Best Penny Bloom Dispatch Podcasts (2025)

CINEMA SURPRISE pushes forth with Colton’s first pick of the new season. Crossing out one of the films we were always going to get to, the new Wes Anderson, THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 1:11:29

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Cinema Surprise returns on The Cinementalists with Joseph’s first pick of the new season: Steven Spielberg’s CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Alien: Romulus (2024) 1:22:11

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Our coverage of the ALIEN franchise comes to a conclusion. Head to GEEK WITH ME to get biweekly coverage of ALIEN EARTH from us:)By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Our coverage of the ALIEN franchise continues with COVENANT. The grandiosity of Prometheus meets the boots on the ground horror of Alien, what’s not to like?By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Prometheus (2012) 1:51:36

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One of the most compelling films about the questions of creation and its in the ALIEN franchise?By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Alien: Resurrection (1997) 1:06:26

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All franchises have low points, but how low of a point is this movie really?By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Alien³ (1992) 1:04:19

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One of us watched the assembly cut and the other watched the theatrical. It made for a bit of dissonance.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Aliens (1986) 1:19:54

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Today we continue our coverage of the franchise with its second installment, from James Cameron: ALIENS.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Alien (1979) 1:42:53

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We’re back on our franchise sh*t with one of the greatest science fiction series ever put to film! We star with the certified classic: ALIEN.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Pride Month ‘25 • The Handmaiden (2016) 1:11:42

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We conclude our celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month with Park Chan-wook's THE HANDMAIDEN.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Pride Month ‘25 • I Saw The TV Glow (2024) 1:12:15

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Our Pride Month celebration pushes forth as we see the TV glow. Love my trans homies, I’m happy you’re you.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Pride Month ‘25 • Moonlight (2016) 1:05:30

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Happy Pride and Happy Juneteenth, today we celebrate a heart-rending, black, queer tale of repression and self-actualization in MOONLIGHT.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Pride Month ‘25 • Queer (2024) 1:16:36

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Our Pride Month celebration continues with Luca Guadagnino’s QUEER.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Pride Month ‘25 • Portrait of A Lady on Fire (2019) 1:36:48

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Pride Month is here and we kick it off with an all timer, the forbidden fruit of the right person in the wrong time, from Celine Sciamma: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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The bridge between our Mission Impossible coverage and our slate for Pride Month. Colton and Joe go with a 1 on 1 Q&A about all sorts of stuff in The Movies. Theoretical and practical, we have our fun.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 2:01:26

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Mission complete. Our coverage of the M:I franchise comes to an end with the seminal finale of the series. First 30 minutes are spoiler free! Enjoy!By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning (2023) 1:26:33

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The penultimate installment in an epic franchise. Our last week of anticipation before THE FINAL RECKONING. We are ready.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) 1:42:55

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The best MISSION IMPOSSIBLE movie? Maybe so, we discuss it here.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) 1:02:30

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Our anticipation of THE FINAL RECKONING continues with the first MISSION IMPOSSIBLE movie directed by Christopher McQuarrie: ROGUE NATION.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) 1:09:00

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Next on our M:I journey is the only one with Lea Seydoux and Paula Patton (so you know it’s good.) MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Mission: Impossible III (2006) 1:02:28

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Our anticipation of THE FINAL RECKONING amounts with JJ Abrams’ debut feature: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE IIIBy Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Mission: Impossible II (2000) 53:00

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Our anticipation of THE FINAL RECKONING continues to grow with perhaps the finest Tom Cruise has ever been. John Woo’s MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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And thus begins our great anticipation for THE FINAL RECKONING. We take it back to where it started: Brian De Palma’s MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Looper (2012) 1:05:25

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We conclude our month full of science fiction gems with Rian Johnson’s LOOPER.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Joseph Day ‘25 • Tron (1982) 54:02

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Joseph’s 25th birthday has arrived and we’re celebrating with one we’ve wanted to cover for a while: TRON.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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St. Patty’s Day ‘25 • Sunshine (2007) 1:14:06

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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with one of the finest Irishmen in movies: Cillian Murphy. Our sci-fi month continues with SUNSHINE.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Kaijus and mechas and Charlie Day, oh my. This week we’re talking PACIFIC RIM from Guillermo Del Toro. Enjoy!By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001) 1:06:34

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A month of science fiction flicks on THE CINEMENTALISTS starts here! Spielberg’s lesser known but still quite renowned A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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2025 Oscars Reaction Show 59:32

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The 2025 Oscars were yesterday, and no way The Cinementalists can just let it go by without talking about it. A bonus episode for March in the midst of our Sci-Fi adventure, and at the end of the episode we finally reveal the winners of our giveaway that was happening over on Bluesky!By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Sorry to Bother You (2018) 58:31

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Absurdist, anti-capitalist, pro-union propaganda? Gimme that. We conclude Black History Month with SORRY TO BOTHER YOU.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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A marvel of independent cinema, we continue Black History Month with the wonderful feature from writer/director Ayoka Chenzira: ALMA’S RAINBOW.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Valentine’s Day ‘25 • If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) 1:00:32

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Our celebration of Black History Month continues on Valentine’s Day with the heartbreakingly romantic IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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We kick off coverage in BLACK HISTORY MONTH with Jordan Peele’s most recent work NOPE.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Top 10 Films of the 2020s (The Finale) 1:27:09

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Our top 100 comes to and end with the finale episode, part 10, the ones, or 1-10.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Top 100 Films of the 2020s (Part Nine • 11-19) 1:17:40

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Our top 100 continues with part 9 of 10. The 10s.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Top 100 Films of the 2020s (Part Eight • 20-29) 1:22:14

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Our top 100 continues with part 8 of 10. The 20s.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Top 100 Films of the 2020s (Part Seven • 30-39) 1:35:42

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Our top 100 continues with part 7 of 10. The 30s.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Top 100 Films of the 2020s (Part Six • 40-49) 1:09:25

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Our top 100 continues with part 6 of 10. The 40s.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Top 100 Films of the 2020s (Part Five • 50-59) 1:23:15

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Our top 100 continues with part 5 of 10. The 50s.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Colton Day ‘25 • Willow (1988) 57:17

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Today is Colton’s 25 birthday, and there was no better way to celebrate than with a nice conversation over WILLOW. A heartwarming tale of good vs evil, worthy of celebration.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Top 100 Films of the 2020s (Part Four • 60-69) 1:13:24

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Our top 100 continues with part 4 of 10. The 60s.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Top 100 Films of the 2020s (Part Three • 70-79) 1:17:40

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Our top 100 continues with part 3 of 10. The 70s.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Top 100 Films of the 2020s (Part Two • 80-89) 1:18:07

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Our top 100 favorite films of the 2020s continues. Part 2 of 10.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Top 100 Films of the 2020s (Part One • 90-100) 1:04:30

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Our top 100 favorite flicks of the 2020s begins here. Part 1 of 10.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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NYE ‘24 • Challengers (2024) 1:21:27

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It's New Years Eve, and here on The Cinementalists, we wanted to cover a movie from this year that we both agreed upon, and the decision was quite easy: CHALLENGERS. There was really no other movie this year that captivated the both of us like this one did, and we haven't gotten the chance to cover CHALLENGERS yet, and figured there isn't a better …

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 1:05:45

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Our journey through Middle Earth reaches its conclusion! We discuss the epic ending of THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy here.By Penny Bloom Dispatch

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Christmas ‘24 • The Holdovers (2023) 1:11:16

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Merry Christmas and a happy holidays to all! We thought it only fitting for us, The Cinementalists, to give a little present in the only way we know how: Talk about a movie, and what better movie to talk right now than THE HOLDOVERS. This movie on our first watch, we knew that would it would become an all time Christmas classic, and after this view…