Cinema Joes

Co-hosts Justin Mancini & Noah Franc could not be here with us today, but, Alex welcomes onto the show Tyler McCarthy, one half of the great Pop Break bad romance podcast Not Couple Goals and writer for USAInsider.com!

Tyler is here for another installment in our Flashback series of episodes, where we invite a guest onto the show to discuss one of their all time favorite films, and Tyler has selected the 1993 family classic Mrs. Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams, Sally Fields, Pierce Brosnan and Harvey Firestein, and directed by Chris Columbus!

Hosts' Other Pods

Podwork Angels - TV Break - Bill vs. The MCU

Hosts' Writing

Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd

Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter

Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak

This week, Manish Mathur returns to the podcast to discuss Gina Prince-Bythwood’s latest African historical episode The Woman King, starring Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim & John Boyega. We break down the action, drama, and the incredible acting in one of the year’s best films to date. We also discuss other recent releases including Netflix’s Do Revenge and the Drive My Car follow up Wheel of Fortune & Fantasy, while saving some time to discuss the Avatar IMAX Re-Release.

Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places!

Hosts' Other Pods

Podwork Angels - TV Break - Bill vs. The MCU

Hosts' Writing

Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd

Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter

Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak

This week, Justin couldn’t be with us today, but in his place we are excited to welcome back to the pod one half of the great podcasts Blerd Life with My Wife and Blerd Watchers and the twitch channel The Okami Council, it’s Marshall Stevenson! Marshall is joining us here today for another installment in our Flashback series of episodes, where we invite a guest onto the show to discuss one of their all time favorite films, and Marshall has selected the 2001 Best Picture winning film A Beautiful Mind, written by Akiva Goldsman, starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Christopher Plummer, and Adam Goldberg, and directed by Ron Howard!

Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places!

Hosts' Other Pods

Podwork Angels - TV Break - Bill vs. The MCU

Hosts' Writing

Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd

Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter

Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak

This week, the Joes go deeply in depth on the Fall Movie Season. Alex, Justin, and Noah go through the release calendar month by month discussing the big budget tent poles, festival favorites, awards bait, and the potential hidden gems to be on the lookout the fall!

Time Codes provided with highlights from each month:

September (3:00)

Saloum

Medieval

Moonage Daydream

The Woman King

Do Revenge

God’s Country

Catherine Called Birdy

The Good House

October (30:15)

TÁR

Triangle of Sadness

The Lost King

Decision to Leave

Till

Ticket to Paradise

The Banshees of Inisherin

The School for Good & Evil

One Fine Morning

Armageddontime

Call Jane

November (1:12:45)

Amsterdam

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

The Fablemans

The Son

She Said

The Menu

Bones and All

Devotion

Strange World

December (1:55:00)

Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies

Women Talking

Empire of Light

Avatar: The Way of Water

I Want to Dance with Somebody

Shazam: Fury of the Gods

Living

Babylon

Undated Fall Releases (2:15:52)

Chevalier

Carmen

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

The Whale

Causeway

Bardo

White Noise

Glass Onion

Shirley

You People

The Good Nurse

Aftersun

Eternal Daughter

When You Finish Saving the World

Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places!

Hosts' Other Pods

Podwork Angels - TV Break - Bill vs. The MCU

Hosts' Writing

Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd

Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter

Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak

We are officially in the summer doldrums of movie calendar, and, for Cinema Joes, that means finally paying off this years Oscar bet. As loyal listeners already know, every year Alex, Justin, and Noah try to guess who will win and who will lose at the Academy Awards. This year, Justin took home the top prize by guessing the most categories correctly, and that means we are watching a film of his choice. He was gracious enough to chose an excellent and, until recently, hard to see French film from last year called Petite Maman, directed by Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma. In our Full Disclosure segment, we also discussed Prey (2022), Bad Luck Banging or Looney Porn (2021), The Gray Man (2022), & Cherry (2021).

Hosts' Other Pods

Podwork Angels - TV Break - Bill vs. The MCU

Hosts' Writing

Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd

Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter

Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak

This week, George Heftler returns to the podcast to discuss Jordan Peele’s latest sci-fi horror picture NOPE, starring Daniel Kaluuya & Keke Palmer. We break down the thrills, chills, and social messaging embedded in this unlikely alien adventure. We also discuss other recent releases including Not Okay and Azor and the classic documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot.

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Full Disclosure

Alex - Not Okay (2022)

George - Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)

Justin - Azor (2021)

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Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places!

Hosts' Other Pods

Podwork Angels - TV Break - Bill vs. The MCU

Hosts' Writing

Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd

Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter

Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak

This week, Alex, Justin, and Noah have reassembled for the first time this summer, just like the broken shards of Mjölnir, in order to pay tribute to the gods and review the latest MCU offering Thor: Love & Thunder. But even with three hosts on hand, we needed to welcome a fourth to our fellowship of podcasters, and, we were so happy for Josh Sarnecky, the host of The Anniversary Brothers and Pop Break TV’s TV Break podcasts, to take up arms with us in pursuit of this noble quest.

We also check in on some recent releases including the anime Spy x Family, as well as films such as Elvis (2022); What We Do In The Shadows (2015); There Is No Evil (2021); and the DisneyPlus limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022).

Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places!

Hosts' Other Pods

Podwork Angels - TV Break - Bill vs. The MCU

Hosts' Writing

Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd

Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter

Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak

Summer movie season is upon us, but in between Marvel events and Sundance darlings, we thought we’d invite a friend of the show, Justin Moore of Justin Watches Movies, to take a trip to a world of pure imagination as we discuss one of his all time favorite films Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971).

Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places!

Hosts' Other Pods

Podwork Angels - TV Break - Bill vs. The MCU

Hosts' Writing

Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd

Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter

Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak

This week, we are down one Joe, but, in his stead, we are happy to welcome back onto the podcast Courtney Stevenson, the incomparably talented podcast host of Blerd Life with My Wife and Pop Break TV’s Blerd Watchers. She is joining us today as we review the Sundance darling dejour Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022), written, directed by, and starring young newcomer Cooper Raif, alongside Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann, Raul Castillo, and Odeya Rush. The film, available now on AppleTV+, tells the story of a young man (Raif), refresh out of college, struggling to get his life in order when he meets an intriguing older woman (Johnson) with a daughter on the autism spectrum while chaperoning his younger brother at a series of Bar Mitzvahs around New Jersey. 

We also check in on some recent releases including Fantastic Beasts and The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), Jurassic World Dominion (2022), and Bergman Island (2021).

Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places!

Hosts' Other Pods

Podwork Angels - TV Break - Bill vs. The MCU

Hosts' Writing

Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd

Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter

Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak

DisneyPlus has everyone talking Star Wars with the latest episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi, so we decided to bring on Michael T. Ford III, host of The Racial Draft Podcast, to discuss his favorite Star Wars film and one of his all time favorite films period, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.

We discuss Michael’s strong personal attachment to the film, dating back to when he was invited to the NYC premiere as a six year old, all the way to today where expanded universe and animated adventures help amplify an already excellent entry into the SciFi epic. And yes, this is a pro-Ewok podcast!

Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places!

Hosts' Other Pods

Podwork Angels - TV Break - Bill vs. The MCU

Hosts' Writing

Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd

Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter

Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak