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Best of 2025 with Brian Tallerico | CinemaJaw 730

Top 10: of 2025 You know it. You love it. It’s the annual top 10 lists for the year with our dear friend, Brian Tallerico. Ryan’s got his top 10. Matt’s got HIS top 10. And, if you can even believe it, Brian has HIS top 10 also! That’s 30 times one of Chicago’s finest critics touches on all the things that made this year so magical. Horror. Comedy. Drama. And the expected levels of “you put that at number _____???” bickering ya’ love to hear from CinemaJaw! This one’s the last episode of the year, so please PLEASE have a great holiday season. We’re super excited about 2026, and believe you me – everybody on this podcast would agree that all of you listening are a huge reason we’re so excited.  Love you all, -KP

Review-O-Rama: Jay Kelly, Train Dreams, The House Made | CinemaJaw 729

Reviewed: Jay Kelly, Train Dreams, The House Made It’s that time of year. We’re cramming in our last few movies before the year ends, and boy HOWDY is CinemaJaw having fun clearing up our final watchlist. And we want to share that fun! We’ve got a review-o-rama for ya’ this week JawHeads where we go over 3 movies. Jay Kelly – the new Netflix film starring Adam Sandler and George Clooney. Speaking of Netflix, Matt and Ryan also caught Train Dreams, the meditative period piece about a man working on a railroad during the western expansion. And finally, Ryan also caught The Housemaid, a steamy thriller flick starring Sydney Sweeny and directed by Paul Feig. It’s a good one guys! -KP

Fiver Nights at Freddy’s 2 | Top 5 Heartwarming Movies | CinemaJaw 728

Reviewed: Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Top 5: Heartwarming Movies Grab the tissues and find somebody to hug! Tis the season to watch something heartwarming and that’s just what we’re doing today. We’ve got our Top 5 Heartwarming movies this week Jawheads. That’s not all – we’ve got one of the last horror movies of the year in for our review this episode too. Matt got out to see if Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 is pizza party worthy.  Ryan’s got some brief thoughts on two year-end sequels just before trivia this week as well folks. It’s a jam-packed one!

Review-O-Rama: Arco, Eternity, Rental Family, Conan The Barbarian (2011) | CinemaJaw 727

Reviewed: Arco, Eternity, Conan The Barbarian (2011), Rental Family I am 7 pounds heavier. My bank account is remarkably low after winning a death match over a TV. And I think my family might never get together again. So it’s been the typical American family’s Thanksgiving Jawheads. And if you guys weren’t full enough already – lemme tell ya, Matt and Ryan overcooked this one. We’ve got a special Review-O-Rama with FOUR dip-dang reviews this week! We start with the animated art-house flick Arco. A little peak into the afterlife with Eternity, a rom com staring Miles Teller and Elizabeth Olsen, comes up next. Matt caught up with the 2011 Conan The Barbarian movie (as a reference to that trivia a few weeks back) – and that’s… real life. Like I’m not kidding we went there and it’s spicy. Lastly, we take it all home with Brenden Fraser’s Rental Family… (Like, the new movie he’s in titled: Rental Family… Not his own personal family that he happens to rent. I don’t know anything about Brenden Fraser’s family and don’t want to be sued for defamation and libel). It’s a big one guys. And Ryan’s drunk on champagne. Matt’s crying and arguing with his brother. It’s a simpler time before we knew this was exhausting. And we all love you. Take her EZ babes, -KP

Wicked: For Good | Top Musicals of the 21st Century | CinemaJaw 726

Reviewed: Wicked: For Good Top 5: Musicals of the 2000s Monthly Theme: Cynthia Erivo This week, we get down and funky as we let our pipes bellow. That’s right, we’re doing our top 5 musicals of the 21st century (so far). We’re doing that list in honor of Wicked: For Good, the conclusion and sequel to the hit musical from just last year. We’ve also got our standard Cynthia Erivo month festivities and we’re even doing some of that classic Stump the Kubinski we know you know and love! This is going to be a good one folks! Enjoy.