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We have the need for Tom Cruise. Or at least a Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible movie with a Top Gun soundtrack. That's right, we're reviewing Top Gun: Maverick this week, which is a legacy sequel to the 1986 nostalgia classic. We open the show discussing why it's flying high in terms of box office and critical reviews. Speaking of which, we also talk about Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, a new Disney+ hybrid animation comedy that some are calling the spiritual successor to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? And we finish the show with a barrel roll, diving right into the acclaimed French drama, Happening, which is about a young woman trying to get an abortion in the 1960s. Talk about a triple feature! Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Why Top Gun 2 is a box office smash 00:19:45 – Top Gun: Maverick review 00:56:25 – Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers review 01:16:05 – Happening review Intro Music: “Monday Blues” by Pastel Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Check out our Patreon to su

Yes, all men. And by that we mean yes, all we talk about in this episode is Men, a new A24 folk horror from Alex Garland, director and writer of Ex Machina and Annihilation. Starring Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear(s), Men has everyone of all genders turning their heads...in the theater to ask the person behind them WTF they're watching. In addition to our review of the film, we discuss some of the general critical reception to the movie, Alex Garland's work leading up to this film, the latest buzz around this year's Cannes Film Festival, and some other flicks hitting theaters and streaming this week. Finally, we finish up the show with some chit chat about Will's first trip to California, Jon's wedding, and some theatrical shenanigans in San Francisco. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Intro/Off-Topics 00:12:55 – Men review 00:44:40 – Boys (talking about Jon's wedding) Intro Music: “Remember (feat. farewell)” by pikaa Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! Check out o

Special guest Cory Woodroof fittingly sits in the third chair this week for our review of On the Count of Three, a dark...buddy comedy? No, that's not quite right. But it is an indie dramedy (maybe?) directed by Jerrod Carmichael in his feature debut. He also stars with Christopher Abbot in this Sundance favorite about two friends who decide today will be the last day of their lives. The film also stars Tiffany Haddish, J. B. Smoove, Lavell Crawford, and Henry Winkler. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Intro/Off-Topics 00:19:00 – On the Count of Three review Intro Music: “Table Talk” by Glimlip, Søren Søstrom & Soul Food Horns Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! 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.

The first big MCU movie of 2022 is here, and we exist in a universe where we talk about it. After some quick box office catchup, we discuss the highs and lows of recent Marvel movies (and the Disney+ shows) before digging into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a sequel to the 2016 film, but also an "event" Marvel movie with crossover characters like Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and of course Benedict Cumberbatch, directed by the one and only Sam Raimi! Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Intro/Box Office Catchup 00:17:30 – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness review Intro Music: “The More I See You" by Harry Warren/Mack Gordon Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! 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.

Martin Campbell directed a new movie starring Liam Neeson, and we definitely watched it. Right? Anyway, let's talk about the fascinating career of Liam Neeson post-Taken, then dive into the unpredictable filmography of Martin Campbell, who directed Jon's favorite movie of all time, among...other movies. Finally, we review a movie called...called...oh, it's on the tip of our tongues. Guy Pearce is also in this movie, we're pretty sure. Intro Music: “Table Talk” by Glimlip, Søren Søstrom & Soul Food Horns Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! 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.

Special guest Dan Murrell joins us this week for the triumphant return of our Summer Movie Preview! We try our best to predict the box office fortunes (or misfortunes?) of the biggest movies to come, from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder to Jurassic World Dominion and Lightyear. And that new Minions movie. And Nope. And Black Phone and Bullet Train and so many more! We also pinpoint the movies we're most looking forward to and reflect on changing trends in the industry, particularly when it comes to streaming. For more box office charting and Film/TV reviews, definitely check out Dan's YouTube channel and podcast. Intro Music: “Table Talk” by Glimlip, Søren Søstrom & Soul Food Horns Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Check out our Cinemaholics Merch! 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.patr

Special guest Clint Worthington—Founder/EIC of The Spool and host of the Travolta/Cage podcast—joins us for the first time, and trust us, we need a Nick Cage expert for this episode. That's right, we're reviewing The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, which surprisingly isn't the Will Ashton biopic stuck in development hell. No, this is a high-concept meta comedy action movie starring Nicolas Cage as a fictionalized version of himself(?), as he gets roped into a crime caper alongside Pedro Pascal. Later in the show we also review The Bad Guys, the first original DreamWorks Animation movie to hit theaters since (checks notes) Abominable! Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Intro 00:06:15 – The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent review 00:37:10 –The Bad Guys review Intro Music: “Thinking” by DESH, delaney. & Hippo Dreams 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 suppo

We're not just reviewing The Northman, we're reviewing The North, man. That's right, Robert Eggers' is back with an epic viking blockbuster that is sure to blow a lot of minds, mostly in a good way. We discuss Eggers' brief filmography to date (The Witch and The Lighthouse) and debate where The Northman lands in his ongoing saga of twisted machismo fables. Plus we get into some spoilers toward the end of the show and make some predictions regarding the film's expected box office fate. You can also read Will Ashton's written review of The Northman here. Intro Music: “One Hitter” by Clifford, DESH & Louk 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.co

Oh you want to watch a movie with some fantastic beasts and secrets? Great news, we're reviewing RRR this week, one of the best action blockbusters to come out in years. Seriously! This Tollywood film came out a few weeks ago, and we chat about the hype and what this director, S.S. Rajamouli, might do next. We open this week's show with some brief thoughts on the Fantastic Beasts franchise, plus we chat about some of the week's other releases, including Father Stu, We're All Going to the World's Fair, and Dual. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Why we skipped Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumblewhatever 00:16:30 – Father Stu, We're All Going to the World's Fair, Dual 00:37:10 –RRR review (no spoilers) 01:16:50 –RRR review (spoilers) Intro Music: “One Hitter” by Clifford, DESH & Louk 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

Ambulance, the newest action crime thriller from Michael Bay, isn't a video game movie like Sonic the Hedgehog 2, but it might as well be. We begin this week's show with this runaway GTA-inspired Bayhem heist, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Eiza Gonzáles. Then we spend some quality time with Sonic and the gang in this superpowered sequel to the 2020 box office hit, this time with Idris Elba joining the cast as Knuckles alongside Ben Schwartz as Sonic, Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik, along with James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, and a few other familiar(?) faces from the original film. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Intro 00:07:40 – Ambulance review 00:47:05 –Sonic the Hedgehog 2 review Intro Music: “Head High” by Glimlip, Søren Søestrom & Soul Food Horns 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 cinemahol

Special guest Cory Woodroof joins the show to review The Bubble, a new Judd Apatow satirical comedy that just hit Netflix and stars a massive cast. Karen Gillan, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann, Kate McKinnon, Pedro Pascal, David Duchovny, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, and Iris Apatow. It’s a who’s who of big-name actors who made a bubble movie about the pandemic, and you can imagine how well this one went over. Intro Music: “Les Pieds Dans Le Sable” by Clément Matras, Soul Food Horns & Birocratic 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.

Talk about a multiverse of madness. This week, we're diving into A24's surreal and cerebral Everything Everywhere All at Once from the Daniels, directors of Swiss Army Man. Starring Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, and Jamie Lee Curtis, this sprawling and manic action fantasy is definitely one we won't forget anytime soon. We also review the nostalgic Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, the newest film from Richard Linklater—animated in the same style as his films Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly—now available to stream on Netflix. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Intro (Morbius? The Bubble? RRR?!) 00:10:30 – Everything Everywhere All at Once review 01:02:40 –Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood review Intro Music: “Out of Nothing” by Sam Cross, Jam'addict & Farnell Newton 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 c

Oscars 2022 really slapped this year. That's right, we're discussing Will Smith and Chris Rock's exchange of hard-hitting ideas at this year's ceremony, but we of course comment on the awards themselves and our thoughts on who won. Our first main review is The Lost City, a swashbuckling romantic comedy adventure blockbuster starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. Then we slow things down for a hearty review of 7 Days, an indie rom-com starring Geraldine Viswanathan and Karan Soni. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Oscars 2022 recap 00:37:15 – The Lost City review 01:05:30 –7 Days review Intro Music: “Nest Egg” by Glimlip, Slug & Noé Mina 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/c

It's time for our annual Oscars episode, in which we take a cue from Siskel and Ebert's classic approach in picking our own winners for the Academy Awards. From The Power of the Dog and Licorice Pizza to Dune and CODA, we run down our favorite films, performances, and technical achievements covered by the 2022 Oscars, which airs officially on March 27. 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.

Special guest Cory Woodroof joins the show for a mother of an episode. That's right, we're excavating the Madea franchise, fixing in specifically on the latest straight-to-Netflix feature starring Tyler Perry as the caricature who's been around since...1999? Wow. Intro Music: “Les Pieds Dans Le Sable” by Clément Matras, Soul Food Horns & Birocratic 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.

Let's talk about X. And Deep Water! Two movies that are doing it. One is an original 70s-based slasher horror in theaters from director Ti West starring Mia Goth and Jenna Ortega. The other is a psychological erotic thriller on Hulu from director Adrian Lyne starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. Don't worry, this episode of Cinemaholics gets more, ahem, heated than that movie. We also finish out the show with a fun breakdown of the movies we (mostly Will) saw at SXSW 2022. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – X review 00:39:40 – Deep Water review 01:05:00 – SXSW 2022 breakdown Intro Music: "Les Pieds Dans Le Sable" by Clément Matras, Soul Food Horns & Birocratic 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:

Heads have been turning for Turning Red, the newest Pixar film directed by Domee Shi. But do the Cinemaholics have warm and fuzzy feelings for this fantastical coming-of-age movie set in the most fantastical setting of all time? Canada circa 2002? We also discuss The Adam Project, a new Netflix sci-fi action movie starring Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, and Mark Ruffalo. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Turning Red review 00:46:25 – The Adam Project review Intro Music: “Beard Oil” by David Cutter Music 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.

The Batman is demolishing the box office right now, but the real bat signal is that notification on your phone telling you it's time for a new episode of Cinemaholics. That's right, we're reviewing Matt Reeves' reboot of the Batman franchise, now starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, and plenty more familiar (and unfamiliar?) faces. Later in the show we also discuss the lovely A24 sci-fi indie gem that is After Yang, from Columbus director Kogonada, which is now playing in limited release. Then it's time for Fresh, now on Hulu, a romantic thriller (sort of) starring Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – The Batman review 00:57:00 – After Yang review 01:16:10 – Fresh review Intro Music: “Keep Calm” by XXIII & Silvaa.beats 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 cinemahol

We're not singing our thoughts on Cyrano, but we probably should be. That's right, we're reviewing Joe Wright's new musical starring Peter Dinklage and Haley Bennett, who also starred in the stage musical written by Erica Schmidt, who writes the screenplay for this adaption of the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac. Later in the show, we also talk about No Exit, a new Hulu thriller...not much else to say there! Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Cyrano review 00:34:45 – No Exit review Intro Music: “Good Times Ahead" by RejSende & Chill Select 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.

Special guest Charlie Ridgely of Comicbook.com joins us for a bonus review of Dog, which stars Channing Tatum as, well, our best friend. This is Tatum's first time directing, with his longtime collaborator Reid Carolin as co-director. And the film, coming to us from United Artists Releasing and MGM, is about an army ranger who escorts the dog of a fallen commander to their funeral. The cast includes Jane Adams, Kevin Nash, and more. Intro Music: “Seeping” by Sinnr. 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.