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Reviewed: Barbie, Oppenheimer

In a year that has seen a new Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible, Spider-Man, and Michael Keaton in a bat-suit… the Movie Event of the Year is undeniably #Barbenheimer.

An accidental double-feature that started out as a petty payback tactic, but became the most unlikely synergistic box-office powerhouse perhaps of all time. #Barbenheimer has made us all rethink how films could be marketed and upended traditional thinking on release schedules. Most of all it has sparked an internet phenomenon that translated into real sales and brought the box-office to a 4 year high!

But… How are the actual movies? This episode we will review Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. We need a doll of a guest with an atomic appreciation of film…

Enter Doug Walker, the Nostalgia Critic.

Doug Walker (aka The Nostalgia Critic) is a successful satirist, filmmaker, and one of the most entertaining film critics on YouTube. Since 2008 Doug and the team have released content, skits, reviews, and more on Channel Awesome.  If you’re somehow not in the know on Channel Awesome… click the link and get there! Channel Awesome is also on Twitter if you prefer.

So Matt K., Ry The Movie Guy, and Doug Walker discuss each film as well as the #barbenheimer phenomenon, but that’s not all! No.

Each critic also has a Top 5 Nuclear Movies list to unveil! It’s a jam-packed ‘Jaw as always!

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Doug Walker The Nostalgia Critic:

Ry The Movie Guy:

Reviewed: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

So tempting to get an AI to write this post… but I assure you, we resisted the temptation. This year, there has been an explosion in popularity and paranoia about what we (perhaps erroneously) call Artificial Intelligence. These tools, are uncanny and powerful there is no doubt and popular culture has caught on to this hot-button topic.

Enter our review, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One. Somehow the writers saw the writing on the wall a few years back and wisely chose an AI villain to play upon those fears. Who knows? Maybe they used an AI to predict what sort of villain would be most scary in 2023 because it is spot on!

This got us thinking… What are some other great AI movies and characters in film? Thus our Top 5 A.I. in Film! We even get ChatGPT to enter it’s Top 5 as well!

So sit back and relax and don’t worry… CinemaJaw will always open your Podbay doors!

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ChatGPT

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Reviewed: Nimona, Blackberry, Run Rabbit Run

Movies come fast and furious in the summer season. Literally and figuratively! This week on CinemaJaw we bring you another one of our patented REVIEW-O-RAMA segments, with a trio of films.

They all happen to be streaming as well. One of these three is a true hidden gem, Nimona. Do not sleep on this animation from Netflix!

You’ll have to listen to our thoughts and discussion on the three.

Enjoy!

Reviewed This Episode: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

Happy 4th of July to our American JawHeads, and happy Summer Holidays to everyone!

We’re taking the week off for a little R&R, but we couldn’t leave you empty-handed!

It’s a great episode, in a legendary theater, with an amazing guest, Colt Cabana!

Reviewed: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Extraction 2, No Hard Feelings

Summer Popcorn season is in full swing! There are so many great movies (and crappy ones) hitting theaters right now, that we knew it was time for one of our patented… REVIEW-O-RAMAs!

On the docket this week, a trio of blockbusters that couldn’t be more different. A large big-screen adventure send-off in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, a streaming sequel that’s breaking records in Extraction 2, and a broad comedy starring our person of the month, Jennifer Lawrence, in No Hard Feelings. We’re all over the place!

It’s simple enough. Three reviews for your eardrums to feast upon. Enjoy!

Reviewed: Asteroid City, Flamin’ Hot

Every good performer has a signature move. The Rock has the People’s Elbow, Babe Ruth would point to the bleachers as he took his stance, and so on. Film directors are no different. The good ones have style and panache, and add something uniquely their own to the language of film. This week on CinemaJaw we take a look at our favorite Directors’ Signature Moves. MOVES, not MOVIES… see the difference.

Joining us this week is… no one. Just us core JawHeads! More time for a double dose of reviews! We have the latest “hot” documentary burnin’ up the film circuit, entitled Flamin’ Hot, and yes… it’s the story of the Flamin’ Hot Cheeto. We also get whimsical as we dive deep into the great Wes Anderson’s latest, Asteroid City.

It’s a jam-packed Jaw as always!

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Reviewed: The Flash, Elemental

This week on CinemaJaw we celebrate our NEW STUDIO with a double feature review and celebration of the Best / Worst movies in a particular category. On the review docket: the latest DCEU film, The Flash, and Disney/Pixar’s latest, the long-awaited Elemental. Could we be dealing with a Best/Worst right there?

We mentioned the new studio. We couldn’t be more excited. Please let us know what you think of the audio and plenty of upgrades planned soon. You know we also play trivia and celebrate Jennifer Lawrence all month. So sit back and enjoy!

DCEU – Matt

DCEU – Ry

PIXAR – Matt

PIXAR – Ry

Jennifer Lawrence – Matt

Jennifer Lawrence – Ry

Reviewed: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, Heroes of the Golden Mask

This week on CinemaJaw we swing through the podiverse as we cover two universe-hopping movies,  the latest Sony Animation film Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, and Christopher Plummer’s final effort, Heroes of the Golden Mask. These two films are diametrically opposed, proving not all trips through the multiverse are created equal. Listen to find out which is which.

Joining us on this strange journey is a documentarian, who knows a thing or two about other dimensions.

Starting with a VHS camcorder and his family’s cats, moving on to grade school kung-fu cinematic spectaculars, Craig Bass eventually co-founded the Chicagoland video production company, Motion Source. After 15 years of creating content for brands such as Walgreens and Segway, and pouring his artistic soul into mini-budget music videos and short films, Craig is making his feature film debut with Ghostlord and the Quest for Dark Presence. The documentary is on Doc Mack, the owner of Galloping Ghost Arcade, located in Brookfield, Illinois.

The subject of the doc is the Owner of the largest arcade in the world, Doc Mack (aka Ghostlord), who has spent nearly 3 decades working on a video game that he believes has the potential to supercharge a struggling industry. Ghostlord and the Quest for Dark Presence follows Doc’s journey to create a live-action digitized fighting game from the first hint of the game’s idea, through crooked investors, a mysterious illness, surprise iguanas, a nearly-assassinated landlord, and multiple reshoots. It’s a doc we at CinemaJaw are watching closely and cannot wait to see… and if Doc Mack ever finishes his game, we’d like to see that as well!

No Top 5 List this week but we do have a CinemaWAR! debating Spider-Man vs. Batman: who has the better film franchise overall?

So sit back and relax jawheads. Finishing this podcast, from any dimension or universe should be a simple and enjoyable task!

Reviewed: The Boogeyman

This week we make sure to check under the bed, and in the closet, as we take a look at our favorite Steven King Scenes!

We are doing this top 5 topic in honor of our latest review of the summer scare, The Boogeyman, which happens to be the latest King adaptation.

So remember to leave the light on, you never know what lurks in the basement of the video store!

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Reviewed: The Little Mermaid (2023), Fast X

This week on CinemaJaw, we take a dive unda da sea and reel in our Top 5 Fish Movies!

We are doing this in honor of the new live-action remake of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. We join Ariel, Sebastian, and the rest of the gang for another swim… but did it float to the top, or wreck on the bottom.?

In addition, we have a second review of Fast X, because it’s all about family. That’s how we feel about the JawHeads… they’re family!

Sit back and relax, the line is in the water. Listen up.

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Ry: