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The Cinemast Podcast is the official podcast of Cinemast.net. Join Brandon every week as he and his guests discuss all the movies you love (or love to hate), talk about their cultural impact and what makes them films that we tend to revisit again and again.
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On this week's episode, Brandon and Ben recap their Thanksgiving weekend, along with their family outing to see Moana 2 - with 5 kids under 7!
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Brandon and Ben enter the arena to discuss Ridley Scott's newest epic and sequel to his 2000 hit, Gladiator 2!
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Brandon and Ben recap Hooptober and discuss the underrated Christmas/horror mashup from Michael Dougherty, Krampus!
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This week, Brandon and Ben are joined by author and TikTok creator, Stephen Nothum to discuss A24's newest horror/thriller, Heretic, the story of two Mormon sister missionaries who are ensnared in a man's (Hugh Grant) game of cat-and-mouse.
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This week, Brandon and Ben discuss the newest Netflix release, Rebel Ridge!
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This week, Brandon and Ben talk the only MCU movie dropping in 2024, Deadpool and Wolverine! Do they think the movie is as good as MCU-heads think it is? Or did it get lost somewhere in the Void? Find out!
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This week, Brandon and Ben discuss NEON's latest release and one of the most anticipated horror films of the year, Oz Perkins' LONGLEGS!
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This week, Brandon and Ben complete their revisit of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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This week on The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben discuss the follow-up to The Force Awakens, Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
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This week, Brandon and Ben begin revisiting, examining and discussing Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Next week: The Last Jedi
On the newest episode of The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben discuss the newest film from Richard Linklater, HIT MAN, starring Glen Powell!
This week, Brandon and Ben discuss the newest installment in the Mad Max universe, George Miller's FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA.
This week, Brandon and Ben discuss the sequel to 2011's Rise, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Is this one of the best sequels of all time? Find out on the newest episode of The Cinemast Podcast!
This week, in the lead-up to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Brandon and Ben begin their revisit of the 2010's Planet of the Apes trilogy, starting with Rise of the Planet of the Apes!
This week, Brandon and Ben complete the (current) Kelvin Timeline trilogy of Star Trek films with Justin Lin's Star Trek Beyond!
Alex Garland's newest and perhaps most controversial film (perhaps Men would like a word?), Civil War, has been released in theaters and Brandon and Ben are here to talk about it!
This week, Ben is back! Together, Brandon and Ben continue their journey into the cosmos with JJ Abrams' follow-up to his 2009 hit with Star Trek Into Darkness!
This week on The Cinemast, Podcast, Brandon is joined by Adam Mast, co-founder of FMASU and the Desertscape International Film Festival to discuss some of the films set to play at this year's fest!
For tickets, visit https://fmasu.com/desertscape
This week, Brandon welcomes H. Nelson Tracey to the podcast to discuss his new feature making its world premiere at Desertscape International Film Festival, Breakup Season! And joining him is one of the film's stars, James Urbaniak (The Venture Bros., Oppenheimer, The Office) to discuss the new film and the process that went into creating it!
Catch Breakup Season, on Friday, March 29th at 5pm at Desertscape International Film Festival in St. George, UT!
This week on The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben boldly go where Ben has never gone before with JJ Abrams' 2009 reboot of Star Trek!
Awards season has finally ended with it all culminating in Hollywood Sunday night for the 96th Academy Awards and Oppenheimer pulled off the win! Listen to Brandon and Ben recap the winners and also discuss what they think worked and didn't work in this year's show.
Tired of awards season chatter? Well, get ready for one more show where two guys just guess at what Hollywood will award this Sunday at the Academy Awards.
Welcome back to Arrakis! On the newest episode of The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben welcome their brother -- and the only person they know who has actually read the book Dune, Brian Treadway -- to discuss Denis Villeneuve's newest film and sequel to 2021's Dune, Dune Part Two!
This week, Brandon and Ben complete the Matrix cycle with Lana Wachowski's lega-sequel to the Matrix trilogy -- The Matrix Resurrections!
Next episode: Dune: Part Two
This week, Brandon and Ben round out the original Matrix trilogy with The Matrix Revolutions. Is this one of the worst trilogy cappers of all time? Or is this quietly one of the best? Find out what the guys have to say on this newest episode!
This week, Brandon and Ben break down the first Matrix sequel, The Matrix Reloaded! Find out why Ben is claiming that this is the best Matrix movie straight up!
Next episode: The Matrix Revolutions
This week, Brandon and Ben kick off the first week of February with the special effects extravaganza that changed movies forever...The Wachowski's The Matrix!
Next Episode: The Matrix Reloaded
This week, Brandon and Ben are joined by Brandon Carpenter to discuss their favorite first-time movie watches of 2023! See all the movies that the guys finally got around to seeing that they loved last year.
NEXT WEEK: The Matrix (1999)
This week on The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben discuss one of Netflix's biggest original movies from last month, Sam Esmail's Leave the World Behind!
This week, Brandon and Ben break down the list of their most anticipated movies releasing in 2024.
This week, Brandon and Ben look back on their 10 top movies of 2023 including the movies that surprised them and disappointed them the most last year.
On the final episode of the year and the last episode before Christmas, Brandon and Ben are joined by Ollie Odinson, Whitney Sorenson and Ryan Skidmore to draft their favorite Christmas movies!
It all comes down to this! On this final episode of the IMDb Top 100 Films, Brandon and Ben discuss film #5-1 of the list:
- 12 Angry Men
- The Godfather: Part II
- The Dark Knight
- The Godfather
- The Shawshank Redemption
Brandon and Ben have finally reached the Top 10 rated films on IMDb! In this Part 1, Brandon and Ben break down film 10-6 of the list:
'The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly'
'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'
'Pulp Fiction'
'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'
'Schindler's List'
We are back from our short Thanksgiving break with Michael Cimino's THE DEER HUNTER from 1978!
With October and Horror Month in the rearview mirror, Brandon and Ben are finally ready to talk about Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon! In this episode, they discuss movie theater seating, their thoughts on the film, whether focusing the narrative on Ernest was the right choice, and their experience watching a 3-and-a-half-hour movie in the theater.
Synopsis: When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
This week, Brandon and Ben are wrapping up October and Horror Month 2023 with Michael Dougherty's Halloween treat, TRICK R TREAT!
Synopsis: Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.
For our 100th episode, The Cinemast Podcast is coming to you from a live audience at HorrorFest International! Right after a surprise late screening of Chuck Russell's THE BLOB from 1988, Brandon linked up with Jamison Newlander who plays Alan Frog in THE LOST BOYS and the movie theater usher in THE BLOB, as well as Frank Dietz from ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE and BLACK ROSES to discuss the film!
October continues on this episode of The Cinemast Podcast! This week, as the guys continue Horror Month, it's Brandon's pick and he is choosing the 1980s vampire classic -- Tom Holland's Fright Night!
Synopsis: Nobody believes teenager Charley Brewster when he discovers that his suave new neighbor, Jerry Dandrige, is a vampire. So when the bloodsucker starts stalking Charley, he turns to has-been actor Peter Vincent, famed for portraying a ghoul hunter. Unfortunately for the would-be vampire slayers, Dandrige has set his sights on Charley’s girlfriend.
With the annual Horrorfest International right around the corner, Brandon is joined by Adam Mast of the Film and Media Alliance of Southern Utah and Horrorfest International to discuss some of the must-see films at the fest this year.
For tickets to HorrorFest, go to fmasu.com/horrorfest
October's month of horror movies continues with Ben's October pick: Hereditary! Join the guys as they discuss Ari Aster's breakout horror hit from A24!
Synopsis: When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.
It is officially October and at The Cinemast Podcast, that means we are kicking off our SPOOKY SEASON!! To start things off, there are no tricks, just treats. In this episode of The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben are joined by Adam Mast, founder of FMASU and HorrorFest International; Kevin Hoskinson, host of The Pastrami Nation Podcast; and cosplaying Twitch streamer, Ollie Odinson to draft 10 of their favorite horror movies across a number of different subgenres. Listen to the episode to see which of your favorite horror movies get picked and which ones go undrafted!
Brandon and Ben are back with another installment in their ongoing series of The IMDb Top 100! This month, we break down films #20-11 on the list:
- Seven Samurai
- Se7en
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Goodfellas
- The Matrix
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Inception
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Fight Club
- Forrest Gump
Following along with Brandon and Ben? Then here is your watchlist for the FINAL 10 films on the list:
- The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Pulp Fiction
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Schindler's List
- 12 Angry Men
- The Godfather Part II
- The Dark Knight
- The Godfather
- The Shawshank Redemption
We'd love to hear from you! Send us questions or thoughts to thecinemastpodcast@gmail.com
This week on The Cinemast Podcast, we continue Anime Month with our Audience Choice: Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA!
Synopsis: A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
Next week: IMDb Top 100 #9 (Movies #20-11)
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This week on The Cinemast Podcast, we continue Anime Month with Satoshi Kon's 1997 horror/psychological anime thriller, Perfect Blue!
Synopsis: A retired pop singer turned actress’ sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
Next week: Audience Choice!
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This week on The Cinemast Podcast, we start Anime Month! For the month of September, we are watching and reviewing some of Japan's most popular animated films.
To start, it's Ben's pick: GHOST IN THE SHELL, directed by Mamoru Oshii!
Synopsis: In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as ‘The Puppetmaster’ begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, is called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
Next week: Satoshi Kon's PERFECT BLUE!
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Brandon and Ben are back with another installment in their ongoing series of The IMDb Top 100! This month, we break down films #30-21 on the list:
- Back to the Future
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Star Wars
- The Green Mile
- Interstellar
- Life is Beautiful
- Saving Private Ryan
- City of God
- The Silence of the Lambs
- It's a Wonderful Life
Following along with Brandon and Ben? Then here is your watchlist for the next 10 films on the list:
- Seven Samurai
- Se7en
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Goodfellas
- The Matrix
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Inception
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Fight Club
- Forrest Gump
We'd love to hear from you! Send us questions or thoughts to thecinemastpodcast@gmail.com
The fans have spoken! This week, Brandon and Ben discuss the fan vote winner for A24 month, 2014's Ex Machina!
This week on The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben drink some weird psychedelic tea and go down the Harga rabbit hole with Ari Aster's 2019 folk horror hit, Midsommar! It's Ben's pick and his first time with the film so it should prove to be...interesting! This week! On The Cinemast Podcast!
The phenomenon endures! This week, Brandon and Ben discuss the worldwide cultural phenomenon that is Barbenheimer, the July 21st release of Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer!
With all the recent talk of aliens and UFOs in the news (The truth is out there!!!), Brandon and Ben take a week to have a close encounter with Steven Spielberg's alien sighting film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind! It's an episode full of wonder, mystery, and insightful discussion as the guys break down why they think Spielberg is so pulled towards extra-terrestrial stories and Ben talks about how he thinks he's the perfect candidate for an alien abduction. This week on The Cinemast Podcast!
Brandon and Ben are back with another installment in their ongoing series of The IMDb Top 100! This month, we break down films #40-31 on the list:
- The Usual Suspects
- The Departed
- American History X
- Gladiator
- The Lion King
- Léon: The Professional
- Parasite
- The Pianist
- Psycho
- Spirited Away
Following along with Brandon and Ben? Then here is your watchlist for the next 10 films on the list:
- Back to the Future
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Star Wars
- The Green Mile
- Interstellar
- Life is Beautiful
- Saving Private Ryan
- City of God
- The Silence of the Lambs
- It's a Wonderful Life
We'd love to hear from you! Send us questions or thoughts to thecinemastpodcast@gmail.com
In this week's episode of The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben break down all the hubbub around Sound of Freedom, discuss the SAG and WGA strikes and how it will affect the show, and discuss the newest installment to the Mission: Impossible franchise, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One! It's an episode stuffed to the gills with good stuff, so make sure not to miss it!
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the newest episode of The Cinemast Podcast!
Join Brandon and Ben as they watch and review Superman: The Movie for the very first time! What are their thoughts on this 45 year old comic book movie? Find out on the newest episode!
15 years after his last adventure took him to South America and into the face of inter-dimensional beings, Indiana Jones is back! This time he's accompanied by his goddaughter as he seeks to find Archimedes' dial in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny! On this episode, Brandon and Ben are joined by Adam Mast to discuss the newest (and supposedly final) installment in the Indiana Jones saga!
Brandon and Ben are back with another installment in their ongoing series of The IMDb Top 100! This month, we break down films #50-41 on the list:
- Cinema Paradiso
- Rear Window
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Modern Times
- The Intouchables
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Harakiri
- Casablanca
- Whiplash
- The Prestige
Following along with Brandon and Ben? Then here is your watchlist for the next 10 films on the list:
- The Usual Suspects
- The Departed
- American History X
- Gladiator
- The Lion King
- Léon: The Professional
- Parasite
- The Pianist
- Psycho
- Spirited Away
We'd love to hear from you! Send us questions or thoughts to thecinemastpodcast@gmail.com
Next Week: Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny
This week, Brandon and Ben are joined by Adam Mast of FMASU to discuss RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK as well as preview some of the great films coming to Desertscape International Film Festival 2023!
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This week, Brandon and Ben jump into the Spider-Verse with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse!
With 32 movies currently under its umbrella, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (most commonly referred to as the MCU) is the biggest movie franchise on the planet at the moment. So it was only right that we held a draft!
This week, Brandon and Ben welcome Kevin Hoskinson of My Public Life as an American Nerd to the show, along with his son, Elijah, to participate in the Cinemast MCU Draft! Each person drafts 7 movies to their team for 28 movies in total.
See where your favorite Marvel movie lands (...if it does!)
The boys are back again for another IMDb Top 100 Films episode! This week, Brandon and Ben are running through films 70-61 on the IMDb Top 100 Films list. This week, the guys discuss:
- Paths of Glory
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Lives of Others
- Wall-E
- Django Unchained
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Memento
- Apocalypse Now
- City Lights
- Alien
Following along with Brandon and Ben? Then here is your watchlist for the next 10 films on the list:
- Cinema Paradiso
- Rear Window
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Modern Times
- The Intouchables
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Harakiri
- Casablanca
- Whiplash
- The Prestige
We'd love to hear from you! Send us questions or thoughts to thecinemastpodcast@gmail.com
Next week's episode: Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie Draft
This week on The Cinemast Podcast, the guys are keeping it in the family with the newest release in theaters, Fast X! Listen to the guys break down their thoughts on the newest installment and first in the end of the Fast Saga.
Did they like it? Did they hate it?
Where do they rank it in their favorites in the franchise?
Check out the episode to find out!
It's the first Westerns month on The Cinemast Podcast and the guys are kicking it off with the 2016 modern Western, Hell or High Water starring Jeff Bridges, Chrine Pine, and Ben Foster!
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The boys are back again for another IMDb Top 100 Films episode! This week, Brandon and Ben are running through films 70-61 on the IMDb Top 100 Films list. This week, the guys discuss:
- Oldboy
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Dr. Strangelove
- American Beauty
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Aliens
- Witness for the Prosecution
- Avengers: Infinity War
- The Great Dictator
- The Shining
Following along with Brandon and Ben? Then here is your watchlist for the next 10 films on the list:
- Paths of Glory
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Lives of Others
- Wall-E
- Django Unchained
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Memento
- Apocalypse Now
- City Lights
- Alien
We'd love to hear from you! Send us questions or thoughts to thecinemastpodcast@gmail.com
Next week's episode: Hell or High Water (2018)
This week, Movie Virgins is back! And to celebrate this year's May 4th Star Wars Day, Brandon is joined by his wife's best friend (and big fan of the show) Annie Killen to watch Star Wars: A New Hope for the very first time! Join us as they discuss the film before and after watching it and see it for the first time all over again!
The dead are rising and taking over a downtown LA apartment complex in the newest addition to the Evil Dead universe, EVIL DEAD RISE! This week on the podcast, Brandon and Ben are joined by longtime Evil Dead fan, Adam Mast, to discuss this newest installment, their thoughts on the film, and what this means for the franchise going forward.
This week, Brandon and Ben discuss Ang Lee's 2000 wuxia martial arts phenomenon, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! Join them as they break down their Big Three points of the film and talk about their feelings about this poetic piece of Chinese filmmaking.
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This week, Brandon welcomes the show's new co-host: Ben Treadway! Join the guys as they discuss The Super Mario Bros Movie, The Mummy (nope, not that one! Not that one either!), and dig into Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves!
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The boys are back again for another IMDb Top 100 Films episode! This week, Brandon and Ben are running through films 80-71 on the IMDb Top 100 Films list. This week, the guys discuss:
- Once Upon a Time in America
- Princess Mononoke
- Avengers Endgame
- Das Boot
- Braveheart
- Toy Story
- Coco
- Joker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Amadeus
Following along with Brandon and Ben? Then here is your watchlist for the next 10 films on the list:
- Oldboy
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Dr. Strangelove
- American Beauty
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Aliens
- Witness for the Prosecution
- Avengers: Infinity War
- The Great Dictator
- The Shining
We'd love to hear from you! Send us questions or thoughts to thecinemastpodcast@gmail.com
This week, Brandon puts out the call to the Treadway men to join him for the Cinemast Sports Movie Draft! Each of the 4 guys drafts 5 sports movies to their team attempting to build out the best roster of sports movies! Who will win the Sports Movie Draft? Find out on this episode!
Fresh off of its 7 Oscar wins at the Academy Awards last weekend, Brandon and Ben discuss Everything Everywhere All at Once through the lens of its 7 Oscar wins as well as the awards it should have won (or maybe could have gone elsewhere).
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This week, the journey through IMDb's Top 100 films continues as Brandon and Ben discuss movies #90-81 on the famous movie ranking list. This week, the guys discuss:
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Capernaum
- Return of the Jedi
- High and Low
- Toy Story 3
- Singin in the Rain
- 3 Idiots
- Requiem for a Dream
- Your Name
- Good Will Hunting
Following along with Brandon and Ben? Then here is your watchlist for the next 10 films on the list:
- Once Upon a Time in America
- Princess Mononoke
- Avengers Endgame
- Das Boot
- Braveheart
- Toy Story
- Coco
- Joker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Amadeus
A fantasy draft of the best movie sequels of all time! ...or at least close!
This week, Brandon welcomes Andrew Esposito and Adam Mast to the podcast to introduce a new type of episode to the show. In this episode, all three hosts have 7 rounds to select a Part 2 for their team, building the best list of 7 sequels possible.
Did your favorite sequels make the list? Who do you think built the best team? Let us know on Facebook!
This week, Brandon is joined by Pixar super-fan, David Limutau, as well as hosts of "My Public Life as an American Nerd", Kevin Hoskinson and Christian Nacorda to run down the OFFICIAL Cinemast Pixar Power Rankings-- rankings as voted by previous guests of the podcast and YOU!! THE FANS!!!
Listen and see where your favorite Pixar movie made it on the list!
On this episode of The Cinemast Podcast, we introduce the first of our year-long miniseries, The IMDb Top 100 Films! In this first installament, Brandon and Ben Treadway begin their journey by discussing the first 10 films on the IMDb Top 100:
- Vertigo, dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- North by Northwest, dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Lawrence of Arabia, dir. David Lean
- M, dir. Fritz Lang
- Citizen Kane, dir. Orson Welles
- Come and See, dir. Elem Klimov
- The Hunt, dir. Thomas Vinterberg
- Top Gun: Maverick, dir. Joseph Kosinski
- Reservoir Dogs, dir. Quentin Tarantino
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, dir. Stanley Kubrick
This week, Adam Mast joins the podcast to break down his and Brandon's 10 most anticipated movie releases of 2023! It's a big year with some big names releasing films and a TON of blockbusters on the way, but what are Brandon and Adam most looking forward to? Find out!
This week, Brandon welcomes his father, Gordon Treadway to the show to discuss a filmmaker whose films they have bonded over -- M. Night Shyamalan. Are Brandon and Gordon ruthless defenders of Shyamalan's work? Or are their takes more nuanced? And which film was reviewed by a critic so poorly that Gordon got into a days-long email beef with the critic? Find out!
A long year of film comes to an end and, like they do every year, Brandon and Adam are getting together to list their top 10 films of 2022.
This week, Brandon welcomes newcomer Brandon Carpenter to the podcast to run down their 10 favorite first-time watches of 2022. The only requirement? The movies cannot be released in 2022!
Join the guys as they run down some great movies from yesteryear that they watched in 2022. Some classics, some hidden gems, and a few movies you may want to add to your personal watchlist!
This week, Brandon sits down with professional Dead by Daylight Twitch streamer, OllieOdinson and host of The Pastrami Nation Podcast, Kevin Hoskinson to discuss the newest (and final?) installment of the Halloween franchise. Did they love it? Did they hate it? Find out!
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It's that time of year again! HorrorFest International is back in Southern Utah for it's 20th Anniversary and it's scaring up some incredible horror films for you to enjoy! On this episode, Brandon is joined by festival runners Adam Mast and John Pugh to talk through some of the films from the festival and what you can expect to see this year at HorrorFest!
For tickets: https://www.fmasu.com/horrorfest
The podcast is back and so is the Predator in this episode of The Cinemast Podcast! This week, Brandon is joined once again by his two brothers, Ben and Brian, to discuss Dan Trachtenberg's historical sci-fi horror, PREY!
The Treadway Brothers get together for the first time to break down everything that they loved (and didn't love so much) about Matt Reeves' 'The Batman'!
This week on The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon welcomes the Adams family: Toby Poser, Zelda Adams and John Adams to talk about their excellent coming-of-age, mother-daughter horror film, HELLBENDER out TODAY on Shudder!
It's that time of year again! HorrorFest International is back for 2021 and this year's lineup is one of the most hair-raising yet! Join the crew as they discuss this year's feature and short film offerings for FMASU's HorrorFest International!
This week, it's Friday the 13th so of course, we are talking about one of the all-time great slasher series, Friday the 13th! Joining Brandon this week is Dead By Daylight streamer and professional cosplayer, OllieOdinson!
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This week on the podcast, we are joined by none other than Colin Cunningham, an absolute chameleon of the screen to talk about his short film, Centigrade, which he is currently turning into a full-length feature film! We also discuss the difficulties and blessings of directing and writing your own films. Check it out!
For more information about how you can contribute to Centigrade to get the film made, visit centigrademovie.com
We are officially halfway through 2021 and there have already been a ton of film releases this year! So Brandon and Adam put together their own Top 10 lists of their 10 favorite movies of the year so far. Have you seen everything on the list? Check it out on this episode!
This week, Brandon and Adam talk about some of the great short and feature films playing at this year's Desertscape International Film Festival and what you can either expect to see, or what you should keep your eye out for if you can't make the festival!
This week on The Cinemast Podcast, it's another episode of Movie Virgins as Brandon welcomes back his wife, Crosby, to the show to watch and break down 2018's 'A Quiet Place'!
The summer movie season is heating up and we are bringing the chills with a new episode of Scaredy Cats! This time, Brian makes his way back to the show to play a game for his life when he sits down to experience James Wan's 2005 hit, 'Saw' in preparation for 'Spiral'! Will he make it out alive? Will he be surprised by what he sees? Listen and find out!
May the Fourth Be With You! Or at least, the 5th! This week, in celebration of Star Wars Day, Brandon links up with John Pugh of FMASU and Cinemast to rank their favorite Star Wars movies. A task that is certain to draw no argument from anyone, ever.
With only a few days left until this year's Oscars, Brandon and Adam break down every category and detail who they think is taking home the award, who should take home the award, and who should have at least been nominated. Let us know your Oscars predictions on Facebook!
This week, Brandon welcomes Andrew Esposito of "Critically Important" to discuss whether or not the Oscars still matters, how much, and what the Academy can do to make their show more relevant and resonant again. Tune in for another great conversation on The Cinemast Podcast!
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It's been 10 years since one of the biggest upsets in recent Oscars memory. So as we prepare for this year's Academy Awards, we take a look back at the awards from 10 years ago and see how time has changed our view of the winners and losers from 2011. Did the Academy get the Best Picture right? How about the acting categories? We go through a whole bunch of the awards and give our takes on the nominees, winners, snubs, and surprises in this episode!
This week, Brandon and Brian prepare for Godzilla vs Kong with a discussion around 2014's Godzilla! Join us for a discussion around what works and what doesn't in this modern American version of the giant lizard king.
We are back! And we are talking about one of the biggest releases to ever hit streaming services, Zack Snyder's Justice League! In order to fully dive into the film, Brandon is joined by David Limutau as they talk through everything that led to 2017's Justice League and the ensuing fan outcry that led to Snyder's true vision finally being released!
This week, David Limutau makes his way back to the podcast to discuss Tim Burton's 2003 Southern gothic fairy tale, Big Fish! It's an episode with laughs, a little bit of emotion, and plenty of giant impressions.
This week, Whitney Sorensen of Rom-Com De-Con is back to break down hers and Brandon's top 10 favorite romantic comedies! It's another great top 10 episode with the Rom-com Master! Check out Rom-Com De-Con anywhere you get podcasts.
This week, Brandon welcomes back his brother, Brian Treadway, to discuss Michael Bay's Transformers! It's an episode full of explosions, Megan Fox, Australian accents, Optimus Prime impressions, and plenty of laughs to be had about this 2000's action blockbuster. PLUS: stick around for the whole episode to hear Brandon's plot concept for what the Transformers sequel, Revenge of the Fallen, should have looked like!
BIG SPOILERS AHEAD! This week, Brandon welcomes back writer/director of 2020's They Live Inside Us, Michael Ballif, to talk one of his favorite movies, Martin Scorsese's 2010 psychological thriller, Shutter Island.
In a Cinemast Podcast first, Brandon sits down on his own to talk about the Tom Hanks/Robert Zemeckis film, Cast Away. It's an episode that gets contemplative, but it's a fun trip through a solid American classic.
With 2020 in our rearview mirror, Brandon and Adam Mast discuss the 10 movies that they are most looking forward to that are set to release in 2021! Impossible missions, fighter jets, Nicolas Cage, and time travel thrillers, 2021 is set to be a year to remember in film!
Brandon welcomes back a fan favorite, David Limutau, to talk about Disney/Pixar's newest film, Soul, which released on Disney Plus over the holiday break. Follow Brandon and David down the rabbit hole of the universe as they discuss the film and ponder its themes and questions.
As 2020 finally comes to a close, host Brandon Treadway and Adam Mast sit down to rank their top 10 favorite films of 2020. See where your favorites ranked!
This week, Brandon welcomes back Brian Treadway, the biggest Lord of the Rings fan that he knows to talk about Peter Jackson's glorious first entry in his Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring!
This week on The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon welcomes back Whitney Sorensen to talk about 2017's Wonder Woman in preparation for Wonder Woman 1984. Join them as they talk about what makes this Gal Gadot-led superhero film so wonderful!
Yippee-ki-yay podcast lovers! This week, Brandon welcomes Adam Mast back to the podcast to talk to the holiday action classic, Die Hard! So sit back, take off your shoes and socks, make fists with your toes on the carpet, and enjoy this episode of The Cinemast Podcast!
This week, Brandon welcomes back Whitney Sorensen of Rom-Com De-Con to discuss their 12 favorite Christmas movies! From Miracle on 34th Street to Krampus and everything in between, check out the rankings for the holiday season!
As the holiday season falls upon us, there is one question that never seems to die: "What constitutes a Christmas movie?" With all the talk of Die Hard, Gremlins, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Krampus, not to mention every Shane Black movie ever, where do we draw the line on what is and is not a Christmas movie? This week, Brandon is joined by his wife and Christmas purist, Crosby Treadway, to break down what makes a Christmas movie a Christmas movie.
This week, Brandon welcomes Johnny Thomas to the podcast to talk about John Hughes' and Chris Columbus's holiday classic, Home Alone! Listen to this episode and enjoy, or leave it on the doorstep and get the hell out of here!
This week, Brandon hitches a ride with Adam Mast to talk John Hughes' Thanksgiving classic, Planes, Trains & Automobiles! Join us as we talk all of the hijinks and zany comedy in this timeless John Candy and Steve Martin masterpiece!
This week, it's MURDER on The Cinemast Podcast as Brandon welcomes back Rom-Com De-Con's Whitney Sorensen to explore the mystery behind the death of Harlan Thrombey in KNIVES OUT! It's donut hole sized donuts inside of donut holes as we talk through all the things we love about this take on the classic whodunnit!
Check out Whitney's podcast, ROM-COM DE-CON
This week on The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon welcomes back Brian Treadway to talk about the themes and ideas presented inV for Vendetta on the week of the 5th of November! It's fitting that this episode also drops on the week of the United States General election, as it's the perfect time to remind all of us that "people shouldn't be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people."
This week, Brandon talks with the legendary Ted Raimi (Evil Dead II, Shudder's Deadwax, Xena: Warrior Princess, The Midnight Meat Train) and producer Marco De Molina about their proof of concept short film, Red Light, directed by Alex Kahuam, which screened at HorrorFest International 2020 and won Best Midnight Feature! It's a great episode full of fun stories and great conversation!
Happy Halloween! This week, Brandon welcomes back Michael Ballif, writer/director of the film, They Live Inside Us, to talk about one of perhaps the most underrated horror films of the 1980s—that is, the misunderstood and unfairly maligned, Halloween III: Season of the Witch! So gather round all pumpkins, skeletons, and witches! The big podcast is about to begin! And don't forget to wear your masks!
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They Live Inside Us
Horror month continues on The Cinemast Podcast! This week, Brandon is joined by Adam Mast and John Pugh to rank the 10 movies that they absolutely "must-watch" around Halloween time! See where your favorites make the cut!
With HorrorFest International 2020 right around the corner, Brandon is joined by Adam Mast, John Pugh, and Jeff Sanders of HorrorFest to talk through 10 films showing at HorrorFest that are absolute must-watches! Whether from small or big names, these films are each unique, fun, and scary in their own ways and a total blast!
Films mentioned:
Fear of the Woods
The Internet Kills
Antique
Household Demons
Regret
Milk
Centigrade
Red Light
Broil
They Live Inside Us
Spooky season continues on The Cinemast Podcast as Brandon welcomes back horror fan Kelly Poynter to the show to rank their Top 10 Vampire Movies! However you think this episode is going to go, you couldn't be more wrong! It's the perfect episode to sink your fangs into!
This week on a very special episode of The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon is joined by Michael Ballif, writer and director of the new horror film They Live Inside Us, and James Morris, co-writer and lead actor of They Live Inside Us.
Brandon, Michael, and James talk through the film They Live Inside Us, some greats stories behind-the-scenes, including some paranormal activity they experienced on set. After that, the guys rank their Top 5 Haunted House movies to set the mood for the spooky season!
Find They Live Inside Us on all your favorite VOD services!
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VUDU
Amazon Prime Video
Google Play
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They Live Inside Us
HorrorFest International 2020
HorrorFest International runs from October 22-24 and brings the best of horror to St. George, UT.
This week on The Cinemast Podcast, a new segment—Scaredy Cats! On Scaredy Cats, Brandon is joined by a guest that is terrified of horror movies to watch and discuss a horror movie for their first time. This week, Brandon and David Limutau watch James Wan's The Conjuring and talk about how effective it is as a horror film.
HorrorFest International 2020: fmasu.com/horrorfest
Shiver me timbers! This week on The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon teams back up with Whitney Sorensen of Rom-Com De-Con to break down a different kind of love story--their love of Gore Verbinski's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl!
How does the movie hold up nearly 20 years later? Which character might have given a performance better than Jack Sparrow? And how does the legacy of the entire franchise impact the first film's own legacy? Find out on this week's episode of The Cinemast Podcast!
Rom-Con De-Con
This week, it's giant monsters versus giant robots as we talk Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim! Brandon is joined by Shaun Belliston to talk del Toro's 2013 kaiju movie and discuss the film's successes, shortcomings, and why it's just so much fun to watch.
This week, Brandon welcomes Whitney Sorenson of "Rom-Com De-Con" to the show to talk 500 Days of Summer! An excellent little spin on romantic comedies, Brandon and Whitney talk why 500 Days of Summer is so special to people, talk dream recastings and what makes this movie hurt and feel so good at the same time!
Check out Rom-Com De-Con anywhere you get podcasts!
Apple:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rom-com-de-con/id1499422515
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/18pr6ofpAAi5QviIsQI8eJ?si=oi0PJgZvQiiQ7OM4joZqyw
Anchor.fm:
https://anchor.fm/romcompod
Perhaps the most successful filmmaker of the last decade or so, Christopher Nolan has made everything from Sundance darlings to grandiose blockbusters, and yet each one feels distinctly his.
This week, Brandon and Adam Mast give their rankings of Christopher Nolan’s 10-film catalogue in the lead-up to Tenet. From Insomnia to Interstellar, The Dark Knight to Dunkirk, see which movie will reign supreme!
Strange things are afoot this week on The Cinemast Podcast! Brandon is joined by Adam Mast to discuss a "most excellent" pair of movies: 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure' and 'Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey' in preparation for 'Bill & Ted Face the Music'!
In our newest episode, Brandon and Ryan Skidmore discuss one of the most iconic shots of the last decade, the final shot of Cobb's spinning top in Inception and discussing the question: Does the top wobble? Is Cobb still in a dream? Does it matter? Check out their theories and share with us your favorite Inception theory!
Movie Virgins is back! On this week's episode of The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon watches Pride & Prejudice for the first time with his wife, Crosby in a new episode of Movie Virgins! What will Brandon think of a movie that he has purposely avoided watching since it released?
On this week's episode of The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon sits down with Kelly Poynter and Wade Baker to discuss one of the most divisive superhero movies of all time, Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice...Ultimate Edition! GUARANTEED to have 100% less "Martha" than any other podcast episode talking about Batman v Superman!
It's a conversation that goes almost everywhere, and NOT in the places you would expect! It's a discussion around the film, it's main three characters, but also a discussion around the DCEU (DC Extended Universe) and superhero movies in general!
This week, it's a League of Nerds reunion as Brandon sits down with special guest David Limutau to talk Disney/Pixar's Up! Join Brandon and David as they talk about what makes this film so magical, how the heck Charles Muntz is still alive and why that scene carries so much weight and impact!
Brandon sits down with Brian Treadway to talk David Fincher's 1995 film, Se7en--a film that Brian has never seen. A very special episode, this is the first in our new series of episodes, called Movie Virgins--where we watch modern classics with people for their first time!
Do these movies hold up for audiences on their first viewing or are we jaded by decades of loving these movies? Find out on this episode of Movie Virgins!
What movie is the King of the Summer?
Brandon sits down with Adam Mast of Cinemast.net to break down their Top 10 list of summer movies. Summer love, summer jobs, summer camp, or summer vacations, that's all you need for a great summer movie. Or is it?? Find out on this episode of The Cinemast Podcast!
It's been 20 years since Wolverine, Rogue and Storm hit the big screen in 2000's "X-Men"! To celebrate 2 decades of the mutant superheroes, Brandon sits down with his brother Brian to discuss the legacy of X-Men and the lessons that the film tries to teach us. Who almost played each of the mutants and did we get the best picks? And of course, do you know what happens when a toad is struck by lightning? Find out on this week's episode of The Cinemast Podcast!
On this episode of The Cinemast Podcast, in honor of the 4th of July, Brandon talks Roland Emmerich's 'Independence Day' with Adam Mast and Briana Pugh. Is it one of the best summer blockbusters of all time? Maybe, maybe not! But one thing is for sure. Childhood crushes abound on this episode and WE WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT!! WE WILL NOT VANISH!!!
In this episode of The Cinemast Podcast Brandon is joined by Adam Mast and John Pugh of Cinemast.net and the Film and Media Alliance of Southern Utah to discuss movie theaters and what it's meant to not have gone to the movie theater during the Covid-19 pandemic. As theaters slowly begin to open up, we talk about some things we've seen recently as well as some of your favorite movie theater experiences.
https://www.fmasu.com/
For information on the 2020 Desertscape Film Festival:
https://www.fmasu.com/event-details/desertscape-international-film-festival
With 47 Meters Down: Uncaged releasing this weekend, Brandon sits down with John Pugh, co-founder of Cinemast, to discuss their favorite animal horror movies.
On the premiere episode of the podcast, Brandon sits down with Mark Hanni to discuss The Iron Giant as it celebrates its 20th anniversary.