The Important Cinema Club

In honour of SUPER MARIO BROTHERS: GALAXY hitting the big screen, we've got Mamma Mia fever! Listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Patreon feed, which also gets rid of these previews: https://www.patreon.com/c/theimportantcinemaclub

We spend an episode talking about our love of baseball and discuss some baseball movies that include BULL DURHAM, DYNAMITE DON DON, PRIDE OF THE YANKEES and EEPHUS. CORRECTION: I recommended the book SKIN FLICKS, but I got the title wrong; the book I meant to recommend was SINEMA by Keneth Turan and Stephen F. Zito. JOIN OUR PATREON FOR A BONUS EPISODE EVERY WEEK: patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

We discuss the work of Writer/Director Belinda M. Wilson, the mad genius behind BLACK MAMBA, a film so striking that it prompted us to explore her other features, which include THE PEACEMAKERS and X-SCAPE. JOIN OUR PATREON FOR A BONUS EPISODE EVERY WEEK: patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

We discuss a scary VHS box art, Will gets sleazy, and we visit Maestro Cotttttaaaafffaaaavi. To listen to this full episode, and hundreds more, subscribe to the Patreon here: www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub

We discuss the career of Hollywood filmmaker extraordinaire, and French auteurist darling, Don Siegel, with a focus on RIOT ON CELLBLOCK 11, THE SHOOTIST and HELL IS FOR HEROES. JOIN OUR PATREON FOR A BONUS EPISODE EVERY WEEK: patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

We discuss the 2026 Oscars! And its most logical compliment, the Billy Zane movie THE PHANTOM (1996). Happy 30th Anniversary! To listen to this full episode, and hundreds more, subscribe here: www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub

We discuss the acting career of Bruce Campbell and focus on his non-EVIL DEAD films, like THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN, BUBBA HO-TEP and RUNNING TIME. JOIN OUR PATREON FOR A BONUS EPISODE EVERY WEEK: patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

To listen to this full episodes, and hundreds more, subscribe here: www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub

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We discuss the hot button topic that is The Bowery Boys. We provide a little history, discuss why we thought they were popular, and tackle a number of different films including DEAD END, LIVE WIRES, HIGH SOCIETY, SPOOK BUSTERS, and SPOOK CHASERS. Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

we explore some Hong Kong Lunar New Year Movies that cinlude IT'S A MAD MAD MAD WORLD, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (1992), and CHINESE ODYSSEY 2002. Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

We discuss the work of director Susan Seidelman and her films SMITHEREENS, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN and COOKIE. Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

We discuss the films of Québécois Writer/Director GIlles Carles. Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

We discuss Film Historian/Critic Leonard Maltin, the man who is cinema. Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

We definitively discuss the best films of the year. HERE'S THE LIST: THE SHROUDS: Available on The Criterion Channel GOOD NEWS: Available on Netflix CAUGHT BY THE TIDES: Available on The Criterion Channel EVIL PUDDLE: Available to Rent or Buy on Vimeo THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: Available to Stream on HBOMAX in the US and CRAVE in Canada NOBODY (CHINA): At the time of this writing, not streaming in North America RETRO: Available on Netflix GAME CHANGER (INDIA): Available on Amazon Prime WAR 2: Available on Netflix THE CODE: Available on Mubi ISOLATED: At the time of this writing, not streaming in North America TATSUIJIN WARRIORS: At the time of this writing, not streaming in North America EEPHUS: Available on Mubi TITANIUM DAYDREAM: Available For Free on YouTube WITH HASSAN IN GAZA: At the time of this writing, not streaming in North America SORE, A WIFE FROM THE FUTURE: Available to rent on the Letterboxd Video Store RADU JUDE’S DRACULA: Available to rent on Plex ENDLESS COOKIE: Available to stream in Canada on Crave. Available to rent on Amazon in the US. Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

We were invited by the Palm Springs Film Festival to be jurors, so we took a week-long trip to the beautiful city, watched a lot of movies that are sweeping up awards season, and did a lot of our fun stuff - like see CASABLANCA with Leonard Maltin! Link to the website for the movie for BURT: https://www.joeburke.net/burt Here's a scan of the book FOR THE SAKE OF SHADOWS BY MAX MILLER (1936), which chronicles a journalist who went to a Hollywood studio in the 30s and tried to write a screenplay. SPOILER: He failed miserably: https://we.tl/t-va0eJxkfNt Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

We discuss the 90's anthology film FOUR ROOMS, and the filmmakers that madei t. Join the Patreon now for an exclusive episode every week, access to our entire Patreon Episode back catalogue, your name read out on the next episode, and the friendly Discord chat: patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

Justin, Mike Wood (The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast) and Mark Hanson (The Bay Street Video Podcast) went to see How The Grinch Stole Christmas at a sold-out screening at The Revue Cinema in Toronto, Canada. Following the event, they recorded their thoughts. Enjoy.

We discuss Dolph Lundgren and two films he made that take place during Christmas: ROCKY IV and I COME IN PEACE, as well as one of his directorial efforts, CASTLE FALLS. Join the Patreon now for an exclusive episode every week, access to our entire Patreon Episode back catalogue, your name read out on the next episode, and the friendly Discord chat: patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

We discuss The Killer Tomatoes series, which includes ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES, RETURN OF THE KILLER TOMATOES, KILLER TOMATOES STRIKE BACK! and KILLER TOMATOES EAT FRANCE. Join the Patreon now for an exclusive episode every week, access to our entire Patreon Episode back catalogue, your name read out on the next episode, and the friendly Discord chat: patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub Send us stuff like zines, movie-related books, physical media or memorabilia c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada. Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).