Cereal At Midnight

Heath is joined by KB Loves Movies for a rundown of our Top 5 movies of 2025...so far! Will your favorites make our list? What's YOUR Top 5? Get the audio version of this episode everywhere you get your podcasts! Keep up with KB at: https://www.youtube.com/c/KBLovesMovies https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-conversation-with-kb-loves-movies/id1803030862 https://open.spotify.com/show/2cVJnDM5OzY9KZnijbRPm6 https://x.com/KBLovesMovies https://www.instagram.com/kblovesmovies/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1919327878410106 Heath's reviews for movies discussed in this episode:  Black Bag https://www.cerealatmidnight.com/2025/03/review-black-bag-2025.html The Surfer https://www.cerealatmidnight.com/2025/05/review-surfer-2024.html Sinners https://www.cerealatmidnight.com/2025/04/review-sinners-2025.html Unholy Trinity https://www.cerealatmidnight.com/2025/06/review-unholy-trinity-2024.html **************************************************************** Commentaries:  https:/...

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Bob Trate is the Director of Programming at The Colonial Theatre--the historic cinema from The Blob! He joins Cereal At Midnight with his unique insight and experience for a discussion about the current state of movie theaters, film fandom, and how movies can survive the changing times.   Thecolonialtheatre.com  @TheMovieLord on YouTube and Social Media Check out Bob's toy review channel,  Total Toy Recon   **************************************************************** Need collecting storage solutions? Use code CAM15 to save 15% on your order at  https://bit.ly/t3lshopCAM  and see how it works here:  https://youtu.be/GX0fTq_VYs4 **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive and ad free videos, early access, and much more at  Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight  or through YouTube Memberships at  https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/membership ***************************************...

For those who only know master thespian Ian McKellen as Gandalf and Magneto, you have missed some of the finest acting this side of The Old Vic. Take, for example, his portrayal James Whale, the tortured director of Frankenstein in Gods and Monsters . Or his heartbreaking portrayal of an aged Sherlock Holmes battling dementia in Mr. Holmes . Now we have another impressive role to add to the long list of Mr. McKellen's accomplishments: that of the cruel and manipulative title character in The Critic .  It's London, 1927. McKellen plays Jimmy Erskine, a theatre critic for one of the biggest newspapers in circulation. For decades, he's been writing with a poison pen, living a decadent lifestyle and destroying the lives of those poor performers who fail to live up to his jaded expectations. But now the paper he writes for is under new management and with the change in leadership comes a change in expectation. Tone it down. Be kinder. Rein it in, he's told by Mark Strong, t...

I've made a big decision about how I will watch and support movies from now on and Deadpool & Wolverine is what pushed me over the edge.  Further viewing:  Are Movies Over? https://youtu.be/P12C2Bu0Mtc Horizon An American Saga https://youtu.be/BVT_WHvJbLI Alien 45 Years Later https://youtu.be/kdehKDkN46o They Still Live: John Carpenter Warned Us https://youtu.be/YA6CEXVH8vk **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive videos, early access, and much more at Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight or through YouTube Memberships at https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/membership **************************************************************** Movie Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Cereal At Midnight Swag: CerealAt...

It's been 25 years since The Mummy resurrected the classic pulp/serial adventure formula for a whole new generation. Now the movie is back in theaters and I've got a few thoughts about how the movie holds up a quarter of a century after it first debuted! More from the Cereal At Midnight Archives: Indiana Jones 4K Review https://youtu.be/v5oQSZZ_USs Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Review https://youtu.be/ycVKg3iTGBc The Rocketeer COMMENTARY https://youtu.be/MWfrmDZsN10 Serials At Midnight: Flash Gordon https://youtu.be/2QI5GbY43T0 Serials At Midnight: The Green Hornet https://youtu.be/mFgE2kDmWNQ Serials At Midnight: Superman https://youtu.be/1AJMfPQi84M Serials At Midnight: King of the Rocket Men https://youtu.be/IkoIWOL_Vw0 Icons of Horror: Universal Monsters  https://youtu.be/sXnpCe0tMI4 Mummy Mania, In which I review all of Universal's classic Mummy movies: https://www.cerealatmidnight.com/2017/05/mummy-mania-1-mummy-1932.html Become a Member and unlock exclusive v...

ONLY IN THEATERS chronicles the family-owned Laemmle theater chain and the challenges that independent cinemas face in a rapidly-changing era that's been impacted by both streaming and the pandemic. Actor/filmmaker Raphael Sbarge and theater president Gregory Laemmle explain why supporting local theaters matters more than ever.  https://onlyintheaters.com https://www.raphaelsbarge.com https://www.laemmle.com https://www.kinolorber.com/product/only-in-theaters https://amzn.to/3ODd3XC Only In Theaters Review:  https://www.cerealatmidnight.com/2023/07/review-only-in-theaters-2022.html Find the Cereal at Midnight Podcast wherever you download your podcasts! If it's not there yet, we're working on it! It can already been found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, the Podbean app, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeart Radio, PlayerFM, Samsung, and Podchaser! Please subscribe, rate, and review! **************************************************************** Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight...

Theaters were hit hard by the pandemic and subsequent quarantine closures, but the impact of the crisis on small businesses and independent movie houses was catastrophic. Only In Theaters, a 2022 documentary from Raphael Sbarge, begins a year or two before the global crisis and focuses on Greg Laemmle's family history in the motion picture industry and their life-long devotion to cinema. And that word--cinema--is very important because Laemmle Theatres never showed big blockbusters and commercial studio fare; rather, they were an island in an ocean of excess, focusing on independent, foreign, arthouse, and auteur cinema. Through Laemmle, many films were given a theatrical showing that enabled them to be eligible for Academy Awards.  Owning a theater chain must be great, right? Right! Well, yes and no. The dramatic conflict of the story comes from the fact that the independent film business isn't what it once was. Many audiences seem to be only interested in thrill rides and sp...

It's Q and A time as Heath and Bree talk about streaming media, the best way to store media, films that still need Blu-rays, and what--if anything--is going on at our local theater!

Heath is joined by James, aka the Comic Book Savant, to discuss the great debate: theater versus home theater! With movie ticket prices going up and home video prices going down, this is more topical than ever! How do you decide whether to support a movie at the theater or wait until it comes to Blu-ray, DVD, digital, or streaming?