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To hear extra bonus content with Willie and Jamey having an extended conversation about game shows, support the show today at patreon.com/WScottis1!For seventy grand, Herb, you can afford to be humiliated. In honor of National Game Show Day, we are joined by the Cinemavention intro voice Jamey Lewis, host of The BVJ Show to talk about the movie Quiz Show. This film is a dramatization of the real life story of the rigging of the game show Twenty One, but did they get all the details right? Plus, we answer the question of why game shows are so popular in America and Jamey and Willie talk about their favorite game shows that they would put on their tier list.0201: Twenty One and the 1950s Quiz Show Scandals - World's Greatest Con | AcastWatch The Game Show Show TV Show - ABC.comWatch The Game Show Show Streaming Online | HuluJamey's Links:Season 1 Teaser Trailer | Peculiar Radio, A New Audio Fiction Series - Cast Compilation - YouTubePeculiar Radio, A New Audio Fiction Series | IndiegogoThe BVJ Show@FunZoneRadio TwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producer's note: At times, there might be discussion and potential spoilers of other Marvel movies in this episode.Avengers assemble! We've made it, it's time to watch Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in theaters, but before we do, we've got some unfinished Avengers business to take care of. Naaim Siddiqi from the Rain Delay Radio podcast is back to cover part 2 of the Infinity War story, the 3 hour masterpiece, Avengers: Endgame. This movie is set in 2023 despite being released in 2019, notably before COVID ravaged the planet in real life. With the post-COVID hindsight in mind, it puts this movie in a new perspective and we compare real life trauma of 9/11 and COVID to the "snap." Did COVID accidentally fix the Marvel timeline? Plus, Naaim has a theater manager story where an employee got fired as a result of an early screening of this film and is the final battle scene with all the women heroes just a tone deaf pandering spectacle?Naaim's Links:Rain Delay RadioTwitterTikTokSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producer's note: At times, there might be discussion and potential spoilers of other Marvel movies in this episode.Kick names, take ass. As we get ready for Guardians 3, we have now reached the final movies of Phase Three, arguably the most important MCU movies. We begin with Avengers: Infinity War and we are joined by Naaim Siddiqi from the Rain Delay Radio podcast. Naaim explains to us why this is his favorite Avengers movie because of how it can tell a bunch of different stories and still keep everything concise. Plus, is the whole ending of this movie Star Lord's fault and do we have Thanos all wrong, is he actually the protagonist of this movie?Naaim's Links:Rain Delay RadioTwitterTikTokSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producer's note: At times, there might be discussion and potential spoilers of other Marvel movies in this episode.Yeah, it’s called the... uh... Revengers! Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast joins us as we continue our Guardians 3 Marvel watch-through and this time we're covering a Thor movie, specifically Thor: Ragnarok. This movie showcases Loki in a very different light than The Avengers and we've come up with the term "anti-villain" to describe him, we'll explain. Plus, Kent talks about this movie's similar Guardians humor and why these MCU movies break down a long standing trope of "serious" comic book movies and why that's a good thing and despite Asgard being destroyed in the end, as a viewer it seems like there's no emotional connection or attachment to it being destroyed, but why is that?Kent's Links:DCStreamathon.orgSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producer's note: At times, there might be discussion and potential spoilers of other Marvel movies in this episode.So, you like cats. Our Marvel journey to fulfill our quest to watch Guardians 3 in theaters continues with Jeffrey Sax joining us to discuss the movie Avengers: Civil– oh sorry, Captain America: Civil War. While there might be a story reason for why this movie is a Captain America movie, it turns out that there were a lot of internal politics between different movie studios that led to this being a Captain America movie, and it requires us to go over the complete history of Marvel to fully understand it all. Plus, Willie makes the case for why this movie should be retroactively renamed to Avengers: Civil War and is this the first big fight scene in a movie that actually makes the movie pace slower?Jeffrey's Links:InstagramTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producer's note: At times, there might be discussion and potential spoilers of other Marvel movies in this episode.How do we know who the bad guys are? If they're shooting you, they're bad. To get ready for the theatrical release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, we are going back and watching some important Marvel movies. Our first one is Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Tom DiGianvittorio joins us to reminisce about the glory days of being able to watch an MCU movie standalone and not have to worry about context. Plus, there was a Marvel TV series about the S.H.I.E.L.D organization in progress during this movie's release and Willie theorizes how this movie might've disrupted that entire series and we discuss a potential flaw in Captain America's fighting strategy.Tom's LinksTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producer's note: At times, there might be discussion and spoilers of other Star Wars movies in this episode.No, I am your father! It's Star Wars Day and we are joined by Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast to continue our Star Wars series of episodes. This time, we'll be discussing the 2nd movie released, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. While this movie appears on the surface to just be a Luke Skywalker training session, could it just be more of a reinforcement to make sure Luke doesn't join the Dark Side? Plus, this Star Wars movie along with the others in the trilogy have edits that were made after the movie's release, a total of 4 to be exact. Some Star Wars purists believe that the movies shouldn't have been tampered with, but we discuss why these changes may actually have been necessary, and the big reveal at the end of this movie is the biggest spoiler of all time, does it ruin the viewing experience for a first time watcher?The Empire Strikes Back: All of the Changes George Lucas Made to the FilmKent's Links:DCStreamathon.orgSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm living to 102 and then I'm dying like the city of Detroit. This year's Valentine's Day movie is Deadpool and we are joined by regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles to discuss it. Deadpool is a very unique superhero, err, antihero movie that has so many 4th wall breaks and self aware moments. The story also jumps forward and backward a lot, but Willie explains why this wasn't a problem for this particular movie for him. Plus, we look back at the Deadpool x Fortnite collaboration and realize that it's pretty crazy they added Deadpool to a kid's game and why does Wade trust Francis who seems to be selling an obvious con to cure his disease?The meme referenced in the episodeDolan's Links:InstagramTwitchSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ice cream! Regular Game Night contributor Brian Kofford joins us to talk about the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the fact that this movie arguably doesn't have a plot at all and Willie compares it to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Does that make the movie age poorly as a result? Plus, at first it may seem that the whistler guy who says he's seen Bigfoot during the Air Force press conference is a complete non sequitur but we realize that he may have single-handedly made the entire last half of the movie possible, we'll explain why and first time watchers might've missed the reason how Roy gets sunburned on only half of his face. Hint: The alien spaceship is involved.Brian's Links:TwitchSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Buckle your seatbelt, Dorothy, 'cause Kansas is going bye-bye. This week we are talking about the movie The Matrix with the founder of Scynewave Engineering Ki Scyne. What exactly is The Matrix? We see it in the movie, but does Willie actually understand what it is? Scyne helps us try to understand it using lucid dreaming and live concerts in Fortnite as examples of what The Matrix is like. Plus, Scyne got to be a character in The Matrix Online game that the directors of the movie say is technically cannon in the Matrix universe and is Neo and Trinity's kiss at the end just a fairytale-like ending or does it mean more about The Matrix than that? Dodge this!Ki's Links:Scyne.comSignalTwitchTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that? We are joined by regular Game Night contributor Jeffrey Sax to discuss the movie The Hunt for Red October. What happens when you know so much about submarines that you unknowingly figure out information about them that is classified? That's the exact scenario that Tom Clancy found himself in when he released the original novel that this movie is based on. We speculate what would happen if he hypothetically accidentally leaked classified information as a result of writing this story. Plus, an actor in this movie has had quite the career including being elected as a real life senator and then later starring in Law and Order and does Ramius have a reason for defecting from the Soviet Union, and is it a sound one?Jeffrey's Links:InstagramTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm going after that truck. How? I don't know, I'm making this up as I go! Tom DiGianvittorio joins us to discuss the film Raiders of the Lost Ark the first Indiana Jones movie in the franchise. There is a hilarious scene where Indiana Jones is about to fight this swordsman and shoots one pistol shot that ends the fight pretty fast. That scene was filmed that way on purpose and the reason why is a lot less funnier. Plus, the tone shift in Indiana Jones and Marion's conversation leaves a lot of details out and Willie explains why this frustrates him as a first time viewer and why do the Nazis exactly want the Ark of the Covenant? Is it just for power or is there another sinister reason they want it.Indiana Jones stunt show death scene - YouTubeTom's Links:TwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're police officers! We're not trained to handle this kind of violence! A first time guest has joined us, Bob Callahan is here to talk about the movie Demolition Man and how this futuristic looking town looks like the perfect utopia at first, but very quickly you find out that it's quite the opposite in fact. That's just San Angeles, but what about the other states in the US in this universe, are they living the same dystopia that San Angeles is? Plus, we go over the weird relationship that Dr. Raymond Cocteau and Simon Phoenix have in this movie and what Dr. Raymond's intensions truly are with the cryogenic prison device, why some people are evil and some are good while they're frozen and since this movie is set in 2032, we get to go over what the movie has gotten right about the future so far and the ones they "accidentally" got right as a result of the pandemic. Did this movie predict 2032 better than they predicted 1996?Bob's Links:TwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ted, you know, if I die, you can have my Megadeth collection. But dude, we are already dead. We are joined by regular Game Night contributor Brian Kofford to discuss the sequel movie Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and he has an interesting observation about the famous air guitar riff that Bill and Ted constantly perform. De Nomolos was annoyed by the sound of it but presumably only Bill and Ted can hear it. We go over a small detail in the movie that could explain why he can. Plus, we have a sad update on a very famous location shown in the Bill and Ted franchise that has closed its doors and this film is not a time travel movie but rather a defeating mortality story, does that hinder the movie experience?The Most Notorious TV Hijack of All Time - YouTube‘Bill and Ted’-Famous Circle K to Screen Film Before Shutting Down – The Hollywood ReporterBrian's Links:TwitchSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's so dumb. Oh, it's so dumb, it's brilliant! No! It's just dumb! Samuel Lewis of The Samcast Network joins us to talk about the movie Glass Onion and the fact that there are so many layers (no pun intended), smoke screens and diversion tactics that make this mystery just as fun as the last one and we go over all the things you might've missed if you only watched the movie once. Plus, everyone seems to think that Detective Blanc is gay. Sam doesn't think so and provides some alternate context clues from the movie that contradict that thinking and Glass Onion doesn't really have the same "happy ending" closure that Knives Out does, but does that make it a better story? Pisceshite!Rian Johnson Breaks Down the Arrival Scene from 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' | Vanity Fair - YouTubeSam's Links:The Samcast NetworkTwitchInstagramTwitterTikTokSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can I shoot? I got a clean shot. *thud* F**k off. We are discussing the movie Children of Men this week with Brandt Hughes from the YouTube channel Emergent Beacon. Brandt brings up a quote from a previous episode of this show where Willie says he doesn't like ambiguity in movies, and Brandt challenges Willie's thinking that perhaps there's specific ambiguity that Willie doesn't like. Plus, the cinematography of this movie is exquisite and Brandt talks about the long continuous shots that are in this movie and how they pull it off and why does Theo not take advantage of Jasper's diversion tactic against The Fishes?Brandt's Links:Emergent BeaconcohostDiscordTwitchSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yes, I got a penis. We are joined once again by regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles to discuss the second film in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Is it better than the first Guardians film or does it fall victim to the sequel curse. Willie also makes the argument for why this Guardians movie hinges entirely on Rocket stealing the batteries and why that one story plot makes him frustrated as a viewer. Plus, we make our Vol. 3 predictions but unfortunately Willie’s going to have to revisit them after seeing other MCU movies first and why didn’t a single person see this random blue plant planted in the ground for 34 years?!?Dolan's Links:TwitterInstagramTwitchSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now, why would you call his mother a garden tool? Curtis Laraque joins us this week to talk about House Party and how this movie perfectly captures what life was like post 80s into the early 90s, and a lot of things have changed. Unfortunately, there are some things that haven't, including many instances of police brutality that are featured in this film. Plus, Kid's dad has a great dynamic with his son and we go over how amazing their relationship is and we present the case for why the last 20 minutes of the movie are not only not necessary but just felt like an opportunity to stretch the movie duration.Curtis's Links:TwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To get the full director's cut edition of this episode with extra bonus content, support the show today at patreon.com/WScottis1!Tell him yes on one and no on two. This week we are covering the movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension with Kevin Fournier from the Going Through Who podcast and we talk about the incoherence of this movie and why it may be hard to follow basic plot points of this film, although we explain why it's a miracle that it makes an ounce of sense. Does this hinder the watch for a first time viewer? Plus, all the aliens are named John including the females, we discuss why that detail wasn't important for the movie's storytelling but also could've indicated how ahead of it's time it was when it came to gender identity and does the license plate on the test vehicle mean it was the 88th test run or is there a hidden music reference instead?Kevin's Links:Going Through WhoTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To get the full director's cut edition of this episode with extra bonus content including an extra preshow excerpt, support the show today at patreon.com/WScottis1!I'm in lesbians with you! We are joined by returning guest Naaim Siddiqi from the Rain Delay Radio podcast and we talk about the differences between being a geek and being a nerd, and yes there is a difference. Plus, there is some weird intricacies in generations between Millennial and Gen Z and Willie talks about how he doesn't really fit either one of them because of his birth year and Scott seems to be morphing back and forth between reality and his dream sequence, we go over which moments in the film are actually happening to Scott in his real life and which ones he's dreaming about.Naaim's Links:Rain Delay RadioTwitterTikTokSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bright light! Bright light! The holiday season has drawn to a close this year and we have one last holiday movie we're going to talk about with Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast, and the movie is Gremlins. While this story may be a very simple story to follow, we explain why it's still a fantastic story and why sometimes the best movies are often the simple ones. Plus, find out the one scene in this movie that completely messes with the flow of the story, seems out of place and leaves both of us scratching our heads on why it's included and there seems to be a very glaring plot hole in one of the Mogwai rules, when can the Mogwai eat again after midnight has passed?Donate to Extra Life!Kent's Links:DCStreamathon.orgRitual MiseryTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Cinemavention podcast will be recorded LIVE at 3:30pm EST on December 31 as a part of the Diamond Club New Year's Eve Streamathon! We'll be raising money for sick kids and making sure no one has to spend New Year's Eve alone for 27 hours ringing in the New Year in every time zone!What do you call that s**t? Self defense. It was 2 years ago today that the Cinemavention podcast began by discussing the movie Die Hard with Anthony Lemos as the guest. Today we return to the franchise that started it all by discussing the movie Die Hard 2 and how the bureaucracy of the cops getting in the way of John McClane is very frustrating and annoying but also very necessary to the story, we explain why. Plus, there is a reason that the church is the command center for the bad guys that you may have missed and we have to ask the question, is Die Hard 2 a Christmas movie?Amos's Links:DCStreamathon.orgRitual MiseryAnthonyLemos.comThe Fulcrum FeedTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You look pretty good for your age. Thanks, but I'm seeing someone in wrapping. Our holiday movie watching season rolls on and the creator of the modern version of Showbot.tv, Preston Monroe is here to talk about the movie The Santa Clause. We go over the intricacies of this movie's portrayal of Santa Claus and how this movie walks the line very well between portraying Santa Claus as real and Charlie having doubt about Santa's existence. Plus, Preston's office Christmas parties aren't as crazy as a butt on a copy machine but he's had some with very drunk coworkers and Santa falls off the roof of a house so easily and doesn't even have a fire proof suit, what are the elf researchers in the Santa Clause universe supposed to be doing exactly?Google Clock bug causing many users to miss alarms has been fixedPreston's Links:Showbot.tvBiocow.comTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bye Buddy. Hope you find your dad. Continuing our holiday movie watching, this week we are joined by regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles to talk about the movie Elf and how this movie is celebrating its 20th anniversary next year. It has now been described as a classic holiday movie, but has it reached Charlie Brown, Rudolph, and Frosty status? Plus, Dolan did the math on how long it took Buddy to walk from Santa's Workshop to New York City and has Baby, It's Cold Outside been un-canceled?Will Ferrell on Being a Christmas Icon, Spirited with Ryan Reynolds & His Early Job as a Mall Santa - YouTubeScott Reeder on Instagram: “Elf Movie: Prop Trick. #props #movieprops #elf #puns #christmas #setlife”Binging with Babish: Breakfast Dessert Pasta from Elf - YouTubeHow They Made Elf | The Holiday Movies That Made Us - YouTubeDolan's Links:TwitterInstagramTwitchSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keep the change, ya filthy animal. It's the month of December which means it's time to cover holiday movies here on Cinemavention and we begin with the film Home Alone and Samuel Lewis of The Samcast Network is here to talk about it. This movie has arguably stood the test of time and is the most successful Christmas movie in the box office. It would take 21 years for this movie to be dethroned as the highest grossing live-action comedy film, not just Christmas live-action comedy films. Why is this movie so timeless? Plus, Willie believes that Buzz's apology to Kevin isn't sincere and has modern technology made it impossible to remake this film?Home Alone (franchise) - WikipediaIs ‘Angels With Filthy Souls’ Real? - The Story Behind Home Alone’s Fake Gangster MovieHome Alone: Macaulay Culkin Google Assistant Parody - YouTubeIdiots Test Hydrogen (with Macaulay Culkin) - YouTubeSolving a Crime with Bloodstain Analysis (feat. Macaulay Culkin) - YouTubeSam's Links:The Samcast NetworkTwitchInstagramTwitterTikTokSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your mom goes to college. We are joined by both Anthony Lemos and Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast and the Diamond Club Streamathon to talk about the film Napoleon Dynamite. There are people who say that there is no point to this movie, Willie disagrees with that opinion and says that there is. We answer the question of what the point of Napoleon Dynamite really is once and for all. Plus, we talk about how this movie is so accurate for its time down to the technology, the school atmosphere and even Napoleon's home, except for Kip and Lafawnduh's online relationship that somehow isn't a catfish and what exactly is the point of class president elections in school, is it just a pretty title?Why Napoleon Dynamite 2 Didn't HappenNapoleon Dynamite - streaming tv show onlineDiamond Club NYE Streamathon happening for 27 hours!Amos's Links:Ritual MiseryAnthonyLemos.comThe Fulcrum FeedTwitterKent's Links:Ritual MiseryTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can start by wiping that f***ing dumb-ass smile off your rosy f***ing cheeks. Tom DiGianvittorio joins us to celebrate Thanksgiving by watching the movie Planes, Trains And Automobiles and we tell our worst traveling disaster stories that certainly pale in comparison to the number of things that go wrong in this movie. Plus, we compare our own travel experiences to the ones shown in the film and there is a major goof in the Wichita airport scene, see if you can guess what it is.Tom's LinksTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you are a victim of a domestic violence situation, there are resources that can help get you out. Please reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline available 24 hours a day at TheHotline.org or by calling 1-800-799-SAFE.If you are having suicidal thoughts, there is help out there for you. Please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline available 24 hours a day at SuicidePreventionLifeline.org or by calling 1-800-273-8255.Your lips would make a lollipop too happy. We are joined by the intro voice you hear on every Cinemavention, Jamey Lewis host of The BVJ Show to talk about the movie Purple Rain. We talk about how the music industry has changed including the artists owning their masters, to modern artists blowing up thanks to the Internet and the way music distribution changed with iTunes and Spotify. Plus, learn about the religion that Prince converted to later in life that caused him to stop performing a majority of his music catalog and does Prince actually force Apollonia to jump into the lake?Jamey's Links:The BVJ ShowTwitch@bigvoicejay Twitter@FunZoneRadio TwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever seen a grown man naked? Clyde Harvey from The VOD Squad is here to talk about the movie Airplane! and how this entire movie is an exact parody of the film Zero Hour down to the writers using the exact same script just with a few modifications. With that in mind, is it still necessary now to watch Zero Hour after watching this film? Plus, we go over our favorite jokes and references in this movie and does Microsoft Flight Simulator count as flying experience?Every Joke from ‘Airplane!’ RankedClyde's Links:The VOD SquadMovie PartyTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. We are joined by Allen Roth and Tom DiGianvittorio to talk about the movie Dr. Strangelove and how the Cold War theme of this movie is an interesting watch in 2022 with the Ukraine war happening. We compare the two wars and talk about what's changed between the two. Plus, find out the movie prop that almost got the movie crew in trouble with the US government and the one real life tragedy that changed a single word in the movie.Allen's TwitterTom's TwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Costco. I love you. Regular Game Night contributor Brian Kofford is here to help us celebrate the midterm elections here in the US by talking about the movie Idiocracy and how it serves as a cautionary tale for the state of our country's current politics but it didn't use to be that way, how exactly did we get this divisive in the US? Plus, you could technically classify this as a time travel movie and we talk about the things that they might have guessed correctly a little too soon and no disrespect to Maya Rudolph but what is the purpose of Rita being involved in this military hibernation project at all?Brian's Links:TwitchSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sally is the only sane person in this insane asylum! This week we are covering the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas with Stephanie Cafferty and Kim aka Wondermom and we discuss how this movie brings back the nostalgia that the Millennials are craving and why it's fun to relive your old childhood movies and TV shows. Plus, Sally is not the lovable character everyone thinks she is on the surface and while she may be the one who's captured, we talk about the messed up things she does to her creator. Is she the bad guy? And we ask the most important question about this movie, is Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie?Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick wants creditStephanie's Links:TwitterTwitchRitual MiseryKim's Links:TwitchSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hack the Planet! We are joined by regular Game Night contributor Jeffrey Sax to discuss the movie Hackers and we get into how Jeff got into technology and how it led to him owning his own network and computer security company. Plus, we speculate whether you can still be arrested by the federal government if you don't hack across state lines as Phreak kept claiming and did this movie predict ransomware?TEDxSanAntonio - Brian Brushwood - Social Engineering - How to Scam Your Way into AnythingJeffrey's Links:InstagramTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S**t! I have a place for that. Stephanie Cafferty makes a triumphant return to the show to talk about the movie Halloween and whether continuity is the Achilles' heel of this entire movie. Plus, find out why Willie's major problems with the movie all have to do with Annie, but it's not the character herself and Michael Myers gets his eye poked by both a knitting needle and a coat hanger and he gets shot so many times yet still survives, is Michael Myers superhuman?Stephanie's Links:TwitterTwitchRitual MiserySupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First dead body I've ever seen. Look different in real life. They don't move. Samuel Lewis of The Samcast Network is here and he's never seen the movie Saw before but there's a good reason why, he's representing a movie watcher who doesn't usually like watching horror films and it's Willie's job to convince him to watch it. This movie was a controversial pick to discuss on Cinemavention and we will be spoiling this movie like we always do, but it's highly encouraged for you to listen to this episode even if you haven't seen the movie and especially if you're hesitant to watch it. Willie breaks down the entire movie for Sam and we discuss whether the trailer is an accurate portrayal of this movie. Plus, we are joined by a roundtable of guests who joined the watch party for this film to give their thoughts about the movie and what if Saw is not even a horror film at all and instead is a who-done-it film or a murder mystery film instead?Sam's Links:The Samcast NetworkTwitchInstagramTwitterTikTokSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Look! I’m getting out! I don’t care what happens to her...I’m getting the hell out of here. Regular Game Night contributor Brian Kofford is back with us again to talk about the movie The Evil Dead. In this episode, Willie discusses his problems with the lack of a telephone to call the police or even the lack of an alternate road to get to the latest town to call for help, but Brian explains how this movie is actually more believable than horror films today. Plus, did you know that this movie was supposed to be filmed in Michigan and the crew almost got hypothermia in the Tennessee cabin they did end up choosing for the film location and is it better to watch Evil Dead II before The Evil Dead?Brian's Links:TwitchTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To get the full director's cut edition of this episode with extra bonus content, support the show today at patreon.com/WScottis1!If you wanna waste your life...then you can just drop f***ing dead. *thud* Regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles is back to begin our spooky month of movies, beginning with Final Destination. Did you know that this movie was originally written as an X-Files episode? Was it a mistake to stretch a TV episode into a full length feature film instead? Plus, an alternate ending seems to suggest that Alex and Clear were supposed to end up together but we discuss why that doesn't belong in this movie and there's questions about the order of who dies in the movie, but was Alex even supposed to die at all in the first place?Final Destination (2000) - Alternative ending - YouTubeDolan's Links:TwitterInstagramTwitchSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tell me about it stud. Samuel Lewis of The Samcast Network rejoins us, this time to talk about the musical turned movie Grease and how this movie brings back so many memories of previous movies we’ve covered on this show as well as many high school memories. How accurately did this movie portray a typical high school year and does it hold up today? Plus, what is the message that this story is trying to send and is it the right one? RIP Olivia Newton-John.Paramount Plus Sets Cast for 'Grease' Prequel 'Rise of the Pink Ladies - VarietyGrease Prequel ‘Summer Loving’ in the Works (Exclusive) – The Hollywood ReporterSam's Links:The Samcast NetworkTwitchInstagramTwitterTikTokSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Open the pod bay doors, HAL. I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. We are joined by Matthew Ross from The VOD Squad to discuss the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. This movie doesn't have any of the fancy CGI of today's movies, and we discuss whether the practical effects of this movie still work 50-60 years later. Plus, Matt and Willie debate whether the pacing actually helps the story or not and we compare IBM's Watson to HAL 9000, a supercomputer that won a rap battle against Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. I promise it makes sense.Utah monolith: Has the mysterious metal object disappeared? - BBC NewsSteve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Epic Rap Battles of History - YouTubeMatt's Links:The VOD SquadYouTubeSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I don't know how to put this, but I'm kind of a big deal. Sarah Lane from the Daily Tech News Show and Have Such A Good Day joins us to talk about Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and we talk about how this movie exposes how sexist news stations in the 70s used to be through the use of comedy, but do the jokes still land in 2022? Plus, Sarah tells us how she got into broadcasting and how playing around with a camera and microphone as a kid got her to where she is today and it turns out there's more truth to the news station brawl scene than you might realize at first.10 Anchorman Memes That Are Too Hilarious For Words | ScreenRantThe Ron Burgundy PodcastSarah's Links:Daily Tech News ShowHave Such A Good DayTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Uh oh, sounds like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays! We are joined by Preston Monroe, the creator of the modern version of Showbot.tv to discuss the movie Office Space! We talk about how this movie has all the tropes of working an office job from the printer constantly not working to the cat and mouse game of having to bounce back and forth from HR to the boss and back to HR to address an issue. Preston shares his own stories from working an actual office job and how they compare to the movie. Plus, Preston has some useful tips on how to escape work early and Willie has a major problem with Peter's careless attitude about showing up late to work, Preston provides some insight on why it's actually super difficult to get fired from an office job.If you are having suicidal thoughts, there is help out there for you. Please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline available 24 hours a day at SuicidePreventionLifeline.org or by calling 1-800-273-8255.Mike Judge - Office Space featuring MiltonPreston's Links:Showbot.tvBiocow.comTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Witness me! *thud* Mediocre! We are joined by the founder of the Frogpants network Scott Johnson to discuss the movie Mad Max: Fury Road! We talk about how there aren't many details given about who Mad Max is, the universe he's in and why he's on the run from Immortan Joe, Scott explains why the lack of information and context actually makes the movie more enjoyable for him. Plus, we speculate whether Immortan Joe is a king, a dictator or is he actually a god and Scott has mentioned many times that this particular movie is his favorite movie in all of cinema, he explains once and for all why.Scott's Links:FROGPANTSFilmSackTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I am a meat popsicle. Brian Kofford joins the show to discuss The Fifth Element and it's another opportunity to talk about what Hollywood thought the future would look like in 2263. With discussions ranging from predicting the future before smartphones, all the way to flyup food carts, is there anything they got right or will this movie be a laughing stock in 2263? Plus, why don't Cornelius and David trust Korben right away and try to follow through with the plan without him and have power dynamics finally been resolved in 2263?Brian's Links:TwitchTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are the cookies made from real Girl Scouts? Fresh off of her stint as an America's Next Top Podcaster contestant, we are joined by season 4 runner up September McCrady to discuss the movie The Addams Family. We talk about the comic strips and television series that preceded this movie, is the movie an homage to those previous mediums or is it a whole new take? Plus, there is one particular moment in the movie where you know for sure that Gordon is actually the real Fester, we'll tell you what scene that is and is the lawyer the one who's actually trying to rip off The Addams Family?Bermuda Triangle - RationalWikiSeptember's Links:Nineof12.comAmerica's Next Top PodcasterTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I ain't heard no fat lady! Forget the fat lady. You're obsessed with fat lady. Drive us out of here! Anthony Lemos from the Ritual Misery podcast joins the show as we discuss the movie Independence Day and we discuss from a military perspective why it seems that Captain Hiller is the only one to eject out of his fighter jet and why it's important for military members to not give up until there's no other option on the table. Plus, politicians do be lying sometimes and this movie perfectly showcases this, we explain why and this movie was supposed to be shown on television but it was pulled from the line up, but not for the reasons you might think.Amos's Links:Ritual MiseryAnthonyLemos.comTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She broke the cardinal rule. Don't f**k with people that handle your food. We are joined this week by Internet superstar Justin Robert Young to discuss the 2005 independent film Waiting... and we recount some of our own restaurant stories and rank which restaurant job is the best to work. Plus, do restaurant workers have it easier than retail workers and are dumpster meetings a real thing?Justin's Links:We're Not WrongWorld's Greatest ConPolitics Politics PoliticsGreat NightTwitchTwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wakanda forever! This week we are concluding Marvel Month on Cinemavention by talking about the movie Black Panther. We are joined by Owen JJ Stone from IQMZ.com and we talk about how T'Challa's bloodline keeps winning the throne of Wakanda but we theorize on what happens if someone from another tribe wins. Can it still be called the Black Panther? Plus, what happens to the Black Panther powers moving forward now that the flowers that give the powers have all been burned and what exactly is Killmonger's title, is he a villain or is he more of an anti-hero?Owen's Links:IQMZ.comTwitterInstagramSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are Groot! Marvel Month on Cinemavention continues on and we have our very first in studio appearance in the show's history from regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles at the 2rd annual Turtle Daze in Fort Wayne! This week we talk about the movie Guardians of the Galaxy and how Thanos is in both the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy universes. Do The Avengers know about The Guardians of the Galaxy and are the two universes connected? Plus, Willie argues that Drax the Destroyer is responsible for The Guardians losing the orb to Ronan and he'll explain why, and why does Peter refuse to hold his mother's hand?Spotify – Awesome Mix Vol.1 & 2Dolan's Links:TwitterInstagramTwitchSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Avengers Assemble! We are continuing Marvel Month on Cinemavention by talking about the biggest MCU movie in the franchise, The Avengers! We are joined by Naaim Siddiqi from the RBaseball Weekly podcast and we talk about why we skipped a lot of the movies in Phase 1 of the MCU. Is it possible to do so or is some of the backstory of previous movies needed to understand this movie? Plus, betcha didn't know that NASA is the government agency that has the most influence in Hollywood movies beating out The Pentagon and there's a social media site for movies? Naaim tells us all about this social network for keeping track of movies that you may not have known about.Plum Brook Station Goes Hollywood for Avengers Filming | NASA‎cinemavention’s profile • LetterboxdNaaim's Links:RBaseball WeeklyTwitterTikTokSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What am I supposed to tell the press? Training exercise. Isn't that the usual BS? It's the start of Marvel Month on Cinemavention, and to kick things off, we are joined by Jeffrey Sax and Tom DiGianvittorio to discuss the movie Iron Man. Spoiler alert on Willie's opinion about the movie since he forgot to mention it during the episode, he gave the movie a thumbs up, but could the MCU as we know it existed without Iron Man doing well in the box office? Plus, these terrorists at first glance seem to be really dumb for not killing Tony Stark, but we explain why it's not in their best interest to do so and who remembers MySpace? Ahh, the good 'ole days of social media.Differences Between the Movie and the Comics:Thanks to MaxTrollbot in the Cinemavention Discord for providing this insight!- Tony Stark is head of Stane International which takes over Stark industries with the secret help of SHIELD and drives Tony into becoming a homeless alcoholic while Rhodes has to fight Stane..- But the way they do it in the movie is soo much simpler, even though it never really addresses how Tony manages to get back control of Stark Industries. I mean, you don't get to be the CEO again just because you killed the guy who took the job from you. And it's doubtful that the board would be eager to reinstate Tony since he still doesn't want to make weapons.- Also, Stane's minions are called Chessmen for some reason.- In the comics he's a strategist, the closest allusion in the movie to his chess obsession is when he asks Pepper for the paper so he can do the puzzle.- He really was a minor, third-tier villain even by Iron Man standards.Kent's full email about Forrest GumpJeff's TwitterTom's TwitterSupport the show on Patreon!Join the watch party for the next movie!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.