Episodes
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?...
April 2, 2025
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is Why Movies Are Made | Review
Our Trilogy Series continues with The Empire Strikes Back! Many hold this up as the greatest sequel ever made, but that sells it short. This is one of the greatest movies ever made, sequel or not. I have a list of 25 perfe...
April 2, 2025
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is Why Movies Are Made | Review
Our Trilogy Series continues with The Empire Strikes Back! Many hold this up as the greatest sequel ever made, but that sells it short. This is one of the greatest movies ever made, sequel or not. I have a list of 25 perfe...
March 26, 2025
Star Wars: A New Hope is an All-Time Favorite | Review
For our next trilogy of films, Cinemavino heads to sacred cinematic ground: The original Star Wars trilogy. Simply put, these are movies that made me love movies. With this film's opening crawl and subsequent space battle, my...
March 19, 2025
A Look Back at Unforgiven | Review
Hello! We hope you've enjoyed our Trilogy Series so far! This week, we're taking a scheduled break, as all my kids are home for Spring Break. We'll be back next week with Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope . It's one of m...
March 12, 2025
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Caps Off the Greatest Trilogy Ever | Review
Our LOTR series finishes with Peter Jackson's thundering conclusion-- The Return of the King ! It's a great ending to a great and influential series of films. We've loved talking about all three. Find out all sorts of behin...
March 5, 2025
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Might Be the Greatest Sequel Ever | Review
Welcome! Our Trilogy Series continues with the second LOTR installment, The Two Towers ! With this film, Peter Jackson's series kicks into high gear. It's a high point in the trilogy, and one of the greatest films ever mad...
Feb. 27, 2025
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring is One of the Greatest Films Ever Made | Review
Welcome! This week, we kick off our Trilogy Series with what might the greatest trilogy ever made: Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings series! Based on the mammoth books by J.R.R. Tolkien, these films became instant classics ...
Feb. 19, 2025
Total Recall is a Mind-Bending Classic | Review
Welcome back! Our Sci-Fi Series has been a lot of fun, and we're concluding with an all-time classic: Arnold Schwarzenegger's action epic, Total Recall ! It was a huge hit on release, and opinions of it have only grown sin...
Feb. 12, 2025
Star Trek Doesn't Get Better than Wrath of Khan | Review
Hey, and welcome back to Cinemavino ! This week, our Sci-Fi Series continues with a host favorite, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . We're Trek nerds, so this episode has a special place. This sequel had an interesting prod...
Feb. 5, 2025
Blade Runner is Incredible Sci-Fi | Review
Hello everybody! We’re back! After a two week hiatus due to illness, Cinemavino is back to full strength. That means our Sci-Fi Series is back on track. This week, we can one the greatest and most influential flicks of th...
Jan. 29, 2025
A Look Back: Dark City
Hey! Unfortunately, due to my own illness, we'll have to hold off for one more week on our sci-fi series. Thank you all for being patient and sticking with us! In the meantime, enjoy another episode from 2021, in which we tak...
Jan. 22, 2025
A Look Back: Aliens
Hello! Our Sci-Fi series will be a little off, as I've got two sick babies at home. I always want to make sure you guys get the best (and best-sounding) version of Cinemavino , so we'll continue with Blade Runner next Wedn...
Jan. 15, 2025
Alien Might be the Scariest Movie Ever | Review
Hello! Part 2 of our Sci-Fi Series features one of the greatest ever: Ridley Scott’s horror classic, Alien . Longtime listeners might be shocked we’ve never gotten around to this all-timer. No one was more shocked than we...