Cinemavention (Video)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:07:37 — 1.0GB) | Embed

I’m going after that truck. How? I don’t know, I’m making this up as I go! Tom DiGianvittorio joins us to discuss the film Raiders of the Lost Ark the first Indiana Jones movie in the franchise. There is a hilarious scene where Indiana Jones is about to fight this swordsman and shoots one pistol shot that ends the fight pretty fast. That scene was filmed that way on purpose and the reason why is a lot less funnier. Plus, the tone shift in Indiana Jones and Marion’s conversation leaves a lot of details out and Willie explains why this frustrates him as a first time viewer and why do the Nazis exactly want the Ark of the Covenant? Is it just for power or is there another sinister reason they want it.

Indiana Jones stunt show death scene – YouTube

Tom’s Links:
Twitter

Support the show on Patreon!
Join the watch party for the next movie!

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Welcome to the Show” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:04:38 — 1,008.2MB) | Embed

We’re police officers! We’re not trained to handle this kind of violence! A first time guest has joined us, Bob Callahan is here to talk about the movie Demolition Man and how this futuristic looking town looks like the perfect utopia at first, but very quickly you find out that it’s quite the opposite in fact. That’s just San Angeles, but what about the other states in the US in this universe, are they living the same dystopia that San Angeles is? Plus, we go over the weird relationship that Dr. Raymond Cocteau and Simon Phoenix have in this movie and what Dr. Raymond’s intensions truly are with the cryogenic prison device, why some people are evil and some are good while they’re frozen and since this movie is set in 2032, we get to go over what the movie has gotten right about the future so far and the ones they “accidentally” got right as a result of the pandemic. Did this movie predict 2032 better than they predicted 1996?

Bob’s Links:
Twitter

Support the show on Patreon!
Join the watch party for the next movie!

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Welcome to the Show” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:12:44 — 1.1GB) | Embed

Ted, you know, if I die, you can have my Megadeth collection. But dude, we are already dead. We are joined by regular Game Night contributor Brian Kofford to discuss the sequel movie Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey and he has an interesting observation about the famous air guitar riff that Bill and Ted constantly perform. De Nomolos was annoyed by the sound of it but presumably only Bill and Ted can hear it. We go over a small detail in the movie that could explain why he can. Plus, we have a sad update on a very famous location shown in the Bill and Ted franchise that has closed its doors and this film is not a time travel movie but rather a defeating mortality story, does that hinder the movie experience?

The Most Notorious TV Hijack of All Time – YouTube
‘Bill and Ted’-Famous Circle K to Screen Film Before Shutting Down – The Hollywood Reporter

Brian’s Links:
Twitch

Support the show on Patreon!
Join the watch party for the next movie!

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Welcome to the Show” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:18:54 — 1.2GB) | Embed

It’s so dumb. Oh, it’s so dumb, it’s brilliant! No! It’s just dumb! Samuel Lewis of The Samcast Network joins us to talk about the movie Glass Onion and the fact that there are so many layers (no pun intended), smoke screens and diversion tactics that make this mystery just as fun as the last one and we go over all the things you might’ve missed if you only watched the movie once. Plus, everyone seems to think that Detective Blanc is gay. Sam doesn’t think so and provides some alternate context clues from the movie that contradict that thinking and Glass Onion doesn’t really have the same “happy ending” closure that Knives Out does, but does that make it a better story? Pisceshite!

Rian Johnson Breaks Down the Arrival Scene from ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ | Vanity Fair – YouTube

Sam’s Links:
The Samcast Network
Twitch
Instagram
Twitter
TikTok

Support the show on Patreon!
Join the watch party for the next movie!

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Welcome to the Show” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:21:11 — 1.2GB) | Embed

Can I shoot? I got a clean shot. *thud* F**k off. We are discussing the movie Children of Men this week with Brandt Hughes from the YouTube channel Emergent Beacon. Brandt brings up a quote from a previous episode of this show where Willie says he doesn’t like ambiguity in movies, and Brandt challenges Willie’s thinking that perhaps there’s specific ambiguity that Willie doesn’t like. Plus, the cinematography of this movie is exquisite and Brandt talks about the long continuous shots that are in this movie and how they pull it off and why does Theo not take advantage of Jasper’s diversion tactic against The Fishes?

Brandt’s Links:
Emergent Beacon
cohost
Discord
Twitch

Support the show on Patreon!
Join the watch party for the next movie!

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Welcome to the Show” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:26:44 — 1.3GB) | Embed

Yes, I got a penis. We are joined once again by regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles to discuss the second film in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Is it better than the first Guardians film or does it fall victim to the sequel curse. Willie also makes the argument for why this Guardians movie hinges entirely on Rocket stealing the batteries and why that one story plot makes him frustrated as a viewer. Plus, we make our Vol. 3 predictions but unfortunately Willie’s going to have to revisit them after seeing other MCU movies first and why didn’t a single person see this random blue plant planted in the ground for 34 years?!?

Dolan’s Links:
Twitter
Instagram
Twitch

Support the show on Patreon!
Join the watch party for the next movie!

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Welcome to the Show” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:20:22 — 1.2GB) | Embed

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 police brutality that are featured in this film. Plus, Kid’s dad has a great dynamic with his son and we go over how amazing their relationship is and we present the case for why the last 20 minutes of the movie are not only not necessary but just felt like an opportunity to stretch the movie duration.

Curtis’s Links:
Twitter

Support the show on Patreon!
Join the watch party for the next movie!

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Welcome to the Show” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:23:48 — 1.3GB) | Embed

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 we talk about the incoherence of this movie and why it may be hard to follow basic plot points of this film, although we explain why it’s a miracle that it makes an ounce of sense. Does this hinder the watch for a first time viewer? Plus, all the aliens are named John including the females, we discuss why that detail wasn’t important for the movie’s storytelling but also could’ve indicated how ahead of it’s time it was when it came to gender identity and does the license plate on the test vehicle mean it was the 88th test run or is there a hidden music reference instead?

Kevin’s Links:
Going Through Who
Twitter

Support the show on Patreon!
Join the watch party for the next movie!

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Welcome to the Show” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:18:58 — 1.2GB) | Embed

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 being a nerd, and yes there is a difference. Plus, there is some weird intricacies in generations between Millennial and Gen Z and Willie talks about how he doesn’t really fit either one of them because of his birth year and Scott seems to be morphing back and forth between reality and his dream sequence, we go over which moments in the film are actually happening to Scott in his real life and which ones he’s dreaming about.

Naaim’s Links:
Rain Delay Radio
Twitter
TikTok

Support the show on Patreon!
Join the watch party for the next movie!

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Welcome to the Show” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 49:20 — 769.6MB) | Embed

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 a fantastic story and why sometimes the best movies are often the simple ones. Plus, find out the one scene in this movie that completely messes with the flow of the story, seems out of place and leaves both of us scratching our heads on why it’s included and there seems to be a very glaring plot hole in one of the Mogwai rules, when can the Mogwai eat again after midnight has passed?

Donate to Extra Life!

Kent’s Links:
DCStreamathon.org
Ritual Misery
Twitter

Support the show on Patreon!
Join the watch party for the next movie!

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Welcome to the Show” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)