Once again, the format has changed a little for an experiment. Not quite a magic trick if you will, but Erik and I hope to "incept" you with our collaborative ranking of a director's filmography (not a draft, repeat not a draft). Last time Erik Childress was on to talk Christopher Nolan, it was way back in 2011 - the very first year of this podcast…

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have seven films for you to hear about this week. Two you heard about before when June Squibb went into action mode on a phishing scam at Sundance (Thelma) and Rachel Sennott nannies a teenage girl (I Used To Be Funny). Still funny are the queer comedians featured in a new Netflix doc (Outstanding: A Comedy Revoluti…

A lot of great titles for your physical media library and Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are here to guide you through it. They include the debut films from the Wachowskis and Jeff Nichols. Plenty of noir to go around this week courtesy of Kino, Paul Schrader and a look at the new 4K Chinatown package. They discuss some of the Robocop follow-u…

Reviewed: Inside Out 2 Top 5: Emo Movies Trivia: “Inside / Out” Movie Trivia – Stump the Kubinski Celebrating This Month: Kevin Costner This week, in honor of our review of Inside Out 2, we take a look within and give you our Top 5 Emo Movies. What is Emo? This becomes a point of contention. We also bring you a round of Stup The Kubinski trivia all…

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have no anxiety reviewing eight movies this week. Especially when one is a replay of a movie they raved about at Sundance and won the Audience Award at their Chicago Critics Film Festival this year (Ghostlight). But Steve also talks about Jude Law and Alicia Vikander in a story about Henry VIII (Firebrand) as well a…

It is a bit on the lackluster side of physical media releases this week but there are a few gems to get your wallets involved. Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress talk about the final film from Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the final appearance of Alec Guinness. As series with four entries goes there is more love for Shrek than Species. The T&A teen…

Reviewed: The Watchers Top 5: Horror Directed by Women Trivia: Being Watched Movie Trivia CinemaWAR: Who is the better Fanning Sister, Elle or Dakota? Celebrating This Month: Kevin Costner On this CinemaJaw we take a look at the dark side as we examine our Top 5 Horror Movies Directed by Women! We are doing this in honor of both our guest and our r…

On this six-movie week, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy go back two years to revisit a Dakota Johnson comedy that debuted at Sundance in 2022 (Am I OK?). Erik goes back a couple of weeks to look at the true story of a Chinese immigrant turned eye surgeon (Sight). There are sharks in the Siene (Under Paris) and young women are getting whacked aroun…

It may be a light week on the physical media front but that’s also less money to spend and there is some choice stuff discussed by Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski. They include Terry Gilliam’s seemingly impossible adaptation of a Hunter S. Thompson novel, more Johnny Depp in animated form, the tale of the first black regiment in the Civil War a…

Reviewed: Atlas Top 5: Post Apocalyptic Movies Trivia: AI Movies – Stump the Kubinski Celebrating This Month: Kevin Costner This week on CinemaJaw… I get AI to write the post. Take it Chat GPT: Thank you, Matt K. I am Chat GPT… This week on CinemaJaw, we dive into the dystopian world of “Atlas.” The film offers a bleak yet compelling vision of the …

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy get back into their reviewing ways with 10 new films this week. They include documentaries about an infamous movie app (Moviepass, Moviecrash), a filmmaker and his unfinished projects (Flipside) and the career of a bonafide genius (Jim Henson: Idea Man). Steve looks at a story of a 19th century Jewish boy raised as …

Peter Sobczynski returns to talk new Blu-rays with Erik Childress. This week includes the debut feature from Karyn Kusama and one of last year’s Oscar winners from Criterion. Arrow has some Guillermo Del Toro in 4K and Severin has a whole slew of Italian horror being upgraded. They talk about one of the films to get the rare “F” from Cinemascore an…

Reviewed: Garfield, Furiosa Top 5: Post Apocalyptic Movies Trivia: Mad Max Series Cast Trivia Celebrating This Month: Viggo Mortensen Another big Summer Season double feature is here, and we’re calling it #garfiosa! That’s right Garfield and Furiosa both getting the treatment here on CinemaJaw. Joining us is a guy who deserves his own hashtag, Kyle…

Six movies in theaters and on streaming are reviewed by Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy this week. They include a pair of documentaries about one of the greatest bands of all-time (The Beach Boys) and the death-defying pilots of the Air Force (The Blue Angels). The Monday-hating cat who loves lasagna gets the animated treatment (The Garfield Movie…

The latest and greatest of Blu-rays this week have Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski disagreeing on the films of Joe Carnahan. There are two Val Kilmer projects; one certainly better than the other (though it did produce a great John Frankenheimer story) as well as some early horror from Bob Clark and a more recent one from Osgood Perkins getting…

Reviewed: I Saw The TV Glow, Back to Black Best/Worst: Viggo Mortensen Movies, Musician Biopics, Teen Angst Horror Trivia: Viggo Mortensen Movie Trivia- Stump the Kubinski Celebrating This Month: Viggo Mortensen On this episode of CinemaJaw, we dip into the nostalgia supply with a look at a surreal horror that tackles 90’s kids TV (and MANY other t…

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at seven films this week. They include the latest directorial effort from Ethan Hawke (Wildcat) and the hilarious feature debut from Pamela Adlon (Babes). Horror gets a Danish sequel 30 years later (Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever) and Renny Harlin starts a new trilogy in the home invasion series (The Strangers:…

This week certainly has the latest and the greatest in Blu-rays. Depending on who you ask of course. If you inquire with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski you will certainly here about one of the greatest westerns of all-time (Erik’s favorite) as well as a film that deserves to be among the very best of Sidney Lumet’s career. Michael Powell direc…

Reviewed: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Last Stop in Yuma County Top 5 Human Vs. Animal Movies Trivia: Kingdom Movie Trivia- Stump the Kubinski Celebrating This Month: Viggo Mortensen It’s Human Vs. Animal on this episode of CinemaJaw! We explore our Top 5 Human Vs. Animal movies, and we tried to keep it to real animals, and both fantastic…

Reviewed: The Fall Guy Summer Movie Preview Trivia: Emily Blunt or Ryan Gosling – Stump the Kubinski Celebrating This Month: Viggo Mortensen Greetings Jaw Heads! This week on CinemaJaw we bust out the highly collectible popcorn buckets, kick the chair in front of ourselves and scream at each explosion! It’s time for our Summer Movie Preview! Matt K…

Do you remember when Bill Ackerman and I revealed our 50 favorite movies episode for the 10-year anniversary of this show? That was Part One in what eventually has become a trilogy! Little did you know, when I briefly had a Patreon, we did a sequel that was exclusive for subscribers. I no longer have Patreon so not only do you get Part Two (50 More…

Do you remember when Bill Ackerman and I revealed our 50 favorite movies episode for the 10-year anniversary of this show? That was Part One in what eventually has become a trilogy! Little did you know, when I briefly had a Patreon, we did a sequel that was exclusive for subscribers. I no longer have Patreon so not only do you get Part Two (50 More…

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy stick to just four films this week including the acclaimed comedy from Joanna Arnow (The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed) and an adaptation into Anne Hathaway scandalously falling for a Boy Band member. The scandal! (The Idea of You). Jerry Seinfeld and a giant cast of comedians tell their versi…

This week’s physical media show has a little of everything and a lot of heartbreak. Nancy Savoca provides the latter as the “Savocaissance” continues on Blu-ray this year but there is also early James L. Brooks with Burt Reynolds missing out in a stacked year of Oscar nominees. We have an Anthony Mann western and a Roman Polanski thriller; a double…

Reviewed: Rebel Moon 2: Scargiver, Challengers Top 3 Farming Movies Trivia: Zack Snyder Stump the Kubinski Celebrating This Month: Kirsten Dunst This week we sew the fields, turn the soil, and farm up some good movies on our Top 3 Farming Movies. What is the fertilizer for this idea? Zack Snyders fresh and steaming pile (foreshadowing) of a sequel …

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at a half-dozen movies this week. If fashion design is your thing then Steve has a documentary for you (John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger). He has also been telling Erik about this great big spider movie since last year. Does he share the sentiment? (Infested). Steve catches up a pandemic-era comedy from…

This week’s physical media show features Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress talking about a seminal propaganda film from the ‘60s that inspired a ‘70s scene in Boogie Nights plus some science-fiction from the 1980s from Imprint. The ‘80s also across an all-star cast that helped launch Julia Roberts and a Nancy Savoca film from the ‘90s due for a r…

Reviewed: Abigail Top 5 Kidnapping Movies CinemaWAR: Who was the better Dracula, Gary Oldman or Nicolas Cage? Trivia: Kirsten Dunst Movie Trivia Celebrating This Month: Kirsten Dunst This week on CinemaJaw we welcome the amazing Erik Childress. Fellow critic, and organizer of the Chicago Critics Film Fest happening this May 3-9th at Chicago’s iconi…

Eight movie reviews this week from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy include both surprises and disappointments. Steve checks out a new crime film with Scoot McNairy and Kit Harington (Blood for Dust) and Erik goes to space briefly with the new IMAX short (Deep Sky). There are some lovely films to find including the latest and possibly last from Ken…

This week in physical media, Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress look at new releases from Bela Tarr to Luc Besson. Sony finalizes releases one of the best films from John Sayles and Shout Factory puts out an Oscar winning film from Paul Schrader. They discuss the merits of a classic western now in 4K as well as go through the entire Jack Ryan fran…

Reviewed: Civil War, Monkey Man Best/Worst: Kirsten Dunst Movies, John Wick-like Movies, Civil War Movies Trivia: Monkey Movie Stump the Kubinski Celebrating This Month: Kirsten Dunst This week on CinemaJaw these apes fight amongst themselves… (what else is new?) as we review the big-budget A24 film, Civil War, and Dev Patel’s directorial debut, Mo…

Another seven movies on the docket for Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy and a lot of variations on horror. Not so much with the third film from director Goran Stolevski that Steve suggests a look at (Housekeeping for Beginners). But Larry Fessenden crafts a werewolf metaphor for America (Blackout), there is a new giant spider film (Sting), Nicolas …

This week’s physical media edition has Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress looking at films with people getting lost as well as ones with murderers, looters, variations on classic horror and family fare plus a '70s era Kong. They include films by Peter Weir and the writer of Blade Runner plus a film hammered by MST3K and a dog murdered for their in…

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have eight reviews this week that range from one of the best surprises of the year thus far and a film that could be destined to give Tommy Wiseau’s The Room a run for its money. They begin with a pair of documentaries including the natural follow-up to Boys State (Girls State) and how the rise of memes and conspira…

Reviewed: Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, The Last Starfighter (40th Anniversary Review) Mosterverse Ranked Trivia: Stump the Kubinski Celebrating This Month: Kirsten Dunst This week on CinemaJaw we have a science-fiction double feature for you, you could even call it a triple feature! We bring you reviews of Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (that …

Do not mistake a light week for physical media as evidence that it is dying. Even they need a break after Easter. Nevertheless Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress are here to tell you about five titles making the rounds this week. They include a debut from a one-time up-and-coming actor/director plus an early effort from George Lucas’ Huyck friends…

Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy review seven new movies over Easter weekend. They include a documentary about an evil son-of-a-bastard-fuck and his attempt to erase the memory of dead children (The Truth vs. Alex Jones) and another doc about one of the most legendary composers (Ennio). David Krumholtz is dying and just going about his deadpan remain…

Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to get you (and Carrie Coon) up to date on the latest in physical media. There are crime stories drenched in noir and including Nicole Kidman as a seductive weather lady and Edward Norton in his screen debut. There are all sorts of bizarre westerns including Jack Nicholson behind the camera, John Wayne babysitt…

Reviewed: Ghostbusters Frozen Empire, Ricky Stanicky Top 5 Ancient Relics in Film Trivia: TRICKY Dan Aykroyd Movie Trivia Celebrating This Month: Dan Aykroyd This week on CinemaJaw we hit defrost as we unthaw some Ancient Relics in Film. These are the famous MacGuffins that our heroes chase, find, loose, unleash, what-have-you. Often they carry som…

Two reasons this podcast exist: Film Junk and Patrick Ripoll. So I'm always grateful when Patrick returns since he's the OG co-host of this show. He's always doing killer work with Reg on 96 Greers that I highly recommend. But I vividly recall two moments of the past decade: his love of Clouds of Sils Maria and my love for Personal Shopper. Made a …

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review seven new movies this week, a couple of them even good. Which ones could they be? Is it this week’s killer with amnesia thriller starring Russell Crowe (Sleeping Dogs). Maybe the two-hander horror film from Shudder (You’ll Never Find Me)? Regina King plays the first black woman elected to Congress (Shirley) a…

Catching up on a couple weeks of releases, Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk westerns from the end of John Wayne’s career to the middle-ish of Tom Selleck’s. There are documentaries about art, filmmaking plus Harrison Ford with a Russian accent. Remakes of Stephen King, American J-Horror and just American remakes leading into political …

Reviewed: Damsel, Love Lies Bleeding Guest: Landis Wiedner – What The EF Podcast Top 3 Gritty Love Stories in Film Trivia: Kristen Stewart/Ed Harris movie Trivia Celebrating This Month: Dan Aykroyd This week on CinemaJaw we take a look at Gritty Love Stories in honor of our review of the latest from A24, Love Lies Bleeding… which is, you guessed it…

Erik Childress is back from SXSW and Steve Prokopy joins him to catch up on nine films released this week. They include a pair of documentaries about one of our most beloved comic actors (Remembering Gene Wilder) and one of the 20th century’s most iconic artists (Frida). Mia Wasikowska tries to teach kids how to eat (Club Zero) and Zach Braff tries…

Reviewed: Spaceman, Kung Fu Panda 4 Best/Worst: Dan Aykroyd Movies, Adam Sandler Movies, Animated Series (that are not Toy Story) Trivia: Jack Black Movie Trivia Celebrating This Month: Dan Aykroyd Earth to JawHeads… Come in JawHeads… this is Mission Control, do you read me? This week on CinemaJaw we get Animated, and spaced out as we review the la…

The epic yearly retrospectives continue as we travel back 30 years to rewatch, reconsider and share favorites along with many memories too! Join me on this 6-hour plus journey alongside Chicago critics Erik Childress and Collin Souter. Many laughs, songs, clips, trailers, excerpts and so much more! Thank you so much for the support and for listenin…