The Cinematica Team finishes off their series by returning to the movies that inspired, guided, and helped them to become the people they are today. Join them one last time to discuss science and storytelling within a shared love of films. Than

S5E30- Red vs Blue (The Sea Beast- 2022)

Jul 28th, 2022 57m 5s

This week, the CA Team goes into the belly of the beast, The Sea Beast (2022) that is. It's a whale of tale as we discuss all things cetaceans. What would really happen if you got swallowed by a whale? What is whale culture? How were whales hun

S5E29- Madmartigan's Maternal Mayhem (Willow- 1988)

Jul 21st, 2022 54m 55s

Raise your wands, prepare your blades, and grab your magic babies and join the Cinematica Team as they explore the world of Willow (1998). What would happen to humans if they were mouse sized? Could a brontosaur evolve a taste for meat? Is the

S5E28- Crab-tivating Journey (Love, Death, & Robots: Bad Travelling- 2022)

Jul 14th, 2022 32m 49s

The Cinematica team gets "hooked" by the latest season of Love, Death, and Robots and "wade" into Bad Traveling (2022). Join them as they explore "shellfish" crews, basic "claws" of developmental ecology, and how short stories can "chitin" your

S5E27- Squatch Out! (Exists- 2014)

Jul 7th, 2022 56m 59s

Check your sasquatch, because it's time to talk about Bigfoot. This week, the CA Team analyzes the found footage from Exists (2014). Adam walks in the creature's footsteps, exploring why these hairy Hendersons might be solitary; as well as why

S5E26- Book-In It

Jun 30th, 2022 55m 2s

The Cinematica team leaves the realm of movie adaptions and returns to the source material with an exploration of their favorite books they wish would be turned into films. TIME POINTS00:00:38- Introduction & News00:03:21- Literature Trivia

S5E25- Crit-ical Hit (Critters- 1986)

Jun 23rd, 2022 49m 3s

What do you do when your local farm is invaded by a group of 80's aliens that don't want to phone home, help you become the last starfighter, or fight the decipticons? The answer involves homemade fireworks and a shotgun. Join the Cinematica te

S5E24- Grabthar's Hammer Time (Galaxy Quest- 1999)

Jun 16th, 2022 47m 45s

By Grabthar's hammer and by the suns of Warvan, the CA Team goes intergalactic this week with Galaxy Quest (1999). Listen to our historical document as we probe into dick-headed octopus culture and the very real city of Octlantis. Adam proposes

S5E23- For Crichton Out Loud (The Lost World. Jurassic Park- 1997)

Jun 9th, 2022 1h 2m

Time to get lost in a world full of deadly dinos. Join us as this week the CA Team takes an island vacation with The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). What should you do when you find a baby T-Rex in the wild? What is a "complete ecosystem"? Do

S5E22- What to Expect When You're Expecting a Carnosaur (Carnosaur- 1993)

Jun 2nd, 2022 59m 21s

Peace green brother! This week the CA Team is pregnant with possibilities as we give birth to our worst movie yet: Carnosaur (1993). What is a T-Rex's proper posture? Do anti-viruses actually exist? What is so shocking about an experiment with

S5E21- Don't Hate The Flayer, Hate The Game (Stranger Things S2/3- 2017)

May 26th, 2022 1h 2m

Things just got stranger as the CA Team take on both demi-dogs and the power of Billy's mullet in our continuation of Stranger Things (2016 - present). Could the Upside Down be a meteor impact site? What is a fungal shotgun and did Hopper take

S5E20- Dungeons And Demogorgons (Stranger Things S1- 2016)

May 19th, 2022 1h 4m

Hold tight and flicker the light, the CA Team is upside down this week and next as we explore all the dimensions of the Stranger Things TV series (2016 - present). What type of predator is the Demigorgon and what does it lam-prey upon? Why is o

S5E19- Viva la Evolution (Evolution- 2001)

May 12th, 2022 57m 26s

Everybody Dar-wins this week as the CA Team explores Evolution (2001). We discuss why the universe doesn't really styles itself in one direction, no matter how much it paynes us to think there is a story of our lives. We divide the facts from f

S5E18- Qilin Me Softly With This Wand (The Secrets Of Dumbledore- 2012)

May 5th, 2022 1h 7m

Say Expecto Patronum and hopefully summon another movie as the CA team returns for hopefully the final Fantastic Beasts film in The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022). We have serious concerns about why the Qilin would bow. We ask if this is actually

S5E17- Scamander Commander (The Crimes Of Grindelwald- 2018)

Apr 28th, 2022 59m 35s

Say Accio and summon a sense of patience as the CA team returns to the world of Fantastic Beasts in the Crimes of Grindelwald (2018). We cheer with the Zouwu and its’ new found freedom. We worry about the carnivorous implications of the Kelpie.

S5E16- Newt, Scoot, and Boogie (Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them- 2016)

Apr 21st, 2022 52m 20s

Say alohamora to a menagerie of magical and mythical beasties this week as the CA Team casts themselves into part one of three fantastic episodes, starting with Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (2016). We can't get enough of Niffler and

S5E15- Momster (The Monster- 2016)

Apr 14th, 2022 1h 5m

Exactly how many monsters are in The Monster (2016)? Just like a car on an old back road, we breakdown this week's canid-like monster and ask the hard hitting questions. How can burns kill so quickly? Do wolves understand paved roads? Is it hea

S5E14- Elden Ring Finger (Elden Ring- 2022)

Apr 7th, 2022 1h 10m

This week, the CA Team bares their souls in the world of Elden Ring (2022). We wrap our tentacled brains around the strange, amorphous beaked blob that is the land octopus, now known as an octoplonk. We simp for imps as we analyze ambush predat

S5E13- In Too Deep (Deep Rising- 1998)

Mar 31st, 2022 56m 27s

Out of the depths came Stephen Sommers's Deep Rising (1998) and you are in for a Treat (Williams). All aboard as the CA Team asks some unsinkable questions. How far back do human's tales of sea monsters go? What exactly are Archaea Ottoia? Why

S5E12- Bat to the Bone (The Batman- 2022)

Mar 24th, 2022 1h 20m

The city of Gotham flashed the CA logo in the sky and we answered. For our very special 100th episode of the podcast, we chose the nontraditional, The Batman (2022)! Breaking from analyzing monsters to create our very own DCinematica versions o

S5E11- Eagly Eyes (Peacemaker- 2022)

Mar 17th, 2022 1h 5m

You can't Cena me! It's time to make peace with CA's take on James Gunn's Peacemaker (2022). Are our flappy little foes, The Butterflies, really parasites? Where do bald eagle's fall on the eagle bad-assery scale (as ranked by an Australian)? W

S5E10- Wheelie Time (Wheel Of Time- 2021)

Mar 10th, 2022 1h 8m

For this week's episode, the CA Team rolls with the first season of The Wheel of Time series (2021). We call bollocks on Trollocs and discuss the real world examples of persistence hunters and pursuit predation. We discuss how blight ain't righ

S5E9- Bru No, He Didn't! (Encanto- 2021)

Mar 3rd, 2022 1h 7m

We don't talk about Bruno, no, no, but we do talk extensively about the magical house known as Casita in Disney's latest Encanto (2021). This week we look at mobile ecosystems and dirty sloths, learn two new $5 words (pyriscence and serotiny),

S5E8- Blood, Fett, and Tears (The Book Of Bobba Fett- 2021)

Feb 24th, 2022 58m 13s

This week, the CA team collectively places one hand on The Book of Boba Fett (2021) and swear to protect the perpetually poorly treated rancor. We look at what a spin off actually is, sexual imprinting (not the Twilight kind), real life 6 meter

S5E7- Mist Opportunity (The Mist- 2007)

Feb 17th, 2022 1h 4m

What does hentai-light, vengeful Jesus, and mislabeled fog have in common? All creep out of Stephen King's The Mist (2007). This week we are suckers for how tentacles suckers physically work. We theorize exactly how one might get caught in a ca