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Well it's been over three months since our last show and with the shelter in place order it may be a while longer before we get back on schedule.  In the mean time here's an update, a tribute to Dickie Goodman, and a bit of humor to help lighten the mood in these dark times.

Cinema Toast Crunch hits its milestone 200th episode this time with possibly the greatest film of all time, Citizen Kane.  Plus new release news.

What's a Thanksgiving with out some leftover turkey?  This week we have a battleship sized turkey in the 1957 classic The Giant Claw.  We also discuss new releases.

Recorded on Thanksgiving day, it's a full house as we discuss We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story.  Plus new release news, Brett's take on Knives Out and who we lost in the world of entertainment last week.

The CTC crew offers a bonus episode this week featuring our take on Walt Disney's The Fox And The Hound.  It's a slim trim episode with just the movie talk and what we watched last week.

This week we've got a short show as Garvis 2 is flying solo.  He discusses Ron Howard's directorial debut for Roger Corman, Grand Theft Auto.  Also a look at new releases on home video and in theaters.

This week step back to 1971 and meet one of the most iconic characters of the day, Billy Jack.  With his kung fu moves and sense of justice, Billy was the perfect hero for those turbulent times.  Plus new release news.

It's a listener request this week as we examine The Manchurian Candidate from 1962.  Also new release news, celebrity deaths, and a quick review of The Banana Splits Movie.

This week we close out our Halloween horrors month with 2005's monsters in the underground cave saga, The Cave.  We also discuss what's new in theaters and on home video and who we lost in the industry this last week which leads to a discussion of Days of Our Lives.

Here's a little something extra for your trick or treat pail, a bonus episode of Creatures From The Features discussing Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in the 1931 Universal classic.  Enjoy!  Also thanks to Mattia Capelli for the CFTF theme music.

Our month of Halloween horror continues this week with Michael Dougherty's Trick R Treat.  Also new release news and a tribute to Elijah Cummings and Bill Macy.

Our next entry in the annual Halloween Horror marathon is a lesser known cult classic, Pontypool.  The whole crew is here for pre-show, but Garvis 3 and Kayla leave Brett and Garvis 2 to discuss the word virus zombie siege of Bruce McDonald's film.  Plus new releases and a tribute to Robert Forster.    

This time the CTC crew examines the 1960 French shocker, Eyes Without A Face in a bonus episode for our Halloween Horrors month.  Plus Brett discusses Joker, the origin film for comics' most famous villain.

This week we have a listener request, Possum, which she described as being really bad and the worst.  But is it?  Or is Possum a very effective symbolic nightmare transferred to film?  We watch and discuss.  Also a tribute to Rip Taylor and Diahann Carroll and new release news.

Okay this was supposed to be episode 189 Hereditary, but a batch of squealing kittens that had been abandoned by their momma demanded some bottle feeding instead.  Here's Brett's comments on several new releases and recently reviewed films as a companion piece to episode 188.  Enjoy.

It's October and that means it's time to kick off our month of Halloween horror treats.  Kicking us off is John Carpenter's classic The Thing.  Based on the short story Who Goes There and the original movie The Thing From Another World, this one amps up the gore and the violence in a move that polarized audiences back in 1982.  Also new release news.

Hey you guys, this week Kayla has us watch The Goonies.  Also new release news and a tribute to Sid Haig.

This week there's a pledge pin on our podcast as we look at the classic frat comedy National Lampoon's Animal House.  Plus new release news and all our regular features, plus a discussion of The Hulk in comics and the Saint Albans Mall Twin Cinemas.

Garvis 2 is flying solo again this week with a look at the newest film in the MIB franchise, Men In Black: International.  We also talk about new releases and recent celebrity passings.

It's another week in the lava as the CTC crew compare Dante's Peak to last week's other Volcano movie.  Plus new release news and celebrity obits including Valerie Harper and Terrance Dicks.

The heat of summer can't compare to the heat of hot lava as the CTC crew checks out Volcano.  Plus new release news.

This week CTC takes a look back at the medieval action romance with modern rock music known as A Knight's Tale.  Also we say goodbye to Peter Fonda and Richard Williams while also looking at the week's new releases.

After taking a week off CTC is back with the serial killer thriller The Mean Season.  Also we have our new release news for home video and theaters.

CTC jumps back into the world of independent small to micro-budget films with Mike Finazzo's relationship examination Bored In The USA.  Also new release news, celebrity obituaries, and a discussion of The Boys.

CTC is going back in the water to talk about Joe Dante's 1978 Jaws spoof Piranha.  The toothy characters inspired a sequel from James Cameron and a remake from Alexandre Aja, director of Crawl.  It's classic Roger Corman produced gold.  Plus new release news.

This week the CTC crew dives in to a discussion of Jaws.  Garvis2 recounts what it was like watching it in the theater on opening weekend while Garvis3 and Kayla discuss discovering it on TV and home video.  Also new release news.

This week the CTC crew take a look at John Carpenter's classic suspense thriller Assault On Precinct 13.  We also discuss new releases and celebrity deaths from the last week including a tribute to the late great Rip Torn.

For Independence Day weekend the CTC crew decided to take in The Patriot.  We also discuss new releases and recent celebrity deaths and Garvis 2 reports on watching Avengers Endgame at the newly opened La Belle theater for only $4 a ticket.

This week Brett rejoins us to discuss Roger Corman's classic car race exploitation drive-in classic Death Race 2000.  Plus new release news, celebrity deaths, and what have we watched recently.  Also Brett tells us all about the Criterion channel.

There has been a race delay, a Death Race 2000 delay and after the discussion of what's new in home video and at theaters this week, Garvis 2 is flying solo with a review of the 1932 John Wayne western, The Big Stampede.

This week CTC puts out the PRIDE flag and discusses the 1978 French farce, La Cage Aux Folles, the film that inspired Robin Williams and Nathan Lane's film The Birdcage.  Plus new releases and celebrity obits.

CTC kicks off the warmer months with the hot and steamy noir of Body Heat from 1981.  We also cover the new releases in theaters and on home video.

This week the CTC crew takes on Godzilla King of the Monsters and his partners in kaiju chaos.  Plus new release news and celebrity obits.

It's time for another special episode.  This one highlights Godzilla as he prepares to launch his newest film.  We discuss the king of kaiju (and what is a kaiju) as well as how Godzilla has touched our lives.

This week CTC goes down the rabbit hole that is Donnie Darko.  This modern cult film gets a mixed reaction and a wish to pick the director's brain.  Plus new releases and our final farewell to Grumpy Cat.

A late posting due to power outages and sickness.  This week the CTC crew looks at Frank Oz's 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives.  Plus new releases and a tribute to Tim Conway and Doris Day.

This week the CTC crew dives into the comedy about minor league hockey in the 1970s, Slap Shot.  Filled with raunchy humor and excessive foul language for the time, how does it stand up today?  Also a tribute to Peter Mayhew and new release news.

This week CTC takes a look at a film suggested by a listener, Everything Is Illuminated.  We also have our regular features including new releases and celebrity deaths including a farewell to John Singleton.

Following hot on the heels of our Infinity War special, the CTC crew takes a long in depth and spoiler filled look at Avengers Endgame, the latest film in the MCU.  We still make time for our regular features, but this is a long one and once again filled with SPOILERS.

Avengers Endgame opens tonight, so the CTC crew decided to brush up with a viewing of Infinity War before the big event.  We discuss the future of the MCU, Thanos in the comics, and for some reason monster cereals.

Spring is the time for weddings so the CTC crew spends the night with the Bride of the Gorilla from 1951.  We also discuss celebrity deaths and new releases.

This week the CTC crew takes a look at the biblical epic The Ten Commandments just in time for Easter.  We also discuss new releases and celebrity deaths.

Are you ready for a ghost story?  This week CTC looks back at John Carpenter's follow up to Halloween, The Fog.  We also discuss Easter films, new releases, and people we've lost.  Garvis 2 sings the praises of Curfew on the Sky network.

It's another independent filmmaker spotlight as we discuss David Noel Bourke's film Bakerman.  This Danish film follows Jens, a man living by himself and coping with OCD.  When he finally snaps in a moment of frustration his world begins to change.  Also new release news, a tribute to Larry Cohen, and the strange connection between George Romero and Digimon.

This week CTC discusses Toho Pictures film Gorath about a star hurtling towards earth.  Oh and there's a giant rubber suited walrus monster for about 4 minutes as well.  All this plus new releases and a final goodbye to Community's Leonard.

This week the CTC crew discusses Ginger Snaps the tale of two sisters, one of who happens to be a werewolf.  We also have our regular features of Celebrity Obituaries and New Releases.

This time we have a special episode covering Marvel's Captain Marvel starring Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson.  Garvis 2, Garvis 3, and Kayla are joined by Vrie for a discussion of the latest entry in the MCU and a look back at her history in comics.

This week CTC looks back at the Coen Brothers classic Raising Arizona.  Plus new release news and celebrity deaths.

This week the CTC crew looks at how we did with our Oscar predictions and discuss the original Shaft from 1971.  All this plus new release news and Hollywood obits.

After a week off for illness we're back with our look at 1995's Braveheart from Mel Gibson.  Plus we have our Oscar predictions and new release news.

Oscar month rolls on as the CTC crew takes a look at 1939's Gone With The Wind.  There's a nearly 4 hour running time and controversial racial messaging, so can it still hold up in today's fast paced, politically correct world?  Also new releases, the DGA winners, and a tribute to Julie Adams, the Creature's best girl.