#38 – Top 5 Coolest Movie Gadgets (w/ Keane)
Zach and James are joined by special guest Keane as the Cinereelists attempt to define what exactly a movie “gadget” is, then run through their Top 5 Coolest Movie Gadgets. Much arguing and more than a few surprises to be had in this one!
#37 – Games: Total Recall (John Williams), 28 Words Later
James has been biding his time to score the John Williams trophy and starts the show off going for the asterisk. Then we play some 28 Words Later. Thanks to South Second for allowing us to use their song “I’m Not Sorry.”
#36 – Last 10 Top 10
The guys rank the last ten films they’ve seen, including two revenge flicks for James and a found footage film in the top slot for Zach.
#35 – Games: Last Man Standing, 28 Words Later
James & Zach play an extended game of Last Man Standing, then end the show with a speed-round of 28 Words Later – all from Site B!
#34 – Edge of Tomorrow
James & Zach discuss at length the upcoming sci-fi/time-travel’ish thriller mashup Edge of Tomorrow in both spoiler-free and spoiler flavors, then quickly rank the films (that we’ve seen) of ‘Tomorrow’ director Doug Liman.
#33 – Games: Say Anything, Chain Reaction, Last Man Standing
James & Zach play a trio of games starting with a new round of the mind-melding Say Anything, a new actor/film/actor-hopping game we like to call Chain Reaction, and close out the alphabet (and the show) with Last Man Standing.
#32 – Last 10 Top 10
Join James & Zach as they rank the last 10 movies they’ve seen, including on listener suggested movie, a comedy duo from the early days of film, and a new genre import you may not have yet heard of – but will.
#31 – Games: Total Recall (John Williams), Movie Bluff
James attempt to list from memory, in order with year of release and correct punctuation, all 109 of the films with music composed by John Williams, then the guys try to fool each other in another spirited round of Movie Bluff!
#30 – Top 10 Forgotten Films of 1991
The year is 1991. James and Zach pick through a slim (generally) year for film in an effort to find a few gems amongst the many forgotten films from 1991. Also, the guys take the Hook trivia challenge.
#29 – Games: Last Man Standing, 28 Words Later
James and Zach zip through another set of 5 letters of the alphabet in a round of Last Man Standing, then play everyone’s favorite game 28 Words Later, complete with a surprising outcome.
#28 – Godzilla (2014), Listener Email
James and Zach answer a pair of listener emails, then review the new Godzilla reboot.