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The Cinema Craptaculus Podcast Network
by The Cinema Craptaculus Crew
Join the Cinema Craptaculus Crew as we review movies, debate movies and talk all things Hollywood. The Cinema Craptaculus Podcast Network has a variety of shows releasing every Sunday! Join us on the original- CINEMA CRAPTACULUS as Steph, Dave & John take a hard look at the movies that are hard to look at! Go into THE EXPANDED UNIVERSE with John, Doc & Smoore as they chat all things Hollywood! Flip it to the B-SIDES for those rare streaming gems, the low budget movies with a heart of gold that Dave, Tara & Adam discover. Travel through the TERROR TUNNEL with Steph and her amazing guests as they cover all things horror. And join the discussion as JDH moderates THE REEL DEBATE where we do what movies are made for – debate them!
Episodes
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THE EXPANDED UNIVERSE Episode 47
Summer is here! And the Geeks help you decide what’s worth your while at the cinemas. From Christopher Nolan’s Greek opus to Spider-Man’s brand new bad day to another round of talking toys and the return of Johnny Knoxville and the boys. It’s a summer movie geek-out as Cinema Craptaculus…
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2025 Geek Recap EXPANDED UNIVERSE
So long 2025! The Geeks toast the biggest Hollywood news stories of the year. From box office hits and misses to what’s hot in streaming to Who Wants to Marry Warner Bros.?It’s a New Years’ Geek-Out as Cinema Craptaculus Presents: The Expanded Universe! Twitter @Craptaculus Instagram @...
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Oh. What. Fun.
Steve, John & Dave aren't going to jingle all the way, but they are going to have Oh. What. Fun! Every year hundreds of Christmas movies are released in the spirited hopes of becoming the next holiday classic! National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Planes Trains and Automobiles. The Muppets...
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Halloween on Halloween
Happy Halloween! The trick-or-treaters have gone, there's a little bit of candy left in the bowl, and it's time to settle in for scary movie night, but what to watch? So many horror films out there. Well, it's Cinema Craptaculus to the rescue with a minisode that makes the case for the definitive...
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War of the Worlds
Steph, John, Steve & Dave put down their phones for screen time with Ice Cube and his (fictional) family! The War of the Worlds has been adapted many times since its first publication in 1898, and each adaptation represented the era in which it was created -- Famously as a radio show in 1938 and...
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Kraven The Hunter
Steph, John and Dave are on the hunt for the elusive perfect Cinema Craptaculus movie. The only thing to do is brave the Netflix jungles of the MCU - Sony Edition! Joining us on our cinema safari is Travis Weir (Producer/Editor)! He creates BTS content of such movies as Mad Max: Furiosa, Dune 2…
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Reboots! EXPANDED UNIVERSE 44
Do you believe in reincarnation? Well, TV executives sure do! From Matlock to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it seems like all our favorite TV shows are getting REBOOTED! The Geeks are back in action sussing out which reboots rise to the top and which sink to the bottom in the latest episode of Cinema...
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Back in Action
Steph, Dave, Steve & John ponder - when is a theatrical, not really a theatrical? When it’s a direct to Netflix original movie! That’s right, it’s time to kick the feet up, make some popcorn and get BACK IN ACTION! Here’s the rapid recap to catch you up! CIA Spies and banter experts Emily…
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Hot Frosty
Steph, John & Dave settle down to gulp down a massive mug of Netflix Christmas! It’s the live-action, trope-challenging, rom-com with abs of steel and a warm heart wrapped up in a magical scarf! That’s right, it’s time for the Netflix Original HOT FROSTY! Follow us on Twitter @Craptaculus…
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CC Halloween 2024 Fright Guide
It's the spooky season and Steph, John & Dave serve up their favorite horror movies from the past and the future!! Follow us on Twitter @Craptaculus Instagram @cinemacraptaculus Intro Music: "The Builder" - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 |...
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Deadpool and Wolverine EXPANDED UNIVERSE 43
Deadpool officially joins the MCU, and the Geeks talk about where it all started and how the Merc With A Mouth convinced his new frenemy Wolverine to join him for that superhero box office landing. Grab some chimichangas and wear your brown pants for the latest episode of Cinema Craptaculus...
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Atlas
Steve Silverman from WORLD GONE GOOD joins Steph, John & Dave to find the good in the Netflix original ATLAS! Big robots! AI Craziness! And the weight (and the future) of the world is all on J-Lo’s back! It’s the Netflix original, ATLAS! Here’s the rapid recap to catch you up! When Atlas (played…
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The Stepfather CINEMA CRAPTACULUS
Steph, John & Dave are on their best behavior as they go old school to welcome in a new Step Father! It’s 1987 and the saying “Father knows best” is not only said, it’s still believed. But in this movie, what father knows best, is deadly – kids, meet your new - STEP FATHER! Here’s the rapid recap...
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Geek Free For All EXPANDED UNIVERSE 42
The Geeks do what they do best – geek out on the biggest and best TV shows and movies of the summer! From Furiosa to a furious Wolverine and everything in between, it’s a Geek free-for-all on the latest episode of Cinema Craptaculus Presents: The Expanded Universe! Twitter @Craptaculus Instagram…
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Road House (2024) & Road House (1989) PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED
Tara, Adam and Dave road trip to 2 road houses to play nice, have drink and throwdown with Jake Gyllenhaal and Patrick Swayze! Jake Gyllenhaal plays Ex-UFC fighter Dalton who takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys road house, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems. This…
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Time Warp: 1994 - 30 Years Ago! CINEMA CRAPTACULUS
Steph, John & Dave dive into the past! This year is the 30th anniversary of the movies from… well if you’re doing the math at home or read the podcast title… 1994 – and we’ve chosen 5 of the biggest movies from that year to talk about their impact 30 years later. Talk to the hand if you don’t…
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Oscars Geek Out EXPANDED UNIVERSE 41
The Geeks make their picks for this year’s Academy Awards! Will it be a Barbenheimer or an Oppenbarbie kind of night? Or maybe it will be a night of American Fiction and everyone will feel like Poor Things. Join John HH, Doc, and Smoore for an Oscars Geek-Out as Cinema Craptaculus Presents: The...
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Maestro & All That Jazz PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED
Cinema Craptaculus presents: People Also Watched Tara, Adam & Dave dive into an awards frenzy double feature with MAESTRO and a movie people also watched, the 70’s classic ALL THAT JAZZ First up, it's the Netflix Original that could be called “OSCAR BID”! This limited theatrical release spent a...
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No One Will Save You CINEMA CRAPTACULUS
Steve Silverman (World Gone Good, Drown Town) joins Steph, John & Dave but can he save them as they take on NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU! There’s no dialogue, there’s no electricity and there’s no peace because NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU! That’s the name of the movie. No One Will Save You. In this sci-fi,...
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Family Switch CINEMA CRAPTACULUS
This holiday season, Steph, Dave & John switch it up for Christmas! What happens when you cross Freaky Friday with Like Father Like Son and throw in Christmas just for shits and giggles. And don’t forget an extra helping of McG directing and you get the Netflix original - the simply titled FAMILY...
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Christmas Special EXPANDED UNIVERSE 40
Happy Holidays from the Geeks! It’s the 40th episode, and John HH, Doc, and Smoore offer up some hilarious ideas from your favorite film directors who really need to make a Christmas movie! Listen up Nolan, Scorcese, Fennell, and Tarantino - these are the holiday films we’ve been wishing for!…
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Slotherhouse CINEMA CRAPTACULUS
Stephanie, John & Dave pledge a sorority where they take things slow - Slothlike slow! This is the untrue story of several sorority sisters picked to live in a house and have their lives taken… Where we find out what happens when an adorable sloth with anger issues stops being polite and starts...
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Halloween Episode THE EXPANDED UNIVERSE
The Geeks go monster mashing as they carve out their best and least favorite trick-or-treat candy, party cocktails, songs, and the popular costumes for 2023. From Taylor Swift attire to lighting candy corn on fire, let’s debate and celebrate with wicked delight by candlelight. It’s a HALLOWEEN...
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"The Strikes" EXPANDED UNIVERSE 38
The Geeks take a look at what’s at stake in the big Hollywood strikes and are joined by Cinema Craptaculus’ own Emmy-winning writer Stephanie Coggins as well as actor and SAG-AFTRA committee negotiator Zeke Alton. Cinema Craptaculus Presents: The Expanded Universe! Twitter @Craptaculus Instagram…
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"Summer Movies Check-In" EXPANDED UNIVERSE 37
Summertime at the movies! The geeks check in on which films are on fire and which have flamed out and what’s coming up. Is it summer lovin’ or endless summer? Find out as Cinema Craptaculus Presents: The Expanded Universe! Twitter @Craptaculus Instagram @ CinemaCraptaculus Follow John on Twitter...
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John Wick & Parole Violators PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED
SNEAK PEEK EPISODE Subscribe to PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED to never miss an episode. This week we're going out for REVENGE!! It’s the movie that revived Keanu Reeves career…again! It made over $66 million at the box office but started a franchise that has made over 1 billion dollars. Besides Keanu…
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Extraction 2 CINEMA CRAPTACULUS
Ty Freer (writer) joins John & Dave to jump into the action of Chris Hemsworth’s latest Netflix shenanigans! The Russos take off the superhero costumes and replace superhero powers with super powered guns in EXTRACTION 2! Here's the rapid recap to catch you up! At the end of EXTRACTION 1, Chris...
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"Soaps" EXPANDED UNIVERSE 36
Like sands through the hourglass, the Geeks ponder the incredible popularity of soap operas. WHO are Smoore’s favorite soap characters? HOW GOOD is HH’s impression of one daytime’s best heroes? WAS Doc really named after a telenovela character? Tune in for these answers and more as Cinema...
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RRR and Tango & Cash PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED
This week we’re bromancing the action! At its release, it was the most expensive Indian movie to date. And you just watch the ½ hour sequence before the opening credits and you’ll instantly see why! This Telugu-language epic is based on the imaginary friendship to two of India’s revolutionaries....
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White Noise & Night of the Comet
Tara’s book “Tips for Your Last Year on Earth” so instead of reading, we’re watching two movies about the last days on earth! The first, WHITE NOISE, is a satirical contemplation of modern life, major fears and denying death in a Netflix Original Movie starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, and Don...
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We Have a Ghost CINEMA CRAPTACULUS
Steph, John and Dave move in only to discover WE HAVE A GHOST! Here’s the Rapid Recap as written by Netflix RAPID RECAP Seeking a fresh start in Chicago, the Presley family moves into a dusty fixer-upper they soon realize comes with a catch: a ghost in the attic named Ernest (David Harbour)....
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Cocaine Bear & Black Bear PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED SNEAK
Tara, Dave & Adam trip out into the woods for a black bear double fur-ture because it’s the year of the bear! Well, maybe not officially, but it feels that way in the movies! Well, it may not feel exactly like that – but we have a theme with these two movies here and we’re sticking to it. The...
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Geeks & the Gunn EXPANDED UNIVERSE 35
Can James Gunn save DC Studios? After the bold slate of films and series announced, the Geeks take a hard and hopeful look at the ambitious plans laid out by the new WB leadership supercharge the Superfriends. Cinema Craptaculus Presents: The Expanded Universe! Subscribe to Cinema Craptaculus on...
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"Your Place or Mine" CINEMA CRAPTACULUS
It’s Valentine’s Day Season so John, Steph & Dave pack their overnight bags to stay at the Rom-Com b&b that's YOUR PLACE OR MINE! Peter (Ashton Kutcher) is a successful marketing brand expert, who lives in New York city and runs from every relationship as fast as he can get into it. Debbie (Reese...
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"Romance, Wherefore Art Thou?" EXPANDED UNIVERSE 34
Love … exciting and -- GONE? Are romantic movies going extinct? Dennis Hensley, host of game shows and the Dennis Anyone? podcast joins the geeks to see if Hollywood still cares about love in films, where we can find them, and why we still need them. Romance, wherefore art thou? It’s a special...
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"The Invitation" CINEMA CRAPTACULUS
We extend you an invitation to the Netflix Original Movie that has the sexiness and intrigue of an Anne Rice book written for 3rd grade fans of Bridgerton! It’s THE INVITATION everyone! Here’s the Rapid Recap (according to Google) to catch you up! After the death of her mother and having no other...
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"My Big Fat Geek Christmas" EXPANDED UNIVERSE 33
Yippee Kay Yay and ho-ho-ho! Doc, John HH, and Smoore haul out the holly for a holiday party offering up gift ideas for the geek in your life. And are Die Hard and Love, actually really Christmas movies? You’ll find out as it’s My Big Fat Geek Christmas on Cinema Craptaculus Presents: The…
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Falling for Christmas & Unaccompanied Minors PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED SNEAK
SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW Listen to this special preview and then subscribe to PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED on Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/people-also-watched/id1646796443 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5AnBRm8v09vlTEA9W56gdW?si=ede2f61b506d40a2 Tara, Adam & Dave deck out the...
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Frosty & The Year without a Santa Claus CINEMA CRAPTACULUS
It's a Holiday Special Christmas Special Special!! John and Dave are joined by JDH to open Santa’s sack and peek inside to two classic Christmas specials – Frosty the Snowman and The Year without a Santa Claus! FROSTY THE SNOWMAN In this 1969 cartoon classic, Frosty gains sentience when a quote...
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Hocus Pocus 2 & The Worst Witch PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED PREVIEW
SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW Listen to this special preview and then subscribe to PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED on Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/people-also-watched/id1646796443 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5AnBRm8v09vlTEA9W56gdW?si=ede2f61b506d40a2 Tara, Adam & Dave summon the dark...
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"Halloween: U.S. vs UK!" EXPANDED UNIVERSE 32
Halloween traditions and craziness – it’s the U.S. vs. the UK! Well, likely the United Kingdom brought the traditions, and the United States brought the craziness! British voice-over actor Simon Wells joins John and Doc as they trace the spooky history of Halloween from its early origins to its...
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Halloween Ends CINEMA CRAPTACULUS 78
Steve Silverman (World Gone Good podcast) joins us for another night of Halloween frights! And this time promises to be the last of the Michael Myers Halloween saga. And after all the various timelines and alternate sequels, this is the irrefutable moment when HALLOWEEN ENDS! (See how we did that...
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Pinocchio & Pinocchio's Revenge PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED PREVEIW
SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW Listen to this special preview and then subscribe to PEOPLE ALSO WATCHED on Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/people-also-watched/id1646796443 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5AnBRm8v09vlTEA9W56gdW?si=ede2f61b506d40a2 Tara, Adam & Dave pull the strings…
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"Last Cinema and Streamer Standing" EXPANDED UNIVERSE 31
Mergers! Struggling streamers! Cinema chains closing! Oh, my! Maybe the Geeks should open their own cinema chain or hey, even better, start their own streaming service and call it Geeks+. Join John HH and Doc as they untangle the high stakes drama of cinemas and streaming services in what seems…
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"Samaritan" CINEMA CRAPTACULUS 77
Tara, John & Dave travel to Granite City *cough* gotham *cough* to see if we can get the oldest superhero in town to yell at us for being on his lawn! He’s been a grumpy old boxer! He’s been a grumpy old Vet! Now he’s a grumpy old superhero AND super villain!?! It’s Sylvester Stallone in…
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“90s Time Travel With Andy Frye” EXPANDED UNIVERSE 30
Andy Frye, Forbes sportswriter and novelist, joins the Geeks as they take a time-traveling journey back to the grunge-rocking, non-social media world of 1990s! With Andy’s new novel “Ninety Days in the 90s” out, it’s pretty fly as they ask what it would be like to travel back to your 90s self and...
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"Prey" CINEMA CRAPTACULUS 76
First there was Predator. Then Predator 2. Then Predators. Then The Predator. In this latest installment 20th Century went against Horror movie sequel naming conventions (see Scream and Halloween) and came up with a completely new title - PREY! Here’s the Rapid Recap to catch you up! In the...
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"The Princess" B-SIDES 36
What if John Wick were a woman and instead of gun play, there was a lot of sword play? No one was asking for it, but Hulu answers that question anyway in the direct to streaming action movie – THE PRINCESS! Here’s how —IMDB describes the movie: When a strong-willed princess (played by Joey King)...
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"Stranger Things Geek Out" EXPANDED UNIVERSE 29
The Geeks may be worlds apart, but they still can run up that hill and into the upside-down world of Netflix’s hottest series. Order up some pizza before the fourth clock chimes as The Expanded Universe explores Stranger Things Season 4! iTunes https://apple.co/34WS22m Spotify...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join the Cinema Craptaculus Crew as we review movies, debate movies and talk all things Hollywood. The Cinema Craptaculus Podcast Network has a variety of shows releasing every Sunday! Join us on the original- CINEMA CRAPTACULUS as Steph, Dave & John take a hard look at the movies that are hard to look at! Go into THE EXPANDED UNIVERSE with John, Doc & Smoore as they chat all things Hollywood! Flip it to the B-SIDES for those rare streaming gems, the low budget movies with a heart of gold that Dave, Tara & Adam discover. Travel through the TERROR TUNNEL with Steph and her amazing guests as they cover all things horror. And join the discussion as JDH moderates THE REEL DEBATE where we do what movies are made for – debate them!
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Join the Cinema Craptaculus Crew as we review movies, debate movies and talk all things Hollywood. The Cinema Craptaculus Podcast Network has a variety of shows releasing every Sunday! Join us on the original- CINEMA CRAPTACULUS as Steph, Dave & John take a hard look at the movies that are hard to...
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