Youtube Link:https://youtu.be/pbwzEXs8rH4 It’s once again time for Catching Up On Cinema’s montly Tales From the Shelf episode!In this installment, Boffo Box Sets, Trevor and Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast sit down to talk about the box sets in their respective movie collections Movies featured in this episodes include: The Before Trilogy The Teenage Mutant…
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Episode 106 – Death Machine (1994)
In the final installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s No Theme November event month, Trevor subjects he and Kyle to Stephen Norrington’s writing and directorial debut, Death Machine (1994)! A low budget, but largely competent sci-fi horror flick from the man that later helm Wesley Snipes’ Blade (1998), the film serves as an enjoyable slice…
The Batman Masterclass – The Zack Snyder Era
In the final installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Batman Masterclass, Trevor reviews the Zack Snyder Era of the Bat saga! The most recent chapter of Batman’s silver screen exploits, as well as the first that has presented the character as a member of the Justice League and element of greater DC universe, this era…
The Batman Masterclass – The Christopher Nolan Era, Part Two
In this installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Batman Masterclass, we review the final chapter in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Featuring the same cast and crew as the first two films in the series, the final chapter would see Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway and Marion Cotillard join the main…
The Batman Masterclass – The Christopher Nolan Era, Part One
In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Batman Masterclass, we review the Christopher Nolan era of the franchise! With Joel Schumacher’s Batman and Robin (1997) representing a critical low point for the series (and the superhero film genre in general), any potential for Schumacher having a third at-bat with the franchise was tossed…
The Batman Masterclass – The Joel Schumacher Era
In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Batman Masterclass, we review the Joel Schumacher era of the franchise! In the wake of thee critical and public dissatisfaction with unsettling imagery and tone of Tim Burton’s Batman Returns (1992), Warner Bros took steps to ensure that the mid-90’s represent a kinder, gentler era in…
The Batman Masterclass – The Tim Burton Era
It’s September, so it must be Masterclass Month at Catching Up On Cinema! This month we’ll be taking a deep dive into the entirety of the live-action Batman film series, one era at a time. In the first installment of this Masterclass, we review the Tim Burton era of the franchise, consisting of the groundbreaking…
Catching Up On Blu-Ray: December 2019
It’s once again time for our monthly Catching Up On Blu-Ray episode! Some of the physical media releases this month include: Ready or Not (2019) Big Trouble in Little China (Shout Factory, 1986) Game of Thrones, The Complete Series (2011 – 2019) Slaughterhouse-Five (Arrow, 1972) The Story of Temple Drake (Criterion, 1933) Tunes of Glory…
Episode 44 – The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? (2015)
In this very special episode in our “Movies About Making Movies” month, Kyle and Trevor review Jon Schepp’s terrific documentary about the Tim Burton Superman film that never was, The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened (2015)! Comprised of interviews with the producers and pre-production that tirelessly worked on Superman Lives prior to it’s abrupt…