Oscar month rolls on as the CTC crew takes a look at 1939's Gone With The Wind. There's a nearly 4 hour running time and controversial racial messaging, so can it still hold up in today's fast paced, politically correct world? Also new releases, the DGA winners, and a tribute to Julie Adams, the Creature's best girl.
Oscar month kicks off with Best Original Screenplay winner and Best Picture nominee from 1994, Pulp Fiction. Plus the SAG awards, a tribute to Dick Miller, and new release news.
This week the CTC crew gets to check out a film that hasn't been released yet, Cody Clarke's Mute Date. This is an ultra low budget romantic comedy with Sci Fi overtones. Also Oscar nominations and other awards news.
This week CTC looks at the 2010 animated adaptation of How To Train Your Dragon. We give our predictions for Best Picture nominations and cover new releases.
This week the CTC crew examines the modern classic The Princess Bride from director Rob Reiner and writer William Goldman. Also new release news, Golden Globe winners, DGA and PGA nominees, and celebrity deaths.
After last week's endurance test with Final Flesh, we cleanse our palates with a much better film, Edgar Wright's Baby Driver. Plus new release news.
What do you get when the twisted mind behind Wonder Showzen, The Heart She Holler, and The Shivering Truth pays 4 different fetish houses to film one quarter of his tale of a family facing an incoming nuclear bomb? Well as the CTC crew found out you get one of the most bizarre films ever made. Listen to their analysis and tortured screams to find out.
This week CTC closes out our holiday films with Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights an animated Hanukkah film. We also get into discussions about widescreen versus full screen, what's coming out this week, and celebrity deaths including a tribute to Penny Marshall.
Naughty or nice? The eternal Christmas question. This week CTC looks at a tale of Krampus, Santa's dark shadow that punishes the naughty. Plus in memorium and new releases.
It's the holiday season and CTC is kicking it off with Love Actually a romantic comedy that tells the stories of several couples and an aging rock star as their stories mix and meet around Christmas. Also Golden Globe nominations are out, new release news, and celebrity deaths.
In the words of Monty Python, and now for something completely different. This week the CTC crew watched and discussed the low budget indie film Upstate Story from Shaun Rose. Also new release news and celebrity deaths plus the first awards news of 2018.
Just wanted to take a moment and express our condolences at the loss of two very different, but very talented individuals tonight. Magician and actor Ricky Jay has passed away at 70 as has the amazing director Nicholas Roeg at 90.
It's a full house this week on our CTC Thanksgiving special. Both Garvis 2 and 3, Kayla, Brett and Cassie follow a great Thanksgiving meal with a discussion of John Hughes' classic Thanksgiving film, Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
This week CTC takes a look back at 1996's Dragonheart. We also pay tribute to Stan Lee and talk about new releases on home video and in theaters.
This week the CTC crew takes a look at Ip Man, the story of a Kung Fu master and later teacher of Bruce Lee. Plus new release news and celebrity deaths.
This week CTC is breaking the rules and talking about Fight Club. We also discuss the new releases on home video and in theaters.
We wrap up our Halloween movie month with Silent Hill based on the video game. Also new release news.
As a special treat, I'm uploading the pilot episode that Cassie and I recorded for our planned weekly podcast covering classic monster movies. We're starting with a look at the original Universal monster movies and kicking it off with Frankenstein. Hope you enjoy it and thanks to Mattia Cupelli for the use of his music for our theme.
It's week three of our Halloween movie festival and Garvis 3 has chosen Predator. With the thinnest of connections to the monster movie genre, he had best be prepared for some level 10 sarcasm from the rest of the crew. Plus new release news.
Week 2 of our annual Halloween month of seasonal films continues with The Halloween Tree, an animated film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's book. We also look at new release news on home video and in theaters.
It's October and that means horror movies for a lot of people. Every year Cinema Toast Crunch dedicates the month of October to reviewing horror movies. But we've reviewed several other horror and monster movies during our first 138 episodes. If you're looking for some suggestions for your Halloween watching this year, then check out these past episodes listed in the order they were originally released. Fair warning, the sound on some of these early episodes is not great, but we were still learning.
Exists and Willow Creek
Alone In The Dark
Demons
Kenny And Company
Tremors II Aftershocks
Casper
Leprechaun
The People Under The Stairs
Tusk
Helldriver
Prey
Cat People (1982)
The Craft
The Car
The Final Girls
Phantom Of The Paradise
Masters Of Horror: Homecoming
The Green Inferno
Silent Night Deadly Night
Train To Busan
The Babadook
Goodnight Mommy
Get Out
The Exorcist
The Killer Shrews and The Tingler
An American Werewolf In London
It Follows
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
The Night Stalker
Eraserhead
Gamera Guardian Of The Universe
Monster On The Campus
and our two special episodes one paying tribute to horror legend George A. Romero and one discussing our favorite horror movies.
Check them out and enjoy. You might just find a new favorite for your Halloween viewing pleasure.
It's October and time to kick off the annual CTC horror movie marathon. This week we kick it off with our look at George Romero's classic zombies in a shopping mall film, Dawn of the Dead. Plus new release news.
We're back after a two week hiatus to bring you The Guyver, a film based on the Japanese manga. We also discuss new releases and offer a belated remembrance to Neil Simon.
With school starting back across the country the CTC crew delves into the off to college comedy Revenge of the Nerds. This was a huge comedic hit back in the 80s but how does the humor hold up in the #MeToo generation? Plus new release news and a farewell to Burt Reynolds.
Change of plans this week as the CTC crew discusses the 1958 caveman film Monster on the Campus. Plus a look at new releases for home video and in theaters.