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Only the Penitent Moviewatcher Will Pass. Cinephilia for remorseful cinephiliacs by @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social, @houseofglib.bsky.social, and @krismyers.bsky.social. Confess your shame. Podcasting on iTunes/Spotify/etc.
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Once again, I am thankful to all of you who have reached out with kind words about my work in Star Wars and in The Life of Chuck. It is not mere humility when I tell you I'm not the man you think I am.
December 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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*On the upcoming episode of @cinemashame.bsky.social where @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social and I are joined by @dandelgado.bsky.social for our first time viewing of THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE.
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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For Tim Allen reasons, we talked about* his remake of THE SHAGGY DOG and how it's a perfect example of how fretting about remakes is absurd because we had all forgotten it existed until we looked at his IMDb today. Meanwhile, I just checked Disney+ and it's not on there. But the original movie is.
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Because no one asked, here's my Top 5 Albums of 2025.

5. Lorde "Virgin"
December 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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I’m confident that this is the only podcast to discuss Elvis Presley in TICKLE ME and Orson Welles’ CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT within the same hour. That's why you should listen to @cinemashame.bsky.social. If I’m wrong, I want the name of the podcast that beat us. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
1965 Shamedown (feat. Chimes at Midnight)
Podcast Episode · Cinema Shame · 12/12/2025 · 2h 13m
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December 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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It’s hard to believe that I’m taking notes about THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE (2006) for the annual @cinemashame.bsky.social holiday episode with @dandelgado.bsky.social. In what world does this movie require so much fucking attention?

But you know what? I wouldn’t have it any other way.
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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At the end of last year's @cinemashame.bsky.social holiday episode with @dandelgado.bsky.social, I joked we should do THE SANTA CLAUSE 3 next, even though I've never seen the other two films. Fast forward to tonight and I actually have to watch it. Don't make jokes, kids. They can catch up on you.
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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In our long-long-(long-long-long)-awaited 1965 Shamedown you will hear me:

1. Admit most of my Top 5 is unjustifiable
2. Share my thoughts on BDSM enthusiasts
3. Talk about a movie about The Beatles that features no Beatles but does include The Beach Boys
4. Compare Orson Welles to Maria Bava
1965 Shamedown (feat. Chimes at Midnight)
Podcast Episode · Cinema Shame · 12/12/2025 · 2h 13m
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December 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Well, @cinemashame.bsky.social was declared a Top 100 movie podcast by some such website, and normally I ignore such emails, but friends and former Shame guests from @purecinemapod.bsky.social and @ticklishbiz.bsky.social also both appear on the list — so, let’s celebrate for the sake of celebrating
kermit the frog is wearing a suit and tie and holding a glass of wine and saying `` hmm . cheers . ''
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December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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8 years ago, I did a whole series of "Sad Grown-Up Kevin McCallister" tweets and no one else liked them but I still think they rank among the best things I've ever written.
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I didn't mention it in this @cinemashame.bsky.social episode we just released but apparently near the end of the Broadway run of PLAY IT AGAIN SAM, Woody Allen was replaced by Bob Denver and now all I can think of is how different the film would have been with Gilligan opposite Keaton.
Cinema Shame: The Diane Keatdown
On this episode of Cinema Shame, James and Allan celebrate the life and work of Diane Keaton by watching a bunch of her movies they really should have seen by now. Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Insta...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our new episode is up! For it @houseofglib.bsky.social made @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social watch one of the worst movies they've ever sat through for the podcast, all so Allan could honour the death of one of his favourite performers. We each grieve in our own ways.
Cinema Shame: The Diane Keatdown
On this episode of Cinema Shame, James and Allan celebrate the life and work of Diane Keaton by watching a bunch of her movies they really should have seen by now. Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Insta...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Up today is our belated tribute episode to Diane Keaton where, to quote @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social's intro, I spend the entire 77 minutes "fangirling" over one of my on-screen crushes. Also, we talk about TOWN & COUNTRY which is terrible. Really terrible.
Cinema Shame: The Diane Keatdown
On this episode of Cinema Shame, James and Allan celebrate the life and work of Diane Keaton by watching a bunch of her movies they really should have seen by now. Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Insta...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Now if someone cast Deutch as Seberg in a movie about the making of PAINT YOUR WAGON, I would take a day off work to be there for the opening day matinee.
Reading about NOUVELLE VAGUE begs the question, "Will Allan watch a biopic about a filmmaker he dislikes making a movie he's never enjoyed just because he wants to see if Zoey Deutch can pull-off Jean Seberg?"
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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**NEW** @cinemashame.bsky.social podcast out today.

@houseofglib.bsky.social made me watch a bunch of his favorite North American slasher movies and talk about them on the PODCAST OF HORRORS 7: SLASHER TRIPLE FEATURE.

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Podcast of Horrors 7: Slasher Triple Feature
Podcast Episode · Cinema Shame · 10/30/2025 · 1h 6m
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October 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Next week we'll celebrate Halloween by talking about a bunch of slasher movies. And then our next episode after that will be devoted to one of @houseofglib.bsky.social's earliest comedy crushes.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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GEORGE LAZENBY!

Now that I've got your attention, here's the first in a series of episodes where James and I explore the 6 films in the Bond franchise that I have thus far never seen. (The other five all star Rachel Weisz's husband.)
Cinema Shame: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Allan watches ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969) for the first time, dragging James back into #Bond_age_ podcasting. They discuss the film's unfortunate reception and ultimate rediscovery, the ant...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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A new episode of @cinemashame.bsky.social drops this afternoon — but while you’re waiting, catch up on our last mega-sode, in which we talk about THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST FILMS OF THE 21ST CENTURY. #Barbie #WonderBoys #NYTBestFilmsofthe21stCentury podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The New York Times Best Films of the 21st Century
Podcast Episode · Cinema Shame · 09/30/2025 · 1h 47m
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October 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In our upcoming Halloween episode, slasher-lover @houseofglib.bsky.social is making slasher-hater @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social watch 3 of his fave examples of one of horror's most divisive genres.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Two serious men come together to talk robots, surveillance, fixers, the lives of others and portraits of fiery women in this episode based on the NYT's recent Best Films of the 21st Century list. Trigger Warning for fans of OLDBOY, PARASITE, BRIDESMAIDS, BLACK PANTHER and SPOTLIGHT.
Cinema Shame: The New York Times Best Films of the 21st Century
James and Allan dissect the New York Times' Best Films of the 21st Century list. They talk about what the list got right, what it got wrong, and then fix a few of their own blind spots. If you like to...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In this week's episode we use Gene Saks' CACTUS FLOWER and Dennis Dugan's JUST GO WITH IT to explore the phenomenon where Hollywood tries to convince us that no one can tell how hot an objective knockout is cuz glasses (or other stuff).
Cinema Shame: A Short History of Girls With Glasses: Cactus Flower (1969) / Just Go With It (2011)
Another Allan and James hangout episode in which an offhand skeet from James results in the duo watching JUST GO WITH IT (2011) and CACTUS FLOWER (1969) before reciting Dorothy Parker's famous quip an...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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In one of the Superman movies we discuss in this week's episode of Cinema Shame, Superman protects a group of foreigners from the wrath of a bigoted enraged mob who refuse to accept reality or listen to anything that doesn't align with their prejudices. And it's the one from 1951!
Cinema Shame: Superman (2025) / Superman & The Mole-Men (1951)
Allan and James hang out and talk Superman (2025), Superman & The Mole-Men (1951), James Gunn, Rachel Brosnahan, and sincerity in cinema to determine, once and for all, which Superman owns the tit...
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August 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Join us for a rare bit of relevance as we talk about James Gunn's SUPERMAN and the first live action Superman feature film, SUPERMAN & THE MOLE-MEN. Both are woke AF but can you guess which one makes Allan tear up as he talks about it?
Cinema Shame: Superman (2025) / Superman & The Mole-Men (1951)
Allan and James hang out and talk Superman (2025), Superman & The Mole-Men (1951), James Gunn, Rachel Brosnahan, and sincerity in cinema to determine, once and for all, which Superman owns the tit...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In our upcoming episode we risk relevance when we compare the newest iteration of a classic superhero franchise to its first feature length live action release (no, not that one, the other one). In the meantime you might want to revisit the time @kungfuarcade.com made us watch a really bad movie.
Cinema Shame: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) / Chuck Dowling
"Bad" movie aficionado Chuck Dowling () soars into the Shamequarters to first-time watch Cannon Films' SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE! Can James and Allan survive this threat to humankind? Tune in t...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM