Cinemavino

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Sept. 10, 2025

Speed is a 90s Classic | Review

We're back! Our Sweaty Series kicks off with a 90s classic-- Speed . This one's got it all, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, a great premise, and goofy action beats. Now, it delivers nostalgia and sheer silliness...
Sept. 3, 2025

A Look Back: Over the Top

Hey! Due to a personal matter, we'll kick off our Sweaty Series next week. In the meantime, enjoy this look back at Over the Top. It's a campy 80s classic, starring Sylvester Stallone and Robert Loggia.
Aug. 27, 2025

A Look Back: Demolition Man

Hello! This week, we'll take a look back at our episode reviewing Demolition Man , recorded three years ago this week. It's a 90s cult classic starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. (And a young Sandra Bullock!) We...
Aug. 20, 2025

The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Review

Hello! Our Fantastic Four series concludes with the most recent--and best--offering: The Fantastic Four: First Steps . With this entry, Marvel's first family enters the MCU. We have an assortment of strong opinions, includ...
Aug. 13, 2025

Fantastic Four (2015) is Cinematic Topsoil | Review

Hello! This week, it's chapter 3 of our Fantastic Four series! Unfortunately, the 2015 version is just awful. In fact, this is strong in the running for worst superhero movie ever. Supposedly this was strictly a business ...
Aug. 7, 2025

A Look Back: Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Our Fantastic Four series will continue this weekend with the 2015 version, but in the meantime, enjoy this special look back at an episode from 2021. In it, we dissect the cult classic, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil . Enjoy!
July 30, 2025

Fantastic Four (2005) is Supremely Disappointing | Review

Hey! Our mini-series on the Fantastic Four continues with the 2005 adaptation. This is a very different experience from the previous episode. It's bigger, but necessarily better. As you might guess, we have strong opinions...
July 25, 2025

The '94 Fantastic Four is Fascinating | Review

Hello! We're two days late, but not two dollars short! This episode will commence a short run looking at the different cinematic attempts to kick off a Fantastic Four franchise. All this will lead up to the release of Fant...
July 17, 2025

Superman Returns is a Movie That Happened | Review

Welcome back to Cinemavino ! In honor of the release of James Gunn's Superman , we take a look back at Superman Returns. Bryan Singer's is a superhero oddity: It's part legacy sequel and part reboot, and yet does neither wi...
July 10, 2025

Let it Be is the Beatles Epilogue | Review

Hey! Our Beatles Series concludes with Let It Be. For this episode, we review the Peter Jackson's remastered version from Disney+ last year. After years of rugged VHS cuts, it's great to see this in a whole new way. To pai...
July 2, 2025

Yellow Submarine is a Beautiful Animated Film | Review

Hello! Our Beatles Series continues with an animated classic, Yellow Submarine . It\'s a freewheeling piece of psychedelia, and a masterful swirl of pop art, where Andy Warhol meets Fantasia . Find out all sorts of Beatle t...
June 26, 2025

Help! is the Beatles at Their Funniest | Review

Welcome! Our Beatles Series continues with the the band\'s second feature: Help! This is one is in living color, and features a much more absurd storyline. Roger Ebert famously said the band had four seasons. This film capt...
June 18, 2025

A Look Back: Get Back

Hello, everyone! As many of you know, this week was supposed to feature our discussion of Help! Well, I came down with strep throat, so...womp, womp. Good news--I've got the perfect thing to tide everyone over. From 2021, t...
June 13, 2025

Surprise! It's a Friday the 13th Special | Review

Hey all! It's Friday the 13th, and Jason Voorhees' birthday! In honor of the day, we've got a bonus episode of Cinemavino ! For today, we screen the 1989 flick Friday the XIII: Jason Takes Manhattan . But does he? Does he...
June 11, 2025

Is A Hard Day's Night the Greatest Musical Ever | Review

Welcome! This episode kicks off our Beatles series, and we begin with their first film-- A Hard Day's Night . Roger Ebert famously said the Beatles had four seasons, and this film perfectly captures them in spring. They lo...
June 4, 2025

A Look Back: My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

Hey! Next week, we're going to kick off a fun series: Beatles movies. First up is A Hard Day's Night . As a Beatlemaniac, I can't wait! In the meantime, let's take a look back at an episode from almost exactly three years...
May 29, 2025

The Dark Knight Rises is a Solid Conclusion | Review

Hello! Our epic trilogy series wraps up with The Dark Knight Rises . Christopher Nolan's epic conclusion isn't perfect, but it's also a great way to conclude this bold, ambitious group of movies. How does it hold up? (Spoiler...
May 21, 2025

The Dark Knight is a Superhero Masterpiece | Review

Welcome! It's the penultimate episode of our Trilogy Series, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. Many critics will tell you this is one of the best comic book movies ever made. How does it hold up? How do we rank it? Find ...
May 15, 2025

Batman Begins Reshaped the Superhero Movie | Review

Hey, all! Our Trilogy Series wraps up with an incredible, influential set of movies--Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. That starts with Batman Begins , which re-booted the Batman franchise, and the superhero genre al...
May 7, 2025

A Look Back: Bull Durham | Review

Welcome back! Hopefully you've been enjoying our Trilogy Series. We'll wrap things up starting next week, with Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. In the meantime, we'll take a look back at our Baseball Series from 2022. Bull Durham is one of my favorite sports movies of all time, and one of t…
April 30, 2025

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a Sentimental Favorite | Review

Welcome! Our Indy series wraps up with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . Yes, there are two more after this one, thus making this not a trilogy. But, those last two films are increasingly disappointing, and these first thr...
April 24, 2025

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a Very Dark Sequel | Review

Welcome! Our Trilogy Series continues with the second Indiana Jones film-- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom . This is a very dark sequel, filled with chills and gross-out gags, and some very dark subject matter. Find ou...
April 16, 2025

Raiders of the Lost Ark is THE Action Movie | Review

Hello all! This week we kick off one of my favorite trilogies of all time--the Indiana Jones series. (Yes, there are Parts IV and V, but for this exercise, we're not going to claim those particular films.) Find out all kinds...
April 10, 2025

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is an Absolute Blast | Review

Welcome! Our Trilogy Series continues with the final installment in the OG Star Wars trilogy: Return of the Jedi . Did you know that this wasn't its original title? Or that Han Solo wasn't in the first draft of the script?...