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The heat of summer can't compare to the heat of hot lava as the CTC crew checks out Volcano.  Plus new release news.

This week CTC takes a look back at the medieval action romance with modern rock music known as A Knight's Tale.  Also we say goodbye to Peter Fonda and Richard Williams while also looking at the week's new releases.

After taking a week off CTC is back with the serial killer thriller The Mean Season.  Also we have our new release news for home video and theaters.

CTC jumps back into the world of independent small to micro-budget films with Mike Finazzo's relationship examination Bored In The USA.  Also new release news, celebrity obituaries, and a discussion of The Boys.

CTC is going back in the water to talk about Joe Dante's 1978 Jaws spoof Piranha.  The toothy characters inspired a sequel from James Cameron and a remake from Alexandre Aja, director of Crawl.  It's classic Roger Corman produced gold.  Plus new release news.

This week the CTC crew dives in to a discussion of Jaws.  Garvis2 recounts what it was like watching it in the theater on opening weekend while Garvis3 and Kayla discuss discovering it on TV and home video.  Also new release news.

This week the CTC crew take a look at John Carpenter's classic suspense thriller Assault On Precinct 13.  We also discuss new releases and celebrity deaths from the last week including a tribute to the late great Rip Torn.

For Independence Day weekend the CTC crew decided to take in The Patriot.  We also discuss new releases and recent celebrity deaths and Garvis 2 reports on watching Avengers Endgame at the newly opened La Belle theater for only $4 a ticket.

This week Brett rejoins us to discuss Roger Corman's classic car race exploitation drive-in classic Death Race 2000.  Plus new release news, celebrity deaths, and what have we watched recently.  Also Brett tells us all about the Criterion channel.

There has been a race delay, a Death Race 2000 delay and after the discussion of what's new in home video and at theaters this week, Garvis 2 is flying solo with a review of the 1932 John Wayne western, The Big Stampede.

This week CTC puts out the PRIDE flag and discusses the 1978 French farce, La Cage Aux Folles, the film that inspired Robin Williams and Nathan Lane's film The Birdcage.  Plus new releases and celebrity obits.

CTC kicks off the warmer months with the hot and steamy noir of Body Heat from 1981.  We also cover the new releases in theaters and on home video.

This week the CTC crew takes on Godzilla King of the Monsters and his partners in kaiju chaos.  Plus new release news and celebrity obits.

It's time for another special episode.  This one highlights Godzilla as he prepares to launch his newest film.  We discuss the king of kaiju (and what is a kaiju) as well as how Godzilla has touched our lives.

This week CTC goes down the rabbit hole that is Donnie Darko.  This modern cult film gets a mixed reaction and a wish to pick the director's brain.  Plus new releases and our final farewell to Grumpy Cat.

A late posting due to power outages and sickness.  This week the CTC crew looks at Frank Oz's 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives.  Plus new releases and a tribute to Tim Conway and Doris Day.

This week the CTC crew dives into the comedy about minor league hockey in the 1970s, Slap Shot.  Filled with raunchy humor and excessive foul language for the time, how does it stand up today?  Also a tribute to Peter Mayhew and new release news.

This week CTC takes a look at a film suggested by a listener, Everything Is Illuminated.  We also have our regular features including new releases and celebrity deaths including a farewell to John Singleton.

Following hot on the heels of our Infinity War special, the CTC crew takes a long in depth and spoiler filled look at Avengers Endgame, the latest film in the MCU.  We still make time for our regular features, but this is a long one and once again filled with SPOILERS.

Avengers Endgame opens tonight, so the CTC crew decided to brush up with a viewing of Infinity War before the big event.  We discuss the future of the MCU, Thanos in the comics, and for some reason monster cereals.