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Well it's been over three months since our last show and with the shelter in place order it may be a while longer before we get back on schedule.  In the mean time here's an update, a tribute to Dickie Goodman, and a bit of humor to help lighten the mood in these dark times.

Cinema Toast Crunch hits its milestone 200th episode this time with possibly the greatest film of all time, Citizen Kane.  Plus new release news.

What's a Thanksgiving with out some leftover turkey?  This week we have a battleship sized turkey in the 1957 classic The Giant Claw.  We also discuss new releases.

Recorded on Thanksgiving day, it's a full house as we discuss We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story.  Plus new release news, Brett's take on Knives Out and who we lost in the world of entertainment last week.

The CTC crew offers a bonus episode this week featuring our take on Walt Disney's The Fox And The Hound.  It's a slim trim episode with just the movie talk and what we watched last week.

This week we've got a short show as Garvis 2 is flying solo.  He discusses Ron Howard's directorial debut for Roger Corman, Grand Theft Auto.  Also a look at new releases on home video and in theaters.

This week step back to 1971 and meet one of the most iconic characters of the day, Billy Jack.  With his kung fu moves and sense of justice, Billy was the perfect hero for those turbulent times.  Plus new release news.

It's a listener request this week as we examine The Manchurian Candidate from 1962.  Also new release news, celebrity deaths, and a quick review of The Banana Splits Movie.

This week we close out our Halloween horrors month with 2005's monsters in the underground cave saga, The Cave.  We also discuss what's new in theaters and on home video and who we lost in the industry this last week which leads to a discussion of Days of Our Lives.

Here's a little something extra for your trick or treat pail, a bonus episode of Creatures From The Features discussing Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in the 1931 Universal classic.  Enjoy!  Also thanks to Mattia Capelli for the CFTF theme music.

Our month of Halloween horror continues this week with Michael Dougherty's Trick R Treat.  Also new release news and a tribute to Elijah Cummings and Bill Macy.

Our next entry in the annual Halloween Horror marathon is a lesser known cult classic, Pontypool.  The whole crew is here for pre-show, but Garvis 3 and Kayla leave Brett and Garvis 2 to discuss the word virus zombie siege of Bruce McDonald's film.  Plus new releases and a tribute to Robert Forster.    

This time the CTC crew examines the 1960 French shocker, Eyes Without A Face in a bonus episode for our Halloween Horrors month.  Plus Brett discusses Joker, the origin film for comics' most famous villain.

This week we have a listener request, Possum, which she described as being really bad and the worst.  But is it?  Or is Possum a very effective symbolic nightmare transferred to film?  We watch and discuss.  Also a tribute to Rip Taylor and Diahann Carroll and new release news.

Okay this was supposed to be episode 189 Hereditary, but a batch of squealing kittens that had been abandoned by their momma demanded some bottle feeding instead.  Here's Brett's comments on several new releases and recently reviewed films as a companion piece to episode 188.  Enjoy.

It's October and that means it's time to kick off our month of Halloween horror treats.  Kicking us off is John Carpenter's classic The Thing.  Based on the short story Who Goes There and the original movie The Thing From Another World, this one amps up the gore and the violence in a move that polarized audiences back in 1982.  Also new release news.

Hey you guys, this week Kayla has us watch The Goonies.  Also new release news and a tribute to Sid Haig.

This week there's a pledge pin on our podcast as we look at the classic frat comedy National Lampoon's Animal House.  Plus new release news and all our regular features, plus a discussion of The Hulk in comics and the Saint Albans Mall Twin Cinemas.

Garvis 2 is flying solo again this week with a look at the newest film in the MIB franchise, Men In Black: International.  We also talk about new releases and recent celebrity passings.

It's another week in the lava as the CTC crew compare Dante's Peak to last week's other Volcano movie.  Plus new release news and celebrity obits including Valerie Harper and Terrance Dicks.