The Cinemast Podcast

Send us a textThis week, Brandon is joined by Dan Monaghan (@ReelTakes) to discuss Ridley Scott's crusader epic, Kingdom of Heaven, celebrating its 20th anniversary.Follow Brandon on social media:TikTokInstagramFacebookLetterboxdBrandontoksmovies.comAnd make sure to follow Dan:TikTokInstagramLetterboxd

Send us a textIt's the Popcorn Episode with MovieTalkWithBrock! This week, Brandon and Brock talk movies they've seen recently, as well as their favorite movie snacks to take into the theater.Follow Brandon on social media:TikTokInstagramFacebookLetterboxdBrandontoksmovies.comAnd make sure to follow Brock:TikTokInstagramFacebookLetterboxd

Send us a textThis week Brandon welcomes Brock Engi, Movie Talk with Brock, to the show to discuss "the greatest superhero movie of all time," Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2Follow Brandon on social media:TikTokInstagramFacebookLetterboxdBrandontoksmovies.comAnd make sure to follow Brock:TikTokInstagramFacebookLetterboxd

Send us a textThis week, Brandon flies solo on the Popcorn Episode talking Nic Cage's new film The Surfer and Marvel's newest, Thunderbolts* both which released today.

Send us a textThis week, Brandon is joined by 'Woman in the Yard' screenwriter Sam Stefanak to discuss one of the most controversial movies of the year so far! Join them as they discuss the film's origins, the process of working with director Jaume Collet-Serra, and the answers to the film's big finale.Follow Brandon on social media:TikTokInstagramFacebookLetterboxdBrandontoksmovies.com

Send us a textBrandon and Kevin of The Reel for Real Podcast talk about what they've been watching recently, Brian De Palma, physical media, martial arts movies, and more!Follow Brandon on social media:TikTokInstagramFacebookLetterboxdBrandontoksmovies.comAnd make sure to follow Kev:TikTokInstagramYouTube

Send us a textThis week Brandon kicks off a new era of the show with Kev, one of the hosts of the Reel for Real Podcast to discuss Ryan Coogler's newest film, SINNERS.Follow Brandon on social media:TikTokInstagramFacebook LetterboxdBrandontoksmovies.comAnd make sure to follow Kev:TikTokInstagramYouTube

Send us a textBrandon and Ben discuss the movies releasing in 2025 that they are most looking forward to.

Send us a textTo close out 2024, Brandon and Ben run down their ten favorite movies of the year...as well as a few of their LEAST favorites.

Send us a textOn this week's episode, Brandon and Ben recap their Thanksgiving weekend, along with their family outing to see Moana 2 - with 5 kids under 7!

Send us a textBrandon and Ben enter the arena to discuss Ridley Scott's newest epic and sequel to his 2000 hit, Gladiator 2!

Send us a textBrandon and Ben recap Hooptober and discuss the underrated Christmas/horror mashup from Michael Dougherty, Krampus!

Send us a textThis week, Brandon and Ben are joined by author and TikTok creator, Stephen Nothum to discuss A24's newest horror/thriller, Heretic, the story of two Mormon sister missionaries who are ensnared in a man's (Hugh Grant) game of cat-and-mouse.Follow Stephen Nothum on TikTokBuy 'Teething' by Stephen Nothum on Amazon

Send us a textThis week, Brandon and Ben discuss the newest Netflix release, Rebel Ridge!

Send us a textThis week, Brandon and Ben talk the only MCU movie dropping in 2024, Deadpool and Wolverine! Do they think the movie is as good as MCU-heads think it is? Or did it get lost somewhere in the Void? Find out!

Send us a Text Message.This week, Brandon and Ben discuss NEON's latest release and one of the most anticipated horror films of the year, Oz Perkins' LONGLEGS!

Send us a Text Message.This week, Brandon and Ben complete their revisit of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Send us a Text Message.This week on The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben discuss the follow-up to The Force Awakens, Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Send us a Text Message.This week, Brandon and Ben begin revisiting, examining and discussing Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Next week: The Last Jedi

On the newest episode of The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben discuss the newest film from Richard Linklater, HIT MAN, starring Glen Powell!

This week, Brandon and Ben discuss the newest installment in the Mad Max universe, George Miller's FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA.

This week, Brandon and Ben discuss the sequel to 2011's Rise, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Is this one of the best sequels of all time? Find out on the newest episode of The Cinemast Podcast!

This week, in the lead-up to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Brandon and Ben begin their revisit of the 2010's Planet of the Apes trilogy, starting with Rise of the Planet of the Apes!

This week, Brandon and Ben complete the (current) Kelvin Timeline trilogy of Star Trek films with Justin Lin's Star Trek Beyond!

Alex Garland's newest and perhaps most controversial film (perhaps Men would like a word?), Civil War, has been released in theaters and Brandon and Ben are here to talk about it!

This week, Ben is back! Together, Brandon and Ben continue their journey into the cosmos with JJ Abrams' follow-up to his 2009 hit with Star Trek Into Darkness!

This week on The Cinemast, Podcast, Brandon is joined by Adam Mast, co-founder of FMASU and the Desertscape International Film Festival to discuss some of the films set to play at this year's fest! For tickets, visit https://fmasu.com/desertscape

This week, Brandon welcomes H. Nelson Tracey to the podcast to discuss his new feature making its world premiere at Desertscape International Film Festival, Breakup Season! And joining him is one of the film's stars, James Urbaniak (The Venture Bros., Oppenheimer, The Office) to discuss the new film and the process that went into creating it! Catch Breakup Season, on Friday, March 29th at 5pm at Desertscape International Film Festival in St. George, UT!

This week on The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben boldly go where Ben has never gone before with JJ Abrams' 2009 reboot of Star Trek!

Awards season has finally ended with it all culminating in Hollywood Sunday night for the 96th Academy Awards and Oppenheimer pulled off the win! Listen to Brandon and Ben recap the winners and also discuss what they think worked and didn't work in this year's show.

Tired of awards season chatter? Well, get ready for one more show where two guys just guess at what Hollywood will award this Sunday at the Academy Awards. 

Welcome back to Arrakis! On the newest episode of The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben welcome their brother -- and the only person they know who has actually read the book Dune, Brian Treadway -- to discuss Denis Villeneuve's newest film and sequel to 2021's Dune, Dune Part Two!

This week, Brandon and Ben complete the Matrix cycle with Lana Wachowski's lega-sequel to the Matrix trilogy -- The Matrix Resurrections!Next episode: Dune: Part Two

This week, Brandon and Ben round out the original Matrix trilogy with The Matrix Revolutions. Is this one of the worst trilogy cappers of all time? Or is this quietly one of the best? Find out what the guys have to say on this newest episode!

This week, Brandon and Ben break down the first Matrix sequel, The Matrix Reloaded! Find out why Ben is claiming that this is the best Matrix movie straight up!Next episode: The Matrix Revolutions

This week, Brandon and Ben kick off the first week of February with the special effects extravaganza that changed movies forever...The Wachowski's The Matrix!Next Episode: The Matrix Reloaded

This week, Brandon and Ben are joined by Brandon Carpenter to discuss their favorite first-time movie watches of 2023! See all the movies that the guys finally got around to seeing that they loved last year.NEXT WEEK: The Matrix (1999)

This week on The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben discuss one of Netflix's biggest original movies from last month, Sam Esmail's Leave the World Behind!

This week, Brandon and Ben break down the list of their most anticipated movies releasing in 2024.

This week, Brandon and Ben look back on their 10 top movies of 2023 including the movies that surprised them and disappointed them the most last year.

On the final episode of the year and the last episode before Christmas, Brandon and Ben are joined by Ollie Odinson, Whitney Sorenson and Ryan Skidmore to draft their favorite Christmas movies!

It all comes down to this! On this final episode of the IMDb Top 100 Films, Brandon and Ben discuss film #5-1 of the list:12 Angry MenThe Godfather: Part IIThe Dark KnightThe GodfatherThe Shawshank Redemption

Brandon and Ben have finally reached the Top 10 rated films on IMDb! In this Part 1, Brandon and Ben break down film 10-6 of the list: 'The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''Pulp Fiction''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''Schindler's List'

We are back from our short Thanksgiving break with Michael Cimino's THE DEER HUNTER from 1978!

With October and Horror Month in the rearview mirror, Brandon and Ben are finally ready to talk about Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon! In this episode, they discuss movie theater seating, their thoughts on the film, whether focusing the narrative on Ernest was the right choice, and their experience watching a 3-and-a-half-hour movie in the theater.Synopsis: When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

This week, Brandon and Ben are wrapping up October and Horror Month 2023 with Michael Dougherty's Halloween treat, TRICK R TREAT!Synopsis: Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.

For our 100th episode, The Cinemast Podcast is coming to you from a live audience at HorrorFest International! Right after a surprise late screening of Chuck Russell's THE BLOB from 1988, Brandon linked up with Jamison Newlander who plays Alan Frog in THE LOST BOYS and the movie theater usher in THE BLOB, as well as Frank Dietz from ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE and BLACK ROSES to discuss the film!

October continues on this episode of The Cinemast Podcast! This week, as the guys continue Horror Month, it's Brandon's pick and he is choosing the 1980s vampire classic -- Tom Holland's Fright Night! Synopsis: Nobody believes teenager Charley Brewster when he discovers that his suave new neighbor, Jerry Dandrige, is a vampire. So when the bloodsucker starts stalking Charley, he turns to has-been actor Peter Vincent, famed for portraying a ghoul hunter. Unfortunately for the would-be vampire slayers, Dandrige has set his sights on Charley's girlfriend.

With the annual Horrorfest International right around the corner, Brandon is joined by Adam Mast of the Film and Media Alliance of Southern Utah and Horrorfest International to discuss some of the must-see films at the fest this year.For tickets to HorrorFest, go to fmasu.com/horrorfest

October's month of horror movies continues with Ben's October pick: Hereditary! Join the guys as they discuss Ari Aster's breakout horror hit from A24!Synopsis: When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.

It is officially October and at The Cinemast Podcast, that means we are kicking off our SPOOKY SEASON!! To start things off, there are no tricks, just treats. In this episode of The Cinemast Podcast, Brandon and Ben are joined by Adam Mast, founder of FMASU and HorrorFest International; Kevin Hoskinson, host of The Pastrami Nation Podcast; and cosplaying Twitch streamer, Ollie Odinson to draft 10 of their favorite horror movies across a number of different subgenres. Listen to the episode to see which of your favorite horror movies get picked and which ones go undrafted!