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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 … Continue reading Episode 75: Avengers: Endgame

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 … Continue reading Episode 74: Avengers: Infinity War

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 … Continue reading Episode 73: Thor: Ragnarok

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 … Continue reading Episode 72: Captain America: Civil War

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 … Continue reading Episode 71: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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 … Continue reading Episode 70: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

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 … Continue reading Episode 69: Deadpool

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 … Continue reading Episode 68: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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 … Continue reading Episode 67: The Matrix

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 … Continue reading Episode 66: The Hunt for Red October

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 … Continue reading Episode 59: House Party (1990)

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 … Continue reading Episode 58: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

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 … Continue reading Episode 57: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

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 … Continue reading Episode 56: Gremlins

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! … Continue reading Episode 55: Die Hard 2

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 … Continue reading Episode 54: The Santa Clause

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 … Continue reading Episode 53: Elf

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 … Continue reading Episode 52: Home Alone

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. … Continue reading Episode 51: Napoleon Dynamite

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 … Continue reading Episode 50: Planes, Trains And Automobiles

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 fucking dead. *thud* Regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles is back to begin our spooky month of movies, beginning with Final Destination. Did you know … Continue reading Episode 40: Final Destination

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 … Continue reading Episode 39: Grease

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 … Continue reading Episode 38: 2001: A Space Odyssey

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 … Continue reading Episode 37: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

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 … Continue reading Episode 36: Office Space

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 … Continue reading Episode 35: Mad Max: Fury Road

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 … Continue reading Episode 34: The Fifth Element

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 … Continue reading Episode 33: The Addams Family (1991)

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 … Continue reading Episode 32: Independence Day

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 … Continue reading Episode 31: Waiting…

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 … Continue reading Episode 30: Black Panther

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 … Continue reading Episode 29: Guardians of the Galaxy

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 … Continue reading Episode 28: The Avengers (2012)

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 … Continue reading Episode 27: Iron Man (2008)

May the 4th be with you! We are joined once again by Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast to discuss the most anticipated movie we've ever covered on this show Star Wars, more specifically, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope! With the pervasive knowledge of Star Wars in pop culture and with … Continue reading Episode 26: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

I see you shiver with antici…pation. Curley from Drunk Kids Gaming is here to talk about The Rocky Horror Picture Show and how progressive this movie was and how well ahead of its time it was when it came to the acceptance of bisexuality, sexual liberation, drag and so much more. Plus, which character would Willie dress up as … Continue reading Episode 25: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. Guest host Dolan Moles joins us to discuss the movie Forrest Gump and we talk about how developmental disability acceptance has progressed so much in the span of 40 years. Plus, we discover why 9/11 indirectly contributed to a Forrest Gump sequel being … Continue reading Episode 24: Forrest Gump

You're not much of a detective, are you? Well, to be fair, you make a pretty lousy murderer. Samuel Lewis of The Samcast Network joins us to talk about the movie Knives Out and this movie is a recent pick and a departure of a typical Cinemavention movie selection. Why exactly are we covering this recent of a movie? … Continue reading Episode 23: Knives Out

I am NOT intoxicated…yet! We are joined by Clyde Harvey from The VOD Squad and Diamond Club Movie Party to talk about the movie McLintock and Clyde and Willie have a discussion about whether this movie has aged well and how it dealt with stereotypes and political correctness and Clyde makes the case for why … Continue reading Episode 22: McLintock!

Watch Part 1 first! Self improvement is masturbation. We're back again with Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast to continue our conversation about the movie Fight Club and this time we talk about a mental disorder called dissociative identity disorder and how the Narrator and Tyler Durden exhibit similar behavior and why that's important … Continue reading Episode 21: Fight Club Part 2

Bob has bitch tits. Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast joins us once again to talk about the cult classic Fight Club and we try and figure out why the Narrator is upset about Marla doing the exact same thing he's doing and going to support groups, is Marla calling the Narrator's hypocrisy? Plus, … Continue reading Episode 20: Fight Club

Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one. Samuel Lewis of The Samcast Network and regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles are back once again to continue our conversation and talk about Back to the Future Part III and how Doc's love interest Clara gets to come back to 1985, … Continue reading Episode 19: Back to the Future Part III