Cousins on Cinema John Salem and Michael Kenny

Michael returns to the podcast to review Tarintino's WWII-era murderous romp, Inglorious Basterds

Tune into to listen to us talk about


The Nazi Killing Buisiness
Jewish revenge (and the face of it)
The fantastic performance of Christolph Waltz as Colonel Hans Landa. (and how a 5'7" dude can be so terrifying)
What makes the opening scene one of the best in cinema
And Much more!

John is back for a little solo podcast, and is reviewing two baseball movies, Moneyball and Major League. 

tune in to hear John..


Talk maybe a little too much about Cleveland Indians baseball
Definitely talk too much about baseball metrics that nobody really understands
Discuss how hot Brad Pitt (and Jonah Hill?) is
And talk about other stuff....probably

In Cousins on Cinema this week, Michael is out of town, so friend of the podcast Jake Baucco steps in to review Tarantino Django Unchained.

Tune in to listen to the pair talk about


Violence, and lots of it

How Tarantino makes people getting hurt very, very funny.

Christolph Waltz’ terrific performance as a german guy who hunts people for a living (that sounds familiar).

Dicaprio smearing his blood all over Washington’s unfortunate face.

Django’s particular charm and brand of showmanship.

The beat goes on as Mike and John are back to talk about Frank Darabont's film adaptation of Stephen King's classic, the Shawshank Redemption 

Tune in to hear us talk about:


Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman's stellar performances
Andy's attempts at avoiding the Sisters
Hope and Despair
What makes a great adaptation, a great adaptation
How Stephen King sold the rights to his novella for literally nothing
Dudes crawling through poop and stuff
And More!

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Michael and John are finally reunited after back to back solo podcasts, and they are talking about the 1983 film, Scarface.

Listen in to hear the pair talk about:


Al Pachino’s terrific performance

Quite a bit of Cocaine

How mixed the reviews are for the flick

The character of Gina, did Tony want to fuck her?

And more Cocaine!


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Another solo pod, this time with just John, unfortunately. I reviewed two movies, well, reviewed is a generous term, really. 

Anyhow, tune into to me talking about


Fun action scenes
High Victorian society and manners
Dozens of Russians dying
Cucumber sandwiches, and the like
Huge explosions 
Cheeky and ironic satire
And Much...well actually, not really, that's about it, sorry.