The Cinematchups
Welcome to The Cinematchups podcast, where we take a movie theme, have our viewers suggest movies to watch, and put these movies into a bracket challenge format!! Who will win each duel? Which movie will be crowned the champion! Tune in on Mondays to find out!
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Season 2 Finale
THIS IS IT. Comment below with your prediction on which movie will win our entire bracket challenge! This has been an awesome season, with some truly spectacular films. We have the honor and painful …
Spirited Away (1) vs. Armageddon (8)
It’s the final movie matchup of the season! We have watched all of your favorite movies and today we complete our first round matchups with Spirited Away (1) vs. Armageddon (8). We reflect on the ent…
Giant (1) vs. Burlesque (8)
Only one first round matchup left! Today we review Giant and Burlesque and put them into battle until only one advances on to the next round in our bracket! We talk about the bare minimum in characte…
Casablanca (1) vs. Law Abiding Citizen (8)
New episode out now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor, and Breaker! In a match up of two movies that could not be more different, but equally confused us, which will move on to the …
A Bronx Tale (1) vs. Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift (8)
Sorry we’re a bit late tonight but new episode is out now and available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor, and Breaker!!! This week we talk Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift vs A Bronx T…
Interstellar (7) vs. Auntie Mame (2)
We are in the homestretch with the last battle of our 7 versus 2 seed movies from this season's bracket! We put the classic Auntie Mame up against Nolan's big budget blockbuster, Interstellar. We dis…
Young Frankenstein (2) vs. Straight Talk (7)
We apologize for the delay but we’ve had a lot of life happenings happening! Today we take another two versus seven seed and present Young Frankenstein versus Straight Talk! We talk about the funny g…
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2) vs. World War Z (7)
After a hiatus due to Oscars week, we are back with another 7 versus 2 battle in our pick your all time favorite movie bracket challenge. Today we put World War Z and Fantastic Mr. Fox head to head, …
50/50 (2) vs. The Blues Brothers (7)
Two really great films, but only one advances to the next round of our 'pick your all-time favorite movie' bracket challenge. Your favorite movies are really impressing us so far, and we pick apart t…
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (3) vs. The Cooler (6)
New podcast episode available now! In this episode we talk the injustices of Berger from Sex and the City (S&TC fans don’t come at me I did get his first name wrong in the pod), fun stunts and Harry …
Brief Encounter (3) vs. The Last Unicorn (6)
This week we put two very different movies head to head and battle it out until only one advances! We discuss little details of these movies including the storyline of a sidekick turned hero, film no…
When Harry Met Sally (3) vs. The Goonies (6)
In today's episode we take two movies that have shaped pop culture and other forms of media in significant ways. From rom com tropes, to quotable moments, to growing up as a child actor, we talk the …
Moulin Rouge (6) vs. School of Rock (3)
Two films turned musicals. Two people trying to overcome their biases towards these movies. One winner. Today Shawn and Kim take two movies, one that we each favored coming into this matchup, and bat…
A League of Their Own (5) vs. What Maise Knew (4)
Today we close out our four versus five seed movie round with A League of Their Own (5) vs What Maise Knew (4). We talk feminism in these movies and how it relates to current professional sports, ge…
Doctor Zhivago (5) vs. Inside Man (4)
We are back after a longer than anticipated hiatus! Today we continue with our 4 versus 5 seed matchups, with Doctor Zhivago (5) versus Inside Man (4). Listen for some non-facts about actors and the …
Donnie Darko (4) vs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (5)
We are moving right along with episdode 2 of season 2! In this week's matchup we take two coming of age films told in very different ways and put them head to head. Will Donnie Darko or The Perks of …
Django Unchained (4) vs. The Birdcage (5)
WE ARE BACK! Our first episode of season two and our ‘Pick your All Time Favorite Movie’ bracket is available now! We start off this bracket with Django Unchained (4) vs. The Birdcage (5). Listen as …
Final Four and Championship
THIS IS IT! We go through our final four movies; Hacksaw Ridge, Lion, The Green Mile, and True Grit, until only one is crowned the winner of our movies from books bracket challenge. We talk about all…
Southwest Corner Breakdown
Available now! Shawn and I have a lot of disagreements and find an interesting way to make a decision in this weeks breakdown! We go through these eight films until we have our final movie that will …
Northwest Corner Breakdown
Today we’re breaking down another bracket sections and putting these eight films against one another: And Then There Were None; Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl; Wuthering Heights; Hacksaw Ridge; The Goo…