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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Mar 12, 2021

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Special guest Matt Serafini joins us this week for a bonus review of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, which is now available to stream on Paramount+. In addition to discussing this third movie about everyone’s favorite undersea sponge, we also wax poetic about the ongoing legacy of “SpongeBob SquarePants” and its impact on pop culture over the last 20 years.

Sponge on the Run was directed and written by Tim Hill, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. The voice acting features most of the main cast of the television series: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Mr. Lawrence, Carolyn Lawrence, and Jill Talley. Additionally, the film features a mix of live-action cameos and voice acting from Awkwafina, Matt Berry, Tiffany Haddish, Danny Trejo, Snoop Dogg, Reggie Watts, and Keanu Reeves. The film was dedicated to Stephen Hillenburg, the original creator of the show.

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Moxie Mar 11, 2021

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Moxie — or MOXIE! — is a new teen dramedy on Netflix and Amy Poheler's sophomore film as director (she also co-stars in it). It's adapted from a novel by Jennifer Mathieu and stars Hadley Robinson, Alycia Pascual-Peña, Lauren Tsai, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Nico Hiraga, Sydney Park, Josephine Langford, Clark Gregg, Ike Barinholtz, and Marcia Gay Harden.

This review is an excerpt from Episode #210 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music this week is “Out of Focus” by Crispy Beats.

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Sophie Jones Mar 10, 2021

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Our indie palate cleanser of the week is Sophie Jones, the directorial debut of Jessie Barr, who co-wrote the screenplay with her cousin Jessica Barr, who also stars in the film as a teen grappling with grief and her own girlhood in the wake of tragedy. Released through Oscilloscope Laboratories, Sophie Jones is available to to stream now via on demand.

This review is an excerpt from Episode #210 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music this week is “Out of Focus” by Crispy Beats.

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Coming 2 America Mar 09, 2021

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Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall are back in Coming 2 America, a sequel to the hit 1988 comedy Coming to America. Directed by Craig Brewer (Dolemite is My Name), this star-studded sequel boasts a lot of new characters, plus a ton of returning favorites, but does it measure up all these years later? You can see Coming 2 America for yourself on Amazon Prime Video, and the cast includes Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, Teyana Taylor, Wesley Snipes, and James Earl Jones.

This review is an excerpt from Episode #210 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music this week is “Out of Focus” by Crispy Beats.

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Raya and the Last Dragon Mar 08, 2021

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We’re going on an adventure this week in our review of Raya and the Last Dragon, a new action fantasy film from Walt Disney Animation featuring the voice talents of Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Benedict Wong, Sandra Oh, and Daniel Dae Kim. Later in the show, we also review Coming 2 America, Sophie Jones, and Moxie. And we open the episode with a quick tribute to our cohost Abby Olcese, who will be departing Cinemaholics starting next week.

Show Notes:

00:00:00 – Cinemaholics+
00:02:50 – Intro & Off-Topics
00:09:00 – Raya and the Last Dragon
00:37:50 – Coming 2 America
00:54:35 – Sophie Jones
01:07:30 – Moxie

Read Nguyen Le’s review of Raya and the Last Dragon on AwardsWatch. And check out Kathia Wood’s review of Coming 2 America on Cup of Soul.

Intro music: “Out of Focus” by Crispy Beats

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Boogie Mar 05, 2021

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Special guest Cory Woodroof joins us for our review of Boogie, the directorial debut of Eddie Huang, a chef and author of the memoir Fresh Off the Boat, which is also the inspiration for the hit ABC sitcom. It stars Taylor Takahashi as Alfred "Boogie" Chin, a high school basketball player in New York who has to grapple with his Asian American identity, a new relationship, and a heated rivalry that might determine his future as a professional player. The film also stars Taylour Paige, Bashar "Pop Smoke" Jackson (in a posthumous role), and Jorge Lendeborg Jr.

Read Inkoo Kang's review of Boogie for The Hollywood Reporter.

Our intro music this week is “The Night Café” by Mad Candor.

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Chaos Walking Mar 05, 2021

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Should you walk, not run to theaters this weekend to see Chaos Walking? Directed by Doug Liman, this is a new YA sci-fi action western starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley as an unlikely pair who live on a planet where men's thoughts can be heard by anyone. We review the film and discuss its troubled production history on this bonus episode of the show. Chaos Walking also stars Mads Mikkelsen, Demián Bichir, Cynthia Erivo, Nick Jonas, and David Oyelowo.

Our intro music this week is “The Night Café” by Mad Candor.

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Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry Mar 03, 2021

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You may want to turn the sound on for this one. Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry is a new Apple TV+ documentary from R.J. Cutler that profiles the recent rise of singer-songwriter Billie Eilish. It mostly covers the behind-the-scenes production of her debut studio album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and is playing now in select theaters through Neon.

This review is an excerpt from Episode #209 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music this week is “The Night Café” by Mad Candor.

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The United States vs. Billie Holiday Mar 02, 2021

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Now available to stream on Hulu, The United States vs. Billie Holiday is a new biopic from director Lee Daniels, and it stars Andra Day as the legendary singer Billie Holiday, who was targeted by the FBI for her refusal to stop performing "Strange Fruit," an anti-lynching ballad. Day recently won a Golden Globe for her performance, and the cast also includes Trevante Rhodes, Natasha Lyonne, and Garrett Hedlund.

This review is an excerpt from Episode #209 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music this week is “The Night Café” by Mad Candor.

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Tom & Jerry Mar 01, 2021

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Unlike Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse, we actually speak in this week’s show, as we discuss the new live-action family comedy Tom & Jerry, which just hit HBO Max and puts the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters into New York City with a host of human characters you definitely won’t care about. We also review The United States vs. Billie Holiday on Hulu and Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry on Apple TV+. Plus, we do a quick mini review of The Mauritanian and play some listener voicemails.

Show Notes:

00:00:00 – Intro & Off-Topics
00:02:40 – Listener voicemails: Do you prefer watching new episodes of a TV show all at once, or released week-to-week? (Part 2)
00:07:55 – Mini Reviews: The Mauritanian
00:17:00 – Tom & Jerry
00:42:25 – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
01:00:55 – Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry

Intro music: “The Night Café” by Mad Candor

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