Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast

Authority is not given to us to deny The Return of the King! Jim from Film Rage joins us for Part 2 of our episode on the esteemed Lord of the Rings Trilogy, as we cover the final movie. While this conclusion to arguably the greatest film trilogy of all time was notorious for having ”too many endings”, it is remembered as the momentous culmination of Peter Jackson’s direction, the cast’s dedication, and the crew’s perseverance to the immense task of adapting Tolkien’s celebrated novel in the span of 3 years. We also briefly look at the Hobbit film trilogy and other attempts to adapt The Lord of the Rings. Stay tuned for our next episode on Rocky V and our Season Finale on Salò!

One does not simply review the Lord of the Rings trilogy... but we’ll attempt to! In Part 1 of our two-part episode on arguably the greatest film trilogy of all time, Ash and Beau discuss the movie adaptations of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. We talk the many beloved characters, iconic landscapes from the Shire to Helm’s Deep, and countless memorable quotes/meme lines of these two films. So, grab some of that hobbit pipe-weed, listen along, and stay tuned for Part 2, where we’ll cover The Return of the King!

In our first At the Movies review—and Collateral Gaming collab—of the year, we look at Christophe Gans’ film adaptation of Silent Hill 2, Return to Silent Hill. Being fans of both the source material and Gans’ previous Silent Hill movie (which we covered in an earlier season), we were highly anticipating this, but early reviews were.. disappointing. However, what we did think? Find out now, and stay tuned for our two-part episode on the Lord of the Rings trilogy very soon!

2026 is here, and with it, many new films to look forward to! So, we wanted to take a moment to cover every newly released movie in 2025 that we didn’t get a chance to make an At the Movies episode on. And boy, was last year stacked, especially in the horror department. Catch our discussion of a few select flicks, quick reviews of any others we watched, and the Collateral Cinema Best Picture awards from Ash and Beau! Also, stay tuned for more content this year, including our next At the Movies review on Return to Silent Hill, and our episode on the Lord of the Rings trilogy this month.

We’ve got even more anime movie content for you on Collateral Cinema! Following our previous episode on Vampire Hunter D, Ash and Beau are discussing Boruto: Naruto the Movie. Released in 2015, the following year of The Last: Naruto the Movie (which we covered last season), this film serves as an epilogue to the Naruto and Naruto Shippuden anime series, following Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki’s son Boruto in the Chunin Exams—a story that would later be readapted into the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga and anime. Is it as bad as reception to the anime series would suggest? Catch our opinions now, and stay tuned for our two-part episode on the Lord of the Rings trilogy in February!