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Dimension saw the instant success of the original Scream over Christmas of 1996 and ran to get a sequel into production. A year later, Scream 2 hit the big screen. Does the film feel like a rush job almost thirty years later? Come back next episode for the concluding chapter in the original Scream trilogy with Scream 3!

RE-UPLOAD DUE TO COPYRIGHT ISSUE.Brendan, Conor, and Ryan break down the year in film with a few awards, their worst of, and their 20-11 picks for the best films of 2025! Come back next time for our top 10 picks as well as the start of our Scream series very soon.

Wes Craven's now seminal meta slasher hit the big screen 30 years ago this year, and we're set to review all of the films in the series leading up to new one. First up, the one that started it all! Come back next episode for Scream 2!

For our 200th episode, we break down one of the highest grossing films of the year with Avatar: Fire and Ash! Cameron's third film in a planned series of five has not made the money its predecessors have, but did it work for us? Thank you for listening to our 200th episode of CTP! Come back next week as we start our Scream series with the 1996 original!

It took James Cameron 13 years to get the sequel to the highest grossing movie of all time to the big screen, but for 20th Century Studios/Disney it was worth the wait. The film became the 3rd highest grossing film of all time in 2022 into 2023. Now, we're here to discuss how the film holds up to repeat viewing before we head back to theaters for Avatar: Fire and Ash! Join us next episode for our 200th episode for that new Avatar film. Then, we start up our Scream series leading to Scream 7!

It took James Cameron 12 years to get another epic film to the big screen from 1997 to 2009, but when he did, it was literally the highest grossing movie of all time with Avatar! Now, we venture to Pandora in preparation for the new film Avatar: Fire and Ash. Did the 2009 original hold up all these years later? Come back next episode for the 2022 follow-up, Avatar: The Way of Water!

Guillermo Del Toro finally got his vision for an adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel to the big screen (or small screen in your home) this past year. It's Brendan's birthday pick and we're here to review it! Come back next episode as we start up our Avatar series with the 2009 original!

Five Nights at Freddy's grossed almost $300 million dollars at the box office in 2023, and two years later the sequel hit the big screen to the tune of $225 million so far. Brendan and Conor are huge fans of the game and break down the movie from a critical lens and as super fans while Ryan gets confused. Come back next episode for either GDT's Frankenstein or the start of our Avatar series with the 2009 original!

Happy New Year from CTP! We're back to wrap up our Now You See Me series with the newest film now available on streaming. This was a modest hit at the box office, but was it a hit with us? Come back next episode as we review Five Nights at Freddy's 2, and go back and listen to our review of the first film before so!

The Horsemen are back (without Isla Fischer)! This time they're throw into a heist with big importance dealing with tech security. Does this sequel work for us compared to the first film? Come back next episode as we discuss the new film in this series, Now You See Me: Now You Don't (aka Now You 3 Me).

We're starting up another quick trio of reviews this time of the Now You See Me movies. Magic! Heists! Twists! Oh my! Come back next episode as we review Now You See Me 2 or GDT's Frankenstein (if Brendan has finished the book by then). Either way, join us then!

Wicked defied gravity last year at the box office and soared back into theaters last week to tremendous business with Wicked: For Good. But did the second act of the story work for us? Come back next episode as we start our Now You See Me series with the original from 2013!

Last November, Glinda and Elphaba flew into theaters and took the world by storm with Wicked (Part 1)! Now, one year later Wicked: For Good is hitting screens across the country after much anticipation. We're here to first cover the 2024 film before covering the new film next episode!

This time last year, we all agreed that we would review the two halves of Wicked, but you can't talk about those movies without discussing The Wizard of Oz first! So, this is where we begin, the 1939 classic that may just be the most watched film of all time. But does it hold up? Come back next episode for our review of Wicked!

Baby, we were born to pod! We're back with Conor's birthday pick, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. The film follows The Boss as he attempts to put his sorrows into the album Nebraska. Did this music biopic separate itself from others of its kind? Come back next episode as we review one of Frankenstein (2025), The Wizard of Oz, or Now You See Me. We're eventually reviewing them all, just not sure when yet!

Happy Halloween! Chris Stuckmann raised more money for a Kickstarter than any project in history for his directorial debut. Then, Neon acquired the film and gave him the resources to do even more with the film, and give it a wide release a week before Halloween. We're here to give our thoughts on the final product and discuss if this is worthy of the film's inspirations. Come back next episode for our review of Conor's birthday pick, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere!

Shudder has acquired and released another interesting high concept horror film with Good Boy; a haunting movie from the perspective of the dog of the house. Did the experiment work for us? Come back on Halloween as we discuss one of the big horror releases of this season, Chris Stuckmann's Shelby Oaks! After that, we will be reviewing Conor's birthday selection, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.

It's one PTA podcast after another! We wrap up our look back at one of the modern masters of cinema with our review of his latest film, One Battle After Another! The film marks his first collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio and is his highest grossing film to date. But did it work for our hosts? Our next couple of episodes will be some spooky new releases before Halloween with Good Boy and Shelby Oaks!

PTA's follow up to his portrait of American commerce and religion tackles another strange time in American history, the rise of cults in the 1950s with The Master. Partially based on the life of L. Ron Hubbard, this film examines how cult of personalities control those who fall into them. It's one of our hosts favorite films! Next episode we'll finally be discussing One Battle After Another!

Apologies for the delay in upload! We're back with what many people believe is Paul Thomas Anderson's greatest work, the adaptation of Upton Sinclair's "Oil!" renamed There Will Be Blood. The film is renowned as one fo the best films of the century, but failed to win Best Picture. A trend worth watching while tracking One Battle After Another. Speaking of that film, that will be 2 episodes from now. Next up, The Master from 2012 starring the late great Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Then after that, One Battle After Another...finally!