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Rv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Twenty-Eight (The Failure of June)An attempt to dissect the PROFOUNDLY dissapointing cinematic lunar cycle that was June 2023. A month that really exposed the disconnect between studios and audiences...and a month that may have contributed to the success of Barbieheimer2024-06-0454 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Twenty-Seven (The Superhero Round-Up) feat Christian SnookJoined once more by former Halo champion, current ameteur bodybuilder, and hot take connoisseur Christian Snook. We discuss the superhero films from 2023, and how it all ties into what is yet to come.2024-05-201h 06Rv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Twenty-Six (The Underappreciated Gems) feat. Tarush MohantiA conversation about the CRIMINALLY overlooked/underappreciated cinematic gems of the year of 2023.
Joined by co-creator of SpoilerFreeReviews Tarush Mohanti.2024-05-011h 00Rv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Twenty-Five (An Attempt at Powerscaling) feat. Anthony & Kaylah CantuWhat does it mean to be an Icon? Or a Legend? What is the difference between a SUPERstar....and just a REGULAR-ass star?
In this episode there is a valiant effort made to get some clarifications to these terminologies...through a little bit of powerscaling.2024-04-241h 17Rv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Prologue (Season 4)A prologue that also serves as a wrap-up of season 3 because I didn't have the time to make a proper season finale episode.
This amateur podcasting thing...S*** ain't easy folks.2024-04-2211 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Twenty-Four (The Bull**** movies of 2022) feat Aaron GoldsteinSpoiler Free Reviews co-founder Aaron Goldstein joins us to help provide a much needed deeper dive into what the definition of a BS movie is while showcasing some of 2022's BS-iest BS flicks.
Sorry for the late posts. Recording in multiple locations at this point.2024-01-0256 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Twenty-Three (The 2022 Quintessential Scenes)A list of the best and/or most meaningful scenes of 2022. Recorded in VARIOUS locations. Peak amateur podcasting things happening in this episode folks. 2023-12-0738 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Twenty-Two (The Superhero Roundup) feat Christian SnookThis week we are joined by friend of the show Christian Snook in a discussion about the superhero movies that were released in the year of 2022.
Except Morbius. We saved ourselves the agony of talking about Morbius at length...just letting y'all know that right now.
Nobody should put themselves through that.2023-09-071h 09Rv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Twenty-One (The Underappreciated gems) feat. Tarush MohantiA conversation about some of the most CRIMINALLY overlooked films of 2022 with the co-creator of the media review website SpoilerFreeReviews Tarush Mohanti.
Check out the website at www.spoilerfreereviews.com2023-08-2850 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Twenty (To All of You Avatar Fanboy Jabronies)A valiant attempt to evaluate the "Avatar Phenomenon". How/why it arrived, why it's making the money its making, and its impact on cinema as a whole.
Oh, and also some unapologetic USDA approved shade for you "Avatar Fanboy" jabronies.
2023-08-1840 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Prolouge (Season 3)Season 3 Prologue. Recorded in a basement. Not recorded on a wave transmitter or anything...even though it may sound like that.2023-08-1703 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Nineteen (The Season Two Finale) feat Sebastian the Sound Engineer GuyA discussion about what turned out to be THE biggest topic of debate when it came to movies in the year of 2021. Also, a rundown of the top films of the year.2022-12-3145 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Eighteen (Why is this still a thing?) feat Christopher CedenoA conversation about a mutual distaste of all things West Side Story. Also, the discussion of a future film that may be able to set a new standards for Latine representation going forward.
Partially recorded in a basement. Just letting you know.2022-10-1336 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Seventeen (The Bull****movies of 2021)A detailed look at the films of 2021 that had good intentions...but turned out to be...let's just say...poo from a bull.2022-09-3027 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Sixteen (2021 Quintessential Scenes)A list of the best and/or most meaningful movie scenes of 2021.
Recorded in a building that was undergoing construction. It echoes a little. Sorry bout that.2022-09-3038 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Fifteen (The Superhero Round-up) ...with Special Guest Xavier Upshaw.This week we are joined by Illustrator/Photographer/Heavy Metal Drummer and comic book fan Xavier Upshaw in a discussion about everything having to do with superhero movies in the year of 2021.2022-09-301h 00Rv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Fourteen (The Journey Back / A Non-Permanent Eulogy)An exploration of what it was like to regularly go to movie theatres post-lockdown throughout the year of 2021.
Plus, a eulogy for the Hollywood tourist tabernacle known as Arclight Cinemas. A eulogy that seems to have an expiration date.2022-09-3045 min
Rv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Prologue (Season 2)A recap of the "year in film" that was 2020....in about 4 minutes or so.2022-09-3004 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Thirteen (Season Finale)A final assessment of the 2010's. Including the honorable mentions, the Mount Rushmore list of films of the decade, and my personal favorite movie of the decade.2022-09-3045 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Twelve (The Decennium Overview)In the penultimate episode, screenwriters Anthony and Kaylah Cantu stop by once again to give their opinions on the decade as a whole.
Amongst the things discussed are the underrated films, the best scenes & performances, more BS films, and much more.2022-09-301h 14Rv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Eleven (An Ode to 2018)A worthy attempt to somehow document ALL OF THE S*** that happened in what was the most eventful, and consistently entertaining year of film of the 2010's.
A year that might also be the most impactful year of film to come along in a very, very, long time.2022-09-3039 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Ten (The Horror...of American Horror)An exploration of the genre that had (BY FAR) the largest amount of gutter trash theatrical releases throughout the 2010's.
Also, I got questions for you recalcitrant horror fanatics that may help you to make better choices. 2022-09-3037 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Nine (Quintessential Scenes of 2010's...part 2)Conclusion. THE top 5 individual movie scenes of the decade.
FEATURING:
A detailed look at both the best comedic and dramatic scenes of the decade.
A masterful ending that was utterly ruined.
A brilliant comedic scene from a dead serious leading man.
And quite possibly the definitive pop culture moment of the decade itself.
2022-09-3040 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Eight (Quintessential Scenes of 2010's)A list of the top 10 Individual scenes of the 2010's.
Also, a rundown of the cultural impact and cinematic influence that certain scenes have had over the past 40 years or so, leading into the 2010's.
(And scenes that were worthy of honorable mentions. There were waaaay too many great scenes to just keep it to 10)2022-09-3040 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Seven (The Bull**** movies....part 2)Conclusion. More rundowns of the most bull**** movies of the decade, and the things that make bull**** movies appear so frequently.
(Including a Star Wars rant that may have started a beef between me and the sound engineer)2022-09-3032 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Six (The Bull**** movies)An exploration of the things that can turn good (if not potentially great) movies, with good intentions...into movies that are irredeemable disappointments that are deeply submerged in bull****. Also, examples of some of the biggest bull**** movies of the 2010's.
(Recorded while being all up in my feelings...and after two beers on an empty stomach)2022-09-3026 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Five (The Game Changer)A look back at game changing film moments of the past 40 years or so, all leading up to the year of 2008. A year that gave us the ONE movie scene that changed the business for the following decade (or decades) to come.2022-09-3038 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Four (Anthony & Kaylah Cantu)I am joined by husband and wife screenwriting duo Anthony and Kaylah Cantu to further discuss what it takes to be "The Guy".
Also, a breakdown of the 2012 film Battleship. A film (Like so many others) specifically designed to forcefully push someone to be "The Guy" and how it (Like so may others) fail in doing so.
(Recorded on location. Apologies for sound inconsistencies)
2022-09-3042 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Three ("The Guy")An observation on the steps one must take in order to become the biggest star in Hollywood, and what having the title actually means.
Also, a brief history of the men who've held that title over the course of time leading into the 2010's...an entire decade of failed attempts to crown the next king.2022-09-3033 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode Two (Travis Lockhart)Filmmaker/Writer Travis Lockhart stops by to add in his two cents on the "8 years of failure", and how cinematic black excellence is portrayed nowadays. 2022-09-3029 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)Episode One (Eight years of failure)A recap of the decade of the 2010's beginning with an observation of the iconic (yet ultimately negative, and culturally damaging) black films from 1991-1998.2022-09-3043 minRv8 (An Amateur Cinematic Podcast Experience)ProlougeA little history on what may seem to be an oddly named Podcast, and also some background on the host as well.
(Quarantine home audio, be forewarned)2020-06-0703 min