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Cinema Toast Crunch

A father and his son and daughter-in-law review a different film each week. Films range from classics to fringe titles of which you might not be aware. Plus a weekly look at new releases on Blu-ray and DVD as well as what's new in theaters.
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Jul 22, 2016

Our first post flood show features the elder Garvis and Shawn discussing The Final Girls from 2015.  This horror comedy homage to slasher films like Friday the 13th was a late choice to kick off the return after Garvis had to track down a copy after hearing the guys at Horror Movie Podcast rave about it.  Will Shawn share his enthusiasm for the film?  Tune in to find out.  Also new release news looks at a new version of a zombie classic on Blu-ray and another promising release from Arrow.  Theatrically they discuss the new Star Trek and Ice Age sequels as well as the hotly anticipated horror film Lights Out.

Jul 4, 2016

This is Jeffrey K. Holbrook of HolbrookNewMedia.com.

The recent flooding in West Virginia has been
devastating in terms of property damage and lives
lost.

The Reeds, your hosts of the Cinema Toast Crunch
podcast, had their home flooded as well. Fortunately
all of the family are safe, but it is hard to get out a
podcast episode when there has been 18 inches of
water in the your podcasting space.

Garvis asked me to record this message and let you
know that it may be a few weeks before their home
life gets back to normal and they can resume the
movie news and reviews that we all look forward to
each week.


Also, Garvis didn't tell me to say this, but I am sure
they could use some support in setting back up their
podcasting operations. I know you enjoy the show as
much as I do, so contact them and see if you can
help a little. Donations of equipment, like mics, stands, mixers,
etc would really help. Now I wish to say again, that I
was not asked to say this, but it is good when we can
help others in need.

You can find them on Facebook at the Cinema Toast Crunch Podcast
page, or http://cinematoastcrunch.libsyn.com/

On behalf of the Cinema Toast Crunch crew, I thank
you for listening and I know you are looking forward
to hearing more entertaining movie reviews in the
future, as only Garvis, Garvis and Kayla can do it.

Be safe!

Jul 1, 2016

After a week's delay due to the recording studio (aka my home) being flooded out with 18 inches of water, the Cinema Toast Crunch crew is proud to share their thoughts on What's Up Doc?.  The new release news may be slightly out of date, but blame Mother Nature on that one.

Jun 15, 2016

It's another listener suggestion this week as we sit down and watch The Car.  A classic drive in film from 1977 that the elder Garvis remembers watching on HBO as a teen.  The new release news covers the recent release of the remaining films in the Jaws franchise to Blu-ray as well as Finding Dory, Central Intelligence and 3 other films out in limited release.  All this and more in a jam packed extra long episode to help make your week a little more fun.  Oh and the gang is still trying to get the hang of the new mics.

Jun 9, 2016

This week the Cinema Toast Crunch crew discuss one of Kayla's favorite films, The Craft.  It's the story of four outsider girls dabbling in the dark arts.  What could possibly go wrong?  The younger Garvis discusses Norm of the North and Krampus and the elder Garvis talks about watching the last 15 minutes of I Spit On Your Grave (2010).  All of this and new release news for theaters and home video for less than the price of a penny gumball.  Do they even still sell penny gumballs?  Who knows, but we're still making podcasts and the enjoyment lasts longer and doesn't stick to the soles of your shoes.

Jun 3, 2016

This week the Cinema Toast Crunch crew take the Turing Test to see if Ex Machina is a good movie or just a robot going through the motions of trying to be a good movie.  The younger Garvis talks about Arthur and the Invisibles and the whole gang talks about the new releases on home video and in theaters including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of the Shadows and Pop Star.  Plus is the monthly special from Vinegar Syndrome one of the best deals in Blu-ray?  Garvis the elder seems to think so.

May 27, 2016

Another early episode brought to light as the Cinema Toast Crunch crew watch Bobcat Goldthwait's very dark and very funny God Bless America.

May 26, 2016

Another blast from the past as the Cinema Toast Crunch crew had their first wild card week and decided to do a double feature Bigfoot extravaganza.  Exists from Eduardo Sanchez kicks off the show with its tale of a group of friends trapped in a hunting cabin by something in the woods.  After that it's time for Bobcat Goldthwait's detour from comedy with his found footage horror tale of a young couple shooting a Bigfoot documentary on the famed Patterson Gimlin site that run into more than they expected.

May 25, 2016

This week the Cinema Toast Crunch crew watch and discuss the 1982 remake of Cat People starring Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell.  Will they feel it's a purr-fect treat or that it belongs in the litter box?  In addition to the regular new release news for home video and theaters, the younger Garvis and Kayla talk about Zoombies and The Peanuts Movie.

May 19, 2016

It's another listener request as the Cinema Toast Crunch crew watch David Lynch's version of Frank Herbert's Dune.  Will the film be a cool drink of water or a sand worm infested slog through the desert?  The crew also discusses new releases and a few videos they watched recently.  The elder Garvis talks about Central State and What We Do In The Shadows while Garvis, the son, and Kayla discuss Mockingjay Pt 2 and Fox's first attempt at the Fantastic Four franchise from 2005.

May 11, 2016

Lions and... well, just lions.  Oh my!  This week the Cinema Toast Crunch crew feasts on the lions versus tourists extravaganza, Prey.  Will it be a tasty treat or the cause of some severe gastric distress?  There's also the new release news you've come to expect and some discussion of Journey 2 The Mysterious Island, Blood Sombrero, and Captain America: Civil War.

May 4, 2016

Sometimes you have a pretty good idea of what you're getting into when you watch a film... and then there's Helldriver.  This week the CTC crew try to make sense out of Yoshihiro Nishimura's Helldriver without the use of mind altering aids.  There's also our usual coverage of new releases on home video and in theaters, and Garvis 3 and Kayla discuss The Visit and the recent Fantastic Four reboot which they watched on DVD last week.

May 4, 2016

A special retro edition for May The 4th.  In a show from Thanksgiving of 2015 the CTC crew awaits the launch of Star Wars The Force Awakens by watching a selection of Star Wars shorts.  Starting with Hardware Wars and running through Troops, Pitching Lucas, George Lucas In Love, American Jedi, and R2D2 Beneath The Dome, the crew watches and discusses a variety of the best Star Wars shorts the Internet and Garvis' DVD collection have to offer.

Apr 29, 2016

It's another flashback episode as we continue to port our earliest episodes over to the new host.  This time it's Kayla's first turn up at bat as she chooses Breakfast At Tiffany's for our viewing pleasure.  The edges are still a little rough, but the show is shaping up to the format we have today.

Apr 28, 2016

It's a bonus episode as we re-release our earlier episodes.  This was our second episode and it featured Paul the comedy about an alien trying to get home but with way more weed smoking than E.T.  This was only our second episode so be kind as there were still some rough edges to work out.

Apr 28, 2016

This week the Cinema Toast Crunch crew discuss an obscure George Romero film about knights on motorcycles.  In addition we talk about the new releases on home video and out in theaters.

Apr 21, 2016

The Cinema Toast Crunch crew are joined this week by Shawn to discuss Kevin Smith's walrus horror comedy, Tusk.  Also new releases and a discussion of the documentary Maplethorpe: Look At The Pictures.

Apr 14, 2016

For her choice, Kayla decided to unleash Hidalgo upon the rest of the Cinema Toast Crunch crew.  Two hours plus about a horse and a swordless Viggo Mortenson in Arabia,  would the guys make it through this film without falling asleep?  Also the regular rundown of new releases for home video and in theaters.

Apr 7, 2016

The Cinema Toast Crunch crew discuss Mike Judge's satire about the dumbing down of America, Idiocracy.  It's a light week for new releases, but there's one heavyweight on the Blu-ray release front. 

Mar 31, 2016

Last night we watched S.O.B. and the resulting podcast felt a little sub par to my mind.  I absolutely love this movie and to watch Garvis and Kayla both dosing off during it because of room temperature issues left me so flummoxed that I couldn't concentrate very well on my own thoughts.  I decided to take a look back at my blog from 2010 (365 Days of DVDs found at www.garvis2.wordpress.com) and see if I had reviewed S.O.B. on there.  To my delight I found that I had on July 8, 2010 to be exact.  So what did I have to say about it 6 years ago during my last viewing?  Keep in mind my rating system then was 1 to 4 stars, not the current 5 stars we use on Cinema Toast Crunch.

I saw S.O.B. at the Plaza East Cinemas when it first came out.  It was at that point the funniest film I had ever seen.  It’s easily still in my top 5.  S.O.B. was different from most other comedies I had seen.  The humor was dark slapstick with some of the most wonderfully quotable dialogue.  It was silly and incredibly intelligent at the same time, often in the same scene.  I was reminded of the special type of humor found in this film when I decided to pop it in the DVD player on Wednesday.

I know the film’s every twist and turn.  I can quote much of the script from memory.  Yet there was this moment where Stuart Margolin quietly walks in while Julie Andrews as Sally Miles is playing the piano and very casually informs her that her husband, producer/director Felix Farmer (played by the hilarious Richard Mulligan) has just tried to kill himself.  The line is not inherently funny, but the delivery of the line as pure matter of factness, nothing out of the ordinary made me crack up even after multiple viewings. 

S.O.B. is another one of those films where there is not a bad performance in the entire motion picture.  In addition to Mulligan there are hilarious performances from Robert Preston as the doctor and Robert Webber as the press agent.  When the two of them are on screen together there is hardly a scene that can fail to produce a laugh or at least a smile.  William Holden as Cully, an old friend in the business that is called in to keep an eye on Felix as he recovers from his suicide attempt after the failure of his latest film, os the perfect straight man.  Holden helps keep the film grounded without stamping on the comedy.  His role could have very easily sank the film if he had played it too over the top or too serious, but Holden walks the razor’s edge with the precision of a high wire performer and delivers what should have been an Oscar winning performance.  Sadly he wasn’t even nominated.  Apparently Hollywood doesn’t like having people make fun of its vanity.

Watching S.O.B. right after watching Network provides an interesting comparison.  Network satirized network television and television news but with an orderly flow of carefully paced dialogue.  S.O.B. is a satire of the motion picture business, but the dialogue is delivered in rapid fire volleys.  A perfect example is the scene where Robert Preston refers to another character as a “nervous Jew” and Robert Webber fires back while pacing and indicating himself , “That’s not a nervous Jew.  This is a nervous Jew.”   Preston’s doctor doesn’t miss a beat before remarking, “Funny, you don’t look nervous.”  It’s such a multi-layered joke and the physical nervousness of Webber’s character coupled with Preston’s relaxed calmness just makes it comedy gold.

S.O.B. was famous for Julie Andrews topless scene.  A situation that is mirrored in the movie itself as Andrews character is described as Peter Pan and America’s G-rated sweetheart.  The fact that the topless scene in Night Wind, the film within the film, is for all intents and purposes totally gratuitous is another case of a multi-layered joke.  Since the scene is not truly necessary to Night Wind, it could also be argued that the scene is gratuitous to S.O.B. as well.  However since the point of the scene is the fact that it is a shock effect scene designed to sell tickets masquerading as an important and integral element of the film, its inclusion in S.O.B. is valid and necessary.  This is the wonderful complexity of S.O.B.

Once again S.O.B. held up remarkably well and easily rates the same 4 stars I would have given it on first viewing.  I hadn’t seen it for several years and watching it again brought back many a fond memory.

Mar 31, 2016

One of the elder Garvis' favorite films is on tap this week as the Cinema Toast Crunch crew watch and discuss Blake Edwards' S.O.B. from 1981.  Plus new release news for theaters, Blu-ray and DVD and a spoiler free discussion of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice which everyone here saw at the theater last week. 

Mar 25, 2016

This week's show is a listener request, The People Under The Stairs.  The Cinema Toast Crunch crew watch and talk about this lesser known Wes Craven film from 1991.  As always the new releases on Blu-ray, DVD and in theaters leads to some off topic discussions, and the on topic discussion leads to a word or two about spoilers.  Warning our featured discussions always contain spoilers.

Mar 17, 2016

Happy Saint Patrick's Day as the Cinema Toast Crunch crew watch Leprechaun from 1993.  Will they find it magically delicious or tragically atrocious? 

Plus new release news for theaters, Blu-ray and DVD.

Mar 10, 2016

A film that may test the generation gap as the Cinema Toast Crunch crew watch Lazer Team from Rooster Teeth on You Tube Red.  Also a discussion of Zootopia which two of the crew saw this week and a few words about Karim Movies' The Iron Man, a DVD that the elder Garvis picked up at a pawn shop despite the case and disc having no title or film description.  All this and the latest news on new releases at the theater and on Blu-ray and DVD.

Mar 3, 2016

This week the Cinema Toast Crunch crew takes a look at 1985's The Last Dragon from producer Berry Gordy.  It's Kung Fu, Blaxploitation, dancing and music in the cult classic.  Is this movie the coolest?  Sho'Nuff.  Plus what's new in theaters and what just came out on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD. 

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