Reviewed: Toy Story 5
Top 5: Pixar Characters
Guest: Ryan Oestreich
Monthly Theme: Steven Spielberg

It’s play time y’all. 

In honor of Toy Story 5, I, KP Fujiwara, thought it would be fun if I wrote the strangest thing I could think of as this episode’s post intro. When ya’ grow up, you don’t really have toys to play with anymore, so you have to learn to make your own fun sometimes. And that’s what I did. Was it strange for you??? I think it waaaaas.

Anyways, Toy Story 5 came out, and Ryan and I caught it! We have a review for you guys coming your way and we also sat ourselves down and figured out our top 5 favorite Pixar characters. And we didn’t do that alone either.

Ryan Oestreich, the GM at The Music Box theater is back on the show with big BIG news! Our favorite theater is getting a major upgrade that we discuss in this episode. Plus, Ryan (Oestreich) is sticking around with us the whole time and givers us a few of his most memorable movie theater experiences too. 

This week is like a big old celebration of movies and toys. When it’s typed out like that it sounds weird, but I promise it’s fun. Plus, a lot of things are weird when they’re spelled out before us but are ultimately acceptable. This entire post proves that point and I will die on that hill.

Love,

-KP

Reviewed: Disclosure Day, The Furious
Top 5: Spielberg Movies
Monthly Theme: Steven Spielberg

None of you know the lengths that Ryan and I had to go through to disclose this podcast to you all. And that’s because this is not just a regular episode of CinemaJaw… In this episode, we leak insane information. So insane, the government has been trying to stop us from giving out all of the juicy details. This week, we talk about Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day! This is—arguably—the first summer block buster of 2026, and we’ve got it reviewed for you early y’all!!

We also come bearing more hot information that the government doesn’t want you to know—we saw The Furious; a new Hong Kong kung-fu flick. The government has been keeping this review under wraps too, and our mission is to get the truth out there.

Plus, in honor of Disclosure Day AND Steven Speilberg month, Ryan and I wanted to recap our favorite Steven Spielberg films, which is really the hardest list I’ve ever had to make in my life. There are no wrong answers and it was tough as hell to narrow down.

…Wait… the review embargo is lifted… And we’ve got the clear to disclose whatever we wanted to?… So there’s no pressure whatsoever to keep things quiet? Damn…

Love,

-KP

Reviewed: Master of the Universe, Power Ballad
Top 3: Campy Movies
Guest: Cati Glidewell
Monthly Theme: Steven Spielberg

Jaw heads, there are many mornings just like this one where I wake and I step outside. And what ends up happening is, I take a deep breath and then I’ll step outside. Then, like, bloody murder, I’ll scream from the top of my lungs: “Hey! What’s going on with that new He-Man movie???”

It happens all the time, and I’m truthfully not entirely sure why. But there it is. And let me tell ya’ – I’ve stumbled upon the remedy for that little problem of mine. It’s listening to this episode of CinemaJaw. Because, believe it or not, we got out to see Master of the Universe and we were ALL excited to talk about it; including our guest, our friend, and our fan favorite critic: Cati Glidewell. That’s right The Blonde In Front herself is with us to talk about a movie based upon a cartoon from the 80s.

Plus, we always love having Cati on to do our top lists, in case it wasn’t obvious from her previous appearances, so we decided to bring one more top list her way to talk about the top 3 campy movies. Now, what constitutes a “campy” movie is… a little ambiguous and we talk about that. The last thing we want is another repeat of emo-gate 2024 after all. And Cati helps us tackle the important issues like this one.

Oh – and one more thing – We also got out to catch the new Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas flick: Power Ballad. It’s from director John Carney and is called “Power Ballad” so in case it wasn’t obvious, we’ve got a movie about music out in theaters.

This week’s got a lot to love everybody. This is a fun one.

Love,

-KP

Reviewed: Backrooms, Passengers, Pressure, I Love Boosters
Monthly Theme: Steven Spielberg

Take a left. Now a right. This time go forward. Turn around. Then take the door three doors to the left of the one you came in from. Perfect. Follow this hallway down until it forks. Then, instead of going left or right, look up actually. There’s a pull cord to a square in the ceiling like an attic has. Go up there…

Oh. Sorry guys. I didn’t see you there. I was just giving my friend directions on where to find a review of the newest horror movie, Backrooms… don’t worry – I actually don’t like that friend very much so I gave them bogus directions. The real way is to turn left until you find your nearest chair and kick back, pop in your AirPods, and listen to this episode of CinemaJaw!

And, if you couldn’t tell I hate this particular friend enough, you should know that I’m guiding you to even more than just a review of Backrooms!!

It’s a Review-O-Rama this week on CinemaJaw, and we’ve also got reviews of Passengers – another horror movie, this time about hitchhikers, Brendan Fraser’s WWII historical flick Pressure, and Boot’s Riley’s I Love Boosters.

Plus, if that wasn’t enough; if your insatiable lust for movie reviews is still yet to be satisfied, we even have a bonus Retro Review of Working Girl. We missed it for Sigourney Weaver month by just one day, and we figured we’d make sure we’re no later than that.

This is a fun one you guys!! With all these reviews, there’s something for everybody.

Love,

-KP

Reviewed: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
Guest: Jeff York
Top 5: Star Wars Scenes
Monthly Theme: Sigourney Weaver

My friend here doesn’t like your other movies podcast very much… I don’t like your other movies podcast very much.

And do you want to know WHY I don’t like that other movies podcast very much? Because it’s not CinemaJaw dip-dangit!! And over here on the greatest movies podcast ever, we’re talking (drum roll) STAR WARS!!!

Because, for the first time in what feels like forever, we have a new Star Wars movie. It is officially that time: The Mandalorian and Grogu is OUT. Ryan and I caught it, as well as our good friend, Jeff York. So, after our screening, we invited Jeff onto the show to pitch in his review for the new Mando movie.

Plus, it’s kind of a big deal when a new Star Wars movie comes out, so we’re not leaving it there guys. This doesn’t happen often. There are – all things considered – not that many Star Wars movies. So we’re going to turn this review into a Star Wars Special; the first Star Wars special since Rogue One, no less. And we’re talking our Top 5 Star Wars Scenes.

This one is fun as hell guys. It’s always great talking Star Wars. It’s always great hanging out with Jeff. And it’s always great jawing about the movies.

Love you guys,

-KP

-KP

Reviewed: Obsession, The Wizard of the Kremlin
Guest: Zach Schnitzer
Top 5: Post-Grad Movies
Monthly Theme: Sigourney Weaver

I have absolutely no idea how old you are as a listener. For all I know, you – the Jaw head reading this – are 83 years old. Or maybe you’re 19. I really have no clue. All I will say is this:

To the 20-something that needs to hear this… no – it doesn’t get any better than this. You’re gonna look around and think to yourself: “this isn’t what they promised me adulthood would be like at all; this timeline sucks balls dude what the hell.”

Feeling better? Good, because that’s the EXACT kind of headspace we go into this week during our Top 5 Post-Grad movies! A list we came up with inspired by our guest Zach Schnitzer and his feature film Loafers. We discuss his film, which is about a group of young adults who just finish school, his experience playing at the Music Box Theater for the Chicago Critics Film Fest, and what’s next in the pipeline.

PLUS – we also have a review of the newest in a whole slew of YouTube Horror movies, this one’s titled: Obsession. And would you believe me if I told you we also prepped a capsule review of The Wizard of the Kremlin for you as well.

This is a good one guys! At the very least stick around for the Billie Eilish moment. That was awesome. You’ll know it when you hear it.

Love,

-KP

Reviewed: Mortal Kombat II
Retro Review: Womething Wild
Top 5: Video Game Movies
Monthly Theme: Sigourney Weaver

With the glass ceiling broken, all the oppressed groups shall prosper; especially the most oppressed group of all: Gamers.

For too long, gamers have been silenced in the movies – well NO MORE. Ry The Movie Guy and KP finally give gamers their chance to rise up this week with a whole episode dedicated to video games.

That’s right Jawheads – we’re going there as we cover our top 5 video game movies AND review the brand new Mortal Kombat II. Shout out if you’re a gamer. Shout out if you’re a video game movie fan. And giga shout out if you got my meme reference at the top of the show notes.

While we’re at it, we also have our capsule review of the Chicago Critics Film Fest, some Hollywood news to discuss, and even a retro review of Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffith’s Something Wild. 

This is a good one! Lotta fun!

Love you all,

-KP

Reviewed: The Devil Wears Prada 2, Deep Water
Guests: Michael Glover Smith & Elizabeth Stam
Top 3 Meryl Streep Movies
Monthly Theme: Sigourney Weaver

I’m done guys. I give up. I can’t work anymore under these conditions. My boss is the devil and I’m done with it. And I’m not kidding either. CinemaJaw recently got acquired by new owners, and Ryan and I have been working for the actual devil. His name is Lucifer S. Atan and he keeps talking about his last startup called the Prince of Darkness LLC.

Ryan and I are desperate for relief from the new CEO, so we’ve been blowing off steam where ever we can. And we’re in luck this week because we got a review of a comedy film about a terrible boss! We’ve got the legacy sequel, The Devil Wears Prada 2, to talk about this week.

And we’re not doing this alone either!! It helps to have friends around the CinemaJaw offices during times like these, and we have Michael Glover Smith and Elizabeth Stam on the show to talk about their new movie Hekla! MGS directed. Elizabeth Stars in. And they both co-wrote it! And we’re super glad to have them with us this week!

Plus, that’s not all, we’ve got one more review for you, and this time around… we’re talking sharks. That’s right; we went for it and reviewed the new killer shark flick Deep Water.

Plus, a top 3 Meryl Streep listing, a new take on trivia, AND even a new monthly theme in store today. This is a good one y’all. I hope your May days were better than me and Ryan’s.

Love

-KP

Reviewed: Mother Mary, Hokum, Speed (1994)
Summer Movie Preview
Monthly Theme: Keanu Reeves

It’s shaping up to be a beautiful spring in Chicago and Ryan and I have a NEED FOR SPEED!!! And, yes, that is a movie pun because we’re talking about Keanu Reeve’s 1994 masterpiece Speed!! To start our spring off, we’re kicking it to you all with a retro review complete with Homer J. Simpson first ever CinemaJaw appearance.

And if you think watching 30-year-old movies is the only way we’re welcoming in the fairest of the seasons, then you are dead wrong! We’re also coming in hot and heavy with our annual Summer Movie Preview episode, which for a stacked year like 2026, that was no easy task to do.

Plus, we’ve got two more reviews coming out at ya! Ryan got out and checked out Mother Mary – Anne Hathaway’s new flick about… well… that’s confusing to say. Let’s just say it’s about a pop star, and the music and visuals are truly something to behold. Plus, Adam Scott, president of the the “Two First Namers In Movies” association, has a new horror film called Hokum out. You already know Ryan checked this one out too.

We had a ball recording this one and we think you’re gonna love the listen!! And you better believe we’re gonna catch ya at the Music Box for the Chicago Critics Film Festival this weekend, right??

Love

-KP

Guest: Erik Childress
Reviewed: Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Normal, Outcome
Chicago Critics Film Fest Preview
Monthly Theme: Keanu Reeves

***Link to Chicago Critics Fest in Show Notes***

I don’t know where the hell you all live, but here in Chicago, spring has officially sprung!! And that’s bad ass for me personally. Not only because I am a fair weather fan in the most literal sense, but also because that means it’s festival season babyyyyy!!!!

And, like always, we start the Chicago festival season off right with the Chicago Critics Film Festival at the ICONIC Music Box theater. It’s a great fest with an ever-amazing lineup, and just like every year, we’ve got the organizer and fellow critic Erik Childress to come on and chat with us! We’re getting the hot takes on what to look out for and get most excited about for the upcoming fest!

We’ve also got something of a review-o-rama on our hands. Anything over 2 reviews is officially classified, and boy howdy do we have more than two! We’re doing Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (yes that is the actual title and yes we will discuss that). We also have the new Bob Odenkirk action flick Nobody!!… or wait… Nobody 2!!!… hang on… I’m checking the notes and it looks like it’s actually called Normal. Either way, we’re reviewing it. And for our final review, this one’s gotta have a stellar title. Or, honestly, I’ll take a title that’s just unoffensive to my sensibilities. And hey, would you look at that; it is! The last one is Keanu’s new diet to streaming movie: Outcome!

You know it. You love it. It’s some classic CinemaJaw guys.

Love

-KP

P.S. Here’s the link to the Chicago Critics Film Fest website and tickets!! Come on by and see something good! Maybe even see me and Ryan

https://www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/films

Reviewed: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Top 10: Matt K’s Must Watch Films of the CinemaJaw Era
Monthly Theme: Keanu Reeves

*Good Riddance by Green Day plays quietly*

This is a big one everybody. This is huge. We’ve been talking about it for about a month now – this is Matt K’s final episode. And this time, for the last time, this show is all about one Matt Kubinski.

We wanted to make things special, so we’ve got an early clip from the Mother’s Era of CinemaJaw for an old segment called Cinema War. It’s peak Matt K in action. We’ve also got quite a Matt K film to review with the Super Mario Galaxy Movie. What better way to celebrate a video game lover like Matt, than with a love letter to Nintendo?? And, just to make this special, we are doing no top 5 this week. Instead, we’re giving the mic to Matt so he can lay down for all of us his Top 10 “Must Watch” Films of the CinemaJaw Era. These aren’t necessarily the best films over this nearly 2 decade journey; we’re talking the ones that you HAVE to watch. These are the ones that Matt K considers the absolute highlights of his tenure on this show. So PUT. THESE. IN. YOUR. QUEUES!!!

This Is a good one guys. Definitely a milestone episode that we hope you enjoy. Please continue to write in and show your love and support for Matt K. He’s not dying or anything and he’s gonna love to hear your favorite moments, favorite reviews, and favorite quotes from the one and only Matt Kubinski.

Love

-KP

-KP