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Halloween Kills Film Review - Michael Myers is Back. Again. Horror fanatics, Kathy, Mark and Burk, discuss the Halloween films and delve into Halloween Kills in great detail. Halloween Kills is slaying the box office on its first week release which is great news for horror lovers! John Carpenter's Halloween really started the slasher film craze. An…

Unseen Movies of Hollywood! Assassination of Jessie James, Rfifi, Gone With the Wind! Are there any big movies you’ve never seen? In this episode we challenge ourselves to watch a popular film we’ve somehow missed, and then we jump ahead in time to the future when we’ve seen it!! Sometimes we also search outside Hollywood for missed films. Assassin…

Midnight Mass Review - Mike Flanagan Does It Again. Kathy, Mark and Burk take a deep dive into Mike Flanagan's new Netflix series, Midnight Mass. Yes there will be SPOILERS so we beg of you - watch the series first before watching this video. Going into it clueless is essential. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/CinemondoP…

Giri/haji Review - 義理/恥 - Epic Mob Series! We review a forgotten gem - a BBC series picked up by Netflix set in London and Tokyo recommend to friend a recent guest, screenwriter Les Bohem! It features an ensemble cast including Takehiro Hira, Kelly Macdonald, Yōsuke Kubozuka, Will Sharpe, Masahiro Motoki, Justin Long, Anna Sawai, and Charlie Creed-…

Malignant Review - James Wan - Cut Out the Cancer! Cinemondo's Malignant Review is here! One of the latest WB to HBO Max streaming big releases is James Wan's MALIGNANT. Is the controversy deserved? Where do we land on it? This review contains SPOILERS. This film is best viewed knowing nothing so don't ruin the surpise with spoilers. Watch first th…

Kathy and Mark discuss a film they both really liked: LOVE AND MONSTERS. Directed by Michael Matthews, it's a lower budget Paramount release that no one saw - it was released in October 2020. But we hope it finds a new life on streaming - currently on Hulu. It's super fun, sweet, a touch of heart and great monsters and action. A true popcorn flick …

Star Trek - Space Seed Review | Rewatch Classic! Cinemondo explores the Khan origins in this episode from Star Trek Season 1 - Space Seed. Ricardo Montalbán was so good that one of the most memorable Star Trek films was built around him. Oh the passion and the arrogance! Mark Maddox joins us for the this in depth look at Star Trek Space Seed. Suppo…

70s Movie Trailers: Airport! Airport 1975!! Airplane!!! - Trailer Reaction. Airport ushered in a wave of 70s disaster movies and was a huge hit so they followed with three sequels, including AIRPORT 1975. Ripe for satire, AIRPLANE came along in 1980 and everyone laughed at the silliness of it. We take a look at all three trailers. Fly with us, won'…

Cinemondo spoke to Tara Shayne, the star and producer of ALEX/OCTOBER, which premiered at the DANCES WITH FILMS Festival at the TCL Chinese Theaters in Hollywood. We ask her all kinds of questions about starting an indie film project from the beginning to showing it at a prestigious theater. It's lively and fun! Music composed and performed by Burk…

Cinemondo looks back at three movie trailers from the 1970s that celebrate the toughness, the grit and the streetwise humor of New York City. THE SEVEN-UPS, THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE and THE FRENCH CONNECTION. Classic gritty crime classics. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/CinemondoPodcast Become a Patron on Patr…

Richard Matheson - Top 10 Best Films of Matheson. Richard Matheson was a screenwriter, novelist and short story writer. We focus on our Top 10 List of great contributions on the latest edition of the Cinemondo Podcast. These are TV shows and movies that remain favorites of ours today. Please join us as we delve deeply into the mind of Richard Mathe…

Kathy, Mark and Burk chat with screenwriter, author and former Sparks bassist Les Bohem and discuss life in showbiz. Les gave us some great insight into the world of screenwriting for big studio films such as DAYLIGHT, DANTE'S PEAK, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET:THE DREAM CHILD, and more. Plus, we hit on his work as bassist for Sparks in the 1980s highli…

The Future Of Film Is Female - Caryn Coleman Interview. We chat with longtime friend, Caryn Coleman, founder and film programmer for THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE, a groundbreaking program that advances gender parity in the film industry by amplifying all women & non-binary filmmakers through our short film fund, commitment to exhibition, & communit…

Cinemondo pays their respects to the legendary Hollywood TV and film director Richard Donner. Donner was an American filmmaker whose notable works included some of the most financially-successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. These included such films as The Omen, Superman, Scrooged, Lethal Weapon and The Goonies. His television credits are iconic …

Kathy, Mark and Burk go black and white with their choice for favorite movie scenes. Mark discusses Anthony Perkins chilling final scene in Psycho. Kathy swoons over the final shocker scene in the epic silent film, Pandora's Box. Night of the Hunter's poetic, stylized pursuit is Burk's choice. What are some of your favorite scenes? Let us know! Mus…

By SCAN Media

Sean Uyeoka, Editor at Aspect, arrived on the scene with quite a splash with a BLACK MASS teaser that garnered so much industry recognition that he finished when he was still an assistant. Since then, Sean hasn't looked back having gone on to contribute to a diverse range of other top notch pieces such as trailers for ANNABELLE CREATION, MOXIE, MOT…

Kathy, Mark and Burk discuss the French thriller, MEANDRE, directed by Mathieu Turi and starring Gaia Weiss. What happens when you wake up in a claustrophobic nightmare and have to navigate elaborate and deadly booby traps along the way? This is a film that can be interpreted in a few different ways. Therefore, it's a great film for Cinemondo to di…

In Part 2 of our convo with David Kim, Sr. Editor at Zealot, we talk some more about his time with Transit and the great team there; Helen and David get into some spirited debates about k-pop; we go deep on some more projects including PARASITE, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE and TEA WITH THE DAMES; David shares about what makes Zealot's culture so great; an…

Kathy, Mark and Burk find two scenes in the category of their choice. Mark finds two scenes that feel dreamlike: Inception and Prince of Darkness. Kathy uncovers toxic office politics in American Psycho and Wanted. Burk calls on Misfits and Rosemary's Baby for riveting phone booth conversations. What are some of your favorite scenes? Let us know! M…

This is Part 1 of our 2 part conversation with David Kim, Senior Editor at Zealot. David has done such a diverse range of work from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to The Willoughbys, from Central Intelligence to I, Tonya; New Order, Parasite, Hacks and so many more. We discuss growing up in SoCal, how much of a hero his mom is, how he spent time in o…

This is our latest installment in our series of speaking with folks who've gone from making fan trailers and mashups to being rising stars in the trailer industry. On this episode, we have both Joel Walden of Mark Woollen + Assoc. and Lyle Goodale of Giaronomo. Joel's had several standout projects including work on I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, JO…

A stunner of a debut from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud, takes an almost surreal dive into the sad life of a delusional young woman (Morfydd Clark) and the way others perceive her descent into the darker aspects of faith. Beautifully realized with a great cast all around. Recommended. Music composed and performed by Burk Sauls. SPOILER WAR…

Kate Cox and Gregg Ostrin are two of the most prolific writers in the entertainment advertising industry. Kate has spent her career as a freelance writer working for many agencies, mini-majors and major studios. She shares about her early work such as how she collaborated on the campaign for PLATOON, as well as more recent projects like with FOCUS …

Favorite Scenes From Movies! We embark on a new series of videos highlighting our favorite scenes from movies and TV. Breaking down some favorite movie scenes - Kathy, Mark and Burk each pick a personal favorite scene and discuss it. This time we talk about Ari Aster's Hereditary, Gareth Edwards Godzilla, and Orson Welles' Touch of Evil. Music comp…

Favorite Scenes From Movies! We embark on a new series of podcasts highlighting our favorite scenes from movies and TV. Breaking down some favorite movie scenes - Kathy, Mark and Burk each pick a personal favorite movie scene and discuss. We talk about John Carpenter's Starman, George Miller's Twilight Zone The Movie segment and Sunset Boulevard. M…

On this episode we have both Miguel Branco and Clark Zhu. They are both rising star trailer editors - Miguel is cutting at Rogue Planet and Clark is at Wild Card. Miguel and Clark were both doing fan trailers and mashups as passion projects before they ever got into the trailer industry. Their stuff online got a ton of attention, justifiably so, be…

Three-time Emmy-nominated Bob Richman, a veteran cinematographer of iconic documentary films, joins us and discusses his involvement in the three PARADISE LOST documentaries, METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER and his many other works. He also talks about how he works behind the camera, following the story as it happens and how it is quite different t…

Ricky Strauss has worked at the highest levels of both Entertainment Marketing AND is a prolific film producer. He’s also had a significant impact on our culture. Ricky's work as President of Participant Media brought groundbreaking, conversation-starting films that have had lasting impact on the way we think about important issues in our world. Mo…

The Serpent True Crime Series Review. This new Netflix crime drama is based on the true story of serial killer, Charles Sobrahj, a conman who murdered countless young travelers in Bangkok, Thailand in the 1970s. It stars rising star, Tahar Rahim, as Charles Sobhraj. Charles Sobrahj and his girlfriend, Marie, spent most of the 1970s poisoning, robbi…

This is part 2 of our conversation with Brent "B Rock" Rockswold, Senior Editor/Producer best known for such seminal pieces including ROGUE ONE, THE LAST JEDI, and FURIOUS 7. In this part of the conversation we do a deeper dive on the work itself. In addition to the above, we discuss a :60 he did for JURASSIC WORLD, his STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS tra…

Bob Odenkirk is fantastic in NOBODY, a non-stop action film from the minds behind the JOHN WICK series. If a barrage of beautifully staged fistfights and gun battles are your thing, and you like Odenkirk in an atypical role then NOBODY is a film you should check out. Music composed and performed by Burk Sauls. SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains…

We start today's episode with the Director of Music at Aspect, Alison Sieh, who shares about a great fundraiser for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Then we get into Part 1 of our 2 part conversation with Brent "B Rock" Rockswold, Senior Editor/Producer best known for such seminal pieces including ROGUE ONE, THE LAST JEDI, and FURIOUS 7. Today we discu…

Jason Figgis and John West join us from Ireland and the U.K., respectively, to discuss how they created their film company, Figgis-West Productions, and their latest haunted house film, WINIFRED MEEKS. Jason has directed many films and documentaries while John has written books about ghosts and hauntings. Music composed and performed by Burk Sauls.…

Neal Spector has 3 distinct chapters in his career: starting out as one of the “Mad Men” of mainstream advertising; then paved the way and dominated home entertainment advertising; and more recently has re-made himself again as the owner of Ammo Creative, that is playing at the highest levels in all the areas that define our culture from brand to d…

Alyse Ardell Spiegel joins Kathy, Mark and Burk discuss editing documentary films. Alyse has edited many docs, including THIS IS CONGO, PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY and the HBO series I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK about the Golden State killer and the late Michelle McNamara's search for justice. The work of the editor often goes unsung, but great storytel…

Tina Hsu and Casmir Jordan of Rogue Planet break down what it’s like working as POC women in the industry. Listen to them chat about rhythmic cutting styles, their breakthrough franchise finishes such as MORTAL KOMBAT and BUMBLEBEE, as well as a special conversation about unicorns . Featuring special guest Helen Ahn Cutler!…

Tommy "Pitt" Malatesta, Editor/Producer at AV Squad, is doing some of the most ground-breaking work being done today. You'll notice he's very quick to talk about all the other incredibly creative people that are part of the collaborations that result in all of his work including the most renowned pieces he's known for such as The Witch trailer, Her…

Michael Bonfiglio - Director - On Directing Obama, Letterman, Seinfeld, et al. Bonfiglio is the director behind Jerry Before Seinfeld, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Barack Obama), and Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh among many others. Bonfiglio joins Kathy, Mark, and Burk for a discussion about documentary filmmaking. Bon…

Film producer, Sean Sorensen, stops by (remotely) to say hello and discuss the movie business. His film credits include, MAYHEM (Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Dallas Roberts), BLACK AND BLUE (Naomie Harris, Frank Grillo, Tyrese Gibson) and the upcoming WORTH (Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan) that deals with the aftermath of 9/11. Sean is pas…

Craig Murray started out writing copy for Disneyworld in the mid 70s before working for Disney's film studio as a writer in creative advertising. Then in 1986, Craig got an opportunity to work on trailers from concept to completion - thus the beginning of Craig Murray Productions, aka CMP, and later Mocean which has gone on to earn Entertainment Ag…

Ghosts Series BBC Comedy - Horrible Histories Go Haunting! Imagine The Haunting of Bly Manor as a joyous comedy. Now you have Ghosts. The ghosts are played by Horrible Histories veterans who also wrote this project. Charlotte Richie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe play a couple who inherit a stately English mansion in disrepair - that is also haunted by a lo…

Chad Misner, is well known and well loved as one of the most respected editors and creative directors of the entire trailer industry. Most recently Chad was the SVP of Creative Advertising at Focus Features and, prior to that was responsible for 2 of the greatest trailers of all time Little Children and The Social Network, among dozens, if not hund…

Must See Iconic 80s Movies! Even if you missed our Live YouTube Broadcast about Must See Iconic 80s Movies you can hear it here now! Some of the most iconic films ever made came out in the 80s. Don't believe us? Listen in as we start this new series of reviews based on some of the best though not always best-known films of the 80s because that's ho…

Kathy, Mark, and Burk discuss Spanish filmmaker, Oriol Paulo’s, The Invisible Guest. It's a film you might have missed, but it’s something you really need to see if you like the kind of twisty, mysterious, moody yarns that put you on the edge of your seat from the very beginning and pull you through some harrowing suspense that you can’t always see…

Mike Ferman, editor/producer from Buddha Jones is absolutely prolific conquering theatrical, broadcast and streaming, working on campaigns for major studios and mini-majors, for domestic and international, for action, drama, horror and even documentaries: We’re talking about A Good Day to Die Hard | The recent McCartney 3 piece | The Walking Dead |…

The Cinemondo Lawgivers gather on Planet Backlot to discuss a strange episode called THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS and all hell breaks loose. Many ideas are presented, and many questions remain. It’s the one where the people on planet Beta III in the C-111 system have a strange system of government overseen by a mysterious religious figure named Landru…

Kathy, Mark and Burk dig into another true crime documentary series and discuss the details, so make sure you watch this fascinating 3-part series before listening to the podcast. It’s a case filled with twists and unexpected reveals, so it’s a good idea to watch it first without knowing anything. But once you’ve seen it, you’ll definitely want to …

By DG Entertainment

The Cinemondo gang takes aim at a true classic of film noir. It’s a movie that’s so sharp and shockingly alive, it’s almost timeless. Peggy Cummins and John Dall are the perfect deadly duo who meet cute shooting guns in a state fair sideshow and things only get worse from there. It’s one fantastically staged crime spree after another and it raises …