Cinema Joes

This week, Justin & Alex welcome special guest Alan Sarapa to discuss the latest entry into Phase 4 of the MCU, Black Widow. They discuss the surprisingly intimate character moments and the exciting introduction of Florence Pugh to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They also break down which actions scenes worked and why, in addition to their feelings regarding the future of Marvel as Phase 4 continues to take shape. In their Full Disclosure segment, Justin, Alex & Alan also shine their light on a few other films and TV they’ve been watching, including Peacock's Doctor Death; Spotlight (2015); Clockwatchers (1997); and Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021). Please follow our guest Alan on his podcast The Chat, his monthly daytime soap column for The Pop Break, and his written reviews of CW's Superman & Lois at TV Source Magazine. Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Hosts' Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to

We (almost) all saw a movie in an actual theater this week! After a year and a half, we went back to the movies for Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jon M. Chu's musical In The Heights with friend of the show Manish Mathur. We discuss how well Chu and company adapt the stage musical for the silver screen; whether the romances at the heart of the film land; who our favorite members of the ensemble were; and what to make of the colorism controversy surrounding the film following its release last month. In their Full Disclosure segment, Noah, Alex, Justin & Manish also shine their light on a few other films they’ve been watching, including The Drovers Wife; Raya & The Last Dragon; Luca; Quo Vadis Aida?; Bo Burnham: Inside; Four Brothers; and French Exit. Please follow our guest Manish on his podcasts It Pod to Be You and Queer & Now and his written work at Talk Film Society. Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Hosts' Other Pods

We were promised two MCU movies this summer! Obviously, real life got in the way, but that doesn't mean the Joes have to settle for only one MCU-related episode for Summer 2021. Instead, they welcomed The Pop Break's Managing Editor and Socially Distanced co-host Al Mannarino onto the pod to run through their favorite underrated Marvel movies, if such a thing could even exist. Films Discussed include: Captain America: The First Avenger; Iron Man 3; Thor: The Dark World; and Ant-Man & The Wasp. Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Hosts' Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Hosts' Writing Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support

This week, the Joes kick off the summer movie season by running down the movies they are most excited to watch each month (including May...because, life got crazy). Check it out! Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Hosts' Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Hosts' Writing Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support

Tonight is Oscar’s big night, and to celebrate The Joes are discussing the surprising Oscars’ juggernaut Nomadland, directed by Chloe Zhou and starring Frances McDormand as Fern, a woman who takes to the American countryside in her van as she deals with the loss of her community and the death of her husband. The film is nominated for SIX Oscars, including Best Picture. The Joes break down everything they loved about the film, while also touching on the Amazon controversy that has come up a time or two during this endlessly extended Oscars Season. In their Full Disclosure segment, Noah, Alex, & Justin also shine their light on a few other films they’ve been watching, including Weathering With You; Porco Rosso; Zack Snyder’s Justice League; Barb & Star Go to Vista Delmar; and My Octopus Teacher. Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Hosts' Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Hosts' Writing Just

Franchise installments and Oscar hopefuls were nowhere to be found for most of 2020, and that left a ton of time to catch up on all those films we'd been putting off. In the second half of our 2020 retrospective, we skim the cream of the crop from our non-2020 film diaries to breakdown everything we caught up with. From our favorite classics, modern classics, and rewatches, to which actors and filmmakers from yesteryear we fell in love with while we were living in our quarantine bubbles, we share the many silver linings we encountered along the way that helped make 2020 just a tad more bearable.  Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Hosts' Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Hosts' Writing Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak Below here is a list of all the films we discussed this week and where you can find th

This week we are joined to by ThePopBreak.com’s Film Editor and all around Oscar expert Marisa Carpico to break down the highs and lows of the 2021 Oscar nominations. We discuss our pleasant surprises, our biggest disappointments, our bold predictions, and our Best Picture winners! Follow Marisa on Twitter, Instagram, & Letterboxd, keep up with her film reviews at The Pop Break, and find her subscribe to her podcasts The Way Too Early Oscars Podcast & ...And The Winner Still Is. Don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Hosts' Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Hosts' Writing Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support

Happy New Year....er, well, happy March anyway! We've spent the last few months catching up on all that cinema had to offer, and we are now ready to present our slightly belated Best of 2020 show. We throw a lot of movies at you in this one, so below we have compiled a list of all our highlights from the year and where you can catch up with them. In the meantime, enjoy and check back next week for Part II, where we talk about all the films released prior to 2020 that helped us get through the last year. Film's Discussed This Week: Best Streaming Original Justin - Boys State (AppleTV+) Noah - Ainu Mosir (Netflix) Alex - Small Axe: Mangrove (Amazon) Best Smaller Film Justin - First Cow (Hulu) Noah - Totally Under Control (Hulu) Alex - Never Rarely Sometimes Always (HBOMAX); The Assistant (Hulu) Best Foreign-Language Film Justin - The Wolf House (Shudder) Noah - Corpus Christi (The Criterion Channel) Alex - A Sun (Netflix) Favorite Performances Justin - Angela Betis, 12 Hour Shift (Hulu) Noah - Chadwick Bosema

Happy Valentine's Day! As a special Valentine's Day gift, we are closing out our Fall of Favorites series with one of cinema's greatest couples, Jesse and Celine, in the timeless classic about existential dread creeping in at the moment your life no longer feels like your own Before Sunset. This 2004 Richard Linklater masterpiece, starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Deply, is a the middle film in Linklater's Before Trilogy, and it checks in on Jesse and Celine, now in their early 30s, to see how the last seven years have treated them since the events of Before Sunrise. Returning guest Marisa Carpico helps Justin & Alex breakdown this classic walk and talk romance filled with identity crises, carefully observed interpersonal and gender dynamics, decades spanning romance, fantasy and incredible imagery of Paris during the magic hour. You can find Marisa writing about movies at The Pop Break listen to her two wonderful film podcasts ...And The Winner Still Is and Way Too Early Oscar Podcast and follow her on Twi

Today, in our penultimate episode of our Fall of Favorites series, we welcome back friend of the show Manish Mathur to discuss the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece Vertigo, starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. This film has spent much of the last decade at or near the top of the "greatest films ever made" list, but can it live up to the hype? Manish helps Justin & Alex breakdown this classic toxic romance filled with psychological intrigue and incredible cinematography. You can find Manish writing about movies at Talk Film Society, listen to his two wonderful film podcasts It Pod to Be You and Queer & Now, and follow him on Twitter! Check out the Rundown below and don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak --- Support this podcast: https:

What a week...If you are like us and need a dose of positivity to help survive to the weekend, come join us as we check in with The Best Little Horror House in Philly's George Heftler and his favorite film Paddington 2, directed by Paul King and starring Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Gleeson, and Hugh Grant! Check out the Rundown below and don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support

Happy New Years! Pop Break TV's Josh Sarnecky helping us ring in 2021 with his all time favorite film, the 1946 Frank Capra holiday classic It's A Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore. Check out the Rundown below and don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support

This week our Fall of Favorites series kick off the holiday season with an unofficial holiday classic, as we are joined by The Pop Break’s Lovey McPherson to discuss the 1988 Eddie Murphy RomCom Coming to America. Check out the Rundown below and don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support

This week our Fall of Favorites series is back after taking November off. We are sure this one was worth the wait, as we are joined by The Pop Break’s Editor in Chief Bill Bodkin to discuss his site's name sake and his favorite film of all time the 1991 surfer/bank robber classic Point Break, starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze and directed by Academy Award Winner Kathryn Bigelow. Check out the Rundown below and don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support

This week our Fall of Favorites series takes a spooky turn in honor of the Halloween season, as we are joined by The Pop Break’s Matt Taylor to discuss the 1996 teen slasher classic Scream.  Check out the Rundown below and don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places! Other Pods Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support

This week kicks off our Fall of Favorites series, where we bring on a friend of the pod every episode to discuss one of their all time favorite films. Today, we are joined by The Pop Break’s TV Columnist Alan Sarapa to discuss the 2001 classic Moulin Rouge! Check out the Rundown below and don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter and follow our hosts around the web at the following places!   Other Pods  Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That  Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd  Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter   Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support

Welcome back! After taking some time off, the Joes are getting in on festival fever by digging into some of the offerings at the 2020 Nippon Connect Film Festival. We also take a look at the 90s classic Safe, the cult classic Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and the instant classic Hannah Gadsby: Nanette! Check out the Rundown below and don’t forget to follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter (https://twitter.com/CinemaJoes) and follow our hosts around the web at the following places!  Other Pods  Pod on the Rooftops - TV Break - Good Bye to All That Justin’s Blog - Justin’s Letterboxd  Noah‘s Blog -  Noah’s Twitter  Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak  Full Disclosure  Safe (1995)  Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (2010)  The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2018)  Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018) Nippon Connection Film Festival  Short Films  Makiko Sukikara - Wild Pear (2011)  While the Crow Weeps (2013)  Deep Sea's Rainbow (2019) 

This week we finally payoff our 2020 Oscars bet as Justin makes the Joes watch the 2019 Senegalese film Atlantics, one of both his and Alex’s favorite films of last year. TV/Movies mentioned in today's episode: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003-05); Emma. (2020); Ash Is Purest White; Atlantics Follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter (https://twitter.com/CinemaJoes), @CinemaJoes on Instagram (https://Instagram.com/CinemaJoes) and follow our hosts around the web at the places below! Justin Blog - http://thecinemaverick.com/ Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/dW4n Noah Blog - http://francnoir.blogspot.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NoahFranc Alex - Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/8DIN Twitter - https://twitter.com/MediaThinkings PopBreak - https://thepopbreak.com/author/alexmarcus/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support

This week we are joined by special guest Rhiannon of the Marvel News Desk podcast to help explore Netflix’s latest comic book adaptation, The Old Guard. We also discuss Hamilton’s debut on Disney+ and Rhiannon’s work with the #SaveDaredevil campaign and its upcoming Save Daredevil Con. TV/Movies mentioned in today's episode: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D; Palm Springs; Hamilton; Woman at War; The Old Guard Follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter (https://twitter.com/CinemaJoes), and follow our hosts around the web at the places below! Justin Blog - http://thecinemaverick.com/ Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/dW4n Noah Blog - http://francnoir.blogspot.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NoahFranc Alex - Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/8DIN Twitter - https://twitter.com/MediaThinkings PopBreak - https://thepopbreak.com/author/alexmarcus/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support

This week we return from our spring hiatus to dish on whether we think Netflix’s The Lovebirds can go the distance before we go long discussing the many, many films we’ve filled our days with during the COVID-19 Global Lockdown. Follow the show @CinemaJoes on Twitter (https://twitter.com/CinemaJoes), @CinemaJoes on Instagram (https://Instagram.com/CinemaJoes) and follow our hosts around the web at the places below! Justin Blog - http://thecinemaverick.com/ Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/dW4n Noah Blog - http://francnoir.blogspot.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NoahFranc Alex - Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/8DIN Twitter - https://twitter.com/MediaThinkings PopBreak - https://thepopbreak.com/author/alexmarcus/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/CinemaJoes/support