The Penn Cinema Podcast

Don't crash into those lesser podcasts! Follow our voices to "safety". We have mixed emotions about The Lighthouse and lots of exciting announcements. Come see us LIVE at The Red Rose Film Festival this Saturday 11/2 at the Hilton in Lancaster City, PA. Things will kick off with a audience interactive show form 11:30 am to 1:30 pm on the second floor. Then at 2:30 pm join Penn and Cheila of Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse for a panel on Film Exhibition moderated by ya boi David.

Get tickets at: https://redrosefilmfestival.com/tickets

The Lighthouse Spoilers: 52:47 - 1:02:32

Can a Bill Murray cameo take a movie from OK to Great? Zombieland 2 sets out to put that question to the test. In other news Star Wars announces the release date for the final trailer for The Last Jedi and Marvel shakes things up with a big move for Kevin Feige. Plus Penn warns David he might be put in Time Out if he doesn't shape up. All this and more in episode 39!

Zombieland 2: Double Tap Spoilers: 52:52 - 58:18

We're firing all pistons this episode as we introduce sound effects to our repertoire. If you have any suggestions for good effects send them to [email protected]. And I guess if you're here for non-sound effects related things we also have your fresh off the press news for this week. Plus it wouldn't be a good trailer week without one of the trailers being from a movie that already came out. To top it all off there's two reviews this week! We breakdown Mister America and Gemini Man. One of these movies has daddy issues and the other features a EDM DJ. Can you figure out which is which? 

Gemini Man Spoilers: 56:47 - 1:03:23

We can finally talk about Joker: The good, The bad, And the deeply disturbing. As if that wasn't enough to tackle in one week pretty much every news story possible happened this week and to add the cherry on top an avalanche of trailers hit us. 

There was also some great listener comments this week. Remember if you'd like us to read and respond to your thoughts send them over to [email protected]

Joke Spoilers: 1:00:30 - 1:12:33

It's a relatively quite week as the world prepares for Joker. I say relative, but there's still a few big things to talk about including Jurassic Park and Spider-man news and the new movie Home Alone 4: Rambo: Last blood. Plus we find the trailer for Penn's new favorite movie!

Don't forget you can write in your thoughts, reviews, and jokes about David to [email protected]

We love trailers, that's not secret, but what happens when a trailer builds up a movie that is different then what you get? We explore that in Ad Astra. Also, some people are calling this the best episode yet! OK, well one person is. And that person is Penn. But hey, someone had to say it. He was just the first. 

Ad Astra Spoilers:

It's an ultimate showdown for our attention this week! Who will win the wonderful Downton Abbey or literally the worst movie trailer we've ever reviewed? Plus Penn officially turns 21 and Face/Off is finally getting the remake no one asked for. 

Production Note: Our editing PC went down this week and with it temporary loss of our intro and outro. Things should return to normal in the next episode

We've got some big announcements this week. Come see us LIVE at the Red Rose Film Festival and we're planning a meetup in October to see Spirited Away. More info on both to come. Also Penn lays out a challenge for our listeners and the conspiracy theories around Pirate Dave continue to grow.

IT Spoilers: 1:00:35 - 1:07:31

Fan Trailer for Asoka: A Star Wars Story: https://youtu.be/_DX2HxN_EFo

This week we take a trip east and dip our toes in the magic that is Bollywood film. David brings a colorful review of the film Saaho playing for a limited time in IMAX. Also this week: Will Ray go to the dark side? Have we seen the trailer for The Aeronauts before? And will there be an IT Chapter 3? All these and more questions will go unanswered.

Saaho Spoilers: 49:53 - 58:34

Hello? Is anyone out there? Did you survive all the bombs dropped at D23?

We broadcast from our Disney brand culture-bomb shelter this week to bring you all the big news. Honestly it's almost too much to handle and we probably missed some things, but if we didn't report on it was it even worth knowing? Probably not.

Send us your thoughts and inquisitive questions to [email protected]

Angel Has Fallen Spoilers: 1:17:09 - 1:22:39