Reviewed:Wildwood, Wild Horse Nine, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
SPECIAL: CIFF Final Recap
Monthly Theme: Godzilla

Ayoooooo!! Get ready for the Wild Mahershala Ali extravaganza here on CinemaJaw. This week, we’re living it up with a Review-O-Rama that has not one, but TWO themes!! It’s a week of wild movies and a week of movies starring Mahershala Ali; all at the same time.

First up is Wildwood – the new stop-motion flick from Laika Studios, aka the makers of Coraline. And spoiler alert: Mahershala Ali is in Wildwood. We’re also reviewing Wild Horse Nine with Malkovich and Sam Rockwell. A funny little flick set on Easter Island. And to close it all out, we’ve got one more review for you guys. Ryan and KP went and saw Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother… which is not only *not* a typo, but also stars this guy you may have heard of called MAHERSHALA ALI.

I mentioned it last week, and I’m standing by it – we have gone to plaid with our fall movies here on The Jaw. And on top of a stellar Review-O-Rama, we’ve got our last update on the Chicago International Film Fest. Some last minute catches you won’t want to miss our thoughts on!

Lot going on in this one, and it’s always a good time on CinemaJaw!

Love you all,

-KP

Reviewed: Clayface, You Can See Everything
Top 5: Scariest Faces in Movies
Guest: Cati Glidewell
Monthly Theme: Mahershala Ali

OUCH!!! I [KP] fell off my bike while riding to see No Hands: The Wild Ride of the Schwinn Bicycle Company – the last film I caught at the Chicago International Film Festival. And that’s why this week’s episode is late.

The irony in the bike documentary being my downfall is not lost on me – and yes… yes it is funny that it was this film.

And the good news is – who needs functional ribs? I don’t!! I’m sitting with my best friend Ry the Movie Guy and our long-time guest and always-welcome critic: The Blonde in Front, Cati Glidewell. And if that wasn’t enough, all three of us caught two pretty exciting movies! One of them is the new DC Cinematic Universe flick, Clayface. A standalone origin story about… a villain? And crazier yet, a BATMAN villain?? Is it good? Do we find out who the DCCU’s Batman is? And how does it fare in a Doomsday year for the MCU? All that and more!

Plus, I wasn’t joking – we have another review this week too. And boy HOWDY. This is a big Big BIG one. The talk of the town. I’m sure you already saw it by now. This is massive; we’re also talking about You Can See Everything, the Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim documentary following Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos. I’m not even kidding when I say this is the most “I just have to talk about this” movie of the year and I think the headlines, tweets, tik toks, etc. speak to how much we all need to just talk about it and process it.

Not to mention, we also cover our top 5 Scariest Faces in Movies too. I’m going backwards a little bit now, because Clayface is about a man with a scary and goopy visage. And sometime times the movies show us scary and goopy visages. What’s up with that? We love them when we see them, but it is weird right? And we figured, what better time than Clayface to talk about some creepy, spooky faces. Not masks too. These are just faces. Can’t take them off later.

This is a fun one. I had a lot of fun recording it. I had a lot of fun watching all the movies for it. And I genuinely might have broken or at least bruised a rib or two in the making of this episode. And I don’t care who you are nor where you come from – that’s pretty cool.

I love you all,

-KP

Reviewed: Whalefall, The Social Reckoning
Top 3: Eaten Alive Scenes
SPECIAL – CIFF Catch-Up
Monthly Theme: Mahershala Ali

lms if u think cjaw is epic. bcuz me and ryan think it is!!!!

That’s it everybody. That’s the joke. It’s a Facebook status joke. Welcome to the show. Play the music baby!! This week we’re reviewing The Social Reckoning, the Aaron Sorkin follow up to his 2010 Oscar-winner The Social Network.

Not to mention, our main review this week is a big one. And I mean BIIIIIIG one. Whalefall. Now, I know what you’re thinking: Skyfall, but with Whales, right? NO. This is actually about Austin Abrams, the guy from the Resident Evil movie, getting stuck in a whale. Is it epic? Is it insane? We’ll find out.

And if you’re anything like me, which I know I sure am, you’re probably wondering what the hell is up with all the movies that have character being eaten in one bite. Like… why exactly? Why do we make so much? Should we see a professional? Either way, that’s the top list this week!! CinemaJaw’s Top 3 Eaten Alive Scenes in movies.

Plus – and this is huge – we’ve got an update on the first week of CIFF, the Chicago International Film Fest! There’s a few movies we caught and a short vibes update.

That’s what we’ve got today! This one is a fun one. I think you’ll like it.

-KP

Reviewed: Digger
Top 5: Tom Cruise Movies
SPECIAL – CIFF Preview
Monthly Theme: Mahershala Ali

YEEEEE-HAAAWWWWWWWW PARDNER!! We’ve got ourselves an old-fashioned rootin’ tootin’ review-a-rooskie on our hands I reckon!! Just you wait yourself and see cow pokes, cuz this week we’re tawkin’ the tawk on the newest oil-tycoon movie: Digger! You betcha, Tom Cruise and Alejandro G. Iñárritu teamed up to make this surreal satire.

**THE PROSPECTOR VOICE STOPS HERE!! PLEASE IMAGINE REGULAR KP’S VOICE WHEN YOU READ THIS PART NOW**

In addition to our Digger review, we’ve got big BIG news! We’re covering the Chicago International Film Festival!! So we’ve got our most anticipated movies we’re looking out for ahead of the festival. We hope to see you guys out there!

PLUS, we’ve been thinking about our boy Tommy C. a lot thanks to Digger, and we thought now would be the PERFECT time to make our Top 5 Tom Cruise Movies lists.

This is a good one guys! Digger’s gonna be one of the most argued about movies of the year, so bookmark this episode so you can find it later and playback what CinemaJaw thought of it when you’re arguing with your families about this movie on Thanksgiving!

Love you all – and YEEEEEEEE-HAAAWWW,

-KP

Reviewed: The Weight, Forgotten Island, Primetime
Trivia: Ethan Hawke Movie Trivia
Monthly Theme: Ethan Hawke

Sup alphas!!! Welcome to ProteinJaw where we’ve got a good episode talking about the best macros to include in your lunch, meal prepping recipes and how to maximize efficiency in your tooth brushing routine as we talk about The Weight!!…

…oh… what’s that?

Uhhh… Listen guys, I’ve got some awkward news. I misunderstood what it was we were doing in this episode when Ryan told me we’re talking about The Weight. Apparently, we’re not giving out fitness advice and life hacks like they do in the douchbag podcasts.

So where does that leave us? With a review of The Weight? That gold smuggling movie starring Ethan Hawke? Ohhhh right. That makes way more sense. It is Ethan Hawke month after all!

Plus, if it looks like we’ve got ourselves a REVIEW-O-RAMA bayybeeeee!! We caught the new animated flick Forgotten Island, which is made by the Dreamworks team that brought us Puss In Boots: The Last Wish. And, we also have a review of Primetime! That’s the newest R-Patt movie about To Catch A Predator and that whoooooooole web of weird and disturbing stuff.

Also, and this one is absolutely wild so brace yourselves accordingly guys, WE’RE BRINGING BACK TRIVIA!! This is huge and this is exciting.

Honestly, wow – all of that sounds way better than the Man-o-sphere exercising episode I thought. I am so glad we’re talking movies this week instead.

Sorry again about that little miscommunication at the beginning there. Maybe next time for all those out there who were seriously excited to get bro-coded lifting advice from a transexual cyclist.

Love you all,

-KP

Reviewed: Resident Evil
Tiff Recap
Fall Movie Preview
Monthly Theme: Ethan Hawke

The fall is officially upon us and we’ve got our annual look forward to talk about everything we’re excited to see the rest of this year! That’s right, it’s our Fall Movie Preview episode where Ryan shouts out the movies he saw at TIFF that everybody should check out this fall and KP is sharing the 5 movies she’s most excited to see.

Plus, The Resident Evil movie is out and we’ve got the review for all those wondering if they should go see it!

This is a good one guys.

Enjoy

Reviewed: The Whisper Man, The Sheep Detectives, Is God Is
Who Won The Summer 2026?
Monthly Theme: Ethan Hawke

In this week’s CinemaJaw, we have a heaping Review-O-Rama with some streamers you can watch right now! We start off with Netflix’s crime drama The Whisper Man, based upon the book. Then we throw it over to Amazon Prime to see The Sheep Detectives – a family mystery flick. And to close our epic slate of reviews, we watched Is God Is, also from Prime, about two sisters on a quest for revenge.

One last thing we do, with how amazing this summer has been, we decided to see who in Hollywood had the best summer.

Enjoy

Reviewed: Coyote Vs. Acme
Top 5: Animation/Live Action Mashups
Monthly Theme: Ethan Hawke

Shhhhhh. Be veeeewy quiet. We’re weviewing movies.

Or don’t. Or laugh along and talk to your car stereo like most of us do while listening along to podcasts. I guess you don’t have to be that quiet in hindsight. 

Especially since what we’re reviewing this week is an absolute laugh riot. Ryan and I got out to see Coyote Vs. Acme, the live action Looney Toons court procedural flick starring John Cena. Whew – that’s a sentence. 

And, keeping in line with cartoon antics that meet real life, would you believe that’s what we’re doing for our Top 5 this week? Well, if you wouldn’t believe that – you’re in for a rude awakening because we DO talk about our Top 5 Animation/Live Action Hybrids. 

We talk cartoons. We talk real life. We talk Movies. 

I love you all

-KP

Reviewed: The Dog Stars, Insidious: Out of the Farther
Top 3: Ridley Scott Movies
Monthly Theme: Ewan McGregor

Are you not entertained!?!? Do you not love jawing about the movies???

Actually – don’t answer that; my ego cannot handle the feedback. What my ego CAN handle though – is another episode of CinemaJaw. This time, we focus on Ridley Scott, Mr. Alien himself, and we discuss our Top 3 Ridley Scott films. 

Plus, if that wasn’t enough Ridley for ya, we’ve got a review of The Dog Stars, Ridley’s newest movie about a biplane pilot in a post-apocalyptic Colorado.

Rounding out the end of this week’s episode is a quick review of Insidious: Out of the Farther. It’s the 6th entry in the Insidious franchise, and don’t worry guys, Lin Shaye is in this one too!

Love you all,

-KP

Reviewed: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Mutiny
Top 5: Slasher Flicks
Monthly Theme: Ewan McGregor

This week on CinemaJaw is a big review. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma – Jane Schoenbrun’s highly anticipated follow up to I Saw The TV Glow. Plus, in honor of Camp Miasma, Ryan and KP decided to cover their top 5 slasher movies.

Plus, we have a second review of Mutiny, one of the last action films of the 2026 summer. 

Enjoy Jawheads.

Reviewed: The End of Oak Street, The Last House
Guest: Victor Aragon from Frandads
Top 5: Ewan McGregor Movies
Monthly Theme: Ewan McGregor

Boom boom- acka lacka boom BOOM. Open the door. Get on the floor. Everybody talk about dinosaurs.

It’s a paleontologic episode this week as we have a fun FUN review of The End of Oak Street. Dinosaurs abound in this flick by David Robert Mitchell that stars, none other, than our person of the month: Ewan McGregor.

And we’ve got a great guest to join us for this blast from the past adventure movie: Victor Aragon from the Fandads blog. Victor’s a fellow critic from the Chicago Indie Critics Circle, and we had a blast talking about The End Of Oak Street with him!

Plus, we also aren’t going to waste having a guest like Victor on the show, we also ask Victor his top 5 Ewan McGregor movies.

Plus, if that wasn’t enough for everybody, we ALSO have one extra review for everybody at the backend of the show. Ryan caught the streamer, The Last House, on Netflix.

Keep on walking that Dinosaur y’all.

Love you all,

-KP