Cinephile's Digest

Two guests (one new and one returning) join the show to discuss two of the year’s most anticipated releases: “Annihilation” and Marvel’s “Black Panther”. We’ve got a lively one here due in no small part to our unofficial sponsor, which our listeners should be familiar with by this point. Dive in to experience almost three full hours of unadulterated podcast bliss.

0:00 – Introductions

7:55 – “Annihilation” Spoiler-Free Review

28:03 – “Annihilation” Review Continued

1:07:26 – “Black Panther” Review

1:39:26 – What We’ve Been Watching

2:33:18 – Rotten Tomatoes Games

Music

Intro: Suck the Blood From My Wound – Ezra Furman

Outro: Sadistic Magician – Municipal Waste

Netflix unleased a monster upon the unsuspecting public immediately after the Super Bowl this year, and we’re here to talk about it. Join us for our review of “The Cloverfield Paradox” to find out how it stacks up in the extended Cloverfield universe. Stick around to the end to hear us talk about everything we’ve been watching lately, as well as the return of the Rotten Tomatoes game!

0:00 – Introductions

9:28 – “The Cloverfield Paradox” Review

29:07 –What We’ve Been Watching

1:32:00 – Rotten Tomatoes Games

Music

Intro: Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer (Beverly Hills Copy Soundtrack)

Outro: Speak When You’re Spoken To – The Spook School

It’s that time of the year where those gold statues of the shredded naked dude will soon be handed out to a few lucky, rich, and probably white schmucks. Join us to discuss this year’s Academy Award nominations at length, as well as a bracket pitting Best Picture winners since the year 2000 against each other to crown “Best Best Picture”. Plus, all the other stuff we’ve been watching. Dig in.

0:00 – Introductions

12:05 – The Oscars 2018 Discussion

37:55 – Best Picture Bracket

1:12:00 – “Hostiles” Review

1:29:14 –What We’ve Been Watching

Music

Intro: Barf Day – Diet Cig

Outro: How Simple – Hop Along

The episode you’ve all been waiting for has arrived! We saw a lot of movies in the past 12 months, and the time has come to rank them. Join us as we count down our personal Top 10 films of 2017, and reflect on the year as a whole. There will be beers. There will be cheers. There will be tears.

0:00 – Introductions

10:58 – Top 10 Films of 2017

2:22:40 – The Rest of 2017

Music

Intro: Phantom Thread – Johnny Greenwood

Intermission: Hospital Escape – Oneohtrix Point Never

Outro: Buddy’s Business – The O’Jays

Year one of the podcast is behind us! Tune in to our last episode recorded in 2017 to hear our thoughts on “Call Me By Your Name” and “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”. We also talk about the best movies we watched in 2017 that did not come out in 2017. Plus, all the usual banter and nonsense you’ve come to expect after a year of this goddamn thing. See everyone again in 2018!

0:00 – Introductions

6:15 – “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” Review

20:12 – “Call Me By Your Name” Review

38:14 – Best Movies of Not 2017

1:05:00 – What We’ve Been Watching

Music

Intro: Mystery of Love – Sufjan Stevens

Outro: Peaches & Cream - 112

We’re quickly approaching the end of our first year doing the show, and we’ve saved the best for (second to) last with our biggest episode EVER. This thing is all killer no filler, with reviews of three of the most anticipated movies of the year (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”, “The Disaster Artist” and “The Shape of Water”). As if that wasn’t enough, we also have a review of a wonderful, provocative independent film called “Flesh and Blood”, written and directed by Mark Webber. At the end of the show, we sit down with one of the producers of that movie, Dustin Hughes, to discuss the project at length. Dig in.

0:00 – Introductions

5:21 – “The Disaster Artist” Review

20:15 – “The Shape of Water” Review

37:04 – “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Spoiler-Free Review

52:54 – “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Review Continued

1:29:01 – “Flesh and Blood” Review

1:38:40 – Cinephile’s Diarrhea

1:50:50 – Interview with Dustin Hughes, Producer of “Flesh and Blood” (complete interview available as a standalone bonus episode”)

Music

Intro: Star Wars Main Theme – John Williams

Outro: BMX - Hobosexual

The gang is back together again this week to talk about Pixar's new movie, "Coco". Find out how it stacks up against the rest of the studio's filmography in our second segment, where we pit Pixar's 16 greatest movies against each other to crown a winner. Stick around to the end for the introduction of our brand new segment, aptly called "Cinephile's Diarrhea".

0:00 – Introductions

6:34 – “Coco" Review

23:05 – Pixar Bracket

1:00:02 – What We’ve Been Watching

2:10:39 - Cinephile's Diarrhea

Music

Intro: Jinx Removing - Jawbreaker

Outro: Running - Lust For Youth

Travis is off gallivanting around in the wonderful (terrible) state of Arizona this week, so we replaced him with the lovely Paris. This week we discuss “Lady Bird” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” as our featured reviews. We dig into everything else we’ve been watching in the second half of the show, with tangents galore. Enjoy.

0:00 – Introductions

7:59 – “Lady Bird” Spoiler-Free Review

26:49 – “Lady Bird” Review Continued

31:33 – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Review

56:40 – What We’ve Been Watching

Music

Intro: Be Gone Everyone – Dark Blue

Outro: N.A.S.A. – Futurecop!

It’s Marvel-Mania over here on Cinephile’s Digest, as we dive deep into “Thor: Ragnarok” and butt heads along the way. We also have a featured review of the chilling revenge thriller “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”. There’s superhero talk, moral dilemmas, and sportsball all on the same episode. Dig in, everyone.

0:00 – Introductions

10:24 – “Thor: Ragnarok” Spoiler-Free Review

26:29 – “Thor: Ragnarok” Review Continued

36:49 – “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” Spoiler-Free Review

49:22 – “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” Review Continued

1:01:07 –What We’ve Been Watching

1:33:59 – Rotten Tomatoes Games

Music

Intro: Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin

Outro: Great Big Beaches – Oso Oso

‘Tis the season to be spooky. We all love Halloween here at Cinephile’s Digest, so to celebrate we created a bracket of what we feel are the 16 best, most important horror films released since the year 2000. We pitted them against each other in order to crown the greatest horror film of the new millennium. We also have full reviews of new releases “The Florida Project” and the Netflix original “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)”. Crack open a pumpkin beer, cuddle up with your black cat, and enjoy.

0:00 – Introductions

09:09 – “The Florida Project” Review

28:02 – “The Meyerowitz Stories” Review

45:28 – Horror Movie Bracket

1:40:57 –What We’ve Been Watching

Music

Intro: Halloween Theme – John Carpenter

Outro: Tailwhip – Men I Trust