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Well J.Lo and behold, the summer is over, fall (TV) is here and the QuaranCinema is back open for bid'ness! After a summer break, Sarah and Ricky have returned to catch you up on all the hot movies and TV they've hollered at like... SUMMER OF SOUL (streaming on Hulu), WEREWOLVES WITHIN (available to rent SVOD), and "Only Murders In The Building" (that new Steve-Martin-Short show, also streaming on Hulu). They also shake off the summer and fire up the pumpkin spice sweetness in the form of...  Michael Mann's HEAT (1995) CLOCKWATCHERS (1997) Dr. Death on PEACOCK (2021) Field of Dreams MLB event (2021) The new MATRIX  movie... this fall on Home Box Office Maximus!   

This week, Sarah and Ricky do a deep dive on the deep dish pizza they ate while digesting Melissa McCarthy's and Octavia Spencer's new Netflix joint, THUNDER FORCE! In the process, they also wind up talking about.... Downtown Chicago and Midtown Manhattan DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF  Veep, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus Falcon & The Winter Soldier, streaming on Disney Plus Mystery Science Theater 3000! Next week tho... “GET OVER HERE!” for MORTAL KOMBAT! (streaming on HBOMAX)

Sarah and Ricky holler about KING KONG VS. GODZILLA, streaming on HB through April 30th. They also talk about their favorite movie trailers, as well as SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER, "Veep," "Made For Love," LETHAL WEAPON, BEVERLY HILLS COP II, DIE HARD 2, and other odds and ends!   

Ricky and Sarah discuss Oscar nominees MINARI, NOMADLAND, and THE SOUND OF METAL. They also talk about hotel TV, Jim Carrey, and the White Sox now that the baseball season has opened! Tune in next week to hear that chat all things GODZILLA VS. KONG, now streaming on HBO MAX!

This week at the QuaranCinema, Sarah and Ricky spend 4 hours and 2 minutes with Zack Snyder's Justice League (streaming on HBOMAX) and not a minute more..... maybe a few more if you pulled an All Nighter Snyder like Ricky did.  Was it worth it? Oh they got thoughts! They also talk about the legend that was Yaphet Kotto, director's cuts, troubled productions, the Snyderverse, multiverses, and completely forget to mention that the craziest thing about ZSJL is IT'S SHOT IN 4:3 WTF ZS!?!?

This week at the QuaranCinema, cue up The Go-Go's and grab a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos because Sarah and Ricky are heading to Tucson, Arizona for Romy & Michelle's High School reunion!  Sarah talks about her love for the 1997 comedy, Ricky talks about his love of 90s soundtracks, and both agree that Wang Chung's Dance Hall Days is still a banger.  They also share their thoughts on this year's Oscar noms, their favorite quotable movies, and their own BFF's.

In the soulful words of Reverend Brown, “I don't know what you came to do but

This week Sarah and Ricky sat down on their couch to be dazzled by Denzel, but instead they watched #THE LITTLETHINGS (currently streaming on #HBOMAX). They talk all things Denzel; what franchise would we like to see Denzel join? Which directors would we like to see Denzel work with? What non-Denzel role would we want Denzel to take on? It's all day Denzel up in the #QuaranCinema! TACO BELL HAS IMPOSSIBLE MEAT! THE ACCOUNTANT, starring BEN AFFLECK MUHAMMAD ALI…. THE REAL GOAT DAVID FINCHER'S SEVEN MINDHUNTER on NETFLIX COLUMBO SERPICO JACKIE BROWN TAXI DRIVER DONNIE BRASCO FRIGHT NIGHT — the original and the 2011 remake starring COLIN FARRELL GROUNDHOG DAY! WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL Stephen King's THE STAND on CBS TREME on HBO SOMEBODY FEED PHIL! NEXT WEEK: JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH, PLUS RZA'S NEW JOINT CUT THROAT CITY!! STAY SAFE AND WEAR A MASK!!!  

It's getting jazzy up in the QuaranCinema! Gavin Newson re-opened California, but Sarah and Ricky are still under lockdown and they are back on the couch to discuss the newest animated joint from Pixar, SOUL, which is currently streaming on Disney Plus! They also holler about all the new old TV shows they're streaming in 2021—and wind up touching on the following gems: The Inauguration of President Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris  Amanda Gorman Lady Gaga Pixar's UP Disney's COCO RICOCHET MO' BETTER BLUES ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI HBO's Tremé            

Merry Christmas and Merry New Year from the QuaranCinema! This week, Ricky and Sarah dive into Mario Puzo's The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The QuaranCinema Crew also holler about Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Sofia Coppola, Diane Keaton, Arrested Development, The X-Files, Get Shorty, Disney's Mulan, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Wonder Woman!   

This week at the QuaranCinema, Sarah and Ricky treat themselves to the 1992 Eddie Murphy classic BOOMERANG. And lest we forget, this joint also stars Robin Givens, Halle Berry, David Alan Grier, Martin Lawrence, and the list excellently goes on.  If you've been waiting for the episode where you'd be regaled with tales of double dipping McRibs and PM Dawn crooning, then—J. Lo and behold—the wait is over! Sarah and Ricky also wind up discussing.... GALAXY QUEST Dealing with regular colds in times of COVID... Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates! A FISH CALLED WANDA THE X FILES, MULDER, DAVID DUCHOVNY  MIKE TYSON vs. ROY JONES Jr. NATE ROBINSON THE LONG SHOT JUNE DIANE RAPHAEL AMERICAN UTOPIA  THE TALKING HEADS SPIKE LEE THE NEW YORK KNICKS FREAKY THE CROWN BROADCHURCH DAVID TENNANT MARIO PUZO'S THE GODFATHER CODA FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA MEL BROOKS' SPACEBALLS and last but not least... VICKS VAPOR RUB!

Ricky Carmona and Sarah Morisano welcome you back to the QuaranCinema! This week, they discuss GALAXY QUEST, directed by Dean Parisot with a monster cast featuring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shaloub, Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, and Sam Rockwell. Ricky and Sarah also holler about Eddie Murphy, Coming 2 America, Dolemite, AND MORE! 

It's a Halloween broomhaha this week at the QuaranCinema! Ricky Carmona and Sarah Morisano celebrate the spooky safely at home with a screening of Robert Zemeckis' THE WITCHES, starring Octavia Spencer, Chris Rock and Anne Hathaway. Ricky and Sarah also talk about the following dope ass odds and ends: BEVERLY HILLS COP I and II THE X-FILES FILES with Kumail Nanjiani THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF IT FOLLOWS BRIGHT LIGHTS: STARRING CARRIE FISHER & DEBBIE REYNOLDS POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE THE APARTMENT directed by BILLY WILDER A FISH CALLED WANDA starring KEVIN KLINE NEXT WEEK! We'll be watching Eddie Murphy's BOOMERANG! Streaming on Netflix and available for VOD wherever you rent movies!

Ricky Carmona and Sarah Morisano take a virtual trip up to San Francisco to discuss David Fincher's THE GAME, which is currently streaming on Starz and available on Blu Ray from the Criterion Collection. Ricky and Sarah also holler about the following jawns this week: ZODIAC AFTER HOURS JAWS HEATHERS JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY starring Michael Keaton BATMAN SAN FRANCISCO vs. DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES EXPENSIVE CHEESEBURGERS WAR OF THE WORLDS TOM CRUISE DARKMAN starring Liam Neeson and Frances MacDormand THE HIDDEN starring Kyle MacLachlan FRED 62's TWIN PEAKS THE X FILES

Ricky Carmona and Sarah Morisano discuss Albert Brooks' 1991 DEFENDING YOUR LIFE this week at the Quarancinema. Starring Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Buck Henry, and Lee Pace and streaming on the Criterion Collection until the end of October 2020. Ricky and Sarah also holler about... VOTING! Vote early (but not often), folks! COMING 2 AMERICA will drop on Amazon this December! ALL ABOUT EVE turns 70 this year!  Christopher Nolan's TENET! GROUNDHOG DAY Martin Short's JIMINY GLICK David Fincher, ZODIAC, GONE GIRL and SEVEN RAY LIOTTA! Wes Craven's A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

Tom Cruise isn't the only one who's been to the movies lately! This week, Sarah and Ricky hopped in their hoo'ride and headed out to the drive-in to see TENET... the new Christopher Nolan joint that's notoriously only in theaters! We also holler about.... The Safari Inn! Patricia Arquette and James Gandolfini in TRUE ROMANCE "The Morning Show" on Apple+ Holly Hunter in BROADCAST NEWS Kristina Longworth's "You Must Remember This"

Coming Soon to the QuaranCinema in October... TENET! DEFENDING YOUR LIFE! THE GAME! And maybe possibly some scary movies cause it's somehow already Halloween! Fire up your corn dogs and get your watchlists in order... it's the QuaranCinema October trailer! 

Ricky and Sarah mourn the untimely passing of King Chadwick Boseman—a real life superhero who embodied Black excellence and refused to perpetuate negative Black stereotypes. His legacy will live on... One good thing 2020 has brought us, though? A new, perfectly modernized Bill & Ted movie starring...Bill and Ted, played faithfully by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, aka JOHN WICK! Sarah and Ricky play non-stop air guitar while hollering about BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC, what made it great, and why Dennis Caleb McCoy is so gd funny. ...San Dimas High School Football Rules! 

Ricky and Sarah holler at the new Jamie Foxx Netflix joint, PROJECT POWER, and other movies put out by the streaming giant such as DA FIVE BLOODS starring Chadwick Boseman, THE OLD GUARD, ROMA, and... BIRD BOX! Ricky also gets up close and personal with a harrowing tale of back pain in the time of quarantine and Sarah admits she doesn't know how to quit DOWNTON ABBEY...  Next episode... later this week... BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC!!!

This week at the QuaranCinema! When Sarah and Ricky aren't helping Rosie Perez fulfill her destiny to triumph magnificently on Jeopardy, they play a little 2-on-2 bball against Woody and Wesley in the L.A. sports classic White Men Can't Jump (available to rent on VOD). Plus, a somber ass Brad Pitt teaches them the rules of Moneyball (currently streaming on Starz). Sarah and Ricky also welcome the historic VP nomination of Kamala Harris, give even MORE props to the legend Elizabeth Peña, and last pero tambien not least they reveal which one of their mother's is an astronaut! And don't forget about next week, when Sarah and Ricky will be talking about PROJECT POWER, the new Jamie Foxx Netflix joint, so tune into that before listening, ya heard?

This week at the QuaranCinema, Sarah and Ricky get some "ganas" from Kemo AKA Jaime Escalante AKA Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips in STAND & DELIVER (currently streaming on Netflix). Then, why stop after a taste of just a lil' Diamond Phillips? Answer, you don't! They follow it up with the LDP joint LA BAMBA (currently streaming on Starz). Sarah and Ricky also holler about... - Comedian Chris Garcia!   - Oprah... Breonna Taylor on the cover of O Magazine   - The Latino Mantle of Greatness featuring Esai Morales, Elizabeth Peña, Andy Garcia....   - The premiere of the Golden Chankleta Award!   - Pero claro, The Latino Mantle Of Greatness also includes Edward James Olmos...   - Ricky's movie-going experiences in Colombia   - High School Movie Teachers... Carl Reiner's SUMMER SCHOOL! and FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH!   - Plus, Ricky dishes on why John Hughes High School Movies ain't shit!    -Wear a mask! 

This week at the QuaranCinema, it's out with the new guard and, in with The Old Guard (currently streaming on Netflix)! Sarah and Ricky also take a little time off to Palm Springs (currently streaming on Hulu) all whilst never leaving the couch. They did leave their couch this week though, safely and wearing the dopest of masks, for a trip to the Mission Tiki Drive-In. Plus they talk about the dopeness that is Kiki Layne, Cloud Atlas, Inception, Interstellar, Groundhog Day, The Graduate, and arresting the cops who murdered Breonna Taylor. 

It's been a minute, good people, but the QuaranCinema has reopened! This week Sarah and Ricky discuss DA FIVE BLOODS, Spike Lee's new Netflix joint. They also holler about... -Aspect ratios! -Oliver Stone -Delroy Lindo -Muhammad Ali -Angela Davis -MALCOLM X -Dave Chappelle -KING OF STATEN ISLAND -FROM DUSK TIL DAWN

This week, good people, we talk ABOVE THE RIM and PERMANENT MIDNIGHT. Sarah calls herself out for own her comments on racism during our DJANGO UNCHAINED discussion (episode 6) and Ricky continues to holler about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. They also sing A LOT in this episode...  Here are some other dope ass movies, books and people we mention in this episode: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD WHITE FRAGILITY by ROBIN DiANGELO WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP THE WOLF OF WALL STREET THE LAST DANCE PHIL JACKSON DENNIS RODMAN LA BAMBA PUNCH DRUNK LOVE BOOMERANG METRO NEW JACK CITY BOOTY CALL ANY GIVEN SUNDAY CJ SULLIVAN SPACE JAM MEAN GIRLS

This week at the QuaranCinema—aka Ricky and Sarah's couch—We talk about John Carpenter's 1981 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and the second film in the Bill & Ted franchise: 1991's BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY. Both movies are currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

This week at the QuaranCinema, oh my! Sarah and Ricky decided to have some Cafe Bustelo before they talked into microphones and people, Cafe Bustelo energia is the truth! When they weren't tweaking Sarah and Ricky discuss Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED, currently streaming on Netflix, and the Pam Grier classic FOXY BROWN, currently streaming on the Criterion Channel. Plus, Ricky and Sarah talk about the best Christmas Day present is a Christmas Day movie release, revenge movies and which Foxy Brown outfit to exact your revenge in, and did we mention they were sweating coffee bullets during this recording? Stay safe, stay inside, and stay hydrated on more than just pure Cuban liquid gold!

This week at the QuaranCinema, Ricky and Sarah breakdown Sydney Pollack's 1975 THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, currently streaming on Criterion Channel, and Nicholas Meyer's 1982 sci-fi classic STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN. Sarah discovers Spock is Jewish and Ricky ponders more diverse casting what-ifs for predominantly white films. They also discuss Brad Pitt vs. Redford, Bette Davis vs. Joan Crawford, the Chicago White Sox, and how they brought the MLB to their living room for a safer-at-home day at the ballpark since baseball has been canceled due to the pandemic. 

This week's double feature is a fun one: Stephen Chow's 2004 KUNG FU HUSTLE and Bong Joon-Ho's 2006 THE HOST. Ricky and Sarah also discuss "The Last Dance," the new Michael Jordan doc on ESPN, Mike Rapaport (where you at, Rapaport!), Kathleen Turner, and PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED versus BACK TO THE FUTURE. It's a dope one, check it out and stay safe under lockdown! 

We're three weeks into watching ALL the movies! Ricky Carmona and Sarah Morisano discuss 2008's MAD MONEY, 2019's PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, their favorite heist films, at-home yoga, and zoom karaoke! This episode includes a special shout-out to friend of the pod, Drea Clark, co-host of Who Shot Ya?!

Another week under quarantine, another week of film nerds watching movies. This week, Ricky and Sarah discuss two of John Leguizamo's most celebrated movies—TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, JULIE NEWMAR (1995) and SUMMER OF SAM (1999)—along with other odds and ends. SCOUT, our canine co-host and four-legged friend of the pod, makes a special appearance on this one. Check it! 

Sarah and Ricky's first episode is a triple feature recommendation of movies to watch at home if trending titles like CONTAGION and OUTBREAK are a bit too real right now. They quaranscreened THE DESCENT, SIGNS and A QUIET PLACE, movies that deal with isolation and infrastructure failure in a more metaphoric, more artistic sort of way...  Next week, they'll be quaranscreening SUMMER OF SAM and TO WONG FOO THANKS FOR EVERYTHING JULIE NEWMAR, so you can quaranstream those at home before tuning in! 

Comedian Valerie Tosi talks about how having a crush alters her behavior, why her crushes usually think she doesn't like them, and the 90s actor that caught her eye as a kid growing up in New England. We also talk about Catherine O'Hara and Schitt's Creek because Valerie knows what's up! 

Friend of the pod Ricky Carmona kicks off a new season of CRUSHED and ranks his favorite movies of the last decade. 

Happy Friday the 13th! This week, comedian and writer Chris Walsh stops by CRUSHED to pay homage to horror movies and his favorite film franchise—Friday the 13th! 

Film critic Alonso Duralde (The Wrap, Linoleum Knife, Who Shot Ya?) literally wrote the book on Christmas movies... In this very special "It's Thanksgiving, so fire up the Christmas movies!"-episode of CRUSHED, Alonso reviews Sarah's favorite Christmas movies, talks about his own favorite Christmas movies, and his book Have Yourself A Movie Little Christmas!

TV writer Sam Jarvis (Dollface, Tosh.0) shares her childhood crushes, up to and including Jonathan Taylor Thomas! We also talk TV show crushes like Schitt’s Creek and Gilmore Girls, and Sam breaks down for us why being "crushworthy" is all a state of mind. 

Lindsay Ames, comedian and host of Make That Sandwich, stops by CRUSHED to talk about camp crushes, comedy crushes, commercial audition nightmares, Australian Survivor, and her favorite ghost hunter TV shows.

It's our Halloween episode and this week we have comedian and TV producer Sharon Houston spilling the TEA on her #1 comedy crush! Sister names NAMES here and makes herself vulnerable in a spooooky way that would terrify most people! ...Can you tell it's our Halloween episode? We also talk about thriving in FWB situations (that's Friends with Bennies), spotting scary ass red flags in someone you're dating, and the actual ghost that haunted Sharon's rent-controlled NYC apartment in Hell's Kitchen.

Comedian Joe Dosch (Roast Battle) talks about growing up in rural South Dakota, studying film in Montana, comedy crushes, and pursuing standup in Los Angeles. We also discuss The Comedy Store, Bill Hicks, Jamar Neighbors, why the scarcity mentality doesn't work, and the importance of positive affirmations to counteract self-doubt. 

Filmmaker and movie buff Kate Freund ("Creepshow" on Shudder) talks about crushes she had while growing up in Topanga and attending high school in Malibu, her favorite filmmakers, film genres and dispenses some dope advice on how to make yourself more "crush-worthy." 

Actress Marché Howell talks about crushes, playing basketball, UT Austin, acting, comedy, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, how she manages anxiety and why dancing can be a spiritual practice. 

In this delightful episode dedicated entirely to the Purple One, writer and TV showrunner Caissie St. Onge talks about one of her greatest crushes of all time—PRINCE! 

In part two of this two part series, Ricky Carmona (Tosh.0, Who Shot Ya?) comes back to CRUSHED to talk TV! We tackle the following TV crush categories: Will They, Won't They? Storyline Crushes TV Couple Crushes TV Villain Crushes  TV Writer Crushes TV Theme Song Crushes TV Score Crushes and finally.... GREATEST TV SHOW OF ALL TIME CRUSH!   NEW THEME SONG ALERT! Super excited to now have "Streets of NY" by Donell Mase on CRUSHED! Shout out to Epidemic Sound for the new tunes. Hope you enjoy these new TV Crush episodes and the new music. Please leave a review and let me know what you think! 

In part one of this two part series, Ricky Carmona (Tosh.0, Who Shot Ya?) comes back to CRUSHED to talk TV! We tackle the following TV crush categories: TV "crushes" who influenced you or your style TV crushes we wanted to holler at/take on a DATE TV best friends—who'd you wanna hang out with?  TV parents/mothers/fathers TV bosses—who'd you wanna work for? TV jobs—if you could have a TV character's job, which would it be?    Also, NEW THEME SONG ALERT! Super excited to now have "Streets of NY" by Donell Mase on CRUSHED! Shout out to Epidemic Sound for the new tunes. Hope you enjoy these new TV Crush episodes and the new music. Please leave a review and let me know what you think! 

Comic and writer TK Kelly (Tosh.0, Movie Night Podcast) stops by CRUSHED to talk MOVIE CRUSHES!

TV writer Alex Ovadia (Tosh.0) talks about crushing on her friends and befriending her crushes, her path to TV writing, why online dates can boost your confidence (if you do it right), and Quentin Tarantino. 

JC Coccoli comes back to CRUSHED to talk about athletics and one of the sports she loves most: BOXING!     

Writer Dave Schilling talks about his biggest crushes through adolescence and into adulthood, plus all the books, movies and TV shows that hold a special place in his heart. 

Twelve Forever is out today on Netflix and to celebrate, we have creator and showrunner Julia Vickerman and writer and voice actor Kelsy Abbott on CRUSHED! Tune in to hear Julia and Kelsy's all time greatest crushes, including their favorite movie, music, and comedy crushes from over the years.

One more summer break jam for y'all! Enjoy 2015 Yassir Lester!

Comedian, artist, and podcast host, Jamie Loftus (Bechdelcast, Boss Whom Is Girl), breaks down her biggest crushes on movie, TV and book characters, the "short kings" she crushed on IRL, and her origin story as a performer and her love of musical theater growing up in Massachusetts.