Cinemaholics

Special guest Anna Rigatti joins us for an in-depth review of Being the Ricardos, the third film directed and written by long-celebrated screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, which just hit Amazon Prime Video. The film centers around a week in the life of Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem), as they wrestle with challenge after challenge in putting together a single episode of the classic sitcom I Love Lucy, which went on to change television forever. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now available to watch in select theaters and on Apple TV+, Swan Song is the directorial debut of Benjamin Cleary, and no this isn't the Swan Song from earlier this year starring Udo Kier. No, this sci-fi drama stars Mahershala Ali as a husband and father who considers using experimental technology to prevent his family from having to grieve his impending death. The cast also includes Naomie Harris, Awkwafina, Glenn Close, and Adam Beach. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you're into dark films directed by Guillermo del Toro, this one might be up your alley. Nightmare Boasts an incredible cast, which includes Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Willem Dafoe, and trust us, so many more. We discuss this atmospheric remake of the 1947 original film noir, which was adapted from the novel by William Lindsay Gresham. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

YES WAY. Special guest Matt Serafini comes home with us this week to discuss Spider-Man: No Way Home, the third Spider-Man film starring Tom Holland in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s the big event movie of 2021 and we certainly have plenty to talk about, starting with a spoiler-free discussion of the film and our thoughts on the previous Spider-Man movies (and franchises) going back the last 20 years. Intro Music: “It’s Beginning to look a lot like Christmas” by Iván Rosa. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who’s that little Will in that podcast, there? WHAT PODCAST, WHERE?! That’s right, we’re reviewing the new West Side Story this week, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as star-crossed lovers in different worlds, alongside best friends and family played by Ariana DeBose, Mike Fast, David Alvarez, and Rita Moreno. Intro Music: “All I Wish for Christmas” by Tony Thriller. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unlike this movie, we're not telling you what to do. But when you have a chance, definitely look up our review of Don't Look Up, a new Netflix film directed by Adam McKay and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett, Tyler Perry, and OK you get it, the cast is incredible. But is the movie? Tune into our discussion now to find out. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now playing in limited release through A24, C'mon C'mon is the fourth film from Mike Mills, and it stars Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman as an uncle and nephew trying to relate to one another in this mixed up world of ours. This review is an excerpt from Episode #249 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music for this week is “Christmas Time” by Linearwave. Links: Find more of our movie reviews on Cinemaholics.com Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Support our show on Patreon. Follow Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.  Send us an email via cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Leave us a voicemail on The “Swell” App. Shop our Cinemaholics merch page for hoodies, shirts, and more!   Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now playing in limited release through IFC Films, Benedetta is the latest film from director Paul Verhoeven. It stars Virginie Efira as a young, devout nun in 17th century Italy, who begins having erotic visions when a new novice joins the convent. This review is an excerpt from Episode #249 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music for this week is “Christmas Time” by Linearwave. Links: Find more of our movie reviews on Cinemaholics.com Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Support our show on Patreon. Follow Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.  Send us an email via cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Leave us a voicemail on The “Swell” App. Shop our Cinemaholics merch page for hoodies, shirts, and more!   Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Cinemaholics go west this week with our review of Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and is now available to stream on Netflix. We also cover Paul Verhoeven’s latest film, Benedetta, a “nunsploitation” flick with some sinful surprises up its tunic. Last, we discuss Mike Mills’ latest feature, C’mon C’mon, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as a podcaster who bonds with the next generation. We can relate? Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Intro 00:04:35 – The Power of the Dog review 00:38:15 – Benedetta review 01:03:00 – C’mon C’mon review Intro Music: “Christmas Time” by Linearwave. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.

Now available to stream on HBO Max, 8-Bit Christmas is a new holiday family film staring Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley, June Diane Raphael, David Cross, and Steve Zahn. It's based on a novel of the same name by Kevin Jakubowski. This review is an excerpt from Episode #248 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music for this week is “Green in Blue” by Jazzinuf. Links: Find more of our movie reviews on Cinemaholics.com Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Support our show on Patreon. Follow Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.  Send us an email via cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Leave us a voicemail on The “Swell” App. Shop our Cinemaholics merch page for hoodies, shirts, and more!   Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We like to think our show is full of miracles. And if you agree, here's our review of Encanto, the latest family film from Walt Disney Animation, which is set in Colombia and features music by Lin-Manuel Miranda (again?!) We open the show with a new segment called "Oscars Buzzmeter," where we go over some of the buzziest films vying for Oscars this month. Some of them are movies we've seen, while others are just around the corner. Then we finish the show out with a review of 8-Bit Christmas, which you can now stream on HBO Max. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Intro 00:07:30 – Oscars Buzzmeter 00:54:25 – Encanto review 01:47:10 – 8-Bit Christmas review Intro Music: “Green in Blue” by Jazzinuf. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.

Can’t say this is our most luxurious episode of Cinemaholics, but at least you can afford it. As a special bonus episode coming out in time for Thanksgiving, here’s our review of a movie about a different kind of family. That’s right, we discuss Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci, which stars Lady Gaga and Adam Driver as a married couple within the prestigious Gucci dynasty, as they have to contend with other powerful members of the family to lay claim to fortune. The cast also includes Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, and Jared Leto. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now available to stream on Netflix, tick, tick... BOOM! is a biographical musical covering the early career of Jonathan Larson, just a few years before the release of his hit musical, RENT. This is the first feature film directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and it stars Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Vanessa Hudgens, and Joshua Henry. This review is an excerpt from Episode #247 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music for this week is “Neo Noir” by Operator:operator, DESH & Howden. Links: Find more of our movie reviews on Cinemaholics.com Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Support our show on Patreon. Follow Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.  Send us an email via cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Leave us a voicemail on The “Swell” App. Shop our Cinemaholics merch page for hoodies, shirts, and more!   Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now playing in theaters and available to stream for a limited time on HBO Max, King Richard stars Will Smith as the father of Venus and Serena Williams, as he aims to position his young daughters as future tennis superstars. This review is an excerpt from Episode #247 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music for this week is “Neo Noir” by Operator:operator, DESH & Howden. Links: Find more of our movie reviews on Cinemaholics.com Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Support our show on Patreon. Follow Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.  Send us an email via cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Leave us a voicemail on The “Swell” App. Shop our Cinemaholics merch page for hoodies, shirts, and more!   Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We know you’ve been calling us from prison to finally review Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and we only have one life to catch up on this “legasequel” to the original 1984 Ghostbusters. We also review King Richard, which hit theaters and HBO Max this past weekend and stars Will Smith as Richard Williams, the father of Venus and Serena Williams. And we finished out the show with a review of tick, tick… BOOM!, a new musical you can stream on Netflix starring Andrew Garfield. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Intro 00:02:25 – Ghostbusters: Afterlife review 01:02:00 – King Richard review 01:37:45 – tick, tick… BOOM! review Intro Music: “Neo Noir” by Operator:operator, DESH & Howden. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our show on Pa

Will Ashton recently got a chance to speak with Vanessa Hudgens, Joshua Henry, Alexandra Shipp, and Robin de Jesús about the new film, Tick Tick Boom (or Tick, Tick…Boom!), which is now playing on Netflix. Based on Jonathan Larson’s musical and directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda in his filmmaking debut, this film has been taking critics and audiences by storm, and Hudgens and Henry discuss their time on the project and how it all came about. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now available to stream on AppleTV+, Finch is a sci-fi post-apocalyptic drama starring Tom Hanks as a grizzled survivor trying to teach a robot, voiced by Caleb Landry Jones, how to be more human.  Links: Find more of our movie reviews on Cinemaholics.com Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Support our show on Patreon. Follow Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.  Send us an email via cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Leave us a voicemail on The “Swell” App. Shop our Cinemaholics merch page for hoodies, shirts, and more!   Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now playing in theaters and available to stream on Paramount+, Clifford the Big Red Dog is a live-action adaptation of the classic book series and beloved PBS series. But is it really all that...big? Links: Find more of our movie reviews on Cinemaholics.com Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Support our show on Patreon. Follow Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.  Send us an email via cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Leave us a voicemail on The “Swell” App. Shop our Cinemaholics merch page for hoodies, shirts, and more!   Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Special guest Cory Woodroof joins the show for a bonus review of The Harder They Fall, a new revisionist western on Netflix starring Idris Elba, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz…wow, there are a lot of big names in this, OK hold on, Regina King (righteous), Delroy Lindo (awesome_…wow, this really just keeps going, ok, Lakeith Stanfield (that’s a nice get), RJ Cyler (oh yeah, from Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl, glad he’s still up and at em), Danielle Deadwyler (not sure who that is, but let’s just keep this going), Edi Gathegi (oh yeah from that Startup show on Crackle, nice), and Deon Cole (exhale). Also, this was directed by Jeymes Samuel, the brother of Seal. What a picture! Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter. Support our sh

Kenneth Branagh made another movie about a precocious kid in Europe whose dad disappears throughout the film, but don’t worry, this one’s better than Artemis Fowl. After winning award after award at Telluride and TIFF, Belfast is now poised to win Best Picture at the Oscars. But we might not be so enthusiastic about this coming of age comedy-drama set in Belfast, Ireland circa 1969. Intro Music: “Fred On the Two (feat. Fredfades)” by Kristoffer Eikrem. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Leave us a voicemail using The “Swell” App. We post new prompts every week or so. Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Connect with Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.   Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.