Episodes

Welcome! Our Best Picture Series continues with Train Dreams . It's a fascinating, ethereal work that has rightfully drawn comparisons to the work of Terrence Malick. Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones star. Enjoy!

Welcome! Our Best Picture series continues with Chloe Zhao's award-winning Hamnet . It's a moving period drama that covers tragic events in the life of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes. Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley...

Welcome! 2026 has been a tough years in many ways, particularly with beloved performers passing away. We lost a comedy genius in Catherine O'Hara, and enjoying Best in Show seems like a proper way to pay tribute. If you've ...

At Cinemavino , we're saddened by passing of Robert Duvall. He's a legend and icon, with an incredible filmography. For this episode, we watch an underrated western from the 90s. Geronimo features an all-star cast, including...

Hello! Life has been hectic the last couple weeks, and we've gotten a little off track. Thankfully, new episodes will resume tomorrow night! In the meantime, enjoy this look back at one of my favorite comedies, Dr. Strangel...

Hey everyone! Like movie fans everywhere, we mourn the passing of Robert Duvall. He's a cinematic icon with tons of Oscar-worthy roles. Ironically, this look back takes us to one of the few great performances that didn't sn...

Hey! Our Best Picture Series continues with a surprise inclusion to this year's nominations: Brad Pitt's blockbuster action flick, F1 . It's...you know, something that happened. Enjoy!

Bienvenidos! Our Oscar Series continues with part IV, Bugonia . It's an epic dark comedy, with dashes of absurd humor, social commentary, and surreal tragedy. Little bit of everything, and we have strong thoughts about the...

Hi! Our Oscar Series continues with Ryan Coogler's Sinners , which set a new record, with 16 nominations. Next week, the acclaimed comedy-drama Bugonia . Enjoy!

Hello! Our Oscar Series for this year continues with another Best Picture frontrunner--Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein . It's a visionary adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic fantasy novel. The film features a top-notch ...

Welcome! Our Oscar Series kicks off with a surefire Best Picture nominee: One Battle After Another. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Benecio del Toro, and Sean Penn, and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. Enjoy...

Hey there! It's Oscar season, so next week we'll kick off a series looking at the top award contenders for this last year. Should be a great chance to catch up on some hot new movies. Enjoy!

Welcome! Our Holiday Series concludes with Entrapment . It was part of the 90s heist craze. How does it age?

Merry Christmas! Our series concludes with a 90s classic for all ages: The Muppet Christmas Carol ! This has it all--nostalgia, Michael Caine, Dickens, and Muppets. And they all mesh much better than you'd imagine. Enjoy!

Hey! Part III of our Christmas Series looks at another classic from the early 2000s: Love Actually . It's from the writer/director of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones , so you kinda know what to e...

Hey everyone! Like just about everybody, we're saddened by the sudden and violent passing of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. We were big fans of his on this podcast, as we covered five of his movies. Here now is a supercut...

Hey! Our Christmas Series continues with an all-timer-- Home Alone . It's one of those movies that we should've done before, but haven't! We enjoy a rich Australian Shiraz, and share our thoughts on this holiday nostalgia p...

Hey! Our Christmas Series kicks off with a newer classic from the 2000s: Elf , starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, and Bob Newhart. What kind of nostalgia bump do we give it? How does it ho...

Hey everyone! Hope you guys are having a great Thanksgiving week. For this episode, we'll roll back to 2022 and look at a cult classic: The dark comedy Bad Santa . It's Billy Bob Thornton at his most sarcastic, with some ...

Hey! Welcome back! To get ready for the Christmas season, enjoy this look back at Die Hard 2, recorded in 2021.

Hello! Our Halloween Series wraps up with Slither . It's a body-snatcher classic from 2006, and the debut from James Gunn. As a horror-comedy, this cult classic has a combo of strengths and weaknesses. Enjoy!

Welcome, everyone! Our Halloween Series goes down the home stretch with 28 Days Later ! It's a zombie classic from 2003, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Cillian Murphy. We'll see how it holds up, and how Halloween appr...

Hey everyone! Part Four of our Halloween Series features a newish film from an acclaimed director: Benicio del Toro's Crimson Peak . This atmospheric thriller features Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowski, and Jessica Chastain. ...

Welcome! Our Halloween Series continues with Over the Garden Wall. I had never seen it, and knew nothing about it. That makes this episode a pleasant surprise. Patrick McHale's animated gem is a Halloween cult classic. It'...