Cinematic Savants

This week we get to what the world has been waiting for, Stranger Things Season 5 release. A lot of fan theories have been circulating the internet, Shawn and Tommy answer some of those theories. Was part 1 a letdown or did it meet expectations? Episode 6 of IT: Welcome to Derry gets a review and Tommy can't help but compare to Stranger Things on what HBO got right with its series and where Netflix falls short on Stranger Things.

This week Tommy and Shawn go over plans for Thanksgiving and holiday shopping. We have a discussion on the latest update on Grand Theft Auto 7, job verification to play the game (7:21). We do a deep dive on the latest episode of IT: Welcome to Derry and what we can look forward to moving forward (18:58). We review The Running Man, starring Glen Powell, and how it connects to the IT Universe (35:43). An in-depth discussion is had on the Being Eddie documentary on Netflix that answers a lot of questions and raises more on the current state of Eddie Murphy and where he goes from here (43:50). Shawn ends the episode with his review of Good Fortune (1:17:49).

This week on Cinematic Savants we're getting up on that latest episode of IT: Welcome to Derry on HBO Max from Shawn (21:20). Ryan gives up his review of The Black Phone 2 starring Ethan Hawke (30:45). Thoughts on the Scream 7 trailer and Toy Story 5 teaser (38:19). Shawn reviews The Smashing Machine, starring The Rock and Emily Blunt (46:39). We try to figure out who's the most toxic couple in cinema history (53:25). We try to figure out the public hate for Sydney Sweeney (1:12:45). To end the episode this week, reviews for Predator: Badlands and we rank all 9 Predator movies (1:19:48).

When's the last time you camped out for movie tickets?

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