Casual Cinephilia: Recent Episodes
Casual cinephilia
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Episode 109- Book of Boba Fett: In which we discuss the newest star wars show and discuss the accessibility challenges of paywalled streaming media and interconnected cinematic universes.
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Episode 108- Ghostbusters: Afterlife- In which we discuss the latest 80s nostalgia piece to grace theaters.
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Episode 107- Matrix Resurrections: In which we discuss the latest matrix sequel and cannot pronounce words correctly.
Episode 106- Spider-Man: No Way Home: SPOILERS ABOUND in this episode where we discuss Marvel's newest blockbuster.
Episode 105- Encanto & West Side Story: In which we discuss two of 2021's musical offerings
Episode 104- Last Night in Soho: In which we discuss Edgar Wright's newest film. WATCH THE MOVIE FIRST Y'ALL, spoilers matter for this one, you'll have more fun if it's not spoiled!
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Episode 102- Dune: In which we say everything we have to say about Dune 2021
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Episode 101- Muppets Haunted Mansion: In which we discuss the delightfully silly new Muppets special (go check it out on Disney+)
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Episode 100(!!!) In which we watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and invite you to watch along with us! (The countdown to sync up your movie starts at about the 5 minute mark!) In this special 100th episode special Lorien makes Ian watch Harry Potter for the (kinda) first time. Synch up your movie and enjoy this watch along episode! All the Harry Potter movies are now available on HBO go.
To address the TERF in the room: we do not support JK Rowling's recent turn toward the dark side or her absolutely harmful stances and statements regarding transgendered individuals. All people are valid. All women are women. We’re not interested in arguing that point. We’ve made a donation to The Trevor Project, an organization doing good work with LGBTQIA+ youth. If you’d like to join us in donating or learn more about The Trevor Project check them out at www.thetrevorproject.org
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Episode 99- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: In which we chat about Marvel's newest film and encourage you to GO SEE THIS MOVIE. Y'all it's just so cool.
Episode 96- Loki (Season 1): In which we discuss the newest MCU Disney+ show and potentially spoil a whole heck of a lot of the MCU I'm the process.
Episode 95- Black Widow: In which we discuss and spoil all of Marvel's properties that come anywhere close to being related to their newest movie!
Episode 94- Pixar's Luca: In which we discuss Pixar's latest adorable and heartwarming animated feature.
Episode 92- Army of the Dead: In which we discuss Netflix and Zack Snyder's latest zombie romp.
Episode 91- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (Season 1): In which we discuss Marvel things that were, Marvel things that are, and since Marvel things that have not yet come to pass. (With particular emphasis on the newest Disney+ show)
Episode 90- Mortal Kombat (2021): In which we discuss how this movie really only exists for millennials and older nerds and how that's not really a bad thing 🤷🏻♀️
Episode 89- Justice League: Snyder Cut: In which we discuss this absolute unit of a movie. It is indeed the chonkiest of friends.
Episode 88- Godzilla vs Kong: In which we discuss Godzilla, King Kong, and possibly a third kaiju- err... Titan...
Episode 87- Raya and the Last Dragon: In which we discuss Disney's beautiful new animated feature.
Episode 86- Pan's Labyrinth: In which we discuss Guillermo del Toro's 2006 dark fantasy film.
Episode 85- Brazil: In which we discuss Terry Gilliam's 1985 dystopian classic!
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Episode 84- Tenet: In which we discuss turning our brains to goo by picking suboptimal conditions to watch this latest Christopher Nolan mind f***. Stick around to the end and we'll give you a handy set of rules to make your viewing experience perfectly goo brain free!
Oh, and if you did want to look up Lorien's YouTube, just search for Lorien Waymire!
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Episode 83- WW84: In which we discuss DCs latest offering (WITH LOADS OF SPOILERS GUYS) and chat a little about Marvel's "WandaVision" (with few spoilers)
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Episode 82- Soul: In which we discuss Pixar's newest offering and discover that it's actually kind of tricky to discuss jazz without sounding pretentious...
Episode 81- Christmas Special 2020: The Santa Clause Trilogy: In which we discuss just how dark the mythology surrounding the scenarios of this light hearted holiday series is if you stop to think about it at all. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Episode 80- Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey: In which we discuss this magical new Christmas classic and Lorien talks a whole lot about costuming, fashion history, and the importance of representation.
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Episode 79- Knives Out: In which we discuss the 2019 Rian Johnson whodunnit.
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Episode 78- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: In which we discuss the newest Borat moviefilm.
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Episode 77- Baby's First Horror Movies: In which we discuss the first horror movies we ever saw as kids with Lorien's "Creature from the Black Lagoon" and Ian's "The Evil Dead"
Happy Halloween!
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Episode 76- Shaun of the Dead: In which we discuss Ian's choice of Halloween movie and geek out over Edgar Wright
Episode 75- Hocus Pocus: In which we discuss the Halloween classic and go off on several fun side discussions too!
Episode 73- Animal Crackers: In which we try real hard to find someone we liked about Animal Crackers (available now on Netflix)
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Episode 72- John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch: In which we discuss this delightfully strange comedy special that Netflix has classified as a movie.
Episode 70- Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga -too tired to describe the episode after typing out that title-
Episode 68- Star Wars Clone Wars: in which we discuss the last 4 episodes of the final season of the Clone Wars Tv show
Episode 67- Hail, Caesar!: In which we discuss the 2016 Coen brothers film!
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Episode 65- Hook: In which we discuss one of our mutual favorite films and slowly lose our minds in quarantine.
Episode 64- Clue: In which we discuss the 1985 cult classic boardgame film CLUE!
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Episode 63- Labyrinth: In which we discuss the 1986 musical fantasy glitter explosion: Labyrinth.
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Episode 62- The Fifth Element: In which we discuss The Fifth Element from the socially distant comfort of our separate homes!
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Episode 61- Onward: In which we discuss Pixar's newest wholesome heartwarming movie, and the Simpsons short tacked on the front of it...
In which we discuss the games of our youth and Jim Carrey's bizarre career. Like the podcast and want to help us out? Consider becoming a patrom! www.patreon.com/casualcinephilia
Episode 59- Buster Keaton: In which we discuss the Buster Keaton classics "The General" and "Steamboat Bill jr." And give our first patron shout out!
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Episode 58- Dolittle: In which we explore what went wrong with this shockingly star studded movie.
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Episode 57- 1917: In which we discuss the 2020 golden globe best picture and the need for better theater etiquette.
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Episode 54- CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: In which our heros try to discuss their favorite (non A Christmas Carol) Christmas movies. But are so distraught over "Cats" that it's rather scattered... This episode is "Cats"'s fault.
Episode 55- Cats: In which our fearless leaders travel deep into the darkness and discuss the ABOMINATION that is "Cats"
Episode 56- Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker: in which we spoil a bunch about all Star Wars properties up to and including season 1 of The Mandalorian.
Episode 53- Frozen 2: In which we spoil Frozen 2 in an effort to tell you what we think about it.
Episode 52- JoJo Rabbit: In which we are joined by guest host Jacob Fefer to discuss Taika Waititi's World War 2 film.
Episode 51- The Addams Family: In which we discuss the latest incarnation of that creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky, and all together ooky family.
Episode 50- Joker: In which we discuss the brilliantly made new Joker film and encourage you to think hard about whether or not you ought to see it.
Episode 49- Beetlejuice: In which we spend at least a small percentage of our time discussing the cult classic Tim Burton film.
Episode 48- IT: Chapter 2, in which we discuss the second half/sequel to the 2017 Stephen King adaptation.
Episode 47- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote: In which we discuss Terry Gilliam's long awaited newest film.
Episode 46- The Lion King: In which we disagree with a lot of popular reviews for what we clearly thought was a delightful movie.
Episode 45- Spiderman Far From Home:
In which we enthuse about the final film of Marvel's phase 3
Episode 44- Toy Story 4: In which we chat about the 4th and final installment in Pixar's Toy Story series.
Episode 43- Godzilla: King of the Monsters- In which we talk about Godzilla and our audio equalization gets completely FUCKED, so like, sorry I guess.
Episode 42- Aladdin: In which we discuss the best new Disney live action adaptation that features Will Smith.
Episode 41- John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum- In which I'm too tired to type a description of the episode because this movie has three titles.
Episode 40- Pokemon Detective Pikachu: In which we discuss this delightful little Pokemon movie.
Episode 38- Hellboy (2019): In which we lament the potential of the most recent interpretation of the Hellboy comic series.
Episode 35- Dumbo: In which we chat about Disney's latest attempt to recapture the magic of their animated classics for new wallets.
Episode 33- Captain Marvel: In which we discuss Marvel's first female lead movie and nerd out over... Cats.
Episode 32- How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World- In which we enthuse about the third and final installment in the How To Train Your Dragon series.
Episode 31- John Wick Chapters 1 & 2: In which we discuss the first two installments in the John Wick franchise.
Episode 30 - Glass: In which we defend the new and perfectly watchable M. Night Shyamalan movie.
Episode 29- Mary Poppins Returns: In which Ian and Lorien start off the new year right discussing Disney's recent Mary Poppins sequel.
Episode 28- A Christmas Carol pt.2: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! This week we talk about 5 different versions of "A Christmas Carol" from between 1970-2008! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year if you'd like and join us back here on January 16th to hear us discuss Mary Poppins Returns!
Episode 27- A Christmas Carol pt.1: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! This week we talk about 4 different versions of "A Christmas Carol" from between 1910-1951! Tune in NEXT WEEK for pt. 2 where we discuss 5 more recent versions!
Episode 26- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald- In which Lorien explains basic wizarding world knowledge to Ian and it doesn't help anybody like the movie any more than they did (or didn't) in the first place.
Episode 25- Bohemian Rhapsody: In which we extol the many virtues of the new Queen/Freddie Mercury biopic.
Episode 24- HALLOWEEN TRIPLE FEATURE: In which Ian, Lorien, and their friend Jacob discuss three Halloween classics: "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," "Abbott and Costello Meet The Invisible Man," and "Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy"
Episode 23- Little Shop Of Horrors: In which Ian decides it's time to see what all the fuss is about with The cult classic musical.
Episode 22- Paranorman- One shot: In which we talk about one of Lorien's favorite Halloween/monster movies and our love of stop motion animation as a whole.
Episode 21- Challenge to be Free: In which we tell you all about the 1975 mountain man movie that Ian loved as a child. Bonus: you get to hear a little bit of Ian's singing voice!
Episode 20- Blackkklansman: In which we tell you a few of the great things about the newest Spike Lee movie.
Episode 19- Christopher Robin: In which we chat about the not-quite-a-children's-movie: Christopher Robin!
Episode 18 - Strange Magic- Flawed Favorites: In which Lorien notices some unsavory themes in a movie Ian is quite fond of.
Episode 17- Ant-Man and the Wasp: in which we record an episode about Marvel's most recent romp while exhausted and loopy!
Episode 16- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, in which we discuss the latest installment in the Jurassic franchise with ACTUAL PALEONTOLOGIST Matthew Haynes! If you enjoy Matthew's viewpoints and expertise, follow his blog! http://gtmeitslise.blogspot.com/
Episode 15- Incredibles 2: In which we discuss Pixar's latest offering and reveal where it fits in our Pixar movie rankings!
Episode 14 -Solo: In which we discuss the most recent Star Wars story with a pair of guest hosts!
Episode 13- Deadpool 2: In which we discuss the latest installment on the Merc with the mouth and even give some brief comic book suggestions.
Episode 12- The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T- Flawed Favorites: In which we discuss the 1953 Dr. Seuss penned unintentional nightmare "The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T" perhaps more appropriately titled "The 5000 Fingers of WHAT THE F***"
Episode 11- Avengers: Infinity War: In which we discuss one of the most anticipated movies of all time in a rather ridiculous and exuberant manner (with lots of spicy language.)
Episode 10- Ready Player One: In which we chat about "Ready Player One" with our guest host Graham Ryland!
Episode 9- Isle of Dogs: In which we briefly discuss Wes Anderson's charming stop motion film, Isle of Dogs
Episode 8- A Wrinkle in Time: In which we attempt to discuss Disney's attempt at the classic children's book.
The first of our "flawed favorites" series in which we discuss wonderfully bad or terribly wonderful movies we love or love to hate. In this episode we discuss "Penny Princess," a 1952 British comedy about alcoholic cheese and trade tariffs.
Episode 6- Black Panther, in which we discuss how impressed we were by Marvel's latest addition to their cinematic universe.
Episode 5- Bright: In which we discuss the ups and downs of the Netflix original movie "Bright"
Episode 4- Darkest Hour: In which we are joined by a guest host to discuss the World War II movie "Darkest Hour"
In which we start the "one shot" series where we discuss a great movie that one of us has never seen before, in this case Edgar Wright's "Baby Driver"
Episode 2- IT or How I learned to love IT: In which we tell you how well made IT (2017) was for a half hour.
Episode 1- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: In which we discuss The Last Jedi with OH SO MANY SPOILERS.
Episode 0- Us: In which we meet our charming hosts and learn a little bit about what this podcast is even about.