GROUCHO REVIEWS film critic PETER CANAVESE reviews the new movies and home video releases on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (SCREEN SCENE)--9-5-24--with program host TIM SIKA --  (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿SLINGSHOT; ﻿AFRAID; 1992; ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES; ﻿I'LL BE RIGHT THERE; WATCHMEN Chapter 1 [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [4K] [Disney Home Video] and THE WATCHERS [4K][Studio Distribution Services].

SCREEN SCENE MOVIE REVIEWS with PETER CANAVESE on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (9-5-24)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA talks MOVIES on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! with program host  KIM MCCALLISTER (9-19-25)

---A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
---The Baltimorons
---London Calling
---Him
---The Summer Book 

Tim's Classic Movie Rec. of the Week: The Sting (1973) (Streaming on Amazon Prime)

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (9-19-25)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 9/25/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Guess who's 60? (No, it's not us!)

In a year of pretty notable anniversaries, the venerable and beloved THE SOUND OF MUSIC is celebrating its 60th in 2025, and somehow looking (and sounding) even better with each passing year! Well... our first guest knows a thing or two about that. As this classic gets a new 4K blu-ray this week, we welcome back film historian and preservationist Mike Matessino, whose extensive history with the film includes restoring the complete soundtrack for the Super Deluxe 5-CD set in 2023 and directing the definitive documentary THE SOUND OF MUSIC: FROM FACT TO PHENOMENON.

THE SUMMER BOOK is a lyrical adaptation of Tove Jansson's novel set on a remote Finnish island and which follows a grandmother, her young granddaughter and a father as they spend a season together navigating grief, memory and the quiet beauty of everyday life. Director Charlie McDowell (THE ONE I LOVE; WINDFALL) joins us to chat about his idyllic and wistful drama-- a tale of love, loss and the fragile bond between generations.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY; HIM; ﻿﻿THE SENIOR; ELEANOR THE GREAT; ﻿DEAD OF WINTER; ﻿PREDATORS; ﻿AZTEC BATMAN: CLASH OF EMPIRES [4K][Warner Home Entertainment] and MATERIALISTS [A24].

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This week's featured soundtrack: SWIPED (music by Chanda Dancy) [Hollywood Records]

MIKE MATESSINO + CHARLIE MCDOWELL + MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 9-25-25

PETER CANAVESE of GROUCHO REVIEWS reviews GRIFFIN IN SUMMER on CELLULOID DREAMS  THE MOVIE SHOW (9-18-25 Broadcast).

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CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA talks MOVIES on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (9-25-25) with program host TIM SIKA:

-----One Battle After Another
-----#EleanorTheGreat
-----Dead of Winter

Classic Movie Rec of the Week: Deja Vu (1997) 

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (9-26-25) with KIM MCCALLISTER

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 10/2/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Reality and fantasy.

A closeted undercover cop, assigned to arrest men cruising in shopping mall bathrooms, grapples with messy, conflicted feelings when he falls in love with a married man he's assigned to entrap. PLAINCLOTHES is an intense, deeply atmospheric drama that explores the grey zones of authority, identity and the cost of living a secret life. We sit down with its writer/ director Carmen Emmi.  

From 2021: In the meditative supernatural drama NINE DAYS, a mysterious man interviews five unborn souls to determine which one can be given life on Earth. But one free-spirited candidate causes him to face his own existential challenge by looking within. We connect with writer/director Edson Oda for a hardly-remote conversation.  

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER; STEVE [Netflix]; ﻿THE LOST BUS [Apple TV+]; GOOD BOY; ﻿PLAINCLOTHES; SUPERMAN [4K][Warner Home Entertainment] and TENACIOUS D: THE COMPLETE MASTERWORKS VOL. 3 [MVD Video].


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This week's featured soundtrack: CHAD POWERS (music by Natalie Holt) [Hollywood Records]

CARMEN EMMI (PLAINCLOTHES) + EDSON ODA + ALL NEW REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 10-2-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 10/9/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  It's the season for scares (and action)!

From 2011:  Years after the classic "first wave" of horror and monster movies, a new generation of young filmmakers unleased the first of a era of modern horror films. In his book SHOCK VALUE: HOW A FEW ECCENTRIC OUTSIDERS GAVE US NIGHTMARES, CONQUERED HOLLYWOOD, AND INVENTED MODERN HORROR, author Jason Zinoman focuses on the influence of a handful of directors (Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, etc.) whose groundbreaking efforts created a wildly-successful industry.  

From 2012:  MACHINE GUN PREACHER tells the hardcore and inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds his unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of children in war-torn Sudan. hard-hitting and moving story of violence, redemption and the lengths to which a person will go in combatting an almost-unthinkable evil. We sat down with actors Gerard Butler & Michelle Monaghan.  

Then, ALL-NEW "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿THE SMASHING MACHINE; ANEMONE; ﻿BONE LAKE; ORWELL: 2+2=5; JOHN CANDY: I LIKE ME Amazon Prime; ﻿﻿THE LIFE OF CHUCK [4K][Decal Releasing] and ﻿RELAY [Decal Releasing].

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This week's featured soundtracks: HELLRAISER III, FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE & EVIL DEAD II (music by Christopher Young, Brian May & Joseph LoDuca)



JASON ZINOMAN + GERARD BUTLER (Archive Show) + ALL NEW REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 10-9-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 10/16/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Drama, fantasy, horror and songs! What more could you need?

Molina, a gay hairdresser in 1983 is serving time in an Argentine prison for alleged indecency when he is joined with Valentin, a political prisoner, and the two form an unlikely bond punctuated with Molina's imaginary movies starring a classic screen actress.

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN was a 1985 drama that became a Broadway musical, which is now a film again. Director Bill Condon (GODS AND MONSTERS, CHICAGO) and lead actor Tonatiuh sit down with us to discuss their haunting, sensual and deeply human story that blurs the line between fantasy and reality.

From 2003:  Five youths pick up a traumatized hitchhiker in the Texas backwoods and when she suddenly shoots herself, the group goes in search of help. Unfortunately, the remote house they discover is filled with a family of inbred psychopaths and in short order, they are pursued by a relentless chainsaw-wielding cannibal. Sound familiar? Of course it does! THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2003) is considered one of the quality horror remakes, and we open the scary archives to revisit our chat with German director Marcus Nispel on his feature debut.  

Then, ALL-NEW "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN; ﻿ROOFMAN; ﻿TRON: ARES; ﻿URCHIN; ﻿﻿TRUTH & TREASON; TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME [4K][Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment]; AEON FLUX [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment]; EDDINGTON [A24] and WHEN FALL IS COMING [Music Box Films].

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This week's classic 50th anniversary featured soundtrack: JAWS (music by John Williams) [Universal Music Group]

BILL CONDON & TONATIUH (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN) + ALL NEW REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS) 10-16-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA talks MOVIES on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (10-3-25) with program host KIM MCCALLISTER:

---The Smashing Machine
---Orwell 2+2=5
---Anemone
---Plainclothes 

 Classic Move Rec. of the Week: The Heiress (1949) (Streaming on Prime)

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Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (10-3-25)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! with program host KIM MCCALLISTER (10-10-25)

---Tron: Ares
---Kiss of the Spider Woman
---Roofman 
---Lilly (Amazon Prime)
---John Candy: I Like Me (Amazon Prime) 

"Classic Movie Rec of the Week" is....Steel Magnolias (1989) (Amazon Prime)

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (10-10-25)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (10-17-25):

---Good Fortune
---The Mastermind
---Urchin
---Among Neighbors
---Blue Moon

Classic Movie Rec of the Week: Now Voyager (1942)

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