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Road Trip Cinema
by Syed Islam
John Rhoades, Kylie Westover, and Syed Islam see a film in the theater, then spend the hour long drive home discussing the film from plot details and themes to cast and crew.
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Project Hail Mary: Possibly the best adapted sci-fi novel of all time?
Your wonderful brown dad host Cam is joined by our special guests Savannah, Kylie, and Noah to discuss Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s screen adaptation of Andy Weir’s hit novel Project Hail Mary.
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2025 Films Year in Review!
We’re back! A heavy we at that! It’s our most packed episode yet! Cameron (AKA Syed) is joined by his frequent cohost John Rhoades along with frequent collaborators Kylie and Noah of Grim Cinema Podcast, and as a special treat we’re all joined by Savannah! We discuss our favorite aspects of the year in cinema along with some disappointments and downright hatred of other films.
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Guillermo Del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN
It’s alive! The podcast is ALIVE! Syed, Kylie, and John have risen from the dead to talk about Del Toro’s take on the classic Modern Prometheus!
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Jurassic Park: A Roller Coaster of Spectacle
Syed and Rhoades are back to indulge in Syed’s favorite film and current hyper fixation, Jurassic Park! Does it still hold up today?
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Superman: A Beacon of Childlike Optimism
Syed and Rhoades are back to discuss the launch of the new DCU with James Gunn’s Superman!
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Longlegs and Chat with Grim Cinema!
We’re once again joined by our new sister podcast, Grim Cinema! Check out Kylie and Noah’s podcast where they discuss and analyze some of their favorite horror films and get a taste of their personalities in this chat session.
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Looper: Time Travel for Bad Boys
Syed and Rhoades are back talking about Rian Johnson’s cult hit, Looper.
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John Rhoades Presents: The Monster Squad
Syed and Rhoades are back with another Oscar vote winner!
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Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part II: The Final Reckoning: Top Gun 3: A Tom Cruise Production
Syed and Rhoades are back again to discuss the president of cinema’s next big film, Mission Impossible.8 of these things later does it hold up?
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Sinners: The Thirst of Michael B Jordan
Hey there Roadies! We’re not only reviewing the brand new Ryan Coogler film Sinners, but we’re also joined by our good friends and soon to be hosts Kylie and Noah of Grim Cinema!
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Nosferatu… AGAIN?!?!
Yeah it seems like a lot and maybe it doesn’t make sense chronologically but that’s because fuck you and I didn’t get around to editing it for like 3 1/2 months. At least it’s here. It being Robert Eggers version of the classic Nosferatu story. Rhoades and Syed recorded this before our recent guests Kylie and Noah did and decided it was one of their favorite films as discussed on our Best Of 2024, but I’m rambling at this point. Enjoy it or don’t. Fuck you buddy.
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2024: A Year of Mediocrity in Film
A bit late but hey, screw you we don’t owe you anything. Enjoy this podcast featuring Kylie, Noah, and Syed as they talk about their best and worst of 2024. Or don’t and go kick rocks.
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Nosferatu: 70’s Arthouse Filmmaking
Syed and Rhoades are back again talking Nosferatu! No still not that Eggers one yet, but did you know there was a 70’s version? Yeah we check out that one this time!
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Groundhog Day!
Syed and Rhoades sit down for our last session of couch trip cinema to discuss Groundhog Day!
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Nosferatu: The Original Cult Classic
Syed and Rhoades are a little late to the party, we recorded opening weekend but life’s busy sometimes, and we’re discussing Nosferatu! Not that new Eggers film, that will come in a few weeks. Nah, I’m talking the original 1922 horror film. Welcome to the Symphony of Horror in the age of silent films!
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Deadpool 2: Deadpool, but AGAIN!
Syed and Rhoades are still laying dormant until some new movie strikes their fancy in this busy season, but in the mean time enjoy another of the backlog that is Deadpool!
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Logan: Westerns of the Future
Syed and Rhoades sit down for a 5/5 chat on a 5/5 movie.
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The Merc With the Mouth
Syed and Rhoades are back with a new episode that totally wasn’t recorded like 3 months ago. Does Deadpool hold up these days?
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The Crow: Victims of Remakes, Aren’t we All
Rhoades’s begged and pleaded and struck a deal with Syed. He would suffer through Twisters if Syed suffered through the Crow. So that’s exactly what Syed did.
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Alien: Romulus - The New Throat GOATS
This Labor Day, join Syed and Rhoades as they sit down and discuss what goes wrong when a bunch of random cockney accented miners on another planet decide to pull off a lil heist to get that bag.
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Trap me Josh Hartnett 💦💦💦
Shyamalan is at it again, bring us a new thriller in Trap. Is Josh Hartnett our new trap daddy? Probably
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Twisters: Hallmark Channel’s Big Budget Break
This one is so genuinely exhausting. Like I love the original and this is just a shame.
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Deadpool & Wolverine: A Netflix movie on the Big Screen
Syed and Rhoades are back today discussing Deadpool & Wolverine. Was this worth Hugh Jackman coming back after his goodbye in Logan? Does Marvel hold Deadpool back?
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Longlegs: Fear What You Can’t See
Syed and Rhoades are back to debate if one of the years hottest new indie horrors is actually horror or just excellent camera work. Longlegs is pretty great either way.
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RTC Roulette: The Nice Guys
Syed and Rhoades are checking in again for another Random Favorite Roulette, today watching and reviewing The Nice Guys. Is this movie underrated and under appreciated or is it just another buddy detective film?
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RTC Roulette: Die Hard
Syed and Rhoades are back again with another RTC Roulette covering our favorite random movies, today with Die Hard. Does the classic 80’s Everyman action film stand the test of time?
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RTC Roulette: Ready Player One
Hey Roadies! We’re here to start your week with the first episode of our new series, RTC Roulette! In this series we have made a list of a random 40 of our favorite films to spin a number wheel on and discuss, starting with Steven Spielberg’s modern blockbuster hit, Ready Player One.
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The Fall Guy
Based off the 80’s series of the same name, The Fall Guy crashed into theaters last week. Does it live up to Leitch’s last film Bullet Train?
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Syed’s Winning Choice: Barbie!
Syed won the Oscar 2024 predictions and so today he brings you Barbie! The 2023 mega hit proves to be pretty decisive among the RTC crew.
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Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire or, Godzilla and Kong vs Evil Godzilla (kinda) and Evil Kong
Yeah it’s been a while and yeah this movie came out a few weeks ago, but guess what? We don’t give a shit. This movie is absurdly dumb so either listen to us discuss how brain meltingly stupid it is or fuck off.
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Godzilla vs Kong: A Match Over 60 Years in The Making
Syed and Rhoades are back with a last review leading up to 2024’s Godzilla X Kong New Empire with Godzilla Vs Kong.
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Godzilla II: King of the Monsters
This film is so spectacularly lackluster I literally don’t have the effort in me to come up with a clever title for it. Syed and Rhoades “talk” about this movie.
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Kong Skull Island: King of a New Era
Syed and Rhoades are back to discuss the ‘Nam era kaiju film Kong Skull Island. How does it compare to Godzilla 2014?
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Godzilla (2014): America’s Kaiju Baby Steps
With their first Oscar win in the franchise’s 70 year history, the sun sets in the east on Toho’s incredible Godzilla: Minus One. But a new day rises as we now start our kaiju discussions on the west’s take on the lovable lizard as we begin our reviews of Legendary Picture’s Monsterverse, starting with 2014’s Godzilla.
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Oscar Predictions of 2024
Syed and Rhoades are back this week to discuss our Oscar winner guesses leading up to the 2024 Academy Awards this weekend!
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Groundhog Day!
Syed and Rhoades sit down for our last session of couch trip cinema to discuss Groundhog Day!
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Nope: Jordan Peele’s Masterpiece
Join us as we spend 20 minutes gushing about one of our absolute favorite films, Nope!
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The Best, Worst, and Most Disappointing Films of 2023!
John and Syed are back for another round of couch talk discussing our favorites and least favorite films of the year!
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Shin Godzilla: The Modern Menace
Hey Roadies! We’re starting the new year off right with the end of our Toho series of Godzilla films. Does the King of the Monsters reign supreme in this new era? Let us know your thoughts on Shin Godzilla.
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Godzilla 98: Disaster of Disasters
Rhoades and Syed are back this week with a look at Emmerichs take on the big lizard! Is the film really as bad as it was received? Probably.
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Godzilla 1954: The Real OG (Original Godzilla)
Hey Roadies! We’re back this week with a look at the original monster movie hit, Godzilla! Does the nearly 70 year old film hold up?
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Godzilla Minus One: A Triumph for The King
Hey Roadies! It’s been a while. We’ve been busy, between the holidays and wedding, but we’re back! Honestly, if every 3 month hiatus gave us a film like Godzilla Minus One we’d have no problem waiting. Tag along while Syed and Rhoades gush about this film, our first foreign film on the podcast!
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Interview with a Vampire: Lessons in rewatching films before recording.
Kylie and Syed are back discussing the 90’s camp classic, Interview with a Vampire. Should vampires be more horror focused? Definitely. Should Tom Cruise be sexy? Absolutely not. Should we have rewatched this movie rather than do this off of memory? Probably.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Woah!
Syed and Rhoades are discussing the *arousing* but somehow more faithful telling of the classic monster’s story.
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The Lost Boys: 80’s Vampires for 80’s Fans
Kylie returns, joining Syed to discuss the 80’s classic vamp film The Lost Boys. Brilliant modern vampire story or wasted potential?
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Dracula!: A Brief History Lesson of Universal’s Classic Monster!
Syed and Rhoades decided to follow up Last Voyage of the Demeter with a brief history lesson regarding Dracula’s cinematic origins on and behind the camera.
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Last Voyage of The Demeter: Just Don’t Think About It
Kylie is back! Joining Syed, we’re covering one of the few horror films of the summer. Instant classic or instant flop?
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TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, Nostalgia Bait?
Rhoades and Syed are back with August’s biggest animated film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem! Is it just nostalgia bait for us senior citizens, or does the film take the turtles in new directions?
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Indiana Jones and the Laziness of the Crystal Skull
We’re finishing off the Indy franchise with the despised 4th film. Is the movie really as bad as we all said it was back when it came out?
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The Last Crusade: A Masterclass of Adventure
The third film in the Indiana Jones saga, 1989’s The Last Crusade served as a finale for our favorite adventurer for nearly two decades. Did Spielberg and Lucas peak with this hit?
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