Best Nicolascage Podcasts (2024)

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Top 5 Sean Astins 1:20:13

1h ago1:20:13

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Who could have predicted before the Encino Man episode that Sean Astin would become ubiquitous in Cinephobe lore? And not for shouting 'My wife is a bingo!' at a Blockbuster. Zach, Amin and Mayes dig up their most unbelievable moments in Cinephobe history, the elements of the plot that took it too far, shattering any suspended disbelief that might …

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Cinephobe Ep 230: Masters of the Universe 2:14:54

22m ago2:14:54

2:14:54

Zach, Amin and Mayes have the power to be supreme, the power to be almighty, the power to use a Cosmic Key and travel across the galaxy in the blink of .34 chromons. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at …

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Cinephobe Unlocked: Space Jam: A New Legacy 2:03:27

2d ago2:03:27

2:03:27

Zach, Amin and Mayes get uploaded into the serververse to take on Al-G Rhythm and his goon squad as a classic tale is rebooted for the video game generation. Will we be stuck as Warner Brothers properties forever? Will LeBron connect with Bryce about something other than basketball? Do any kids even know who the Looney Tunes are? Do you, as long as…

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Top 5 Resumés 1:10:10

5d ago1:10:10

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Zach, Amin and Mayes review the applications and cover letters for the repeat offenders in the Cinephobe Universe who have compiled the most impressive bodies of work. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more a…

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Cinephobe Ep 229: Madame Web 2:31:46

14d ago2:31:46

2:31:46

Zach, Amin and Mayes can see better than they ever have thanks to this refreshing, delicious, ice cold Pepsi Cola. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cinephobe is now on Y…

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Cinephobe Ep 228: Surviving The Game 2:04:32

23d ago2:04:32

2:04:32

Zach, Amin and Mayes are flying deep into the wilderness of the pacific northwest for their favorite annual therapeutic activity: Hunting the Unhoused Gentleman. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.…

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Top 5 Villains 1:11:58

26d ago1:11:58

1:11:58

Zach, Amin and Mayes review their favorite baddies, the most diabolical antagonists and evil incarnates, characters who blazed such a trail of destruction their names are burned into our brains for eternity. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free …

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Cinephobe Ep 227: Airheads - Part 2 (with Ian Karmel) 1:33:51

29d ago1:33:51

1:33:51

Zach, Amin, Mayes and Ian Karmel refuse to sign a record contract until everyone listens to Ian's new audiobook 'T-Shirt Swim Club' BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cine…

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Cinephobe Ep 227: Airheads - Part 1 (with Ian Karmel) 1:37:42

1M ago1:37:42

1:37:42

Zach, Amin and Mayes team up with Ian Karmel to hold the KPPX Radio station hostage until everyone buys a copy of Ian's new book 'T-Shirt Swim Club' BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/C…

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Top 5 Sidekicks 1:22:54

1M ago1:22:54

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Zach, Amin and Mayes dive into the minutia of what makes someone a great sidekick as they explore the friendships and business relationships in Cinephobe history where there was a clear power dynamic and separation between leader and follower. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon fo…

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Cinephobe Ep 226: Half Past Dead 2:21:10

1M ago2:21:10

2:21:10

Zach, Amin and Mayes took a ride on the flat line for 22 minutes and lived to podcast about it. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cinephobe is now on Youtube! Subscribe a…

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Cinephobe Ep 225: Conan the Destroyer 2:03:32

1M ago2:03:32

2:03:32

Zach, Amin and Mayes are joined by a rag tag group of warriors, thieves, wizards and princesses on a quest across the land to retrieve the jeweled horn of the dreaming god Dagoth. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold open…

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Top 5 Worst Cops 1:23:03

2M ago1:23:03

1:23:03

Zach, Amin and Mayes are not gonna cawl de cwopz in this episode inspired by The Wicker Man Rewatchington. Cinephobe has a rich history of police officers. Main characters, side characters, caricatures, schizos, weirdos and bozos. Not many of them are good at their job, but which ones are exceptionally bad? BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out …

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Cinephobe Ep 224: Men at Work 2:13:08

2M ago2:13:08

2:13:08

Zach, Amin and Mayes are taking out the trash and saving the environment. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cinephobe is now on Youtube! Subscribe and check out CT5s on V…

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#75: Trading Paint/Running with the Devil 50:16

2M ago50:16

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Nathan and Clint return after another short hiatus to break down another two-fer of VOD dreck -- first with Travolta's slow-moving racing drama Trading Paint, then with Cage's gonzo Tarantino/Guy Ritchie drug-biz knockoff Running with the Devil! Pledge to our Patreon at patreon.com/travoltacage Follow us on Twitter @travoltacage Email us questions …

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Cinephobe Ep 223: Bad Company - Part 2 (with Kelley L. Carter) 1:42:58

2M ago1:42:58

1:42:58

Zach, Amin, Mayes and Kelley L. Carter can only remember numbers by associating them with chess moves or tickets at Madison Square Garden. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDin…

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Top 5 Characters as Guests 1:07:13

2M ago1:07:13

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Zach, Amin and Mayes choose the characters that they would most like to have on an episode as a guest to review a different movie. What character do you think would fit in with the Cinephobe crew the best? BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Ep…

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Cinephobe Ep 223: Bad Company - Part 1 1:38:54

2M ago1:38:54

1:38:54

Zach, Amin and Mayes are recruited by the CIA to pose as their twin brother's alias in order to secure a suitcase nuke before it falls into the possession of a multi-national terrorist organization. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes,…

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Cinephobe Ep 222: Observe and Report 2:14:50

3M ago2:14:50

2:14:50

Zach, Amin and Mayes are back in the mall as security guards with delusions of grandeur and an obsession with firearms determined to stop a perverted flasher from harassing their patrons, no matter what it takes. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-…

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Cinephobe Mailbag II: The Secret of the Ooze 1:48:11

3M ago1:48:11

1:48:11

Zach and Mayes answer listener questions live on YouTube BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cinephobe is now on Youtube! Subscribe and check out CT5s on Video. Subscribe t…

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Cinephobe Ep 221: Sudden Death - Part 2 (with Roy Bellamy) 1:22:00

3M ago1:22:00

1:22:00

Zach, Amin, Mayes and Roy are headed into extra time where the next goal in the seventh game wins the Stanley Cup, what's the name for that situation again???? BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.pa…

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Cinephobe Ep 221: Sudden Death - Part 1 (with Roy Bellamy) 1:26:32

3M ago1:26:32

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Zach, Amin and Mayes are joined by the dad who stepped up, Roy Bellamy, after scoring tickets to the seventh game of the Stanley Cup Finals in Pittsburgh. The only thing that can stop these puckheads from having the best day ever is an unplanned interruption by disgruntled government employees. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https:/…

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Top 5 One Phile Movies 55:45

3M ago55:45

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Zach, Amin and Mayes are challenged to compile a list of movies that they neither picked nor philed, but that one of the other two championed. To no one's surprise, Zach is leading the league in this category and has the most picks to choose from. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreo…

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Cinephobe Ep 220: The Scout 2:22:59

3M ago2:22:59

2:22:59

Zach, Amin and Mayes are throwing over a hundred miles per hour and headed straight to the majors! So long as they get a letter certifying their mental health. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.pa…

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Cinephobe Ep 219: Fool's Paradise 2:15:10

4M ago2:15:10

2:15:10

Zach, Amin and Mayes get put on the first bus downtown and end up starring in a major Hollywood picture. They bond with their costar, seduce the leading lady, get pitched on a major IP franchise by a scenester director and climb all the way to the top of fame's fickle ladder before it comes toppling down. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out he…

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Top 5 Worst Spouses 1:30:38

4M ago1:30:38

1:30:38

In what turned out to be the longest and most bountiful CT5 to date, Zach Amin and Mayes select the worst husbands, wives, significant others and partners that have laid waste to a myriad of relationships in Cinephobe movies. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatc…

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Cinephobe Ep 218: Judgment Night - Part 2 (with Chef Reactions) 1:36:26

4M ago1:36:26

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Zach, Amin and Mayes are joined by the great Chef Reactions to run through the sewer, cover all the entrances, taunt the security guards and confront their fears in the form of Denis Leary. BRAND NEW CINEPHOBE MERCH - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended…

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Cinephobe Ep 218: Judgment Night - Part 1 1:43:39

4M ago1:43:39

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Zach, Amin and Mayes are piling into a fully loaded RV, chugging some brewskis and headed to the big fight! Unfortunately, they get caught in traffic, and take a shortcut that will change their lives forever. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDing…

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#74: Speed Kills/A Score to Settle 44:54

4M ago44:54

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This week, Nathan and Clint dig back into the classic mold of Travolta/Cage double features -- unfortunately, it's for more late-aughts VOD dreck. First up is Speed Kills, a Dollar Tree Casino riff starring John Travolta as a fictionalized version of speedboat manufacturer and mobbed-up multimillionaire Donald Aronow (here "Ben Aronoff"). It looks …

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Top 5 Memo Morenos 1:09:28

4M ago1:09:28

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In Episode 211: Driven, we declared that Gina Gershon’s new husband Memo Moreno was so charming and handsome, you could understand why Sly Stallone would be cool with Memo, who was also a rival racer, getting involved with his ex-wife. And in record time, Zach Amin & Mayes have turned around their top five “People You Would Be Cool With Smashing Yo…

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Cinephobe Ep 217: Balls of Fury 2:00:53

4M ago2:00:53

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Zach, Amin and Mayes overcome childhood trauma and decades of working the lunch buffet in Reno to infiltrate the world's most exclusive and dangerous Ping Pong tournament and avenge their father's death. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cin…

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Cinephobe Ep 216: Hurricane Smith 2:15:09

5M ago2:15:09

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Zach, Amin and Mayes are a couple of hard working Texans headed to Surfer's Paradise down under to look for their missing sister, where they learn about septics, two ups and proper little bobby dazzlers. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cin…

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#73: Color Out of Space 45:37

5M ago45:37

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This week, Nathan and Clint stare into some glowy rocks for a single serving of Cage in Richard Stanley's Lovecraft adaptation Color Out of Space! Serving as a spiritual followup to Mandy (with its cosmic-horror stylings and full-on Rage Cage moments), Color Out of Space puts Cage in another tale of rural tranquility disrupted by neon-tinted raving…

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Top 5 Opening Scenes 1:00:42

5M ago1:00:42

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It's not how you finish, it's how you start, so Zach, Amin and Mayes choose their favorite beginnings to Cinephobe movies. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, Extended Cold Opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cinephobe is now on Youtube! Subscribe and check out CT5s on Video. Subscribe to Cin…

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Cinephobe Ep 215: The Commuter 2:11:07

5M ago2:11:07

2:11:07

Zach, Amin and Mayes are asked to do one little thing. Something they are uniquely qualified to do. Something meaningless to them, but that could profoundly affect an individual listening to this podcast. Will they do it? Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com…

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#72: Inconceivable/Looking Glass 48:22

5M ago48:22

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This week, Cage plays two flavors of bad husband in a pair of VOD-ready erotic thrillers! First, we cover the Gina Gershon-starring Inconceivable, an overamped Lifetime movie about a crazy mommy (Nicky Whelan) who cozies up to a well-to-do couple (Gershon, Nicolas Cage) whose IVF-born child just so happens to be from her egg. Hitchcockian antics en…

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Cinephobe Ep 214: Blue Chips - Part 2 (with Anthony C. Hall) 1:33:44

5M ago1:33:44

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Zach, Amin and Mayes are joined by Tony the point shaver himself to talk about how he got cast in Blue Chips, working for William Friedkin, observing Nick Nolte picking Bobby Knight's brain and so much more. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings…

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Top 5 All The Makings 1:14:03

5M ago1:14:03

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Zach, Amin and Mayes gather all the essential ingredients that coalesce into a classic Cinephobe experience. The texture, the flavor, the color, the consistency... It’s definitely a Cinephobe movie. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cinephob…

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Cinephobe Ep 214: Blue Chips - Part 1 1:37:33

5M ago1:37:33

1:37:33

Zach, Amin and Mayes are recruiting the best podcasters in the country to Cinephobe University. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cinephobe is now on Youtube! Subscribe and check out CT5s on Video. Subscribe to Cinephobe! Then Rate 5 Stars o…

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A Cinephobe Tribute to Carl Weathers 15:46

5M ago15:46

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Last week we lost an absolute titan. A man whose work transcends genre and generations. A world class athlete and thespian that was irresistibly charismatic. A human being that was truly a one of a kind. Rest In Power to the Count of Monte Fisto. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens an…

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Cinephobe Ep 213: A Gnome Named Gnorm 2:03:20

5M ago2:03:20

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Zach, Amin and Mayes team up with a roundie and popo obsessed guh-nome named guh-norm to track down his missing lumen so he can reunite with his pooka Rena that spit good and leave Upworld behind. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cinephobe …

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#71: 211/Between Worlds 43:28

6M ago43:28

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This week, we're back to the unfortunate Nic Cage double features -- this time with our boy Nicolas on either side of the law! First, there's the staggeringly sloppy cop thriller 211, in which Cage plays an aging cop who teams up with his fresh-faced rookie son-in-law and a teenage ridealong to thwart a four-man bank robbery in Massachusetts. It's …

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Top 5 Plot Liftoffs 1:03:09

6M ago1:03:09

1:03:09

Zach, Amin and Mayes choose their favorite moments when a movie stopped lollygagging and took action, propelling the story forward up into the air. A term that originated in the first decade of Cinephobe, only to be brought back 150+ years later and given it's own theme music, Plot Liftoff is now a Cinephobe staple. Join the Count The Dings Patreon…

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Cinephobe Ep 212: MVP: Most Valuable Primate 2:08:57

6M ago2:08:57

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Zach, Amin and Mayes are back on the ice with a secret weapon and everyone is going bananas. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cinephobe is now on Youtube! Subscribe and check out CT5s on Video. Subscribe to Cinephobe! Then Rate 5 Stars on A…

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Cinephobe Ep 211: Driven 2:11:13

6M ago2:11:13

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Zach, Amin and Mayes are podcasting for pure victory as they induct Sylvester Stallone into the Ten Timer's Club. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cinephobe is now on Youtube! Subscribe and check out CT5s on Video. Subscribe to Cinephobe! T…

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#70: Mandy/Gotti (with Jordan Morris) 1:07:11

6M ago1:07:11

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This week, Jordan Morris (Jordan Jesse Go!) returns to the pod for a seminal moment for both our boys -- a 2018 that saw Nic Cage rise from the VOD ashes to enter a new era of cult acclaim, and John Travolta take his biggest swing-and-a-miss yet! First, there's Panos Cosmatos' Mandy, a trippy bit of horror-fantasy psychedelia in which a logger (Cag…

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Top 5 Characters Not On CT5 Art 48:52

6M ago48:52

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Mark Ordner blessed Zach, Amin and Mayes with amazing CT5 art featuring 33 characters from Cinephobe movies. This CT5 is essentially the OLIs for the art, the characters that ended up on the cutting room floor. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDi…

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Cinephobe Ep 210: Tammy and the T-Rex 2:28:02

6M ago2:28:02

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It's the tale as old as time: Boy meets Girl. Boy fights an ex-boyfriend. Boy gets killed by Lion. Boy gets brain removed by a mad scientist and inserted into a robot T-Rex. Zach, Amin and Mayes find themselves in one-a-them testicular standoffs. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens an…

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Cinephobe Ep 209: Jaws: The Revenge 2:22:33

6M ago2:22:33

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Zach, Amin and Mayes are headed to the Bahamas with a bloodthirsty shark hellbent on making the Brody family suffer for what they did to a different shark in a different movie. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, extended cold opens and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Cinephobe is now on Youtube! S…

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#69: American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson 48:46

6M ago48:46

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Happy new year, boys and ghouls! Our first episode of 2024 (and the first after a bit of a hiatus) finally puts the spotlight back on Travolta after a string of Cage double-features and Johnny T failures. Blessedly, the television gods granted him the kind of role his 2010s VOD output could not: His mannered, theatrical turn as OJ Simpson lawyer Ro…

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