Michael Govier, Eric Branstrom, Travis Roy
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Fast movie talk with a short fuse.
Cinema 9 treats movies as arguments worth having out loud. Recent episodes move from Basquiat and Leaving Las Vegas to Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Mosquito Coast, and Any Given Sunday, mixing sincere film talk with fast corrections, jokes, ratings, and side detours.
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Cinema 9 is a movie roundtable where the conversation feels lived-in, impatient, and oddly affectionate. It is built less like a tidy review show than a recurring argument among people who have watched enough movies to know what they like and enough bad ones to enjoy complaining properly. Recent selections range widely, from Basquiat and Leaving Las Vegas to The Five Heartbeats, The Fountain, The Mosquito Coast, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Any Given Sunday, and Executive Decision. That spread gives the show room to swing between art-world biography, addiction drama, romance, sports bombast, and action-movie machinery. The panel likes details. IMDb scores, critic blurbs, performance reputation, directors, supporting casts, and old viewing memories all show up as part of the banter rather than as formal segments. A Basquiat discussion can namecheck Eisenstein, Jeffrey Wright, Roger Ebert, and Schnabel, then turn around and make the name Schnabel sound like something from a bakery counter. That is the house style. It can be sharp without sounding remote, funny without losing the thread, and sincere for a few minutes before somebody pops the balloon. The show also has recurring machinery, especially Guess That Character Actor Trivia, which gives the room a familiar game to return to between movie picks and listener notes. Episodes often start with a clip or scene energy, then settle into chatter, check-ins, emails, and the chosen film. The pacing is quick. Interruptions are part of the texture, and the best moments come when one person starts making a clean point while the others pull it sideways. Still, the film talk is not empty riffing. Portrait of a Lady on Fire gets serious attention for romance, class, isolation, and the way brief intimacy can feel both complete and wasted. Leaving Las Vegas gets treated as a bleak story with performances worth arguing over, not just as a famous sad movie. The Mosquito Coast and Any Given Sunday give the panel room for larger cultural friction. Cinema 9 suits listeners who enjoy knowledgeable movie conversation that still sounds like people talking after a screening, not a scripted essay. It is loose. It is sometimes abrasive. It is also attentive in the places that count.
Made for: Cinema 9 is for movie fans who like opinionated panel talk, old and recent rewatches, actor trivia, critic-score arguments, and blunt jokes around serious films. It fits listeners who want specificity without a lecture-hall mood.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its mix of informed recall and messy group momentum: film history, ratings, performances, and recurring trivia collide with real-time corrections and irreverent detours. It feels more like a standing movie-night argument than a polished review product.
Do you like movies? So do we! Eric, Michael and Travis are your hosts who love movies but also incorporate a discerning eye. Dumb movies, intense movies or frightening movies. They're all fodder for us to chime in on. Do you enjoy premises like does it hold up or great performances in terrible films? This is the place for you. Follow us on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram @cinema9pod or email us your favorite movie thoughts at [email protected]
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Three hosts reconsider individual films through close attention to craft, performance, reputation, and the arguments that emerge between them.
Cinema 9 turns a single film into a three-way argument between Eric Brandstrom, Michael Gauvier, and Travis Roy, with judgments built from memory, performance, technique, and how a movie plays now.
Cinema 9 lets you test an old favorite's reputation against three friends who are happy to disagree.
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A shaggy, sharp Basquiat conversation that favors argument, trivia, and nerve over clean verdicts.
The panel treats Basquiat as a lively argument about art-world swagger, film history, and how much a movie understands its own subject. It moves quickly from Warhol to Saturday Night Live memories to Schnabel to a handful of critic verdicts, so the jokes and judgments keep…
A loose, funny hangout around a bleak film that still gives the hosts plenty to spar over.
The episode settles into an easy, funny exchange about Leaving Las Vegas, with the hosts reading it through self-destruction and drinking. IMDb numbers, critic reactions, and award talk give the conversation some shape, while the cast chatter brings the sharpest stretches.
A funny, frank movie talk that finds romance, class, and regret in the same frame.
The episode opens in a loose register, with trivia and banter giving way to a more settled reading of the film as romance, class story, and study in isolation.
A loose rewatch check that keeps the film in view even as the conversation wanders.
Cinnamon Eye Podcast treats The Last King of Scotland as a loose rewatch check: whether the 2006 film still lands, and what stands out after time away from it.
A loose movie hangout with real opinions and easy back-and-forth.
Cinema Nine stays loose and conversational, moving from a theatrical cold open into quick takes on Blue Moon, The Lord of the Rings extended editions, Nuremberg, Zootopia 2, and Caught Stealing.
The Fast and Furious rewatch that never ends.
Pixar minutiae, one toy minute at a time.
Big reactions, close reads, action-movie obsession.
Cinema 9 hosts Travis, Eric, and Michael review Julian Schnabel's 1996 biographical film Basquiat, starring Jeffrey Wright as artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, with David Bowie as Andy Warhol.
The panel digs into *Leaving Las Vegas* with drinks, numbers, and jokes.
This episode features a heated argument about royalty payments and office hours, seemingly related to the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats.
This episode discusses the 2006 film 'The Fountain', exploring themes of soul, death, and confession in a historical context.
This episode discusses the 1986 film 'The Mosquito Coast' and critiques American society, exploring themes of promise, opportunity, and societal issues.
Cinema 9’s discussion of Portrait of a Lady on Fire centers on Marianne, Héloïse, and Sophie, with Noémie Merlant named as Marianne and Adèle Haenel as Héloïse.
A podcast where hosts discuss and review movies of all genres.
Three hosts discuss movies, offering reviews and analysis on various film genres.
Hosts Eric, Michael, and Travis discuss movies of all genres, analyzing performances and premises.
The hosts perform a comedic reenactment of a scene from the movie Office Space, satirizing workplace culture.
The new year opens a little ragged.
Cinema Nine starts with a cold-open before Michael, Travis, and Eric settle into their three-host rhythm.
This episode discusses a tense scene from the 1995 action film 'Die Hard with a Vengeance' where a white police officer in Harlem deals with a bomb threat while wearing a provocative sign.
The hosts discuss a tense scene from a crime film involving a stolen mob money and a hitman.
Three hosts discuss and critique movies, covering a range of genres and offering their discerning opinions.
The hosts discuss a scene from Full Metal Jacket, analyzing the dialogue and themes.
The episode features a tense conversation between a journalist and a source about a big tobacco story, likely from a movie clip being discussed.
The hosts discuss a tense scene from a crime drama, analyzing character motivations and plot twists.
The hosts discuss a tense scene from a film involving racial conflict and historical context.
Hosts Eric, Michael, and Travis discuss and critique movies of all genres, from dumb to intense to frightening.
A podcast where hosts discuss movies, incorporating humor and critical analysis.
A comedic parody of the Beatles discussing meditation and LSD, used as a humorous intro for a movie review podcast.
The hosts engage in a heated, humorous argument about a movie scene involving a character's death and a bag of money.
The hosts introduce a story about a character named Kyle who died accidentally while masturbating, setting up a humorous and irreverent movie discussion.
A podcast where hosts Eric, Michael, and Travis discuss and review movies of all genres.
The episode begins with a dramatic reading of a monologue from the film 'V for Vendetta' before transitioning into a discussion about the movie.
A podcast where hosts Eric, Michael, and Travis discuss movies of all genres, analyzing performances and premises.
The hosts discuss a tense scene involving a probation officer and a drug test, likely as part of a movie review or analysis.
This episode discusses a family arriving at their summer home and mentions a shadow having a second child, a boy, after a baby girl.
This episode discusses a scene from the 1982 film 'The World According to Garp' where characters explore the controversial Ellen Jamesian society, whose members cut off their tongues to protest a rape.
A heated debate criticizes Britain's decision to invade Iraq, questioning the abandonment of UN principles and accusing the government of prioritizing oil and political alliances over diplomacy and human lives.
A group discusses a mysterious, possibly conscious sphere in an underwater setting, with psychological tensions emerging among characters.