The Cinematchups

If you need a distraction from all things overwhelmingly election, you can listen to our newest podcast episode! Today we’re breaking down one of our toughest bracket sections and putting these eight…

The final first round episode is here! After watching 64 movies, we come to our final 1 versus 16 matchup. We battle And Then There Were None (1) against The Host (16) and see officially what our nex…

The second to last of our 1 versus 16 matchups brings together The Hate U Give versus Kiss the Girls! We talk powerful moments, checking white privilege, the dedication of these female leads, the ins…

We have another 1 versus 16 matchup for you guys! We talk likeable characters, wine dump buckets, and fun production facts in our latest episode! Listen to us discuss and battle Sideways versus Dark …

Welcome to the final round of matchups! We move to our last seeds, our 1 versus 16 seeds, and first up is Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion, versus the movie adaptation of James Patterson's hit novel, Alo…

The outcome of this matchup definitely surprised us! We close out our 4 vs 13 seeds this week with Crazy Rich Asians versus Ender's Game. We reevaluate the rotten tomatoes critics scores for these fi…

After our last matchup, we're back for another Clint Eastwood film versus one of the most widely read novels of all time! We talk the heartwarming behind the scenes facts from one of these films, the…

New this week we continue with our 4 versus 13 seed matchups in our movies from books bracket challenge, with Bridges of Madison County (4) versus Murder in the Orient Express (13). We talk Meryl Str…

We move on to the 4 v 13 seeds with two movies that were grimy and uncomfortable in two very different ways! We review our first Razzie award winning film this challenge, and talk intense scenes, dif…

On today's episode, we close out our 3 versus 14 seeded films, with Wuthering Heights versus The Golden Compass. We talk childhood bonds, classic love stories, messy storytelling, a polar bear gettin…

Will we have another upset like we did last week?!? Tune in to hear our thoughts on internal frustrations with our two main characters, and which movie moves on in this battle of Raging Bull versus E…

Let's keep going with our 3 versus fourteen seeds! Start your weekend with a new podcast episode where we battle The Book Thief versus Children of Men! We talk the similar themes in these movies and …

We move on to our 3 versus 14 seed matchups with Moneyball versus Everything, Everything! We talk character development, humanizing sports figures, filming location problems, and why one of these mov…

We close out our 15 versus 2 seed matchup series with a Western versus a movie that was controversial according to critics and viewers for being "too Westernized."  Which movie will advance to the ne…

Our latest episode in this 15 versus 2 seeded matchup has us asking a lot of questions! When will we stop watching historical drama/romances in this bracket challenge? Which movie will move on to the…

We're halfway through and see some fun, bad movies in our future with our 15 seeds trying to battle our 2 seeds! Today we discuss Argo (2) vs I am Number Four (15). Listen in as we discuss really bad…

Today we close out our 5 vs 12 seed matchup series with Wild (5) vs. Anna Karenina (12). Will we have another upset on our hands? Listen in as we talk about wilderness survival skills, and the journe…

Tune in as we battle Mystic River versus The Zookeeper’s Wife! What do we do when we have a lot of differing opinions on these films? What are your thoughts on Jimmy’s actions at the end of Mystic Ri…