Cinema Psychos Movie Reviews

It's fight night! In a follow up to our first episode, Brian, John, and Elaine dissect "The Chipotle Burrito of Superhero Movies"; Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Can Zack Snyder competently lead the DC Cinematic Universe with the introduction of the Justice League or are we facing a massive cinematic abortion? News in Movies!

Garry Shandling Dead at 66- RIP

Brian, John and Elaine pay tribute to the unique comedy of Garry Shandling.

Batman v Superman Broke Hanz Zimmer

Hanz Zimmer, the composer whose notable scores include The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, and others decides to quit the superhero game after concluding work on Batman v Superman.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Key Points

Jam packed full of crap

The movie ultimately is jam packed full of so much fan service and plot threads that it becomes difficult to follow the narrative of the film.

Inconsistent performances

Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot do a decent job at portraying a brooding Bruce Wayne/Batman and a warrior Diana Prince/Wonder Woman. Jesse Eisenberg, while portraying a different kind of Lex Luther, comes off as a poor man's Heath Ledger Joker. Amy Adams ultimately proves to be unneccesary to the film with little for her character to do amongst superheros, megalomaniac villians, meta humans, and Doomsday.

Dear Zack Snyder: Lay off the Instagram Filter

Please stop ruining beautifully shot visuals through a dark brown filter that makes it almost impossible to discern what the hell is happening on screen.

Doomsday

I thought this movie was about Batman vs Superman???? Way too early to bring out The Death of Superman storyline.

Notable Movies Referenced

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We are flying through hyperspace and dabbling in the dark side in this episode of The Cinema Psychos Show as Brian, John, and Elaine review The Disney monstrosity that is Star Wars: The Force Awakens. News in Movies!

Beetlejuice 2 Sequel

Winona Ryder appeared on Seth Meyers a few months ago to comment on the sequel moving forward. Is this another example of Hollywood preying on the people's sense of nostalgia instead of crafting original films? Brian also mistakenly thinks that Jeffrey Jones (Lydia Deetz's Father in Beetlejuice) is dead.

Doug Bradley (Pinhead) comments on Hellraiser: Judgement

Doug Bradley, the original Pinhead from the Hellraiser movies, comments via ihorror about his absence in the newest attempt by Dimension Films to retain the franchise rights to the Hellraiser series with Director Gary Tunnicliffe's film, Hellraiser: Judgement. (Found originally on The Clive Barker Podcast)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Key Points

Piracy

At the time of the recording, Star Wars: The Force Awakens had just been pirated (250,000) downloads in the first day.

Fandom

Brian, John, and Elaine's Star Wars fandom

Product of Hollywood

Is Star Wars: The Force Awakens a product of the studio novelty of cranking out sequel and spin off over and over again?

Commercialism

Is there a difference between the commercialism of LucasFilm LTD and of Disney?

The Film Itself

Is Force Awakens a improvement over the Star Wars prequels or is it a copy of the original Star Wars? George Lucas ultimately created the Summer Blockbuster with Star Wars and ended the Autor Movement of independent film in the 60's and 70's. Sexism in Star Wars

Disney removing the Black Series-Slave Girl Princess Leia Disney not including Rey in certain merchandising despite Rey being the hero of the film.

How is Force Awakens borrowing elements from the Extended Universe (Now Star Wars Legends)?

Notable Movies Referenced

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In this episode (which originally was recorded in October), Brian, John, and Elaine review Wes Craven's Scream; particularly, how the film has impacted the horror genre both negatively and positively. The current state of horror is also addressed and how the future of horror relies mainly on the efforts of independent filmmakers vs the big Hollywood studios. Key Points

Scream Review

At the time of it's premiere, the slasher film had been played out thanks primarily to the repeated sequels from such cinematic staples like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Child's Play, and Friday the 13th. Scream can be credited with revitalizing The Slasher by injecting a self awareness of slasher film tropes as well as a wonky type of humor Scream can debated to have led to the commercialism of the horror genre where profit and style override substance.

Horror films reflect the time they were made

Movies like The Exorcist may have been shocking for their time but do not necessarily cause the same type of fear as seen in modern day horror.

Final Points

Terrible horror movies are a product of horror fans continuing to prove to studios that they are profitable. The future of horror will lie with the Independent Filmmaker, not the big budget studio Positive Points in Scream

Wes Craven's ability to create tension Having the balls to kill off one of the biggest actors at the time in the first 10 mins (Drew Barrymore)

Negative Points in Scream

Snarky mid-90's dialog that doesn't hold up Pushed horror towards commercialism Every character apparently is a film expert

Notable Movies Referenced

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Welcome to the first episode of The Cinema Psychos Show! In this episode, Brian, John and Elaine tackle one of the most divisive Batman movies ever made; Batman Returns. We also gave a preview of what we thought Batman v Superman was going to be like. Stay tuned for a future episode with our reaction to Batman v Superman.

In this episode we discuss:

Who we are and our filmmaking credentials Batman Returns Review Batman v Superman Preview

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